Not all titles are available for every class, and some titles have a limited amount of copies. That being said, here are some more options for your reading pleasure. During the fourth nine weeks, we will begin a literature cirlce where you and some of your fellow students will read the same book, discuss, and create an ongoing project for the book to present to the rest of your classmates. Here are some of the choices: Which will you choose?
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Welcome to Sunset Towers, an exclusive condo building that neither faces the sunset or has towers. You have been invited to stay in room specifically designed just for you and your fellow residents for exactly what you need. Your fellow residents not only have a new home, but soon after moving in a murder investigation begins. You are all the prime suspects because you all have something to gain...the possibility to inherit the millions from Sam Westing. As the only mystery to win the Newberry Award, The Westing Game is filled intrigue, clues, red-herrings, and a crazy cast of characters all hoping to inherit the millions left by Sam Westing, who was also murdered by one of the people who might inherit the estate. Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Some might consider Max Kane as a thirteen year old "freak". He lumbers; he doesn't speak much; and he lives in the basement of his grandparents house. He also has a dark secret that haunts every day of his life...he might be just like his dad, Killer Kane. Yet when Kevin moves in next door, suddenly Max is not the weirdest kid in the neighborhood. Kevin has the body of a small child but the brain of imaginative adult. Together these two form a friendship through their differences. With Max's huge size and Kevin's quick wit, these two set off on adventures against bullies and their pasts to become "Freak the Mighty". The Great Gilly Hopkins by Kathrine Paterson Fighting, stealing, and cursing, Gilly Hopkins is one tough cookie. She has been in and out of foster care homes three times in three years. She is brillant and, more often than not, unmanageable. She knows exactly what to do and what to say to get kicked out of these homes faster than you can Gilly Hopkins. What she wants, though, is to find her beautiful mother Courtney. What she gets is Maime Trotter, a fat illiterate widow who cares for puny, stuttering 7 year old William Ernest. Although she has a hard shell to crack, Gilly Hopkins will find love even in the most unlikely of people and places. The Word Eater by Mary Amato and Christopher Ryniak What if you could erase something from the world like thumbtacks or your neighbor's evil dog or the school cafeteria's spinach souffle? In the book The Word Eater Lerner Chase finds a worm that eats words instead of dirt. Whatever this little worm eats disappears forever from the world. It cannot come back. If Fip eats the word thumbtacks, then all thumbtacks in the world currently existing and the ones in the future just simply disappear. No other thumbtack can ever be made again. With great power comes great responsibility as Lerner begins to choose just what should and shouldn't be allowed to exist. Should school exist? Should bullies? Read The Word Eater to see if Lerner can make the right choices before it is too late. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Jess Aarons only wants to be the fastest boy in school, but his dreams are shattered when the new girl daringly races all the boys and wins. This was not supposed to happen. Against the somewhat rough start to a new friendship, Jess and Leslie soon become inseparable. They use their minds to create the magical kingdom of Terabithia. Then one day tradegy strikes, and Jess truly learns the courage and power that Leslie has given him. This book, too, has won the Newberry Medal.
Did you know that the Language Arts teachers have lots of class sets of books that are just lonely and wanting desparately to be read? When Mrs. Huddleston came to Longfellow, she discovered many class sets of unread books that are just waiting to be checked out. Talk to Mrs. Huddleston, Mrs. Medina, or Ms. Slatten if any of these perk your interest.
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AuthorDid you know that the Language Arts teachers have lots of class sets of books that are just lonely and wanting desparately to be read? When Mrs. Huddleston came to Longfellow, she discovered many class sets of unread books that are just waiting to be checked out. Here are some of the books. Talk to your Language Arts teacher if any of these perk your interest. Archives
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