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Date Read: 12/08/16

Summary:
This book talks about a young girl who wants to be treated as a grown up. She has a dance in junior high which changes her life as a tornado sweeps through her home. She must now share a home with her crush for the summer while learning how to grow up quickly.

Age/Audience
Middle School

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Date Read: 12/08/16

Summary:
This books talks about two fifth grades who compete with each other to be the best 5th grader ever. The story goes in depth as to why Gertie wants to become the best ever while dealing with some overwhelming family issues.

Age/Audience
Grades 3-5

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Date Read: 12/08/16

Summary:
This books is about a 5th grade teacher explaining to her students about the falling of the twin towers on September 11. The student uses the story to try to understand her dads mental illness and why he gets so angry every time this story is brought up.

Age/Audience
Grades 4-6

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Date Read: 12/08/16

Summary:
This book talks about a loving teacher that loves what she does and cares about the student. The teacher becomes ill and could no longer finish the year in school. Three of her students want to make Ms. Bixby's last day one that she will never remember.

Age/Audience
Grades 3-7

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Date Read: 12/08/16

Summary:
This book is about the story of a girl who was struggling to school because a girl in her class was being a bully to her. She began to create lies because of her fears and became a big liar.

Age/Audience:
Middle School

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Date Read: 12/07/16

Summary:
The book tells the story of Lolly and how she begin to feel sad because no one seem to want to play with her.  That made her feel really bad and felt like crying but she will not let her self cry. All that sadness she was holding in began to turn her blue. Her dad told her then when you feel sad you must let it out. At first she did not want to follow her dad's advise but one day she did and ended up feeling a lot better.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 3

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Date Read: 12/07/16

Summary:
The book tells the story of a girl who has an accident and injures her teeth. The injury was extensive and she has to deal with surgeries, braces, and head gear with fake teeth. On top of it all, she goes through a lot with some of her friends that ended up not being such good friends.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 7

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Date Read: 12/07/16

Summary:
This book is about a little girl who claims that she is not tired, therefore she does not want to go to sleep. The little girl parents tell her that they understand she does not want to go to bed; however, she can still do all of the routine she does without going to sleep. Toward the end the parents manage to get the little girl in her bed and tell her a story about all kinds of animals who sleep and how sleep in very important to stay strong.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 3

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Date Read: 12/07/16

Summary:
The book is a story about a very observant boy and his grandma. Throughout the book there situations that the boy observes and ask his grandmother about it. Questions like why it rains, why do they have to take walk to take the bus, and why does his friend have a car and they don't. However, other events lead to the boy to reflect on things he does have and how fortunate he really is.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 2

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Date Read: 12/07/16

Summary:
The book is about the real story about the most famous bear Winnie the Pooh. It tells the story about a veterinarian that lived in a town called Winnipeg. One day he ran in to a baby bear and rescued her. However he had to go to war and decided to take the bear with him. It is such a beautiful story that there is a statue in London inspired on a picture taken of them.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 3

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Date Read: 02/24/14

Summary:
This book is about a horrible tradition among a poor civilization that lived in sectors. Every so often the type of government they had would select a boy and a girl from each sector to enter the hunger games. The game would end when only one person would remain alive.

Age/Audience:
High School

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Date Read: 08/25/2008

Summary:
The book is about a demi god, the son of neptune. The boy is accused by Zeus of still his lighting and is force to go into a journey to find Zeus lighting and return it to him.

Age/Audience:
Middle/High School

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Date Read: 04/16/2005

Summary:
This book is about the depression in Alabama. A boy goes through the struggles of race and poverty.

Age/Audience:
Middle/High School

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Date Read: 10/17/16

Summary:
The book is about a little girl who has a horrible family and end up developing powers. She loves to read and that's how she was able to escape her reality. She loved her elementary school teacher and ended up being adopted by her at the end.

Age/Audience:
Middle/High School

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Date Read: 06/23/13

Summary:
This books are about the journey of a hobbit that has a ring that posses powers and evil spirit. He must travel to a volcano where the ring was made to destroy it and be free.

Age/Audience:
High School

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Date Read: 10/25/16

Summary:
The book is about a boy who likes a girl. However, the girl suddenly disappears leaving a trail to find her.

Age/Audience:
Middle/High School

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Date Read: 03/21/14

Summary:
The book is about a poor man and a rich girl who fall in love with each other. Their love gives the rich girl a feeling of freedom but unfortunately are separated because of their social differences.

Age/Audience:
High School

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Date Read: 10/17/16

Summary:
The book is about the tragic story about how a little lion looses his dad because of his uncle's greed and wishes to be the king of the pride lands. The little lion leaves for his own safety and for his uncle not to kill him too. At the end he returns all grown up to claim rightful throne and free the pride lands from his evil uncle's rule.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 2 - 5

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Date Read: 05/12/13

Summary:
This book is a love story between a human girl and vampire. The book talks about their journey together and how different their worlds are and how things get complicated for falling in love with each other.

Age/Audience:
High School

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Date Read: 10/16/16

Summary:
This book is the original start of the star wars story. It is about a man who become a jedi to fight the evil dark lord. In his journey he meets allies and one of them turns out to be his twin sister. At the end he find out that the dark lord (Darth vader) is actually his father.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

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Date Read: 10/16/16

Summary:
The new chapter of star wars. It is about a girl that is the jedi but she does not know it. She goes into an interesting journey to help a robot get to the jedi's allies.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

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Date Read: 10/15/16

Summary:
It is the story of a little girl who was having problems at her middle school. Two girls in her class were being really mean to her and she would write how she was feeling on her diary.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

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Date Read: 10/15/16

Summary:
The book is the classic story of superheroes working together to save the world. It is a collection of children favorite superheroes.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

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Date Read: 03/18/12

Summary:
The books are the classic story of Harry Potter. The books are similar to the movies, however, the books have a lot more details and they go much more in depth and details about Harry Potter.

Age/Audience:
Middle/High School

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Date Read: 05/17/ 10

Summary:
The book is about a village boy who his life is very simple. Then he finds an egg and turns out to be a dragon's egg. They were supposed to be extinct. The is a rule of a bad king and when the egg hatches to the boy, he becomes the chosen one to free the people and the first dragon writer from many years ago.

Age/Audience:
Middle/High School

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Date Read: 10/14/16

Summary:
The story talks about a young girl who is fascinated with becoming a detective. In the story the girl goes into the neighbors yard and over hear a conversation. It is her duty as a detective to try to solve the mystery that she eavesdropped into.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 2 - 4

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Date Read: 10/12/16

Summary:
This book is one of my favorite ones. It is about 12 princesses who loved to dance. His father the king was worried that his princesses weren't getting the proper royal education, therefore he called upon one of his cousin a duchess to come to his kingdom and help him show proper etiquette to his princesses. The duchess was mean and strict and prohibited the princesses to do what they like the most, dancing. At the end the princess are able to make the duchess leave with a magic spell and they were able to dance again.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

Teaching Point:
Good to practice fluency reading.

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Date Read: 10/09/16

Summary:
The story is about a piglet who's life was spared. the little girls father was going to kill him, however, he changed his mind and the little girl soon became friends and look after the piglet who she named Wilbur. Wilbur was soon sent to her uncle's farm were he became friends with a spider name Charlotte who later would unfortunately die. The spider left eggs on her web which Wilbur guarded until they hatched. At the end Wilbur became friend's with Charlotte little spiders and lived with them at the farm.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 7

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Date Read: 10/08/16

Summary:
The book was about a really mean principal that did not like kids, specially two kids that to his eyes were always making trouble. One day the principal got mad and grounded them. But captain underpants came to the rescue.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 2 - 5

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Date Read: 10/07/16

Summary:
The book is a boy named Eugene and how he became captain awesome. He used his imagination to make real life events more of a comic story. He made his baby sister a village with the power to stick and drull his precious belongings. Also, he was getting ready to go to a new school, he was not happy about that idea and made a villain of his teacher and a classmate that was not being to nice. At the end he transformed back into captain awesome and said no problem was too big for his super hero powers.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 4

Teaching Point:
Reading with expression.

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Date Read: 10/04/16

Summary:
This book provides information and facts about weather. It shows how the changes in weather can make a great impact such as earthquakes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, etc.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 8

Teaching Point:
Science Lesson

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Date Read: 10/05/16

Summary:
This book contains really nice illustration about tigers. It also has facts and information about tigers, such as their diet, where they live, etc.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 2

Teaching Point:
Reading Strategies such as summarizing, and questioning.

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Date Read: 09/30/16

Summary:
It includes very helpful key information about spiders. The layout and facts provide additional information that help students' understanding such as definitions.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 2

Teaching Point:
Writing/Research

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Date Read: 10/05/16

Summary:
This book contains information more in depth and condensed about space.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 7

Teaching Point:
Great tool for writing reports.

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Date Read: 10/03/16

Summary:
I loved this book. It shows the changes a maple tree goes through as the seasons change. Illustrating amazingly spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 2

Teaching Point:
Great to teach about each season.

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Date Read: 09/30/16

Summary:
Great book! It breaks down and provides detail information about each president. From the first president George Washington to the current Barack Obama.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 4 - 8

Teaching Point:
Social Studies Lesson/Research.

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Date Read: 10/03/16

Summary:
The book provides the parts of a plant. In addition, it provides information about what a plant needs to grow and how it grows.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

Teaching Point:
Science Lesson

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Date Read: 10/03/16

Summary:
This book has information about all the planets in our solar system. It provides also provides interesting facts to expand students knowledge.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 1 - 2

Teaching Point:
Science Lesson

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Date Read: 10/06/16

Summary:
This book includes information about the human body and what student will need to learn about it. It helps introduce the basic concepts of the complexity of the human body.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 6 - 8

Teaching Point:
Science lesson

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Date Read: 10/06/16

Summary:
This book includes information about the food pyramid in a more kids friendly way. It includes a great break down and graphics of each food family.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 3

Teaching Point:
Health Lesson

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Date Read: 09/29/16

Summary:
This book has really good useful information about sharks. It contains information about how sharks feel vibrations, what they eat, their location, etc. Great definitions for interesting words.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

Teaching Point:
Great tool to use with a reading strategy such as using tracks or find interesting facts.

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Date Read: 09/29/16

Summary:
Great information about dolphins. The table of content helps students guide them through the book and the information they can find in the book.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 1 - 3

Teaching Point:
I would use this book if I was teaching my class how to use a table of content to locate specific information easier.

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Date Read: 09/29/16

Summary:
It includes very helpful key information about dinosaurs. The layout and facts provide additional information that help students' understanding such as definitions.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 8

Teaching Point:
Science Lesson, Research, and writing.

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Date Read: 09/26/16

Summary:
The Digestive System book shows useful and necessary information for students to learn about it. It also has helpful illustration and facts to help better understand it content.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

Teaching Point:
Science Lesson/Research.

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Date Read: 09/26/16

Summary:
This book contains really nice illustration about bats. It also has facts and information about bats, such as their diet, where they live, etc.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 2

Teaching Point:
good source for a research activity for science or even writing.

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Date Read: 09/10/16

Summary:
This is one of my favorite books. The book tells the story about a little girl who loved to eat pink cupcakes, so much that she wouldn't eat anything else. She ended up turning pink at first she thought it was awesome to be pink and continued to eat pink cupcakes. She ended up turning read after eating more cupcakes. At the end she did not like it anymore and the only solution was to eat a lot of veggies and went back to normal.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 1

Teaching Point:
Grammar lesson, for editing a sentence.

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Date Read: 09/12/16

Summary:
This book is about a little girl who was very eager to have a pet. Her parent did not want him to have a pet. However, that did not stop her from adopting different items as pets such as, a twig, a shoe, a tire, and even her baby brother. But nothing was the perfect pet for her. At the end her parents realized how bad she wanted a pet and ended up getting her a kitty.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 2

Teaching Point:
Creative writing lesson

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Date Read: 09/09/16

Summary:
Lovely book! This book is about how peanut butter was new and looking for some friend. He try to play soccer with different people such as, cupcake, hamburger, meat ball, etc. However every one was doing something else and did not want to play. Finally, he found jelly and became great friends and seeing them play made every one want to join them.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 2

Teaching Point:
I would use this book for a creative writing lesson.

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Date Read: 09/16/16

Summary:
The book talks about a lonely cat. Grumpy cat wanted to have friends but he was shy and did not know how to so that made him grumpy. A rainy day a kitten found shelter under grumpy cat. At first grumpy cat did not want kitten close to him even though kitten would follow him everywhere. At the end grumpy cat accepted kitten and became very close friends.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades PreK - 2

Teaching Point:
My CT would use it during a grammar lesson, for editing a sentence.

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Date Read: 09/21/16

Summary:
This book is about a little mouse that lives in a library and loves to read. He love to read so much that he decided to write his own books. People at the library found his books and  fell in love with them so much that everyone wanted to meet the great author. At the end the little mouse gave a wonderful message that was that everyone can be an author.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 2

Teaching Point:
Creative Writing.

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Date Read: 09/23/16

Summary:
This book tells the story of how the farmer was excited about a festival and was building the statue of liberty in the cor maze. The farmer got all the farm animals to help him get ready for the festival. However, duck was not to excited about helping until the end when he got to ride a hot air balloon and saw the statue of liberty the farmer made with his face.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 2

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Date Read: 09/23/16

Summary:
The book is about the animals in the farm practicing singing. Duck was helping the farm animals get better. The farmer decided to take all farm animals to the fair and that is where the animals performed in stage. Everyone was really good but the one that impressed the judges the most was duck.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 3

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Date Read: 09/23/16

Summary:
This book was really funny! It start when the farmer leaves his brother in charge of the farm for him to go on vacation. Duck found a pencil on the floor as the farmer left. Duck begin to make all kinds of notes to get special food, bath, and other treats. At the end the farmer found out about what duck was doing and decided to go back to the farm.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 1

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Date Read: 09/22/16

Summary:
Amazing Book! I thought this book was very funny. It talks about cows in a farm that have a typewriter and begin to communicate with the farmer and make demands. The farmer could not believe it and refuse to grant their demands because they were just farm animals. Other farm animals begin to join the riot with the cows. At the end the cows and the other farm animals got what they wanted but had to turn in the typewriter in exchange.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 2

Teaching Point:
Editing sentence.

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Date Read: 09/22/16

Summary:
Nice book! This book is about a farmer and the farm animals starting a quite day. Then, all of the sudden a little baby duck was born. He was a very active baby duck and refuse to go to sleep. All farm animals tried everything but the baby duck kept peeping and peeping and refuse to go to sleep. At the end, duck put baby duck in a tractor and rode with him all over the farm until baby duck fell asleep.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 1

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Date Read: 09/22/16

Summary:
The book is about the farmer working hard on the farm and giving chores to do to each of the farm animals. All animals were not very pleased with the farmer specially one animal in particular duck. Duck did not like doing his chores and got very tired. He decided to run for president to change the rules and make every one happy. However, at the end things were harder than what he was expecting.

Age/ Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 2

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Date Read: 11/12/16

Summary:
The book talks about how a little boy got lice and how he was embarrassed to say anything about it. Many kids at his school had lice too. He heard about different way to get rid of them but they all sounded scary. Until one day the boy mom found an effective way to get rid of them and she did. At the end the boy decide to be extra careful and put an armor on his head so lice would get him again.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 3

Teaching Point:
I would use this book if I was to do a lesson identifying the problem in the story and what was the solution.

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Date Read: 11/12/16

Summary:
This is book is about a duck that one day decides to do something crazy and decided that he would ride a bike. As he rode his bike around the farm different animals had different opinions about what duck was doing. Nevertheless, at the end of the story all the animals decided to give it a try and ended up having so much fun with duck.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 3

Teaching Point:
I would use this book when I teach a lesson about how people’s choices can influence others.

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Date Read: 11/12/16

Summary:
This book was a really fun read. The book talks about how an ugly rainy day made everyone in the city be in a bad mood. Because everyone was in a bad mood, events started happening that became a chain of different emotions that ended up causing problems among people. However, when the rain stopped, everyone begin to see the bright side of things and try to make things better for everyone to be happy again.

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades Pre K - 3

Teaching Point:
I would use this book when I want to go over a lesson that talks about cause and effect.

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Date Read: 09/07/16

Summary:
It is a rhyme book. I really like it because Sam keeps insisting for unnamed character to try new things, particularly green eggs and ham but unnamed does not want to. Towards the end Sam convinces unnamed to try green eggs and ham and other things and ends up really liking everything!

Age/Audience:
Interest Level

Grades K - 2

Teaching Point:
Great for a rhyming lesson.