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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. Recommended Reading small medium large 1) The Tale of Despereaux Author: Kate DiCamillo Despereaux is the smallest mouse in the castle, born with large ears and an even larger heart. He falls in love with the human Princess Pea and is banished to the dungeon by his family for not conforming. Meanwhile, the rat Chiaroscuro, falls in love with light. When he leaves the dungeon to find the light, he frightens the queen to death and ends up back in the dungeon with a grudge against Princess Pea. Out in the town, a girl named Miggery Sow, is sold into slavery by her father. She dreams of being a princess herself one day. All three stories combine in the final part of the book in a satisfying ending for nearly everyone. 2) Holes Author: Louis Sachar Stanley Yelnats is under a curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten- pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. Now Stanley has been sent to a boys' prison known as Camp Green Lake. Here the evil warden makes the boys "build character" by spending each day digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize that there is something not right with Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. 3) Hoot Author: Paul Hiaasen Roy is the new kid in town. From the school bus window, as a bully is harassing him, Roy sees a barefoot boy running by and Roy is determined to find out who that boy was. Roy follows the boy, and learns that he is trying to protect the nesting site of some rare owls. Strange things start to happen—alligators pop up in portable potties and a tough girl takes a bite out of Roy's bike tire—before Roy works out a way to get revenge on the bully and help the barefoot boy save the owls. 4) Sounder Author: William H. Armstrong A young black boy grows in courage and understanding after his father is sent to jail for stealing food to feed the family. While the father is in jail, the boy is determined to learn how to read and take care of his injured dog Sounder. 5) The Phantom Tollbooth Author: Norton Juster Milo was a very bored child. One day he finds a tollbooth in his bedroom and when he drives through it, Milo finds wild adventures in Dictionopolis, the land of words; Digitopolis, the world of numbers, and many locations in between. He is on a quest to bring back Princess Rhyme and Princess Reason. The book is filled with crazy characters like the Spelling Bee who spells the words that he speaks, and the creatures of the Doldrums who fall asleep before they finish their sentences. 6) Bridge to Terabithia Author: Katherine Paterson Jesse practices all summer so that he can be the fastest runner in his fifth- grade class. Despite his practice, however, he loses the race to Leslie Burke, the new girl in school. Despite Jesse's loss, he becomes friends with Leslie. Together they build the imaginary kingdom of Terabitia in the woods! 7) Anne of Green Gables Author: L.M. Montgomery This is my favorite story! It is about Anne, a precocious, talkative 11-year-old orphan. She is adopted by an elderly brother and sister and changes everyone’s lives, quite unexpectedly, for the good. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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