Archive 6 - Summer 2007

Ivy & Bean and the Ghost that Had to Go
Barrows, Annie
Ivy and Bean are back to their madcap mischief in this hilarious tale. Is it really a ghost that the girls have seen in the bathroom at Emerson School? It is up to Ivy and Bean to figure out how to get the ghost out of there. Will they succeed? Read and find out!

Chance Fortune and the Outlaws
Berryhill, Shane
Joshua wants to be a superhero more than anything else in the world. There is one problem – no superpowers. Does he let that stop him? No way! Josh has heart, brains, and passion. After entering the Burlington Academy for the Superhuman under a false identity, he and his combat team, the Outlaws, are faced with saving the universe.

A Tough Nut to Crack
Birdseye, Tom
When Cassie’s father packs the two of them up and moves to her grandpa’s farm in rural Kentucky, life is very different from the city she has always known. It certainly isn’t the simple country life she had imagined. A mysterious grudge between her dad and grandfather confounds her, a love-struck farm boy pursues her and a crazy wild turkey has it in for her.

A Very Fine Line
Johnston, Julie
Rosalind comes from a family with a history of women with second sight, but she is horrified of the “the gift” and wants no part of it. Is it a gift or is it a curse? As she matures Rosalind must come to terms with all of herself in order to lead a full life. Her journey is funny, frightening and insightful.

The Green Glass Sea
Klages, Ellen
Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1943, the Manhattan Project- all of these facts drive this remarkable story of eleven-year-old Dewey and her father, a scientist, working on “the gadget”. Along with her nemesis, Suze Gordon, she begins to realize that the discoveries made are about to change the world.

Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs
Lyons, Mary E.
Based on the real-life story of Harriet and Joseph Jacobs and set during the turbulent time of slavery in the U.S., Joseph’s quest for freedom is told through his letters. He flees north to Massachusetts to what he hopes will be a new life and then on to California and Australia - always searching but never finding his place.

The Jade Dragon
Marsden, Carolyn
Ginny wants a best friend more than anything. When a new girl, Stephanie, joins her class, she is excited that she just might be the one. They appear to share a Chinese heritage, but Ginny is surprised to learn that Stephanie doesn’t embrace her love of Chinese culture, her parents aren’t of Chinese descent, and Stephanie wants something that she cannot give.

Jackson Jones and the Curse of the Outlaw Rose
Quattlebaum, Mary
Cemeteries, broken bones, poison ivy, and stinging bees plague the irrepressible Jackson in another page-turning mystery. Has Jackson released the curse of the outlaw rose when he takes a rosebush cutting from a graveyard? Spookiness partners with humor in this early chapter book.

The Treasures of Weatherby
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Young Harleigh is living with his strict Aunt Adelaide at Weatherby House when a meets a quirky girl named Allegra and discovers that a villain lurks nearby. Magic and mystery mix to create a spellbinding tale of an enormous old mansion, a missing treasure, a girl who can fly and a boy in need of a friend.

Rosa Farm
Wu, Liz
This delightful barnyard caper for early chapter book readers features a young rooster, Gallileon, his spunky sister, Pepita, a polite pig, Cesar, and a learned cat, Eli. When Gallileon’s father leaves him in charge of waking the farm, a gaggle of conniving geese play a trick on the inexperienced rooster. With the help of his friends, he must discover the truth of the sun’s disappearance.