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Frankenstein meets Wolfman : adapted from the screenplay "Frankenstein meets the Wolfman" by Curt Siodman

Thorne, Ian.


Illustrations from Universal's 1943 film, Frankenstein meets the Wolf man. School Library Journal. A werewolf who wishes to be released from his curse and die visits Frankenstein's ruined castle to learn the secrets of life and death.
Date Published:1981

The lovely bones : a novel

Sebold, Alice.


Library Journal Starred Booklist starred Pub Weekly Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon, the victim of a sexual assault and murder, looks on from the afterlife as her family deals with their grief, and waits for her killer to be brought to some type of justice.
Date Published:2002

The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Haddon, Mark.


Pub Weekly Booklist Kirkus Starred Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
Date Published:2003

The Hunger Games

Collins, Suzanne.


School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Booklist starred, September 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. Pub Weekly, November 2008. New York Times, November 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2008. Kirkus Review, September 2008. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.
Date Published:2008

School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Booklist starred, September 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. Pub Weekly, November 2008. New York Times, November 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2008. Kirkus Review, September 2008. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.

Date Published:2008

The battle of the Labyrinth

Riordan, Rick.


Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal, May 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008. Pub Weekly, April 2008. Kirkus Starred, April 2008. Horn Book, July 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2008. Library Media Connection, November 2008. When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
Date Published:2008

Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal, May 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008. Pub Weekly, April 2008. Kirkus Starred, April 2008. Horn Book, July 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2008. Library Media Connection, November 2008. When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.

Date Published:2008

Dark life

Falls, Kat


When fifteen-year-old Ty, who has always lived on the ocean floor, joins Topside girl Gemma in the frontier's underworld to seek and stop outlaws who threaten his home, they learn that the government may pose an even greater threat. .
Date Published:2010

Four swords part 2. Part 2 / story & art by Arkira Himekawa ; translation, John Werry ; English adaptation, Stan! Brown.

Himekawa, Akira.


"Based on the hit video game series"--P. [4] of cover. VizKids -- p. [4] of cover. In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads right-to-left, and back-to-front. Original Japanese edition published by Shogakukan Inc., Tokyo.
Date Published:2009

Majora's mask. [Volume 3], Majora's mask /

Himekawa, Akira.


Translated from the Japanese. First published: Tokyo: Shogakukan, under title: Zelda no Densetsu - Mujura no kamen. "VIZKids"--Cover. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. With Ganondorf sealed away, Link returns to the time of his boyhood only to discover that Navi has gone missing, and while seeking out his fairy friend, Link encounters Skull Kid, who bears the magical Majora's Mask.
Date Published:2009

Translated from the Japanese. First published: Tokyo: Shogakukan, under title: Zelda no Densetsu - Mujura no kamen. "VIZKids"--Cover. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. With Ganondorf sealed away, Link returns to the time of his boyhood only to discover that Navi has gone missing, and while seeking out his fairy friend, Link encounters Skull Kid, who bears the magical Majora's Mask.

Date Published:2009

Wonder

Palacio, R. J.


Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student at the school.
Date Published:2012

If you give a cat a cupcake

Numeroff, Laura, Joffe.


Horn Book, vol. XX, no. 1, Spring 2009, p. 36 School Library Journal, December 2008 A series of increasing far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cake.
Date Published:2008

Chrysanthemum

Henkes, Kevin.


Elem. School Library Collection School Library Journal Wilson's Children Chrysanthemum loves her name until she goes to school and other children make fun of it.
Date Published:1991

My friend Rabbit

Rohmann, Eric.


Caldecott Medal. Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is a good friend.
Date Published:2002

Bunny cakes

Wells, Rosemary.


"A Max & Ruby picture book"--Cover. Wilson's Children, June 1998 Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000 School Library Journal starred, January 1997 Booklist starred, January 1997 Publisher's Weekly, November 1996 Kirkus Starred, January 1997 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 1997 Teacher Librarian, September 1997 Christian Library, January 1998 L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 1999 Max makes an earthworm cake for Grandma's birthday and helps Ruby with her angel surprise cake. At the store, the grocer can't read all of the shopping list, until Max solves the problem by drawing a picture.
Date Published:1997

"A Max & Ruby picture book"--Cover. Wilson's Children, June 1998 Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000 School Library Journal starred, January 1997 Booklist starred, January 1997 Publisher's Weekly, November 1996 Kirkus Starred, January 1997 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 1997 Teacher Librarian, September 1997 Christian Library, January 1998 L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 1999 Max makes an earthworm cake for Grandma's birthday and helps Ruby with her angel surprise cake. At the store, the grocer can't read all of the shopping list, until Max solves the problem by drawing a picture.

Date Published:1997

Edwina, the dinosaur who didn't know she was extinct

Willems, Mo.


ALA Booklist Horn Book Publishers Weekly School Library Journal Everyone in town loves Edwina the dinosaur except one little boy who is determined to prove to everyone, including Edwina, that dinosaurs are extinct.
Date Published:2006

Super fly guy.

Arnold, Tedd.


Fly Guy visits the school lunchroom and gets the lunch lady fired.
Date Published:2006

Rap a tap tap : here's Bojangles--think of that!

Dillon, Leo.


6+1 traits: sentence fluency (K-2) ALA Booklist ALA Notable Book For Children Bulletin(Center for Children's Books) Coretta Scott King Award/Honor In illustrations and rhyme describes the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.
Date Published:2002

Deeper

Gordon, Roderick.


Originally published: Frome, Somerset, England : Chicken House, 2008. As Will Burrows continues to search for his lost archaeologist father in the strange underground world he has discovered, he stumbles across a sinister plot with terrible implications for the world above.
Date Published:2009

Amulet : The Stone Keeper's Curse : VOL: 2. Book two, The stonekeeper's curse /

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Emily and her brother Navin head for Kanalis to find an antidote for the poison that is killing their mother.
Date Published:2009

A frog thing

Drachman, Eric.


Frank wasn't satisfied doing ordinary frog things. He wanted to fly, but he was a frog and frogs can't fly. Follow Frank as he jumps and runs and leaps and dives until he finally finds his place in the pond.
Date Published:2005

The capture.

Lasky, Kathryn


Four barn owls band together to protect their home.
Date Published:2003