I was asked to post a hit if someone found the title for the book about
the boy that went into a mysterious house and talked to a mysterious
person
who gave him marbles that gave him special powers.
Thanks to Maureen Southorn for finding the title.
I shared it with the teacher that was looking for it. He was impressed we
found it so quick. In fact, He bought it on his kindle today. I think I
will get it from Amazon.com and read it too.
It looks interesting.
Thank you to everyone - Information below.
Kathy Burkle
LMS
Jamestown High School
Jamestown, ND
I LOVED this book! It's called Christopher, by Richard Koff. It was
published in the early 1980s. He goes into a haunted house on a dare and
meets a mysterious man called the Professor, who gives him "lessons" that
slowly unlock his mind's potential. Each "lesson" starts when Christopher
squeezes a cube and unleashes an ability to fly, be invisible, read minds,
etc.... It's probably been out of print for years, but may still be in
some libraries or available used online. I had forgotten all about this
one... I'll have to get it for my son to read. :)
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Maureen Southorn
K-12 School Library Media Specialist
Weedsport Central School District
2821 E Brutus St
Weedsport, NY 13166
315-834-6652/6685
southornm at weedsport dot org
mksouthorn at hotmail dot com
http://www.weedsport.org/webpages/msouthorn/index.cfm
Reading: Home: The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and
Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing and Research in Grades 3-8 by
Stephanie Harvey
Just finished: True Believer by Nicholas Sparks (not bad; I'd never read
this author before) and The Power of Reading by Stephen Krashen (GREAT
statistics and research to use as ammunition to encourage adminstrations
to drop prepackaged reading programs and allow kids to pick what they WANT
to read!)
> To all the finders in library land - Please Help!
>
>
> I have a teacher that asked me if I could find the title for a book
> that he read in his younger years. He is also from Canada. So it might
> be a Canadian author.
>
> He described the book:
> It is about a boy around 5th - 8th grade. He was walking by a
> mysterious house, goes in and a mysterious man? gives him marbles
> that allow him to have special powers like reading minds, flying,
> etc.
> These special powers happen when he least expects it. Toward the end he
> gets to look into his own mind (helps him figure out who he is)
>
> I hope this helps as I would really like to find the title for him.
>
> Thanks,
> Kathy Burkle
> LMS
> Jamestown High School
> Jamestown, ND
> K.Burkle@sendit.nodak.edu
>
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