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Mrs. Adair's Reading List
Here are some good books I've read lately. You can check them out in our library.
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. He's tall, dark, and extremely handsome. He drives an amazing car. Edward is just about the most exciting person Bella has ever met in this small Washington state town. So what could be wrong? Well, he could be a vampire. A real one. Is he interested in her for the wrong reasons? For grades 5 and up.
Hatching Magic, by Ann Downer. What if dragons were real, long ago? And what if a dragon fell through a portal from the past to the present, and laid her egg in modern-day Boston? A fun story--dragons, magic, and chocolate--as a girl, a professor, and a sorcerer work to keep an evil wizard from capturing the dragons. For grades 4 and up.
The Sisters Grimm: the Fairy Tale Detectives (Book #1), Michael Buckley. In this new series, the title characters are sisters whose parents have mysteriously disappeared. Shunted from foster home to foster home, they finally end up with their grandmother, a person their parents always told them was dead. Soon they start meeting characters like Prince Charming (who is not that charming), the Three Pigs, the Magic Mirror, and Jack the Giant Killer. Not only are all these storybook people real, they can only escape from Ferryport Landing if all the Grimms are dead! For grades 3 and up.
Bud, not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis. I am so glad I finally read this book! It was a Newbery winner a few years ago, and it's easy to see why. Bud's mother has just died, and after a series of bad foster homes, he's decided to run away to find the father he's never even met. It's the 1930s, and along the way Bud has lots of adventures. Here we go again! For grades 4 and up.
Give A Boy A Gun, by Todd Strasser. I read this book a few months ago, and have been thinking about it lately because of the terrible tragedy at Virginia Tech. This is a fictional story about a school shooting, told by all the people left behind. There are statistics and excerpts from news articles at the bottom of many of the pages, set in a different type so readers will know these are not part of the story. I had planned to use it as a readers theater with the 7th and 8th graders, but now it seems to hit a little too close to home. A very powerful book. For grades 5 and up.
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The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak: A wonderfully written but very emotional book about a girl and her friends and family in Nazi Germany. The narrator is Death. For grades 7 and up.
The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron: This year's Newbery Award winner has a wonderful sense of time and place. Readers feel part of the small California desert town as 10 year old Lucky struggles to find her higher power after her mother's death. For grades 4 and up.
Snarf attack, underfoodle, and the secret of life : the Riot Brothers tell all by Mary Amato: In this hilarious book, Wilbur and Orville Riot cause all kinds of trouble for their mother, who happens to be the principal of their elementary school, with games like Snarf Attack and plans to trick their mother into calling a snow day. For grades 3 and up.
  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne: A short novel, told as a "fable", about the Holocaust. Young Bruno's family moves to a terrible place in the country where there are fences and people in "striped pajamas". Desperate for a friend, Bruno talks with a boy through the fence, and eventually goes inside. Some background knowledge of the time period is helpful. Emotionally distressing. For grades 7 and up.
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