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Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Are you ready for a fun adventure? Wahoo Cray and his father Mike Cray are working for a reality tv star Derek Badger. The Crays and the tv crew go to the Everglades to shoot scenes for the show. As they are shooting the show Expedition Survival, Derek mysteriously disappears, an angry gunman holds someone hostage, and a bat attacks someone. Can Derek survive being stranded in the Everglades?
Find out what happens to the characters by reading Chomp by Carl Hiaasen.
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Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym and she purposefully gave her dog Rain, two homonyms (Reign, Rein). Not everyone understand's Rose's obsessions, her rules, and the things that make her different -- not her teachers, not other kids, and not even her single father.
When a storm hits their rural town, rivers overflow, roads get flooded, and Rain goes missing. Rose's father shouldn't have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find Rain, even if it means leaving her routines. Hope you read this book!
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The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Do you love sports? Do you love excitement? Then you should read The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. It is about a boy named Josh Bell who loved basketball and his brother Jordan more than anything. With his dad's heart problems, and his brother's new girlfriend, he has a lot to worry about. This book is written in verse and is easy to read. A book in verse means it's written like poetry. While playing a one on one game, his dad falls over and goes into a coma. Will his dad wake up? If he doesn't, what will happen? Find out in The Crossover.
We've been busy in the upper and lower campus libraries!
- Kindergartners have been settling into the checkout routine and learning how to find books they are interested in.
- First and second graders have been learning about library rules and book care. They have been very responsible with their library books!
- Third graders have done some scavenger hunts to learn their way around the upper campus library. They are also beginning to learn how to do searches on our online book catalog.
- Fourth graders listened to the story Our Librarian Won't Tell Us Anything! by Toni Buzzeo and did a Reader's Theater play of the story.
- Fifth graders have been writing scripts for green screen book reviews and will film them next week!
- Middle schoolers have been researching Mother Teresa, now called Saint Teresa of Calcutta. They've been finding credible research sources and writing their notes in our own words. They'll use their facts to make an art project.
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Saving Gracie by Carol Bradley
Do you like sad or nonfiction books? If you do, then Saving Gracie is the book for you! This book describes the horrors of puppy mills. Why spend so much money on breeders, when you can adopt? Gracie, a puppy mill dog, is known to the breeder as Dog 132. All she is to him is a number. She fortunately gets rescued by a shelter, and goes to another. While at the shelter, this six year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is shy and scared of humans. One day that changes. She meets Linda Jackson, a potential adopter. Fortunately Gracie goes home with her and her family is amazed by her. Will she ever warm up? Read this book to find more information on animal shelter experiences, family stories, health problems, and jury cases. Go ahead and read this book!
