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• Look over the list below.
• Click on "Edit page" (top left) and log in to the wiki using our password, your first name, and your email address (which will not appear online).
• Choose a title that doesn't have someone's name and last initial beside it.
• Write a check to HRMS in the amount indicated beside the title and add your first name and last initial after the book title. Please make a note if you are donating more than one of a title.
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That's it! Any questions, ask Sarah. Also see Sarah if you would like to donate the title(s) in honor of someone else. We can add that information to the book plate inside the book.

 

 

Here's the list:

 

Professional

 

Daniels, Harvey. Content-Area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide $25.00

Offers teachers practical advice on how they can incorporate carefully structured writing activities into classroom lessons in order to increase student understanding and achievement.

 

Wormeli, Rick. Meet Me in the Middle: Becoming an Accomplished Middle-Level Teacher donated by the Foster Team $20.00

Offers advice on how to meet the challenges of teaching middle-level students, describing strategies for creating a culture of learning, fostering student achievement through innovative and accomplished practice, and extending professional practices.

 

Miscellaneous Fiction

 

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian $15.00 (2 copies needed) Donated by Ellyn F.

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Native American is the school mascot.

Just named National Book Award Winner, Young People’s Literature

 

Almond, Daivid. Clay $10.00

The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy's supernatural powers.

 

Budhos, M.T. Ask Me No Questions $10.00 (5 copies needed) 3 copies donated by Deborah A., 1 copy donated by Diane B.

Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of their visas and the events of September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for the whole family.

 

Cottrell, Boyce. Framed $10.00

Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel into a more profitable business, but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of Manod, Wales with valuable paintings, and their father disappears, that they consider turning to crime.

 

Farmer, Nancy. The Land of the Silver Apples $15.00 donated by Ellen W.

After escaping from the Sea of Trolls, the apprentice bard Jack plunges into a new series of adventures, traveling underground to Elfland and uncovering the truth about his little sister Lucy.

 

Ferrari, Mark. The Book of Joby $20.00 donated by Sarah W.

Lucifer and the Creator enter into a wager that puts the existence of creation in balance, with the outcome resting on the shoulders of Joby Peterson, who grows up unaware of his destiny and the many ways Lucifer's minions are controlling his life.

 

Lombard, J. Drita, My Homegirl $10.00 donated by the Page Team

When ten-year-old Drita and her family, refugees from Kosovo, move to New York, Drita is teased about not speaking English well, but after a popular student named Maxine is forced to learn about Kosovo as a punishment for teasing Drita, the two girls soon bond.

 

Namioka, Lensey. Ties That Bind, Ties That Break $10.00 (5 copies needed) 2 copies donated so far, Cindy C.; 1 additional copy donated by Tenley and Janelle; 1 copy donated by Joanne Swanson

Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.

 

Nuzum, K.A. A Small White Scar 10.00 donated by the Rebecca Nurse Team

Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon leaves his family and begins life as a cowboy, but his mentally retarded twin brother follows him and joins the journey.

 

Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered $10.00

Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.

 

Sachar, Louis. Holes $15.00 (2 copies needed) 1 copy donated by Betsy Geheb; 1 copy donated by Joan S.

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

 

Sachar, Louis. Small Steps $15.00 (2 copies needed) 2 copies donated by Kathy B.

Sequel to: Holes. Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.

 

Sheldon, Dyan. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen $10.00 donated by Cherry B. donated by Cherry B.

In her first year at a suburban New Jersey high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production, and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl in school.

 

Spinelli, Jerry. Love, Stargirl $15.00 Donated by Ellen W.

Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.

 

Stolarz, Laurie. Blue is for Nightmares. $10.00

Sixteen-year-old hereditary witch Stacey Brown has nightmares of her roommate being murdered and hopes that her magic will be enough to protect Drea--unlike the last person whose death Stacey dreamed.

 

Wilson, Jacqueline. Girls Out Late. $10.00 

Thirteen-year-old Ellie misses curfew by going to a park with a boy she just met, gets caught lying to her father and stepmother, and is put in a dangerous situation in London by her two best friends.

 

Zindel, Paul. Loch. $10.00 donated by Cindy G.

Fifteen-year-old Loch and his younger sister join their father on a scientific expedition searching for enormous prehistoric creatures sighted in a Vermont lake, but it soon becomes obvious that the expedition's leaders aren't interested in preserving the creatures.

 

Science

 

Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body donated by the Foster Team $10.00

A special field trip on the magic school bus allows Ms. Frizzle's class to get a first-hand look at major parts of the body and how they work.

 

24 7: Behind the Scenes - Forensic File set of 12 books Total cost: $234.00 See below for individual titles @ $20.00 each

Features critical thinking and analysis: the science behind identifying who, what, when, where, why--chapter summaries and questions that recap the evidence: You're The Medical Examiner--scientific timelines, words to know, job descriptions, seminal cases.

 

Joyce, Jaime. Bullet Proof!: The Evidence that Guns Leave Behind

Webber, Diane. Do You Read Me?: Famous Cases Solved by Handwriting Analysis! donated by Denise L.

Beres, D.B. Dusted and Busted!: The Science of Fingerprinting donated by Jan P.

Prokos, Anna. Guilty By a Hair!: Real-Life DNA Matches!

Denega, Danielle. Gut-Eating Bugs: Maggots Reveal the Time of Death!

Denega, Danielle, Have You Seen This Face?: The Work of Forensic Artists

Beres, D.B. Killer at Large: Criminal Profilers and the Cases The Solve!

Prokos, Anna. Killer Wallpaper: True Cases of Deadly Poisonings

Winchester, Elizabeth. The Right Bite: Dentists as Detectives

Webber, Diane. Shot and Framed: Photographers at the Crime Scene

Denega, Danielle. Skulls and Skeletons: True-Life Stories of Bone Detectives

Joyce, Jaime. Toe Tagged: True Stories From the Morgue donated by the Rebecca Nurse Team

 

24 7: Behind the Scenes - Medical File set of 6 books Total cost: $117.00 See below for individual titles @ $20.00 each

Each book is presented in a easy-to-read format with real-life case studies, photos, engaging sidebars, and captivating storytelling. These books serve as a bridge between science in theory and its practical applications in the fields of medicine.

 

Tilden, Thomasine. Belly-Busting Worm Invasions!: Parasites That Love Your Insides

DiConsiglio, John. Blood-Suckers!: Deadly Mosquito Bites

Brownlee, Christen. Cute, Furry, and Deadly: Diseases You Can Catch From Your Pet!

Tilden, Thomasine. Help! What's Eating My Flesh?: Runaway Staph and Strep Infections!

DiConsiglio, John. There's a Fungus Among Us: True Stories of Killer Molds

DiConsiglio, John. When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad!: How Safe Are We?

 

 

Shakespeare

 

Aagesen. Shakespeare for Kids $10.00 Donated by Katya M.

Presents the life and works of Shakespeare. Includes activities to introduce Elizabethan times, including making costumes, making and using a quill pen, and binding a book by hand.

 

O’Brien, Peggy. Teaching Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream $15.00 donated by Sherri G.

Presents teacher-tested classroom strategies for teaching William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Macbeth"; techniques for teaching them through performance; and four scholarly essays on the plays, designed to stimulate teachers' thinking and challenge older students.

 

Vaughan. Shakespeare in American Life $30.00

This compilation of essays by nine prominent Shakespeare scholars includes a catalog of a recent exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, celebrating the library's 75th anniversary. Text and illustrations highlight the richness of the Folger collection, which informed most of the essays. Each essay examines an aspect of America's interest in Shakespeare from the Colonial era and illustrates Shakespeare's continuing influence on American popular culture. Topics include American Shakespeare films, black Shakespeare productions, and Shakespeare's influence on the American musical; a special piece focuses on Shakespeare-dedicated scrapbooks. The catalog includes 88 color illustrations as well as brief descriptions of each item in the exhibit.

 

Holocaust/WWII

 

Friedman, D.D. Escaping into the Night $15.00 ((2 copies needed)

Thirteen-year-old Halina Rudowski narrowly escapes the Polish ghetto and flees to the forest, where she is taken in by an encampment of Jews trying to survive World War II.

 

MacSwigan, Marie. Snow Treasure $10.00 (2 copies needed) 1 copy donated by Cherry B

In 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway reaches their village in the far north, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport nine million dollars worth of gold bullion past the German soldiers to the secret harbor where Peter's uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.

 

Matas, Carol. After the War $10.00

After being released from Buchenwald at the end of World War II, fifteen-year-old Ruth risks her life to lead a group of children across Europe to Palestine.

 

Matas, Carol. Daniel’s Story $10.00

Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a concentration camp and his eventual liberation.

 

Yolen, Jane. The Devil’s Arithmetic DVD $15.00 donated by Norma T.

Hannah, a typical American teenager, resents stories of her Jewish heritage, until a mystical Passover Seder results in her being magically transported to Poland during World War II, where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why it is important to remember the past.

 

Miscellaneous Nonfiction

 

Menzel, Peter. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats $22.00 donated by Pam R.

"For their enormously successful Material World, photojournalist Menzel and writer D'Aluisio traveled the world photographing average people's worldly possessions. In 2000, they began research for this book on the world's eating habits, visiting some 30 families in 24 countries. Each family was asked to purchase-at the authors' expense-a typical week's groceries, which were artfully arrayed-whether sacks of grain and potatoes and overripe bananas, or rows of packaged cereals, sodas and take-out pizzas-for a full-page family portrait. This is followed by a detailed listing of the goods, broken down by food groups and expenditures, then a more general discussion of how the food is raised and used, illustrated with a variety of photos and a family recipe. A sidebar of facts relevant to each country's eating habits (e.g., the cost of Big Macs, average cigarette use, obesity rates) invites armchair theorizing. While the photos are extraordinary-fine enough for a stand-alone volume-it's the questions these photos ask that make this volume so gripping. After considering the Darfur mother with five children living on $1.44 a week in a refugee camp in Chad, then the German family of four spending $494.19, and a host of families in between, we may think about food in a whole new light. This is a beautiful, quietly provocative volume. (Nov.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information."

 

Pelzer, David. A Child Called It. $15.00 (3 copies needed)

David Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse cases in the history of California, tells the story of how he survived his mother's brutality and triumphed over his past.

 

Snow, E.R. The Islands of Boston Harbor, Their History and Romance $15.00