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As part of a new student exchange program, 7th graders Catherine and Ivy June are chosen from their respective schools to take turns staying with each other for two weeks. Ivy June is from deep in coal mining country Kentucky and Catherine is from Lexington. Ivy June lives with her Mammaw and Papaw because her own parents' home is too small for them and their five children. They have no telephone or indoor plumbing. Catherine lives in a large home with four bathrooms, goes to a private academy, and has her own cell phone. During the two weeks, each must live through her own personal near tragedy. Told in journal entries, this book chronicles their expectations, discoveries and the realization that it's the heart, not the possessions that make a person what they are.
Awards nominated: Bluestem Nominee 2012
Reviewed by: ewl
Date read: 3/21/2011
ISBN-10: 0385905882
ISBN-13: 9780385905886
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Tom isn't someone who takes a lot of risks. He's fascinated with Courtney, a girl in his class, and every day, he imagines a new way he could save her life through a secret superhero power. He doesn't actually talk with her, though. When Jessica joins his class, everything changes. Severe burns have altered her appearance, and Tom doesn't know how to handle his own reaction to her and the reactions of his classmates. When Tom is asked to bring homework to Jessica, he doesn't expect what he discovers when he starts to talk with her. Can Tom get over his reluctance to take risks and take a stand for Jessica?
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 3/25/2010
ISBN-10: 0316011711
ISBN-13: 9780316011716
In this book, Julianna and Bryce take turns narrating each chapter. Julliana starts out in love with Bryce and he avoids her, and then things flip- Bryce is in love with Julianna but she is over him. What will happen in this humorous middle school tale?
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 2/23/2010
ISBN-10: 0375811745
ISBN-13: 9780375811746
Rachel has been completely silent since her classmate, Tommy Feathers, died six months before. Bastian's father is being transferred to a new Air Force base, and today is Bastian's last day of school before they move. When no substitute teacher arrives to take the absent Mr. Fabiano's place, Rachel, Bastian, and all the other students take a vote to run their sixth grade class by themselves for the day. Can they prove that they can fly on their own? Will they be discovered before the end of the day?
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 3/26/2010
ISBN-10: 0395873231
ISBN-13: 9780395873236
The transition from 3rd to 4th grade isn't as easy for Suds as it is for his best friend, Joey. According to Joey, to be a 4th grade rat, you can't be afraid of spiders, carry a babyish lunch box, or cry. But rats do push little kids, say 'no' to their mothers, and eat real meat (like baloney.) Being a rat doesn't sound so great to Suds.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0590442449
ISBN-13: 9780590442442
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