1. What Have You Read Lately? 4,5,6 Readalouds that work

2. The White Giraffe St. John, Lauren IL 3-6, RL 6.2 180p After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.

3. All the Lovely Bad Ones Hahn, Mary Downing. IL 5-8 RL 4.5 182p Travis and his sister Corey decide to boost business at their grandmother's Vermont inn by staging a few "hauntings" that soon draw tourists from across the country, but when their antics awaken a dark force, they must find a way to put to rest the ghosts they have disturbed.

4. Kimchi & Calamari Kent, Rose IL 3-6, RL 4.6 220p After getting caught lying on a school project about who his grandfather was, fourteen-year-old Joseph Calderno is forced to redo the assignment and learns more about his adopted Italian-American family and Korean heritage than he ever thought possible.

5. Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Mass, Wendy {IL 5-8, -Fic-} RL 5, 289p Just before his thirteenth birthday, Jeremy Fink receives a keyless locked box--set aside by his father before his death five years earlier--that purportedly contains the meaning of life.

6. Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters Blume, Lesley M. M. IL 3-6, RL 5.5, 264p Eleven-year-old Cornelia S. Englehart, a lonely daughter of famous pianists who lives in New York City, learns about language and life from a new elderly neighbor who shares stories about the fabulous adventures she and her sisters had while traveling around the world.

7. Maxx Comedy : the Funniest Kid in America Korman, Gordon. IL 3-6, RL 4.7 153p Eleven-year-old Max Carmody feels he has met his destiny when he sees an announcement for "The Funniest Kid in America" contest, but his quest to create a video that will get him into the running turns into a comedy of errors.

8. Zen and the Art of Faking It - - Sonnenblick, Jordan. IL YA, 264p When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when his knowledge of Zen Buddhism, gained in his previous school, provides the answer-- and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.

9. Lunch Money Clements, Andrew IL 3-6, RL 5.4 222p Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.

10. Zen Shorts Muth, Jon J. IL K-3, RL 2.7, 40p When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.

11. The Hamlet Chronicles By Gregory Maguire One Final Firecracker A Couple of April Fools Three Rotten Eggs Four Stupid Cupids Five Alien Elves Six Haunted Hairdos Seven Spiders Spinning

12. Balliett, Blue, IL 5-8, RL 5.4 254p When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.

13. Dave at Night Levine, Gail Carson. IL 3-6, RL 4, 281p When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.

14. Title: Fair weather : a novel / by Richard Peck. Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level:6.3 In 1893, thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone.

15. Becoming Naomi Leon Pam Munoz Ryan. Interest Level: 5-8 ReadingLevel:5.8 When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great- grandmother and younger brother in search of her father..

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17. THE END Not Really – But For Now