While on a field trip to New York's Museum of Natural History, Joe, Sam, and Fred (otherwise known as the Time Warp Trio) travel one hundred years into the future, where they encounter robots, anti-gravity disks, and their own grandchildren!

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 0140371915

ISBN-13: 9780140371918

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When four kids are taken out of their crowded fifth-grade classrooms and put together in a new class with an unusual new teacher, they don't know what to expect. Destiny is thrilled to be reunited with her best friend. Max just wants to be left alone to read, so he can forget his family's past. Giovanni doesn't want the new teacher to know that he can't read, at least not nearly as well as he should. Willie misses his grandma's house in Jamaica. When Ms. Hill inspires them to write about their lives, and shows them how to do it, their lives change in ways they never expected.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 4/23/2010

ISBN-10: 0823419460

ISBN-13: 9780823419463

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Twitch is a squirrel that lives in the school yard. He knows the humans love him because they not only leave food for him, but surround it with wonderful toys to challenge him and help him get his exercise. One evening, he finds himself in the sights of an owl. While trying to escape, he offends the principal's dog and winds up running into the school building with the dog in hot pursuit. Twitch runs from classroom to classroom trying to get away and eventually meeting all the school's class pets. Each part of the story is told from the point of view of a different pet.

Similar books: The Buddy Files Series by Dori Hillestad Butler; The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 1/10/2012

ISBN-13: 9780823423644

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Spider wants to be a pet. She goes about showing a family that she is better than any other animal. She tries to show them that she is a great dancer, but receives 'Aaaarrgghh! Spider! Out you go!,' as a response. She tries to clean. 'Aaaarrgghh! Spider! Out you go!' It doesn't seem she can do anything right! Then, the family notices the beautiful, sparkly webs she makes. Maybe they can live as one family? Then, again, maybe not...

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 6/29/2009

ISBN-10: 0618432507

ISBN-13: 9780618432509

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In 1852, Abbie's father moves the whole family to Matinicus Rock to be the lighthouse keeper there and Abbie becomes his assistant. She learns to care for the lights, keeping them clean and lit in order to guide ships around the treacherous rocks along the shore. Then her father has to make an emergency trip to the mainland for supplies. A violent storm hits and Abbie has to care for her younger sisters, her ailing mother and the precious lights. This exciting adventure is based on the true life of Abbie Burgess who helped care for the lighthouse for 22 years.

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 12/20/2011

ISBN-13: 9781582700076

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