Here’s the deal. You can order great books through Scholastic. Sometimes they even give you a great deal. (Always check out the $1 book on the front page.) An even better deal, the more books you order, the more free books I can get for our classroom library. There are two ways to order:

1) Fill out the paper form and bring it with your money (checks made out to Scholastic) by Friday, August 31.

2) Order online at Scholastic (for parents only). On the parent page, click the “REGISTER” button under “First time here,” then register for your own user name and password. When prompted, enter the one-time activation code code (GPBPV). This code ensures that your orders are sent to me. Select the books you want from over 500 titles. Take advantage of on-line only discounts and specials. SEND your order to me on-line. I will deliver the books in class.

Here are some of my favorites from the TeenRC book order:

• Bar Code Tattoo, Bar Code Rebellion, and now Bar Code Prophecy by Suzanne Weyn
• The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin
• Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Killer by Seth Grahame Smith
• Shiver, Linger and Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
• Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
• The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, and The Kill Order by James Dashner
• Chasing Lincoln’s Killer and Bloody Times by James L. Swanson
• Solar System by Marcus Cown
• The Elements by Theodore Gray
• Abandon and Underworld by Meg Cabon
• The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
• The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
• The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• Little Women and Me by Lauren Baratz-Logsted and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
• Along for the Ride and What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
• The Dead and The Enemy by Charlies Higson
• The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Dead-Tossed Waves, and The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan
• The Outsiders by SE Hinton
• Found, Sent, Torn, Sabotaged, and Caught by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Crazy by Han Nolan
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie and After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
• Girl,Stolen by April Henry

The September TAB has many of the same books that I won’t repeat.  Here are a few more that look good:

• Middle School:  The Worst Years of My Life and Middle School:  Get Me Out of Here by James Patterson
• Holes by Louis Sacahr – only $1.00!
• The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
• Liar, Liar, Flat Broke, and Crush by Gary Paulsen
• Drama and Smile by Raina Telgemeier
• Al Capone Does My Shirts and Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
• Radiance and Shimmer by Alyson Noel
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Rush for the Gold by John Feinstein
• The Underdogs by Mike Lupica
• Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
• The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire, The Serpent’s Shadow and the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan