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Hi! I am really excited to be starting our second 25 book challenge. Here are some suggestions from the books that are in our library and that I have recently read:
//The Second Life of Abigail Walker// by Frances Roark Dowell //Liar & Spy// by Rebecca Stead //Icefall// by Matthew J. Kirby //Silent in an Evil Time: The Brave War of Edith Cavell// by Jack Batten (Biography of World War I nurse) //Son// by Lois Lowry //Bread and Roses// by Katherine Paterson //Countdown// by Deborah Wiles //The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate// by Jacqueline Kelly //Junonia// by Kevin Henkes //The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale// by Carmen Agra Deedy & Randall Wright //The Seventh Level// by Jody Feldman //The Emerald Atlas// //Black Duck// by Janet Taylor Lisle

Buyea creates seven interesting characters whose different points of view give the reader a challenge to put the story together.

//Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz//
//Savvy by Ingrid Law// //[|Wonder by R.J. Palacio]// //Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.//

1.[[image:um25bookchallenge/Hero.jpg align="left" caption="F LUP"]]//Hero// by Mike Lupica
Mike Lupica is a great choice if you like reading novels about sports, but this book is different; it's a fantasy. Zach Harriman's dad is dead, and Zach discovers that he can trust only himself! By the end of the novel, Zach has transformed into a fourteen-year-old superhero. Fun read.

[|Check our Lupica's official website].

2. //Here The Be Monsters: The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid// by HP Newquist



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Long ago, when sea captains sailed out of sight of land, they feared that monsters might attack their ships. Well, there really were giant squids that could have attacked the ships. This nonfiction books explores the connection between the myths of sea monsters and the scientific study of the giant squid. Really cool pictures!! =====

3. //Take Me to the River// by Will Hobbs For more information about this book try Will Hobbs's website []

4. //The Lost Hero// by Rick Riodan This is the first book in a new series (The Heroes of Olympus) by Rick Riordan, the author of both the Percy Jackson Series and Kane Chronicles (Red Pyramid.) Meet Piper, Leo, and Jason as they race against time to release a goddess and a father plus stop the rise of an old force that threatens the Olympians and the rest of the world. Check out Rick Riodan's website: []. The second book in the series, Son of Neptune will be available on Oct. 4th.

5. //My Life in Pink & Green// by Lisa Greenwald Lucy’s mom is always fighting a cause, but she hasn’t paid the electricity bill or the mortgage on the family’s drugstore. Lucy’s grandmother wants to sell either the family house or the drugstore so that the family can survive. Lucy dreams up a different solution that involves her talent in make overs. Will anyone listen to 7th grader, Lucy?

6. //Pop// by Gordon Korman I was really excited to read this newish book by Gordon Korman because I enjoy his novel, Schooled, so much. Pop would be a good choice if you like reading about sports and are trying to figure out the boy-girl relationships. The main character of the book, Marcus has a really rough time fitting into his new town and high school football team. Life gets really complicated for Marcus as he tries to protect a "friend" and winds up in trouble with the law.



7. //The Son of Neptune// by Rick Riordan

//Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,// //To storm or fire the world must fall.// //An oath to keep with a final breath,// //And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.// This is the prophecy that is the theme behind the series, “The Heroes of the Olympus.” //The Son of Neptune// is the second in the series. Warning: You will not want the book to end, and you will really wish that the third book, //The Mark of Athena// was available to read when you finish but that book won’t be out until next fall.

8. //Crossing the Wire// by Will Hobbs

In order to save his family from financial disaster, Victor decides to enter theUnited Statesillegally. He faces freezing cold, dangerous smugglers, unbearable heat of the desert, and the help of friends as he leavesMexicobehind him. This is a drama that takes place daily. Another thrilling realistic fiction adventure and thought provoking novel by Hobbs.

What do you do when you best friend still likes to play imaginary games, and you've started 6th grade? What do you do when your lockermate ruins your lunch everyday and the teachers don't care? What do you do when your aunt moves into your house with a baby which changes everything? What do you do when you miss your dad who died when you were really too young to remember anything about him? Lafleur gives the main character, Elise eight keys to unlock the answer to these questions and more.

Rebecca Stead's novel, When You Reach Me won the Newbery Award. Her previous novel, First Light is equally good but a totally different genre--science fiction. Peter joins his parents on a research expedition to Greenland where his father is studyi climate change. While in Greenland, Peter's headaches turn into visions which eventually connect him to Gracehope, a unique civilization which has been hidden from the real world. How are the two worlds connected? Read on!