The document provides summaries for 25 books, including fiction and nonfiction works for children, middle grade readers, and young adults. Each summary is 1-3 sentences describing the book's plot, main characters, or topic. The summaries are sorted by call number and include publishing details and reading level information to help readers select appropriate titles.

1. 0740KL1 Anderson, Laurie Halse -- The impossible knife of memory [
BKL* BUL* HRN+ KIR+ NYT+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Viking, an imprint of
Penguin Group (USA), 2014., 391p
"Hayley Kincaid and her father move back to their hometown to try a 'normal' life,
but the horrors he saw in the war threaten to destroy their lives"--Provided by
publisher.
AR: 4.7 UG 12.0 163323EN Lexile: 720, HL HRD 1
16.19 16.19
0727MM8 Angleberger, Tom -- Princess Labelmaker to the rescue! {IL 3-
6, -Fic-} -- Amulet Books, 2014., RL 4.7, 184p
One month before the state standards test is to take place, the Origami Rebel
Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the
FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her
allegiance.
HRD 1 11.91 11.91
0567UM9 Barnett, Mac -- President Taft is stuck in the bath [ KIR+ PWK+
SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Candlewick Press, 2014., RL 1.7, 32p
Relates the incident in which President Taft supposedly got himself stuck in a
bathtub in the White House on the day of his inauguration.
HRD 1 14.49 14.49
0677YJ3 Becker, Aaron -- Journey [ BKL* CALH HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK*
SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Candlewick Press, 2013., 40p
A young girl, having escaped from her loneliness through a door she drew on her
bedroom wall, is captured by an evil emperor and must find a way to escape.
HRD 1 13.64 13.64
0901JM6 Black, Holly -- The coldest girl in Coldtown[ BKL* BUL+ HRN+
KIR* PWK* SLJ* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown Books for Y, c2014.
AR: 6.0 UG 18.0 160664EN Lexile: 890 FBG 1
13.81 13.81
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on August 12, 2014.
0589VL1 Boyne, John -- Stay where you are & then leave [ BKL+ KIR+
SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Henry Holt and Company, 2014., RL 5.9, 245p
Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World
War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross
Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated
for shell shock.
Lexile: 880 HRD 1 14.49 14.49
0954HJ3 Cooper, Susan -- Ghost Hawk [ BKL* HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+ ]
{IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2013., RL 5.6, 328p

2. At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his
village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little
Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.
AR: 5.9 MG 12.0 160433EN Lexile: 940 HRD 1
14.49 14.49
0749WM4 Engle, Margarita -- Silver people : voices from the Panama
Canal [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ SLJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.,
260p
Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face discrimination,
segregation, and harsh working conditions when American recruiters lure them to
the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the great canal.
HRD 1 15.34 15.34
0991EH8 Floca, Brian -- Locomotive [ BKL* BUL* CALW HRN* KIR* NYT+
PWK* RFSH SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, 385} -- A Richard Jackson book/Atheneum Books for
Young Readers, 2013., RL 4.5, 56p
Details what the first passengers experienced as they traveled West on the
transcontinental railroad in the summer of 1869.
AR: 4.7 LG 0.5 160657EN Lexile: 840 HRD 1
15.34 15.34
0699VL1 Foxlee, Karen -- Ophelia and the marvelous boy [ BKL* BUL*
HRN+ KIR* PWK* SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Alfred A. Knopf, 2014., RL 4.8, 228p
Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl grieving her mother, suspends her disbelief in
things non-scientific when a boy locked in the museum where her father is working
asks her to help him complete an age-old mission.
AR: 4.9 MG 7.0 164216EN HRD 1 21.64
21.64
0723KG9 Henderson, Lauren -- Flirting in Italian [ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL
YA, -Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, 2013., 322p
Spending the summer in the Tuscany region of Italy on a secret mission to solve a
family mystery, English teenager Violet is distracted by exciting American
roommates and sexy Italian boys on Vespa scooters.
PAP 1 7.69 7.69
0702GL3 Henderson, Lauren -- Kissing in Italian {IL YA, -Fic-} --
Delacorte Press, 2014., 254p
Her relationship with Luca in jeopardy, English teen Violet plunges back into her
quest to uncover her connection to an Italian family, but many surprises still await.
HRD 1 14.49 14.49
0976PL1 Hoffman, Alice -- The Museum of Extraordinary Things : a
novel [ BKL* LBJ+ ] {IL AD, 813} -- Scribner, 2014., 368p

3. In the early twentieth century, a romance is sparked between, freak show
performer, CoralieSardie, and young immigrant photographer, Eddie Cohen, but
after taking photographs following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire,
Eddie becomes involved in the mystery behind a young woman's disappearance.
HRD 1 23.84 23.84
0856TM3 Ketteman, Helen -- There once was a cowpoke who swallowed
an ant [ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, 782.42} -- Albert Whitman & Company, 2014., RL 3.9,
32p
An illustrated version of the folk song in which the solution proves worse than the
predicament when a cowpoke swallows an ant with a sting the size of Texas.
HRD 1 16.99 16.99
0852VE7 Knisley, Lucy -- Relish : my life in the kitchen [ ALEW BKL+
BUL+ NYT+ PWK* VOY+ ] {IL YA, 741.5} -- First Second, 2013., 173p
Presents a graphic novel memoir of cartoonist Lucy Knisley and her obsession with
cooking and food.
AR: 6.2 UG 2.0 156967EN Lexile: 970 FBG 1
22.61 22.61
0555CL1 Lloyd, Natalie -- A snicker of magic [ BKL+ KIR* PWK* SLJ* ] {IL
3-6, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, 2014., RL 4, 311p
The Pickles are new to Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, a town which legend says was
once magic--but Felicity is convinced the magic is still there, and with the help of her
new friend Jonah the Beedle she hopes to bring the magic back.
AR: 4.7 MG 10.0 164275EN HRD 1 14.49
14.49
0705WL9 Lockhart, E -- We Were Liars [ BKL* PWK* SLJ* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -
- Delacorte Press, c2014.
HRD 1 22.72 22.72
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on May 13, 2014.
0555GL0 Lord, Cynthia -- Half a chance [ BKL+ BUL* HRN+ KIR* PWK+
SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, 2014., RL 4.3, 218p
Lucy, with her mother and her photographer father, has just moved to a small rural
community in New Hampshire, and with her new friend Nate she plans to spend the
summer taking photos for a contest, but pictures sometimes reveal more than
people are willing to see.
AR: 4.5 MG 6.0 163432EN HRD 1 14.49
14.49
0729GM7 Mateo, Jose Manual -- Migrant (Accordian Pages) {IL 3-6, -Fic-}
-- Abrams Books for Young Re, c2014.
MOV 1 15.31 15.31
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on May 13, 2014.

4. 0783EN5 McDaniel, Lurlene -- The Year of Chasing Dreams {IL YA, -Fic-} -
- Delacorte, 2014.
HRD 1 14.49 14.49
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on July 22, 2014.
0706NLX McDaniel, Lurlene -- The year of luminous love [ BKL+ PWX+
VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Delacorte BFYR, c2014.
AR: 4.9 UG 14.0 162342EN Lexile: 700, HL PAP 1
8.54 8.54
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on May 13, 2014.
0791EN8 McNeal, Tom -- Far far away [ BKL* BUL* HRN* HRN+ KIR+
PWX* SLJ* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Alfred A. Knopf,, 2013.
"When Jeremy Johnson Johnson's strange ability to speak t o
AR: 5.3 MG 14.0 161415EN Lexile: 790 FBG 1
15.31 15.31
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on June 10, 2014.
0739ZL2 Nelson, Marilyn -- How I discovered poetry [ BUL* HRN* KIR+
PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL YA, 811} -- Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC,
2014., 103p
HRD 1 15.34 15.34
0813BNX Rockliff, Mara -- The Grudge Keeper [ KIR* PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL K-
3, -E-} -- Peachtree, 2014., RL 3.2, 32p
"No one in the town of Bonnyripple ever kept a grudge, except old Cornelius, the
Grudge Keeper. When Cornelius is nearly buried under all of the grudges, the
townspeople must put their differences aside to save him"--Provided by publisher.
AR: 4.2 LG 0.5 163569EN HRD 1 14.46
14.46
0838TN3 Rowell, Rainbow -- Eleanor & Park [ BKL* HRN* HRN+ KIR*
MLPH NYT+ PWK* SLJ* TEL+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- St. Martin's Griffin, 2014.
AR: 3.8 UG 11.0 157569EN Lexile: 580, HL FBG 1
15.31 15.31
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on September 1, 2014.
0729FMX Sadler, Marilyn -- Alice from Dallas [ BKL+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, -
E-} -- Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014., RL 2.9, 38p
Two young cowgirls in Dallas, Pennsylvania, have a showdown on the school
playground.
HRD 1 14.46 14.46

5. 0741VL8 Smith, Andrew -- Grasshopper jungle : a history [ BKL+ BUL+
KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Group
(USA), LLC, 2014., 388p
"Austin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best friend Robby
accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable bugs and uncover the secrets of a
decades-old experiment gone terribly wrong"--Provided by publisher.
HRD 1 16.19 16.19
0705CNX Snicket, Lemony -- 29 myths on the Swinster Pharmacy [ BKL+
KIR+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- McSweeney'sMcMullens , 2014., RL 5.1, 32p
A brother and sister wonder about the mysterious establishment in the next town,
the Swinster Pharmacy.
HRD 1 12.76 12.76
0856VM8 Stewart, Whitney -- A catfish tale : a bayou story of the
fisherman and his wife [ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, 398.2} -- Albert Whitman & Company,
2014., RL 2.5, 32p
When Cajun fisherman Jacques encounters a magical wish-granting catfish, his wife,
Jolie, wishes for many things, including a paddleboat and the title of Mardi Gras
queen.
HRD 1 16.99 16.99
0791GN2 Vawter, Vince -- Paperboy [ BKL* HRN+ KIR+ NEWH PWK*
SLJ+ TEL+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Yearling, c2014., RL 5.5
AR: 5.1 MG 8.0 158356EN Lexile: 940 FBG 1
11.91 11.91
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on September 8, 2015.
0955UJ4 Wiesner, David -- Mr. Wuffles! [ BKL* CALH HRN* KIR* NYT+
PWK* SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013., 32p
"Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship
piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the
aliens must venture into the cat's territory to make emergency repairs"--Provided
by publisher.
HRD 1 15.34 15.34
0703GLX Wilson, N.D -- Boys of Blur {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Random House
BFYR, c2014.
HRD 1 21.64 21.64
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on April 8, 2014.
0554AE3 Yancey, Richard -- The 5th Wave [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR*
NYT+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin
Group (USA) Inc., 2013., 457p

6. "Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother
from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them"--Provided by
publisher.
AR: 4.6 UG 17.0 157995EN Lexile: 690, HL HRD 1
16.19 16.19
0748AN6 -- Unbreakable {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Disney, 2014.
AR: 4.9 UG 9.0 163098EN PAP 1 8.55
8.55
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on May 6, 2014.
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343KO5 Benson, Richard -- F this Test Even More of the Very Best
Totally Wrong Test Answers {IL AD} -- Chronicle Books LLC, 2014.
From the same hilarious wellspring of failure as the bestselling F in Exams and F for
Effort comes this all-new collection of inventively wrong?yet totally real?test
responses by students who don't know the answer, but come up with something
better instead. Featuring crucial academic subjects including English (Q: Name a key
theme in Madame Bovary; A: Cows), Geography (Q: Where can you find the Andes?;
A: Google Earth), Science (Q: Describe the properties of a meteor; A: An animal that
only eats meat) and more, F this Test rounds out the curriculum with an extra-credit
section for those tricky elective courses, and demonstrates that it's more fun to
laugh when faced with an absolute fail.
EBK 1 10.39 10.39
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