Thanks for all the suggestions. Here is a hit so far. If any one has
some to add, please let me know:
5th grade girls suggestions
Regarding the sink : where, oh where, did Waters go? Klise, Kate.
Regarding the bathrooms : a privy to the past Klise, Kate.
Regarding the fountain : a tale, in letters, of liars and leaks Klise, Kate.
Regarding the bees : a lesson, in letters, on honey, dating, and other
sticky subjects Klise, Kate.
Regarding the trees : a splintered saga rooted in secrets Klise, Kate.
Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer - two so far in the series: The
Missing Marquess & The Case of the Left-Handed Lady.
Out in Jan 2008: The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets. (if you like Sherlock
Holmes you will LOVE his sister, and his mother!)
The Sea of Trolls & The Land of Silver Apples by Farmer
The Outriders Series by Ed Decter and Sammy Yuen Jr.: Expedition to
Willow Key, Expedition to Blue Cave, Expedition to Pine Hollow, Expedition
to Surf Island and probably more to come.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Selznick
Rules by Lord
No Talking by Clements
What-The-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Maguire
The Aurora County All-Stars by Wiles (recommend her older book: Each
Little Bird That Sings too - It's fabulous! And funny!)
Parade of Shadows by Whelan
The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous by Crowley
Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist by Kessler (third in the
series)
The Seems:The Glitch in Sleep by Hulme & Wexler (the first in a series)
The Hungry City Chronicles by Phillip Reeve - four titles (incredible
post-Armageddon world concept!)
Darkwing by Oppel (written from the perspective of the animals at the time
when the age of mammals begins to rise in prehistoric times!
The Sister Grimm Series by Buckley - five so far
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Riordan - 5th coming out in
May 2008 (mythology and New York! and adventure!)
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
If A Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko
Yellow Star - Jennifer Roy
Wedding Planner’s Daughter
Grimm Sisters – Michael Buckley
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http://booktalk.tandemlibrarybooks.com/chooseBook.aspx?pubId=8
is a great site for books from Texas Bluebonnet list for this year.
Any of these books are great!
You can find the master lists here, I have read most of the books from
the BB list for the past several years, they are all excellent for
different reasons. http://txla.org/html/reading.html
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author Hilary Mckay,
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Maureen Mooney, LMS
Caroline Street School
Saratoga Springs, NY
mm9161@albany.edu
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