July 6-July 24
Circle 3 books that you are interested in. Mark your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Choice.
You will be placed in ONE of these book clubs.
Clubs will be filled on a first come basis.
Student Name_______________
Earthquake Shock
AR 4.6
Pts 2
It had seemed like the perfect
California day. But as Joey
Flores walked home from the
skate park with his friends,
the ground began to tremble,
and Joey knew they were
headThe earthquake that
followed devastated their
neighborhood, collapsing a
nearby overpass with Joey
and Fiona on one side and
Kevin and Dylan on the other.
Now Joey and his friends
must rescue each other,
endure the aftershocks, and
find a new way home as the
earth cracks beneath their
feet.ed for trouble....
Who Was Helen Keller?
AR 4.1
Pts 1
At age two, Helen Keller
became deaf and blind. She
lived in a world of silence and
darkness and she spent the
rest of her life struggling to
break through it. But with the
help of teacher Annie
Sullivan, Helen learned to
read, write, and do many
amazing things. This inspiring
illustrated biography is
perfect for young middlegrade readers. Black-andwhite line drawings
throughout, sidebars on
related topics such as Louis
Braille, a timeline, and a
bibliography enhance
readers' understanding of the
subject
Wonder
I Survived: The
Attacks of September
11, 2001
On the day that shocks the
world, one boy just wants
to find his family. A
powerful addition to the
gripping I SURVIVED series.
AR 4.5
The only thing Lucas loves
more than football is his
Pts 1
Uncle Benny, his dad's best
friend at the fire
department where they both work. Benny
taught Lucas everything about football. So
when Lucas's parents decide the sport is too
dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to
talk to his biggest fan.
So the next morning, Lucas takes the train to
the city instead of the bus to school. It's a
bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as
Lucas arrives at his uncle's firehouse,
everything changes -- and nothing will ever be
the same again.
AR 4.8
Pts 11
#1 New Your Times
bestseller! Starting 5th
grade at Beecher Prep,
Auggie wants nothing more
than to be treated as an
ordinary kid—but his new
classmates can’t get past
Auggie’s extraordinary face.
This is a refreshing new
narrative full of heart and
hope.
This charming story begins
from Auggie’s point of view,
but soon switches to include
his classmates, his sister, her
boyfriend, and others. These
perspectives converge in a
portrait of one community’s
struggle with empathy,
compassion, and acceptance.
June 15-July 3
Circle 3 books that you are interested in. Mark your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Choice.
You will be placed in ONE of these book clubs.
Clubs will be filled on a first come basis.
Student Name_______________
Sadako and the
Thousand Paper Cranes
Flora and Ulysses
The winner of the 2014
Newberry Medal….
#1 New Your Times
bestseller
AR 4.1
Pts 1
The star of her school’s
running team, Sadako is
lively and athletic…until the
dizzy spells start. Then she
must face the hardest race
of her life—the race against
time. Based on a true story,
Sadako and the Thousand
Paper Cranes celebrates the
courage that makes one
young woman a heroine in
Japan.
It begins, as the best
superhero stories do, with a
tragic accident that has
unexpected consequences.
AR 4.3
The squirrel never saw the
vacuum cleaner coming, but
Pts 5
self-described cynic Flora
Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the
comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!,
is just the right person to step in and save him.
What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the
squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of
strength, flight, and misspelled poetry — and
that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers
the possibility of hope and the promise of a
capacious heart. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laughout-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing
characters
Junie B Jones is a Party
Animal!
AR 2.8
Pts 1
Meet the World’s Funniest
Kindergartner—Junie B.
Jones! Lucille is having a
sleepover party—at her
richie nanna’s big giant
house! Grace and Junie B.
can’t wait to see all the rich
stuff in that place. Sleeping
over at the nanna’s is sure
to be a dream come true!
’Cause what could possibly
go wrong?
Mercy Watson to the
Rescue
To Mr. and
The One and Only Ivan
AR 3.6
Pts 4
Winner of the 2013
Newbery Medal… Having
spent 27 years behind the
glass walls of his enclosure
in a shopping mall, Ivan has
grown accustomed to
humans watching him. But
when he meets Ruby, a
baby elephant taken from
the wild, he is forced to see
their home, and his art,
through new eyes.
An unforgettable story of
friendship, art, and hope.
AR 2.7
Pts 0.5
Mrs. Watson, Mercy is
not just a pig — she’s a
porcine wonder. And to
the good-natured Mercy,
the Watsons are an
excellent source of
buttered toast, not to
mention that butterytoasty feeling she gets
when she snuggles into
bed with them. This is
not, however, so good
for the Watsons’ bed.
BOOM!