Danny Walker loves basketball, and the fact that he's always been small for his age doesn't faze him as much as it could. After all, his dad is short for a basketball player, and he went all the way to the NBA. So when Danny doesn't make the seventh grade travel basketball team, the team that started his own father's career as a player, Danny is crushed. Then, Danny's father decides to create a rival travel basketball team, the Warriors. Can a team of players deemed second-rate show the world that they can triumph?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 12/3/2009

ISBN-10: 0142404624

ISBN-13: 9780142404621

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In the distant future, many animals can talk and some have even developed thumbs. At night around the fire, they share legends of the long lost humans. When Thelonious Chipmunk's treehouse home is swept down the river in a storm, he finds himself in the middle of the City of Ruins. Here, the humans have left behind huge buildings and stores filled with canned food, toys and clothing. He narrowly escapes the clutches of the 'Dragon Lady' and finds a friend in Fitzgerald Porcupine. Then, they meet a talking bear who has amazing stories about a strange city called the Fog Mound. Join Thelonious on his adventures as he discovers a whole new world outside his Untamed Forest. This is the first of three in the series 'The Fog Mound.'

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 9/14/2012

ISBN-10: 068987684X

ISBN-13: 9780689876844

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Michael Wise is a proud slacker who became the class president of J.R. Wilcott Middle School by never achieving beyond a C and encouraging his classmates to have some fun along with their studying. One day while devouring a batch of his mother's delicious brownies, he accidently eats a micro chip that his father was developing. Suddenly, he's able to solve college-level math problems, recite passages in multiple languages, and prepare gourmet meals for his family. Everyone at school now hates him. Michael must get rid of the chip before he's impeached by his classmates.

Reviewed by: rn

Date read: 7/22/2009

ISBN-10: 1554550351

ISBN-13: 9781554550357

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Henry Smith's father told him that if you build your house far away from Trouble then Trouble will never find you. But that wasn't true. Henry's older brother, Franklin, was hit and seriously injured, by a truck driven by a Cambodian boy, Chay Chouan. Racial tensions at school and in the town flared. Henry's sister, Louisa, hardly ever comes out of her room. His parents and his world are falling apart. Henry does the only thing he can think of, climb Mt. Katahdin, which he and Franklin had been planning to do. So begins an incredible journey of danger, adventure, self-discovery and grace.

Awards nominated: Rebecca Caudill Award 2011

Reviewed by: hap

Date read: 5/12/2010

ISBN-10: 0618927662

ISBN-13: 9780618927661

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Hard-bitten former Search-and-Rescue dog J.J. Tully narrates this mystery. Two chicks are missing, and their mother asks J.J. Tully to solve the case. Is Vince the Funnel behind their disappearance? And will J.J. Tully earn his reward of a cheeseburger?

Awards nominated: Monarch Award

Reviewed by: msp

Date read: 9/16/2011

ISBN-10: 0061215333

ISBN-13: 9780061215339

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