Book Bash 2020

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Since his best friend died in a bus accident, seventh grader Tristan Strong feels weak. Sick with grief, Tristan is sent to live with his grandparents.  But on his first night there, a creature tries to steal his last link with his best friend.  So begins Tristan's adventure with mythic creatures and folk heroes.

Rick and Kwame Talk Tristan Strong

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Help others decide what to read next. When you've read a book, leave your thoughts on Flipgrid!

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Meet Jordan Banks | NEW KID by Jerry Craft

Jordan has to start over at a fancy new private school with few black students.  Can he fit in at school or in his old neighborhood?  He's just trying to fit in both worlds.

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Nobody Owens, a live human boy, is being raised by ghosts in a graveyard. If Bod leaves the safety of the graveyard, a killer named Jack may be after him. The same Jack has already killed Bod’s family.

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman book trailer

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A wildfire tears through the countryside, as Sam and Delphy get lost from their summer camps. They try to keep moving as the fire threatens to burn them alive.

Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick | Official Book Trailer

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He's brilliant and homeless. Thirteen year old Felix Knutsson lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio in a van. It's a secret he keeps from everyone at his new school. He goes hungry some nights, and he showers once a week at a community center. But, if he wins a game show, he could win enough money to get a real place to live. If he's lucky that is...

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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian Football Team

The true story of the greatest athlete of the 20th Century, Jim Thorpe and his years at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Rain Reign book trailer

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Normal. Can't she just have a normal life? Twelve-year-old Catherine has a have a brother with autism and her family seems to live their life around him. She loves her brother, but is frustrated with embarrassing behavior in public.

Rules by Cynthia Lord- Book Trailer

Jimmy McClean is a Lakota boy that is part white and part Lakota. His grandfather Nyles High Eagle takes Jimmy on journey that follows where Crazy Horse lived, fought, and died. As the two travel the country, Jimmy learns more about his Lakota heritage and how to live in a modern world.

The strength of a tree, the old ones say, comes not from growing thicker in the good years when there is water, but from staying alive in the bad, dry times.

Joseph Marshall - The Wisdom of Our Grandparents

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Talking about boogers. Stealing pocket change. Skateboarding. Wiping out. Braving up. Executing complicated handshakes. Planning an escape. Making jokes. Lotioning up. Finding comfort. But mostly, too busy walking home.

This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it happen.

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Wonder Book Trailer YouTube video from SSIS Official Rick and Kwame Talk Tristan Strong YouTube video from Read Riordan Front Desk by Kelly Yang YouTube video from Scholastic Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School YouTube video from Bethel Park Public Library Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick Official Book Trailer YouTube video from Scholastic

Take Me to the River Book Trailer YouTube video from Denton ISD Libraries Rules by Cynthia Lord Book Trailer YouTube video from Katie Keyes Michael Vey Book Trailer YouTube video from Glenn Beck Book List Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Book Trailer YouTube video from Nathan Cunliffe The Graveyard by Neil Gaiman Book Trailer YouTube video from Ashton Hooker

New York City in 1860. 12-year-old twins Alex and Cleo join a gang, but are caught by the police.  Fleeing the city, Alex is kidnapped and forced to work on a ship that is heading for San Francisco via Cape Horn. Cleo stows away on a different ship to try to find her brother.

Isabella is being pulled in different directions by parents divorcing. It's like she has to be a different person in each parent's life. Can't she just be Isabella?

Meet the Author: Sharon Draper

"The only reason I ever spoke to Salma Santiago was because my dog ate her lunch."

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Lily and her blind dog Lucky meet Salma, one of the migrant workers picking blueberries nearby. Soon the girls plot how to help make money for Lucky's eye surgery, all while getting ready for the Blueberry Queen pageant.

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Dylan and Rio decide to take a raft down the Rio Grande.  By themselves.  During a hurricane. If the weather wasn't enough of a problem, an armed man begins chasing them.  To make matters worse, their families don't know anything about their trip. 

Take Me To the River - Book Trailer

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Cameron just wants to hang out in this basement playing video games. His parents insist he do "more" with school. To get them off his back, he makes a fake school club. Much to his horror, the club take off, he's stuck having to do real work and less gaming.

Slacker by Gordon Korman

You pick what YOU want to read from 21 titles. Multiple copies of each in the library!

Graphic novels Fantasy Biography Action Adventure Realistic Mystery Science Fiction Historical

Read 3, earn our party Read 4, earn a t-shirt Read 5, earn a trip to the mall

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Gaijin: American Prisoner of War

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"I didn't destroy a Death Star or anything like that, but I did just get through the fifth grade"

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Book Creator: Miss Jennifer Holtgrew Flipgrid narration: Miss Jennifer Holtgrew Book jacket photos: Barnes and Noble Compass South excerpt: Book Riot Gaijin excerpt: Epichehlreader Wonder movie photo: Lightning Film Review Front Desk character photo: Kelly Yang Twitter Harry Potter movie photo: Warner Chappell

Joseph Marshall - The Wisdom of Our Grandparents YouTube video from Sounds True Susin Nielsen YouTube video from BTCLA Meet the Author Sharon Draper YouTube video from Fairfax County Public Schools Rain Reign Book Trailer YouTube video from Henderson Productions Meet Jordan Banks YouTube video from Shelf Stuff

A Handful of Stars Book Promotion YouTube video from Children's Lit 2015 Took by Mary Downing Hahn YouTube video from Mooresville Public Library Slacker by Gordon Korman YouTube video from Scholastic Look Both Ways YouTube video from Love. Write. Speak. Gaijin: American Prisoner of War YouTube video from matt91961

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Book Trailer

I dreamed a giant called Hagrid came to tell me I was going to a school for wizards

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A ghost story about a witch with a man-eating razorback hog.  Thirteen-year-old Daniel Anderson just doesn’t believe Brody Mason’s crazy stories. But then  Daniel’s seven-year-old sister Erica disappears into the woods one day. Is it true that Erica has been taken by the witch?

Took, by Mary Downing Hahn (MPL Book Trailer #302)

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

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Michael Vey is nothing special, just the weirdo who has Tourette’s syndrome. His secret?  He has electric powers.  Michael finds a cheerleader with similar powers, but soon they are hunted by people with guns.  Serious people with serious weapons.  