Nine year old Mary Margaret comes up with a variety of schemes to get her own pet. Unfortunately, none of them really work. Her dad is allergic to dander, her mother is preoccupied with the baby that is arriving soon, and her older brother has his own problems. Will Mary Margaret ever be able to have a satisfying pet? If you like this one, look for other books featuring Mary Margaret.

Reviewed by: msp

Date read: 7/14/2009

ISBN-10: 0525471839

ISBN-13: 9780525471837

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Matilda Wormwood is a very intelligent girl. However, no one notices, certainly not her parents, who are far too preoccupied with their own lives. From the time she was four, Matilda has spent hours alone at the library, teaching herself to read, finishing all the children's books, and then moving through titles recommended by the librarian. When she goes to school, she is ready to fly. Her teacher knows it, the other kids know it, but Miss Trunchbull, the oppressive head of the school, will have none of it. Trunchbull's time is devoted to suppressing any creativity or enthusiasm displayed by students, and faculty. Can Matilda survive Miss Trunchbull?

Awards won: Rebecca Caudill Award

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 0142410373

ISBN-13: 9780142410370

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Commenter: St. Charles Reader, grade 0

The year is 2011, and an asteroid is on a collision course with the Earth. Since there is no way to change the asteroid's path, NASA decides to take an old space shuttle, The Mayflower, out of mothballs, and try to refit, it to allow eighty humans to escape Earth. NASA's hope is to place each human into a hibernation module until the time the scientists deem Earth may be safe to recolonize. Once The Mayflower is outfitted, NASA has the hardest decision to make of all- who should they choose to save? Panic quickly changes all their best laid plans, when a story about the upcoming destruction of the Earth is leaked to CNN. Within a day of the story being leaked, a small chip of the asteroid hits San Francisco, destroying the city in its entirety. Follow Jobs, a 14-year-old techie, his rollers skating best friend, Mo'Steel 2-Face, a girl with half of her face disfigured by a fire, and the first black, female President's arrogant son, as they lead the 'Choosen Ones' into life after Earth. The Mayflower Project is the first in the Remnants series, depicting what life could be if the human race was forced off our home planet into the unknown.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 0590879979

ISBN-13: 9780590879972

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This book is about a girl who lived just before the Revolutionary War. The story is made up (it's fiction) but it is very lively. There are many other books in this series.

Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader

Date read: 11/20/2009

ISBN-10: 1562470051

ISBN-13: 9781562470050

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Miki wants her last year at high school to be different. She wants to be her own person, and not do what everyone else says she should do. She wants to know all about the cute new boy at school. But Hiroo Sakurai is a loner, and he likes it that way. What is his secret? Can Miki find a way into his life?

Reviewed by: donna

Date read: 3/23/2010

ISBN-10: 006084616X

ISBN-13: 9780060846169

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