Grades 6 8 Athlete vs Mathlete By WC Mack Twin brothers Owen and Russell may share the same genes but thats where their similarities end Owen loves sports and is a star of the school basketball ID: 279740
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Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award
Grades 6 - 8Slide2
Athlete vs.
Mathlete
By
W.C. Mack
Twin brothers Owen and Russell may share the same genes, but that’s where their similarities end. Owen loves sports and is a star of the school basketball
team,
while Russell is the academically-minded captain of the math team. The two have always gotten along together without overlapping interests, but when their father and a new coach encourage Russell to join the basketball team, tension arises. Slide3
The Boy On The Wooden Box
By
Leon
Leyson
Holocaust survivor Leon
Leyson
was only ten-years-old when World War II reached his home in Poland. In this
memoir,
he straightforwardly recounts his memories of his life before, during, and after the war. He attributes his survival to the brave efforts of Oskar Schindler, a Nazi who recognized the value of his life and the lives of other Jews working in his factory. Slide4
Counting by 7s
By
Holly Goldberg Sloan
Willow Chance is a twelve-year old genius who has always known she doesn’t quite fit in with others her age, but she has always had an accepting and loving home to support her. Suddenly her world is tragically changed
when both of
her parents die in a car crash. The triumph of this book is that it is
not
a tragedy. This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily
endearing little
girl manages to push through her grief. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read
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The Darkest Path
By
Jeff Hirsch
In this futuristic dystopia, a militant cult called the Glorious Path has begun a rebellion in the southern states that is threatening to overthrow the US government completely.
Callum
and his brother James have survived for years in this environment, but Cal finally seizes an opportunity to escape, attempting a dangerous mission to return home with a stray dog as a companion. Slide6
Dogs of War
BySheila Keenan and Nathan Fox
This graphic novel tells the stories of the canine military heroes of World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War.
Each
story tells the remarkable adventures of a soldier and his service
dog. Based
on the real-life roles of military dogs that served as Red Cross rescuers, messengers, scouts, search-and-rescue teams, sentries, and mascots,
it captures
both the adventure and the devastation brought on by war, as well as the celebrations of life and friendship between
the soldiers and
their dogs.Slide7
The Heartbreak Messenger
By
Alexander Vance
Twelve-year-old Quentin never asked to be the Heartbreak Messenger. It just kind of happened, and he can’t let a golden opportunity pass him by. The valuable service he offers is simple:
he
delivers breakup messages. For a small fee, he will deliver that message to
your
soon-to-be ex. If you order the deluxe package, he’ll even throw in some flowers and a box of chocolates. He encounters tears, anger, and even some good advice in a series of hilarious break-ups for hire. Slide8
Jack Strong Takes A Stand
By
Tommy Greenwald
Jack
just wants to be a regular kid. But his parents have overscheduled his week with every
extra
activity under the sun: tennis, baseball, cello, karate, tutoring, and Chinese language lessons—all on top of regular homework.
He's
just about had
enough, so
he stages a sit-in on his couch and refuses to get up until his parents let him quit some of the
extra activities. His protest attracts
a local television host who is interested in doing a segment about him.
Jack's
enjoying this newfound attention, but he's worried that this sit-in may have gone too far. Slide9
One Came Home
By
Amy Timberlake
Georgie
Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.
When
Georgie blurts out
something that
she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "
pigeoners
."
T
hen
the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable
body wearing
Agatha's blue-green ball
gown, and everyone
assumes the
worst,
except
Georgie.
Georgie
sets out
to
find her
sister and bring her
home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.Slide10
QB1
ByMike Lupica
Jake Cullen is a freshman quarterback playing high school football in
Texas. He
is also the brother of Wyatt Cullen, who quarterbacked his team to the Texas State Championship last season--not to mention the son of former NFL quarterback and local legend, Troy Cullen. To be a Cullen in Texas is to be football royalty . . . which leaves 14-year-old Jake in a Texas-sized shadow. Being a good teammate comes naturally to Jake; being a winner and a celebrity does not. He feels that he must fight the extra pressure of living up to his family’s reputation in order to be himself and make his own name. Slide11
SYLO
By
D.J.
MacHale
They came from the
sky,
parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce’s idyllic hometown on
Pemberwick
Island, Maine. They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Navy. SYLO’s commander, Captain Granger, informs residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. Now
Pemberwick
is cut off from the outside
world. Tucker
believes there’s more to SYLO’s
story,
and only he holds the clues that can solve this deadly mystery
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Wake Up Missing
By
Kate
Messner
The
greatest minds in science are about to be illegally recreated—and Cat Grayson must stop it. After suffering a concussion, Cat is attending I-CAN, a groundbreaking facility that promises to cure her of constant headaches and lost memory. But I-CAN is state-of-the-art in its technology and its secrets, with a plan to implant DNA from great scientists into modern kids and use them to create a super-weapon. When Cat and her fellow patients discover the truth, they’re in serious danger and must make a daring escape through the Everglades to expose the secrets of I-CAN and save its subjects from losing themselves forever. Slide13
Zero Tolerance
By
Claudia Mills
Seventh-grader Sierra Shepard has always been the perfect student, so when she sees that she accidentally brought her mother’s lunch bag to school, including a paring knife, she immediately turns in the knife at the school office. Much to her surprise she is placed in in-school suspension and a hearing is set for her possible expulsion because of the school’s zero tolerance rule. While there, Sierra spends time with Luke, a boy who’s known as a troublemaker, and discovers that he’s not the person she assumed he would be—and that the lines between good and bad aren’t as clear as she once thought
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