Adventure

Two Crafty Criminals: and How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang

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Copies: 7

Criminals, crooks, and swindlers be warned: the kids of the New Cut Gang are on to you! This book details tow of their most cleverly cracked cases.

When someone begins passing counterfeit coins around their neighborhood, Benny and Thunderbolt jump on his trail. Until that trail seems to lead to Thunderbolt's own home...

Then, when some valuable silver is stolen, the only clues at the scene of the crime are a blob of wax and a distinctive match. The police are baffled! But not Benny. Now, if only the Peretti twins can engineer a jailbreak, he'll be able to prove his case...

Author:

Philip Pullman

Lexile:

830L

Two Crafty Criminals: and How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang

Better Nate Than Ever

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Copies: 7

Nate Foster has big dreams. His whole life Nate has wanted to star in a Broadway show. (Heck, he'd settle for seeing a Broadway show.) But how is Nate supposed to make his dreams come true when he's stuck in Jankburg, Pennsylvania, where no one (except his best pal Libby) appreciates a good show tune?

Author:

Tim Federle

Call of the Klonkike: A True Gold Rush Adventure

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Copies: 7

When a ship full of gold arrives in Seattle, thousands of men rush to get to the Klondike goldfields-fast. But the journey is risky. Prospectors must haul a year's worth of supplies over steep mountain passes and navigate five hundred miles of treacherous lakes and rivers to reach Dawson City, in Canada. Will Stanley Pearce and Marshall Bond, two young prospectors, survive the dangerous journey? And will they strike gold and find their fortunes?

Author:

David Meissner and Kim Richardson

Lexile:

1100L

Call of the Klonkike: A True Gold Rush Adventure

Mice and Mystics

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In Mice and Mystics players take on the roles of those still loyal to the king – but to escape the clutches of Vanestra, they have been turned into mice! Play as cunning field mice who must race through a castle now twenty times larger than before.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

ELA

Library

Other

Play Time:

120 min.

Munchkin Deluxe

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Munchkin is a satirical card game based on the clichés and oddities of Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games. Each player starts at level 1 and the winner is the first player to reach level 10.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

Other

Play Time:

60 min.

Orinoco Gold (Gold am Orinoko)

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Gold fever at the Orinoco river! Deep in the heart of the jungle explorers have discovered the ruins of an ancient culture on the shores of this mysterious river.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Content Area:

Special Education

Play Time:

20 min.

My Friend Rabbit

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Copies: 1

When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. From Caldecott Honor award winner Eric Rohmann comes a brand-new picture book about friends and toys and trouble, illustrated in robust, expressive prints.

My Friend Rabbit is the winner of the 2003 Caldecott Medal.

Author:

Eric Rohmann

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Hondo & Fabian

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Copies: 1

Hondo the dog has a fun day at the beach while Fabian the cat stays home.

" Wake up, Hondo. Time to go!"
Hondo will have an adventure.
Fabian will stay home.

A dog named Hondo and his friend Fred are going to the beach for a day of excitement. Fabian the cat is left behind at home to play with the baby. Who will cause more trouble? And who will have more fun?

Peter McCarty's exquisite illustrations and understated wit turn an ordinary day in the lives of two pets into a rare delight.

Author:

Peter McCarty

Lexile:

AD180L

Don't Let Pigeon Drive the Bus!

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Copies: 1

The bus driver has to leave for a while, and he makes one request of readers: "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus." It's the height of common sense, but the driver clearly knows this determined pigeon and readers do not — yet.

"Hey, can I drive the bus?" asks the bird, at first all sweet reason, and then, having clearly been told no by readers, he begins his ever-escalating, increasingly silly bargaining. "I tell you what: I'll just steer," and "I never get to do anything," then "No fair! I bet your mom would let me."

Author:

Mo Willems

Lexile:

120L

The Faithful Friend

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Copies: 1

Clement and Hippolyte are handsome, sharp-witted, and as close as brothers. When Clement falls in love with enchanting Pauline, he bids Hippolyte to join his quest to court her, and the two friends set out toward danger and adventure.Pauline is ward of the mysterious Monsieur Zabocat -- a plantation owner reputed to be aquimboiseur,a wizard -- and, defying his wishes, Pauline joins her new fiance and his friend on their trek home. But the fruited fields and forests they traverse hide dark forces plotting to destroy the couple...and one night --Tam! Tam!

Author:

Robert D. San Souci

Lexile:

850L

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