From the Publisher: "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.
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.” 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."
Publisher: Random House, 2010, 368 pp.
Falmouth Mock Newbery
Welcome 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!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
ANNOUNCING THE WINNER AND HONOR BOOKS
The four honor books:
One Crazy Summer
Heart of a Samurai
Dark Emperor and other Poems of the Night
Turtle in Paradise
AND THE WINNING TITLE IS:
Moon over Manifest
One Crazy Summer
Heart of a Samurai
Dark Emperor and other Poems of the Night
Turtle in Paradise
AND THE WINNING TITLE IS:
Moon over Manifest
Monday, January 3, 2011
AND THE WINNER IS....
Today at our Mock Newbery Election, participants from our book group voted for the following:
Winner: Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Honor books in ranking order: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm, Mirror Mirror: a Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer, Candymakers by Wendy Mass, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Stephen Angleberger
Congratulations to the Falmouth Mock Newbery Book Group for your enthusiasm. You guys were awesome.
A big THANK YOU to our ten readers from the community. It made the event that much more special.
Cathy Potter, the school librarian was instrumental in making this whole project a success.
Get ready to start reading the 2011 books for the 2012 Mock Newbery Club.
Winner: Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Honor books in ranking order: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm, Mirror Mirror: a Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer, Candymakers by Wendy Mass, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Stephen Angleberger
Congratulations to the Falmouth Mock Newbery Book Group for your enthusiasm. You guys were awesome.
A big THANK YOU to our ten readers from the community. It made the event that much more special.
Cathy Potter, the school librarian was instrumental in making this whole project a success.
Get ready to start reading the 2011 books for the 2012 Mock Newbery Club.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Announcing 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.
Here is the Top Ten List (in alphabetical order)
1. Candymakers by Wendy Mass
2. Countdown by Deborah Wiles
3. Keeper by Kathi Appelt
4. Mirror, Mirror: a Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer
5. A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole
6. Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
7. Sparky: the Life and Art of Charles Schulz by Beverly Gherman
8. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
9. Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord
10. Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Here is the Top Ten List (in alphabetical order)
1. Candymakers by Wendy Mass
2. Countdown by Deborah Wiles
3. Keeper by Kathi Appelt
4. Mirror, Mirror: a Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer
5. A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole
6. Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
7. Sparky: the Life and Art of Charles Schulz by Beverly Gherman
8. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
9. Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord
10. Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Word After Word After Word by Patricia MacLachlan
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney
From the Publisher: "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."
Publisher: Little Brown, 2010, 40 pp.
Publisher: Little Brown, 2010, 40 pp.
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhoades
From the Publisher: "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."
Publisher: Little Brown, 2010, 217 pp.
Publisher: Little Brown, 2010, 217 pp.
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