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__Across Five Aprils__
==by Irene Hunt 8th grade Protected List ==

==Two brothers, one cousin, and one family friend join the Civil War. The Creightons all suffer anxiety == ==over whether they are alive or not. The climax of the war is the climax of the book, around the point ==

90 English copies
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==Takes Place around 1845. Tom and Huck want Injun Joe’s gold and fear Injun Joe is out to kill them. They witness a murder and then disappear. A conflict exists between Tom’s imagination and the rules and expectations of the adult world. ==

==76 English Copies * 4 Spanish Copies * Teacher Materials Available * Video == ==For More Information[] ==

__Animal Farm__
==by George Orwell 8th Grade Protected List ==

==An imaginary farm in England. Orwell means the fable to be contemporaneous with the object of its satire, the Russian Revolution ( 1917–1945 ). The animals throw off their human oppressors and establish a socialist state called Animal Farm; the pigs, being the most intelligent animals in the group, take control of the planning and government of the farm. ==

29 English Copies * Video For More Information <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[]

__Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl__
==<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">by Anne Frank 8th Grade Protected List ==

During the two years recorded in her diary, Anne deals with confinement and deprivation, as well as the complicated and difficult issues of growing up in the brutal circumstances of the Holocaust. Her diary describes a struggle to define herself within this climate of oppression. Anne’s diary ends without comment on August 1, 1944 , the end of a seemingly normal day that leaves us with the expectation of seeing another entry on the next page. However, the Frank family is betrayed to the Nazis and arrested on August 4, 1944.

30 English Copies * Soundbook * Litplans on CD * Video * DVD For More Information <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[]

==__The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">by <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Ernest J. Gaines 9th Grade Protected List ==

==<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">Jane Pittman is born into slavery on a plantation somewhere in Louisiana. Jane is called "Ticey" during her days as a slave and has no parents; Until she is around nine, Jane works in the Big House caring for the white children. She is eventually freed and the book follows her life. == ==<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">74 English Copies * Video == ==<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">For More Information <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[] ==

__Bearstone and Other Selected Works__
==<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">by Will Hobbs == == Set along Colorado's Continental Divide, 14-year-old Cloyd Atcitty is sent to work for an old rancher named Walter. While hiking in the cliffs above Walter's ranch, Cloyd discovers a turquoise bearstone in an ancient burial. Knowing that his people, the Utes, have a special relationship with bears, he decides to keep the small stone in hopes it will bring him strength.. Riding his horse far from camp, Cloyd comes face-to-face with the last grizzly bear in Colorado, only to find that there's a trophy hunter stalking the bear. In the story's exciting climax, Cloyd tries to warn the bear and to save Walter, who has been injured in a mining explosion. ==

90 English Copies
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__Biography and Autobiography__
==<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">by Several Authors == ==<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">This is a collection of __short story__ biographies and autobiographies. Includes topics of Hispanic Heritage, Native American Heritage, Foreign Pen Pals, Sports, Politics, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Astronauts, Jewish Nobel Prize Winner, & Authors. Some notables are Nelson Mandela, Don Yeager, Gary Soto, Gilda Radner, and Stephen Hawking. ==

==__Bridge to Terabithia__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">by Katherine Paterson 6th Grade Protected List ==

Set in a rural southern area in the late 1970s, two sixth graders, Leslie and Jesse become fast friends. Despite their family differences, they find common ground in the pretend land of Terabithia.
==<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Unfortunately, Leslie is tragically killed and Jesse must somehow learn to go on without her. ==

39 English Copies 4 Spanish Copies Soundbook Teacher Materials
==<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">For More Information<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[] ==

To Be Continued....