Saturday, November 28, 2009

Midnight for Charlie Bone

Charlie Bone has been a normal boy all his life, when everything changes. He hears people talking in a picture, and then gets whisked away to Bloor's, a school for geniuses or endowed children. He finds out about a child exchanged for something in a box that is given to Charlie. The child was named Emma Tolly, but is now named something else. Can Charlie find out who she is, and survive an awful game?
Erin
416 pages
For ages 9-12

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Walk Two Moons


This book is about a Native American girl telling a story to her grandparents on a six day drive to Idaho. In Idaho, she hopes to see her mother who left. Salamanca (or Sal for short) wants to arrive on her mothers birthday. Unfortunately, her grandmother is bitten by a snake while they are on the road, and then has a stroke. Sal must drive by herself to Idaho to get there on her mother's birthday. Will she be able to make it on time? This award-winning Newberry book has a story that will show you the real meaning of love.
Erin
288 pages

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Golden Compass

This adventure filled book will whisk you away to another world to run with Lyra Belacqua and her friends in the streets of Jordan Colledge, with her demon(damon) by her side. Then when talk about Dust and the Gobblers reach her ears, she's off for danger in the North. This book is filled with characters and places that will draw you into Lyra's world...
Erin
368 pages
For Young Adults

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Monday, November 9, 2009

November Monthly Winner!

Kieran is the new monthly winner with 7 correct answers!
Congratulations to Julia C, Madeline, and Bryn for participating.
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Friday, November 6, 2009

The Cay

This incredible tale of an 11(almost 12) year old boy, an old man, and a cat will make you really think about life. They are on a boat that gets torpedoed, and then end up on a raft. The boy, Phillip, is seperated from his mother, and later goes blind. They end up on a cay, an island made of coral and sand and stay there. But later a hurricane comes. Will they be able to survive the storm?
Erin
144 pages
Ages 9-12

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