Happy New Year!

Some exciting stories that the students are reading are:

DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS
by Mary Downing Hahn

This is a ghost story that will send a shiver…or two…or three…up your spine.
Ali loves her mom, but feels she might suffocate under her watchful eye. Freedom comes to Ali when she is invited to the family’s old vacation home for the summer. Ali’s mom does not want her to go. But Ali does go and then……

ELEPHANT RUN
by Roland Smith

You will be whisk back to World War II in this exciting adventure book.
When the bombs of World War II destroy Nick’s home in London, he is sent to Burma. His parents think that he will be safe away from Europe. But they are wrong! War is knocking on Burma’s door. Nick is faced with danger as World War II breaks the door down.
“ It’s Great!”
Jack 5th grade

SEEKERS #1: THE QUEST BEGINS
by Erin Hunter

The first book in a brand-new series by the author of the Warriors series!

Three young bears have been separated from their families. Kallik is a polar bear. Lusa is a black bear. Toklo is a grizzly bear. All around them the nation’s wild places are facing environmental degradation. Their chances of survival are slim to none. Three bears alone until fate steps in. Together they must seek a place in which they will not merely survive, but they will thrive.

SPIDERS
by Nic Bishop

Up-close-and-personal! Big, small, hairy, fish-catching, bird-eating, yellow, green and many other colors. You will see it all in this non-fiction book. Through the camera lens explore the world of spiders.