HOT PICKS!

 

Among the Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Pick by
Celeste Thompson

Luke lives in a world where parents are only allowed to have two children.  Luke is a third child.  He is an illegal. He has been a regular kid until they cut down the trees where he lives.  Now he is forced to stay in the attic.  One day he looks out of the window and he sees a girl peeking from the blinds from another house.  Luke wonders if she is another third child.  Find out in Among The Hidden.

Lexile - 800
Reading Counts Test - Yes

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Gifts from the Sea      
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

Pick by
Jared Gihring

This is a book about a girl named Quia. She is 12 years old and lives at a place called Devils Rock.  Her mother died 6 months ago and her dad is a lighthouse keeper so he can’t leave the lighthouse. During a storm a ship wrecked and Quia found a baby floating in the water. She took the baby to her dad and they named her Celia which means “gift from the sea”. Celia loves seals so much that she almost fell down the cliff but was saved.

Lexile - 990
Reading Counts Test - Yes

 

Small Steps: The Year I got Polio
by Peg Kehret

Pick by
Beth Rinehart

Small Steps in an auto-biography of Peg Kehret.  Peg was diagnosed with spinal and respiratory polio. Having both polio diseases is very rare.  Peg wakes up paralyzed from the neck down.  Read this book to find out how Peg recovers from this serious illness.

Lexile - 890
Reading Counts Test - Yes

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Brian's Hunt
by Gary Paulsen

Pick by
Jared Gihring

It is about a seventeen year old teen named Brian. His parents have been divorced for over a year. Once, when he flew to visit his dad in Canada the plane crashed in a forest. Over a couple of months he spent his time in the forest.  This book is the sequel to Hatchet.

Lexile - 1180
Reading Counts Test - Yes

 

Moose Tracks
by Mary Casanova

Pick by
Hayden Cooper

This book is about a boy named Seth and his Step-father who is a game warden in Minnesota.  He rescues an orphaned baby moose from poachers. Read this book to find out what happens.

Lexile - 770
Reading Counts Test - Yes

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Totally Disgusting!
by  Bill Wallace

Pick by
Kelby Schmidt

This book is about a cat that lives with his family and gets taken away by a man.  The man bought the cat for his daughter because it was her birthday.  She named the cat Mewkiss.  The cat thought the name was totally disgusting!

Lexile - 560
Reading Counts Test - Yes

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