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| by Jack Gantos |
Joey has attention deficit disorder(ADD). This might help explain how he could swallow a key! He is hyperactive and very aware of his wired personality that emerges when his meds wear off. Joey tells us about his crazy mixed-up life and what it’s like to have a disability. This story is funny, engrossing, and tugs at your heart. This is realistic fiction at its best!
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| by Sue Park |
Three-ear, a thirteen year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potter's village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself; and become a master potter. This is an excellent Newberry Award winner that boys will like to read! 4-8th grader readers.
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| by Jeanne DuPrau |
This book is full of suspense and fantasy. It's set in the year 241 and twelve-year-old Lina is a Messenger in an underground city without light. She goes on many adventures and even glimpses the Unknown Region. If you like this book, read the next book, The People of Sparks by the same author.
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| by Cornelia Funke |
| Did you ever wish you could jump right into the book you were reading? Or maybe the characters could jump right out of the pages! What fun it would be— or would it? Partaking on a path wrought with peril; join Meggie on the adventure of her life! Soon to be a movie -- make sure and read it first! |
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| by Louis Sachar |
This book is difficult to put down! Stanley Yelnats is no stranger to bad luck, but it gets even worse when he is sent to correctional Camp Green Lake in the Texas desert for a crime he didn’t commit. He meets a group of rambunctious kids who all go be silly nicknames. Now dubbed “caveman”, Stanley makes a true friend and solves a mystery to find a long lost treasure. Winner of the 1999 Newbery Medal, this artfully surprising book captivates young minds.!
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