Greenacres

Shiloh 
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
144 pages
Animals,Fiction   Dogs, Fiction
Marty finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, and tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
-Mrs. McDermott


The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Julie Andrews Edwards
277 Pages
Fantasy, Adventure
Three determined kids, (Ben, Tom, and Lindy,)  and a professor go on mission to meet the last of the really great whangdoodle.  Before they can meet the Whangdoodle, they have to get past all the Whangdoodle’s guards and stuff in whangdoodleland, and most importantly, the “oily” prock who is doing everything he can to stop them.  
-Ali 


Mandy
Julie Andrews Edwards
279 pages
Orphans Fiction
Mandy is about a girl called Mandy.  Mandy is a independent orphan.  One day she discovers a house over the gate next to the orphanage.  It is a small cottage.  The cottage was abandoned so Mandy keeps getting away with taking away stuff from the orphanage to bring to her cottage.  When Matron Birdie, the owner of the orphanage, finds out that she is taking stuff away, she gets suspicious about what is happening.
-Natalie


Love, Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
233 pages
Realistic Fiction
In this sequel, Stargirl is STILL obsessing over Leo.  She writes him thousands of love notes and expresses ALL of her feelings. On the way she meets very interesting people.  Some are even human beans! (If you read the book you’ll find out what I mean..)  It starts out a bit boring, but comes through in the end.  
-Margo 



Out of Step
Mary Jane Auch
124 pages
Realistic (Sad) Fiction
When Jeremy’s father gets married three years after his mom died, he knew it would be a bad start. His stepmother, Kay, turned out of be great, but Allison, his stepsister, makes his life horrible. Then Jeremy realizes that his younger brother, Timmy and his dad start ignoring him. His friend, Tony says that he’s just trying to make Allison feel at home. When she becomes the soccer star and triathlon competitor, Jeremy knows he has to act up and get his dad’s attention, but how??!!
READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT!!!
-Skylar 


Regarding the Fountain
Katie Klise 
144 pages
Schools Fiction (whole book in letters)
Regarding the Fountain is about an elementary school in Dry Creek. The story is mostly about the fifth graders and the staff at Dry Creek Elementary School. Some of this story takes place in Italy. Florence, is asked to make a new fountain and may need the help of the kids at school.
-Cristina 


One Small Dog
by Johanna Hurwitz
Animals- Fiction, Realistic- Fiction
111 pages
This is a book about a boy who’s parents get divorced and so he gets a dog.
The dog starts biting people see what happens in the book.
-Matthew 


The Ghost in the Mirror
John Bellairs
169 pages
Mystery, Fiction 
The book The Ghost in the Mirror is the fourth book of the Lewis Barnevelt series.  The main characters are Lewis, Rose Rita, Mrs.Zimmermann, Uncle Jonathan, and Mr. Drexel.  In the book, Lewis and Uncle Jonathan go on a boy scout trip in the summer.  Rose Rita and Mrs. Zimmermann decide to go on a trip together too, but they end up going back in time.
Will Mrs. Zimmermann and Rose Rita ever get to the regular time of year? Read the book to find out!
 -Sarah 

This is the fourth book in a series. The main character, Lewis, goes away to camp. His best friend Rose Rita and Lewis’ neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann go on a trip together. They end up going back in time 153 years. Will Mrs. Zimmermann and Rose Rita ever find their way back to New Zebedee?
 -Jacob    


“Breakfast Without Bagels” from the book, Jewish Humor
Harold I. Mathis
69 pages
Fiction, Jewish
Jeff Kinder lives in a town with plenty of Jews. Then they move to a town with no Jews. He already had his bar mitzvah, but his brother didn’t and his dad is hired as Santa Claus and starts making a business. It’s a secret that they are Jewish. Then their Uncle Boaz is coming in from Israel and he shows off about how he’s Jewish. Find out what happens in this book.
-Fletcher 



The Magic Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton
210 pages
Fantasy
This is the second book in its series, but you don’t have to read the first book. Three children named Joe, Beth and Frannie live in a small house in the countryside near the huge woods. Their cousin Rick,who is a city boy,comes to stay at the small house because his mother got sick. At first he is very obnoxious and rude to everyone until Joe, Beth and Frannie take him to the Enchanted Woods and their strange friends teach him a lesson. Find out who the friends are and about something magical at the top of the Faraway Tree.
-Julia 


Stone Fox
John Reynolds Gardiner
83 pages
Animal/ Realistic Fiction
This book is about a little boy and his sick grandfather. The boy, Little Willy, is trying to help his grandfather get well.  The only way he can get better is to win a dog sled race against tough people. Will he win the race or have to face his grandfather dying?
-Hannah



The Lemonade War
Jaqueline Davies 
173 pages
Historical Fiction
This story is about two siblings named Evan and Abbey.  Evan gets mad at Abbey.  He gets mad because she was in second grade and he was in fourth grade.  It gets more complicated.  Abbey is very, very smart so she is skipping third grade.  Evan gets annoyed because Abbey’s class and his class got combined because they were both too small.  Evan started a lemonade stand with somebody who he doesn’t  even like and won’t let Abbey help.  So she goes and finds a girl in fourth grade to sell lemonade with and then they make THE bet!!! Whoever can get to a hundred dollars by Saturday takes all the money!!!  READ THE BOOK TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS!!!
-Lena    

The Lemonade War is about a fourth grader named Evan and his sister Jessie. Evan gets mad at Jessie and challenges her to a war. Whoever can earn one hundred dollars before school starts. (Monday) (5 days until Monday) gets all the money. Evan gets mad at Jessie because Jessie skipped third grade. Evan thinks that Jessie is smarter than him. They're in the same class in fourth grade. Jessie asks a girl named Megan in fourth grade to do the lemonade stand with her to impress Evan. Jessie pulls a big prank on Evan to ruin his stand. A boy named Scott steals something Jessie needs. Read the book to find out what happens.                                                                                                                                       
- Kelli 



The Corner Of The Universe
Martin Ann M
189 pages
 sad realistic fiction

The book was about a girl named Hattie and a special needs boy named Adam.  Hattie found out she has an uncle that her parents never told her about.  He is staying with her grandparents for the summer.  He embarasses her so much.  She meets a girl at a carnival.  Everything would be great if Adam wouldn’t  get in the way.  She gets to know Adam and starts to like him.  Adam starts to like her.  Will Hattie and Adam make a relationship?  Can Hattie handle him?  Things might go terribly wrong.  Read the book to find out! 
-Meredith   


The War with Grandpa
Smith, Robert Kimmel
140 pages
fiction
This book is about a boy named Peter, whose grandfather comes to live with him. Grandpa takes over Peter’s room and they declare war! Peter tries to trick his grandfather to give up the room, but grandpa tricks Peter, too. Will they stay friends? Will this war go too far? Read and find out!
- Julia 



Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Jeff Kinney
217 pages
Fiction
Greg, the main character is in doors during summer vacation playing video games inside while all the kids are outside playing. He thinks that he could do anything he wants during the summer. He convinced  himself to be more of an indoor person, but his mom thinks that he should play outside more instead of video games all the time. So, whose vision will win out? Or will a new addition to the family change everything? READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT! 
 -Harris 



Half Magic
Edward Eager
217 pages
fantasy fiction
This book is about five kids who find a magic charm that does anything they want.  
The charm only grants half a wish.  For example, “I was just 
about to wish we were on a desert island.  Where am I?”
“You got half a wish.  Desert yes, Island no.  Will they come 
up with a full wish idea?  Read to find out.
-Benjamin 



Stormbreaker
by Anthony Hurwitz
197 pages
action and adventure
This book is about a kid named Alex Rider whose parents die in a car accident. He goes to live with his uncle.  In the book he goes on a mission to destroy something called a Stormbreaker. 
Find out what happens when you read the book.
- Jordan  

Stormbreaker is about a young guy named Alex Rider.  Alex Rider’s parents die so he moves to his uncle Ian Rider’s house.  Alex became very suspicious of what his uncle’s job was.  He asked him ”What is your job?“  He said ”I am a banker.“  Soon, Ian Rider dies.  People think he dies in an accident.  At his funeral, he meets people he’s never met before.  He also saw a guy driving away with a gun in the back of his truck!  Who is in the car?  Who are the people he met at the funeral?   Read the book to find out what happens. 
- Sarah 


Al Capone Does My Shirts
By Gennifer Choldenko
240 pages
Historical fiction, Alcatraz fiction, Prisoners fiction, Al Capone fiction 

The book is about boy named Moose Flanagan.  His dad gets a job on Alcatraz island as a guard and electrician, so that he can afford to send Moose’s sister, Natalie, to a special school in San Francisco.  Natalie is autistic.   Moose and his family have to leave San Francisco and move to “The Rock.”  Moose sadly has to leave his friends, and his baseball team behind.   With his dad always working, and his mom distracted by Natalie, his family is having a hard time.  Moose thinks that his family is not paying enough attention to him, and that it is not fair that he always has to take care of Natalie. Moosa meets Piper, the Warden’s cute, daughter that loves trouble. He knows that she’s not a good influence.  Later, Natalie gets kicked out of her school, the Esther P. Marinoff school, and Moose and his family don’t know what to do!  Moose receives a letter in the laundry  from Al Capone. Then, Moose and Capone exchange letters, and Moose gets more worried with every letter  He really wants to meet Al Capone.  Will he meet Capone?  Will Natalie get back into school?  Will Moose get caught for exchanging letters with Capone? READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT!!!!!!!
-Ali 


A Good  Night For Ghosts
by Mary Pope Osborne
Series: Magic Tree House #42
pages:112 
Time travel Fiction
-Elias


Rules
By Cynthia Lord
(About) 200 pages
Realistic Fiction
Rules is about a 12 year old girl, Catherine and her brother named David who has autism.
 Every day she goes with her brother to his special class and waits in the waiting room.
Sometimes she would play with a boy who had a bad disease named Jason. He’s in a wheelchair and can’t speak. She would write cool words for his big book of communication and draw a picture for what the word represents. Meanwhile, Catherine’s best friend moved away for the summer.  So now she has nobody to play with except for her brother, David.  But then a new girl that’s Catherine’s age moves into the house right next to her.  Catherine wants to be friends SO badly, but she is embarrassed because of her out of control brother. What should she do?
- Margo 

Stargirl
By Jerry Spinelli
204 pages - paperback
192 pages - hard cover
Realistic Fiction

Stargirl is about a girl named, Stargirl who moves to Mica, Arizona and a boy named, Leo. Stargirl’s in tenth grade and Leo’s in eleventh grade. Stargirl is weird and has no friends. She sings “Happy Birthday” to everyone on their birthday. Leo and Stargirl start to like each other and start dating! Everyone calls Leo, “Starboy.” Leo’s friend Kevin starts to hang out with them, too. One day Stargirl turns normal and pretty popular. She even becomes a cheerleader! Read the book to find out more!
- Kelli 


ELEVEN KIDS, ONE SUMMER
By Ann M. Martin
152 pages 
Realistic/family fiction
ELEVEN KIDS, ONE SUMMER is about a family with 11 kids who go to Fire Island to spend their summer. There is Abby(15,)  Bainbridge (14,) Candy (13,)             Dagwood (12,) Hardy(11,) Faustine and Gardenia (10 and identical twins) Hannah (9,) Ira (8,) Janthina (7,) and finally the family baby, Keegan who is 7 months old. Abby makes 2 new friends, Bainbridge gets a new girl friend, Candy wants to find out what’s going on next door, Woody makes hundreds of dollars. (find out why) Woody solves many mysteries at Fire Island, Faustine has a great fish protest, Gardenia acts in a movie, Hannah plays jokes on many people, Ira gets a serious disease,  Jannitha gets no more attention so she does something, (find out what she does) and Keegan gets kidnapped. When they go Fire Island,  they get to be in a movie and makes many new friends .
-Skylar 


The Tower at the End of the World
By John Bellairs
153 pages
Mystery/fiction
The Tower at The End of The World is about a boy named Lewis, his Uncle Johnathan, Mrs.Zimmerman and Rose Rita go to an island for vacation. When they were leaving Lewis saw something in a bush and it scares him so he goes to the boat. When they get back home Lewis is suspicious and does some work. It turns out that the island was owned by Isic Izard, a very powerful wizard. Will Mrs.Zimmerman, Lewis, Rose Rita and Johnathan find out what it is? Read the book to find out. 
-Jacob 


Willey and Grandpa Jurassic
By Kirk Scroggs
108 pages
fiction
 In the book Wiley and Grandpa Wiley finds a lizard and names it Lupe. It turns out he’s a dinosaur. So after a couple of days he’s a full t-rex. Then he runs away and when they find him he’s with the bad guys. So they made a bet. If they finish an obstacle course in 5 minutes they get Lupe back, but if they lose they are prisoners and they get trapped in a castle forever. Find out the exciting ending when you read the book.



Hatchet
195 pages
survival, fiction
Gary Paulsen
Brian is a boy who’s going to see his dad, but on the way the pilot has a heart attack and they crash in the middle of the wilderness. So Brian has to survive in the middle of it with all the creatures who live in the forest. He has to find food and water and make a home. Will the government find him before winter strikes?


Room One
By Andrew Clenents
Fiction
 
Room One is about a boy named Ted who finds an abandoned house that has people living in.  They are not supposed to live there.  Ted brings them food.  Ted tells his teacher.  Read the book to find out if the teacher does something.
 -Meredith