Can you believe him. Muscle Man McGinty has some nerve. He just moved onto our street and he already thinks he's better than the rest of us. He challenged us to a game of kickball, everyone against him. I'm gonna prove that kid is a liar. Tamara is upset for so many reasons. Muscle Man McGinty moved in to her best friends old house, he lies, and she knows he is up to no good, but no one will believe her. Mixed in is the first moon walk by Neil Armstrong and the effects of the Vietnam War on this close nit community.

Science Fiction, 6th, Smiley Face

Horace has been sent to work with Mr. Middleditch as an apprentice. What luck Mr. Middleditch is having. A grieving mother would like a picture taken and she is willing to pay any price. Mr. Middleditch figures if he adds in the ghostly image of her daughter his business will flourish. But...is this a cruel trick or is the ghost of Eleanora really there.

Jamie Dexter has been raised in the Army. The Colonel, aka Dad, has raised Jamie and her older brother, TJ, in the ways of the Army. All is well, until Jamie's brother enlists. Then we find out the Colonel's real feeling about this way of life.

Meanwhile, Jamie keeps receiving packages from TJ. These packages are disappointing... no letter, no description of the combat, just a roll of film. Jamie must learn how to develop the film in order to receive her brother's message. Surprisingly each roll has a shot of the moon.

Find out what Jamie discovers through the film, what happens to TJ during the war, and what's up with the pictures of the moon... read Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell.

Best professional reading of the summer!

Abraham, a black slave, and Lamar, a white soldier meet up on a path and start a conversation. Both realize that they miss their home. Each goes his seperate way and they meet up once again at that fateful battle at Gettysburg. This time Lamar has been injured. Should Abraham, who along with his donkey drives an ambulance, save Lamar, turn him over to the confederates or to the union? You'll have to read this story to find out what happens to these two young men on opposite sides of the war.

Jesse's grumpy uncle has sent him out in the rain to hunt for a turtle for soup. Before Jesse's realizes it, someone has grabbed him from behind. It is a pregnant runaway slave who is in labor and needs help. Jesse makes his first promise to the dead. Bound by this promise he must find a way to help this woman's young son.

Through fulfilling his promise, Jesse gets into more trouble, and a second promise to the dead, this one worse than the first. Find out if Jesse is able to keep either promise as you read this exciting adventure.

Mem and her family are travelling from their comfortable home in Connecticut to the wilderness of the Genesee Country. Mem's family struggles along the way due to the rough conditions. On one particularly bad morning the family is travelling during a rain storm. Mem falls out of the wagon and blacks out. When she comes back to her senses her family is too far gone to find them. Will she ever connect with them again?

Just before leaving home for the new world Patience is given a journal to write in. She describes the trip to America, her new best friend, the arrival, and survival. A quick read.

The story of what happened when John Smith and his crew arrived in the New World. How they survived attacks by natives, made friends with Natives through Sacajawea, lived through the freezing winter with little food, and more.

Details about the trip to America and the hardships.