HIT 4th grade adventure books

[Jean Maier <Jean_Maier@ccmail.monroe.edu>]

     Thanks for all your suggestions. I was asked to compile a hit to
     share. We will preview and select one.
     Suggested books were:

     How about Toughboy and sister by Kirkpatrick?

     several of you suggested Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehert and also her
     "Pet Club" Frightmares series
     and the other one on disasters.

     You might take a look at 'Danger Guys' the first in a 3 run series.
     Written by Tony Abbott. Lightweight (short, RL 3.6) but has all the
     classic attributes + humor so kids get into them. A short easy read
     allows kids to concentrate on the plot, characters, setting, language,
     rather than struggling for meaning. Affords more time to do extensions
     also.

     Also, there was a list of all the state awards (or rather a site with
     links) mentioned end of last month. Checking the winners of various
     states would give you a bunch of 'winning choices'

     This summer a series of books came out by Gordon Korman. The name of
     the series is "Island". The names of the individual books are
     "Shipwreck", "Survival" and "Escape". They're about a group of kids
     that survive a shipwreck and must survive on an island that they think
     is deserted. The reading level placed on the back was grade four, and
     I think that's about right.

     Our MN Children's choice award winner (Maud Hart Lovelace) for 1999
     was Danger in the Desert, by T S Fields.
     You might also think about White Water, by P J Petersen.


     Thanks again,
     Jean Maier
     Library Media Specialist
     DeWitt Road Elementary
     Webster, Ny
     jean_maier@ccmail.monroe.edu

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