4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

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Everything Is Fine
by Ann Dee Ellis
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, SLJ
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Mazzy’s mother refuses to get out of bed.
Nonetheless, when Mazzy answers phone calls
from her father, she tells him everything is fine.
Her father knows as well as Mazzy that this is a
lie, but he avoids the situation by working at an
out-of-state job. A social worker and some curious
neighbors also suspect there’s trouble at Mazzy’s
house, though Mazzy does her best to care for
herself and her mother. As Mazzy copes with
her situation by drawing and painting, she also
recalls the terrible incident that led to her mother’s
depression. Black-and-white images.
Isbn: 9780316013642 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 9
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009
*NEW* The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BLH, KH, PWH, SLJH, V
In 1899, just before her twelfth birthday, Callie Tate
decides she wants to read Darwin’s The Origin of
Species. Unfortunately, the library near her hometown
of Fentress, Texas, doesn’t own it. To Callie’s surprise,
her formidable, taciturn grandfather offers her his
copy of the book. Even more surprising, Grandfather
and Callie grow close thanks to their mutual
interest in nature. The more Callie learns from her
grandfather and from her own observations, the more
she wants to be a scientist. But Callie’s mother insists
that she spend less time exploring and investigating,
and more time learning to be a lady.
Isbn: 9780805088410 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 352 pp
sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 830l
JLG: $13.25 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009
*NEW* Extra Credit
by Andrew Clements • illustrated by Mark Elliott
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, PW
When Abby is assigned a pen pal for extra credit,
she leaps at the opportunity to write to someone
in a country with mountains, a place as different as
possible from the Illinois farmland surrounding her
own home. When she finds out something she’s not
supposed to know, Abby discovers just how many
things can stand in the way when you reach out to
someone new. Black-and-white pencil drawings.
Isbn: 9781416949299 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp
sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 830l
JLG: $13.25 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009
Extra Credit—JLG Reading Guide
JLG Reading Guides give you the tools to use JLG
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and
for individual students. Each guide includes:
• activities based on national and state standards
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You will receive both a Student Edition and a Teacher
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JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350669
Fairest u
by Gail Carson Levine
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, K, SLJH, V
Aza is most definitely not the fairest of them all—but
what she lacks in looks, she makes up for with her
singing voice, a talent highly prized in the land of
Ayortha. Her voice is so magical that the beautiful
new Queen Ivi makes Aza, a commoner, her lady-inwaiting.
All is not as it seems, however. When Aza
happens to look into the Queen’s mirror, she learns
the secret of the Queen’s beauty—and sees a chance
to become the fairest herself.
Isbn: 9780060734091 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 6.1 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 590l
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: noV 2006
*NEW* Famous Players:
The Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor
written and illustrated by Rick Geary
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
When William Desmond Taylor is found dead of a
gunshot wound in his home on February 2, 1922,
the close-knit motion-picture community is thrown
into chaos. At first glance, it seems unimaginable
that Taylor, a “sophisticated director of high-spirited
adventure tales and high-profile literary adaptations,”
could draw the ire of anyone, let alone a murderer.
However, the ensuing investigation reveals that
the well-respected Taylor was not the person he
seemed—and neither were his friends. A number
of suspects for the murder are considered in this
graphic novelization of the homicide case that
shook Hollywood. Ink-on-paper illustrations,
including maps.
Isbn: 9781561635603 • 6" x 9" • 80 pp
JLG: $13.25 • nbM Publishing: $15.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009