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SAHARA
SPECIAL by Esme Raji Codell (J-COD) |
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THE
STEPS by Rachel Cohn (J-COH) |
| Fifth grader Sahara's move
from special education to a regular classroom isn't made
any easier when her classmates label her "Special". |
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Life can be pretty cushy when you are the only
child of doting parents. So when seventh grader Annabel goes
to Australia to visit her Dad and her new stepsisters, it's
not surprising that she connives to bring him back to New York
where she can once again be the center of his attention. |
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THE
TRUE STORY OF CHRISTMAS by Anne Fine (J-FIN) |
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GIFTS
FROM THE SEA by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (J-KIN) |
| Holidays are
such a wonderful time to share with family, NOT. At least
not in Ralph's case but then his family is, well let's
just say a little eccentric. |
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One morning after a storm, something
floats ashore that changes Quila's life forever. Two small
mattresses strapped together, and inside, a baby. She and her
father name her Cecelia, "a gift from the sea." |
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SHELF
LIFE: STORIES BY THE BOOK edited by Gary Paulsen
([J-PAU) |
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DAUGHTER
OF MADRUGADA by Frances M. Wood (J-WOO) |
| "Books saved my life, " says Gary Paulsen.
And to help save other lives, he has asked top writers to contribute
a story to this collection, which will benefit ProLiteracy
Worldwide, the foremost literacy organization in the world |
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In this story of a California
Mexican family at the very beginning of the gold rush in
California, thirteen-year-old Cesa de Haro's way of life as
a privileged rancher's daughter is threatened when Mexico
loses the war with the U.S. and the gold discovery brings hordes
of "uncultured" newcomers onto the land. |
