Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father. ATOS Reading Level: 5.4 Point Value: 6 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 82864
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Activities- Dorothy Canfield Award (pdf file) see pg. 19

Audio Book exerpt from Random House

Sequoah Book Award Booktalk (Oklahoma) (pdf file) see pg. 25

William Allen White Award Curriculum Guide

Discussion Guide from Scholastic

The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes to lead his team to victory with the secrets of the now disgraced player, Dante Del Gato. ATOS Reading Level: 4.4 Point Value: 7 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 70572
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Louisana Young Reader Award Activities

Literature Circle Guide from Scholastic

Reader's Theatre from Sequoah Reader's Award (Oklahoma) (pdf file) see page 42

Teacher's Guide from Penguin Putnam (pdf file)

Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan
In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China and earns food and shelter by working on a sampan, tending silk worms, and planting rice seedlings, while wondering if she will ever see her family again. ATOS Reading Level: 5.2 Point Value: 6 Interest Level: UG Quiz: 78021
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award booktalk and discussion(pdf file) see page 24

Curriculum Guide- William Allen White Book Award

Discussion Questions- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award (pdf file) see page 36

Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind by Jennifer J. Stewart
Twelve-year-old Annie is reluctant to travel to a village in Nepal for her father's two-month medical mission, but once there she assists at the clinic, makes friends with a local girl, and has adventures that change her life. ATOS Reading Level: 4.3 Point Value: 4 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 83604
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Teacher Guide by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

Jennifer J. Stewart Author page

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy. ATOS Reading Level: 4.9 Point Value: 16 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 82162
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Audio book exerpt from Random House

Book Guide from Louisiana Young Reader Award (pdf file)

Map of Dragon Rider from Scholastic (pdf file)

Word Search from Scholastic (pdf file)

Cornelia Funke Bio from Scholastic

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage in a small English town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom in New York City. ATOS Reading Level: 5.5 Point Value: 12 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 69127
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Book Questions- Edmonds Washington School District (pdf file) see page 3

Reading Guide- Sasquatch Reading Awards

Molly Moon Official Web site

Questions to ask before and after reading - FamilyTLC

Secret Identity (Shredderman #1) by Wendelin Van Draanen
Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman! ATOS Reading Level: 3.3 Point Value: 2 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 75663
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Fun Activities- including stickers from Random House

Booktalk from Random House

Activity Guide from Louisiana Young Reader's Award (pdf file)

The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale
Twelve-year-old Sadie promises that she will always be Wilma's best friend when their families leaves drought-stricken Missouri in 1933, but once in Texas, Sadie learns that she must try to make a new home--and new friends, too. ATOS Reading Level: 5 Point Value: 8 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 80141
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Teachers Guide- Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award (pdf file)

Teachers Guide- Henry Holt and Company

Author Information from Henry Holt and Company

The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick
Following their mother's death in Nantucket, Captain Goodspeed brings twelve-year-old Patience and six-year-old Tad aboard his whaling ship, where a new crew member incites a mutiny and Patience puts her mathematical ability to good use. ATOS Reading Level: 6.7 Point Value: 7 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 60654
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Booktalk, Web sites, Projects-Sequoah Book Awards (pdf file) see page 23

Discussion Questions- Multnomah County Library

Booktalk, Discussion Questions, links, Activities- Nutmeg Award (word doc)

Teacher Guide- Heather Vogel Frederick

Worth by A. LaFaye
After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse.ATOS Reading Level: 4.5 Point Value: 4 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 79584
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Teacher Guide from Louisiana Young Readers Award

Teacher Guide from Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

A.(Alexandria) LaFaye's Web site