Posts Tagged "Bunk Reads"

How Not to Be Popular

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How Not to Be Popular

By Jennifer Ziegler Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Pages: 352 Lexile: 720L Age Range: 12 Years ABOUT Maggie Dempsey is tired of moving all over the country. Her parents are second-generation hippies who uproot her every year or so to move to a new city. When Maggie was younger, she thought it was fun and adventurous. Now that she’s a teenager, she hates it. When she moved after her freshman year, she left behind good friends, a great school, and a real feeling of belonging. When she moved her sophomore year, she left behind a boyfriend, too. Now that they’ve moved to Austin,...

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The Mesmer Menace (Gadgets and Gears)

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The Mesmer Menace (Gadgets and Gears)

By Kersten Hamilton Illustrations by James Hamilton Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 160 Lexile: 770L Age Range: 7 – 10 Years ABOUT Welcome to the Amazing Automated Inn, home of twelve-year-old inventor Wally Kennewickett, his genius scientist parents, and his dashing dog, Noodles. From the lightning harvester on the roof to the labs full of experiments in the dungeon, the inn is a wonderful place for a curious boy and his loyal dog to live. That is, until President Theodore Roosevelt himself calls the elder Kennewicketts away, leaving Wally and Noodles to face the evil...

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Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team

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Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team

By Audrey Vernick Illustrated by Steven Salerno Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 40 Lexile: AD780L Age Range:4 – 8 Years ABOUT The Acerra family had sixteen children, including twelve ball-playing boys. It was the 1930s, and many families had lots of kids. But only one had enough to field a baseball team . . . with three on the bench! The Acerras were the longest-playing all-brother team in baseball history. They loved the game, but more important, they cared for and supported each other and stayed together as a team. Nothing life threw their way could stop them. Full of...

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House Arrest

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House Arrest

By K.A. Holt Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC Pages: 304 Lexile: 610L Age Range: 10 – 14 Years ABOUT Timothy is a good kid who did a bad thing. Now he’s under house arrest for a whole year. He has to check in weekly with a probation officer and a therapist, keep a journal, and stay out of trouble. But when he must take drastic measures to help his struggling family, staying out of trouble proves more difficult than Timothy ever thought it would be. Touching, funny, and always original, House Arrest is a novel in verse about a good boy’s hard-won path to redemption.  ...

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Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

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Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

By Chris Barton Illustrated by Don Tate Publisher: Charlesbridge Pages: 32 Lexile: 820L Age Range: 7 – 10 Years ABOUT A cool idea with a big splash! You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy. A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie Johnson’s life. Growing up in a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence...

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