Dr. Nancy Hall. September 17, Dear Imagine Parents/Guardians and Students,

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2 Dear Imagine Parents/Guardians and Students, September 17, 2018 We invite you to participate in the Eleventh Annual Imagine Schools National Advanced Reading Challenge (ARC). This initiative is designed to challenge students to choose high quality literature, to read as much and as often as they are able, and to share their love for reading with peers and adults on their Imagine Schools Campus. The ARC fosters students acquiring and owning their education by developing academic and character habits to increase learning opportunities and becoming independent, selfdirected learners. (pp , Imagine Schools Academic Excellence Framework). Our research shows that students who participate in the ARC also improve on their academic learning gains in reading and mathematics. Many students are capable of moving ahead academically with only limited direction and attention from teachers. What they need is encouragement to take risks, to develop perseverance, and to venture out into the world of ideas and knowledge. We also believe that one of the best ways to become a life-long learner is to develop a love of reading. Each year we survey teachers about the challenge and this is what a few of them said: I enjoy seeing students challenge themselves and develop a love for reading. I love motivating the students to read and watch them thrive! The Advanced Reading Challenge is open to Imagine Schools students in grades 3-12 who are at or above grade level in reading, and who can assume responsibility for independent work beyond their class and homework assignments. The ARC book list is comprised of high quality, classic and award winning books at or above grade level. The 25 books must come from the grade level lists, however, there are two ways provided for students to personalize their selection. Students can select up to three books that are not on the lists to read towards the challenge or students may read from lists higher than their grade level, but not below their grade level. Books selected by students must have coordinator approval. Grade-level book lists have been updated to provide more choices to students. We encourage students to select books in a purposeful way, either through an author study, series completion or genre study. As was the case in past years, by accepting this challenge students pledge to read each book and complete a reflection about their book in order to certify their accomplishment. Imagine Schools will give a $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card to each student who reads and reports on the designated number of books (25 for grades 3-8 and 15 for grades 9-12) during the school year. These students will be recognized nationally by Imagine Schools. Last year, close to 2,000 Imagine Schools students participated in the ARC, and 426 students were given awards for completing the challenge. We hope that by taking on this challenge, students will stretch themselves to accomplish more than they might have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for their friends and peers. Sincerely, Dr. Nancy Hall Dr. Nancy Hall Chief Academic Officer Imagine Schools 2

3 Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge Grades 3-8 Congratulations on your decision to challenge yourself through reading! We hope that by taking on this CHALLENGE, you will stretch yourself to accomplish more than you might have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for your friends and peers. Your Role as a Student: 1. Sign the commitment form to read the designated number of books (25 for grades 3-8) not previously read. These books must come from the Advanced Reading Challenge grade level list. a. However, you may choose books from a list on a higher grade level. So, you may read up on the lists but not down (you cannot choose books from a lower grade level list). b. Also, you can choose up to three books on your own to count towards the challenge. These books must be appropriate, challenging and approved by your Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator or classroom teacher. c. In addition, you can listen to up to 3 books towards the challenge on tape or CD. Your local library should have some of your ARC books in an audio version. d. 25 projects might seem like a lot but 6 of those can be AR quizzes and any of them can be oral summaries. We just need to verify that you actual read the book. See project ideas later in this packet. 2. Prepare a reading portfolio in which a table of contents with a list of books read and all corresponding projects are stored/showcased (*see attached table of contents) 3. Participate in school initiated activities (e.g., after school book club to present projects, etc.) as designated by your school of attendance. 4. Submit all materials upon completion to your school s Advanced Reading Coordinator. Helpful Adults: Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator: This person will receive guidelines from the Imagine Schools office and will help you with the expectations and materials needed to complete the reading challenge. He/she will sign off on your projects, help you select books and may hold meetings to share information with you and your parents, answer questions that you might have along the way, and will find ways to help you complete this challenge. Teachers: Your teachers should be able to help you get started, help you select just the right books, share information with your parent/guardian, remind you of deadlines, and help you make contact with the Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator throughout the school year. Parent/Guardian: Your parent or guardian should talk with you about the expectations of the Advanced Reading Challenge and support you by signing the reading contract, helping you find books (at the public library if needed), and asking you about the books you are reading and projects you are completing. Your parent/guardian may participate as an audience for your book summaries, discussions, and project presentations at school or home. Librarian/Media Specialist: Your school librarian or media specialist can help you find books in your school library or identify books on the reading lists that are in the public library collection. Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of nonprofit public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with 3 parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

4 Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge Important Dates Start Monday, September 17, 2018: All students participating in the challenge should return their contract to the ARC Coordinator by the last week in September at the latest. End Tuesday, April 23, 2019: All student portfolios must be turned in to your Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator. Suggested Pacing Guide Congratulations on taking the Advanced Reading Challenge! Use this schedule as a guideline to pace your reading & project completion. Try to keep on or ahead of schedule. ALL twenty-five books and projects are due before April 23, Happy Reading! ARC BO OK AND PROJEC T # STARTING ENDING SIGN CONTRACT & BOOK BOOKS 2 & BOOKS 4 & CATCH UP WEEKS BOOKS 6 & BOOKS 8 & BOOKS 10 & BOOKS 12 & ARC BO OK AND PROJEC T # STARTING ENDING BOOKS 14 & BOOKS 16 & BOOKS 18 & CATCH UP WEEKS BOOKS 20 & BOOKS 22 & BOOKS 24 AND CATCH UP WEEKS Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of nonprofit public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with 4 parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

5 Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge Creative Responses to Literature Projects for (Grades 3-8) After reading each book from the Imagine Schools Advance Reading Challenge list, create a new entry in your Reading Portfolio Table of Contents (*see attached). Then choose a way to present your understanding of the book you just read. Use the table below and pages that follow for ideas. Include each finished project in your portfolio to share with your class and/or ARC Club. If your finished project is not written, be sure to take a photograph or include notes from an oral presentation so that there is record of what you have done for each book. You may also use up to six Accelerated Reader Quizzes with a passing rate of 90% as evidence that you read the book. Keep a print out of an AR quiz or provide notes on the quiz to count as a project to keep in your portfolio. Keep all finished projects organized neatly in your portfolio. Remember, the goal of this challenge is to enjoy some great new books and help your friends to enjoy them too! Think of the best way to share what you liked about this book and what would be interesting to other readers. Oral Kinesthetic Written Visual Graphic Technological One-Person Show Puzzle Story It s All in the Mail Posting Postcards The What Chart 3-W s Glog Tell Along Boards Trading Cards Quotable Quotations Quilt Mapping the Way Prezi or PowerPoint Presentation The Press Conference Can a Character To Market, To Market Artistic Timelines Recipe for a Good Book Book Blog Entry Book Club Culture Kits Fast Fact Cards Crayon Conversations The Plot Chart Cartoon Point of Decision Rolling the Dice Catch the News Story Tree Top Ten List Short Video clip Summary Now Hear This Tangram Tales Signed, Sealed and Delivered Caricature Double Bubble Book Character Avatar 5

6 Kinesthetic Oral Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions 1. One-Person Show: Perform a monologue, pretending you are the main character (or another significant character) in your book. 2. Tell-Along Boards: Use puppets and art to create a Tell-Along Board to later use during storytelling to retell the most important parts of the story or book you read. 3. The Press Conference: Pretend you are the main character in your book and hold a press conference to answer your classmates prepared questions. 4. Book Club: Participate in a book club discussion with other students and/or teachers in your school who are reading the same book. 5. Point of Decision: List important decisions made by book characters and explain what happens in the story as a result of those decisions. 6. Now Hear This: Write a 2 to 3-minute radio advertisement persuading the public that they should buy and read this book. 1. Puzzle Story: Discuss the story and then create a puzzle board, including pictures and a discussion of the story. Then pass on to others who read the story. 2. Trading Cards: Create trading cards of favorite figures in your story. You might use a pattern from a popular sports team. 3. Character Can or Case: Take a gallon coffee can or small suitcase and decorate it to represent a character in your book. Insert strips of events, problems, or challenges characters faced and/or overcame throughout the story. 4. Culture Kits: Create a kit containing items representative of other culture described in the book you read. 5. Rolling the Dice: Create scenes from the book on the sides of oversized dice. One dice depicts the beginning of the book and the other focuses on the scenes at the end of the book. 6. Tan gram Tales: Tan grams are ancient Chinese puzzles. Storytellers use the puzzle pieces, called tans, when they tell stories. You can create a Tan gram Tale in many ways: a) Use your tans to create a puzzle that looks like or represents your character. b) use your tan grams to make a puzzle that looks like the event or place where the majority of action takes place. c) Use your tans to make a puzzle that looks like something from the ending of your book. *Ask your teacher or an art teacher for an example of a tan gram if you need help. Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of nonprofit public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with 6 parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

7 Visual Written Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions 1. It s All in the Mail: Write and address two friendly letters to characters in your book. 2. Quotable Quotations: Identify important quotations made by different book characters, and explain why each quotation is important in the story. 3. To Market, To Market: As a literary agent, write a letter to the publishing company designed to persuade them to publish this book. 4. Fast Fact Cards: Share information from nonfiction books by creating sets of Fast Fact Cards. Create a minimum of 10 cards. 5. Catch the News: Create a news report that highlights your story s main characters and events. 6. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: Write a letter to the author asking questions about the book and/or what it is like to be an author. 1. Posting Postcards: Pretend you are a character from your book and create postcards to send to their classmates. 2. Quilt: Create pictures of different scenes and stitch them together to make a quilt. 3. Artistic Timelines: Students visually sequence events and create time lines. 4. Crayon Conversations: Draw highlights from your book as you retell the story. 5. Story Tree: Create a story tree like a family tree highlighting main ideas in the branches and supporting details in the leaves. 6. Caricature: Create a caricature that emphasizes the main characters personality with an appropriate background. Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of nonprofit public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with 7 parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

8 Technological Graphic Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions 1. The What Chart (3W s): List information about a topic you re interested in under three headings. What I know already. What I want to know and What I ve learned from reading. 2. Mapping the Way: Create maps or plot routes in the form of a map. Create a key to clearly show the symbolism. 3. Recipe for a Good Book: Follow a recipe format to put the main idea (dish) and the supporting ideas (ingredients) on an index card and decorate with the tasty delight. 4. The Plot Chart (SWBS): Identify plot elements and write them on a Plot Chart. 5. Top Ten List: Create a Top Ten List of the things you learned from this book. 6. Double Bubble: Create a Thinking Mapping comparing the book to another book you have read. 1. Glog: Create your own interactive blog or glog at Find creative ways to share your glog with others. 2. Prezi Presentation: Create a PowerPoint or Prezi Presentation at prezi.com. with information about your favorite parts of the book, a summary of the book, and other interesting information. Be sure to present your new creation to your ARC club or classmates, family or friends! 3. Book Blog Entry: Create a book blog and complete an entry about a book you ve read towards the ARC. Include a summary of the book and your personal reaction to the book in your entry. You can create a free blog at Share your blog with friends, your ARC club, or your class! 4. Cartoon: Using a tool like Creaza or Piki Kids create a cartoon version of the book. 5. Short Video Clip Summary: Using a tool like Powtoons at or Animoto at 6. Book Character Avatar: Create an avatar for a book character using a tool such as Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of nonprofit public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with 8 parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

9 Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge (ARC) Rubric 4 = Advanced Mastery 3 = Mastery 2 = Nearing Mastery 1 = Emerging Students who receive a rating of 1 or 2 in a select area will revise their portfolio to meet the expectations of that area. Rating Portfolio Criteria Rating Understanding Rating Presentation Projects display a variety of creative approaches. Student utilizes a specific project type a maximum of three times. Student demonstrates a clear knowledge of main ideas and themes; evident in all projects. Student work exemplifies an effective editing process. The project is free from grammatical or spelling errors that would hinder their message. Student selects texts from the prescribed booklists according to rules of the ARC (or receives approval for 2-3 choice books). Parents, teachers or ARC leaders may provide guidance but reading and project completion must be student s own work. Student includes a completed cover page with each title, type of creative response, date completed, and confirmation signature. Students explain their thinking in their own words no plagiarized excerpts from book reviews or internet articles. Student demonstrates a deep understanding of themes, events, and details in the text; evident in all projects. Student interprets symbols, phrases and sentences to understand meaning of text; evident in all projects. Student analyzes text to express relationships between actions, characters, events or ideas; evident in all projects. Student graphics and pictures support and extend their message. Student effectively presents portfolio projects to peers, parents, and teachers. Student work depicts the sequence of events, an engaging visual appearance, and clear and organized format. Imagine Schools: Developing Character, Enriching Minds! Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of nonprofit public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with 9 parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

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11 Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge Portfolio Table of Contents Grades 3-8 Name Grade Teacher # Title of Book Author Genre Type of Creative Response Project Date Adult s Initials to confirm Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of nonprofit public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students 11 for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

12 Goal Setting Set monthly goals for reading: MONTH # of BOOKS LEXILE OR ATOS LEVEL September: October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge Get in the game: READ! 12

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14 Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6 Title Author ATOS Level Lexile Level ADVENTURE The Incredible Journey Burnford, Sheila L The Twenty-One Balloons Du Boise, William L Pene The Wind in the Willows (Unabridged) Grahame, Kenneth L The Big Sky Guthrie, Alfed B. 960L The Jungle Book (Books 1 and 2) Kipling, Rudyard L The Wreckers (Book #1 in Trilogy) Lawrence, Iain L The Smugglers (Book #2 in Trilogy) Lawrence, Iain L The Buccaneers (Book #3 in Trilogy) Lawrence, Iain 5 720L The Princess and the Goblin MacDonald, George L The Blue Sword McKinley, Robin L Brian s Winter Paulsen, Gary L Hatchet Paulsen, Gary L The Winter Room Paulsen, Gary L Tom's Midnight Garden Pearce, Philippa L Call it Courage Sperry, Armstrong AUTOBIOGRAPHY West with the Night Markham. Beryl L Rascal North, Sterling L Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books Paulsen, Gary L BIOGRAPHY Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Bausum, Ann L Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement J.M. Barrie: The Magic Behind Peter Pan Bivin, Susan L Mark Twain Bivin, Susan L Chuck Close: Face Book Close, Chuck 900L Daniel Boone Daugherty, James 7.7 Lafayette: and the American Revolution Freedman, Russell L Out of Darkness: The Story of Lewis Braille Freedman, Russell L Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes Herrera, Juan Felipe 7.7 Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium McClafferty, Carla L Killough Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Petry, Ann L Railroad Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein Rubin, Susan Goldman 7 970L 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente Santiago, Wilfred Cesar Chavez: A Hero for Everyone Soto, Gary 5.6 Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Stone, Tanya Lee L Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library Weatherford, Carole L 14 Boston

15 Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6 Title Author ATOS Lexile Level Level FOLKTALE or FAIRTY TALE A Pride of Princesses: Princess Tales from Around the Climo, Shirley 740L World Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Kingsland, L.W L (counts as two books) (translation) Just So Stories Kipling, Rudyard L The Complete Fairy Tales Perrault, Charles FANTASY The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Baum, L. Frank L Alice s Adventures in Wonderland (Unabridged) Carroll, Lewis L Greenwitch Cooper, Susan L Over Sea, Under Stone Cooper, Susan L Silver on the Tree Cooper, Susan 6 900L The Dark is Rising Cooper, Susan L The Grey King Cooper, Susan L The Last Dragon De Mari, Silvana L Beauty and the Beast (Unabridged) Eilenberg, Max L The Adventures of Robin Hood (Unabridged) Green, Roger Lancelyn L The Phantom Tollbooth Juster, Norton L The Ordinary Princess Kaye, M. M L The Hero and the Crown McKinley, Robin L The Witches of Worm* Snynder, Zipha Keatley L The Sword in the Stone (Unabridged) White, T.H L GENERAL FICTION Raymond's Run Bambara, Toni Cade L Sing the Body Electric! Bradbury, Ray 6 A Little Princess (Unabridged) Burnett, Francis 6 840L Virginia Bound Hodgson Butler, Amy L A Christmas Carol, Unabridged Dickens, Charles L Ginger Pye Estes, Eleanor 6 990L Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Book #1) Gantos, Jack L Joey Pigza Loses Control (Book #2) Gantos, Jack L What Would Joey Do? (Book #3) Gantos, Jack L Princess Academy Hale, Sharon 6 890L Savvy Law, Ingrid L Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Sir Gibbie Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman MacDonald, George L 15

16 Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6 Title Author ATOS Lexile Level Level GENERAL FICTION Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, Lucy L Anne of Ingleside Maud Montgomery, Lucy 7.5 Anne of the Island, Unabridged Maud Montgomery, Lucy L Maud Anne's House of Dreams Montgomery, Lucy L Maud Rainbow Valley Montgomery, Lucy 7.6 Maud Chain of Fire Naidoo, Beveryley L The Rescuers Sharp, Margery L Buried Onions Soto, Gary L Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time Yee, Lisa L Millicent Min, Girl Genuis Yee, Lisa L GRAPHIC NOVEL Louis Undercover Britt, Fanny 830L HISTORICAL FICTION The Civil War: Spies, Secret Missions and Hidden Facts Bearce, Stephanie 1000L from the Civil War (Top Secret Files Series) Top Secret Files: Gangsters and Bootleggers Bearce, Stephanie 960L Top Secret Files: Pirates and Buried Treasures Bearce, Stephanie 1000L The Midwife's Apprentice Cushman, Karen L The Door in the Wall: A Story of Medieval London De Angeli, Marguerite L I, Juan de Pareja De Trevino, Elizabeth L Slave Dancer* B. Fox, Paula 6 970L Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene L A Single Shard Park, Linda Sue L Otto of the Silver Hand Pyle, Howard Esperanza Rising* Ryan, Pam Munoz L The White Stag * Seredy, Kate L The Diving Bell Strasser, Todd 760L John Treegate's Musket Wibberley, Leonard L 16

17 Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6 Title Author ATOS Lexile Level Level LEGENDS AND MYTHS In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the Hamilton, Virginia L World The Headless Cupid* Snynder, Zipha Keatley L NON-FICTION The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Dillon, Patrick and L Sydney Opera House and Beyond Stephan Biesty England: The Land Banting, Erinn L The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Barton, Chris 990L Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 Brimner, Larry Dane L Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island Burns, Loree Griffin L The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Burns, Loree Griffin L Catastrophe Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Burns, Loree Griffin 7.5 NC1120L Ocean Coral Reefs Motion Chin, Jason L Grand Canyon Chin, Jason L Redwoods Chin, Jason L Brooklyn Bridge Curlee, Lynn L Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Fleming, Candace L Wild Coping West with Bullying Guillain, Charlotte 6 960L The Great Escapes Guillain, Charlotte L Vietnam Guillain, Charlotte L Meltdown: A Race Against Nuclear Disaster at Three Hampton, Wilborn L Mile Island If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island Levine, Ellen L Wild Boy: The Real Life of Savage Aveyron Losure, Mary L Invincible Microbe Murphy, Jim and L Alison Blank The Kid's Guide To Money: Earning It, Saving It, Otfinoski, Steven L Spending It, Growing It, Sharing It Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions Wulffson, Don. L L MEMOIR Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary Siegal, Aranka L My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal Webb, Sophie L 17

18 Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6 Title Author ATOS Lexile Level Level MYSTERY The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Angleberger, Tom L Darth Paper Strikes Back: An Origami Yoda Book Angleberger, Tom L (Book #2) The Secret of the Fortune Wookie: An Origami Yoda Angleberger, Tom 4.6 Book (Book #3) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Unabridged Doyle, Sir Arthur 7 960L Conan The Bad Beginning Book #1 A Series of Unfortunate Snicket, Lemony L Events The Reptile Room Book #2 A Series of Unfortunate Snicket, Lemony L Events The Slippery Slope Book #10 Series of Unfortunate Snicket, Lemony L Events The Wide Window Book #3 A Series of Unfortunate Snicket, Lemony L Events The Egypt Game* Snynder, Zipha Keatley L Daddy Long-Legs Webster, Jean The Murderer's Ape Wegelius, Jakob L NON-FICTION Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion Barton, Chris L Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous Blumenthal, Karen L Bragg, Georgia L Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 Brimner, Larry Dane L Shadow Catcher: How Edward S. Curtis Documented Burgan, Michael 7 American Indian Dignity and Beauty Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster Cerullo, Mary M L Coral Reefs Chin, Jason L Grand Canyon Chin, Jason L Redwoods Chin, Jason L Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Fleming, Candace L Wild West Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Freedman, Russell L Behind an American Friendship The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius Greenberg, Jan & L Sandra Jordan The Dark Game: True Spy Stories Janeczko, Paul L Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) Macy, Sue L 18

19 Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grade 6 Title Author ATOS Level NON-FICTION Lexile Level Navy SEAL: Elite Operations Newman, Patricia L Plastic Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Newman, Patricia L Patch Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Newman, Patricia L Ecosystem Zoo Scientist to the Rescue Newman, Patricia L Pearl Harbor Warriors Nicholson, Dorinda and Larry Nicholson L How to Be an Elephant: Growing up in the African Wild Roy, Katherine L Neighborhood Sharks Roy, Katherine L Photography: An Illustrated History Sandler, Martin Most Dangerou: Daniel Ellsburg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War Sheinkin, Steve L Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Sheinkin, Steve L Football Team Venom Singer, Marilyn L Some Writer! The Story of E.B.White Sweet, Melissa L I Survived: Nature Attacks! Tarshis, Lauren L Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed the Apollo Thimmesh, Catherine L 11 on the Moon The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk Thornhill, Jan L Pharaoh's Boat Weitzman, David L L Amos Fortune, Free Man* Yates, Elizabeth L POETRY Poems Frost, Robert Hughes, Langston Hughes, Langston 6.5 Let America Be America Again Hughes, Langston Eureka! Poems about Inventors Sidman, Joyce 6.4 REALISTIC FICTION A Face Like Glass Hardinge, Frances L Not Without Laughter Hughes, Langston L The Bully Langan, Paul L The Gun/Payback Langan, Paul L The Best Man Peck, Richard L Becoming Naomi Leon Ryan, Pam Munoz L Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Sonnenblick, Jordan L Accidental Love Soto, Gary L Help Wanted: Stories Soto, Gary L The Afterlilfe Soto, Gary L SCIENCE FICTION The Tripods: The White Mountains Christopher, John L The Girl Who Owned a City Nelson, O.T L AR Readability (ATOS formula): Measures the textual difficulty of a whole book, not just a single passa Lexile Level: Measures readability level and text difficulty level. AD - Adult Directed Books that are highlighted have been added to the ARC list during the School Year. *Indicates the book received the Newbery Award 19