Awesome Dog 5000 by Justin Dean. This fun story is full of great kids, robotic dogs, evil scientists and creative inventions. Meet 10 year old Marty, who is about to start a new school hoping to find "cool" friends and popularity. When his first day does not go well, Marty finds himself embarrassed and in danger of being labeled "dork". But then he meets Marty and Skyler who might not be in the cool crowd but instead they are nice, friendly, interesting and share his love/obsession with the video game, Sheriff Turbo-Karate! Marty also discovers that the inventor who used to live in his house, has left an amazing robotic invention that Marty finds, activates and names - Awesome Dog 5000. Awesome Dog 5000 will take Marty and his new friends on some wild adventures with evil scientists and great escapes. Fantasy, Grades 2-4 A Dog-Friendly Town by Josephine Cameron. Pick this book up if you love dogs and mysteries! 12 year old Epic McDade lives with his parents and siblings, Rondo, age 9 and Elvis, age 8 in an unusual home - it is a Bed and Breakfast for Dogs (and their humans). The kids all help out and their duties include walking the pampered dog guests, cleaning rooms and entertaining the pups. But when a dog magazine names their town, Carmelito, California the "dog friendliest in the US", their bed and breakfast becomes the weekend headquarters for the award ceremony and celebrity dogs and their owners begin to check in. Then a television star dog's diamond collar is stolen and Epic, Rondo and Elvis decide they can solve the crime and find the culprit. Grades 3-5, Realistic Fiction with humor and dogs! Stanley Will Probably be Fine by Sally Pla. Stanley is a worrier, and while he works hard on how to relieve stress, it is a difficult battle. And entering 7th grade with a principal that seems obsessed with safety alerts and alarming drills is not helping. Nor is the fact that his best friend, Joon, who used to love comics like Stanley does, seems suddenly more interested in other friends and soccer. So Stanley spends more time alone with his comic books and his own art, creating a comic character called John Lockdown. But when his town announces a huge new Comic Trivia Contest that Stanley knows he can win and his new next door neighbor and potential friend, Liberty enters with him, things begin to look up. Read to find out if they can win, while learning a lot of comic trivia and how to conquer fears too! The Lost Girl by Anne Urus. Meet Iris and Lark, identical twins who are exactly alike on the outside, but very different inside. Iris is rational, organized and assertive, while Lark is dreamy and artistic. But they are extremely close and have always supported and complemented each other perfectly. So when they are assigned to different classes in 5th grade, for the first time ever, their world is shaken. Lark's shyness and anxiety seem to get worse and her confidence lessens, while Iris has difficulty connecting to her new classmates and worries about her twin. When a new store called "Treasure Hunters" sets up shop in their Minneapolis neighborhood with odd messages appearing on their sign, the sisters are intrigued but it is Iris that gets involved in a strange mystery while her twin is in danger of getting "lost". A great blend of truth and reality with unusual mystery and magic. Grades 3-5 Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors. This story is told in alternating chapters by Gizmo, a guinea pig (or as he correctly insists - a Cavy part of the rodent family not the pig family) and Wedgie, a corgi puppy who loves to wear a red cape and believe he is a super dog. The two animals come to live in the same house when Elliot's dad (Gizmo's owner) marries Wedgie's mom, mother of Jackson and Jasmine. Gizmo does not like the new set up, especially when Jasmine dresses him up in a tutu and carries him in her pocket. Wedgie, however, loves Gizmo who he calls the "furry potato", as much as he loves taking his humans for a walk, sniffing everything and his cape. Gizmo who is very smart and can even read (taught by the parrot in the pet shop he used to live in) hatches many plots to escape. Read, laugh and enjoy this animal and family adventure. Grades 2-3.
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AuthorI am the Library Media Center director at Patton School in Arlington Heights where I help students from kindergarten through 5th grade find terrific independent reading for enjoyment and information, and teach students the skills to use information and technology safely and productively and to connect, communicate and share with others. I have four grown children, a large black dog, (flat coat retriever) and a small striped cat. I am an obessive Chicago Cubs fan and I love to run. Patton LMC Summer Reading Blog |