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Volunteer State Book Award
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Book pictures and summaries
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permission from Bound to
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Realistic Fiction |
Heat by Mike Lupica
Pitching Prodigy Michael Arroyo is
on the run from social services after being banned from playing
Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only
twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
220 p. |
Historical Fiction |
Journey to the Bottomless Pit:
The Story of Stephen Bishop & Mammoth Cave
by Elizabeth Mitchell
In 1838, seventeen-year-old Stephen
Bishop serves as guide to Mammoth Cave. Bishop remains the
greatest explorer of Mammoth Cave.
Based on real events 99 p. |
Historical Fiction |
Blood on the
River: James Town 1607
by Elisa Carbone
Eleven-year-old orphan Sam
Collier journeys to the New World as the page of Captain John
Smith. Based on the true story of the settlement of James
Town. 237 p.I
Highly Recommended
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The size of a
school library's staff and collection is the best single predicator of
student achievement, outweighing school spending in general, the income
and education of the parents, and the teacher-pupil ratio. The Impact of School Library Media
Centers on Academic Achievement: White House Conference on School
Libraries.
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