Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Spring Book Report will Focus on an Award Winning Book Chosen by the Student

For our spring book report, students will choose and read an award winning chapter book that is over 100 pages.  Directions for the project will be discussed in class tomorrow, Friday, April 13th.  Please check in with your student about the project for more information. We are focusing on award-winning books to encourage students to be reading high quality literature.


When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead
When Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, she realizes they come from the future.

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman
Bod narrowly escapes being murdered with the rest of his family when he wanders into the graveyard as an infant. An old dead couple agree to raise him, and he is taught the ways of the dead. As a teenager...

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!

by Laura Amy Schlitz
Monologues from a variety of children combine with beautiful illustrations and historical facts to tell about life in medieval England.

The Higher Power of Lucky

by Susan Patron
Ten-year-old Lucky, who is intent upon seeking her Higher Power after overhearing people speak at AA meetings, determines that running away is the way to prevent her legal guardian, Brigitte, from abandoning...

Criss Cross

by Lynne Rae Perkins
Debbie wants something to happen.--- soon. Hector wants to impress Meadow. Lenny wants to fix things. In this lyrical Newbery-winning book, teenagers in a small town drift through the summer wondering...

Kira-Kira

by Cynthia Kadohata
Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.

The Tale of Despereaux

by Kate DiCamillo
Despereaux, a young mouse, must battle against the rats in a dungeon to save the princess he loves.

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

by Avi
After being condemned for a crime he didn't commit, a timid thirteenth-century boy has to flee a tiny village that's the only world he's ever known.

A Single Shard

by Linda Sue Park
Tree-ear, a twelve-year-old orphan, is eager to learn the potter's trade. In this Newbery Medal-winning book, Tree-ear learns many of life's important lessons from those who grow to love him.

A Year Down Yonder

by Richard Peck
This sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning book "A Long Way from Chicago" is masterful storytelling at its best. Fifteen-year-old Mary Alice must leave her home and school in Chicago to live in...

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis
This Newbery Award-winning book tells the story of ten-year-old Bud, an orphan during the Great Depression. After running away from his foster home, Bud sets out to search for the man he believes to be...


From http://www.scholastic.com/resources/booklist/10-newbery-award-winners/

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