summer reading & more
2007 Required Summer Reading
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong
These are the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey to reach inhabited land.
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Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island
Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island by Eve Bunting
A ruthless gang of hoodlums traps a young boy when he seeks shelter on Alcatraz Island.
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SOS Titanic
SOS Titanic by Eve Bunting
With high hopes, Pegeen and her two brothers leave Ireland to begin a new life in New York by sailing on a fabulous new ship… the Titanic.
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Switching Well
Switching Well by Peni R Griffin
Amber and Ada live in the same town, but not at the same time. Both girls are unhappy, but for different reasons. They both desperately wish their lives would change… and that's exactly what happens one day at the Haunted Well!
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Tarot Says Beware
Tarot Says Beware by Betsy Byars
As usual, amateur sleuth Herculeah Jones and her friend Meat find themselves in the middle of a murder mystery. Herculeah stumbles upon the dead body of Madame Rosa and is determined to expose the killer and solve the case.
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