NEW BOOKS in the

Broadwater Library

Everything for a Dog By

Ann M. Martin

Good dog story!!

Bone is a puppy whose mother

doesn’t come backone day.

Charlie is a boy who blames himself for his brother’s death.

Henry is a boywho wants a dog

—badly!

Did you read AutobiographyOf a Stray?

Extra Credit By

Andrew Clements

He is not allowedto talk to girls!

A girl in Illinoisneeds extra creditto pass her grade.

A boy in Afghanistan agrees to help

his younger sister with her pen pal

letters.

Have you readFrindle

orRoom One?

The Last Invisible Boy By

Evan Kuhlman

Jeff Kinneyliked this

book!

Finn’s hair is turning WHITE!

He is only 12!

He writes and illustratesa journal to try to understand

what is happening--after his father’ssudden death.

Little Leap Forward By

Guo Yue

BiographicalFiction!

A little boy in China

learns aboutfreedom..

…flying kites, capturing a wild bird, and living through the changes

brought by the Red Guards.

Murder at Midnight By Avi

History mystery!

Fabrizio is just a young

servant boyin medieval

Italy…

,,,but when his master, Mangus the magician, is arrested for treason,

only Fabrizio can find a way to free him from the dungeon.

Also read Midnight Magic by Avi for another story about these characters!

A Season of GiftsBy Richard Peck

Funny!

Grandma Dowdelis an unusual

next-door neighbor!

She guards her garden with a shotgun,rescues Bobby from an embarrassing Halloween prank, and cooks a turtle in her back yard—just for starters!

Also read: A Long Way from Chicago and A Year down Yonder, featuring Mrs. D.

Adventurers Wanted:

Slathbog’s GoldBy M. L. Forman

Fantasy!

15-year-old Alex’slife is boring!

Until he accepts a mission to find the evil dragon

Slathbog the Red, and sets off into a strange landwith seven men to bring back

the dragon’s treasure.

Tangled ThreadsBy

Pegi Deitz Shea

RealisticFiction!

13-year-old Mai Yang and her grandmother

have lived in a refugee camp for

TEN YEARS!

At last, they will be sent to America, where they won’t be hungry anymore—

but will it really be the land of their dreams?

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

By Grace Lin

Fantasy / folklore

Minli’s motheris tired of being poor,

but her fathertells wonderful stories.

Minli bravely sets off to find theOld Man of the Moon,Who can change their

Fortune.

Have you read The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin?

Wild GirlBy

Patricia Reilly Giff

Realistic Fiction!

At last, Lidie is old enough to leave Brazil

and join her father and brother on a horse farm in New

York.

But she is lonely at first, and so is the filly named Wild Girl.

Lidie’s father and

brother don’t know that

she can ride!Have you read Eleven or other books by Giff?

Read a NEW BOOK!Read a NEW BOOK!

Cubs love to read!

The End(for now!)