Geeks, Girls and
Secret Identities
by Mike Jung
Vincent Wu is president of the Captain Stupendous Fan Club.
It may not be the Official fan club - in fact, it may be the smallest fan club
in history - but NOBODY knows more about the world's active superheroes and
supervillains than Vincent, George, and Max. Like every kid in Copperplate City
they show up every time they get a Stupendous Alert on their phones, hoping to
see Stupendous take down a hostile space alien or giant radioactive spider. But
Captain Stupendous has been acting strange lately, ever since he rescued Polly
Winnicott-Lee (whom Vincent totally does NOT have a crush on, maybe) and failed
to take down the giant robot creation of a brand new supervillian named
Professor Mayhem. Can Vincent and his friends help Stupendous get his mojo
back? And what does Polly have to do with all this? Find out in this
high-powered adventure of friendship and kicking butt.
Dorko the Magnificent
by Andrea Beaty
Fifth grader Robbie Darko wants nothing more than to be a
world-class magician. Unfortunately,
most of his previous tricks have either started a fire or sent an amphibian
flying at the school principal’s face.
On top of these career setbacks, Robbie is being forced to share a room
with the little brother he calls Ape Boy so that a crazy old lady he’s somehow
related to can move in. Grandma Melvyn never
smiles, yells at the TV during Wheel of Fortune, calls everyone Trixie, and
seems determined to make Robbie’s life miserable. But Grandma Melvyn also has a secret, one
that could change Robbie’s magic act – and his life – forever.
A Long Walk to Water:
Based on a True Story
by Linda Sue Park
Nya, an eleven-year-old girl living in southern Sudan in
2008, walks for hours each day to get water for her family to drink. Even then,
the water they drink can be dirty and make them sick. But strangers have come
to Nya's village with tools and trucks and a huge drill, ready to build
something that will provide fresh, clean water right in the center of the
village. Back in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva has fled from his school, also in
southern Sudan. The war between the Sudanese government and the southern rebels
has come to Salva's neighborhood, and people are scattering all over the country.
Salva does not know what lies ahead of him - seemingly endless walking, near
starvation, animal attacks, personal tragedy, packed refugee camps in Ethiopia
and Kenya, a foster family in the United States - he can only move forward one
step at a time. Eventually, Nya and Salva will meet in a future that is
brighter for the people of southern Sudan.
Here Where the
Sunbeams Are Green
by Helen Phillips
Sisters Mad (Madeline) and Roo (Ruby) haven't heard from
their dad - a famous ornithologist called the "Bird Guy" - in months.
He's been in Central America, searching for an almost-extinct species of bird
called the Lava-Throated Volcano trogon at the famous La Lava Resort and Spa.
Mad is worried because their dad's last letter was strange, a part of a series
of strange happenings that she calls The Weirdness. The mystery only deepens
when the sisters arrive at La Lava and discover that everyone, from the workers
at the spa to their own dad, seems to be hiding something. Their only hope is
the teenage Spanish tutor and jungle guide, Kyle, and his family's ancient
story about a volcano goddess and the magnificent bird that was once her true
love...
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