Johnny Tremain
	The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
	The Wrestling Season
	Charlotte's Web
	Into The West
	Holes

For Children

Johnny Tremain; Esther Forbes The book presents a balance of fictional and historical figures. After writing Paul Revere and The World He Lived In (a Pulitzer Prize winner), this book gave her the opportunity to write, not just what happened but how the people felt about what was happening. Coincidentally, Esther Forbes started to write this book the day after Pearl Harbor in 1941. The world premiere of this play at SCT was on Thursday September 11, 2001 -- two days after the World Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies.
War Comes to Will Freeman; James Lincoln Collier After her father is murdered, 13-year old Willy embarks on a journey to find her kidnapped mother. She discovers the difficulties, dangers, and rewards of being a free black female during the Revolutionary War.
Black Heroes of the American Revolution; Burke Davis	The Boston Tea Party; Steven Kroll
The American Revolution; Bonnie L. Lukes [Out Of Print]	Heroines of the American Revolution: America's Founding Mothers; Diane Silcox-Jarrett

For Parents and Teachers

The Revolutionary War; Louise Minks Where did the battle of Bunker Hill really take place? What is a "lobsterback?" Discover the answers to these questions and others in this fascinating account of the Revolutionary War. Minks describes the origins of the conflict, the events that too place in the days before the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired, and other major battles and key figures in the war.

Angel In The Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution; Benson Bobrick

The Last Refuge of Scoundrels: A Revolutionary Novel; Paul Lussier

For Children

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency; Daniel Pinkwater This is the story of a boy who desperately wants the kind of friendship that a pet can offer, unconditional and constant, but he ends up with something much more fantastical. Once the media get into the action, the whole town is whipped into a frenzy over the "one-thousand-pound" chicken that is on the loose.
Summer Reading Is Killing Me!; Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Illustrator) The Time Warp Trio is magically whisked into their summer reading list and subsequently into a battle between familiar characters from kids' books, including the Hoboken Chicken herself!
The Chicken Doesn't Skate; Gordon Korman	The Werewolf Club: The Magic Pretzel; Daniel Manus Pinkwater
The Education of Robert Nifkin; Daniel Manus Pinkwater	It's Raining Pigs and Noodles: Poems; Jack Prelutsky, James Stevenson (Illustrator)
In The Footsteps of Frankenstein; Steve Parker	Kat Kong; Dav Pilkey
Henny-Penny; Jane Wattenberg	The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events); Lemony Snicket
George Shrinks; William Joyce	A Hat for Minerva Louise; Janet Morgan Stoeke

For Parents and Teachers

Fish Whistle: Commentaries, Uncommentaries, and Vulgar Excesses; Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Genetic Engineering: Opposing Viewpoints; James D. Torr	Naked; David Sedaris

For Children

Speak; Laurie Halse Anderson Shunned and ridiculed by friends and classmates, freshman Melinda pays a devastating price for calling the police at an end of summer party, an act no one asks her to explain. A gripping, raw look at the dynamics of high school relationships.
Running Loose; Chris Crutcher		Wrestling Sturbridge; Rich Wallace
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts; Arthur Miller		Painting the Black; Carl Deuker
Out of Control; Norma Fox Mazer		The Chocolate War; Robert Cormier
Stargirl; Jerry Spinelli	Iceman; Chris Lynch		Hard Love; Ellen Wittlinger

For Parents and Educators:

A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence; Patricia Hersch Hersch's three-year journey into adolescence presents a provocative, honest view of eight average teenagers' lives. It is a sobering view and a wake-up call for parents.
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls; Mary Pipher	Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys; Daniel J. Kindlon, Michael Thompson, and Teresa Barker	Real Boys' Voices; William S. Pollack, Todd Shuster

For Children

Charlotte's Web; E. B. White Wilbur, an affectionate, often bashful, pig befriends a spider named Charlotte. Wilbur is devastated when he learns of his ultimate fate at the butcher. Charlotte spins a web that reads "Some Pig," convincing the farmer that Wilbur is no ordinary animal. In this story of friendship, hardship, and parting, this story reminds us to open our eyes to the wonder and miracle often found in the simplest of things.
Spiders Have Fangs; Claire Llewellyn Did you know: Spiders must spin a new web every day? Some spiders live under water? Some spiders can change color? Discover fascinating facts and hands-on fun in this book about spiders and other arachnids.
Freddy the Detective; Walter R. Brooks	Animal Stories; Dick King-Smith
Country Fair; Gail Gibbons	The Spider Who Created the World; Amy McDonald
Spectacular Spiders; Linda Glaser	The Trumpet of the Swan; E. B. White
Be Nice to Spiders; Margaret Bloy Graham	Life on a Pig Farm; Judy Wolfman
Ace: The Very Important Pig; Dick King-Smith	A Pet or Not?; Alvin Silverstein

For Parents and Educators

One Man's Meat; E. B. White This delightful collection of essays takes its name from the monthly Harper's Magazine column White wrote for many years. it charms readers with its witty observations on everyday life on a saltwater farm in Maine -- the same farm where White first encountered the barnyard characters who appear in Charlotte's Web.

For Children

The Moorchild; Eloise Jarvis McGraw Young Moql has been brought up as one of the Folk, small people who live in caverns beneath the moors. When the Folk find out she is of mixed parentage, however, she becomes an outcast and is blamed for the recent misfortune in their village. Her quest to understand who she really is makes compelling reading.
Fair, Brown and Trembling: An Irish Cinderella Story; Jude Daly	Celtic Fairy Tales: Retold With an Introduction by Neil Philip; Neil Philip
Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill; Retold by Tomie de Paola	Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure; Robert San Souci
The Pirate Queen; Emily Arnold McCully	Child of Faerie, Child of Earth; Jane Yolen

For Parents and Educators

The Names Upon the Harp: Irish Myth and Legend; Marie Heaney Meet the bold heroes and dastardly villains whose tales have been told  by bards and storytellers in Ireland for centuries. The nine stories in this thrilling collection represent the three cycles of Irish literature; the Mythological, the Ulster, and the Fenian. Glorious illustrations, source notes, and a pronunciation guide for the stories add depth and drama.

For Children

Holes; Louis Sachar Stanley Yelnats struggles to outwit a heartless warden, save a fellow inmate, and end the family curse in this wild and wonderful novel set in a detention camp for boys.
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine Dave, a feisty and fearless orphan, is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly and longs for escape. He sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance. Wonderful characterization and description capture historical details and the richness of Jewish and Yiddish cultures.
Heaven Eyes by David Almond	I Am the Ice Worm by Maryann Easley
The Maze by Will Hobbs	The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg

For Parents and Educators

Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps for Success by Stedman Graham

Teens in Turmoil: A Path to Change for Parents, Adolescents, and Their Families by Carol Maxym, Leslie B. York

The Seven-Year Stretch: Growing Through Adolescence: The Family Process and How It Works by Laura Scribner Kastner, Jennifer F. Wyatt