NEW BOOKS in the
Broadwater Library
Everything for a Dog By
Ann M. Martin
Good dog story!!
Bone is a puppy whose mother
doesn’t come backone day.
Charlie is a boy who blames himself for his brother’s death.
Henry is a boywho wants a dog
—badly!
Did you read AutobiographyOf a Stray?
Extra Credit By
Andrew Clements
He is not allowedto talk to girls!
A girl in Illinoisneeds extra creditto pass her grade.
A boy in Afghanistan agrees to help
his younger sister with her pen pal
letters.
Have you readFrindle
orRoom One?
The Last Invisible Boy By
Evan Kuhlman
Jeff Kinneyliked this
book!
Finn’s hair is turning WHITE!
He is only 12!
He writes and illustratesa journal to try to understand
what is happening--after his father’ssudden death.
Little Leap Forward By
Guo Yue
BiographicalFiction!
A little boy in China
learns aboutfreedom..
…flying kites, capturing a wild bird, and living through the changes
brought by the Red Guards.
Murder at Midnight By Avi
History mystery!
Fabrizio is just a young
servant boyin medieval
Italy…
,,,but when his master, Mangus the magician, is arrested for treason,
only Fabrizio can find a way to free him from the dungeon.
Also read Midnight Magic by Avi for another story about these characters!
A Season of GiftsBy Richard Peck
Funny!
Grandma Dowdelis an unusual
next-door neighbor!
She guards her garden with a shotgun,rescues Bobby from an embarrassing Halloween prank, and cooks a turtle in her back yard—just for starters!
Also read: A Long Way from Chicago and A Year down Yonder, featuring Mrs. D.
Adventurers Wanted:
Slathbog’s GoldBy M. L. Forman
Fantasy!
15-year-old Alex’slife is boring!
Until he accepts a mission to find the evil dragon
Slathbog the Red, and sets off into a strange landwith seven men to bring back
the dragon’s treasure.
Tangled ThreadsBy
Pegi Deitz Shea
RealisticFiction!
13-year-old Mai Yang and her grandmother
have lived in a refugee camp for
TEN YEARS!
At last, they will be sent to America, where they won’t be hungry anymore—
but will it really be the land of their dreams?
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
By Grace Lin
Fantasy / folklore
Minli’s motheris tired of being poor,
but her fathertells wonderful stories.
Minli bravely sets off to find theOld Man of the Moon,Who can change their
Fortune.
Have you read The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin?
Wild GirlBy
Patricia Reilly Giff
Realistic Fiction!
At last, Lidie is old enough to leave Brazil
and join her father and brother on a horse farm in New
York.
But she is lonely at first, and so is the filly named Wild Girl.
Lidie’s father and
brother don’t know that
she can ride!Have you read Eleven or other books by Giff?
Read a NEW BOOK!Read a NEW BOOK!
Cubs love to read!
The End(for now!)