Author
|
Title
|
Genre
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Sharon
Creech |
|
realistic fiction |
|
Mike Lupica |
|
realistic fiction |
|
Lipsyte,
Robert |
One Fat Summer |
realistic fiction |
|
Van Draanen, Wendelin |
Flipped |
realistic fiction |
|
Nixon, Joan Lowery |
Search for the Shadowman |
mystery, historical fiction |
|
Paulsen, Gary |
|
science fiction |
|
|
In
Absolutely
Normal Chaos, thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably
during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness, death, and
her cousin's search for his biological father.
Lupica
writes for the thoughtful sport enthusiast in Travel
Team. After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the
very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old
Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at
victory.
While
most people are happy to take off their heavy jackets and long pants, Bobby,
in One
Fat Summer, can't even button his jeans or reach over his belly
to touch his toes. This particular summer at Rumson Lake promises to be
worse than usual. His parents can't stop fighting. His best friend, Joanie,
goes home to New York City. Dr. Kahn, a rich, stingy estate owner who hires
him to manage an enormous lawn, is working him to death. And to top it
off, a local bully won't stop torturing him. Bobby is about to find out
just how terrifying and exhilarating one fat summer can be.
The first time she saw him, she Flipped.
The
first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much
has changed by the seventh. This is a classic romantic comedy of errors
told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny new voices. Wendelin Van
Draanen is at her best here with a knockout cast of quirky characters and
a hilarious series of misunderstandings and missed opportunities.
The
Search for the Shadowman is by award winning author Joan Lowry
Nixon. In this story, Andy Thomas discovers a black sheep in his family
while conducting research for a school history project. Against his
parents wishes, he decides to try and solve a murder mystery by using the
Internet.
The
Transall Saga is a science fiction adventure story and
coming of age tale by Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet. For Mark,
what started as an ordinary day hike turns into a nightmare when he is
mysteriously transported into a primitive world by a strange blue flash
of lightening. First Mark is caught in a world he is not familiar with
and then becomes a slave.Mark is forced to grow up before he can return
to the life he once knew.
5/10