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Nancy's picks for the best junior novels
of Spring 2000 and ideas for using
them in the classroom. Compiled by Nancy Polette © 2000.
Last updated:
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 |
- Avi. Midnight
Magic.
Scholastic, 1999. Gr 4-8
- A servant boy who knows
more than his master, a mischievous
princess, and a magician who doesn't
believe in magic confront a mysterious
ghost.
- Burgess. Melvin. Kite. Farrar, 2000. Gr 5-7
- Taylor robs the nest of
endangered red kites. One egg hatches,
and feeling guilty, Taylor tries to raise
the bird to set it free, but the hunting
season is approaching.
- Cadnum, Michael. The Book
of the Lion.
Viking, 2000 Gr 6-8
- Amidst the savagery of the
12th century Crusades a young boy learns
both courage and compassionin a world
rich with people, events and,
unfortunately, brutality we will
recognize.
- Hesse, Karen. A Time
of Angels.
Hyperion, 2000 Gr 5-8
- Hannah is forced to flee
when the great influenza epidemic hits
Boston. Her goal to get back to her
younger sisters seems far away until an
angel intervenes.
- Jocelyn, Marthe. Earthly
Astonishments. Dutton, 2000 Gr 4-6
- Josephine is only 22
inches high. Her parents charge admission
to see her and finally sell her to the
headmistress of a girls academy where she
is treated like a slave. One day she
takes five dollars owed her and runs away
and joins a curiosity show. But she has
been branded a thief and her past is soon
to catch up with her. An exciting tale
about being different in an unaccepting
world.
- Karr, Kathleen. Skullduggery. Hyperion, 2000. Gr 5-7
- An empty stomach leads
Matthew to team up with Dr. ABC whose
study of the human skull leads to work in
a cemetery that Matthew had not expected.
- Lunn, Janet. The
Hollow Tree.Viking,
1997. Gr 5-8
- In 1777 fifteen-year-old
Phoebe Alcot finds a secret message from
her cousin, Gideon, who is hanged as a
British spy. The message contains the
names of Loyalist families who are to be
protected and Phoebe know she must get
the message to the British general. Her
journey has her facing wild animals,
rebel guns, winter snow and other dangers
but her determination to see the job
through never wavers.
- Maynard, Bill. Pondfire. Putnam, 2000
- Jed is suspected of
setting suspicious fires in town. The
only way to prove his innocence is to
find who is really to blame.
- Scieszka, Joh. The Time
Warp Trio: It's All Greek to Me. Viking 2000 Gr 3-6`
- Joe, Fred and Sam are time
warped back to Mount Olympus and in the
middle of a feud between the gods and
goddesses.
- Sobol, Donald. Encyclopedia
Brown and the Case of the Slippery
Salamander.
Delacorte, 2000. Gr 2-6
- The continuing adventures
of a ten-year-old supersleuth . The
reader has a change to solve the
mysteries first before checking he
answers in the back of the book.
- Winkler, David. Scotty
and the Gypsy Bandit. Farrar. 2000
- There is romance, murder
and mystery as Scotty's Gypsy Bandit
neighbor, McStew decides to take over the
tree house.
- Yep, Laurence. Cockroach
Cooties.
Hyperion, 2000 Gr 3-6
- When Teddy's little
brother insults the Chinatown bully it is
up to Teddy to do something about it. But
what? Then little brother comes to the
rescue with a cockroach named Hercules. A
funny, warm story about the relationship
of two brothers.
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