This document provides a list of book titles along with brief descriptions. Some key details include: - It lists 17 book titles, their authors, publishers, years of publication, reading levels, prices and more. - The books cover a wide range of topics including biographies, historical fiction, science and more. They are intended for a variety of age groups from children to young adults. - Details are provided such as book length, reading levels, brief descriptions of the plots or subjects covered, and awards or lists the books have appeared on.

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FLR# Author : Title -- Publisher : Year Bnd Qty 1st Price Extended
0368NU0 Applegate, Katherine -- The one and only Ivan [ BKL+ BUL* HRD 1 14.49 14.49
HRN+ KIR* PWK+ SLJ* WCC+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Harper, c2012.,
RL 4, 305p
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out
circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been
added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
AR: 3.6 MG 4.0 150437EN Lexile: 570
0602GC5 Benson, Richard -- F for effort! : more of the very best totally PAP 1 8.51 8.51
wrong test answers {IL AD, 371.26} -- Chronicle Books, 2012.,
127p
Collects creative ways students have answered difficult exam
questions.
0814PBX Bray, Libba -- The diviners [ BKL* BUL+ KIR* PWK+ SLJ* VOY+ HRD 1 17.04 17.04
] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown, 2012., 578p
Seventeen-year-old Evie O'Neill is thrilled when she is exiled
from small-town Ohio to New York City in 1926, even when a
rash of occult-based murders thrusts Evie and her uncle, curator
of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the
Occult, into the thick of the investigation.
AR: 4.8 UG 23.0 153510EN Lexile: 730, HL
0146JV7 Burns, Loree Griffin -- Citizen scientists : be a part of scientific HRD 1 18.04 18.04
discovery from your own backyard [ BKL+ HRN+ SBF+ SLJ* ] {IL
3-6, 590.72} -- Henry Holt, 2012., RL 6.8, 80p
Text, tips, and photographs explain how to observe and gather
data about backyard insects and animals.
AR: 6.8 LG 2.0 149378EN Lexile: 1050
0983GB0 Byrd, Robert -- Electric Ben : the amazing life and times of HRD 1 15.34 15.34
Benjamin Franklin [ BKL* KIR* NYT+ PWK* ] {IL 5-8, 973.3} --
Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012., RL 8, 40p
An illustrated biography of Founding Father and inventor
Benjamin Franklin.
AR: 7.7 MG 2.0 154343EN
0826VA3 Cole, Henry, 1955- -- Unspoken : a story from the Underground HRD 1 14.49 14.49
Railroad [ BKL+ KIR* PWK* SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Scholastic
Press, 2012., 40p
In this wordless picture book, a young Southern farm girl
discovers a runaway slave hiding behind the corn crib in the barn
and decides to help him.
0285BY3 Collar, Orpheus -- The red pyramid : the graphic novel {IL 5-8, HRD 1 18.74 18.74
741.5} -- Disney/Hyperion Books, c2012., RL 4.3
A graphic novel adaptation of "The Red Pyramid" in which
brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the
Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces
his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing
them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret
order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
AR: 3.6 MG 3.0 154428EN
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0013WX8 Derf -- My friend Dahmer : a graphic novel [ BKL+ BUL+ KIR* HRD 1 21.26 21.26
LBJ+ PWK* VOY+ ] {IL AD, 364.152} -- Abrams ComicArts,
2012., 221p
Derf describes his classmate Jeffrey Dahmer's teenage years as
a lonely oddball. Dahmer would go on to become one of the
United States' most notorious serial killers.
0921CG7 Everett, J.H -- Haunted Histories creepy castles, dark dungeons, FBS 1 11.51 11.51
and powerful palaces {IL 5-8, 940} -- Square Fish, c2013.
Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on July 2,
2013.
0575RA1 Fforde, Jasper -- The last dragonslayer [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ HRD 1 14.49 14.49
NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Harcourt, 2012., 287p
"Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for
underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading
away, but when visions of the death of the world's last dragon
begin, all signs point to Jennifer--and Big Magic"--Provided by
publisher.
AR: 5.8 MG 9.0 154112EN
0857CE0 Greenwald, Tommy -- Charlie Joe Jackson's guide to extra credit FBG 1 12.41 12.41
[ BKL+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Square Fish, c2013., RL 5.7
AR: 4.3 MG 6.0 153421EN Lexile: 630
Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on April 2,
2013.
0059TW8 Hartnett, Sonya -- Sadie and Ratz [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* PWK* HRD 1 12.79 12.79
SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2012, c2008., RL 2.3,
59p
Hannah and her hands, named Sadie and Ratz, regularly get into
trouble, especially when younger brother Baby Boy is around.
AR: 3.0 LG 0.5 150666EN Lexile: 530
0319RX3 Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- -- Moonbird : a year on the wind with the HRD 1 18.74 18.74
great survivor B95 [ BKL* BUL* HRN* KIR* PWK* SLJ* ] {IL YA,
598.072} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012., 148p
Chronicles a year in the life of rufa red knot B95, also called
Moonbird, following him through his migration pattern and
discussing the environmental problems that caused the rufa
population to collapsed by nearly eighty percent.
AR: 7.9 MG 5.0 152444EN Lexile: 1150
0621LB8 Hopkinson, Deborah -- Annie and Helen [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ HRD 1 15.34 15.34
PWK+ SLJ* ] {IL K-3, 362.4} -- Schwartz & Wade Books, c2012.,
RL 3.9, 40p
Describes the relationship between Helen Keller and her teacher,
Annie Sullivan, and includes excerpts from letters written by
Annie about her work with Helen.
AR: 5.4 LG 0.5 153621EN Lexile: 940
0471HX7 Hunt, Lynda Mullaly -- One for the Murphys [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* HRD 1 14.49 14.49
PWK+ VOY+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Nancy Paulsen Books, c2012., RL
3.5, 224p
Carley struggles with being open to love after she suffers a
betrayal that forces her to move in with a foster family.
AR: 3.4 MG 6.0 152684EN Lexile: 520
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0468DR8 Katz, Susan -- The president's stuck in the bathtub : poems HRD 1 15.34 15.34
about the presidents [ BKL+ HRN* HRN+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL
K-3, 811} -- Clarion Books, 2012., RL 4.3, 64p
A collection of poems that present miscellaneous facts about
individuals who served as president of the United States
throughout history.
AR: 6.6 MG 1.0 148986EN Lexile: 1070, NC
0059FW6 Kooser, Ted -- House held up by trees : not far from here, I have HRD 1 14.49 14.49
seen a house held up by the hands of trees, this is its story [
BKL* HRN+ KIR+ NYT+ SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -E-} -- Candlewick Press,
2012., RL 6.1, 32p
Tells the story of a house that began on a lot cleared of trees, but
as the years pass and the family who lived there abandons it,
nature begins to grow all around it until the house is lifted up by
the trees that now surround it and hold it together.
AR: 4.5 LG 0.5 150695EN
0039ZV2 LaCour, Nina -- The Disenchantments [ BKL* HRN+ KIR* PWK* HRD 1 14.49 14.49
SLJ* VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Dutton Books, c2012., 308p
Colby is dismayed when his best friend, Beth, announces her
post-high school plans, sharing her intentions to start college
after her band's tour instead of spending a year in Europe with
Colby, and as Colby struggles to understand why she changed
her mind, he begins to question what losing Beth would mean for
his future.
AR: 4.8 UG 10.0 150157EN Lexile: 780
0798LG6 LaFevers, Robin -- Grave Mercy His Fair Assassin, Book I [ BKL* PAP 1 8.54 8.54
BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-}
-- Houghton M, 2013., 560p
AR: 5.9 UG 20.0 150408EN Lexile: 850
Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on March
1, 2013.
0609EB7 Larson, Hope -- A wrinkle in time : the graphic novel [ BKL* BUL+ HRD 1 17.04 17.04
KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, 741.5} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012.,
RL 4.4, 392p
A graphic novel adaptation of "A Wrinkle in Time" in which Meg
Murry, her brother Charles, and their friend Calvin, embark on a
journey through space and time, assisted by three otherworldly
women, when they set out to find Meg's father, a physicist who
disappeared while experimenting with time travel.
AR: 2.7 MG 2.0 152742EN Lexile: 740
0302VW4 Levine, Gail Carson -- Forgive me, I meant to do it : false apology HRD 1 16.89 16.89
poems [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ NYT+ PWK* ] {IL K-3, 811} --
Harper, c2012., RL 5, 79p
A collection of poems with false apologies from author Gail
Carson Levine.
Lexile: NP
0629HBX Levithan, David -- Every day [ BKL* BUL+ KIR* NYT+ SLJ* ] {IL HRD 1 21.64 21.64
YA, -Fic-} -- Alfred A. Knopf, c2012., 324p
Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different
person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached,
until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with
Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.
AR: 4.3 UG 11.0 153413EN Lexile: 650, HL
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0883UAX Murphy, Jim, 1947- -- The giant and how he humbugged America HRD 1 17.04 17.04
[ BKL* BUL* KIR* PWK+ SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, 974.7} -- Scholastic
Press, 2012., RL 6.9, 112p
A description of the Cardiff Giant mystery in which a man in
upstate New York buried a ten-foot-tall, petrified model of a man,
which was discovered by well diggers a year later, and set into
motion a money-making spectacle.
AR: 8.7 MG 4.0 154476EN Lexile: 1210
0172TX7 Murphy, Jim, 1947- -- Invincible microbe : tuberculosis and the HRD 1 16.19 16.19
never-ending search for a cure [ BKL* HRN+ KIR* SBF+ SLJ*
VOY+ ] {IL 5-8, 616.9} -- Clarion Books, 2012., RL 8.9, 149p
Discusses the history of tuberculosis and the attempts to find a
cure.
AR: 9.5 MG 4.0 151890EN Lexile: 1200
0903CAX Newman, Leslea -- October mourning : a song for Matthew HRD 1 13.64 13.64
Shepard [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ SLJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Candlewick,
2012., 111p
Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of
October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a
gay college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely
beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die.
AR: 5.2 UG 1.0 154102EN
0576EG2 Nielsen, Jennifer A -- The False Prince / (Ascendance Trilogy, FBG 1 12.09 12.09
book 1) [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} --
Scholastic Paperbacks, c2013., RL 5.2
AR: 5.1 MG 12.0 150554EN Lexile: 710
Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on March
1, 2013.
0544ED9 Palacio, R. J -- Wonder [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC* NYT+ PAP 1 5.19 5.19
PWX* SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Yearling Books,
c2013., 320p
AR: 4.8 MG 11.0 149900EN Lexile: 790
Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on
February 12, 2013.
0146VV4 Pyle, Kevin C -- Take what you can carry [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ PAP 1 11.74 11.74
PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, 741.5} -- Henry Holt, 2012.
The lives of two boys--one teen growing up in 1977 suburban
Chicago who has a habit of shoplifting from the convenience
store and another living in 1941 Berkeley whose family is forced
into a Japanese American internment camp--intersect as they
learn about compassion and loyalty.
0101FSX Quick, Matthew, 1973- -- Boy 21 [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ NYT+ HRD 1 15.34 15.34
PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown, 2012., 250p
Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on
his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal
Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his
coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student
who has transferred there from an elite private school in
California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of
their apparent differences.
AR: 4.9 UG 8.0 151132EN
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0145RQ8 Rapp, Adam -- The children and the wolves [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ HRD 1 14.49 14.49
KIR* PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press,
2012., 152p
Three-year-old Frog is kidnapped by teen genius Bounce and her
drifter friends, Wiggins and Orange, but while Frog seems
content to eat cereal and play a video game about wolves all
day--a game that parallels the reality around her--Wiggins is
overcome by guilt and plots to return Frog to safety.
AR: 4.2 UG 4.0 150579EN
0155BX4 Saldana, Rene -- Dancing with the devil and other tales from PAP 1 8.51 8.51
beyond [ BKL+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Pinata Books, c2012.,
81p
A collection of stories based on Mexican American lore, including
the title selection in which Joey's date to the school dance,
Marlen, is distracted by a well-dressed stranger who literally
burns up the dance floor. Presented in English and Spanish.
0865PA5 Schrefer, Eliot, 1978- -- Endangered [ BKL+ KIR+ NYT+ PWK* ] HRD 1 15.34 15.34
{IL YA, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, 2012., 264p
A girl, having travelled with her mother to an animal sanctuary for
bonobos in the Congo, struggles to survive with the animals after
revolution breaks out and she and the chimpanzees are forced to
flee into the jungle.
AR: 6.2 UG 12.0 154023EN Lexile: 900
0326QX2 Seeger, Laura Vaccaro -- Green [ BKL* BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* HRD 1 14.49 14.49
SLJ* WCC+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Roaring Brook Press, 2012., RL .8,
36p
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text explore the many shades of
the color green.
0609FB4 Sheinkin, Steve -- Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's HRD 1 17.04 17.04
most dangerous weapon [ BKL+ BUL* KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ*
VOY+ ] {IL YA, 623.4} -- Roaring Brook Press, 2012., 266p
Examines the history of the atomic bomb, discussing the
discovery of the behavior of uranium when placed next to
radioactive material, the race to build a bomb, and the impact of
the weapon on societies around the world.
AR: 6.9 UG 10.0 153499EN Lexile: 920
0865AA6 Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981- -- The Raven Boys [ BKL* BUL* KIR* HRD 1 16.19 16.19
NYT+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, 2012., 409p
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only
gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger,
and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the
expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents
of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix.
AR: 5.4 UG 16.0 153173EN Lexile: 760, HL
0960PF9 Telgemeier, Raina -- Drame / (Drama) {IL 3-6, 741.5} -- Editions PAP 1 14.49 14.49
Scholastic, c2013.
Not yet published: This item is scheduled to be available on April 1,
2013.
0291BY3 TenNapel, Doug -- Cardboard [ HRN+ KIR* LJW+ SLJ* VOY+ ] HRD 1 21.29 21.29
{IL 5-8, 741.5} -- Graphix, 2012., RL 3.4, 283p
Cam gets a cardboard box for a birthday present that he makes
into a man which comes to life, but when his neighbor Marcus
takes the cardboard box, he creates his own evil creations that
threaten to destroy them all.
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0024CY2 Wein, Elizabeth -- Code name Verity [ BKL* BUL* HRN* HRN+ HRD 1 14.49 14.49
KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Hyperion Books,
c2012., 343p
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France
and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and
great courage as she relates what she must to survive while
keeping secret all that she can.
AR: 6.5 UG 15.0 151635EN Lexile: 1020
0741SB4 Willems, Mo -- Goldilocks and the three dinosaurs [ BKL* BUL+ HRD 1 15.34 15.34
HRN* KIR+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Balzer + Bray, c2012.,
RL 5.9, 34p
A spin on the traditional tale with dinosaurs who visit Norway as
the main characters.
AR: 4.2 LG 0.5 153629EN Lexile: 910, AD
0537GB0 Woodson, Jacqueline -- Each kindness [ BKL* KIR+ NYT+ PWK* HRD 1 14.49 14.49
SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Nancy Paulsen Books, c2012., RL 2.8, 32p
When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes
that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new
student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
AR: 3.4 LG 0.5 153501EN Lexile: 640, AD
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