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Letter Ratings – V,W,X,Y
Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Memoir by Ruud Van der Rol JB FRANK
Photographs, illustrations and maps accompany historical essays, diary excerpts and interviews, providing insight to Anne Frank and the massive upheaval which tore her world apart.
Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnston JFIC JOH
Arturo and his family and friends share all kinds of experiences living in the barrio of East Los Angeles -- reclaiming their names, playing basketball, championing the school librarian, and even starting their own gang.
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo JFIC DIC
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich JFIC ERD
Omakayas, a 7-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America by Jim Murphy J 974 M 2000
A history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.
The Chicken Doesn't Skate by Gordon Korman JFIC KOR
Wild things happen at South Middle School when a student science project, Henrietta the chicken, becomes the hockey team's mascot.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman JFIC GAI
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
The Day the sky Fell: A History of Terrorism by Milton Meltzer J 303.625 M
A history of terrorist groups and activities.
Dog of Discovery: A Newfoundland's Adventure With Lewis and Clark by Laurence P Pringle J 978P
A detailed account of the Lewis and Clark expedition features the dog that was its most unusual member. Selections from the actual journals of Lewis and Clark appear throughout the text.
Down a Sunny Dirt Road by Stan and Jan Berenstain JB Berenstain
In alternating chapters Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the Berenstain Bears, tell their own stories from early childhood until their marriage, then continue the tale together to the present day.
Fair Weather by Richard Peck JFIC PEC
In 1893, 13-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition, which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone.
Fever, 1793 by Laurie H Anderson JFIC AND
In 1793 Philadelphia, 16-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
Five Pages a Day: A Writer's Journey by Peg Kehret JB Kehret
A biography of the author of numerous books for young people, describing her childhood bout with polio, how she became a writer, family relationships, and the importance of writing in her life. Continuation of her autobiography that began with Small Steps.
The Great Good Thing by Rod Townley JFIC TOW
Twelve-year-old Princess Sylvie's storybook kingdom really is a storybook, where nothing ever changes, even the character's mad scramble to reach their places whenever the book is opened, until Sylvie discovers she can enter new worlds with the Reader and find new adventures.
Guts by Gary Paulsen JB Paulsen
The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan JFIC WHE
When 13-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it. After the escape from Nazi Germany, the Platt family comes to the U.S. Lisa expects America to be like the movies. It isn't.
Hoot by Carl Hiassen JFIC HIA
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
I Was a Rat! by Phillip Pullman JFIC PUL
A little boy turns life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was a rat.