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Virginia Readers’ Choice Books: 

Virginia Readers’ Choice Books Read four of the 10 books by the middle of March and you can vote for your favorite with students from all over the state of Virginia

Main characters: 

Main characters 12 year old Heidi has a mentally challenged mother Her mother has only a few words-Soof, tea, Heidi, blue and she calls herself So B. It A neighbor, Bernie, takes care of Heidi and her mother Bernie found baby Heidi and her mother, So B. It at her apartment door one day Bernie has agoraphobia-A.P. Heidi looks it up in M.B.F. (Man’s Best Friend)

First Sentence: 

First Sentence “If truth was a crayon and it was up to me to put a wrapper around it and name its color, I know just what I would call it —dinosaur skin.”

More than anything, Heidi wants to know the truth about her past, her history, her mother: 

More than anything, Heidi wants to know the truth about her past, her history, her mother She doesn’t know much more than that her Mom, So B. It, likes Jujyfruits Then she finds an old roll of film Hilltop Home, Liberty, New York There are pictures of her mother and a woman who must be her grandmother because her eyes are just like Heidi’s

Heidi runs away-she has to know about her mother and her past: 

Heidi runs away-she has to know about her mother and her past She is lucky and gambles to win the bus fare She tells a few lies and gets on a bus headed for New York She finds out some of the story of her mother She also finds out there are some things in life you just can’t know Like the color of dinosaurs If you have ever missed your Mom, wanted to know about your past, or like to read about people’s emotions and thoughts

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WALK TWO MOONS (Newbery) LOVE THAT DOG ABSOLUTLEY NORMAL CHAOS CHASING REDBIRD BLOOMABILITY PLEASING THE GHOST WANDERER RUBY HOLLER

Wise Grandma Torrelli..: 

Wise Grandma Torrelli.. …while making soup and other good smelling food gives Rosie life lessons and good old grandma advice.

Best friends and maybe more…: 

Best friends and maybe more… Grandma has stories to tell about a boy she grew up with that she knew well and loved very much Her stories help Rosie understand her feelings about Bailey, her best friend since they were bambini (young children,babies)

Every day Rosie’s feelings about Bailey change…: 

Every day Rosie’s feelings about Bailey change… “I’m mad…. Bailey, who is usually so nice, Bailey, my neighbor, my friend, my buddy, my pal for my whole life, knowing me better than anybody, that Bailey, that Bailey I am so mad at right now, that Bailey, I hate him today.”

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Short books Stories about friends- especially friends you start to have a little crush on To cook and smell good food

ERAGON by Christopher Paolini: 

ERAGON by Christopher Paolini Classic fantasy You might say Harry Who??? after reading this book This book is full of Shades, Urgals, elves, dwarves and magic

Prologue: Shade of Fear: 

Prologue: Shade of Fear A Prologue is an introduction, often foreshadowing greater events First sentence- “Wind howled through the night, carrying a scent that would change the world.”

Eragon : 

Eragon Was fifteen, less than one year from manhood He Is out hunting deer alone in the woods He hears an explosion and finds a large circle of burned grass with a polished blue stone This is the beginning of his journey

Eldest : 

Eldest If you like Eragon, the sequel Eldest is here in our library too also by Christopher pAOLINI

OLIVE’S OCEAN by Kevin Henkes: 

OLIVE’S OCEAN by Kevin Henkes

This is a book about growing up… : 

This is a book about growing up… Olive and Martha were in the same grade at school and both wanted to be writers Olive wants to write “not a mystery or adventure (book), but an emotional one. Maybe I can make kids change their opinions on emotion books…” Now “Olive Barstow was dead. She’d been hit by a car on Monroe Street while riding her bicycle weeks ago. That was about all Martha knew.”

Olive’s Ocean’s Awards: 

Olive’s Ocean’s Awards ALA Notable Children’s Book Newbery Honor Book ALA Best Book for Young Adults Horn Book Fanfare New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice Virginia Readers’ Choice Awards

If you think you would like a book that makes you feel that you are inside someone’s heart and mind…: 

If you think you would like a book that makes you feel that you are inside someone’s heart and mind…

The Young Man and the Sea: 

The Young Man and the Sea Not giving up Not giving up even when your parents are gone or have given up Not giving up when the bullies in town are after you One word for not giving up is….

PERSEVERANCE: 

PERSEVERANCE Twelve year old Skiff’s Mom died Dad just wants to sit on the couch Their boat, The Mary Rose sinks How do you rebuild your life? How would you raise a huge boat sitting on the bottom of the creek ALL by yourself? You persevere-Continue one day at a time without giving up

First sentence… : 

First sentence… “Before I tell you about the biggest fish in the sea and how it tried to kill me and then ended up saving my life, first you got to know about the leaky boat, ‘cause it all began right there.”

Rodman Philbrick also wrote: 

Rodman Philbrick also wrote Freak the Mighty Max the Mighty The Fire Pony REM World The Last Book in the Universe

Bullies: 

Bullies There is a bully in the story called Tyler “You’re a loser, lobster boy! Get used to losing!” Why do people bully others? What can you do about bullies? Have you ever bullied someone?

Milkweedby Jerry Spinelli : 

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli Holocaust story A young orphan boy survives in Warsaw, the capitol of Poland, in 1939 by stealing food Sometimes at night he goes right into people’s kitchens and helps himself

Chapter 1 begins…: 

Chapter 1 begins… “Memory I am running. That’s the first thing I remember. Running. I carry something, my arm curled around it, hugging it to my chest. Bread, of course. Someone is chasing me. “Stop! Thief!” I run.”

He doesn’t know his name.: 

He doesn’t know his name. When some other orphans ask him what his name is, he says it is Stopthief He doesn’t even know what a mother is He does not know if he is a Jew or a Gypsy…

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This Holocaust story takes place when the Jews in Warsaw are rounded up and put in a walled off portion of the city (Poland) You see the Holocaust through a young child’s eyes who cannot really understand This life is the only life he knows

History tells us…: 

History tells us… The Germans created the Warsaw Ghetto in October and November of 1940 500,000 Jews About 5-6,000 a month died They died of starvation, disease, cold, and shootings Famous for a courageous uprising in 1943 Holocaust Memorial (Miami, FL) http://www.nps.gov/manz/ed_portrait.htm

If you have never read a book about the Holocaust: 

If you have never read a book about the Holocaust Read Milkweed We have other books about the Holocaust The Upstairs Room Parallel Journeys Maus and Maus II are graphic novels The Diary of a Young Girl OPAC- Holocaust –Click on keyword

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WHY IS THIS BOOK CALLED MILKWEED?

The River Between Us  by Richard Peck: 

The River Between Us by Richard Peck Civil War novel Family story Story begins with 15 year old Leland Hutchings takes a trip in a Model T Ford to visit his Grandma Tillie’s house

Did you know….?: 

Did you know….? “You had to crank the car a good ten minutes to get the car going…” “Dad broke a fresh egg into the radiator so that it would hard boil and seal the leaks.” www.carword.com/ special/ford100/5.aspx

Leland’s Grandma Tilly tells a story that begins just before the Civil War starts: 

Leland’s Grandma Tilly tells a story that begins just before the Civil War starts Two mysterious young women come to town-Grand Tower, Illinois on the boat Her mother takes them in One is the beautiful and fancy Delphine The other is Calinda, who everyone believes must be Delphine’s slave

The Civil War Starts : 

The Civil War Starts People in town are on both sides of the war, sometimes brother against brother or cousin against cousin Noah, Tilly’s twin brother, runs away to the war the night before they turn 16 “He went as the other boys did, in the night to spare us good-byes.”

Horrors of War: 

Horrors of War Tilly’s Mom sends Delphine and Tilly to bring Noah home They go to Cairo-smell the place before they see it In a tent made for 4 or 5, they find 10 young soldiers Most lay in a bed of straw where they’d been sick They are too sick to get up to go to the bathroom, and lay in their own mess This is where they find Noah

Surprises: 

Surprises This book tells about a part of life in New Orleans and the south that is seldom told It is a story of mixed race families There is a surprising death It is a story of war It is a story of survival

The River Between Us by Richard Peck: 

The River Between Us by Richard Peck

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Mia has a special condition She has synesthesia Whenever she sees numbers, words, letters, or hears sounds she sees colors Visual cortex of her brain is activated when she hears a sound

For Mia:: 

For Mia: The number 2 is cotton candy pink The letter A is yellow like a faded sunflower

Mia Winchell: 

Mia Winchell After her classmates call her Freak. FREEEEEEK when she was eight, she talked to no one about the colors that were in her life ****First words of the book Then in eighth grade, this collage of numbers, letters, sounds, and colors make learning math and Spanish too confusing She seeks help She even tries acupuncture

Family story: 

Family story *“Her younger brother, Zack, keeps a chart of all the McDonald’s hamburgers he’s eaten in his lifetime. Her older sister, Beth, dyes her hair a different color every week and might be a witch.” * quote from the inside of the cover

What is a flume?: 

What is a flume? Not just an amusement park ride Flumes were elaborate wooden structures built to channel water 15-20 miles down a mountain Logs were transported in this rushing water

http://www.redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=475: 

http://www.redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=475 This story is also about sequoia trees or redwoods The tallest known redwood (the "Tall Tree") is about 600 years old. It is located on Redwood Creek within Redwood National and State Parks, near Orick, California. The Tall Tree was measured at 367.8 feet by the National Geographic Society in 1963.

Do you ever stand up for what you believe in?…: 

Do you ever stand up for what you believe in?… Francie must stand up against a powerful business man The year is 1894 People are logging the great sequoia trees Francie is outraged-she finds out one of the trees was given to her dead sister 6 years earlier BUT…. http://www.redwoods.info

She has to prove it to save the tree: 

She has to prove it to save the tree She has to ride the flume That means risking her life That means breaking all the rules What would you do ?

Feel connected…: 

Feel connected… To the planet? To the forest? To nature? READ RIDING THE FLUME

“Meg Finn’s soul was knocked clean out of her skin.”: 

“Meg Finn’s soul was knocked clean out of her skin.” “Meg and Belch were doing a job.” They were committing a crime Belch’s pit bull Raptor was along to bite anyone who got in the way They all died in an explosion

That’s when “Meg Finn’s soul was knocked clean out of her skin.”: 

That’s when “Meg Finn’s soul was knocked clean out of her skin.” Meg finds herself flying down a vast tunnel The tunnel forks One side goes to heaven, the other side to hell She sees the gate of hell looming in front of her, as large as the sun Suddenly, she is turned and sent back to earth

Her point total balances perfectly: 

Her point total balances perfectly When you go down the tunnel your points are added up All the good and bad things you have done in life are given points Your decisions in life determine your fate Meg Finn has to go back to earth and try to help the man she tried to rob complete his personal wish list

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Belch and Raptor have become one- a boy/dog- in the explosion that caused their death The Lord of Darkness thinks Meg is creatively wicked and wants her soul He cheats to get her back in Hell The devil sends Belch the boy-dog back to earth to prevent Meg from doing enough good to go to heaven

To find out where Meg spends eternity read: 

To find out where Meg spends eternity read THE WISH LIST by Eoin Colfer Author of the Artemis Fowl books

Bibliography: 

Bibliography www.carword.com/ special/ford100/5.aspx http://www.nps.gov/manz/ed_portrait.htm http://www.redwoods.info http://www.redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=475 Novelist K-8, http://search.epnet.com/ , © 2005 EBSCO Publishing.