Gr 5—8—Uprooted from the home she shares with her uncaring mother in an English country village, 13-year old Meggy Swann is unceremoniously shipped off to London to live with her father...
Gr 7 Up—Seth Baumgartner thinks that summer break will be a time of worry-free fun, but then his girlfriend dumps him while having lunch at Applebees...
Gr 5—7—Alex Rex's novel (Hyperion, 2007) about the months that follow an alien invasion of Earth is both humorous and politically relevant, with themes of broken treaties, false promises, and the rights of "discoverers" to replace the current "backward" culture with their own, even changing the names of holidays...
Gr 3 Up—This series, which premiered on the Discovery Channel earlier this year, features gorgeous cinematography, with breathtaking close-ups, soaring aerial shots, and astounding long exposures of slow-moving animals (such as starfish) that truly capture their life drama...
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