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Prevention is Key!
In Broward County Public Schools our goal is to ensure a safe learning
environment. Implementing programs that address bullying, making personal
connections with each student, and providing an anonymous system for reporting
potentially dangerous situations are some of the ways we meet this goal.
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2013 H. D. Perry Middle Summer Reading List
For Students Entering Grades 6-8
Summer provides many opportunities for students and their families to enjoy
unforgettable books together. Before entering each grade, Perry students are
encouraged to read at least three of the books listed for that grade. If books
in the list are not available at the Public Library, substitute other titles by
the recommended authors.
Before Entering Sixth Grade
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Blackwood: The Shakespeare Stealer c1998
historical fiction, mystery Widge, a
likeable orphan, finds himself in the middle of an adventure to steal and copy
the play HAMLET from Shakespeare. He soon discovers that life in the Globe
Theatre is much better than the other places he has apprenticed.
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Broach: Shakespeare's Secret c2005
mystery
Hero moves into a new town and finds she is living in an old house with an
unusual past. With the help of the police chief's son and her neighbor, Hero
tries to unravel the mystery.
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Carbone: Stealing Freedom c1998
historical fiction, diversity
This story is based on the true experiences of a young slave girl who escapes
to Canada on the Underground Railroad.
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Creech: The Wanderer c2000
adventure
Told through journal writings, Sophie and her cousin, Cody, share the
experiences of their journey on a sailboat, The Wanderer, from Connecticut to
England with six crew members, including her uncles and cousins.
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Cushman: The Ballad of Lucy Whipple c1996
historical fiction Lucy isn't happy
when her mother moves the family from New England to California for the Gold
Rush.
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Di Camillo: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess,
Some Soup and a Spool of Thread c2003
fantasy
Tale of a tiny mouse with huge ears, a princess that he loves, a servant girl
who wishes to be a princess and a rat named Roscuro who yearns for soup.
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Funke: Inkheart c2003
fantasy
A girl and her father, a bookbinder who can "read" fictional characters into
real life, are abducted by one of the characters, who tries to force them into
his service.
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Giff: Nory Ryan's Song c2000
historical fiction
Twelve-year-old Nory Ryan helps her family and neighbors survive during the
1845 potato famine in Ireland.
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The Secret Within c2002
realistic fiction
Carly's domineering father has a painful family secret that causes Carly to
face danger and seek freedom at night.
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Haddix: Double Identity c2005
mystery
Bethany becomes curious about her past when her parents unexpectedly disappear
after leaving her with an aunt who she did not know existed. As the story
unravels, the conclusion uncovers a shocking secret.
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Hesse: Music of the Dolphins c1996
realistic fiction
The thoughts of a young girl, who was raised by dolphins from 4 years old after
a plane crash, are recorded by a scientist as she is reintroduced to a
civilized way of life.
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Holm: Penny from Heaven c2006
historical fiction
Newbery honor winner. In New Jersey during the summer of 1953, eleven-year-old
Penny, living with her mother and maternal grandparents, learns the truth about
her father's death and about her upbringing after she has a serious accident.
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Kehret: Abduction! c2004
adventure, contemporary realistic fiction
Thirteen-year-old Bonnie, on a quest to find her kidnapped brother and his dog,
becomes a victim of the kidnapper as well.
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Levine: Hana's Suitcase: A True Story c2002
biography The director of a newly
opened Holocaust museum in Japan and her students become intrigued with a
suitcase from a concentration camp found among the museum's artifacts. The
story of a Czech girl, Hana Brady, a victim of the Holocaust, unfolds through
the search for information about a suitcase.
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Paratore: The Wedding Planner's Daughter c2005
humor, romance
A twelve-year-old girl, whose mother is a wedding planner, wishes for her
mother to marry.
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Ryan: Esperanza Rising c2000
historical fiction, diversity
During the Great Depression, Esperanza and her mother are forced from their
wealthy home in Mexico to Southern California where they work in harsh
conditions.
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Smith: Peak c2005
adventure, coming-of-age
Fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello's goal is to become the youngest person to
reach the top of Mt. Everest.
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Selznick: The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures
c2007
adventure, mystery
2008 Caldecott Medal Winner. When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and
repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a
mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest
secret are jeopardized.
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Whelan: Angel on the Square c2001
historical fiction
In 1913 Russia, World War I and the revolution bring unwanted changes into
twelve-year-old Katya's life after she joins her mother in the household of
Tsar Nicholas II.
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Before Entering 7th Grade
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Anderson: Fever, 1793 c2000
historical fictiony
In 1793 sixteen year-old Matty, who is forced to leave her home to aviod the
yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, learns self-reliance and perseverance.
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Avi: Crispin: The Cross of Lead c2004
historical fiction
Crispin is a poor, motherless child who finds that there is a price on his
head. When the only person who can tell him who he really is dies, he is left
to fend for himself. He does make a friend of a strange fellow who protects him
and teaches him skills to make his way in the lonely world of 14th century
England.
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Bradley: For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy c2003
historical fiction
During World War II, a 13-year-old French girl finds her life changed and in
danger when she becomes a spy for the French Resistance.
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Caputo: 10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War c2005
Accounts from Vietnam soldiers and civilians, profiles of persons involved and
the role of the female on the battlefield are depicted in this book, which
includes a collection of photographs and maps of the war from its beginning to
the fall of Saigon in 1975.
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Carson: Gifted Hands: The Story of Ben Carson c1990
autobiography
The inspirational story of Ben Carson, an African American pediatric
neurosurgeon, who achieved his life goals in spite of the many obstacles he
encountered.
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Colfer: Airman c2008
adventure, survival, fantasy
After being branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to work in the diamond
mines under horrible conditions, Conor Broekhart encounters many adventures
while planning a prison escape in a flying machine that he must build.
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DuPrau: The City of Ember c2003
historical fictiony
Twelve-year-old Lina lives in the 241 year-old ruined, underground city of
Ember where she and a friend embark on a harrowing journey to find a way out of
the city and save their people before it is too late.
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Funke: The Thief Lord c2001
historical fictiony
The threat of being separated causes two orphaned brothers to run away to
Venice where they join a group of fugitive children and a gentle undercover
detective.
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Haddix: Among the Hidden c1998
science fiction, adventure
Luke, twelve years old and an illegally born third child, has been in hiding
all of his life from the Population Police who are trying to eliminate "shadow
children."
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Hiaasen: Hoot c2002
mystery, environmental issue
Roy, a middle school boy who is the target of a school bully, gets involved in
a mysterious case of vandalism and a barefoot boy's commitment to save
burrowing owls living on a construction site.
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Hobbs: Jackie's Wild Seattle c2003
adventure
While spending the summer with their uncle at a wildlife rescue center,
14-year-old Shannon and her younger brother encounter life-changing
experiences.
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Horowitz: Alex Rider Adventures series
adventure
Read about the adventures of Alex Rider, a teenage super spy. 1st book:
Stormbreaker (Series does not have to be read in order)
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Lobel: No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War3 c1998
autobiography
Anita Lobel, a Polish Jew and an illustrator of children's books, writes of her
experiences during World War II and in Sweden after the war.
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Riordan: The Lightning Thief c2005
fantasy
Percy learns that he has special powers after he makes his pre-algebra teacher
disappear. Further investigation reveals that he is the son of Greek god
Poseidon. To save humankind Percy embarks on an adventure to return a lightning
bolt his father stole from Zeus
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Roberts: Undercurrents c2002
mystery
Fourteen-year-old Nikki has trouble accepting her new stepmother Crystal, and
the problem grows worse when they visit the Northern California house where
Crystal lived as a child and experienced some horrible event that she is trying
to keep secret.
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Sachar: Holes c1998
adventure
Stanley Yelnats finds true friendship, a treasure and a new beginning at Camp
Greenwood, a correctional camp in Texas for juveniles, where he is sent for a
crime he did not commit.
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Smith: Cryptid Hunters c2005
adventure, mystery
Adventurous and orphaned twins, Grace and Marty, are sent to live with their
mysterious uncle who is an authority on cryptids. They find themselves being
dropped from a plane in the Congolese jungle, where they discover truths about
themselves and their family.
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Weeks: So B. It c2005
contemporary realistic fiction, diversity
Heidi searches to discover the background of her mentally disabled mother.
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Whelan: Burying the Sun c2004
historical fiction, diversity
While trying to survive the cold and starvation during the WW II siege of
Leningrad, fourteen-year-old Georgi, his family and their neighbors try to keep
hope alive by focusing on the beauty in the world.
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Woodson: Hush c2002
contemporary realistic fiction, diversity
A twelve-year-old African American girl encounters many challenges when her
family enters the Witness Protection Program.
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Before Entering Eighth Grade
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Bartoletti: Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow c2005
nonfiction
Against the backdrop of Hitler's world, we follow German young people through
the many different organizations which formed them into soldiers faithful to
the fatherland.
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Beals: Warriors Don't Cry: A Seering Memoir of the Battle to Integrate
Little Rock's Central High c1994
nonfiction
Melba Patillo Beals, one of the nine students who integrated Central High in
1957, shares the horrific experiences she and the others encountered and how
they were able to survive.
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Cummings: Red Kayak c2004
contemporary realistic fiction
After a young boy is killed in a kayaking accident, 13-year-old Brady struggles
with whether he should divulge the prank that caused the accident or keep
silent to protect the pranksters.
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Forbes: Johnny Tremain c1943
historical fiction, classic
Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War and becomes a patriot
fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life
and about himself.
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Friend: Perfect c2004
contemporary realistic fiction
Developing bulimia after the death of her father, 13-year-old Isabelle is
forced to attend a therapy group. There she discovers that one of the school's
most popular girls is also battling the same disease.
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Giblin: Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes
Booth c2005
collective biography
Both John Wilkes Booth and his elder brother Edwin made lasting impressions on
American history. Find out how they were alike and how they were different.
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Haddix: Uprising c2007
historical fiction
After 16 years, Bella Livingston finally shares the story of the fire at the
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that killed her two best friends in 1911 and the
poor working conditions.
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Jackson: I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust
c1997
historical fictiony
Holocaust memoir of a 13 year-old girl Jewish girl.
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McWhorter: A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968
c2004
nonfiction
The author writes personal and factual accounts of the modern Civil Rights
movement, from Brown v the Board of Education through the assassination of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Oppel: Airborn c2004
mystery
A cabin boy and wealthy young girl on luxury airship team-up to search for
mysterious creatures that a dying balloonist claimed he saw.
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Paolini: Eragon c2003
fantasy
Eragon's life is changed into a world of suspense, survival and magic after he
finds a mysterious stone from which a dragon hatches.
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Park: When My Name was Keoko c2002
historical fiction
Teenage siblings describe the struggles of their Korean family to preserve its
culture during WWII Japanese occupation.
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Patent: Buffalo and the Indians: A Shared Destiny c2006
nonfiction
The history of the American Indian's dependence on the bison and their
relationship from prehistoric times to the present is traced. Each chapter is
intorduced with a legend about the buffalo from various tribes.
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Peck: The River Between Us c2003
historical fiction, diversity
During the Civil War, two mysterious young ladies travel from New Orleans to
Illinois and are taken in by a family. As the story unfolds so does the mystery
of their lives
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Perkins: The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (Original Title: The
Sunita Experiment) c1993
diversity
When grandparents from India visit, Sunita resents her Indian heritage.
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Rinaldi: A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials
c1992
historical fiction
In 1706, the town of Salem is in an uproar due to the Salem witch trials. The
story is told from the perspective of Susanna English, who is caught between
her desire to join the malicious group of girls who are spreading the mischief
and her fear of what they are doing.
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Spinelli: Stargirl c2000
contemporary realistic fiction
A sixteen-year-old eccentric high school girl and her boyfriend discover the
ill effects of her unconventional behavior.
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Stevenson: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
classic
The classic story about a respected doctor who creates a drug that transforms
him into a murderous criminal.
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White: Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 c2005
adventure, science fiction
In the year 2083, five 14-year-olds contestants in a reality TV program reenact
Scott's 1910-1913 dangerous expedition to the South Pole.
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Before Entering Ninth Grade
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Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy c1980
humor, science fiction
After narrowly escaping Earth's destruction, Arthur Dent travels the galaxy
with the help of tour guide Ford Prefect, on a quest to save the universe.
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Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima c1972
diversity, fiction
A healer helps Antonio when he comes to live with his family in New Mexico.
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Anderson, Laurie Halse: Speak c1999
emotional problems
Melinda begins high school as a social outcast after a traumatic experience in
the summer.
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Blackwood: The Year of the Hangman c2002
alternate hitory adventure
In 1777, 15-year-old Creighton is kidnapped from England and taken to the
American colonies, where he becomes involved in the political unrest than can
change the course of history.
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Covey: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens c1998
nonfiction
Hints and strategies for success in life, communicated through engaging
stories, cartoons and quotations.
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Cox: Swimming to Antarctica c2004
nonfiction, memoir
Follow the story of Lynne Cox as she deals with achieving her dreams of
conquering some of the roughest waters in the world. The story shows that even
young people can accomplish great things.
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Dessen: The Truth about Forever c2004
grief, fiction
The summer after her father dies holds unexpected changes that help Marcy face
her grief.
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Dickens: Oliver Twist c1867
classic
An orphan in Victorian England finds his true identity through his
misadventures.
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Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo c1846
nonfiction
The author writes personal and factual accounts of the modern Civil Rights
movement, from Brown v the Board of Education through the assassination of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Farmer: The House of the Scorpion c2002
science fiction
In the future, clones are looked down upon by humans. However, Matt, a clone of
a powerful leader, experiences special privileges.
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Grimes: Dark Sons c2005
African American fiction
This starkly written novel is a story of two young men, separated by history,
who struggle with identity, race and faith. Both young men struggle with
societal acceptance and a place to belong.
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Halberstam: Firehouse c2002
nonfiction, biography
Out of all the men who responded to the terrorists' attacks on Sept. 11, 2001,
from the Engine 40 Ladder 35 firehouse, only one man survived.
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Johnson: The First Part Last c2003
teenage, African American fiction
The birth of Bobby's baby girl brings life changes to his carefree teenage
life.
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Krakauer: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
c1998
nonfiction, survival
In March 1996, a group of people joined an expedition to climb Mount Everest.
This group included journalist Jon Krakauer and lead climber Rob Hall. Despite
the expertise of the climbers, the expedition met with disaster. Krakauer
analyzes why.
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Lord: A Night to Remember c1955
nonfiction, history
The story of the sinking of the Titanic is told in a "you were there" approach.
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McKinley: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
c1978
romance, folklore fiction
While the beautiful heroine is being held captive in the castle of the
frightening beast, her love for the beast releases him from the spell that
transformed him.
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Murdock: Dairy Queen c2006
farm life, fiction
With humor, sports action, romance and wit, this book could appeal to both male
and female. The interesting and empathetic characters in non-conventional roles
provide "food for thought" and provide insight into situations not usually
covered in young adult fiction.
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Murray: Bottled Up c2003
drug abuse, realistic fiction
Pip must face his high school principal, his drug addiction, his alcoholic
father and a younger brother who looks up to him.
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Nolan: Dancing on the Edge c2007
fiction
Miracle McCloy feels like a misfit in a dysfunctional family. Her mother died
when she was born and her distant, brooding father disappears suddenly. Raised
by her psychic grandmother, Gigi, Miracle searches for her identity and dancing
becomes the only thing that makes Miracle feel like a whole person. After being
committed to the psychiatric ward of a hospital, Miracle must face the truth
about her past.
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Nye: 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East c2002
poetry
Poetry of the Middle East.
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Oates: Freaky Green Eyes c2003
realistic fiction
Fourteen-year-old Frankie relates the events leading up to her mother's
disappearance and her own attempt to come to terms with her parents'
relationship.
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Peck: The Teacher's Funeral c2004
teenage guys' fiction
In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dream of quitting school
and joining a wheat threshing crew is disrupted when his older sister takes
over teaching at his one room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle, "hauls
off and dies."
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Philbrick: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
c2000
nonfiction, survival
This is the story of the tragic sinking of the Essex by an 80 foot sperm whale
in 1820. Elements of this tragedy inspired the writing of the classic tale Moby
Dick.
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Schaap: Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
c2007
nonfiction, sports biography
This book uncovers the history of one of sports greatest track and field stars,
Jesse Owens. It traces the racial struggles he faced in America and the
dramatic contests in 1936 at the Olympics in Nazi Berlin.
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Tolkien: Lord of the Rings Trilogy c1954
fantasy, classic
This trilogy includes The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return
of the King. It is the story of how the dark power of Sauron is destroyed.
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Uchida: Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family
c1982
nonfiction, survival
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, like many other Japanese-American families,
Yoshiko's family is assigned to an internment camp in Utah.
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Woodson: Behind You c2004
African American fiction
After fifteen-year-old Jeremiah is mistakenly shot by the police, his loved
ones struggle to cope with his loss, unaware that he is watching over them.
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