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Children's books -- middle school level

Last Updated: 28-May-2015

These are new books at Cubberley Library of interest to Middle School students.

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Recently received

Egg & spoon : a novel / by Gregory Maguire.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .A3535 E44 2014
Lexile measure 700; Ages 12 and up; Gr.6-12
Cover image of The spiritglass charade
The spiritglass charade / Colleen Gleason.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PS3607 .L437 S65 2014
Lexile measure 840; Ages 12-15
The Pilot and the Little Prince : the Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / Peter Sis.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PQ2637 .A274 Z8295 2014 F
Lexile measure 880; Ages 6-12; Gr.4-8
The red pencil / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.
First edition: September 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .I5247 R44 2014
Lexile measure HL620L; Age 8-12; Gr.6-9
Cover image of The heir
The Heir / Keira Cass.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .A8678 H45 2015
Ages 12-18; Gr.7-12
Sisters / Raina Telgemeier ; with color by Braden Lamb.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HQ759.96 .T46 2014
Lexile measure GN290L; Ages 8-12; gr.5-7; Guided reading R
Arcady's goal / written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3625 .E434 A74 2014
Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
Cover image of Portraits of Hispanic American heroes
Portraits of Hispanic American heroes / by Juan Felipe Herrera ; paintings by Raul Colon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E184 .S75 H486 2014
Ages 9-12; Gr.3-7; Pura Belpre award author honor, 2015
Fake ID / L.R. Giles.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .I433 F35 2014
Lexile measure HL540L; Ages 13 and up; Gr.7-12
Cover image of How I discovered poetry
How I discovered poetry / Marilyn Nelson ; illustrations by Hadley Hooper.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .A4795 H69 2014
Ages 10 and up; Gr.7-12; Autobiography and biography; Poetry and rhymes; Coretta Scott King Author Award honor, 2015
I lived on Butterfly Hill / Marjorie Agosín ; translated by E.M. O'Connor ; illustrated by Lee White.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PQ8098.1 .G6 V5813 2014
Lexile measure 770; Ages 10-14; Gr.5-9; Pura Belpré Author Award, 2015
Cover image of Better off friends
Better off friends / Elizabeth Eulberg.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .U43 B48 2014
Lexile measure 590; Ages 12-18; gr.7-12
The forbidden library / Django Wexler ; illustrations by Alexander Jansson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3623 .E94 F67 2014
Lexile measure 920; Ages 11-14; Gr.4-7
Independent study / by Joelle Charbonneau.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .H3763 2014
Lexile measure 840; Ages 12-18; Gr.7-12
Cover image of Shadowfell
Shadowfell / Juliet Marillier.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9619.3 .M26755 S48 2012
Lexile measure 730; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
Graduation day / by Joelle Charbonneau.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .H3763 G73 2014
Lexile measure 850; Ages 12-18; Gr.7-12
Cover image of Noggin
Noggin / John Corey Whaley.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3623 .H357 N64 2014
Lexile measure HL760L; Ages 13 and up; Gr.7-12; National Book award finalist 2014
Cover image of Vessel
Vessel / Sarah Beth Durst.
1st ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3604 .U7578 V47 2012
Lexile measure HL630L; Ages 14 and up; Gr.7-12
Revolution / Deborah Wiles.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3623 .I543 R48 2014
Lexile measure 840; Ages 8-12; Gr.6-9; Guided reading F; National Book Award, 2014
Love letters to the dead : a novel / by Ava Dellaira.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3604 .E4447 L68 2014
Lexile measure 790; Ages 12-18; Gr.7 -12
Cover image of Zombie baseball beatdown
Zombie baseball beatdown / Paolo Bacigalupi.
First Paperback edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .A3447 Z457 2014
Lexile measure 650; Ages 8-13; Gr.4-7
Esme Dooley / Jane Donovan and Rosie McTozy ; illustrations by Jane Donovan.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3604 .O56678 E86 2013
Ages 8-12; gr.3-7
The sleeping baobab tree / Paula Leyden.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6112 .E934 S54 2013
Gr.7-12
The silver dream : an InterWorld novel / story by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves ; written by Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6057 .A319 S55 2013
Ages 10-15; gr.5-8
Cover image of Rain reign
Rain reign / Ann M. Martin.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .A72322 R35 2014
Lexile measure 720; Ages 9-12; Gr.4-7
Greenglass House / by Kate Milford ; with illustrations by Jaime Zollars.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .I532246 G74 2014
Lexile measure 880; Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
The madman of Piney Woods / Christopher Paul Curtis.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .U6944 M33 2014
Lexile measure 870; Ages 11-15, Gr.5-8
Cover image of Family Romanov
The family Romanov : murder, rebellion & the fall of Imperial Russia / Candace Fleming.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DK258 .F5725 2014
Lexile measure 950; Ages 12-18; gr.7-12
The great Greene heist / Varian Johnson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3610 .O38364 G74 2014
Lexile measure 660; Ages 10-14 ; gr.5-9; Guided reading Y
Brown girl dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O64524 Z46 2014
Lexile measure 990; Ages 8 and up; Gr. 5 and up
Cover image of Fairest
Fairest. Levana's story / written by Marissa Meyer.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .E974 F35 2015
Lexile measure 860; Ages 12 and up; gr.7-12
The Testing / by Joelle Charbonneau.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .H3763 T47 2013
Lexile measure 830; Ages 12 and up; gr.7-12
Cover image of 8th grade superzero
8th grade superzero / Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich.
1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .H83 A14 2010
Lexile measure 640; Book level 4.2; Ages 10-14; Gr.5-8
Cover image of How to make a universe with 92 ingredients
How to make a universe with 92 ingredients / Adrian Dingle.
First North American edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QD466 .D55 2013
Ages 10 and up; Gr.4-9
Cover image of Legend
Legend / Marie Lu.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3612 .U2 L44 2011
Lexile measure 710; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12; Guided reading Z; Science fiction
Virals / Kathy Reichs.
London : Young Arrow, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .E476345 V57 2011
Lexile measure 480; Book level 3.5; Ages 12 and up; gr.7-10; Mystery and suspense, Science fiction
Cover image of Tesla's attic
Tesla's attic / Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .H8645 T47 2014
Lexile measure 870; Ages 8-12; Gr.5-7
Cover image of Ophelia and the marvelous boy
Ophelia and the marvelous boy / Karen Foxlee.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9619.4 .F696 O64 2014
Lexile measure 660; Ages 8-12; Gr.5-7
The crossover / by Kwame Alexander.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .L35694 C76 2014
Ages 11-18; Gr.6-12
We were liars / E. Lockhart.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3612 .O2494 W4 2014
Lexile measure HL600L; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
Cover image of If I ever get out of here
If I ever get out of here : a novel with paintings / by Eric Gansworth.
1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .A5196 I3 2013
Lexile measure 870; Ages 12-15; Gr.6-10; Guided reading Z+
The Last Dragonslayer / Jasper Fforde.
First U.S. edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6106 .F67 L37 2012
Lexile measure 850; Ages 8-12; Gr.6-9
Cover image of The golden day
The golden day / Ursula Dubosarsky.
First U.S. edition 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3554 .U259 G65 2013
Lexile measure 720; Ages 11-18; Gr.7-12
The Nazi hunters / Neal Bascomb.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DD247 .E5 B374 2013
Lexile measure 1000; Ages 11-18; Gr.6 and up
Shackleton : Antarctic odyssey / Nick Bertozzi.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6727 .B4765 S48 2014
Lexile measure GN620L; Ages 10 and up; gr.7-12
Cover image of Caminar
Caminar / Skila Brown.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .R722873 C36 2014
Ages 10-14; Gr.6-9
Where on earth? [cartographic material] / [senior editor: Rob Houston ; editors: Helen Abramson, Steve Setford, Rona Skene].
1st American ed. New York : DK Pub., 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G133 .W436 2013 F
Gr.6-8
Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty / Russell Freedman.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E302.6 .F8 F8495 2013
Lexile measure 1170L; Ages 9-13; Gr.5-9
Mister Orange / Truus Matti ; translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson.
1st American ed. New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PT5881.23 .A846 M5713 2012
Ages 10-13; Gr.6-10
Cover image of Tropical secrets
Tropical secrets : Holocaust refugees in Cuba / Margarita Engle.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .N4254 T76 2009
Lexile measure 1170; Ages 12-15; Gr.7-10
Mapping Africa / developed by the Africa Project of the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE).
Revised.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT6.7 .M37 2013
gr.7-12
The gift of barong / Wanderlustproject presents a Dan Moreno and Benito Bautista film.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E184 .F4 G54 2013
Gr.7 and up
Killer of enemies / Joseph Bruchac.
First edition. New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc., 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3552 .R794 K55 2013
Lexile measure 860; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
Cover image of Rooftoppers
Rooftoppers / Katherine Rundell ; with illustrations by Terry Fan.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6118 .U53 R66 2013
Lexile measure 490; ages 8-12; gr.5-7
Africa is my home : a child of the Amistad / Monica Edinger ; illustrated by Robert Byrd.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .D54 A38 2013
Lexile measure 890; Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
Cover image of Jane, the fox & me
Jane, the fox & me / [written by] Fanny Britt ; [illustrated by] Isabelle Arsenault ; translated by Christine Morelli and Susan Ouriou.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6747 .B75 J3613 2013 F
Lexile measure GN800L; gr. 5-8
Angel Island : gateway to Gold Mountain / Russell Freedman ; Chinese poems translated by Evans Chan.
New York : Clarion Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F868 .S156 F74 2013
Gr. 7-12
Cover image of Crimson Crown
The Crimson Crown : a Seven Realms novel / Cinda Williams Chima.
1st ed. New York : Hyperion, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .H5655 C75 2012
Lexile measure HL710L; Ages 12-18; Gr.7-12
The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights / Steve Sheinkin.
First edtion.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D810 .N4 S44 2014
Lexile measure 950; Ages 10-14; Gr.6-10
Tantalize / Cynthia Leitich Smith.
1st pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .M5743 T36 2008
Lexile measure 760; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
Cover image of Scaly spotted feathered frilled
Scaly spotted feathered frilled : how do we know what dinosaurs really looked like? / by the Sibert medalist Catherine Thimmesh.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QE861.5 .T475 2013
Lexile measure 1130; Ages 8-14; Gr.4-7
Whiskers, tails, and wings : animal folktales from Mexico / Judy Goldman ; illustrated by Fabricio Vanden Broeck.
Watertown, Mass. : Charlesbridge, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F1219.3 .F6 G65 2013
Lexile measure 930; Ages 7-11; Gr.5-7
Cover image of Better Nate than ever
Better Nate than ever / Tim Federle.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ©2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3606 .E334 B48 2013
Lexile measure 930; Ages 10-14; Gr.5-8
Cover image of Diary of a wimpy kid: cabin fever
Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever / by Jeff Kinney.
New York : Amulet Books, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3611 .I657 D53 2011
Lexile measure 1060; Ages 8-12; Gr.5-8; Guided reading T; Comedy and humor
Cover image of Serafina's promise
Serafina's promise : a novel in verse / by Ann E. Burg.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .U7415 S47 2013
Lexile measure 590; Ages 10-14; Gr.5-8
Cover image of The floating islands
The Floating Islands / Rachel Neumeier.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .E553 F56 2011
Book level 6.1; Ages 12 and up; gr. 5-7
The house of Hades / Rick Riordan.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .I5866 H68 2013
Lexile measure 680; Ages 10-14; Gr.6-9
Cover image of Tangerine
Tangerine / Edward Bloor.
Orlando : Harcourt Brace, [2007], c1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3552 .L65 T36 2007
Lexile measure 680; Book level 4.3; Ages 12 and up: gr.7-12
Once upon a time in Ghana : traditional Ewe stories retold in english / Anna Cottrell, Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah.
Ghana edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GR351.62 .E83 C68 2013
Cover image of Paperboy
Paperboy / Vince Vawter.
1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3622 .A957 P37 2013
Lexile measure 940; Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children / by Ransom Riggs.
Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, c2011
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .I3985 M57 2011
Lexile measure 890; Ages 12 and up; Gr. 6-12
Cover image of Words with wings
Words with wings / Nikki Grimes.
1st ed. Honesdale, Penn. : WordSong, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .R489982 W67 2013
Lexile measure 850; Ages 8-12;  gr.5-8
The time travelers / Linda Buckley-Archer.
1st pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6102 .U343 T564 2007
Ages 9-13
The time thief : being the second part of the Gideon trilogy / Linda Buckley-Archer.
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2008, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6102 .U343 T56 2008
Lexile measure 980; Book level 6.8; Ages 10 and up
Jet Black and the ninja wind / Leza Lowitz, Shogo Oketani.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3562 .O8963 J48 2013
Ages 12 and up
Cover image of The Lightning dreamer
The lightning dreamer : Cuba's greatest abolitionist / Margarita Engle.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .N4254 L54 2013
Ages 11-18; Gr.6-9
Cover image of How Tia Lola saved the summer
How Tía Lola saved the summer / Julia Alvarez.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .L845 H68 2011
Lexile measure 850; Book level 5.5; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-7
The emerald atlas / John Stephens.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .T476763 E44 2011
Lexile measure 720; Book level 4.9; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-7
Call of the Klondike : a true gold rush adventure / David Meissner and Kim Richardson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F1095 .K5 M45 2013
Lexile measure 1100; Ages 11 and up; gr.5-9
Big book of things to draw / Fiona Watt, Anna Milbourne & Rosie Dickens ; designed and illustrated by Non Figg, Jan McCafferty & Antonia Miller ; additional design and illustration by Doriana Berkovic ... [et al.] ; photographs by Howard Allman.
Tulsa, OK : EDC, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC730 .W4 2007 F
Cover image of The tortoise & the hare
March / [written by] John Lewis, Andrew Aydin ; [illustrated by] Nate Powell.
Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2013-
Green Library » Stacks » E840.8 .L43 A3 2013 BK.1
Ages 11 and up
13 treasures / by Michelle Harrison.
1st U.S. Paperback ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6108 .A7835 A15 2011
Lexile measure 770, Book level 5.3; Ages 8-12; Gr.5-7; Guided reading Y; Mystery and Suspense, Fantasy
Cover image of Gris Grimly's Frankenstein
Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus / assembled from the original text by Mary Shelley in three volumes.
1st ed. New York : Balzer + Bray, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6727 .G747 G75 2013
Ages 12 and up; gr.7-12
Roomies / Sara Zarr & Tara Altebrando.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3626 .A77 R66 2013
Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
The screaming staircase / Jonathan Stroud.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6069 .T744 S37 2013
Lexile measure 720; Ages 8-12; Gr.6-8
Cover image of Crow
Crow / Barbara Wright.
1st ed. New York : Random House, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .R493 C76 2012
Lexile measure 800; Ages 11-15; Gr.5-8
Maps / Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel Mizieliński.
1st U.S. ed. Somerville, Mas : Big Picture Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G1021 .M548 2013 F
Ages 6-12
Navigating Early / Clare Vanderpool.
1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3622 .A5935 N38 2013
Lexile measure 790; Ages 10-14; Gr.6-9; Historical fiction
Picture me gone / Meg Rosoff.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .O84195 P53 2013
Lexile Measure HL780L; Ages 11 and up; Gr.6-9
Cover image of Josephine
Josephine : the dazzling life of Josephine Baker / words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1785 .B3 P68 2014
Lexile measure 790; gr.5-8
What the heart knows : chants, charms & blessings / by Newbery honor winner, Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Caldecott honor winner, Pamela Zagarenski.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .I295 W48 2013
Ages 11 and up; Gr. 7-12
Cover image of Let it shine
Let It shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Stephen Alcorn.
[Reprint edition]. Boston, MA : Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013], c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.96 .P565 2013
Lexile measure 940; Book level 7.2; Ages 8-12; gr.5-8
Max goes to the Moon : a science adventure with Max the dog / Jeffrey Bennett ; illustrated by Alan Okamoto.
Planetarium show ed. Boulder, Colo. : Big Kid Science, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .E664483 M39 2013
Ages 5-14; gr.k-8
Diego Rivera : an artist for the people / Susan Goldman Rubin.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ND259 .R5 R83 2013
Lexile measure 980; gr.5-8
Cover image of Angel Island
Angel Island : gateway to Gold Mountain / Russell Freedman ; Chinese poems translated by Evans Chan.
New York : Clarion Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F868 .S156 F74 2013
Ages 9-14: Gr.4-7
The split history of the Civil War / by Stephanie Fitzgerald.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E468 .F564 2013
Lexile measure 990; Gr.4-6
Cover image of The animal book
The animal book : a collection of the fastest, fiercest, toughest, cleverest, shyest--and most surprising--animals on earth / Steve Jenkins.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL49 .J436 2013
Lexile measure IG1030L; Ages 8-10; gr.3-6
I lay my stitches down : poems of American slavery / written by Cynthia Grady ; illustrated by Michele Wood.
Grand Rapids Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .R3275 I15 2012 F
Lexile measure 990; Ages 10 and up; Gr.4-7
Lincoln's grave robbers / Steve Sheinkin.
New York : Scholastic Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.52 .S54 2012
Lexile measure 930; Ages 12-18; Gr.7-12
"The president has been shot!" : the assassination of John F. Kennedy / James L. Swanson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E842.9 .S95 2013
Lexile measure 1080; gr.6-10; Guided reading Z
Cover image of Looks like daylight
Looks like daylight : voices of indigenous kids / Deborah Ellis ; foreword by Loriene Roy.
Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E98 .C5 E45 2013
Lexile measure 780; ages 12 and up
Stravaganza : city of stars / Mary Hoffman.
New York : Bloomsbury : distributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6058 .O34455 S77 2005
Lexile measure 890; Book level 6.1; Ages 11 and up   gr.7-10
Far far away / Tom McNeal.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C38844 F37 2013
Lexile measure 790; Ages 11-15 , gr 7-10
The replacement / Brenna Yovanoff.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3625 .O99 R47 2010
Lexile measure 750; Book level 5.2; Ages 15-18, gr. 8-12
Jinx / Sage Blackwood.
1st ed. New York : Harper, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .L329 J56 2013
Lexile measure 620; Ages 8-12, gr. 4-7
Mosque / David Macaulay.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NA4670 .M33 2003 F
Lexile measure 1340; Book level 8.4; Ages 9 and up, gr. 5-9
Kissing Kate / Lauren Myracle.
New York : Speak, 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .Y73 K57 2004
Lexile measure 710; Book level 4.1: ages 13 and up, gr. 7-12
Darius & Twig / Walter Dean Myers.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 D36 2013
Lexile measure 1060; Ages 11-17, gr. 5-9
Imprisoned : the betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II / by Martin W. Sandler.
New York : Walker Books For Young Readers, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.8 .A6 S26 2013
Ages 11-15, gr. 5-9
Counting by 7s / Holly Goldberg Sloan.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .L6272 C68 2013
Lexile measure 770; Ages 10-14, gr. 7-10
The real boy / Anne Ursu ; drawings by Erin McGuire.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3621 .R78 R43 2013
Lexile measure 730; Ages 8-12, gr. 4-7
P.S. be eleven / by Rita Williams-Garcia.
New York : Amistad, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3545 .I5473 P7 2013
Lexile measure 770; Ages 8-12, gr. 4-7

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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .L35774 A62 2007
Lexile measure 600; ages 13 and up; book level 4; comedy and humor; realistic fiction
Akata witch / Nnedi Okorafor.
New York : Viking, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3615 .K67 A63 2011
Lexile measure 590; Book level 4.2; Ages 11-14, gr. 6=9
Al Capone does my shirts / Gennifer Choldenko.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .H5847 A63 2004
Lexile measure 600; ages 10-15; book level 3.5; historical fiction
The arrival / Shaun Tan.
New York : A.A. Levine, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6727 .T35 2006 F
Ages 12 and up; Gr.6-12
As easy as falling off the face of the earth / Lynne Rae Perkins.
1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .E6914824 A7 2010
Lexile measure 730; Ages 12 and up; Book level 5, gr. 8-1
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Because of Winn-Dixie / Kate DiCamillo.
1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3604 .I23 B43 2000
Lexile measure 610; Ages 9-13, Dogs fiction, gr. 4-6
Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.347 .S766 2013
Lexile measure 1090; Ages 11-15, gr. 5-9
Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .A5197 D43 2011
Awards: Newbery Medal winner, 2012; Awards: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2012 ; Lexile measure 920; Ages 8-14 ; Comedy and humor, gr. 5-12
Dodger / Terry Pratchett.
1st ed.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6066 .R34 D63 2012
Lexile measure 1210; Ages 13 and up; Adventure, Historical fiction, Fantasy, gr. 8-12
The dreamer / by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; drawings by Peter Sís.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .Y3926 D74 2010
Lexile measure 650; Ages 12-14; Book level 4.6, gr. 4-8
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The ear, the eye, and the arm / Nancy Farmer.
New York : Firebird, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3556 .A7197 E17 2002
Lexile measure 660; Ages 12-18; Grade level 5.5; Science fiction, gr. 7-12
The evolution of Calpurnia Tate / Jacqueline Kelly.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3611 .E4485 E96 2009
Lexile measure 830; ages 9-15; book level 5.3; realistic fiction
The first part last / Angela Johnson.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3560 .O37129 F57 2003
Lexile measure 790; ages 12-up; book level 4.7; realistic fiction, gr. 6-12
The giver / Lois Lowry.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1993.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3562 .O923 G58 1993
Lexile measure 760; Ages 12-15; gr.5-8; Science Fiction
The graveyard book / Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean.
1st ed. New York : HarperCollins Pub., c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6057 .A319 G73 2008
Lexile measure 820; ages 10-up; book level 5.1; adventure; mystery and suspense; fantasy
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Harlem stomp! : a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance / by Laban Carrick Hill.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.6 .H515 2003
Lexile measure 1270; ages 11-18; book level 6; general nonfiction, gr. 8-12
Heart and soul : the story of America and African Americans / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson.
1st ed. New York : Balzer + Bray, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185 .N427 2011
Lexile measure 1050; Ages 9 and up; gr. 3-7
Howl's moving castle / Diana Wynne Jones.
1st Harper Trophy ed. New York, NY : HarperTrophy, 2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6060 .O497 H69 2001
Lexile measure 800; Ages 10 and up: gr.6-8; Science Fiction and Fantasy
The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures / by Brian Selznick.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .E586 I58 2007
Lexile measure 820; Book level 5.1; Ages 9-13 Guided reading W
The land / Mildred D. Taylor.
New York : Dial, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3570 .A9463 L36 2001
Lexile measure 760; ages 12-up; book level 5; historical fiction, gr. 7-12
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Liar & spy / by Rebecca Stead.
1st ed. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .T4263 L53 2012
Lexile measure 670; Ages 9-12, gr. 5-7
The lions of Little Rock / Kristin Levine.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3612 .E9239 L56 2012
Lexile measure 630; Ages 10 and up; Historical fiction, gr. 5-8
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy / by Gary D. Schmidt.
New York : Clarion Books, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .C51548 L59 2004
Lexile measure 1000; Ages 11-18; Grade level 7.2; Historical fiction, gr. 7-12
The London Eye mystery / Siobhan Dowd.
1st American ed. Oxford ; New York : David Fickling Books, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6104 .O88 L66 2008
Lexile measure 640; ages 10-14; book level 4.1, gr. 5-8
A monster calls : a novel / by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay.
1st U.S. ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .E498 M65 2011
Ages 11 and up; gr. 8-10
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My name is not easy / Debby Dahl Edwardson.
1st ed. Tarrytown, N.Y. : Marshall Cavendish, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .D97 M9 2011
Ages 10-15, gr. 6-10
Never fall down : a novel / Patricia McCormick.
1st ed. New York : Balzer + Bray, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .C3828 N48 2012
Lexile measure 710; Ages 13 and up; Historical fiction, gr. 9-12
Ninth Ward / Jewell Parker Rhodes.
1st ed. New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .H63 N56 2010
Lexile measure 470; Ages 8-11. Book levlel 3.3; Realistic fiction, gr. 5-8
Out of the dust / Karen Hesse.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .E797867 O98 1997
Lexile: Non-prose; Ages 12-18; Grade level 5.1; Historical fiction, poetry, gr. 6-8
Remembering Manzanar : life in a Japanese relocation camp / by Michael L. Cooper.
New York : Clarion Books, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.8 .A6 C67 2002
Ages 8-14; Book level 7.4; History, gr. 4-8
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Return to sender / Julia Alvarez.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .L845 R48 2009
Lexile measure 890; Grade level 5.6, realistic fiction; gr. 6-8
The road to Memphis / Mildred D. Taylor.
1st ed. New York : Dial Books, c1990.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3570 .A9463 R63 1990
Lexile measure 670; ages 12-up; book level 4.5; general fiction, gr. 7-10
Roots and blues : a celebration / Arnold Adoff ; paintings by R. Gregory Christie.
New York : Clarion Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551.D66 R66 2011
Awards: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011; Notable Book for a Global Society 2012.; Ages 10-14, gr. 4-6
Smile / Raina Telgemeier.
1st ed. New York : Graphix, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RK55 .Y68 T45 2010
Lexile measure 410; Ages 9-13; Autobiography, Comedy and Humor, Comic books and graphic novels, gr. 5-8
They called themselves the K.K.K. : the birth of an American terrorist group / by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HS2330 .K63 B37 2010
Lexile measure 1180; Ages 14-up; Book level 9.2; Informational, gr. 6-10
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Tiger moon / by Antonia Michaelis ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
New York : Amulet Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PT2673 .I155 T5413 2008
Lexile measure 820; ages 12-up; book level 6
Time's memory / Julius Lester.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3562 .E853 T56 2006
Lexile measure 870; ages 11-18; book level 5.6; general fiction;romance, gr. 8-12
Tina's mouth : an existential comic diary / Keshni Kashyap ; illustrated by Mari Araki.
New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6727 .K278 T56 2011
Ages 12+; East Indian American fiction; gr. 9-12
Titanic : voices from the disaster / by Deborah Hopkinson.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G530 .T6 H66 2012
Lexile measure 1040 Ages 11 and up, gr. 5-8
Storage of water on the Zululand coastal plains : a brief study of the feasibility of conserving runoff from the lower-lying parts of most Natal catchments, and of distributing the water from a storage area in Zululand to coastal demand centres / by William James.
Pietermaritzburg : Natal Town and Regional Planning Commission, 1973.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » HC517 .N3 A44 V.22
Lexile measure 930; ages 12-up; fiction, gr. 7-12
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Under the mesquite / Guadalupe Garcia McCall.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .C3448 U53 2011
Awards: William C. Morris Award finalist, 2012; Awards: Pura Belpré Author Award, 2012; Ages 12 and up, gr. 7-12
The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain / Peter Sís.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC975.5 .S57 A2 2007 F
Ages 9-15; book level 5.2; autobiography; informational, gr. 7-12
Where the mountain meets the moon / Grace Lin.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3562 .I46774 W48 2009
Lexile measure 820; ages 8-12; book level 5.5; adventure, science fiction and fantasy, gr. 4-6
Whittington / by Alan Armstrong ; illustrated by S.D. Schindler.
1st ed. New York : Random House, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .R4667 W48 2005
Lexile measure 760; Ages 9-14; Grade level 4.6; fiction, gr. 4-8
Witness / Karen Hesse.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .E797867 W58 2001
Lexile measure Non-prose; Ages 9-15; Grade level 5.9; Historical fiction, Verse novel, Poetry, gr. 6-9