Walk Two Moons

1. Author: Sharon Creech

2. Title:Walk Two Moons

3. Illustrator:N/A

4. Genre: Chapter Book

5. Sub-Genre:Young Adult Fiction

6. Theme: Grief

7. Characters: Sal, Phoebe, Grandparents

8. Date of Publication: 1996: Newbery Award Winner

9. Publishing Company: HarperCollins

10. Summary: As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold--the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.
11: Use with Children: This is a good book for children to read to see how her life unfold and how you never know what is coming next. Great book for explaining literary elements.

One Crazy Summer

1. Author: Rita Williams-Garcia

2. Title: One Crazy Summer

3. Illustrator:N/A

4. Genre: Chapter Book

5. Sub-Genre: History

6. Theme: Overcoming Obstacles

7. Characters: Delphine, Cecile, Vonetta, Fern Big, Ma

8. Date of Publication: 2010: Scott O'Dell Award

9. Publishing Company: Amistad

10. Summary:Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though her father and Big Ma will send them from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to stay with Cecile for the summer. And even though Delphine will have to take care of her sisters, as usual, and learn the truth about the missing pieces of the past.
11: Use with Children: This is a good book to have the class read to realize how some of their classmates may live day to day.

Extra Credit

1. Author: Andrew Clements

2. Title: Extra Credit

3. Illustrator: Mark Elliot

4. Genre: Chapter Book

5. Sub-Genre: Life Styles

6. Theme: Writing to Pen-Pals

7. Characters: Abby, Sadeed

8. Date of Publication: 2001

9. Publishing Company: Atheneum Books for Young Children 
10. Summary: It isn’t that Abby Carson can’t do her schoolwork. She just doesn’t like doing it. And consequently, Abby will have to repeat sixth grade—unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking on an extra credit project: find a pen pal in a distant country. But when Abby’s first letter arrives at a small school in Afghanistan, complications arise. The elders agree that any letters going back to America must be written well, but the only qualified English-speaking student is a boy. And in this village, it’s not proper for a boy to correspond with a girl. So, Sadeed’s sister will dictate and sign the letters for him. But what about the villagers who believe that girls should not be anywhere near a school? And what about those who believe that any contact with Americans is...unhealthy?

11: Use with Children: This would be a great book foe children to read to learn about other lifestyles and how they can write to a pen-pal. 

Rules

1. Author: Cynthia Lord

2. Title: Rules

3. Illustrator: N/A

4. Genre: Chapter Book 

5. Sub-Genre: Acceptance

6. Theme: Overcoming Obstacles

7. Characters: Jason, Catherine, David,  Kristi

8. Date of Publication: April 1, 2006

9. Publishing Company: Scholastic Press 

10. Summary: Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules-from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public"-in order to stop his embarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic boy, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
11: Use with Children: This is a great read for students to realize the obstacles of life and how they are handled by different ways. 

We are the Ship

1. Author: Kadir Nelson

2. Title:We are the Ship

3. Illustrator: Kadir Nelson

4. Genre: Chapter Book

5. Sub-Genre: Baseball

6. Theme:African Americans in Baseball

7. Characters: N/A

8. Date of Publication: 2008 : Coretta Scott King Award

9. Publishing Company: Hyperion Books

10. Summary: Informational book about how African Americans in Baseball and how they progressed.
11: Use with Children: Good Book for Students to use for research.

THE CAT who went to Heaven

1. Author: Elizabeth Coatsworth

2. Title: THE CAT who went to Heaven

3. Illustrator: Lynd Ward

4. Genre: Chapter Book

5. Sub-Genre:N/A

6. Theme: Folktale

7. Characters: Poor Young Artist

8. Date of Publication:1958: Newberry Award

9. Publishing Company: Macmillan Publishing Company

10. Summary: The Cat Who Went to Heaven attempts to describe the interrelationship of human ideals and the qualities of the animal world.
11: Use with Children: Good example of Folktales for the older students.

Toot Toot Beep Beep

1. Author: Emma Garcia

2. Title:Toot Toot Beep Beep

3. Illustrator: Emma Garcia

4. Genre:Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: N/A

6. Theme:Cars

7. Characters: Cars

8. Date of Publication: 2008

9. Publishing Company: Boxer Books

10. Summary: This is about different noises and ways cars move.
11: Use with Children: Great book for kindergarten as a book to get the day started.