tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64791160914925133212024-03-04T22:01:35.825-08:00Falmouth Mock NewberyWelcome to the Falmouth Memorial Library's Mock Newbery site. The Mock Newbery Book Club voted for their Top Ten Favorites. The Mock Newbery Election will take place on Monday, January 3rd, after school at Plummer-Motz. Come and see which book wins!FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-65374757212701740622011-01-11T16:04:00.000-08:002011-01-11T16:04:15.929-08:00Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool<a href="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/56060000/56063403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cover Image" border="0" fullimagepath="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/56060000/56063403.JPG" height="200" id="56063403" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/56060000/56063403.JPG" width="132" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">From the Publisher:<i> "Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><i><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><i>Having heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that it’s just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment quickly turns to excitement when she discovers a hidden cigar box full of mementos, including some old letters that mention a spy known as the Rattler. These mysterious letters send Abilene and her new friends, Lettie and Ruthanne, on an honest-to-goodness spy hunt, even though they are warned to “Leave Well Enough Alone.” </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><i>Abilene throws all caution aside when she heads down the mysterious Path to Perdition to pay a debt to the reclusive Miss Sadie, a diviner who only tells stories from the past. It seems that Manifest’s history is full of colorful and shadowy characters—and long-held secrets. The more Abilene hears, the more determined she is to learn just what role her father played in that history. And as Manifest’s secrets are laid bare one by one, Abilene begins to weave her own story into the fabric of the town."</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Publisher: Random House, 2010, 368 pp.</span>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-23909137589424457172011-01-11T15:58:00.000-08:002011-01-11T16:06:56.905-08:00ANNOUNCING THE WINNER AND HONOR BOOKSThe four honor books:<br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-crazy-summer-by-rita-williams.html">One Crazy Summer </a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/heart-of-samuari-by-margi-preus.html">Heart of a Samurai</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/dark-emperor-and-other-poems-of-night.html">Dark Emperor and other Poems of the Night</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/05/turtle-in-paradise-by-jennifer-l-holm.html">Turtle in Paradise</a><br />
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AND THE WINNING TITLE IS:<br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2011/01/moon-over-manifest-by-clare-vanderpool.html">Moon over Manifest</a>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-61975744122011947702011-01-03T15:13:00.000-08:002011-01-03T15:13:38.288-08:00AND THE WINNER IS....Today at our Mock Newbery Election, participants from our book group voted for the following:<br />
Winner: <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/03/out-of-my-mind-by-sharon-draper_30.html">Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper</a><br />
Honor books in ranking order: <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/05/turtle-in-paradise-by-jennifer-l-holm.html">Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm,</a> <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/03/mirror-mirror-book-of-reversable-verse.html">Mirror Mirror: a Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer</a>, <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/candymakers-by-wendy-mass.html">Candymakers by Wendy Mass</a>, <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/07/strange-case-of-origami-yoda-by-tom.html">The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Stephen Angleberger</a><br />
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Congratulations to the Falmouth Mock Newbery Book Group for your enthusiasm. You guys were awesome.<br />
A big THANK YOU to our ten readers from the community. It made the event that much more special.<br />
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Cathy Potter, the school librarian was instrumental in making this whole project a success.<br />
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Get ready to start reading the 2011 books for the 2012 Mock Newbery Club.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-65322469651643473242010-12-21T11:20:00.000-08:002010-12-21T11:20:02.918-08:00Announcing the Mock Newbery -- Top 10 List!Members of the Falmouth Mock Newbery Book Club nominated their favorite titles for the Top Ten List. Book club members will vote for the book that will become the Falmouth Mock Newbery Winner on Monday, January 3rd after school held at Plummer-Motz.<br />
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Here is the Top Ten List (in alphabetical order)<br />
1. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/candymakers-by-wendy-mass.html">Candymakers by Wendy Mass</a><br />
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2. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/07/countdown-by-deborah-wiles.html">Countdown by Deborah Wiles</a><br />
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3. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/06/keeper-by-kathi-appelt.html">Keeper by Kathi Appelt</a><br />
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4. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/03/mirror-mirror-book-of-reversable-verse.html">Mirror, Mirror: a Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer</a><br />
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5. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/nest-for-celeste-henry-cole.html">A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole</a><br />
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6. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/03/out-of-my-mind-by-sharon-draper_30.html">Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper</a><br />
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7. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/sparky-life-of-art-of-charles-schulz-by.html">Sparky: the Life and Art of Charles Schulz by Beverly Gherman</a><br />
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8. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/07/strange-case-of-origami-yoda-by-tom.html">The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger</a><br />
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9. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/touch-blue-by-cynthia-lord.html">Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord</a><br />
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10. <a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/05/turtle-in-paradise-by-jennifer-l-holm.html">Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm</a>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-26839718503592166642010-11-16T12:56:00.000-08:002010-11-16T12:56:37.324-08:00Word After Word After Word by Patricia MacLachlan<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780060279721&imId=58092348" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780060279721&imId=58092348');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/58080000/58085876.JPG" width="133" /></a> From the Publisher: <em>"Every school day feels the same for fourth graders Lucy and Henry and Evie and Russell and May. Then Ms. Mirabel comes to their class—bringing magical words and a whole new way of seeing and understanding."</em><br />
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Publisher: HarperCollins, 2010, 128 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-29516413851516366542010-11-16T12:54:00.000-08:002010-11-16T12:54:39.013-08:00Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780316070164&imId=47682979" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780316070164&imId=47682979');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/47670000/47676987.JPG" width="156" /></a>From the Publisher: <em>"It was February 1, 1960. They didn't need menus. Their order was simple. A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side. Courageously defying the WHITES ONLY edict of the era, four young black men took a stand against the injustice of segregation in America by sitting down at the lunch counter of a Woolworth's department store. Countless others of all races soon joined the cause following Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful words of peaceful protest. By sitting down together, they stood up for civil rights and created the perfect recipe for integration not only at the Woolworth's counter, but on buses and and in communities throughout the South." </em><br />
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Publisher: Little Brown, 2010, 40 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-2546799136511954512010-11-16T12:51:00.000-08:002010-11-16T12:51:51.459-08:00Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhoades<a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ninth-Ward/Jewell-Parker-Rhodes/e/9780316043076/?itm=1&USRI=ninth+ward" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common" xmlns:math="http://exslt.org/math"> <img alt="Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes: Book Cover" border="0" height="187" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/65670000/65676770.JPG" width="128" /> </a>From the Publisher: <em>"Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. She doesn't have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street. But what she does have is Mama Ya-Ya, her fiercely loving caretaker, wise in the ways of the world and able to predict the future. So when Mama Ya-Ya's visions show a powerful hurricane--Katrina--fast approaching, it's up to Lanesha to call upon the hope and strength Mama Ya-Ya has given her to help them both survive the storm."</em><br />
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Publisher: Little Brown, 2010, 217 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-62447530209642622392010-11-16T12:49:00.000-08:002010-11-16T12:49:32.904-08:00The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/45450000/45452909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cover Image" border="0" fullimagepath="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/45450000/45452909.JPG" height="200" id="45452909" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/45450000/45452909.JPG" width="142" /></a> From the Publisher: <em>"What would happen to a fairy if she lost her wings and could no longer fly? Flory, a young night fairy no taller than an acorn and still becoming accustomed to her wings — wings as beautiful as those of a luna moth — is about to find out. What she discovers is that the world is very big and very dangerous. But Flory is fierce and willing to do whatever it takes to survive. If that means telling others what to do — like Skuggle, a squirrel ruled by his stomach — so be it. Not every creature, however, is as willing to bend to Flory’s demands."</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Publisher: Candlewick, 2010, 117 pp.</div>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-3797546191195902542010-11-16T12:29:00.000-08:002010-11-16T12:29:34.807-08:00The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O'Connor<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780374368500&imId=63576107" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780374368500&imId=63576107');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/63570000/63572219.JPG" width="140" /></a>From the Publisher: <em>"An amazing secret has tumbled off a freight train into Carter, Georgia, and Owen Jester is the only person who knows about it. If he can simply manage to evade his grandfather’s snappish housekeeper, organize his two best friends, and keep his nosy neighbor, Viola, at bay, he just might be in for the summer of a lifetime." </em><br />
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, 176 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-25910588243960600302010-11-16T12:04:00.000-08:002010-11-16T12:04:43.545-08:00Emily's Fortune by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor<div style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cover Image" fullimagepath="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/44430000/44439349.JPG" height="200" id="44439349" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/44430000/44439349.JPG" width="132" /></div><br />
From the Publisher:<em> "Emily Wiggins is poor and timid, without a drop of self-confidence. When she is unexpectedly orphaned, she is left all alone except for her turtle, Rufus.</em> <br />
<em>What in blinkin' bloomers should Emily do? Emily's neighbors, Mrs. Ready, Mrs. Aim, and Mrs. Fire, have the answer: Emily must travel by stagecoach to the home of her honorable aunt Hilda. What a rootin' tootin' grand idea!</em><br />
<em>But Miss Catchum of the Catchum Child-Catching Services will get a big bonus for delivering Emily to her next of kin, the vicious Uncle Victor. How the ding dong dickens will Emily escape Miss Catchum? It will take all the gumption and cunning of fellow orphan and traveler Jackson to help Emily find her confidence, her conniving spirit, and the true reason Uncle Victor wants to claim her."</em><br />
Publisher: Random House, 2010, 160 pp.<br />
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But how in flippin' flapjacks will Emily outsmart Uncle Victor?FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-13313373707944847602010-11-16T11:59:00.000-08:002010-11-16T11:59:34.712-08:00Clementine: Friend of the Week by Sara Pennypacker<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> From the publisher: <em>"</em><a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9781423113553&imId=67188652" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9781423113553&imId=67188652');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><em><img border="0" height="200" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/67180000/67188588.JPG" width="141" /></em></a><em>It's Clementine's turn to be "Friend of the Week"! She gets to be line leader, collect the lunch money, and feed the fish. Even better, the other kids will make her a booklet, full of the things they value about having her in the class. After reading her friend Margaret's booklet, Clementine begins to get nervous and a little jealous --she has to get a great booklet now. Fortunately, she has a lot of astoundishing ideas for getting the kids to write great stuff about her. Unfortunately, just as she's working on the best one, something terrible happens to her beloved kitten Moisturizer. Worst of all, exactly when she needs a friend the most, Margaret lets her down."</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Publisher: Hyperion, 2010, 176 pp.</div>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-28685993953303901392010-11-16T11:04:00.000-08:002010-11-16T14:31:06.459-08:00List #3This list has fewer titles than previous lists so that you are able to read more of the titles. Though we urge you to read two books from this list for the December book club meeting, we are also encouraging participants to continue reading from lists #1 and #2. At our December meeting we will be asking for book suggestions for the final list. <br />
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<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/11/clementine-friend-of-week-by-sara.html">Clementine: Friend of the Week</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/03/falling-in-by-frances-oroark-dowell.html">Falling In by Frances </a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/11/fantastic-secret-of-owen-jester-by.html">Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester </a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/11/night-fairy-by-laura-amy-schlitz.html">The Night Fairy</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/11/ninth-ward-by-jewell-parker-rhoades.html">Ninth Ward</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/11/sit-in-how-four-friends-stood-up-by.html">Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/04/star-in-forest-by-laura-resau.html">Star in the Forest</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/11/word-after-word-after-word-by-patricia.html">Word After Word After Word</a><br />
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<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/nest-for-celeste-henry-cole-ballet-for.html">Reading List #2</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/08/first-reading-list-for-2011-mock.html">Reading List #1</a><br />
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<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/mock-newbery-book-club-discussion.html">Mock Newbery Book Club information</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/mock-newbery-book-club-discussion.html">Book Discussion guidelines</a>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-18056883198220482202010-10-20T07:06:00.000-07:002010-11-16T11:22:08.230-08:00Mock Newbery Book Club- Discussion Guidelines<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Optima; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: Optima; font-size: 13pt;">Use the list below to help you prepare for our book club meeting. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: Optima; font-size: 13pt;">We will use this list to discuss books at our book club meeting.</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Characters:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Who is the main character?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">What makes the character unique or special?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">What is the character’s problem in the story?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Who are other important characters in the story?</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Setting:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Where does the story take place? </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">How is the location important to the story?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">When does the story take place?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Plot: </span></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">What are some important events?</span></li>
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<ul style="font-family: Times; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Be sure not to give away too much information about the events (especially the ending) in case other book club members want to read the book next month.</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Author’s style:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"></span></div></div><ul style="font-family: Times; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">What techniques does the author use? (Examples: Use of repetition, use of similes, short sentences, writing in poetic form, etc…)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Who is the narrator of the story?</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Presentation:</span></b></div></div><ul style="font-family: Times; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">How is the book organized? What the writing clear and made sense? Was it accurate?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Theme:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"></span></div></div><ul style="font-family: Times; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">What is the theme or message of the story? (Examples of themes are courage, love, prejudice, war, honesty, death, friendship, etc…)</span><b><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></b></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Is it a “distinguished” or excellent book?</span></b></div></div><ul style="font-family: Times; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">What makes this book distinguished or excellent?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Do you think it should win a Newbery Medal? Why or why not?</span></li>
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</div><div><a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/nest-for-celeste-henry-cole-ballet-for.html">Reading list #2</a></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"></ul>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-79167594973419121002010-10-16T08:37:00.000-07:002010-10-16T08:37:41.541-07:00Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780823421824" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780823421824');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="159" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/68430000/68436369.JPG" width="185" /></a>A chronicle of the life of General Gilbert de Lafayette, a Frenchman who came to the aid in the American Revolution.<br />
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Publisher: Holiday House, 2010, 88 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-5012024517471925102010-10-16T08:34:00.000-07:002010-10-16T08:34:46.250-07:00Candymakers by Wendy Mass<div style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cover Image" fullimagepath="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/65780000/65786855.JPG" height="200" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/65780000/65786855.JPG" width="137" /></div><br />
From the Publisher: "<em>Four children have been chosen to compete in a national competition to find the tastiest confection in the country. Who will invent a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Lightning Chew? </em><em>Logan, the Candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate by touch alone? Miles, the boy who is allergic to merry-go-rounds and the color pink? </em><em>Daisy, the cheerful girl who can lift a fifty-pound lump of taffy like it's a feather? </em><em>Or Philip, the suit-and-tie wearing boy who's always scribbling in a secret notebook?"</em><br />
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Publisher: Little, Brown, 2010, 453 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-77718200504493432682010-10-16T08:18:00.000-07:002010-10-16T08:18:37.474-07:00Betti on the High Wire by Lisa Railsback<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780803733886" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780803733886');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/56080000/56082433.JPG" width="132" /></a>From the Publisher: <em>"Ten-year-old Babo and the other "leftover kids" live on an abandoned circus camp in a war-torn country. Babo believes her circus-star parents will come back for her any day now, so she is not one bit happy when an American couple adopts her. She hates her new name (Betti) and is confused by everything in America. She's determined to run away. But as Betti slowly begins to trust her new family and even makes a friend, she decides maybe she can stay just one more day."</em><br />
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Publisher: Penguin, 2010, 288 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-33054804189272815422010-10-16T08:14:00.000-07:002010-10-16T08:16:07.289-07:00Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">From the Publisher: "<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780810989818" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780810989818');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/59510000/59512738.JPG" width="132" /></a><em>In 1841, a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship. Japan’s borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew sets off to America, learning English on the way. Manjiro, a fourteen-year-old boy, is curious and eager to learn everything he can about this new culture. Eventually the captain adopts Manjiro and takes him to his home in New England. The boy lives for some time in New England, and then heads to San Francisco to pan for gold. After many years, he makes it back to Japan, only to be imprisoned as an outsider. With his hard-won knowledge of the West, Manjiro is in a unique position to persuade the shogun to ease open the boundaries around Japan; he may even achieve his unlikely dream of becoming a samurai."</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Publisher: Abrams, 2010, 320 pp.</em></div>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-40750634357675702532010-10-16T08:12:00.000-07:002010-11-16T11:23:10.798-08:00Danger Box by Blue Balliett<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780439852098" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780439852098');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/62680000/62687977.JPG" width="132" /></span></a><span style="color: yellow;">From the Publisher: <em>"A boy in a small town who has a different way of seeing.</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: yellow;">A mischievous girl who won't stay in one place.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: yellow;">A mysterious notebook .</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: yellow;">A fire.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: yellow;">A stranger.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: yellow;">A death.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: yellow;">These are some of the things you'll find within The Danger Box." </span></em><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Publisher: Scholastic, 2010, 320 pp.</span>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-59593452232637298282010-10-16T07:50:00.000-07:002010-10-20T07:36:28.323-07:00A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole<div style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cover Image" fullimagepath="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/45410000/45417004.JPG" height="200" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/45410000/45417004.JPG" width="152" /></div><br />
From the Publisher: <em>"Beneath the crackled and faded painting of a horse, underneath the worn and dusty floorboards of the dining room, lives Celeste, a mouse who spends her days weaving baskets, until one day she is thrust into the world above. Here Celeste encounters danger—and love—unlike any she's ever imagined. She dodges a hungry cat and witnesses the brutality of hunting for the first time. She makes friends with a singing thrush named Cornelius, a talkative osprey named Lafayette, and Joseph, Audubon's young apprentice. All the while, Celeste is looking for a new home. Is her home in the toe of a worn boot? Nestled in Joseph's pocket? Or in the dollhouse in the attic, complete with mouse-size furniture perfect for Celeste? In the end, Celeste discovers that home is really the place deep inside her heart, where friendships live."</em><br />
<div style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div>Publisher: HarperCollins, 2010, 342 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-80467371785976351362010-10-16T07:45:00.000-07:002010-11-16T13:12:14.316-08:00THE SECOND READING LISTRead 2 books from this list for the Mock Newbery Book Club meeting on November 18th.<br />
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<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/nest-for-celeste-henry-cole.html">A Nest for Celeste -- Henry Cole</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/ballet-for-martha-making-appalachian.html">Ballet for Martha -- Jan Greenberg</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/betti-on-high-wire-by-lisa-railsback.html">Betti on the High Wire -- Lisa Railsback</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/candymakers-by-wendy-mass.html">Candymakers -- Wendy Mass</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/05/dancing-pancake-by-eileen-spinelli.html">Dancing Pancake -- Eileen Spinelli</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/danger-box-by-blue-balliett.html">Danger Box -- Blue Balliett</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/dark-emperor-and-other-poems-of-night.html">Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night -- Joyce Sidman</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/heart-of-samuari-by-margi-preus.html">Heart of a Samurai -- Margi Preus</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/lafayette-and-american-revolution-by.html">Lafayette and the American Revolution -- Russell Freedman</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/mary-mae-and-gospel-truth-by-sandra.html">Mary Mae and the Gospel Truth -- Sandra Dutton</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/03/mysterious-howling-by-maryrose-wood.html">Mysterious Howling: the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place -- MaryRose Wood</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/sparky-life-of-art-of-charles-schulz-by.html">Sparky: the Life and Art of Charles Schulz -- Beverly Gherman</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/07/strange-case-of-origami-yoda-by-tom.html">Strange Case of Origami Yoda -- Tom Angleberger</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/touch-blue-by-cynthia-lord.html">Touch Blue -- Cynthia Lord </a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-happened-on-fox-street-by-tricia.html">What Happened on Fox Street - Tricia Springstubb</a><br />
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<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/08/first-reading-list-for-2011-mock.html">Reading list #1</a><br />
<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/11/list-3.html">Reading list #3</a><br />
Mock Newbery Book Group informationFML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-13790096530352525722010-10-09T13:34:00.000-07:002010-10-16T11:32:17.965-07:00Mock Newbery Book Club for students in Grades 3- 6Do you like to read? Do you enjoy talking about books? If so, join the Mock Newbery Book Club run by Mrs. Potter at the Plummer-Motz school and Mrs. C from Falmouth Memorial Library. We will hold three meetings, October 28th, November 18th, and December 16th from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. at the Plummer-Motz Library. Those interested please sign up (forms available from Mrs. Potter and at the Falmouth Memorial Library)<br />
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Keep in mind the following expectations:<br />
1. Each member is expected to read at least 2 books from the monthly reading list which will be posted on this blog. (<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/08/first-reading-list-for-2011-mock.html">http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/08/first-reading-list-for-2011-mock.html</a>)<br />
2. Members will share their thoughts about the books they read at monthly book club meetings held after school in October, November, December at Plummer-Motz.<br />
3. Members are expected to come to book club meetings prepared. Being prepared means having read 2 books and being willing to share thoughts about the books.<br />
4. Regular attendance at book club meetings is required to ensure the book club is a success.<br />
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For those unable to attend the meetings but would like to participate on January 3, 2011 at the Mock Newbery Election, read from the list and post your comments to the blog. We expect all who wish to try guessing the next Newbery winner will have read at least six books from any of the three lists.<br />
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Have questions? contact Mrs. Potter or Mrs C.<br />
Happy reading!<br />
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<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/08/first-reading-list-for-2011-mock.html">Reading List #1</a><br />
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<a href="http://falmouthmemocknewbery.blogspot.com/2010/10/nest-for-celeste-henry-cole-ballet-for.html">Reading List #2</a>FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-88323278905699948472010-10-09T13:26:00.000-07:002010-10-09T13:26:57.973-07:00New list comingKeep watch because in a few days we will be posting a second list of fifteen (15) titles for reading. FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-87936601884016211782010-10-09T13:24:00.000-07:002010-10-09T13:24:26.373-07:00Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9781596433380" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9781596433380');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="194" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/63580000/63581291.JPG" width="185" /></a>From the Publisher:<em> "Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan tell the story behind the scenes of the collaboration that created APPALACHIAN SPRING, from its inception through the score’s composition to Martha’s intense rehearsal process. The authors’ collaborator is two-time Sibert Honor winner Brian Floca, whose vivid watercolors bring both the process and the performance to life."</em><br />
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press, 2010, 48 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-85874132247433651372010-10-09T13:20:00.000-07:002010-12-21T11:20:54.359-08:00Sparky: the Life and Art of Charles Schulz by Beverly Gherman<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780811867900" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780811867900');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/49090000/49091042.JPG" width="158" /></a>From the Publisher: "<em>As the artist behind the beloved Peanuts comic strip for more than 50 years, Charles Schulz arguably the most famous cartoonist in the world created a colorful cast of characters that continues to bring humor and comfort to millions of readers. In this distinctively designed yet highly accessible book, renowned children's biographer Beverly Gherman traces both the life events that shaped Schulz's art and the various ways in which art influenced his life in return. Acclaimed by artists ranging from Andrew Wyeth to Mo Willems, the artistic elements of Schulz's work are brought to life in a colorful layout and thoroughly explored in an enchanting text that will draw in even the most reluctant readers."</em><br />
Publisher: Chronicle, 2010, 128 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479116091492513321.post-3447834106237161982010-10-09T13:14:00.000-07:002010-10-09T13:14:00.160-07:00Mary Mae and the Gospel Truth by Sandra Dutton<a class="underline" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780547249667" onclick="openAndMoveWindow('/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780547249667');return(false);" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/67350000/67355677.JPG" width="139" /></a>From the Publisher:<em> "Ten-year-old Mary Mae loves to sing hymns with her Granny, go to Sunday School, and learn about trilobites. She has lots of questions about how the earth looked millions of years ago. Trouble is, Mary Mae’s mother thinks it’s wrong to believe the world is that old. Mama believes God created it six thousand years ago and she believes that nobody should teach Mary Mae otherwise. When Mary Mae starts taking her questions to church, asking how God created the earth in six days or how eight people could take care of animals on an ark, Mama puts her foot down: homeschooling. Mary Mae must decide where her loyalties lie: with science and Miss Sizemore, with God and Mama, or somewhere in the middle</em>."<br />
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2010, 129 pp.FML Mock Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483917947763971487noreply@blogger.com2