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Joe Hilton's Monthly Picks
for December 2011

by Joe Hilton
of the Free Library of Philadelphia

The School For The Insanely Gifted
by Dan Elish

Eleven-year-old Daphna Whispers is a musical genius at the Blatt School for the Insanely Gifted in New York City. After her mother disappeared while flying a plane across the Atlantic Ocean she starts a international search for her mother with her best friends and uncovers a  big secret about the school that puts everyone that is close to her in danger. Grades 4-6

 

Wild Wings
by Gill Lewis

In a small Scottish village 11-year-old Callum becomes friends with Iona, a classmate who spends all of her free time in the woods alone and knows how to catch a fish with her hands. They have discovered a rare osprey that migrates to Africa. Keeping the endangered bird’s nest a secret is hard to do when the bird needs help. Grades 4-6

 

Ten Rules For Living With My Sister
by Ann Martin

Fourth-grader Pearl must share a room with her older sister Lexie who is in the eight grade when their grandfather comes to live with them. Pearl comes up with 10 rules to help her get along with her sister, some mean classmates, and a aging grandfather. Will they work? Grades 4-6

 

Into The Trap
by Craig Moodie

Twelve-year-old Eddie’s family has been trapping lobsters for years on Fog Island, Maine. Now poachers have been stealing their lobsters and his family may go out of  business. He does not have much time to act after discovering where the stolen catch is hidden.  Should he try to steal it back before it is gone or go to the police? Grades 5-7

 

The Boy At The End of The World
by Greg van Eekhout

Fisher is the only survivor of a Life Ark created to preserved dozens of species after a environmental disaster so that one day humans might live again. With a damaged robot and large animal creature he travels across the North American continent in search of the other Arks in order to help him fulfill his mission of continuing the human species. Grades 5-7

 

The Detention Club
by David Yoo

Sixth-grader Peter Lee and his best friend Drew used to  be popular at their old elementary school but are having a very difficult time adjusting to their new middle school. When the friends develop several get-popular-quick plans things go from bad to worse and they end up in detention. Grades 4-7

 

Grin And bear It
by Leo Landry (Easy Reader)

Bear dreams of making his friends laugh. He is great telling jokes in front of a mirror, but gets nervous and stage fright in front of a group. 
Grades K-3

 

 

Mouse And Mole
by Herbert Yee (Easy Reader)

Best friends Mouse and Mole enjoy playing in the snow with their brand new friends Sno-Mouse and Sno-Mole Grades K-3.

 

 


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