Emma-Jean Lazarus is a 7th grader at William Gladstone Middle School. Everyone thinks she is strange, but Emma-Jean doesn't seem to care. She is much more concerned about practical & logical things. Emma-Jean's heroes are her father, Eugene, a college mathematics professor who died two years earlier, and the French mathematician, Jules Henri Poincare, who was also her father's hero. One afternoon while she is at school, Emma-Jean finds Colleen Pomerantz crying in the girl's bathroom and decides that she can use her logical reasoning skills to solve Colleen's problem. She forges a document to help her classmate and finds herself in big trouble. Can she undo the mess she created?

Reviewed by: rn

Date read: 6/25/2009

ISBN-10: 0142411507

ISBN-13: 9780142411506

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Kezi's mother is ill and fighting for her life. Kezi's father swears an oath to the god Admat that, if Kezi's mother recovers, he will sacrifice the first person who congratulates him on her recovery. Before her aunt can, Kezi congratulates him and so, must be sacrificed, or Admat will be angry and wreak vengeance on her family. The Akkan god of the winds, Olus, has watched this all from afar. He has fallen in love with Kezi and must now find some way to save her.

Similar books: Arabian Nights

Reviewed by: vverscaj

Date read: 8/25/2009

ISBN-10: 0061229628

ISBN-13: 9780061229626

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Abby visits her grandmother at the same time as her cousin Cleo. At first, Abby is jealous of Cleo. Read the book to find out the rest!

Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader

Date read: 2/13/2010

ISBN-10: 0439353696

ISBN-13: 9780439353694

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Growing up in Texas with six brothers and the name Calpurnia is tough enough, but then it is summer and it is hotter than hot. Calpurnia is very curious about the world around her and with the guidance of her grandfather, she explores the river and the natural world around her. She learns to sharpen her observation skills and fills her notebook with interesting facts. Through the year, we share in Calpurnia's fascinating world of 1899 and all the discoveries that were taking place at the turn of the century.

Similar books: The Penderwicks The Penderwicks on Garden Street

Awards nominated: Rebecca Caudill Award Nominee 2012

Awards won: Newbery Honor 2010

Reviewed by: adf

Date read: 2/1/2010

ISBN-10: 0805088415

ISBN-13: 9780805088410

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The fourth princess of Gossling, Princess Amelia, has always known that she's different. Not because she is special, however, but because she is thoroughly ordinary. The first three princesses of her kingdom, her older sisters, are the embodiment of royalty: graceful, beautiful, and socially adept. Amelia knows she will never measure up to them. When a plague strikes the kingdom, Amelia and her sisters are spared, but their parents die. With the king and queen gone, an uncle they've never met is next in line for rule. He is an evil magician with a grudge against the kingdom, and he is bent on destroying it. Amelia's older sisters are transformed into a tree and two swans, and Amelia escapes only because she has been left behind. Now the only sister left capable of saving her kingdom, Amelia must let go of her beliefs about herself and find a way to inspire the people of her kingdom to fight for themselves. The Extra-Ordinary Princess is a tale of adventure, with magic, transformation, friendship, and inspiration at its center. While not equal to Shannon Hale's mastery of this kind of story, fans of Goose Girl or Princess Academy will enjoy this tale of a girl on whose shoulders the fate of a kingdom rests.

Similar authors: Shannon Hale, Gale Carson Levine

Similar books: Princess Academy by Shannon Hale Goose Girl by Shannon Hale Palace of Mirrors by Margaret Peterson Haddix Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 1/15/2010

ISBN-10: 1599903407

ISBN-13: 9781599903408

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