Naperville Downers Grove Aurora
Illinois Reading Council
March 12th-15th, 2014
Looking at New Books for Children
Presenter, Becky Anderson
Intermediate, Grades 4-8
Novels and Stories______Grade Level
Art of FlyingJudy Hoffman4-7
Battling BoyPaul Pope5-8
Bliss Series (3 books)Kathryn Littlewood4-7
Boy who Swam with PiranahsDavid Almond4-7
BirdCrystal Chan4-7
Blossoming Universe of Violet DiamondBrenda Woods4-7
Codename ZeroChris Rylander4-7
Counting by 7sHolly Goldberg Sloan5 & up
Dumbest Idea EverJimmy Gownley5-8
Familiars (4 book series)Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson3-8
Far Far AwayTom McNeal5 & up
Finisher David Baldacci5-8
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Kate DiCamillo3-7
Ghost Hawk Susan Cooper5-8
Half a Chance Cynthia Lord4-7
Lion Who Stole My ArmNicola Davies, Annabel Wright3-5
Lucky DogVarious3-6
Mark of the DragonflyJaleigh Johnson5 & up
Medal for Leroy Michael Morpurgo5-8
Mr. Lemoncello’s LibraryChris Grabenstein4-7
On Little Wings Regina Sirois6 & up
Platypus Police Squad: Frog who CroakedJarrett J. Krosoczka4-7
Princess Label Maker to the RescueTom Angleberger3-7
Rump: The True Story of RumpelstiltskinLieslShurtliff4-7
Screaming at the UmpAudrey Vernick5-8
Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier Ying Chang Compestine5-7
Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd4-7
Spirit Animals 01: Wild Born Brandon Mull4-7
Spirit Animals 02: Hunted Maggie Stiefvater4-7
SteelheartBrandon Sanderson 6 & up
Stick Dog & Stick Dog Hot DogTom Watson4-7
Switched at Birthday Natalie Standiford4-7
Timmy Failure: Book 1 & 2Stephan Pastis4-7
Ugly One Leanne Statland Ellis4-8
Unwanteds: Books 1-3Lisa McMann4-8
WandervilleWendy McClure4-7
What I Came to Tell You Tommy Hays5 & up
What the Moon Said Gayle Rosengren4-7
World War II Bk 1: The Right Fight Chris Lynch5-8
Novels for 8th Grade and Above—Not for Kids Only______
All the Truth That's in Me Julie Berry
Contaminated Em Garner
Defy Sara B. Larson
Divided We Fall Trilogy: Book 1 Trent Reedy
Golden Boy Tara Sullivan
Hollow City Miss Peregrine's Ransom Riggs
Impossible Knife of Memory Laurie Halse Anderson
Independent Study & The Testing, Book 2 Joelle Charbonneau
Scar Boys Len Vlahos
This Star Won't Go Out (Fault in our Stars)Esther Earl—John Green
Threatened Eliot Schrefer
The Ward Jordana Frankel
The Winner’s CurseMarie Rutkoski
Poetry, Language, Words and Pictures______
All the World's a Stage Lee Bennett Hopkins
Cinderella: Fashionable Tale Steven Guarnaccia
Emily Sonnets: Life of Emily Dickinson Jane Yolen
Gris Grimly's Frankenstein Mary Shelley
Outside the BoxKarma Wilson
Poems to Learn by Heart Caroline Kennedy
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost Gary D. Schmidt
This Is Just to Say Joyce Sidman
What the Heart Knows Joyce Sidman
When Thunder Comes J. Patrick Lewis
Words With Wings Nikki Grimes
Yes! We Are Latinos Alma Flor Ada
Non-Fiction/Informational Books______
101 Things You Should Know About Math Tim Fox
642 Things to Write About: Young Writer's Edition Miranda Tsang
Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain Russell Freedman
Babe Conquers the WorldRich Wallace
Batman ScienceAnieszkaBiskup
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 Sally M. Walker
Boundaries: Mason Dixon LineSally M. Walker
Boy on the Wooden BoxLeon Leyson
Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue Michael J. Tougias
Girl from the Tar Paper SchoolTeri Kanefield
Horrors of History: Ocean of Fire T. Neill Anderson
Last Train: Holocaust Story Rona Arato
Lives of Extraordinary WomenKathleen Krull
Louisa May's BattleKathleen Krull Kathleen Krull
Nazi HuntersNeal Bascomb
Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab Bk 1 and 2Bob Pflugfelder
Pandemic Survival: It's Why You're Alive Ann Love
Port Chicago 50Steve Sheinkin
President Has Been ShotJames L. Swanson
Prisoner B-3087 Ruth Gruener
Pure GritMary Cronk Farrell
Searching for Sarah Rector: Richest Black Girl in America Tonya Bolden
Space Encyclopedia: A Tour of Our Solar SystemDavid A. Aguilar
Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon NorthupJudith Bloom Fradin