If you’re looking for love, a good book is the perfect place to find it.

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, March 1.

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. You will also get a coupon for $5 for your next book order.  SEND your order to me on-line. I will deliver the books in class.

Here are some of my favorites from the February flyer:

• Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin – Mr. Clarkson assures me this is a true story
• Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L Swanson – reads like a crime novel even though I know how it ends
• I Funny by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein – be prepared to laugh
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer – my all-time favorite Cinderella story ever with a sci-fi twist
• 10 Days:  Martin Luther King, Jr by David Colbert – history for only $1
• We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by  Cynthia Levinson – I’ve been hearing nothing but good about this nonfiction
• Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz – another Holocaust story on my TBR
• The Journey Back by Priscilla Cummings – another sequel waiting for me to read
• The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine – another one I’ve heard good things about
• Wonder by RJ Palacio – one of the best books I’ve read
• Lincoln:  A Photobiography by Russell Freedman – impress your history teachers by learning about one of our greatest presidents
• The Giant:  How He Humbugged America by Jim Murphy – learn about one of hour country’s biggest hoaxes
• The Raft by SA Bodeen – the author of The Compound has another thrilling survival story
• Found, Sent, Sabatoged, Torn, Caught by Margaret Peterson Haddix – follow these time traveling teens as they seek to set history right again
• This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel – If I get brave enough, I might read this prequel to Frankenstein.

Which books would you like me to order for our classroom library?

Then snuggle up with a good book and a mug of hot chocolate!

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, February 1.

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. You will also get a coupon for $5 for your next book order.  SEND your order to me on-line. I will deliver the books in class.

Here are some of my favorites:

• Rules by Cynthia Lord – this is a deal at $1.00
• Pinned by Sharon Flake
• Legend by Marie Lu
• Ungifted by Gordan Korman
• Middle School The Worst Years of My Life and Middle School Get Me Out of Here by James Patterson
• Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney – get the whole series!
• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, Darth Paper Strikes Back and The Secret of Fortune Wookie by Tom Angleberger
• One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Chicken Hare by Chris Grine
• The Girl Who Was on Fire edited by Leah Wilson
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

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, October 26.

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. You will also get a coupon for $5 for your next book order.  SEND your order to me on-line. I will deliver the books in class.

Here are some of my favorites:

• The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Alan Poe – spooky and only $1
• Son by Lois Lowry – finally there is a sequel to The Giver
• Cardboard by Doug TenNapel – another graphic novel
• The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch – a haunting dystopian novel
• Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu – a fairy tale like you haven’t read before
• How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg – informational text that explains how famous people died
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs – some very peculiar things are going on
• The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan – third (and final?) book in the Heroes of Olympus series
• A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz – what really happened with Hansel and Gretel?
• Flush and Hoot by Carl Hiaasen – funny environmental mysteries
• Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes – basketball, boys, and changes–all told in poetry
• Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie and After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick – two of the funniest books about cancer you’ll ever read
• The Batboy, The Big Field, and Heat by Mike Lupica – lots of baseball action
• Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen – Samuel must use his tracking skills to rescue his parents from the British
• The Red Kayak and The Journey Back by Priscilla Cummings – Will Brady find the courage to speak the truth?  Will Digger break out of juvenile hall to save his family?

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

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, May 11.

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 May book order:

• Call It Courage by Armstrong Perry
• Alex Rider:  Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz
• The Gallagher Girls Collection and Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Ally Carter
• Dead End in Norvelt by Jac Gantos
• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
• Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
• Wonderstruck and The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik
• Found, Sent, Sabatoged, Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• The Roar and The Whisper by Emma Clayton
• The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd by Heather Brewer
• Matched and Crossed by Ally Condie
• The Red Pyramid, Throne of Fire and The Serpent’s Shadow by Rick Riordan
• The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• Plagues, Pox, and Pestilence by Richard Platt
• Charles and Emma:  The Darwin’s Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
• The Big Field by Mike Lupica
• The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

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, December 2.

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 these two book orders.

The Hunger Games Areana

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• Gregor:  The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins – Gregor must go to war when he follows his little sister far under the streets of New York City.
• Cinder by Melissa Meyer – Cinderella goes sci-fi and becomes my favorite retelling
• Matched by Ally Condie – Will Cassie choose the perfect match made for her or go her own way?
• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater – Puck and Finn each have their reasons for racing the blood-thirsty horses from the sea.
• Empty by Suzanne Weyn – What if the world did run out of oil?
• Books of Ember by Jean DuPrau – travel beneath and across the earth
• The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, and The Death Cure by James Dashner – Will Thomas ever find answers and a way out of the maze designed by WICKED?
• The Roar and The Whisper by Emma Clayton – Twins Mika and Ellie must reunite in order to defeat an evil warlord who is creating an army of children.
• The Giver by Lois Lowry – Jonas lives in a perfect world.  Does he dare to change it?
• The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch – A deadly flu has devastated America.  Now Quinn must decide who he can trust.
• Shadow Children collection by Margaret Peterson Haddix – Luke is a forbidden third child in this future world.  Can he survive?
• Bar Code Rebellion and Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn – Instead of making life easier, the new bar code tattoos are ruining the lives of Kayla and her family.

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, December 2.

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.

Remember, you can always make your favorite 8th grade English teacher happy by buying books for Christmas!  I’ll read them and add them to our classroom library!  Here are some of my favorites from the December book order:

• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater – I really, REALLY want to read this one!
• The Rivalry by John Feinstein – mystery and a behind-the-scenes look at the Army-Navy football game
• Wonderstruck and The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Words and pictures combine two stories into one awesome book.  I can’t wait to watch the movie Hugo over Christmas!
• The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories by O. Henry – surprise endings from a master writer
• Warp Speed by Lisa Yee – check out the book trailer–spoken in Klingon!
• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger – another two I want to read.  I hear they are quite funny!
• Chains and Forge and Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson – I have these three historical thrillers, and they are amazing!
• Smile by Raina Telgemeier – Another one on my wish list–a graphic novel, no less
• Spies of Mississippi by Rick Bower – nonfiction that will have you on the edge of your seat
• Bar Code Tattoo and Bar Code Rebellion by Suzanne Weyn – two of the most popular dystopian novels in my library
• Uglies pack by Scott Westerfeld – another gripping dystopian wehre beauty hides evil