Cyrus Peirce Middle School 2007 Summer Reading Packet and ...

and revenue men? How can the hero, John Trenchard, discover the secret of Colonel JohnMohune's treasure?My Side of the Mountain by: J.C. GeorgeSam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in his family's crowded New York City apartment. So,armed with just the bare necessities -- a penknife, a ball of cord, some flint and steel, and theclothes on his back -- he runs away to the mountains.On the Far Side of the Mountain by: J.C. GeorgeFans of My Side of the Mountain will be delighted to find that Sam Gribley still lives in a hollowtree with Frightful, his faithful falcon. Sam has neighbors now: his sister Alice lives in a nearbytree house and his old friend Bando has bought a nearby cabin. Sam's summer plans aredisrupted when a conservation officer accuses him of harboring an endangered species andconfiscates Frightful.Pigman's Legacy by: Paul ZindelThe sequel to The Pigman- The Pigman has been dead for four months when John and Lorrainevisit his empty house and discover a down-and-out old man on the run from the tax collector.Convinced he's a sign from beyond the grave, John and Lorraine decide they've been given achance to make up for what happened to the Pigman. Suddenly they're deep in another zanyadventure with a surprising old man. What they learn along the way is the Pigman's Legacy.Raptor by: Paul ZindelZack joins his father on a dinosaur dig in Utah. His father was injured by a mysterious,unknown creature. Zack makes a new friend, a Native American girl named Ute. As theyinvestigate the nearby mountains, they come to a horrifying conclusion: Sheltered in themountains, a band of raptors may have escaped extinction. And they're about to be revealed.Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by: Mildred D. TaylorHer Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of one African Americanfamily, fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, andbetrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s.Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man by: Wendelin Van DraanenOn Halloween night, seventh grader Sammy stumbles onto a mystery involving a twenty-yearoldfamily feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume.So B. It by: Sarah WeeksHeidi knows that she's approximately 12 years old, but she doesn't know her last name, herbirthday, or, for that matter, the identity of her father. With a vocabulary of only two dozenwords, her mentally disabled mother can't help Heidi fill the gaps in her history, but simpledespair will not stop this little trooper. When she finds a camera full of old photographs, shebegins a quest that will take her into the past and new beginnings. A mature, gripping story.Stormbreaker by: Anthony HorowitzThey told him his uncle died in a car accident. Fourteen-year-old Alex knows that's a lie, and thebullet holes in his uncle's windshield confirm his suspicions. But nothing prepares him for thenews that the uncle he always thought he knew was really a spy for MI6—Britain's top secretintelligence agency. Recruited to find his uncle's killers and complete his final mission, Alexsuddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse.