TITANIC (TRILOGY): NOOK 1
The ultimate action/adventure trilogy
begins, with #1 bestselling author
Gordon Korman plunging readers into
the heart of the Titanic. The Titanic is
meant to be unsinkable, but as it
begins its maiden voyage, there's
plenty of danger waiting for four of its
young passengers. Paddy is a
stowaway, escaping a deadly past.
Sophie's mother is delivered to the
ship by police - after she and Sophie
have been arrested. Juliana's father is
an eccentric whose riches can barely
hide his madness. And Alfie is hiding a
secret that could get him kicked off
the ship immediately. The lives of
these four passengers will be forever
linked with the fate of Titanic. And the
farther they get from shore, the more
the danger looms. . . .
A MILLION SHADES OF GREY: NOOK 1
At twelve years old, Tin is the youngest
elephant handler in his village. He
loves nothing more than spending his
days looking after his elephant, Lady,
and dreaming of being an elephant
trainer when he grows up.
But as Tin dreams of his future, the
world around him is being changed
dramatically by the events of the
Vietnam War, and when Viet Cong
attack his village, Tin's life is turned
upside down. Suddenly held hostage
by soldiers who don't care if he lives or
dies, Tin has to harness all his
courage to escape from his captors
and save not only his own life, but his
precious elephant's too.
AESOP’S FABLES: NOOK 1
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's famous fables and
scripts provide great
entertainment for children and
kids. The fables, or stories, are
all very short so keep the
attention of children and
Aesop's fables feature familiar
animals loved by children and
kids.
The Morals, Sayings and Proverbs
featured in Aesop's fables
Each one of Aesop's fables has
a lesson, or moral, to teach to
children - just like a parable or
allegory. A moral is added at
the bottom of each of Aesop's
fables. Many of the Morals,
Sayings and Proverbs featured
in Aesop's fables are well
known today. Some of the
most famous morals are as
PALS IN PERIL (SERIES): NOOK 2
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Pals in Peril
THEODORE BOONE (SERIES): NOOK 2
Theodore Boone is an average 13-year-old,
except he is obsessed with the law and
can't decide if he is going to be a great
lawyer or judge. He lives with his parents,
Marcella and Woods Boone, who are
lawyers. His Uncle Ike lives nearby; Uncle
Ike was a practicing lawyer before he was
disbarred. Theodore's friend and
classmate April is in the middle of a
custody battle but doesn't want to live
with either parent. Theodore tries to
comfort April and explain divorce custody
laws to her. Theodore explains the law
not only to April, but also to many of his
classmates. One needs advice because
his parents are behind in their mortgage
payments and may lose their house.
Another has a brother arrested for the
possession of marijuana. Animal control
has picked up the dog of a third
classmate, and another may have
information that could change the verdict
in the biggest murder trial that has ever
hit Theodore's small town.
I SURVIVED (SERIES): NOOK 3
Each book in my
series tells a
terrifying and
thrilling story
from history,
through the eyes
of a boy who lived
to tell the tale.
MUD SHARK: NOOK 4
MUDSHARK is a great addition to any Gary Paulsen collection. It's
not the HATCHET adventure type, but rather one of the crazy,
mad-cap mishap stories like HOW ANGEL PETERSON GOT HIS
NAME and LAWN BOY.
Mudshark is actually Lyle Williams. He got his name for his
lightning speed and his incredible observation skills. These
are skills he honed while keeping an eye on Kara, Sara, and
Tara, his triplet sisters. When they became mobile, life
became one accident-avoidance after another.
Most of Mudshark's skills are put to use helping his friends at
school. He has a certain knack for finding anything that goes
missing. The main adventure, in what I hope is Paulsen's first
in a series of Mudshark adventures, is locating the school's
mysteriously missing erasers. Yes, gradually every eraser in
the school has disappeared.
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: NOOK 4
Fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands has come all the way from
North Carolina to Big Bend National Park, on the
Texas/Mexico border, to paddle the fabled Rio
Grande. His partner in adventure is a local river rat,
his cousin Rio. As the two are packing their boats for
ten days in the canyons, six Black Hawk helicopters
appear overhead and race across the river into
Mexico.
The army won't tell the boys what's happening,
but they are given a weather advisory: A hurricane is
approaching the Gulf of Mexico. Dylan and Rio have
their hearts set on their trip and can't give it up. Rio
believes that their chances of running into border
troubles or a major storm are slim to none.
By canoe and raft, Dylan and Rio venture into
the most rugged and remote reaches of the
U.S./Mexico border. You may well not see another
human being during the duration of your trip, the
guidebook tells them. They don't, until a man
stumbles into camp with a seven-year-old boy. A storm
is brewing as the man who calls himself Carlos begs
for help . . . and the boy is trembling with fear.
CROSSING THE WIRE: NOOK 4
When falling crop prices threaten his
family with starvation, fifteen-year-old Victor
Flores heads north in an attempt to “cross the
wire” from Mexico into the United States so he
can find work and send money home. But with no
coyote money to pay the smugglers who sneak
illegal workers across the border, Victor must
struggle to survive as he jumps trains, stows away
on trucks, and hikes grueling miles through the
Arizona desert.
Victor’s journey is fraught with danger,
freezing cold, scorching heat, hunger and dead
ends. It’s a gauntlet run by millions attempting to
cross the border. Through Victor’s often desperate
struggle, Will Hobbs brings to life one of the great
human dramas of our time.
BROTHERS BELOW ZERO: NOOK 4
Tim Tuttle can't hold a candle to
John Henry -- not in school, not in sports, not
in anything. To make matters worse, John
Henry is his younger brother. However, Tim
has a wonderful refuge: his friendship with
his eccentric great-aunt Winifred. And when
his great-aunt teaches him to paint, Tim
discovers a world all his own.
Tim's newfound talent delights his
parents, but it doesn't sit well with John
Henry. Until one snowy Christmas Eve, when
he hits upon the perfect plan to undermine
Tim's glory. John Henry's sinister scheme
succeeds beyond his wildest expectations
and leads to a harrowing subzero adventure
that changes both boys forever.
LOST IN THE RIVER OF GRASS: NOOK 4
Lost in a River of Grass is in the tradition of
survival stories like Hatchet or On My
Side of the Mountain, where the young
protagonist finds herself as she
struggles to survive in an unforgiving
wilderness. In this case, the setting is
the Everglades, and Sarah, the 13-yearold narrator, sneaks away from an
overnight school field trip for what was
supposed to be a quick airboat ride with
Andy, a boy who lives in the preserve.
Naturally, disaster strikes and they’re
forced to walk out of the Everglades
(they’ve got a knife, a small amount of
Gatorade and some suspicious Spam).
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS: NOOK 4
A loving threesome, they ranged the
dark hills and river bottoms of
Cherokee country. Old Dan had
the brawn, Little Ann had the
brains -- and Billy had the will to
train them to be the finest
hunting team in the valley. Glory
and victory were coming to them,
but sadness waited too. And
close by was the strange and
wonderful power that's only
found...
An exciting tale of love and
adventure you'll never forget.
100 YEAR OLD SECRET: NOOK 5
Xena and Xander Holmes think
living in London will be boring.
But one afternoon they’re
handed a cryptic note that leads
them to a hidden room—and a
secret society. When they
discover they’re related to
Sherlock Holmes and inherit his
unsolved casebook, life
becomes so much more exciting.
The siblings set out to solve the
cases their famous ancestor
couldn’t, starting with the
mystery of a prized painting that
vanished more than a hundred
years ago. Can two smart
twenty-first century kids succeed
where Sherlock Holmes could
not?
THE SHERLOCK FILES (SERIES): NOOK 5
Xena and Xander Holmes think
living in London will be
boring. But one afternoon
they’re handed a cryptic
note that leads them to a
hidden room—and a secret
society. When they discover
they’re related to Sherlock
Holmes and inherit his
unsolved casebook, life
becomes so much more
exciting. Can two smart
kids with modern
technology solve cases
their famous ancestor
couldn't?
THE CITY OF EMBER: NOOK 5
The city of Ember was built as
a last refuge for the human
race. Two hundred years
later, the great lamps that
light the city are beginning
to flicker. When Lina finds
part of an ancient
message, she’s sure it
holds a secret that will save
the city. She and her friend
Doon must decipher the
message before the lights
go out on Ember forever!
DODGER AND ME: NOOK 6
What would you do if your best friend
was:
1. Imaginary?
2. An oversize blue chimp in
surfer shorts? (Potentially
embarrassing, but hey, no one
else can see him . . . right?)
3. Proposing a plan to help you
improve your life?
4. Did we say imaginary?
5. Driving you crazy?!?!
Now you have an idea of what
Willie Ryan’s life is like when he
meets Dodger. It’s the beginning
of a lot of trouble—and a
friendship you’ll never forget!
STORM RUNNERS (SERIES): NOOK 6
Chase Masters and his father
are "storm runners," racing
across the country in
pursuit of hurricanes,
tornadoes, and floods.
Anywhere bad weather
strikes, they are not far
behind. Chase is learning
more on the road than he
ever would just sitting in a
classroom. But when the
hurricane of the century
hits, he will be tested in
ways he never could have
imagined
THE BIG DIP: NOOK 6
Joe and his friend Skip are enjoying
the thrill of the Big Dip, a famous
rollercoaster, until they learn the
old man in front of them has
been shot. The old man mutters
with his dying breath something
about getting a Margaret Rose to
the police. Joe leaves the crime
scene to get on with his life. But
someone is desperate for the
Margaret Rose and thinks Joe
has it. When his sister is
kidnapped, Joe is in a race
against time to solve the puzzle
TWO MINUTE DRILL: NOOK 7
Brainiac Scott Parry is
the new kid in town.
He becomes friends
with Chris Conlan,
the quarterback of
the football team.
Chris is the golden
boy on the field, but
in the classroom, it's
a whole different
story.
LONG SHOT: NOOK 7
When he runs for class
president, Pedro sees this
means going one-on-one
against his basketball
teammate, easily the most
popular boy in school. And
Pedro learns the hard way
that being a good
teammate doesn't mean
that others will return the
favor. Now Pedro wants to
win more than ever – but
this time, it's for himself.
HOT HAND: NOOK 7
Billy Raynor is one of
the best shooters
in the league. But
with his dad as his
coach, and his
parents newly
separated,
somehow
everything has
become
complicated.
STRENGTH TRAINING: NOOK 7
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CHARLIE JOE JACKSON (SERIES): NOOK 7
Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most
reluctant reader ever born. And so
far, he’s managed to get through
life without ever reading an entire
book from cover to cover. But now
that he’s in middle school, avoiding
reading isn’t as easy as it used to
be. And when his friend Timmy
McGibney decides that he’s tired of
covering for him, Charlie Joe finds
himself resorting to desperate
measures to keep his perfect
record intact.This is the hilarious
story of an avid non-reader and the
extreme lengths to which he’ll go to
get out of reading a book.
SWINDLE (SERIES) NOOK 8
Swindle is a 2008 book by Gordon
Korman. The book is about a 6th
grader named Griffin Bing who
has found the answer to his
family's financial problems when
he discovers an extremely rare
Babe Ruth baseball card in an
old house. However, when he
tries to sell it to a local dealer
named S. Wendell Palomino,
(nicknamed Swindle, hence the
title) he is told it is a replica and
is tricked out of it. Now, in order
to get the card back, Griffin must
gather a group of local students
with unique skills to break into
Palomino's heavily guarded
home to retrieve the card
SCHOOLED: NOOK 8
Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never
watched television. He's never
tasted a pizza. Never heard of a
wedgie. Since he was little, his
only experience has been living
on a farm commune and being
home-schooled by his hippie
grandmother, Rain. But when
Rain falls out of a tree while
picking plums and has to stay in
the hospital, Cap is forced to
move in with a guidance
counselor and her cranky teen
daughter and attend the local
middle school.
THE JUVIE THREE: NOOK 8
Gecko, Terence, and Ajay are serving time
in juvenile detention centers until they
get a second chance. Douglas Healy, a
former juvenile delinquent himself,
takes them into his halfway house,
hoping to make a difference in their
lives. One night there is a scuffle, and
Healy is accidentally knocked
unconscious. When he awakes in the
hospital, he has no memory of them
or of the halfway house. Afraid of
being sent back to Juvie, the guys
hatch a crazy scheme to continue on
as if the group leader never left.
But if the boys are found out, their
second chance will be their last.
FIREGIRL: NOOK 9
"Tom's a normal seventhgrader, negotiating a
slightly prickly stage in
his long friendship with
Jeff...The arrival of new
girl Jessica Feeney,
however, changes
everything; Jessica, who
is attending a local
hospital for treatment,
has been badly burned
by a fire, and her terrible
disfigurement shocks
the class into confusion.
MIRACLE’S BOYS: NOOK 9
For Lafayette and his brothers, the
challenges of growing up in New York City are
compounded by the facts that they've lost their
parents and it's up to eldest brother Ty'ree to
support the boys, and middle brother Charlie
has just returned home from a correctional
facility.
Lafayette loves his brothers and would
do anything if they could face the world as a
team. But even though Ty'ree cares, he's just so
busy with work and responsibility. And Charlie's
changed so much that his former affection for
his little brother has turned to open hostility.
Now, as Lafayette approaches 13, he
needs the guidance and answers only his
brothers can give him. The events of one
dramatic weekend force the boys to make the
choice to be there for each other--to really see
each other--or to give in to the pain and
problems of every day.
EGGS: NOOK 9
Eggs is a quirky and moving novel
about two very complicated,
damaged children. David has
recently lost his mother to a
freak accident, his salesman
father is constantly on the road,
and he is letting his anger out on
his grandmother. Primrose lives
with her unstable, childlike,
fortuneteller mother, and the
only evidence of the father she
never knew is a framed picture.
Despite their age difference
(David is 9, Primrose is 13), they
forge a tight yet tumultuous
friendship, eventually helping
each other deal with what is
missing in their lives.
SMILES TO GO: NOOK 9
Everything changes the day
ninth-grader Will Tuppence
learns one startling fact:
protons-those tiny atomic
particles, the buildingblocks to the buildingblocks of life-can die. The
one thing that was so
certain in this world to Will
has an expiration date.
And Will′s carefully plannedout life?
Not so certain, either.
A WRINKLE IN TIME: NOOK 9
Everyone in town thinks Meg is
volatile and dull-witted and that
her younger brother Charles
Wallace is dumb. People are
also saying that their father has
run off and left their brilliant
scientist mother. Spurred on by
these rumors, Meg and Charles
Wallace, along with their new
friend Calvin, embark on a
perilous quest through space to
find their father. In doing so
they must travel behind the
shadow of an evil power that is
darkening the cosmos, one
planet at a time.
39 CLUES (SERIES) NOOKS 10-12
Amy and Dan never wanted to be powerful. Ever since their parents died, they
became very close to their grandmother Grace Cahill. When Grace died and her
will was read, they had a choice join the hunt for the 39 clues or take a million dollars
each (all the members of the family had the same choice). They would have chosen
the million dollars but they realized that Grace really wanted them to do the hunt and
that all the time they spend with her, she was training them for the hunt. In each book
Amy and Dan Cahill find out that some very famous people are Cahills including
Benjamin Franklin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thomas Edison, Amelia Earhart and
William Shakespeare. Soon they find out that the 39 clues isn’t just about clues it’s
also very dangerous. They battle fires, poisonous snakes, sharks, ninjas and the most
dangerous thing….their relatives!
39 CLUES THE MAZE OF BONES: NOOK 10
Minutes before she died Grace Cahill
changed her will, leaving her
decendants an impossible decision:
"You have a choice - one million
dollars or a clue."
Grace is the last matriarch of the
Cahills, the world's most powerful
family. Everyone from Napoleon to
Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet
the source of the family power is lost.
39 clues hidden around the world will
reveal the family's secret, but no one
has been able to assemble them. Now
the clues race is on, and young Amy
and Dan must decide what's
important: hunting clues or
uncovering what REALLY happened to
their parents.
39 CLUES ONE FALSE NOTE: NOOK 10
Dan and Amy go to
Vienna Austria
and have a run-in
with the
Benedictine
monks!
39 CLUES THE SWORD THIEF: NOOK 10
First Dan and Amy
are off to Japan
then they get
trapped in a
cave-in in Seoul,
Korea and are
double crossed
by some nasty
relatives.
39 CLUES BEYOND THE GRAVE: NOOK 10
Now it’s off to Egypt
and the next
clue…..and
SUPRISE - Dan
and Amy are
double-crossed
again -this time
NOT by a relative!
39 CLUES THE BLACK CIRCLE: NOOK 10
Dan and Amy go to
Russia and team
up with unlikely
allies.
THE PEOPLE OF SPARKS: NOOK 11
The People of Sparks picks up where The
City of Ember leaves off. Lina and
Doon have emerged from the
underground city to the exciting new
world above, and it isn’t long before
they are followed by the other
inhabitants of Ember. The Emberites
soon come across a town where they
are welcomed, fed, and given places
to sleep. But the town’s resources are
limited and it isn’t long before
resentment begins to grow between
the two groups. When anonymous
acts of vandalism push them toward
violence, it’s up to Lina and Doon to
discover who’s behind the vandalism
and why, before it’s too late.
ELLA ENCHANTED: NOOK 11
When Ella was an hour
old, the fairy
Lucinda "blessed"
her with obedience.
Whenever Ella is
told to do
something, she
must do it, including
promising never to
reveal her terrible
secret.
WATER STREET: NOOK 13
CHICKEN BOY: NOOK 13
Meet Tobin McCauley. He's got a nearcertifiable grandmother, a pack of
juvenile-delinquent siblings, and a dad
who's not going to win father of the year
any time soon. To top it off, Tobin's only
friend truly believes that the study of
chickens will reveal...the meaning of
life? Getting through seventh grade isn't
easy for anyone, but when the first day
of school starts out with your granny's
arrest, you know you've got real
problems. Throw on a five-day
suspension, a chicken that lays green
eggs, and a family feud that's tearing
everyone to pieces, and you're in for one
heck of a ride.
THE WHITE GATES: NOOK 13
WHEN TORIN SINCLAIR’S mom gets a job as
the town doctor in Snow Park, Colorado, Tor
can’t wait to learn to snowboard. But on Tor’s
first night there, a member of the high school
snowboarding team dies. “It’s the curse,”
everyone whispers. Tor’s new friends Drake
and Raine explain that there’s an old Native
American curse on the doctors of the town.
Snow Park can never get a doctor to stay. Tor
and his friends must piece together a
mystery involving an old mine, a Ute curse,
the entire snowboarding team—who just
might be blood doping in order to win
competitions— and an attempt to save the
wild river otters of Colorado. But to complete
the puzzle, will Tor have to ride the deadly
White Gates? And how will he survive the
avalanche that follows?
GHETTO COWBOY: NOOK 13
A street-smart tale
about a
displaced teen
who learns to
defend what's
right-the Cowboy
Way
SIDE EFFECTS: NOOK 13
As if it isn’t bad enough to have
cancer, practically every time we
pick up a book or hear about a
character in a movie who gets
sick, we know they’ll be dead by
the last scene. In reality, kids get
all kinds of cancers, go through
unspeakable torture and painful
treatments, but walk away, fine
in the end. Isabelle, not quite 15,
is living a normal life of fighting
with her younger brother, being
disgusted with her parents, and
hoping to be noticed by a cute
guy. Everything changes in an
instant when she is diagnosed
with lymphoma
NOTES FROM THE DOG: NOOK 14
"Sometimes having company is not all
it's cracked up to be."
Fifteen-year-old Finn is a loner, living
with his dad and his amazing dog,
Dylan. This summer he's hoping for a
job where he doesn't have to talk to
anyone except his pal Matthew. Then
Johanna moves in next door. She's ten
years older, cool, funny, and she treats
Finn as an equal. Dylan loves her, too.
Johanna's dealing with breast cancer,
and Matthew and Finn learn to care for
her, emotionally, and physically. When
she hires Finn to create a garden, his
gardening ideas backfire comically. But
Johanna and the garden help Finn
discover his talents for connecting with
people.
LAWN BOY: NOOK 14
One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then
Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding
lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns.
More people wanted me to mow their lawns.
And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold
the stockbroker, who offered to teach me
about "the beauty of capitalism. Supply and
Demand. Diversify labor. Distribute the
wealth." "Wealth?" I said. "It's groovy, man,"
said Arnold.
If I'd known what was coming, I might have
climbed on my mower and putted all the way
home to hide in my room. But the lawn
business grew and grew. So did my profits,
which Arnold invested in many things. And one
of them was Joey Pow the prizefighter. That's
when my 12th summer got really interesting.
THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA:
NOOK 14
In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the
dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the
greatness that sometimes comes in
unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to
his classmates via an origami finger
puppet of Yoda. If that weren’t strange
enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and
prescient. Origami Yoda predicts the date
of a pop quiz, guesses who stole the
classroom Shakespeare bust, and saves a
classmate from popularity-crushing
embarrassment with some well-timed
advice. Dwight’s classmate Tommy
wonders how Yoda can be so smart when
Dwight himself is so clueless. With
contributions from his puzzled classmates,
he assembles the case file that forms this
novel
THE WESTING GAME: NOOK 14
When an eccentric
millionaire dies mysteriously,
sixteen very unlikely people
are gathered together for the
reading of the will...and what
a will it is!
FLUSH: NOOK 14
Noah's dad has a little problem with
anger control. He tried to stop the
Coral Queen casino boat's illegal
dumping . . . by sinking the boat. But
his bold protest fizzles: within days the
casino is back in business, and Noah's
dad is behind bars and out of action.
Now Noah is determined to succeed
where his father failed. But even
though pumping raw sewage into the
waters of the Florida Keys is both
gross and against the law, turns out
it's near impossible to catch the
flusher—especially when he's already
bamboozled the prosecutors, the local
press, and even the Coast Guard.
I SURVIVED: NOOK 15
Each book in my
series tells a
terrifying and
thrilling story
from history,
through the eyes
of a boy who lived
to tell the tale.
DARE TO DREAM: NOOK 15
In this inspiring collection of biographies—covering
historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Helen
Keller as well as contemporary figures such as Toni
Morrison and Michael Jordan—critically acclaimed
writer and psychologist Sandra McLeod Humphrey
teaches young people that heroes were once
ordinary people whose strength of character helped
them to achieve extraordinary things. Starting with
only their dreams, they worked hard and overcame
obstacles to make their dreams come true. Some
overcame physical handicaps, others psychological
barriers like extreme shyness or feelings of inferiority;
some faced racial discrimination or educational
disadvantage, others financial burdens. In spite of
these frustrations and discouragements, all of these
people discovered in themselves the patience,
perseverance, and determination to pursue their
dreams beyond every obstacle.
EIGHT KEYS: NOOK 15
Elise and Franklin have always
been best friends. Elise has always lived
in the big house with her loving Uncle
and Aunt, because Elise's parents died
when she was too young to remember
them. There's always been a barn
behind the house with eight locked
doors on the second floor.
When Elise and Franklin start
middle school, things feel all wrong.
Bullying. Not fitting in. Franklin suddenly
seems babyish. Then, soon after her
12th birthday, Elise receives a
mysterious key left for her by her father.
A key that unlocks one of the eight doors
upstairs in the barn…
ALBERT EINSTEIN BIOGRAPHY: NOOK 15
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) needs no
formal introduction. He is remembered
around the world as one of history’s most
brilliant geniuses, and one of its most
influential scientists. Einstein is often
regarded as the father of modern physics,
and he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in
Physics "for his services to theoretical
physics, and especially for his discovery of
the law of the photoelectric effect". And
though he is best known for his
contributions to science with over 300
scientific papers, the witty Einstein also
wrote over 150 non-scientific works, many
of them infused with his humor. The entire
package of his life and career has ensured
that people continue to describe intelligent
people as “Einsteins”.
LEFT FOR DEAD: NOOK 15
Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS
Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese
submarine. The ship sank in 14 minutes. More
than 1,000 men were thrown into shark-infested
waters. Those who survived the fiery sinking—
some injured, many without life jackets—struggled
to stay afloat in shark-infested waters as they
waited for rescue. But the United States Navy did
not even know they were missing. The Navy
needed a scapegoat for this disaster. So it courtmartialed the captain for “hazarding” his ship. The
survivors of the Indianapolis knew that their
captain was not to blame. For 50 years they
worked to clear his name, even after his untimely
death. But the navy would not budge—until an 11year-old boy named Hunter Scott entered the
picture. His history fair project on the Indianapolis
soon became a crusade to restore the captain’s
good name and the honor of the men who served
under him.
SPORTS CAMP: NOOK 16
Riley feels like the smallest
kid at sports camp. In fact,
he is. He just turned eleven
in April, but most kids here
are twelve, and a few are
even thirteen—and gigantic.
It’s hard enough for a
shrimp like Riley to fit in. He
just doesn’t want to be the
weak link as his bunk
competes for the Camp
Olympia Trophy.
BASKETBALL (OR SOMETHING LIKE IT):
NOOK 16
Basketball clinics, a revolving
door of coaches, incensed
parents, and the importance of
the right sneakers—is that
what the game is about? Told
from the perspective of four
unlikely friends, Nora Raleigh
Baskin's poignant novel
focuses on the action, drama,
and fun of playing ball and
explores what it takes to be a
winner of the game—both on
the court and off.
LAY-UPS AND LONG SHOTS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SORT
STORIES
In the tradition of Sports Shorts
NOOK 16
(2005), Darby Creek has another
serving of sports-related short
stories. Purely fiction, these stories
tell the tales of athletes in a variety
of sports, including track, football,
martial arts, Ping Pong, and dirt bike
riding. The characters face obstacles
to overcome such things as being
overweight, being over-confident, and
being impatient. Reluctant readers
will enjoy these short pieces, each
with a memorable character and a
relatable problem.
JACKIE AND ME: NOOK 16
Like every other kid in his class, Joe
Stoscack has to write a report on an
African American who's made an
important contribution to society.
Unlike every other kid in his class,
Joe has a special talent: with the
help of old baseball cards, he can
travel through time. So for his report,
Joe decides to go back to meet one
of the greatest baseball players ever,
Jackie Robinson, to find out what it
was like to be the man who broke
baseball's color barrier. Joe plans on
writing a prize-winning report. But he
doesn't plan on a trip that will for a
short time change the color of his
skin -- and forever change his view of
history.
SPEED TRAINING: NOOK 16
Speed and agility are
important in almost any
sport. But to get faster, you
dont have to resort to
getting on the treadmill.
Use these quick and easy
exercises to gain an extra
step heading downfield for
a pass, zoom around the
bases, or skate at a
breakneck pace. With a
little speed training, youll
soon blow past your
opponents!
STAMINA TRAINING: NOOK 16
Its easy to start a five mile run,
but its a lot harder to finish it!
Thats why stamina training is
so important. Increase your
endurance so you can make
that fourth quarter tackle, third
period goal, or game winning
spike. Finish as strong as you
start with these stamina
building tips and exercises