These books are great too- just don't have a video book talk right now.
Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes- Up till now, the math of my life has been pretty simple: friends plus family plus sports. What more could I ask for, right? But lately, my outside has been changing and my inside keeps telling me more is on the way. Trouble is, I'm not sure I'm ready.
The Tanglewood Terror by Kurtis Scaletta-When 13 year old Eric comes across glowing mushrooms in the woods behind his house, he's sure there is a scientific explanation. But when they begin to encroach on the town, covering the football field and popping up from beneath his house's floorboards it doesn't take Eric long to realize something is seriously wrong.
Aftershock by Bernard Ashley-Makis and his mother escape to London after a devastating earthquake in Greece. At first, it is hard, especially at school, but being a gifted footballer means that Makis slowly begins to fit in. But, through, no fault of his own, Makis lets down his team at an important match and the whole school, even the teachers, seem to turn against him.
Without Tess by Marcella Pixley-If you look inside Lizzie Cohen's locker you will see that her world is falling apart. Unfinished homework, papers with failing grades, crushed coffee cups. But look closer and you will find a secret hidden under an old sweater on the top shelf. A journal that belong to her older sister Tess, who died 6 years ago. Now Lizzie is using the journal to come to terms with living.
Dragons of Silk by Laurence Yep-Silk binds the lives of four girls from different generations with the fate of the Weaving Maid. Across a span of 75 years, both in China and in America, each girl shows the strength and courage of a dragon as she fights and sacrifices for the survival of her family and the pursuit of passion.
Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Frozen Hearts by Emma Kennedy-Wilma Tenderfoot, a small but determined 10 year old orphan, dreams of becoming a world-famous detective so she can find out who her parents are. She is very good at finding clues and making deductions, especially with the help of her dog, Pickle. But now the pricesll Katzin Stone has been stolen and anyone with a connection to the stone seems to end up with a frozen heart. Wilma is sure she can solve the mystery if her neighbor, the legendary detective, Theodore P. Goodman, lets her help... and Pickle stops eating all the clues.
