4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

MIDDle & HIGH sCHool TITles
Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best-Friend
Must Do in Europe
by Jane Harrington
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: SLJ, V
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It’s Brady’s first trip to Europe, and she’s been given
a strict to-do list by her best friend. One: Write letters
home every day. Two: Wear a bikini. Three: In public!
Number Four is the most difficult assignment of all:
“Meet a code-red Euro-hottie.” Will shy and selfconscious
Brady fulfill her duties? Does she even
stand a chance with an itinerary-obsessed mom as a
travel companion?
Isbn: 9781581960419 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 6.2 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 950l
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2006
The Freedom Business u
poems by Marilyn Nelson • art by Deborah Dancy
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ
Venture Smith’s autobiography, a slave narrative
first published in 1798, appears on the left-hand
pages of this volume. Smith was the son of a Guinean
prince, then slave to various American men, and
eventually a free man—owner of one hundred
acres of land and three houses. Juxtaposed with and
inspired by his story are Marilyn Nelson’s poems,
which appear on the right-hand pages. Watercolor,
ink, collage, and acrylic paintings illustrate both the
narrative and the poems. Includes a preface to the
poems and an artist’s note.
Isbn: 9781932425574 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 6" x 10" • 72 pp
aR level: 6.9 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 11.4 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 1200l
JLG: $9.00 • Wordsong: $18.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2009
*NEW* The Frog Scientist
by Pamela S. Turner • photographs by Andy Comins
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)
Dr. Tyrone Hayes has been interested in frogs
since he was a boy. His path from a segregated
town in South Carolina to science labs at the most
competitive universities was not an easy one, but
Hayes’s persistence and dedication to his subject
helped him prevail. Now a professor in Berkeley,
California, Dr. Hayes studies the effects of pesticides
on frog populations. “Even if you don’t care about
frogs, you have to wonder how this affects us, too,”
Dr. Hayes says. Glossary. Ideas for helping local frog
populations. Web sites. Resources for educators.
Full-color photographs.
Isbn: 9780618717163 • Dewey: 597.8/917279 • 11" x 9" • 64 pp
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2009
The Frog Scientist—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
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills
• connections to other content areas
• library applications
• specific correlations to National Standards
• and much more!
You will receive both a Student Edition and a Teacher
Edition of the JLG Reading Guide.
JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350638
Frozen Fire
by Tim Bowler
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, KL, V
Late one night, Dusty receives a strange and
frightening call from a teenage boy who says he’s in
trouble . . . and has inexplicably detailed knowledge
about her brother, who ran away two years ago.
Dusty rushes to rescue the boy, but he literally
disappears—as if he were a ghost. Despite threats
from the boy’s enemies and rumors that girls have
been mesmerized by him before, Dusty continues to
search for him.
Isbn: 9780399250538 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 336 pp
aR level: 3.8 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 3.1 • sRC Points: 21 • lexile: 520l
JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $17.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008
Gabriel’s Journey:
Racing to Freedom Trilogy, Book Three
by Alison Hart
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG
After Gabriel wins at the Saratoga horse races, his
dreams of becoming a famous jockey seem closer
than ever. The Civil War rages on, though, and
Gabriel feels compelled to join his parents in the
Union army. “Ma and Pa say I’m too young to
be a soldier. . . . But that don’t mean I can’t fight
for freedom my own way.” Gabriel puts aside his
racing aspirations to join his father’s cavalry unit.
Courageous though he may be, is Gabriel ready to
face the dangers of war?
Isbn: 9781561454426 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 160 pp
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 780l
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $14.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008