Summer Reading 2009

Summer Reading 2009

for students entering 4th - 6th grade
Jacket click on the speaker to hear more about the book!	Title/Author	Annotation
	Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko	A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
	All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn	While spending the summer at their grandmother's Vermont inn, two prankster siblings awaken young ghosts from the inn's distant past who refuse to "rest in peace."
	Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields by Lynn Curlee	From Sibert Award honoree Lynn Curlee comes a full-color illustrated exploration of where our national pastime is played. "Curlee's illustrations communicate not just information, but also excitement and sentiment."--"The New York Times Book Review."
	The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden	A collection of entertainments geared toward boys, containing accounts of famous battles, William Shakespeare quotations, games, and instructions for activities such as building a go-cart, cutting flint heads, making an electromagnet, and folding the "greatest paper airplane in the world."
	The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea Buchanan	Provides information on various topics and instructions for several activities, covering women spies, the Bill of Rights, friendship bracelets, paper airplanes, cartwheels, games, changing a tire, and others.
	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney	Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
	The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo	Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.
	Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex	Contains poems about the bad habits, anxieties, and other fears and foibles of monsters, including selections about Frankenstein's wedding.
	Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom by Cornelia Funke	Tom must face frightening final exams before he can earn his Ghosthunting Diploma.
	The Ghost, the White House, and Me by Judith St. George	Shortly after their mother takes the office of president, KayKay Granger and her sister begin to suspect that Abraham Lincoln's ghost is haunting the White House and begin to investigate.
	The Great Texas Hamster Drive by Eric A. Kimmel	IWhen Pecos Bill's daughter gets two pet hamsters, they soon multiply into the hundreds, so Bill decides to take them all to Chicago where lots of boys and girls want pet hamsters.
	Hot Hand by Mike Lupica	In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.
	Kickoff! by Tiki & Ronde Barber	Introduces twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber, who worked hard to overcome obstacles to play football on the junior high school team.
	Lost and Found by Andrew Clements	Twelve-year-old identical twins Jay and Ray have long resented that everyone treats them as one person, and so they hatch a plot to take advantage of a clerical error at their new school and pretend they are just one.
	Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan	A special adaptation of the author's book "Marley & Me" for young readers, in which he shares the story of his golden retriever Marley, and tells of the love his family has for the dog.
	My Dog May Be a Genius by Jack Prelutsky	A collection of more than 100 poems and pictures that's sure to make young readers giggle with delight.
	Scat by Carl Hiaasen	Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
	Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures that May or May Not Exist by Kelly Milner	Introduces young readers to the animals studied in cryptozoology, animals which may or may not be real.
	Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear by Norma Fox Mazer	Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along with her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their father's extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety, an elderly neighbor's health, fights with their best friends, and boys.
	The 39 Clues: Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan	Amy and Dan, members of the powerful Cahill family, try to uncover the thirty-nine clues which will reveal the secrets of their lineage and find out what really happened to their parents.

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