Not Quite Sequoyah List
Bonk, John. Madhattan Mystery. Massachusetts: Candlewick, 2012. 304 pages, Grade 4-5.
Lexi and Kevin are excited to spend the summer with their favorite Aunt in New York City. They are NOT excited about their father getting remarried after their mother passed away. The summer was supposed to be relaxing but it was far from it! Kevin and Lexi get mixed up in an exciting adventure that takes them all over the city, but how much trouble will they get into while trying to solve a mystery?
Sklansky, Amy. Out of this World: Poems and Facts about Space. Knopf Books for Young
Readers 2012. 40 p. Gr. 4-5
Poems about space, rockets the moon and much more in this beautiful book about the universe. Poetry is supported by facts and explanation in the margins of each page.
Turnage, Sheila. Three Times Lucky. New York: Dial, 2012. 312 p. Gr. 5-8.
Eleven-year-old Moses LoBeau resides in Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, a small southern town full of charm and quirky characters that is rocked by a mystery that Moses must solve in order to protect those she loves.
Phillips, Helen. Here Where the Sunbeams are Green. New York: Delacorte Press, 2012. 295 pages, Grades 5-6.
Madeline, Ruby, and their mother go to Central America to see their father, who is a well known bird watcher, only to discover that their father seems to be in trouble for more than just bird-watching.
Reedy, Trent.Stealing Air. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2012.
Brian and his family move to a new town and Brian is ready to make some new friends. The first kid he meets becomes his first enemy! Eventually he does make some friends through some mutual hobbies. Brian, Alex and Max teach themselves to build a real airplane.
Palacio, R.J. Wonder.New York, New York: Random House Children's Books. 2012.
August was born with facial deformity that kept him from having a real childhood. His parents were very protective of him and rarely let him out of their site. Auggie decided that he wanted to go to regular school and have a regular life. He realizes very quickly, school is hard to place to be yourself.
Primavera, Elise. Libby of High Hopes. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. 2012.
Ten year old Libby wants nothing more than to learn how to ride a horse. She loves horses. She draws horses, she reads about horses, she even dreams about horses. Her parents can only afford for one child to take riding lessons and Libby’s older sister gets the chance that Libby has dreaming of.
Scattergood, Augusta.Glory Be. Scholastic Press. 2012. 208 pages, grades 4-7.
A Mississippi town tries to decide whether to keep their public swimming pool open or keep it closed after tempers flare about segregation. Glory and her friend Frankie try to help solve problems bigger than they knew existed.
Kops, Deborah J. Great Molasses Flood: Boston, 1919. Charlesbridge. 2012, 112 pages, grades 3-6.
It was a normal January day in Boston, and workers were just sitting down to eat their lunch when they heard a terrible explosion. The people of Boston couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw the explosion came from one of the many enormous molasses tanks! What a sticky situation!
Fairlie, Emily. The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck. Katherine Tegen Books, 2012. 304 pages, grades 4-6.
Sixth grader Laurie is miserable. Her parents have enrolled her in the school they went to as children and Laurie hates it. It’s old and crumbly and has some very strange people roaming the halls. Laurie decides she’s going to figure out the 80 year old puzzle that the founder of the school created and had never been solved.
Bauer, Joan. Almost Home. Viking Juvenile, 2012. 240 pages, grades 4-6.
Twelve year old Sugar and her mother find themselves homeless after Sugar’s grandfather passes away. They try to make a new start in life, but they soon find out that being homeless is a difficult way of life. Sugar finds a new friend, a stray dog named Shush that helps her realize she always has something to be grateful for.
Rocklin, Joanne. The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook. Harry N. Abrams, 2012. 240 pages, grades 4-6.
Zook (short for Zucchini) is sick. Oona and her brother Fred try to figure out how they can help their cat get better all the while healing their own family after their father’s death.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Mighty Miss Malone. Wendy Lamb Books, 2012. 320 pages, grades 3-6.
Deza Malone is a young black girl living in Indiana during the Great Depression. There are almost no jobs for white people and none for black people. Deza’s father must leave home to find work. Deza’s family is able to stick together through scary, uncertain times.
Rose, Caroline Starr. May B. Schwartz & Wade, 2012. 240 pages, grades 3-6.
Helping out on a neighbor’s homestead when the unthinkable happens, May B. is abandoned and then a terrible snowstorm strikes. Will she survive the loneliness and isolation?