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ElfQuest Archives by Wendy and Richard Pini

Posted in booktalks 6-8, graphic novel on Aug 5th, 2008 No Comments »

Follow the adventures of a forest-dwelling tribe of elves after they are driven from their homes. Music: R & B Me by Soundzabound

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The Cheetah Girls 2: the junior novel adapted by Alice Alfonsi

Posted in booktalks 6-8, booktalks 4-5 on Jul 4th, 2008 No Comments »

Based on the disney Channel original movie. The friendship between the Cheetah Girls is tested when they take their act abroad to enter an international competition and start to think about having individual careers. Music : Sounzabound

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Clan Apis by Jay Hosler

Posted in booktalks 6-8, booktalks 4-5 on Jul 4th, 2008 No Comments »

Written in graphic novel format, this book provides information about the bees. Urban Grind by Sounzabound

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The Angel Factory by Terence Blacker

Posted in booktalks 6-8 on Jul 4th, 2008 No Comments »

With the help of a best friend Gip, 12 year-old Thomas Wisdom, a model son, breaks into a secret computer file and discovers that his whole life is a lie.

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The House on the Gulf by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Posted in booktalks 6-8 on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »

Bran, Britt and their mother are to house-sit a place for the summer. Trouble appears when Bran does not disclose the truth about the arrangements.

Music: Caribbean by Barry Starlin Britt on Soundzabound.

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Second Sight by Gary Blackwood

Posted in booktalks 6-8, history on Apr 12th, 2008 No Comments »

History and fiction mix as Nicholas and Joseph Ehrlick, a father-son performers, who meet John Wilkes Booth. Set in 1864, Abraham Lincoln is president. Can they stop the tragedy?

Music: Techno Head by Barry Starlin Britt of Soundzabound

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Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements

Posted in booktalks 6-8 on Mar 14th, 2008 No Comments »

Gwen who has been living with her grandfather has a new friend.

Music: Muted Trumpet, Soundzabound Vol. 1 Disc. 3

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Robert E. Lee: Virginia Soldier, American Citizen by James I. Robertson Jr.

Posted in booktalks 6-8, civil war on Mar 8th, 2008 No Comments »

Robert E. Lee’s life is traced from his aristocractic family through West Point into the Mexican War. He freed his slaves on his Virginia plantation and then accepted a position with the Army of Virginia.

Music: Subdued, Soundzabound Vol. 4

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Roy Wilkins: Leader of the NAACP by Calvin Craig Miller

Posted in booktalks 6-8, civil rights on Mar 8th, 2008 No Comments »

This book paints a portrait of a leader and activist in the Civil Rights movement. Roy Wilkins became aware of racism when three African-American men were lynched in a neighboring town.

Music: New Horizon by Barry Starlin Britt, Soundzabound Vol.1 Disc. 1

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