3. Bone is a puppy whose mother doesn’t come back one day. Charlie is a boy who blames himself for his brother’s death. Henry is a boy who wants a dog — badly! Did you read Autobiography Of a Stray?
4. Extra Credit By Andrew Clements He is not allowed to talk to girls!
5. A girl in Illinois needs extra credit to pass her grade. A boy in Afghanistan agrees to help his younger sister with her pen pal letters. Have you read Frindle or Room One ?
7. Finn’s hair is turning WHITE! He is only 12! He writes and illustrates a journal to try to understand what is happening--after his father’s sudden death.
11. Fabrizio is just a young servant boy in 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 !
13. Grandma Dowdel is 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.
15. 15-year-old Alex’s life is boring! Until he accepts a mission to find the evil dragon Slathbog the Red, and sets off into a strange land with seven men to bring back the dragon’s treasure.
17. 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?
19. Minli’s mother is tired of being poor, but her father tells wonderful stories. Minli bravely sets off to find the Old Man of the Moon, Who can change their Fortune. Have you read The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin?
20. Wild Girl By Patricia Reilly Giff Realistic Fiction!
21. 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?
22. Read a NEW BOOK! Read a NEW BOOK! Cubs love to read! The End (for now!)
