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We will meet at Aaron and Janice's house.
We're reading, "How Angel Peterson Got His Name, " by Gary Paulson.
Possible future reads:
"The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien
"Half-Moon Investigations," Eion Colfer
"The Invention of Hugo Cabret," Brian Selznik
"Sword of Shannara," Terry Brooks
"Leonardo's Shadow," Christopher Grey
"Elephant Run," Roland Smith
Check out descriptions at: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/index.asp
Eragon, Christopher Paolini
Chasing Vermeer, Blu Balliett
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
Sea of Trolls, Nancy Farmer
City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau
Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett
Tangerine, Edward Bloor
The Thief Lord, Cornelia Funke
Fair Weather, Richard Peck
Al Capone Does My Shirts, Gennifer Choldenko
The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
Devil and His Boy, Anthony Horowitz
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
Golden Compass, March 30, at Christine and Nick's
The Devil and His Boy, May
Adrift, September
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Flush by Carl Hiassen
Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik
What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire
The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett
Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
The Exception by Christian Jungersen
Be Near Me by Andrew O'Hagan
Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Our next book will be "Fair Weather" by Richard Peck. We will meet at Janice and Aaron's house in September.
Other ideas for future reads:
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II by Joseph Bruchac
Oliver Twist, Tale of Two Cities, or something else by Charles Dickens
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Demonkeeper by Royce Buckingham
How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulson
The What Should I Read Next? website suggests items you might like reading based on real readers' recommendations. I searched for Then She Found Me and these were the results:
| An Inconvenient Woman - Dominick Dunne |
| Good Faith - Jane Smiley |
| Accidents in the Home - Tessa Hadley |
| Go Now |
| Nicotine Kiss - Loren D. Estleman |
| Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town - Jacqueline Guidry |
| The Resurrectionists - Michael Collins |
| My Journey: From an Iowa Farm to a Cathedral of Dreams - Robert H. Schuller |
| The Twins - Tessa De-Loo |
| The Eagle and the Rose: A Remarkable True Story - Rosemary Altea |
Librarians at OCLC recommend some favorite children's books, including The Wool-Pack by Cynthia Harnett. The book is historical fiction set in England when Columbus was landing in the New World. Might be of interest to the boys since they're studying the European explorers.
In January, we will meet at Chris and Kyle's to discuss "The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett.
In March, we will discuss "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor.
Enjoy reading over the holidays!
Kids can nominate and vote on which books should receive a Maud Hart Lovelace Award. Check out winners and nominees!
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu
The This One Next website suggests items you might like reading based on real people's recommendations. I searched for Bel Canto and these were the results:
| Almost French: A New Life in Paris - Sarah Turnbull |
| The Red Queen - Margaret Drabble |
| Cavedweller - Dorothy Allison |
| Ship Fever - Andrea Barrett |
| Griffin and Sabine Trilogy - N. Bantock |
| Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn |
| The Elegant Gathering of White Snows - Kris Radish |
| Gracious Plenty - Sheri Reynolds |
| The Nature of Water and Air: A Novel - Regina McBride |
| Asking for Trouble - Elizabeth Young |
The What Should I Read Next? website suggests items you might like reading based on real readers' recommendations. I searched for Maisie Dobbs and these were the results:
| Birds of a Feather |
| World of Pies - Karen Stolz |
| Sunstroke - Marc Blake |
| The Chinese Shawl - Patricia Wentworth |
| The Road from Coorain - Jill Ker Conway |
| The Realms of Gold - Margaret Drabble |
| Another Polysyllabic Spree - Nick Hornby |
| A Far Off Place - Laurens Van Der Post |
| Wodehouse: A Life - Robert McCrum |
| To Love and Be Wise - Josephine Tey |
The What Should I Read Next? website suggests items you might like reading based on real readers' recommendations. I searched for Hatchet and these were the results:
| Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School - Louis Sachar |
| The Legend of Luke - Brian Jacques |
| Salamandastron - Brian Jacques, Gary Chalk |
| House Harkonnen - Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson |
| Running Out of Time - Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| Cruel & Unusual |
| Rose of the World - Jude Fisher |
| Someday Angeline - Louis Sachar, Barbara Samuels |
| Nobodies & Somebodies - Doris Orgel |
| Magic by the Lake - Edward Eager |