20162017 Babysitting is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis Roberts Darcy could tell it would not be an easy job to babysit for the Foster kids She was happy to be paid twice her rate for a few hours a day though But mysterious things started happening in their house Worse Darcy had to ID: 776139
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Bucks County Reading Olympics
2016-2017
Slide2Babysitting is a Dangerous Jobby Willo Davis Roberts
Darcy could tell it would not be an easy job to babysit for the Foster kids. She was happy to be paid twice her rate for a few hours a day, though. But, mysterious things started happening in their house. Worse, Darcy had to face her worst fear – rescuing the kids – and herself – from kidnappers!
Slide3Benjamin Franklinstein Livesby Larry Tuxbury and Matthew McElligott
Budding young scientist Victor knows he’ll ace the science fair with his volcano (and Pompeii scene). What he didn’t know what that he had a secret lab in his Philadelphia home basement and in it was none other than Ben Franklin! Awakened by a lightning bolt, Ben comes back to life in an attempt to help the modern world.
Slide4Bud, Not Buddyby Christopher Paul Curtis
It is 1936 during the Great Depression in Flint, Michigan. Bud, a motherless boy living in an orphanage since age 6, decides to go off in search of his father. He believes his father is a well known bandleader, H.E. Calloway in Grand Rapids. Bud journeys to his grandfather’s hometown along with other adventures.
Slide5Chameleon Wore Chartreuseby Bruce Hale
Chet Gecko is a fourth grader and a detective. He is hired by a Shirley to find her missing brother Billy. Billy has been seeing hanging around with football star Herman the Gila monster. Following the clues lead to a plan to steal the team’s mascot.
Slide6Chasing Secretsby Gennifer Choldenko
San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900 is quarantined due to an outbreak of the bubonic plague. 13 year old Lizzie tries to rescue her cook, Jing with help from her hidden friend Noah. She decides she wants to become a doctor, bringing more challenges to a young girl of her time.
Slide7Confessions of an Imaginary Friendby Michelle Cuevas
Jacques Papier is upset that no one except his twin sister Fleur pays attention to him. Then he realized the truth – that he is her imaginary friend. Jacques goes on to be reassigned to others as he searches to find where he truly belongs.
Slide8The Day it Rained Foreverby Viginia Gross
11 year old Christina’s family is worried. Torrential rains lead to flooding and the destruction of the Johnstown, PA dam in the year 1898. Their mama is away for an uncle’s wedding and caught with a newborn in the flood, having just lost an infant in their family.
Slide9Fight For Life – Vet Volunteers (Wild at Heart)by Laurie Halse Anderson
Maggie loves to help at her grandmother’s animal clinic. Her grandmother has taken care of 11 year old Maggie since her parents died. Now, Maggie is struggling with school and not allowed at the clinic. But when she discovers the new sick puppies coming to the clinic are likely from a puppy mill, she decides to get involved.
Slide10Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bearby Lindsay Mattick
During WW1, Captain Harry Coleburn was on his way to care for the army’s soldiers when he came across a bear cub at a train station. He adopted the bear, who traveled with him. Eventually, Winnie was placed at the London zoo where she became the inspiration for AA Milne’s beloved stories. Told by Coleburn’s actual great granddaughter.
Slide11The Fourteenth Goldfishby Jennifer L. Holm
11 year old Ellie is a bit surprised when her mom brings home a teenage boy who remarkable reminds her of her Grandfather Melvin. Could it be him? Ellie is struggling with 5th grade, missing her friend, even her goldfish, but now teams up with this odd guest/grandpa to learn about science and life.
Slide12A Friendship for Todayby Patricia McKissack
12 year old Rose Patterson is making history as she becomes one of the first African American students to attend an all-white school in 1954 Missouri. Her one friend contracts polio and will not be attending with her. She befriends Grace Hamilton, an unlikely ally whose poverty also makes her a target of cruelty in the time of desegregation.
Slide13Fuzzy Mudby Louis Sachar
Tamaya Dhilwaddi, 5th grade, and her friend Marshall Walsh, 7th, have been walking to Woodbridge Academy for years. When the school bully, Chad Hilligas, challenges Marshall to a fight, Marshall takes a different path through the woods to avoid him. After getting lost, they also come in contact with “fuzzy mud” – found to be a toxic biofuel.
Slide14Gold Cadillacby Mildred D. Taylor
1950 Ohio. Lois’s father buys a new gold Cadillac, much to her mother’s dismay. The family (Lois, her sister Wilma and their parents) drive to rural Mississippi where her grandparents live. Along the way, they are sad and frightened to experience prejudice and more segregation because of their skin color.
Slide15Honus and Meby Dan Gutman
Joe Stoshack finds a rare and valuable 1909 Honus Wagner card. He then discovers the card gives both him and Honus the ability to travel in time. Joe even gets to play in the 1909 World Series.
Slide16I Survived the Jopin Tornado, 2011by Lauren Tarshis
11 year old Dexter and his brother Jeremy love to watch the show Tornado Mysteries. After Jeremy leaves to join the Navy SEALS, Dex gets a chance to join the show’s host Dr. Norman Rays for storm chasing. Unfortunately, his bravery is tested as he gets too close to a tornado.
Slide17Into the Wild – Warriors #1by Erin Hunter
House cat Rusty joins the Thunder Clan as an apprentice. For years, the four cat clans have existed, but now the Thunder Clan is being threatened by the evil Shadow Clan.
Slide18The Invention of Hugo Cabretby Brian Selznick
In a Paris train station in 1931, orphan Hugo lives in the walls doing his uncle’s job as a clock keeper. His world intersects with a toy keeper and a young girl Isabelle,Hugo attempts to put an automaton back together in the hopes it will write a message from his father. Meanwhile, he learns a lot more about the toy maker who turns out to be a famous filmmaker.
Slide19The Iron Trialby Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
Callum Hunt does not want to go to the underground magic school, the Magesterium. He has always been warned away from magic which killed his mother. The magic in him is strong enough for him to be admitted there, though. He and his two friends must learn about the elements (air, fire, water, earth) and survive their training.
Slide20Jack Plank Tells Talesby Natalie Babbitt
Jack Plank was a pirate – but not a very good one -until his ship fell on hard times and he had to leave. Luckily, he meets Nina, daughter of the widow who runs the boarding house where Jack stays. Nina shows Jack around town looking for work. Each night, Jack reports back with a different tall tale from his day and his life at sea.
Slide21The Landry Newsby Andrew Clements
Cara Landry is a 5th grader with a burned out teacher, Mr. Larson. When she decides to start a newspaper, it gets his attention and gets the whole grade involved. It also gets the attention of the principal who wants Mr. Larson out.
Slide22The Lemonade Warby Jacqueline Davies
Siblings Evan and Jessie normally get along. She is very smart, especially with math, but not as good socially. He is the opposite. When they find out she is skipping 3rd grade and will be in his 4th grade class in September, the lemonade war begins. They compete to see who will sell the most before the start of school.
Slide23Lewis and Clark and Me – A Dog’s Taleby Laurie Myers
Seaman is Merweather Lewis’s large dog who accompanied him and William Clark on their famous 1803 expedition to explore land west of the Mississippi River. Seaman narrates the story using details from their real journals.
Slide24The Mouse with the Question Mark Tailby Richard Peck
From School Library JournalMouse Minor is the smallest mouse in the Royal Mews of Queen Victoria's Buckingham Palace. Raised by kindly Aunt Marigold, he has no real family. He doesn't even have a proper name-just a nickname. All he knows is that his mother was not a Mews mouse and that his oddly twisted tail marks him as different from his classmates at the Royal Mews Mouse Academy. Mouse Minor violates a cardinal rule of mouse society by accidentally allowing a human to see him dressed in his school uniform. Disgraced, he runs away, hoping to find some clues about who he is and where he came from. His quest takes him from the stables to the palace parade grounds to Victoria's private chambers, but even the great Queen herself can't give him all the answers he seeks. Set against the background of the 1897 Diamond Jubilee, the story portrays a secret animal society existing in the shadows of the human world.
Slide25My Life as a Bookby Janet Tashjian
Derek, 12, does not like to read, preferring Calvin and Hobbes to assignments. He also prefers to goof around! When he discovers an article that tells of a 17 year old who drowned, Derek uncovers a mystery. She actually died saving him while babysitting, and he sets off to find out more about it.
Slide26Night on Fireby Ronald Kidd
In Anniston, Alabama, segregation is known during the Civil Rights Movement. 13 year old Billie Simms doesn’t think this is right. When the Freedom Riders come through her town en route to Montgomery, Billie hopes it will bring change. Instead, it brings fire and blood on Mother’s Day, 1961. Learning through reporter Tom McCall and his son photographer Grant, as well as her maid Lavender Jones and her daughter Jarmaine, Billie decides to go to Montgomery to hear Dr. King speak.
Slide27Paxby Sara Pennypacker
Pax is a young red fox who was rescued by Peter as a kit. When Peter’s dad goes into the army, he needs to go live with his grandfather hundreds of miles away.. And without Pax. Forced to abandon Pax on the side of a road near woods, Peter runs away from his grandfather’s to find Pax. Meanwhile, Pax sets off to find him while both learn to survive and adapt.
Slide28Pictures of Hollis Woodsby Patricia Reilly Giff
Twelve year old Hollis Woods is a foster child, having moved(run away) from home to home. She is living with Josie, an older artist, and is happy there. But, Josie is beomcing very forgetful and Hollis misses her previous family, the Regans, who she thought were perfect. She left them, including Mom Izzy, and son Steven for reasons gradually revealed.
Slide29Poppy and Ryeby Avi
Poppy, a deer mouse, must travel through Dimwood Forest to tell her fiancé Ragweed’s family about his death. Upon arrival, she and pal Ereth, a porcupine, find out that beavers have overtaken their valley. Along with Ragweed’s brother Rye they face dangers like kidnapping and imprisonment to rescue their valley.
Slide30Ramona’s Worldby Beverly Cleary
Ramona is about to start 4th grade and is excited about her baby sister. She makes a new bets friend, Daisy, but runs into trouble in school when Mrs. Meachem is on her about her spelling. She even has a crush on her friend Danny who she calls Yard Ape.
Slide31Return of Zita the Spacegirlby Ben Hatke
Zita is sent to the mines in Dungeon World since she saved a planet from an asteroid. She is without her posessions, including her signature green cape. Zita needs to escape before the Evil Dungeon Lord destroys everything.
Slide32Richard Wright and the Library Cardby William Miller
This biography follows Wright, a young black man in the south in the 1920s. Because of segregation, he was not allowed to borrow library books. Wright grew up to be a famous author of books like Native Son, thanks to his perserverance and a helpful white coworker.
Slide33Roller Girlby Victoria Jamieson
Astrid and Nicole are best friends who do everything together. But one summer, Astrid falls in love with roller derby and attends a camp for it, while Nicole goes to dance camp. Astrid tries to fit in to the Rose City Rollers and with her idol, Rainbow Bite and her new friend Zoey.
Slide34Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thiefby Wendelin Van Draanen
Sammy, young girl detective, lives with her grandmother in her “seniors only” building. One day, she sees a thief taking something from one of the rooms across the street at the Heavenly Hotel. She waves at him and he is now after her! Meanwhile, her nosy neighbor Mrs. Greybill is on to her too!
Slide35Scumbleby Ingrid Law
Mibs (main character of Savvy) has a cousin Ledge who is just turning 13. While he wants his power (“savvy”) to be running like the wind, instead he has the power to make things fall apart. He must learn to “scumble” or control his powers while still protecting his family secrets.
Slide36Shpiwreck Search – Discovery of the H.L. Hunleyby Sally Walker
The H.L. Hunley is a sunken Civil War submarine. The book details its discovery and retrieval. Other information includes how it worked, why it might have sunk and people onboard.
Slide37Sign of the Beaverby Elizabeth Craighead George
Matt, a 13 year old boy, must guard his family’s cabin while his father is away. After terrible bee stings while getting honey, he is treated by an old Native American and his grandson, Attean. In return, rather than the books Matt offered, he wants Matt to teach Attean to read. They read Robinson Crusoe and Matt learns ways of the Beaver clan from Attean.
Slide38Stone Foxby John Reynolds Gardiner
When his grandfather falls ill and can no longer take care of their farm, Little Willy is determined to win the National Dog Sled race. The money would save their farm. Willy trains daily with his dog Searchlight to beat Stone Fox, the champion dog sled racing Native American.
Slide39The Story of the Statue of Libertyby Betsy Maestro
Detailed description of the creation of the Statue of Libery!
Slide40Tales of a 4th Grade Nothingby Judy Blume
Slide41Through My Eyesby Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges tells her story as a six year old black girl entering an all-white school in November of 1960. Taught alone in a classroom by Mrs. Henry, she eventually meets other white first graders but cannot join their class.
Slide42The Trouble with Tuckby Theodore Taylor
Helen has always adored her golden Labrador Friar Tuck. He’s even saved her life twice. But, now he is beginning to lose his sight. Together they fight to come up with a solution.
Slide43Two Minute Drillby Mike Lupica
New kid Scott Parry is a brain but rather clumsy. Chis Conlan is the star quarterback and popular. Together they share a secret that tests their will to succeed.
Slide44Viking it and Liking Itby Jon Scieszka
The Time Warp Trio – Fred, Sam and Joe – discover that saying Thursday, a Norse word, repeatedly near their magic book will take them to the time of the Vikings. They must survive a wild ride with Leif Erikson and beat his crazy cousin, and get back home!
Slide45Women Who Broke the Rules – Sonia Sotomayorby Kathleen Krull
Sonia Sotomayor grew up in poverty but persevered. She went on to Ivy League college and law school. Sonia became the third woman on the Supreme Court and the first Latina Supreme Court justice.
Slide46Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Earby Lensey Namioka
Nine year old Yingtao is the youngerst in his musical family. Unfortunately, even after years of violin lessons from his teacher father, he cannot play well. Yingtao wants to learn English and make new friends since they moved from China to Seattle, but he has to keep practicing. He befriends a new boy, Matthew and takes up a new sport – baseball.