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Reading response 1 - Fantasy/Science Fiction and Mystery/Adventure BOOK 1: TURNAGE , Sheila. Three Times Lucky. 320p. The Penguin Group. May. 2012. Tr $9.99. ISBN  9780803736702 "Macon Johnson.. found a newborn girl at the edge of Contentnea Creek last Tuesday while helping a man who had wrecked in the hurricane". This baby, Moses LoBeau (Bo for short), now a rising six-grader, quick-witted, funny, and in constant search of her "upstream mother", leaves no stone unturned as she seeks to solve the mystery of her origins to complete her autobiography. The family that took Mo in, the eccentric Colonel and the lovely Miss Lana, have their own mysteries too: no one knows much about the colonel. In a small town, where everyone is into everyone else's business, secrets seem to hide at every corner.   Using the mysterious origins of the main protagonist, family secrets, strange characters in town, and a murder, Sheila Turnage has created a tense situation that begs to b...

BOOK 1 Full citation : SUMNER, Jamie. Roll with it. 272p. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. September 1, 2020. Tr $7.99. ISBN 9781534442566  Image of the cover So what is so special about Ellie? Ellie is 12 years old and loves life. Like any young girl her age, her internal landscape is about making friends in her new school, her family life, and her big dreams of someday becoming a successful baker. Also, Ellie has cerebral palsy (CP). So what? Jamie Sumner has created a character who is relentless, unstoppable, and unwilling to let anything get in the way of her finding her true self. That includes disability, family issues, pain, change of school, change of lifestyle, disappointment, personal limits, and the pain that love and friendship entail. The book is set in modern-day America against a backdrop of nontraditional family situations, care of elderly family members, and fierce advocacy for those with disabilities. The book is narrated by Ellie, from the first-person narrativ...

  READING RESPONSES 1 :BEGINNING/TRANSITIONAL BOOKS Book 1 : YANG, James. Stop! Bot!. illus. by James Yang. 40p. Viking Books for Young Readers. 2019. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780425288818 Place the title into one or more levels : LEVEL 1  Identify and note any other features : A few of the words were not sight words i.e. Giraffe, Spoon, Trombone, usually, etc…. Book 2 : FENSKE, Jonathan. A Pig, a Fox, and a Box. illus. by Jonathan Fenske. 32p. Penguin Young Readers. June. 2015. Tr $5.99. ISBN 9780448485102 Place the title into one or more levels : BETWEEN LEVEL 2 AND LEVEL 3 (Lexile level 210 L) Identify and note any other features:   The illustrations here do not function just as decorations. Book 3 : DICAMILLO, Kate and McGHEE, Alison. Bink and Gollie. illus. by Tony Fucile. 88p. Candlewick. 2010. Tr $14.95. ISBN 9780763632663 Place the title into one or more levels :  TRANSITIONAL BOOK (Lexile Level 510) Reading Response 2 - Graphic Novels BOOK 1 : CRAFT...