December 2016
IT’S COLD OUTSIDE WHICH IS THE PERFECT WEATHER TO GET WRAPPED UP IN AN AMAZING BOOK! VISIT OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY, YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES (EVANSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY OR SKOKIE PUBLIC LIBRARY) OR READ AN EBOOK TO FIND THE HOTTEST BOOKS AROUND. WHETHER YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A COOL TITLE TO HELP YOU CHILL OUT AND READ OR A FIERY AWARD WINNER OR CLASSIC, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE YOU COZY UP INDOORS AND HELP YOU FORGET ABOUT THE WIND CHILL OUTSIDE. CONSIDER READING SOME OF THE TITLES BELOW THAT ARE PERFECT FOR THE FREEZIN’ SEASON. Note: All Excerpts about the books have been taken from amazon.com.
ALEXANDER, KWAME. THE CROSSOVER. (NEWBERY MEDAL, CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR 2015)
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD JOSH BELL AND HIS TWIN BROTHER JORDAN ARE AWESOME ON THE COURT. BUT, JOSH HAS MORE THAN BASKETBALL IN HIS BLOOD. HE'S GOT MAD BEATS, TOO, THAT TELL HIS FAMILY'S STORY IN VERSE, IN THIS FAST AND FURIOUS MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL OF FAMILY AND BROTHERHOOD FROM KWAME ALEXANDER. JOSH AND JORDAN MUST COME TO GRIPS WITH GROWING UP ON AND OFF THE COURT TO REALIZE BREAKING THE RULES COMES AT A TERRIBLE PRICE AS THEIR STORY'S HEART-STOPPING CLIMAX PROVES A GAME-CHANGER FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
APPLEGATE, KATHERINE. THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN. (NEWBERY MEDAL 2013)
WINNER OF THE 2013 NEWBERY MEDAL AND A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THIS STIRRING AND UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL FROM RENOWNED AUTHOR KATHERINE APPLEGATE CELEBRATES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF UNEXPECTED FRIENDSHIP. INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY OF A CAPTIVE GORILLA KNOWN AS IVAN, THIS ILLUSTRATED NOVEL IS TOLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF IVAN HIMSELF.
HAVING SPENT TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS BEHIND THE GLASS WALLS OF HIS ENCLOSURE IN A SHOPPING MALL, IVAN HAS GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HUMANS WATCHING HIM. HE HARDLY EVER THINKS ABOUT HIS LIFE IN THE JUNGLE. INSTEAD, IVAN OCCUPIES HIMSELF WITH TELEVISION, HIS FRIENDS STELLA AND BOB, AND PAINTING. BUT WHEN HE MEETS RUBY, A BABY ELEPHANT TAKEN FROM THE WILD, HE IS FORCED TO SEE THEIR HOME, AND HIS ART, THROUGH NEW EYES.
BUYEA, ROBERT. (2011). BECAUSE OF MR. TERUPT.
IT’S THE START OF FIFTH GRADE FOR SEVEN KIDS AT SNOW HILL SCHOOL. THERE’S . . . JESSICA, THE NEW GIRL, SMART AND PERCEPTIVE, WHO’S HAVING A HARD TIME FITTING IN; ALEXIA, A BULLY, YOUR FRIEND ONE SECOND, YOUR ENEMY THE NEXT; PETER, CLASS PRANKSTER AND TROUBLEMAKER; LUKE, THE BRAIN; DANIELLE, WHO NEVER STANDS UP FOR HERSELF; SHY ANNA, WHOSE HOME SITUATION MAKES HER AN OUTCAST; AND JEFFREY, WHO HATES SCHOOL. ONLY MR. TERUPT, THEIR NEW AND ENERGETIC TEACHER, SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM ALL. HE MAKES THE CLASSROOM A FUN PLACE, EVEN IF HE DOESN’T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH MUCH . . . UNTIL THE SNOWY WINTER DAY WHEN AN ACCIDENT CHANGES EVERYTHING—AND EVERYONE. (BE SURE TO READ THE SEQUEL, MR. TERUPT FALLs AGAIN.)
CIENCIN, ROBERT. (2010). AVALANCHE FREESTYLE.
RICH KID TONY JAY IS A SHOE-IN TO WIN THE SILVER FALLS SNOWBOARDING TOURNAMENT, BUT HIS BIGGEST COMPETITION, JACK HEWLITT, CAN'T AFFORD TO ENTER. TONY MAY BE SPOILED, BUT HE KNOWS THAT VICTORY MEANS NOTHING IF YOU DON'T BEAT THE BEST. SO, HE AGREES TO HOLD A ONE-ON-ONE FREESTYLE RUN WITH JACK ATOP THE SILVER FALLS MOUNTAINS. BUT, JUST WHEN THINGS START TO HEAT UP, A MASSIVE AVALANCHE THREATENS TO PUT BOTH BOYS ON ICE, TURNING THEIR FRIENDLY COMPETITION INTO A RACE FOR THEIR LIVES.
DE LA PENA, MATT. LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET. (NEWBERY MEDAL 2016).
EVERY SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH, CJ AND HIS GRANDMA RIDE THE BUS ACROSS TOWN. BUT TODAY, CJ WONDERS WHY THEY DON'T OWN A CAR LIKE HIS FRIEND COLBY. WHY DOESN’T HE HAVE AN IPOD LIKE THE BOYS ON THE BUS? HOW COME THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO GET OFF IN THE DIRTY PART OF TOWN? EACH QUESTION IS MET WITH AN ENCOURAGING ANSWER FROM GRANDMA, WHO HELPS HIM SEE THE BEAUTY—AND FUN—IN THEIR ROUTINE AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
FREDERICK, SHANE. (2013). THE TECHNOLOGY OF HOCKEY.
THE HOCKEY RINK HAS SET THE STAGE FOR A GAME CONTINUALLY INFLUENCED BY TECHNOLOGY. FROM VIDEO REPLAY ON GOALS TO MODERN EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR SAFER, FASTER PLAY, TECHNOLOGY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE GAME.
FREDERICK, SHANE. ( 2013). THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PRO HOCKEY RECORDS.
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES! FROM BOBBY ORR TO WAYNE GRETZKY, PRO HOCKEY HAS FEATURED AMAZING TALENTS ON THE ICE. THE BEST OF THE BEST FIGHT THEIR WAY TO THE TOP OF THE RECORDS LISTS. FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND MORE INSIDE THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PRO HOCKEY RECORDS. WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CAREER HAT TRICKS? WHICH PLAYER HAS SPENT THE MOST TIME IN A PENALTY BOX IN A SINGLE SEASON? WHICH GOALIE HAS THE MOST CAREER SHUTOUTS? WHAT TEAM HAS WON THE MOST STANLEY CUP FINALS?
NORTHROP, MICHAEL. (2011). TRAPPED.
SCOTTY AND HIS FRIENDS PETE AND JASON ARE AMONG THE LAST SEVEN KIDS AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL WAITING TO GET PICKED UP THAT DAY, AND THEY SOON REALIZE THAT NO ONE IS COMING FOR THEM. STILL, IT DOESN'T SEEM SO BAD TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT SCHOOL. THE DAY THE BLIZZARD STARTED, NO ONE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO KEEP SNOWING FOR A WEEK. THAT FOR THOSE IN ITS PATH, IT WOULD BECOME NOT JUST A MATTER OF KEEPING WARM, BUT OF STAYING ALIVE. . . .
PAULSEN, GARY. (1996). BRIAN’S WINTER (A HATCHET ADVENTURE)
IN HATCHET, 13-YEAR-OLD BRIAN ROBESON LEARNED TO SURVIVE ALONE IN THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS, ARMED ONLY WITH HIS HATCHET. HE WAS RESCUED AT THE END OF THE SUMMER. BRIAN'S WINTER BEGINS WHERE HATCHET MIGHT HAVE ENDED: BRIAN IS NOT RESCUED, BUT MUST BUILD ON HIS SURVIVAL SKILLS TO FACE HIS DEADLIEST ENEMY--A NORTHERN WINTER.
SANDLER, MARTIN W. (2012). THE IMPOSSIBLE RESCUE: THE TRUE STORY OF AN AMAZING ARCTIC ADVENTURE.
IN 1897, WHALING IN THE ARCTIC WATERS OFF ALASKA’S COAST WAS AS DANGEROUS AS IT WAS LUCRATIVE. AND IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR, WINTER BLASTED EARLY, BRINGING STORMS AND ICE PACKS THAT CAUGHT EIGHT AMERICAN WHALE SHIPS AND THREE HUNDRED SAILORS OFF GUARD. THEIR SHIPS LOCKED IN ICE, WITH NO MEANS OF ESCAPE, THE WHALERS HAD LIMITED PROVISIONS ON BOARD, AND LITTLE HOPE OF SURVIVING UNTIL WARMER TEMPERATURES ARRIVED MANY MONTHS LATER.
HERE IS THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THREE MEN SENT BY PRESIDENT MCKINLEY TO RESCUE THEM. THE MISSION?--A PERILOUS TREK OVER 1,500 MILES OF NEARLY IMPASSABLE ALASKAN TERRAIN IN THE BONE-CHILLING MONTHS OF WINTER TO SECURE TWO HERDS OF REINDEER (FOR FOOD) AND FIND A WAY TO GUIDE THEM TO THE WHALERS BEFORE THEY STARVE. WITH THE HELP OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND JOURNAL ENTRIES BY ONE OF THE RESCUERS, MARTIN W. SANDLER TAKES US ON EVERY STEP OF THEIR RIVETING JOURNEY, FACING RAGING BLIZZARDS, KILLING COLD, INJURED SLED DOGS, AND SETBACKS TO TEST THE STRONGEST OF WILLS.
SHEINKIN, STEVE. BOMB: THE RACE TO BUILD AND STEAL THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON. (SIBERT MEDAL 2013, NEWBERY HONOR 2012)
IN DECEMBER OF 1938, A CHEMIST IN A GERMAN LABORATORY MADE A SHOCKING DISCOVERY: WHEN PLACED NEXT TO RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, A URANIUM ATOM SPLIT IN TWO. THAT SIMPLE DISCOVERY LAUNCHED A SCIENTIFIC RACE THAT SPANNED 3 CONTINENTS. IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES, SOVIET SPIES WORKED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; IN NORWAY, A COMMANDO FORCE SLIPPED BEHIND ENEMY LINES TO ATTACK GERMAN HEAVY-WATER MANUFACTURING; AND DEEP IN THE DESERT, ONE BRILLIANT GROUP OF SCIENTISTS WAS HIDDEN AWAY AT A REMOTE SITE AT LOS ALAMOS.
THIS IS THE STORY OF THE PLOTTING, THE RISK-TAKING, THE DECEIT, AND GENIUS THAT CREATED THE WORLD'S MOST FORMIDABLE WEAPON. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
WILLIAMS-GARCIA, RITA. GONE CRAZY IN ALABAMA. (CORETTA SCOTT KING MEDAL 2016).
DELPHINE, VONETTA, AND FERN ARE OFF TO ALABAMA TO VISIT THEIR GRANDMOTHER BIG MA AND HER MOTHER, MA CHARLES. ACROSS THE WAY LIVES MA CHARLES’S HALF SISTER, MISS TROTTER. THE TWO HALF SISTERS HAVEN’T SPOKEN IN YEARS. AS DELPHINE HEARS ABOUT HER FAMILY HISTORY, SHE UNCOVERS THE SURPRISING TRUTH THAT’S BEEN KEEPING THE SISTERS APART. BUT WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, DELPHINE DISCOVERS THAT THE BONDS OF FAMILY RUN DEEPER THAN SHE EVER KNEW POSSIBLE.
POWERFUL AND HUMOROUS, THIS COMPANION TO THE AWARD-WINNING ONE CRAZY SUMMER AND P.S. BE ELEVEN WILL BE ENJOYED BY FANS OF THE FIRST TWO BOOKS, AS WELL AS BY READERS MEETING THESE MEMORABLE SISTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WOODSON, JACQUELINE. BROWN GIRL DREAMING. (CORETTA SCOTT KING MEDAL, NEWBERY HONOR 2015)
RAISED IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEW YORK, WOODSON ALWAYS FELT HALFWAY HOME IN EACH PLACE. IN VIVID POEMS, SHE SHARES WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GROW UP AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE 1960S AND 1970S, LIVING WITH THE REMNANTS OF JIM CROW AND HER GROWING AWARENESS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. WOODSON’S ELOQUENT POETRY ALSO REFLECTS THE JOY OF FINDING HER VOICE THROUGH WRITING STORIES, DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE STRUGGLED WITH READING AS A CHILD. HER LOVE OF STORIES INSPIRED HER AND STAYED WITH HER, CREATING THE FIRST SPARKS OF THE GIFTED WRITER SHE WAS TO BECOME.
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VISIT THE HOMEPAGE OF THIS WEEBLY TO FIND THE LINK TO DESTINY QUEST, DISTRICT 65 LIBRARY CATALOG, OR SEARCH AXIS 360 TO FIND THE ABOVE TITLES AND MANY MORE IN OUR LIBRARY. YOU WILL FIND A COMPLETE LIST OF THE LIST OF CALDECOTT, NEWBERY, SIBERT AND OTHER BOOK AWARDS ON THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S WEBSITE--HTTP://WWW.ALA.ORG/AWARDSGRANTS/.
HAPPY READING!
MS. MARTIN
ALEXANDER, KWAME. THE CROSSOVER. (NEWBERY MEDAL, CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR 2015)
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD JOSH BELL AND HIS TWIN BROTHER JORDAN ARE AWESOME ON THE COURT. BUT, JOSH HAS MORE THAN BASKETBALL IN HIS BLOOD. HE'S GOT MAD BEATS, TOO, THAT TELL HIS FAMILY'S STORY IN VERSE, IN THIS FAST AND FURIOUS MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL OF FAMILY AND BROTHERHOOD FROM KWAME ALEXANDER. JOSH AND JORDAN MUST COME TO GRIPS WITH GROWING UP ON AND OFF THE COURT TO REALIZE BREAKING THE RULES COMES AT A TERRIBLE PRICE AS THEIR STORY'S HEART-STOPPING CLIMAX PROVES A GAME-CHANGER FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
APPLEGATE, KATHERINE. THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN. (NEWBERY MEDAL 2013)
WINNER OF THE 2013 NEWBERY MEDAL AND A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THIS STIRRING AND UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL FROM RENOWNED AUTHOR KATHERINE APPLEGATE CELEBRATES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF UNEXPECTED FRIENDSHIP. INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY OF A CAPTIVE GORILLA KNOWN AS IVAN, THIS ILLUSTRATED NOVEL IS TOLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF IVAN HIMSELF.
HAVING SPENT TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS BEHIND THE GLASS WALLS OF HIS ENCLOSURE IN A SHOPPING MALL, IVAN HAS GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HUMANS WATCHING HIM. HE HARDLY EVER THINKS ABOUT HIS LIFE IN THE JUNGLE. INSTEAD, IVAN OCCUPIES HIMSELF WITH TELEVISION, HIS FRIENDS STELLA AND BOB, AND PAINTING. BUT WHEN HE MEETS RUBY, A BABY ELEPHANT TAKEN FROM THE WILD, HE IS FORCED TO SEE THEIR HOME, AND HIS ART, THROUGH NEW EYES.
BUYEA, ROBERT. (2011). BECAUSE OF MR. TERUPT.
IT’S THE START OF FIFTH GRADE FOR SEVEN KIDS AT SNOW HILL SCHOOL. THERE’S . . . JESSICA, THE NEW GIRL, SMART AND PERCEPTIVE, WHO’S HAVING A HARD TIME FITTING IN; ALEXIA, A BULLY, YOUR FRIEND ONE SECOND, YOUR ENEMY THE NEXT; PETER, CLASS PRANKSTER AND TROUBLEMAKER; LUKE, THE BRAIN; DANIELLE, WHO NEVER STANDS UP FOR HERSELF; SHY ANNA, WHOSE HOME SITUATION MAKES HER AN OUTCAST; AND JEFFREY, WHO HATES SCHOOL. ONLY MR. TERUPT, THEIR NEW AND ENERGETIC TEACHER, SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM ALL. HE MAKES THE CLASSROOM A FUN PLACE, EVEN IF HE DOESN’T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH MUCH . . . UNTIL THE SNOWY WINTER DAY WHEN AN ACCIDENT CHANGES EVERYTHING—AND EVERYONE. (BE SURE TO READ THE SEQUEL, MR. TERUPT FALLs AGAIN.)
CIENCIN, ROBERT. (2010). AVALANCHE FREESTYLE.
RICH KID TONY JAY IS A SHOE-IN TO WIN THE SILVER FALLS SNOWBOARDING TOURNAMENT, BUT HIS BIGGEST COMPETITION, JACK HEWLITT, CAN'T AFFORD TO ENTER. TONY MAY BE SPOILED, BUT HE KNOWS THAT VICTORY MEANS NOTHING IF YOU DON'T BEAT THE BEST. SO, HE AGREES TO HOLD A ONE-ON-ONE FREESTYLE RUN WITH JACK ATOP THE SILVER FALLS MOUNTAINS. BUT, JUST WHEN THINGS START TO HEAT UP, A MASSIVE AVALANCHE THREATENS TO PUT BOTH BOYS ON ICE, TURNING THEIR FRIENDLY COMPETITION INTO A RACE FOR THEIR LIVES.
DE LA PENA, MATT. LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET. (NEWBERY MEDAL 2016).
EVERY SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH, CJ AND HIS GRANDMA RIDE THE BUS ACROSS TOWN. BUT TODAY, CJ WONDERS WHY THEY DON'T OWN A CAR LIKE HIS FRIEND COLBY. WHY DOESN’T HE HAVE AN IPOD LIKE THE BOYS ON THE BUS? HOW COME THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO GET OFF IN THE DIRTY PART OF TOWN? EACH QUESTION IS MET WITH AN ENCOURAGING ANSWER FROM GRANDMA, WHO HELPS HIM SEE THE BEAUTY—AND FUN—IN THEIR ROUTINE AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
FREDERICK, SHANE. (2013). THE TECHNOLOGY OF HOCKEY.
THE HOCKEY RINK HAS SET THE STAGE FOR A GAME CONTINUALLY INFLUENCED BY TECHNOLOGY. FROM VIDEO REPLAY ON GOALS TO MODERN EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR SAFER, FASTER PLAY, TECHNOLOGY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE GAME.
FREDERICK, SHANE. ( 2013). THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PRO HOCKEY RECORDS.
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES! FROM BOBBY ORR TO WAYNE GRETZKY, PRO HOCKEY HAS FEATURED AMAZING TALENTS ON THE ICE. THE BEST OF THE BEST FIGHT THEIR WAY TO THE TOP OF THE RECORDS LISTS. FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND MORE INSIDE THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PRO HOCKEY RECORDS. WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CAREER HAT TRICKS? WHICH PLAYER HAS SPENT THE MOST TIME IN A PENALTY BOX IN A SINGLE SEASON? WHICH GOALIE HAS THE MOST CAREER SHUTOUTS? WHAT TEAM HAS WON THE MOST STANLEY CUP FINALS?
NORTHROP, MICHAEL. (2011). TRAPPED.
SCOTTY AND HIS FRIENDS PETE AND JASON ARE AMONG THE LAST SEVEN KIDS AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL WAITING TO GET PICKED UP THAT DAY, AND THEY SOON REALIZE THAT NO ONE IS COMING FOR THEM. STILL, IT DOESN'T SEEM SO BAD TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT SCHOOL. THE DAY THE BLIZZARD STARTED, NO ONE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO KEEP SNOWING FOR A WEEK. THAT FOR THOSE IN ITS PATH, IT WOULD BECOME NOT JUST A MATTER OF KEEPING WARM, BUT OF STAYING ALIVE. . . .
PAULSEN, GARY. (1996). BRIAN’S WINTER (A HATCHET ADVENTURE)
IN HATCHET, 13-YEAR-OLD BRIAN ROBESON LEARNED TO SURVIVE ALONE IN THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS, ARMED ONLY WITH HIS HATCHET. HE WAS RESCUED AT THE END OF THE SUMMER. BRIAN'S WINTER BEGINS WHERE HATCHET MIGHT HAVE ENDED: BRIAN IS NOT RESCUED, BUT MUST BUILD ON HIS SURVIVAL SKILLS TO FACE HIS DEADLIEST ENEMY--A NORTHERN WINTER.
SANDLER, MARTIN W. (2012). THE IMPOSSIBLE RESCUE: THE TRUE STORY OF AN AMAZING ARCTIC ADVENTURE.
IN 1897, WHALING IN THE ARCTIC WATERS OFF ALASKA’S COAST WAS AS DANGEROUS AS IT WAS LUCRATIVE. AND IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR, WINTER BLASTED EARLY, BRINGING STORMS AND ICE PACKS THAT CAUGHT EIGHT AMERICAN WHALE SHIPS AND THREE HUNDRED SAILORS OFF GUARD. THEIR SHIPS LOCKED IN ICE, WITH NO MEANS OF ESCAPE, THE WHALERS HAD LIMITED PROVISIONS ON BOARD, AND LITTLE HOPE OF SURVIVING UNTIL WARMER TEMPERATURES ARRIVED MANY MONTHS LATER.
HERE IS THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THREE MEN SENT BY PRESIDENT MCKINLEY TO RESCUE THEM. THE MISSION?--A PERILOUS TREK OVER 1,500 MILES OF NEARLY IMPASSABLE ALASKAN TERRAIN IN THE BONE-CHILLING MONTHS OF WINTER TO SECURE TWO HERDS OF REINDEER (FOR FOOD) AND FIND A WAY TO GUIDE THEM TO THE WHALERS BEFORE THEY STARVE. WITH THE HELP OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND JOURNAL ENTRIES BY ONE OF THE RESCUERS, MARTIN W. SANDLER TAKES US ON EVERY STEP OF THEIR RIVETING JOURNEY, FACING RAGING BLIZZARDS, KILLING COLD, INJURED SLED DOGS, AND SETBACKS TO TEST THE STRONGEST OF WILLS.
SHEINKIN, STEVE. BOMB: THE RACE TO BUILD AND STEAL THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON. (SIBERT MEDAL 2013, NEWBERY HONOR 2012)
IN DECEMBER OF 1938, A CHEMIST IN A GERMAN LABORATORY MADE A SHOCKING DISCOVERY: WHEN PLACED NEXT TO RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, A URANIUM ATOM SPLIT IN TWO. THAT SIMPLE DISCOVERY LAUNCHED A SCIENTIFIC RACE THAT SPANNED 3 CONTINENTS. IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES, SOVIET SPIES WORKED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; IN NORWAY, A COMMANDO FORCE SLIPPED BEHIND ENEMY LINES TO ATTACK GERMAN HEAVY-WATER MANUFACTURING; AND DEEP IN THE DESERT, ONE BRILLIANT GROUP OF SCIENTISTS WAS HIDDEN AWAY AT A REMOTE SITE AT LOS ALAMOS.
THIS IS THE STORY OF THE PLOTTING, THE RISK-TAKING, THE DECEIT, AND GENIUS THAT CREATED THE WORLD'S MOST FORMIDABLE WEAPON. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
WILLIAMS-GARCIA, RITA. GONE CRAZY IN ALABAMA. (CORETTA SCOTT KING MEDAL 2016).
DELPHINE, VONETTA, AND FERN ARE OFF TO ALABAMA TO VISIT THEIR GRANDMOTHER BIG MA AND HER MOTHER, MA CHARLES. ACROSS THE WAY LIVES MA CHARLES’S HALF SISTER, MISS TROTTER. THE TWO HALF SISTERS HAVEN’T SPOKEN IN YEARS. AS DELPHINE HEARS ABOUT HER FAMILY HISTORY, SHE UNCOVERS THE SURPRISING TRUTH THAT’S BEEN KEEPING THE SISTERS APART. BUT WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, DELPHINE DISCOVERS THAT THE BONDS OF FAMILY RUN DEEPER THAN SHE EVER KNEW POSSIBLE.
POWERFUL AND HUMOROUS, THIS COMPANION TO THE AWARD-WINNING ONE CRAZY SUMMER AND P.S. BE ELEVEN WILL BE ENJOYED BY FANS OF THE FIRST TWO BOOKS, AS WELL AS BY READERS MEETING THESE MEMORABLE SISTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WOODSON, JACQUELINE. BROWN GIRL DREAMING. (CORETTA SCOTT KING MEDAL, NEWBERY HONOR 2015)
RAISED IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEW YORK, WOODSON ALWAYS FELT HALFWAY HOME IN EACH PLACE. IN VIVID POEMS, SHE SHARES WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GROW UP AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE 1960S AND 1970S, LIVING WITH THE REMNANTS OF JIM CROW AND HER GROWING AWARENESS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. WOODSON’S ELOQUENT POETRY ALSO REFLECTS THE JOY OF FINDING HER VOICE THROUGH WRITING STORIES, DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE STRUGGLED WITH READING AS A CHILD. HER LOVE OF STORIES INSPIRED HER AND STAYED WITH HER, CREATING THE FIRST SPARKS OF THE GIFTED WRITER SHE WAS TO BECOME.
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VISIT THE HOMEPAGE OF THIS WEEBLY TO FIND THE LINK TO DESTINY QUEST, DISTRICT 65 LIBRARY CATALOG, OR SEARCH AXIS 360 TO FIND THE ABOVE TITLES AND MANY MORE IN OUR LIBRARY. YOU WILL FIND A COMPLETE LIST OF THE LIST OF CALDECOTT, NEWBERY, SIBERT AND OTHER BOOK AWARDS ON THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S WEBSITE--HTTP://WWW.ALA.ORG/AWARDSGRANTS/.
HAPPY READING!
MS. MARTIN