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The Ugly truth /

Kinney, Jeff.


Horn Book, May 2011. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2010. Horn Book. Publishers Weekly Annex. While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
Date Published:2010

How the Grinch stole Christmas /

Seuss, Dr.


Wilson's Children. Elem. School Library Collection. School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.). Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.). Library Journal. Booklist. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). Library Journal. Booklist. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). A mean old creature learns a lesson when he tries to find a way to keep Christmas from coming.
Date Published:1957

Wilson's Children. Elem. School Library Collection. School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.). Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.). Library Journal. Booklist. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). Library Journal. Booklist. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). A mean old creature learns a lesson when he tries to find a way to keep Christmas from coming.

Date Published:1957

Drama /

Telgemeier, Raina.


Pub Weekly, June 2012. Kirkus Starred, August 2012. Horn Book, September 2012. Pub Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Horn Book. Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
Date Published:2012

I survived the Nazi invasion, 1944 : the graphic novel /

Ball, Georgia.


Based on: I survived the Nazi invasion, 1944 / Lauren Tarshis. It's been years since the Nazis invaded Max Rosen's home country of Poland. All the Jewish people, including Max's family, have been forced to live in a ghetto. At least Max and his sister, Zena, had Papa with them--until two months ago, when the Nazis took him away. Now Max and Zena are on their own. One day, with barely enough food to survive, the siblings make a daring escape from Nazi soldiers into the nearby forest. They are found by Jewish resistance fighters, who take them to a safe camp. But soon, grenades are falling all around them. Can Max and Zena survive the fallout of the Nazi invasion?
Date Published:2021

Based on: I survived the Nazi invasion, 1944 / Lauren Tarshis. It's been years since the Nazis invaded Max Rosen's home country of Poland. All the Jewish people, including Max's family, have been forced to live in a ghetto. At least Max and his sister, Zena, had Papa with them--until two months ago, when the Nazis took him away. Now Max and Zena are on their own. One day, with barely enough food to survive, the siblings make a daring escape from Nazi soldiers into the nearby forest. They are found by Jewish resistance fighters, who take them to a safe camp. But soon, grenades are falling all around them. Can Max and Zena survive the fallout of the Nazi invasion?

Date Published:2021

Dog man /

Pilkey, Dav.


School Library Journal starred, July 2016. Booklist starred, August 2016. Pub Weekly, May 2016. Kirkus Review, June 2016. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Horn Book, April 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2016. Library Media Connection, January 2017. There is a new breed of justice in town...get ready for action, suspense, romance and laffs!
Date Published:2016

Dog Man : Grime and punishment /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all's not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he's going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up the wrong tree?
Date Published:2020

Dog Man unleashed /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


School Library Journal, January 2017. Booklist, January 2017. Horn Book, October 2017. School Library Journal. Booklist. Horn Book. Dog Man ... is still learning a few tricks of the trade. Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Something fishy is going on! Can Dog Man unleash justice on this ruffian in time to save the city, or will Petey get away with the purr-fect crime?
Date Published:2017

School Library Journal, January 2017. Booklist, January 2017. Horn Book, October 2017. School Library Journal. Booklist. Horn Book. Dog Man ... is still learning a few tricks of the trade. Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Something fishy is going on! Can Dog Man unleash justice on this ruffian in time to save the city, or will Petey get away with the purr-fect crime?

Date Published:2017

Smile /

Telgemeier, Raina.


Publisher's Weekly, December 2009. Booklist, December 2009. Kirkus Review, January 2010. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Kirkus Review. The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all the while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.
Date Published:2010

No, David! /

Shannon, David, 1959-


Wilson's Children. Elem. School Library Collection. School Library Journal starred. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1999. Wilson's Children, October 2006. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, August 1998. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), February 1999. Booklist, September 1998. Kirkus Starred, August 1998. New York Times, November 1998. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 1998. Christian Library, November 2004. Caldecott Medal/Honor. Part of the Social Emotional Stories Kit. A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but finally he gets a hug.
Date Published:1998

Wilson's Children. Elem. School Library Collection. School Library Journal starred. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1999. Wilson's Children, October 2006. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, August 1998. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), February 1999. Booklist, September 1998. Kirkus Starred, August 1998. New York Times, November 1998. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 1998. Christian Library, November 2004. Caldecott Medal/Honor. Part of the Social Emotional Stories Kit. A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but finally he gets a hug.

Date Published:1998

Minecraft redstone handbook /

Farwell, Nick.


"Mojang." A handbook for the video and computer game Minecraft that offers tips on working with redstone as well as several machines players can build with redstone.
Date Published:2015

The getaway /

Kinney, Jeff.


Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venemous creatures all threaten their vacation.
Date Published:2017

The meltdown /

Kinney, Jeff.


When snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.
Date Published:2018

Hard luck /

Kinney, Jeff.


Booklist, December 2013. Horn Book, October 2014. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2013. Booklist. Horn Book. Publishers Weekly Annex. Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?
Date Published:2013

Booklist, December 2013. Horn Book, October 2014. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2013. Booklist. Horn Book. Publishers Weekly Annex. Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?

Date Published:2013

Old school /

Kinney, Jeff.


Horn Book, October 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2015. Horn Book. Publishers Weekly Annex. Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?
Date Published:2015

Horn Book, October 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2015. Horn Book. Publishers Weekly Annex. Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?

Date Published:2015

Bridge to Terabithia /

Paterson, Katherine.


An Alberta Authorized Resource for Grade 5. Newbery Medal/Honor. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
Date Published:1977

Boy-crazy Stacey /

Galligan, Gale.


v. number from spine. Based on: Boy-crazy Stacey / Ann M. Martin. "Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin"--Front cover. Stacey and Mary Anne are baby-sitting for the Pike family for two weeks at the New Jersey shore. Things are great in Sea City: There's a gorgeous house right on the beach, a boardwalk, plenty of sun and sand . . . and the cutest boy Stacey has ever seen! Mary Anne thinks that Stacey should leave Scott alone and focus on the Pike kids, but Stacey's in love. Looking for reasons to hang around his lifeguard stand takes up all of her time, which means Mary Anne has to do the job of two baby-sitters. Mary Anne doesn't like it one bit! How can she tell Stacey that Scott just isn't interested without ruining their friendship and breaking Stacey's heart?
Date Published:2019

v. number from spine. Based on: Boy-crazy Stacey / Ann M. Martin. "Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin"--Front cover. Stacey and Mary Anne are baby-sitting for the Pike family for two weeks at the New Jersey shore. Things are great in Sea City: There's a gorgeous house right on the beach, a boardwalk, plenty of sun and sand . . . and the cutest boy Stacey has ever seen! Mary Anne thinks that Stacey should leave Scott alone and focus on the Pike kids, but Stacey's in love. Looking for reasons to hang around his lifeguard stand takes up all of her time, which means Mary Anne has to do the job of two baby-sitters. Mary Anne doesn't like it one bit! How can she tell Stacey that Scott just isn't interested without ruining their friendship and breaking Stacey's heart?

Date Published:2019

Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone /

Rowling, J. K.


Also published by Scholastic with the title alteration of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Elem. School Library Collection. Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, October 1998. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1999. Five Owls, June 2003. Booklist starred, September 1998. Pub Weekly, July 1998. New York Times, February 1999. Strange things always seem to happen when Harry Potter is around. Things that unsettle his guardians, the Dursleys. They strongly disapprove of strangeness. It's only when a letter arrives, delivered by a shaggy giant of a man called Hagrid, that Harry learns the truth that will transform his entire future: his parents were killed by the evil Lord Voldemort, and he, Harry is a wizard. Whisked away to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry discovers a world of enchantments, ghosts, Quidditch, and friends who will stand, throughout everything, by his side. But when Harry hears of a stone with great powers, he finds that his school has its own dark secrets - and an adventure that will become the stuff of legend begins ...
Date Published:1997

Also published by Scholastic with the title alteration of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Elem. School Library Collection. Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, October 1998. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1999. Five Owls, June 2003. Booklist starred, September 1998. Pub Weekly, July 1998. New York Times, February 1999. Strange things always seem to happen when Harry Potter is around. Things that unsettle his guardians, the Dursleys. They strongly disapprove of strangeness. It's only when a letter arrives, delivered by a shaggy giant of a man called Hagrid, that Harry learns the truth that will transform his entire future: his parents were killed by the evil Lord Voldemort, and he, Harry is a wizard. Whisked away to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry discovers a world of enchantments, ghosts, Quidditch, and friends who will stand, throughout everything, by his side. But when Harry hears of a stone with great powers, he finds that his school has its own dark secrets - and an adventure that will become the stuff of legend begins ...

Date Published:1997

Green eggs and ham /

Seuss, Dr.


"Beginner books." Wilson's Children. Library Journal. Booklist. Book Links (A.L.A.). Wilson's Children, October 2010. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2006. Library Journal. Booklist. In verse, Sam-I-am tells of the virtues of green eggs and ham.
Date Published:1960

The writing strategies book : your everything guide to developing skilled writers /

Serravallo, Jennifer.


"With 300 strategies"--Front cover. Provides three hundred strategies for improving the writing skills of students and includes suggestions for stocking a writing center planning units, celebrating writing, and keeping records.
Date Published:2017

Diary of a wimpy kid /

Kinney, Jeff.


"Greg Heffley's journal" - t.p. Wilson's Children, October 2007. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal, April 2007. Book Links-starred, January 2008. Pub Weekly, March 2007. Booklist, April 2007. Horn Book, October 2007. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2007. Kirkus Review, March 2006. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal. Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Date Published:2007

"Greg Heffley's journal" - t.p. Wilson's Children, October 2007. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal, April 2007. Book Links-starred, January 2008. Pub Weekly, March 2007. Booklist, April 2007. Horn Book, October 2007. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2007. Kirkus Review, March 2006. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal. Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

Date Published:2007