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The following District 65 Middle School Librarians compiled this list of exciting titles for your summer reading pleasure: Ms. Hubbard, Ms. Jaquess, Ms. Odwarka, Ms. Philippe, and Ms. Richardson. Dive in!
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In addition to print, many of the below titles are available in a variety of formats: eBook, eAudiobook, book on CD, and Playaway.
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 Flake, Sharon, Pinned. New York: Scholastic Press, 2012.
Adonis is smart, intellectually gifted and born
without legs; Autumn is strong, a great wrestler, and barely able to
read in ninth grade--but Autumn is attracted to Adonis and determined to
make him a part of her life whatever he or her best friend thinks.
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 TenNapel, Doug. Cardboard. New York: Graphix, 2012.
When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster.
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 Rubin, Susan Goldman. Wideness and Wonder: The Life and Art of Georgia O'Keeffe. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2010.
Continuing Chronicle's acclaimed series of artist books for kids,
Wideness and Wonder is the fascinating story of the mysterious and
beloved artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Well-known children's biography writer
Susan Goldman Rubin traces the events that shaped O'Keeffe's art and how
art influenced O Keeffe's life in return. Wideness and Wonder is
colorful, accessible, and packed with the art that made O'Keeffe so
renowned.
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 Atkinson, Elizabeth. I, Emma Freke. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 2010.
Growing up near Boston with her free-spirited mother and old-world
grandfather, twelve-year-old Emma has always felt out of place but when
she attends the family reunion her father's family holds annually in
Wisconsin, she is in for some surprises.
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 Hasak-Lowy, Todd. 33 Minutes. New York: Simone& Schuster, 2013.
An epic lunch period leads to a fateful showdown as small, skinny
seventh-grader Sam's former best friend--now a popular athlete--promises
to beat Sam up at recess in exactly thirty-three minutes.
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 Levine, Kristen. Lions
of Little Rock. New York. G.P. Putnam & Sons, 2012. Print. Marlee was
excited to have a new friend, except she could never visit her friend at her
house, what was the secret? Set in
Little Rock during the integration of schools, it brings to light what makes a
friend.
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