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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Book Talks small medium large Book Talks-- Teacher Web Additional Book Talk Site www.iconn.org/schools_onsite.html Among The Hidden by Luke can't go outside, he can't be seen. The Population Police say you're not allowed to have more than two kids. If Luke is discovered then he will be taken away . When Luke was little and he didn't know better, he used to look out the forest. But when the forest is knocked down and houses are there, Luke's Dad gets even more strick abouthis hiding. Luke knows how many members are in each family and has names for every family. He discovers some vents in his room and he looks out. He can see outside and her can see the houses. Read this great book and find out what else Luke sees and what happens to him! The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Have you ever experienced watching your brother get his tongue stuck to a car mirror on a freezing cold day? Or have you ever had to cope with your annoying brothers and sisters on a long car drive? Well, these are examples of some things that happened to Kenny’s exciting life in the book The Watsons Go to Birmingham. This book is about an African-American family in the 1960’s. The Watsons have to go to Birmingham to bring Kenny’s brother, Byron, to their nasty grandmother’s old house for punishment. Byron had done a lot of very bad, but funny things. Mrs. Watson even threatened to burn Byron’s hand if he sets the bathroom on fire again! Before and after Birmingham, a lot of exciting and extremely funny things happen to Kenny and his family. In Birmingham, a fire even strikes the church! To find out what happens next in this action-packed book, read The Watsons Go to Birmingham! This book is for girls and boys. L.G. The BFG by Roald Dahl The BFG is a book about a girl named Sphie who is taken out of her bed by a giant when she sees him one night. The giant is actually friendly, and he takes Sophie to where he lives. The BFG describes that he is nice, and they become friends. But, there are nine other bigger giants that eat people from all around the world that live there too. Sophie and the BFG get to know a lot of things about each other, and they help each other and become friends. Later in the book, they need to go to the Queen of England to tell her about something bad that is going to happen. Sophie and the BFG need the queen’s help to save the people. You need to read the book in order to find out how it turns out! Anyone, boys or girls will like this book and I would definitely rate it a 10+. C.D. Skellig by David Almond Michael was looking forward to living in his new house, but not anymore. His newly born sister wasn’t doing well and was in the hospital. The house he just moved into was a dump, which had a garage about to fall down. While he was helping his Dad fix up the house, he stumbled into the garage. In it were old pictures and furniture. Spider webs and dust were covering them. In the corner he saw an outline of a body and when he stepped closer he saw a man. The man was weak and had a pale face. Over a couple of days they became friends. During this time he showed his new friend Mina the man named Skellig and they moved him to an abandoned house. When he is at school he gets a call from his Dad saying that the baby is going to have heart surgery. To find out if the baby and Skellig survive, read Skellig by David Almond. C.C. One Fat Summer by One Fat Summer is a thrilling book about an overweight boy. He goes through being bullied all through the summer. He also gas to get a job mowing a mean man’s yard. His friend gets a nose job and he feels her can trust him. He learns how to do a great job mowing the lawn and he starts losing weight from the exercise. He builds up enough strength to face his bully. This is one of the greatest books in the world. Get it as soon as you can! This is the most thrilling book ever! If you are looking for a great and thrilling book, this is the right book for you. J.R, World Wide Dessert Contest by It all started 11 years ago when John Applefeller, a local cook, entered a contest call the, The World Wide Dessert Contest. John had hired a family friend who was 12 years old to help him our, his name was Sylvester S. Sweet. Every year Sylvester would find a sneaky idea to steal John’s famous recipes. Unfortunately Sylvester would take those ideas and enter them in the contest. Every year he would enter John’s recipes, and with them he had won the Silver Spoon for 11 years in a row. After 11 years John was ready to quit since he came close to last place whenever he entered until his friend Stanley encouraged him to try once more. Stanley was very good friends with a famous cook named Ragppm on another island, so John and Stanley went to visit him after Stanley got out of school. The Ragoon promised to help Stanley and John with another idea. They ended up inventing roller-skating- apple-pie. A year later John entered the pies and he entered into the finals against his enemy Sylvester S. Sweet. John was disliked by most of the judges, so he didn’t think that he had a fail chance in willing. Will John Applefeller ever win the silver spoon? If you want to find out I would recommend The World Wide Dessert Contest! K.M. Automatically clean input to optimize for the web. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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