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Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

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The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow by Rita Leganski
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Recommended Reads
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood
The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Powerless by Matthew Cody
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
The Maze Runner, Scorch Trials and Death Cure by James Dashner
Savvy and Scumble by Ingrid Law
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
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2012 Caldecott, Newberry and Siebert Awards
News Feb 8 The American Library Association has announced award winners for John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding...
Smithsonian Quests
News Nov 16 Like Perseus or Hercules, your students can go on a quest! With Smithsonian Quests, they earn digital badges as they...

Book Shelving Activity
Photos Nov 6 Fourth and Fifth grade classes have been learning how non-fiction books are shelved in the library...
Two 2012 Presidential Election Resources
News Oct 12 Help your students understand the presidential election process by focusing on the 2012 race http://www...
Read Works
News Oct 6 ReadWorks provides over 1,000 non-fiction reading passages with question sets to support reading activities. http://www.readworks.org/books/passages?tid=All&tid_1=88&keyword=
WE GIVE BOOKS
News Oct 6 We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online. http://www.wegivebooks.org
Awesome Stories
News Sep 19 AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information....
ISLMA announces the winning titles of the Readers’ Choice Awards for 2012
News Mar 21 ISLMA is pleased to announce the winning titles of the Readers’ Choice Awards for 2012: The winner of the 2012...
AASL's Position Statement on the Role of the School Library Program
Info Feb 21 "The school library represents for students one of our most cherished freedoms--the freedom to...
New Books in Library from Donors Choose!
Photos Feb 16 The library has received 30 new books thanks to donors from New Mexico and Pennsylvania who funded...









