Rescue Josh McGuire
10 best books like Rescue Josh McGuire (Ben Mikaelson): Jackie's Wild Seattle, Unusual Creatures: A Mostly Accurate Account of Some of Earth's Strangest Animals, Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past, Checked, Rubber Houses, Bat 6, Soccerland, The Trap, Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree, The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery
| Author | Will Hobbs |
| ISBN | 0380733110 |
Heart-stopping adventure on the wild side of Seattle! How do you rescue a coyote trapped in the elevator of a downtown office building? How do you save an injured seal at the bottom of a cliff with the tide coming in? Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her younger brother, Cody, are about to find out as they...
| Author | Michael Hearst |
| ISBN | 1452104670 |
With humor and flair, Michael Hearst introduces the reader to a wealth of extraordinary life-forms. Which animal can be found at the top of Mount Everest, 10,000 feet under the sea, and in your backyard? Which animal poops cubes? Which animal can disguise itself as a giant crab? These fascinating facts...
In 1991, mountain climbers on the Niederjoch Glacier on the Italian-Austrian border came across something unexpected: a body. It had been a very warm summer, and five bodies had already turned up in the area. But something here was different. The materials found with the body suggested it might be very...
| Author | Cynthia Kadohata |
| ISBN | 1481446614 |
Hockey is Conor’s life. His whole life. He’ll say it himself, he’s a hockey beast. It’s his dad’s whole life too—and Conor is sure that’s why his stepmom, Jenny, left. There are very few things Conor and his dad love more than the game, and one of those things is their Doberman, Sinbad. When...
Typical teenager Kit lives a happy, normal life of friends,boys, and loving family. She and her younger brother, Buddy, are incredibly close despite their eight-year age difference, bonded by a shared love of baseball and math. But when Buddy is taken suddenly by cancer, Kit and herparents struggle...
| Author | Virginia Euwer Wolff |
| ISBN | 0590898000 |
Please see my for stars as four and a half. Or perhaps you're seeing five stars. This is one of those I'm not sure of: did I like it enough to give it five stars?
It’s 1949 and two small communities in Oregon have been getting together for fifty years for sixth grade girls from each community to play...
| Author | Beth Choat |
| ISBN | 0761457240 |
"One day I’m going to play for the U.S. Women’s National Team."
That’s what Flora Dupre promised her mom before she died of cancer. Flora and her mom had created a place called Soccerland, an escape world in which they’d ignore the beeping cancer machines and just talk soccer. And now...
| Author | John E. Smelcer |
| ISBN | 0805079394 |
A gripping wilderness adventure and survival story
It was getting colder. Johnny pulled the fur-lined hood of his parka over his head and walked towards his own cabin with the sound of snow crunching beneath his boots.
"He should be back tomorrow," he thought, as a star raced across...
| Author | Kate Messner |
| ISBN | 1452112487 |
Deep in the forest, in the warm-wet green, 1 almendro tree grows, stretching its branches toward the sun. Who makes their homes here?
2 great green macaws,
4 keel-billed toucans,
8 howler monkeys,
16 fruit bats,
32 fer-de-lance vipers,
64 agoutis,
128 blue morpho...
| Author | Sandra Markle |
| ISBN | 0761351086 |
Panamanian golden frogs aren't just cute, little, and yellow. They're also the national symbol of Panama. But they started to disappear about fifteen years ago. What's killing them? Could it be a change in their habitat? What about pollution? Might it be a result of climate change? Follow a team of scientists...
| Author | Jean Craighead George |
| ISBN | 0060287934 |
This is the story of the famous Lonesome George, a giant tortoise who was the last of his species, lived to be one hundred years old, and became known as the rarest creature in the world. His story gives us a glimpse of the amazing creatures inhabiting the ever-fascinating Galapagos Islands.
Renowned...
| Author | Cynthia C. DeFelice |
| ISBN | 0380731754 |
Allie Nichols is being pursued by a ghost. Her friend Karen calls Allie a liar and doesn't want to hear "stuff like that." But her old pal, Dub, listens eagerly as Allie tells him about the voice that guides her down a steep cliff side, the girl she imagines who begs, "Help me," and a terrible nightmare in...
| Author | Pamela Curtis Swallow |
| ISBN | 0761317902 |
It Only Looks Easy by Pamela Swallow is about Kat Randall, who is in seventh grade. Kat's dog is hit by a car driven by a woman with Alzheimer's disease. She cannot wait any longer to hear about her dog's condition so she "borrows" a bike and heads to the vet. While she is inside, someone steals the borrowed...
| Author | Janet Tashjian |
| ISBN | 0439174848 |
For as long as Monica Devon can remember, she has been two things: a whiz at making anagrams and a perfectionist who obsesses about saying and doing the right thing. Seeing no other way out from her compulsive nature, she creates "Multiple Choice", a roulette word game that will force spontaneity into...
The Kidnappers: A Mystery
| Author | Willo Davis Roberts |
| ISBN | 0689813937 |
THE KIDNAPPERS BY:Willo Davis Roberts
I felt like it was a really good book because it made me want to read more. It is about these 2 boys Joey and Willie that do not really get along. Willie wanted to meet Joey after school so that he could "teach him a lesson". A couple days later Joey was hiding from...
Joshua Reed is used to moving around since his dad became an Army recruiter and the Vietnam War broke out. But their newest home, in the mountains of Pennsylvania, feels special somehow. Josh has started to make a new friend, his dad has finally allowed him to get a dog, and Jack-with his strange glowing...
Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway
| Author | Kirkpatrick Hill |
| ISBN | 1584855207 |
Twelve-year-old Minuk is intrigued by the Hoffs, the American missionary family that has moved into her village. Although she has seen white men before, Minuk has never seen a white woman--or a white child. It soon becomes clear that although the Hoffs can speak the Yup'ik language, they don't understand...
| Author | Gillian Cross |
| ISBN | 0141305355 |
This was a book I had started reading many years ago (2001-2002), and had posted a summary over in the "What's the name of that book?" group to try to figure out which book it was. I remembered the plot being about a girl who did graffiti, and who climbed up on risky structures to get a good tag. When someone...
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
| Author | Art Spiegelman |
| ISBN | 0810957302 |
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics is an unprecedented collection of the greatest comics for children, artfully compiled by two of the best-known creators in publishing and the field of comics--Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly.
This treasury created for young readers focuses...
Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community
| Author | Catherine Sheldrick Ross |
| ISBN | 1591580668 |
Drawing upon data published in a variety of scholarly journals, monographs in education, cultural studies, media studies, and libraries and information studies, as well as their own research findings, these authors shatter some of the popular myths about reading and offer a cogent case for the library's...
Soun Tetoken: Nez Perce Boy Tames a Stallion (Amazing Indian Children)
| Author | Kenneth Thomasma |
| ISBN | 1880114089 |
Soun Tetoken By chloe Tao Jiao kern
Setting and change
‘’Joseph was told that he and his people would have to leave the Wallowa forever and live on the reservation in Idaho.’’ They have to leave because the white men are making them leave there valley because the white men are...
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0064405079 |
Award-winning author Eve Bunting’s hilariously fun story about the world’s stinkiest sneakers is one kids are sure to love! The competition, friendship, and rivalry make this book a laugh-out-loud story that is perfect for grade school children.
Colin has spent weeks perfecting his...
