New Books Spring 2008
The Name of this Book is Secret by
Pseudonymous Bosch (FIC BOS)
A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements
(Author of Frindle) (FIC CLE) **Funny
My Teacher is an Alien Series: My Teacher
Flunked the Planet by Bruce Coville (FIC COV) **Funny
Top Ten ways to Ruin the First Day of School
by Kenneth Derby (FIC DER) **Funny
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (FIC
KIN) **Funny
Fairy Haven & the Quest for the Wand
(sequel to Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Egg) (FIC LEV)
Madison Finn Series: Play It Again by
Laura Dower (FIC DOW)
The Midnight Library: Voices **Scary
Babymouse 5: Heartbreaker
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (FIC PAO)
Clemency Pogue: the Hobgoblin Proxy (FIC
PET)
The Fairy's Return (FIC LEV)
Coming Soon...
Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians **Funny
mystery
Lawn Boy **Funny
Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear
& & & & & & & & & & & & & & & &
& & & & & & & & & & &
Happy Kid! by Gail Gauthier (FIC GAU)
5 only
Meet Kyle.
He just started junior high.
Due to an unfortunate bus incident last year & being moved into
accelerated classes, he’s lost his friends.
When his mom buys him a self-help book called Happy Kid: A
Young Person's Guide to Satisfying Relationships and a Happy and
Meaning-filled Life, he only agrees to read it because Mom offers to
pay him! But the book seems to
have a mind of its own and may come in more handy than he anticipated…
Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay (FIC MCK)
4, 5
Saffron.
Cadmium. Indigo.
Permanent Rose.
What kind of names are these?
Well, they make sense if your mum and dad are artists.
And you live in a house with a pink shed.
And your brother makes pancakes for dinner.
And your little sister eats paint (well, it is edible
paint). What if one day
you learned you had been adopted and your granddad got sick
before he could deliver your statue of an angel from your first
home in Italy? Would you
go to Italy to find your angel along with your wise cracking new
friend Sarah? Would you
ever forgive your family for not telling you the truth?
ALSO READ INDIGO’S STAR
BFF by Judy Blume (FIC BLU) 4, 5
Have you ever had a good friend
who suddenly wanted to be friends with people you didn’t
like? Or have you
ever grown tired of an old friend and wanted to hang out
with new people?
Judy Blume’s newest novel deals with the problems of new
friends, old friends, growing apart and keeping friends.
Did you like this book?
Try these other Judy Blume books: Blubber,
Deenie, and tons more!
The Man Who Was Poe by
Avi (FIC AVI) 5 only
It is night.
Edmund is alone.
His mother is gone.
His aunt, who went in
search of her, is dead.
His sister has disappeared.
Edmund has no one.
Except for a dark,
mysterious stranger who promises to help Edmund,
nut often hinders him….
The Rules by Cynthia Lord (FIC NEW LOR)
4, 5
Catherine just
wants a normal life.
But that’s hard when your family
revolves around a little brother with
autism.
Especially you spend your time
trying to stop him from embarrassing
you!
That’s why Catherine begins
teaching David the RULES of how the
world works.
But when Catherine makes some
surprising new friends, it’s her own
shocking behavior that makes her
question: what is NORMAL?
The World
According to Humphrey by Betty G.
Birney (FIC BIR) 3, 4, 5
Humphrey is
a hamster.
He loves school in Room
26 until Ms. Mac leaves and Mrs.
Brisbane returns!
Mrs. Brisbane does not
like furry creatures, especially
ones with a sense of humor!
Still, he gets to go home
with a different student each
weekend and learns a lot about
the students in his class.
If only Mrs. Brisbane
wasn’t out to get him…
ALSO READ… Friendship According to Humphrey
& Trouble According to
Humphrey
Bone
Series by Jeff Smith (GF
SMI) All
The
Bone cousins—Smiley,
Phony & Fone—are kicked
out of Boneville when
the people get tired of
Phony’s get rich quick
schemes.
The cousins
become separated and
each finds their own
path to a strange valley
filled with creepy rat
creatures, the beautiful
Thorn and her feisty
fightin’ Granma!
Their future
looks good, except for
the strange hooded
figure looking for
Phony…
Clemency Pogue: Fairy
Killer by JT Petty (FIC
PET) 3, 4
Everyone knows
that saying “I
believe in
fairies” once
saved a very
famous fairy,
Tinkerbell’s,
life.
But when
Clemency Pogue
shouts several
times “I DON’T
believe in
fairies,” she
doesn’t expect
several good
fairies to drop
dead!
Especially not
the Tooth Fairy!
Now
Clemency must
restore the
balance of good
fairies or the
bad fairies will
take over the
world!
Bunnicula
by James Howe
(FIC HOW & FIC
HO) 3, 4, 5
Can a
rabbit
be a
vampire?
That’s
what
Chester
the cat
thinks!
When his
owners
bring
home a
bunny
they
found at
a
Dracula
movie
and name
him
Bunnicula,
strange
things
start
happening.
Like all
the
vegetables
turning
white?
And what
about
the
strange
marks on
Bunnicula
that
look
like a
cape?
Chester
is
determined
to prove
Bunnicula
is
dangerous
but
Harold
the dog
defends
his new
friend.
Can
Chester
convince
Harold &
their
owners
before
it’s too
late?
ALSO
READ...Howliday
Inn,
Celery
Stalks
at
Midnight,
Return
to
Howliday
Inn,
Bunnicula
Strikes
Again
and
Bunnicula
Meets
Edgar
Allen
Crow.
Companion
series...Tales
from the
House of
Bunnicula
by Howie
the
Puppy
Dog
Friday
by
Hilary
McKay
(FIC MCK)
4, 5
By the
author
of
Saffy's
Angel
What if you were once attacked by a dog so badly you were in the hospital? Would you become friends with your cool new neighbors even if they had a dog? What if you found a starving, abandoned dog on the beach? Would you be able to help it, even though you were terrified?
Ramona
Quimby,
Age 8
by
Beverly
Cleary
(FIC
CLE) 3
Before there was Judy Moody or Junie B. Jones, there was Ramona Quimby! If you looked up the word TROUBLE in the dictionary, you’d find Ramona! She doesn’t mean it but somehow trouble just finds her! Fighting with boys, breaking eggs on her head and—throwing up in school! That’s Ramona Quimby at age 8!
ALSO READ…Ramona’s World, Beezus & Ramona, Henry & Ribsy, The Mouse on the Motorcycle, & more…
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker (FIC PEN) 3
If you like Judy Moody, Ramona & Junie B. Jones…meet Clementine!
Clementine always gets in trouble! She doesn’t mean to get in trouble, she just sometimes forgets the rules. Like answering the phone in the Principal’s office. Or cutting off Margaret’s hair. Or maybe she’s just having a BAD week?!Judy Moody Gets Famous by Megan McDonald (FIC MCD) 3
Meet Judy Moody. She has good moods. And bad moods. She has a mood for every occasion! Today she’s in a jealous mood when Jessica Finch, Know-it-all Queen of the Spelling Bee, gets her picture on the front page of the newspaper! So Judy is determined to be at least as famous—or maybe infamous—as Jessica! Join Judy, her brother Stink, and best friend Rocky on this funny adventure! Read the whole series! And the Stink series too!My Name is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton (ER MY in the "Funny Books" basket) 3
Who is Geronimo Stilton? Only the best writer in New Mouse City! Geronimo runs a newspaper and likes normal things like plain pizza and bland American cheese. Until one day he hires Pinky Pick to be his assistant, and his life changes from normal to a great adventure!
A Girl, a Boy and a Monster Cat by Gail Gauthier (ER GAU in "Funny Books" basket) 3
All Brandon wants to do after school is watch TV. But his mom sends him to Hannah's house 3 times a week. Hannah doesn’t watch TV. She makes up games about spies, cave explorers and pirates. Even though Brandon has to play them, the best parts always go to her cat! But when a crazy Chihuahua moves in next door, will Brandon finally get to play the hero and save Hannah?
