Book List - H.I.S.D Name That Book Contest Grades 3-6
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Last Updated October 1, 2007
- +E MYERS - Jazz by Walter Dean Myers
The father and son artist team collaborates again in this companion title to BLUES JOURNEY that pays tribute to jazz music. - +E SCHUB - Ballet of the Elephants by Leda Schubert
The story of how "Circus polka" a dance of 50 elephants and 50 ballerinas, choreographed by George Balanchine, was created. - +E TAYLO - George Crum and the Saratoga Chip by Gaylia Taylor
In 1830s Saratoga Springs, New York, George Crum is picked on at school because of his skin color, but he puts his passions into cooking and eventually creates one of America's favorite snack foods. - +ABBOT - Firegirl by Tony Abbott
A middle school boy's life is changed when Jessica, a girl disfigured by burns, starts attending his Catholic school while receiving treatment at a local hospital. - +BAUER - The Blue Ghost by Marion Dane Bauer
At her grandmother's log cabin, nine-year-old Liz is led to make contact with children she believes may be her ancestors. - +BORDE - The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story From the Netherlands by Louise Borden
During World War II in the Netherlands, a ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous race allows him to help two children escape to Belgium by ice skating past German soldiers and other enemies. - +COLLI - Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins
In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the underworld.Also Available In: - +COULO - The Misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis
After the death of the stern aunt who raised them since they were orphaned, eleven-year-old Sallie and her fifteen-year-old sister escape their self-serving guardians and begin an adventure resembling those in the dime novels Sallie loves to read.Also Available In: - +CREEC - Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.Also Available In: - +DICAM - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.Also Available In: - +DOWEL - Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place.Also Available In: - +FREEM - Who Stole Halloween? by Martha Freeman
When nine-year-old Alex and his friend Yasmeen investigate the disappearance of cats in their neighborhood, they stumble onto a larger mystery involving a haunted house and a ghostly cat. - +HADDI - Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. - +HAHN - Wait till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Molly and Michael dislike their spooky new stepsister Heather but realize that they must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost child to her doom. - +KEHRE - The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret
Apprehensive about spending the summer in Washington State with his Aunt Ethel when his parents get an overseas job, twelve-year-old Josh soon finds adventure when he meets the ghost of a coal miner. - +LIN - The Year of the Dog : A Novel by Grace Lin
Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life. - +MONTG - Hubert Invents the Wheel by Claire Montgomery
A creative fifteen-year-old boy in ancient Sumeria invents the wheel, resulting in many adventures, both humorous and threatening. - +NAYLO - Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Roxie Warbler, the niece of a famous explorer, follows Uncle Dangerfoot's advice on how to survive any crisis when she becomes stranded on an island with a gang of school bullies and a pair of murderous bank robbers. - +NIXON - Search for the Shadowman by Joan Lowery Nixon
While working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade history class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune. - +NOLAN - On the Road by Lucy A. Nolan
A dog who thinks her name is Down Girl goes on a car ride to the beach, goes camping in the woods, and reluctantly pays a visit to the vet with her master, Rruff. - +OBRIE - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
The tale of the timid mouse who becomes a heroine in spite of herself. - +PATER - Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. - +PAULS - Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.Also Available In: - +SKYE - Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye
When fate brings fourteen-year-old Leven and thirteen-year-old Winter together, they discover that for mankind to continue dreaming, the gateway between reality and dreams needs to be found and demolished. - +STANL - Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley
Raised by peasants, Bella discovers that she is actually the daughter of a knight and finds herself caught up in a terrible plot that will change her life and the kingdom forever. - +WALLA - Beauty by Bill Wallace
Unhappy about his parents splitting up and moving with his mother to Grandpa's farm, eleven-year-old Luke finds comfort in riding and caring for a horse named Beauty. - +YEP - The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 by Laurence Yep
Eight-year-old Henry and nine-year-old Chin love to read about heroes in popular "penny dreadful" novels, until they both witness real courage while trying to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. - +YA COLFE - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a most ingenious criminal mastermind, and heir to the Fowl family empire, a centuries-old clan of underworld figures and famous con artists. When Artemis kidnaps Holly Short, one of the Fairy People, to help him on his quest for gold, he takes on a Fairy world determined to rescue Holly. - YA KADOH - Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.Also Available In: - +393.3 M - Outside and Inside Mummies by Sandra Markle
Modern crime solving techniques are used to unravel the mysteries surrounding mummies. Fascinating photographs accompany detailed text. - +551.48 W - Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water? by Robert E. Wells
In this work about the water cycle, readers discover that the molecules in their glass of water may have once been part of a dinosaur watering hole. - +591.568 R - The Journey: Stories of Migration by Cynthia Rylant
Follows six different migratory animals on their journey. - +636.7 C - Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? by Stanley Coren
This delightfully funny, interesting, and factual book about dogs is sure to teach us a lot about our four legged furry friends. - +937.7 O - Pompeii: Lost & Found by Mary Pope Osborne
The famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that snuffed out life in Pompeii and buried the town has long been a fascinating moment in history for children. - +B K26 - Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.
