Monday, November 28, 2005

I believe I have corrected the problem, and all students should be able to post comments to this page.
Sign-ups have begun! We had the first wave of students come to the library today. The biggest turnout so far is in the 7th grade class.

Friday, November 18, 2005

8th Grade Battle of the Books

Here is the 8th grade book list:

1. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
2. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
3. Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
4. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
5. Devil on my Heels by Joyce McDonald
6. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
7. Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
8. The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo
9. Can’t Get There From Here by Todd Strasser
10. Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Book List Grade 7

1. Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers
2. Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
3. Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
4. Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser
5. Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald
6. There’s a Girl in my Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli
7. Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
8. Heaven by Angela Johnson
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
10. The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Book List for Grade 6

Here is the Book List for Grade 6:

1. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
2. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
3. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
4. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
5. Holes by Louis Sachar
6. Rodzina by Karen Cushman
7. Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
8. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
9. There’s a Hair in My Toothbrush by Jerry Spinelli
10. Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson