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Thomas P. Hughes School PTO
In Honor of Books Wish List 2011
To order the following books, please see our flyer and order form.
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Bones and the cupcake mystery
By Adler, David ADewey: -E-
Detective Jeffrey Bones finds he does not need fancy equipment to solve the school-lunch mystery of Not Me Amy's missing cupcake.
$13.00
Young Cam Jansen and the circus mystery
By Adler, David ADewey: -E-
When Aunt Molly takes Cam and her friend Eric to the circus, their box of caramel popcorn mysteriously disappears.
$13.00
Olivia trains her cat
By Albee, SarahDewey: -E-
Olivia becomes frustrated when she does not succeed in teaching her cat to do tricks like Francine's cat.
$14.00
Hi! Fly Guy
By Arnold, TeddDewey: -E-
When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
$6.00
The plot chickens
By Auch, Mary JaneDewey: -E-
Henrietta the chicken loves to read so much that she decides to write a book herself, but she has trouble finding someone to publish a book written by a chicken, and then, when she publishes it herself and it gets a terrible review in "The Corn Book," Henrietta is devastated.
$17.00
The desperate dog writes again
By Christelow, EileenDewey: -E-
Emma e-mails "Ask Queenie," an advice column for dogs, when her owner George begins spending too much time with a new girlfriend.
$15.00
Ants in your pants, worms in your plants! : (Gilbert goes green)
By De Groat, DianeDewey: -E-
Gilbert seems to be the only one in his class who cannot think of any ideas for an Earth Day project.
$15.00
Bink & Gollie
By DiCamillo, KateDewey: -E-
Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
$15.00
The best chef in second grade
By Kenah, KatharineDewey: -E-
A famous chef is coming to visit Mr. Hopper's second grade class, and every one is excited about bringing in their family's favorite dish to share except Ollie, who loves to cook but cannot find a dish his whole family likes.
$14.00
Zelda and Ivy : keeping secrets
By Kvasnosky, Laura McGeeDewey: -E-
Contains three stories featuring fox sisters Zelda and Ivy.
$14.00
Bats at the library
By Lies, BrianDewey: -E-
Bored with another normal, inky evening, bats discover an open library window and fly in to enjoy the photocopier, water fountain, and especially the books and stories found there.
$15.00
Pearl and Wagner : one funny day
By McMullan, KateDewey: -E-
April Fools' Day turns into a bad day for Wagner the mouse when his best friend, Pearl the rabbit, and other children and adults at school play tricks on him.
$15.00
The three little aliens and the big bad robot
By McNamara, MargaretDewey: -E-
Three aliens set off to find a new planet for themselves but soon Bork and Gork have forgotten all of their mother's good advice and only Nklxwcyz builds a home safe enough to withstand the Big Bad Robot in this story reminiscent of "The Three Little Pigs."
$16.00
Annie and Simon
By O'Neill, CatharineDewey: -E-
Contains four stories that follow the adventures of young Annie, her very patient older brother Simon, and their dog Hazel, as they go on a canoe ride, suffer a bee sting, think about careers, and look for falling stars.
$14.00
My best friend is as sharp as a pencil : and other funny classroom portraits
By Piven, Hanoch, 1963-Dewey: -E-
When her grandma asks her about school, a girl draws a class portrait, adding details that show what makes each person special.
$16.00
Henry and Mudge and Annie's good move : the eighteenth book of their adventures
By Rylant, CynthiaDewey: -E-
When Henry's cousin Annie prepares to move in next door, he and Mudge help calm her fears.
$15.00
Annie and Snowball and the pink surprise
By Rylant, CynthiaDewey: -E-
After noticing that a visiting hummingbird likes her pink petunias, Annie and her rabbit Snowball, accompanied by Henry and his dog Mudge, fill the garden with pink objects to attract more hummingbirds.
$15.00
Epossumondas plays possum
By Salley, ColeenDewey: -E-
Forgetting his mother's warnings, Epossumondas goes into the swamp alone then must pretend to be dead time and again as he hears frightening sounds and fears they are being made by the dreaded loup garou.
$15.00
A sick day for Amos McGee
By Stead, Philip ChristianDewey: -E-
Zookeeper Amos McGee, who is adored by all the animals, gets some unexpected guests while home sick one day.
$16.00
Knuffle Bunny free : an unexpected diversion
By Willems, MoDewey: -E-
While traveling with her family to Holland to visit her grandparents, Trixie once again loses her beloved Knuffle Bunny.
$16.00
I will surprise my friend!
By Willems, MoDewey: -E-
Gerald the elephant and Piggie, who are best friends, play a game to surprise each other by a big rock and their fun takes a strange turn when Gerald gets worried.
$14.00
A chair for always
By Williams, Vera BDewey: -E-
Rosa is excited when her new cousin, Benji, is born, but when Grandma wants to remove a beloved armchair, Rosa puts her foot down and insists that the chair, just like Benji, is a member of the family.
$16.00
Unfamiliar magic
By Alexander, R. C. (Robert C.)Dewey: -Fic-
Twelve-year-old witch Desi secretly uses her mother's spellbook with unexpected results, including meeting her warlock father for the first time and becoming like sisters with Cat, who was once her mother's familiar.
$23.00
Forge
By Anderson, Laurie HalseDewey: -Fic-
Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.
$16.00
Chains
By Anderson, Laurie HalseDewey: -Fic-
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
$15.00
The strange case of Origami Yoda
By Angleberger, TomDewey: -Fic-
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
$12.00
Seaglass summer
By Banerjee, AnjaliDewey: -Fic-
While spending a month on an island off the coast of Washington helping in her Uncle Sanjay's veterinary clinic, eleven-year-old Poppy Ray soon questions her decision to follow in her uncle's footsteps.
$22.00
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
By Birdsall, JeanneDewey: -Fic-
Rosalind heads to the beach when summer arrives, and the rest of the Penderwick girls go to a cozy cottage in Maine with Aunt Claire, leaving Skye feeling slightly overwhelmed with her new role as the oldest available Penderwick.
$16.00
School days according to Humphrey
By Birney, Betty GDewey: -Fic-
Humphrey the hamster is excited to return to room 26 on the first day of school, and though he is at first shocked to see an all new group of students, he soon comes to know and love them, and gets understandably nervous when he hears talk of moving him from Mrs. Brisbane's room.
$14.00
Quarterback season
By Bowen, FredDewey: -Fic-
As a school assignment, eighth-grader Matt Monroe keeps a journal about his team's football season.
$12.00
Soccer team upset
By Bowen, FredDewey: -Fic-
Tyler's hope that his soccer team will be undefeated is dashed when his friend Zack, the team's star midfielder, and two more of the Cougars' best players accept an offer to play for an elite travel team.
$11.00
Dragon castle
By Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-Dewey: -Fic-
Young Prince Rashko, frequently frustrated with his family which he has come to think of as a pack of fools, learns they are not as witless as he thought when his parents disappear leaving him to manage the castle and kingdom.
$15.00
Bad kitty meets the baby
By Bruel, NickDewey: -Fic-
Bad Kitty is not pleased when a baby joins her family. Includes fun facts and tips for training a cat to perform tricks.
$12.00
Troublemaker
By Clements, Andrew, 1949-Dewey: -Fic-
When his older brother gets in serious trouble, sixth-grader Clay decides to change his own mischief-making ways, but he cannot seem to shake his reputation as a troublemaker.
$15.00
Extra credit
By Clements, Andrew, 1949-Dewey: -Fic-
Three young middle-school-age children, Abby, Amira, and Sadeed, exchange letters back and forth between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan and begin to bridge a gap across cultural and religious divides.
$15.00
Artemis Fowl : the Atlantis complex
By Colfer, EoinDewey: -Fic-
When an army of fairy space probes programmed to destroy Atlantis return to Earth, Artemis Fowl attempts to stop the destruction of the city while dealing with his delusional and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
$16.00
Cheesie Mack is not a genius or anything
By Cotler, Stephen LDewey: -Fic-
Ronald "Cheesie" Mack shares memories, thoughts, and drawings about everything that happened before, during, and after fifth grade graduation.
$15.00
Jake
By Couloumbis, AudreyDewey: -Fic-
Ten-year-old Jake forms an unexpected bond with his estranged grandfather after his mother's injury puts the pair together in time for the Christmas holiday.
$15.00
The lemonade crime
By Davies, Jacqueline, 1962-Dewey: -Fic-
When money disappears from fourth-grader Evan's pocket and everyone thinks that his annoying classmate Scott stole it, Evan's younger sister stages a trial involving the entire class, trying to prove what happened.
$14.00
Falling in
By Dowell, Frances O'RoarkDewey: -Fic-
Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for years, finally come to devour them.
$15.00
Out of my mind
By Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)Dewey: -Fic-
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
$15.00
The absolute value of Mike
By Erskine, KathrynDewey: -Fic-
Mike, a fourteen-year-old boy with a math learning disability, is sent to rural Pennsylvania for the summer to work on an engineering project, and while his plans to impress his mathematician father fall flat when Mike discovers the project has nothing to do with engineering, he learns much more valuable lessons while working with his eccentric, elderly aunt, a homeless man, and a punk rock girl as part of a town-wide effort to adopt a Romanian orphan.
$15.00
Change-up : mystery at the World Series
By Feinstein, JohnDewey: -Fic-
While covering the World Series, teen reporters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol uncover some inconsistencies in the life story of a popular, new pitcher and begin to investigate.
$15.00
The fabled fifth graders of Aesop Elementary School
By Fleming, CandaceDewey: -Fic-
Throughout their fifth-grade year, a group of rambunctious students learns fable-like lessons from extraordinary activities, singing hamsters, and eccentric teachers, led by the inimitable Mr. Jupiter.
$15.00
Abigail Iris : the pet project
By Glatt, Lisa, 1963-Dewey: -Fic-
When Abigail Iris finally gets the new kitten she has been wanting, she learns about the responsibilities that come with pet ownership, as well as the impact a kitten can have on a large family like hers.
$13.00
The Brooklyn nine : a novel in nine innings
By Gratz, Alan, 1972-Dewey: -Fic-
Follows the fortunes of a German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.
$15.00
Baseball great
By Green, Tim, 1963-Dewey: -Fic-
All twelve-year-old Josh wants to do is play baseball but when his father, a minor league pitcher, signs him up for a youth championship team, Josh finds himself embroiled in a situation with potentially illegal consequences.
$15.00
The talent show
By Gutman, DanDewey: -Fic-
Cape Bluff Elementary School hosts a talent show and a ballerina, comedian, rapper, singer, and rock musician enter, but no one knows which kid will win.
$15.00
Cabin Fever Diary of A Wimpy Kid book #6
By Kinney,,JeffDewey: -Fic-
Greg, stuck indoors with his family over the holiday because of a blizzard, suffers from claustrophobia and worries they will not be able to weather the storm.
$12.00
Alvin Ho : allergic to camping, hiking, and other natural disasters
By Look, LenoreDewey: -Fic-
Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything when his father takes him camping, hoping to install a love of nature like that of their hometown hero, Henry David Thoreau.
$14.00
Hero
By Lupica, MikeDewey: -Fic-
Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the president's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
$16.00
Heat
By Lupica, MikeDewey: -Fic-
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
$15.00
The big field
By Lupica, MikeDewey: -Fic-
When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.
$16.00
Hot hand
By Lupica, MikeDewey: -Fic-
In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.
$10.00
Amelia Bedelia bakes off
By Parish, HermanDewey: -Fic-
Amelia Bedelia inadvertently enters a baking contest and goes from being a smart cookie to a fortune cookie.
$16.00
Liar, liar : the theory, practice, and destructive properties of deception
By Paulsen, GaryDewey: -Fic-
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is very good at lying and doing so makes life easier, but when he finds himself in big trouble with his friends, family, and teachers, he must find a way to end his lies forever.
$12.00