by Mary Downing Hahn (2014)
Alienated, bullied, a classic underachiever, 12-year-old Brendan retreats into his fantasy world and then faces the long and demanding journey to a real world where he belongs. Brendan doesn't get along with his foster mother, is failing 6th grade, and is being bullied mercilessly by delinquent boys. When he meets two new friends, an eccentric old man and a girl from summer school, and he feels hope. The plot contains violence.
Jerry D. Thomas
Esta coleccio n contiene relatos originales que muestran muchas maneras excelentes de enfrentar los problemas que tiene todo jovencito. Estos cinco libros ayudara n a sus hijos a desarrollar un cara cter cristiano.
Carolyn Keene
The Clue Crew’s visit to the taping of a Halloween special takes a frightful turn when spooky things start happening in the studio in this chapter book mystery. It’s Halloween in River Heights! The girls can’t wait to go trick-or-treating and are busy getting their costumes ready. They also can’t wait for the Halloween special of their favorite TV show. They even get the chance to visit the TV studio while the show is being taped! But soon after they arrive, Nancy is spooked. With all the scary noises the Clue Crew keeps hearing and the creepy shadows that seem to be lurking, it seems like the studio is haunted! Is it just Halloween jitters…or are there really such things as ghosts?
Sharon Creech
Set in the breathtaking landscape of Lugano, Switzerland, Bloomabilityis Sharon Creech at her very best.When 13-year-old Dinnie Doone is plucked out of her troubled life by her aunt and uncle and whisked away to an international school in Switzerland, her world is turned upside down. Suddenly surrounded by different cultures, languages, and beliefs, Dinnie struggles to holdon to her past life. Gradually, through friendships and experiences she could have nowhere else, she learns to trust herself and discovers the beautiful "bloomabilities" her new life has to offer.01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Grds. 6-8), Pacific NW Library Assoc. 2001 Young Reader's Choice Award Masterlist, and 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Masterlist(Grds 6-9) Young Adult's Choices for 2000 (IRA)