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Trouble in the Gym (The Gymnasts #5)
by Elizabeth A. LevyIt's a nasty trick. Some things never change. Becky still loves to see the Pinecones lose. That's been happening a lot since Ti An joined the team. The former Atomic Amazon is a good gymnast, but she always messes up at meets. What's really strange, though, is that one of the girls on the Atomic Amazon team always does exactly the same vault as Lauren. It's got to be more than a coincidence. Lauren thinks there's a spy in the gym.
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
by B. B. HillerWhen the neighborhood inventor creates a shrinking machine and accidentally shrinks his own children and their friends, the kids find everyday activities an adventure and a peril.
My Sister the Meanie (My Sister #1)
by Candice Ransom"Is it fair that Jackie's fifteen-year-old sister Sharon is pretty, popular, and has plenty of boyfriends, while Jackie is a seventh-grade Nothing? Is it right for Sharon to ignore Jackie, when just a little of Sharon's advice might help Jackie get invited to join the exclusive I Like Boys Club? Trying to learn how to act sophisticated, Jackie and her best friend Natalie crash Sharon's Halloween party. Sharon declares war on Jackie and stops speaking to her. Jackie is desperate. She's willing to take drastic measures to learn how to be cool enough to get into the club. She's even willing to risk her life by sneaking into Sharon's room to read her diary...." Jackie's older sister Sharon continues to be mean most of the time and startlingly nice once in a while in the other Sister books including My Sister The Creep and My Sister the Traitor in the Bookshare collection. You can find another series by Candice F. Ransom about the excitement and frustrations of a girl growing up in the Bookshare Collection. Look for the Kobie Roberts series including #1 Almost Ten-and-a-Half, #2 Going on Twelve, #3 Thirteen, #4 Fourteen and Holding, and #5 Fifteen At Last. After all, if Sharon won't help, how can she blame Jackie for what happens? Is it Jackie's fault that she has the meanest sister in the world? In this true-to-life novel, Candice Ransom has captured the ups and downs of sisterhood with humor, warmth, and rare perception.
Exploring the Titanic
by Robert D. Ballard Ken Marschall Patrick CreanTells the tragic and fascinating story of the unsinkable liner that disappeared without trace after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage. Laying unexplored for more than 70 years, the Titanic was discovered by Doctor Robert Ballard.
The Return of the Third-Grade Ghosthunters
by Grace Maccarone"Meet after dinner. Ghost business. Very important. "Owowowoooo... owowowooooo..." Then Chuck saw it... in the far corner of the room... the ghost wolf! Shiny eyes... hanging tongue... sharp teeth.... Something is haunting the third grade's class trip. And it's up to the third-grade ghosthunters to find out what it is!" look in the Bookshare collection for The Haunting of Grade Three. Pictures are described. RL 3, ages 7-10
Radio Fifth Grade
by Gordon KormanMayhem breaks out in the fifth grade when the Venice Menace bullies his classmates into letting him become a regular guest on "Kidsview," the school's radio program.
Darci in Cabin 13
by Martha Tolles"From the back cover:] "Will the best cabin win? Darci's at camp for the first time. She likes it a lot. Then she and the rest of the girls in Cabin 13 meet the snobs from Cabin 10. They've been coming to camp for years. They think they'll win all the camp trophies. Cabin 13 is unlucky, they say. Just give up! But Darci and her friends won't quit. Darci makes a winning play during a camp softball game and also proves she is the best at waterskiing. Then Cabin 10 plays a nasty trick on Darci, and Darci gets poison ivy! Cabin 10 and Cabin 13 are tied. Is it worth cheating to win the big canoe race? Darci knows that winners never cheat. But do cheaters ever win?" RL 5, Ages 8-12 There are two more books about Darci in the Bookshare library. They are: Who's Reading Darci's Diary and Darci and the Dance Contest.
The Terrible Tryouts (Bad News Ballet #1)
by Jahnna N. Malcolm[from the back cover] "Who thought they'd be friends? McGee, Gwen, Mary Bubnik, Zan, and Rocky are five misfit ballerinas. Zan would rather be reading a good book, and Mary Bubnik is a dancing klutz. Gwen prefers Twinkles to plies; McGee's busy with her ice hockey team...and Rocky is just too cool for leotards and pink tights. Too bad their mothers think ballet is good for them. The girls would never have been friends...if they hadn't gotten stuck together trying out for parts in a professional ballet! Can McGee and her new friends turn themselves into real ballerinas? They'd better--or it's bad news for the gang and their ballet!" This is just the beginning of the funny situations of these ballet school friends who like each other more than they like ballet. The Bookshare collection has the whole series. Check out #2 Battle of the Bunheads, #3 Stupid Cupids, #4 Who Framed Mary Bubnik, #5 Blubberina, #6 Save D.A.D., #7 The King and Us, #8 Camp Clodhopper, #9 Boo Who?, and #10 A Dog Named Toe Shoe, with more to come.
Ready, Aim, Fire!: The Real Adventures of Annie Oakley
by Ellen LevineThis book is a biography of the famous sharpshooter who toured the country in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Revolt of the Eighth Grade (Junior High #12)
by Kate KenyonWhen Cedar Groves Junior High becomes a finalist in the model school contest, Jen and Nora decide to improve a few things before the judges visit. The two girls also make a list of people they'd like to improve. Unluckily, the list falls into the hands of their classmates. Mia is outraged at being rated too punk. Jason is disgusted to discover that he should do without his beloved skateboard, and Tracy is puzzled to read she should act smarter. Soon the eighth grade has its own plans for the judges' visit... plans that are not at all what Nora and Jen had in mind!
Leave It to Christy
by Pamela Curtis SwallowKind-hearted Christy enters seventh grade worrying about what to do for a science project, yearning for the attention of a gorgeous male classmate, surprisingly winning the lead in "Peter Pan," and helping out a boy with really serious problems.
The Winner (The Gymnasts #4)
by Elizabeth A. LevyDarlene has to prove she's a winner, since her father is a famous person, a football player for the Denver Broncos.
Nobody's Perfect (The Gymnasts #3)
by Elizabeth A. LevyThis time Jodi's in real trouble. Jodi has the chance to star in an important gymnastics demonstration. But if her schoolwork doesn't improve, she won't be allowed to perform. It seems so unfair! Jodi knows she's a good gymnast, but when it comes to school. . . she just feels dumb. She just can't do it! Can the rest of the team convince her not to give up?
My Sister the Creep (My Sister #3)
by Candice RansomJackie comes to terms with her older sister Sharon and herself when Sharon leaves home to attend cosmetology school. "With sisters like Sharon, who needs enemies? Now that Jackie's older sister, Sharon, has left for beauty school, Jackie is excited to start high school and finally be recognized as her own person. But even miles away at school, Sharon still holds the spotlight. Their parents pore over her letters anxiously, and Jackie's teachers call her "Sharon's little sister." And it seems that every time Jackie turns around, Sharon is back home stealing the show--like at homecoming, with her dramatically dyed hair and a good luck kiss for the football captain. The final straw is when Sharon chooses someone else to be her model for the state beautician's exam. When the model gets sick at the last minute, Sharon expects Jackie to stop everything--including her first real night out--to substitute. Won't Jackie ever be free of Sharon's shadow?" RL Ages 6 9-13 Read more about Jackie and her older sister in My Sister the Meanie and My Sister the Traitor. You can find another series by Candice F. Ransom about the excitement and frustrations of a girl growing up in the Bookshare Collection. Look for the Kobie Roberts series including #1 Almost Ten-and-a-Half, #2 Going on Twelve, #3 Thirteen, #4 Fourteen and Holding, and #5 Fifteen At Last.
Who's The Junior High Hunk? (Junior High #9)
by Kate KenyonIT'S TOO WEIRD FOR WORDS. Beautiful French exchange student Monique Gorgee has the eighth grade in an uproar. Everyone is crazy about her. But Jen is jealous because she thinks Monique is replacing her as Nora's best friend. Most of the girls copy everything Monique wears. They even believe bell-bottoms are back! And most of the boys just like to hang around her. Monique's style is definitely cool, but her taste in boys is not so hot. She's fallen for, "How do you say? A hunk!" Only he's the last person on earth a girl could like. What is going on at Cedar Groves Junior High?
Blue Willow
by Doris GatesJaney Larkin can't remember when she's lived in the same place for more than a year. Her family has to keep moving so that her father can find work. But Janey longs for a real home and the chance to make friends. When Mom gets sick and the Larkins don't have rent money. Janey offers to pay the rent with her beloved treasure - the beautiful blue willow plate that once belonged to her great-great-grandmother. Losing the plate seems like the end of the world to Janey, but it's really the beginning of something wonderful. A Newbery Honor book.
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution: Shh! We're Writing The Constitution; And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?; Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?; Where Was Patrick Henry On The 29th Of May? (American History Collection)
by Jean Fritz Tomie DePaolaNIMAC-sourced textbook
Laura's Luck
by Marilyn Sachs"What is Laura going to do, stuck in "the wilderness" all summer? Laura's never been to summer camp before. She hates the idea of leaving home and she hates sports--she's just not good at them. Her idea of fun is reading a good book. So now that she's been pushed into going to camp, what's she going to do? She's convinced the other girls won't like her and that she'll feel like a misfit. Laura never thought, though, that there'd be girls as fun as Anne at camp or that she'd get the lead role in a camp play. Was it possible that she could actually have fun at camp?" RL 5, Ages 8-12
The Phantom Tollbooth (Collins Modern Classics Ser.)
by Norton Juster Jules FeifferNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>Lexile Measure: 1000LL
Mister Wolf and Me
by Mary Shura Konrad HackMiles raised Mister Wolf to be one of the gentlest German shepherds anywhere. But Jordan Aggers's lambs are being killed, and Jordan starts asking angry questions about where Mister Wolf came from. The sheriff wants to know where Mister Wolf was when the killings happened, and Miles won't tell. Then more lambs are killed, and Jordan demands that the dog be locked up. Miles says his dog was with him all the time. So it's Miles's word against Jordan's. Could Mister Wolf really be a sheep killer? Miles is willing to stand by his dog--no matter what!
The Girl In The Window
by Wilma YeoThings like kidnappings just don't happen in Meander. I mean they never had up until little leedie Ann Alcott disappeared last summer just before my ninth birthday. The kidnapping hit me, Kiley Mulligan Culver, a lot harder than it did the town kids because Dad and I live out on what is left of the old Alcott plantation. Losing Leedie Ann was like losing someone in my own family.... Kiley has just seen Leedie Ann in the window of the Alcott mansion. Then--why will no one admit she's back?
When The Dolls Woke
by Marjorie Filley Stover[From the back cover] "Keep faith and seek thy fortune here!' All her life, Gail has heard about the beautiful dollhouse that once belonged to her mother. Now the dollhouse is hers, and she discovers that the old house hides a secret treasure. But how will Gail find it? Sir Gregory and his doll family want to help Gail more than anything. But they cannot make Gail hear their messages. Will the treasure be buried forever? Or will the dolls talk to Gail in time?" Great Great Aunt Abby is old and all of her family money is gone. It would break her heart to sell the dollhouse which has brought such joy to generations of little girls in her family to raise the money. Even now the dollhouse is helping her lonely, young niece, Gail, to make friends. You wouldn't think dolls could return the love of the little girl who lavished them with so much attention nearly a century ago, but the determination of these dolls works magic when she needs it most.
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks (The Magic School Bus Ser.)
by Joanna Cole Bruce DegenNIMAC-sourced textbook
Fury and the White Mare (Fury #3)
by Albert G. Miller"Fury's gone!" shouts Joey. "I've got to find him!" When Joey's beautiful stallion Fury runs away, Joey's frantic search leads him to Mark Yancey's ranch. There, Joey finds Fury—and uncovers a terrible crime! Now Yancey says he'll kill Fury— if Joey reveals what he's seen. What can Joey do? Yancey is a desperate criminal and must be stopped. But if Joey tells what he knows, it may mean death for Fury!