Mrs. Weisz and Mrs. Bialek Suggest:   Some of the latest books we've read and want to share with you.

 Wendy by Karen Wallace 

     Wendy, of Peter Pan fame, has a very different life than you'd expect. Yes, she has brothers John and Michael; yes she has Nana, the dog and Mr. and Mrs. Darling. But in this version, she never meets Peter Pan or goes to Never Neverland. This, instead, is the story of a young girl struggling to grow up, with odd parents and siblings and even stranger neighbors. Life is definately NOT perfect for this Wendy Darling.

  

 

 Everlost by Neal Shusterman

    A boy and a girl are each riding in a car and not wearing their seatbelts. Suddenly, they find themselves in an unknown forest, lost and confused. They've been in an accident and they are in a place called Everlost. Can they find their way out?

 

  

 Becoming Felix by Nancy Hope Wilson

    JJ (Felix John Jaquith II) is a farm kid. He's always been and always will be a farm kid. But his Grandad (Felix I) loved music almost as much as JJ. Farm life is tough and it doesn't leave much time for things like jazz band. JJ's best friend, Steven, just doesn't get it! Farming takes all your time and gives you back a feeling, but no money.

     As things on the farm become more difficult, JJ will have to decide exactly who he is. He's so different from the other kids... or is he?

  

 

Malka by Mirjam Pressler

     Seven-year old Malka is running away with her mother and her older sister, Minna. It is 1943. Malka's family is Jewish and Polish. If they can just get over the border to Hungary, they'll be safe from Hitler's "final solution".

    This isn't a story of concentration camps and torment. It is a story of fear and hunger and desperation. Malka's mother is a physician and has been exempt from the ghettos, until now. Now they must flee and all goes well until Malka becomes ill and is left behind. What will happen to her? What will happen to her family? Read this interesting perspective on the Holocaust to find out.

  

Copper Sun by Sharon Draper

This exciting historical fiction novel, follows the trials and tribulations of Amari, a fifteen year old African girl who was captured from her village by slave traders and then brought to America. She begins her new life on a rice plantation along with Polly, a white indentured slave. Polly has dreams of working in the big house and becoming a fine lady, but soon her dreams are dashed. They suffer much pain, humiliation, and even witness a murder. Will Amari & Polly escape and make their way to freedom?

  

 

 The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex

What would you do if the aliens landed? That's exactly the question that Gratuity (Tip) Tucci, age 11, must answer as she begins her quest to find her mother, who was (really!) kidnapped by aliens.

Along the way she meets J.Lo, a Boov who is lost, and helps her fix her car, which now flies. On their way to Arizona, they run into several very interesting characters and have many scary adventures. (How would you feel if you were being chased by aliens?) Read about Smekday in this fun novel.

  

 

 Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix

This is the first book in a new series (The Missing) by the author of The Hidden Children series.

What if you were an adopted child and you began receiving notes that said things like, "You are one of the missing"? What if your friend, who thinks he isn't adopted received the same notes? What would you think? What would you do? That's the dilemma facing Jonah and Chip. With Jonah sister they begin their quest to find the meaning of the notes… and their lives!

  

 

 Finding Lubchenko by Michael Simmons

Evan's dad is a scientist, and a very difficult father, but when he is framed for murder Evan decides that he must find the information to clear his dad of all charges.

With the bad guys after him he and his friend go to Paris to track down a lead. Evan knows that if he can find Lubchenko all will be solved. But can he find this person before the real murderer finds them, and kills again?