Battle of the Books ~ Presentation 2013

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Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee

Lexile 800

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

Lexile 650

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick

Lexile 940

Unwind by Neal Susterman

Lexile 740

Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

Lexile 950

Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar

Lexile 560

Survivors: The Empty City by Erin Wood - Series Book 1

Healing Water by Joyce Hostetter

Lexile 620

Flush by Carl Hiaasen

Lexile 830

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Lexile 920

The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante

Lexile 760

The London Eye Mystery By Siobhan Dowd

Lexile 640

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Bartoletti

Lexile 760

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt

Lexile 830

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Lexile 780

Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez

Lexile 890

Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez

Tyler and his family are about to lose their dairy farm in Vermont, their beloved home, because they can no longer keep up with all the work it requires.  Tyler's father has been disabled in a farming accident, his older brother has gone off to college and 11 year-old Tyler is unable to handle the farming work on his own and go to school.  To save the farm, Tyler's parents decide to hire three immigrant men.  They soon learn that one of the three men is raising his three daughters while his wife is away.

The three girls, all named Maria, will be attending Tyler's school next year. Tyler is happy that his family may now save their dairy farm, that is, until his mother tells him not to tell anyone that they have hired a family to work the farm.  It turns out that the three immigrant men are undocumented and Tyler's family could get into trouble for knowingly hiring the three men.  Tyler struggles with the morality of the situation. How could his family break the law?  Why would they ask him to keep such a secret? Is the secret worth keeping if it saves his family farm, his home? What will Tyler do?

Lexile: 890

Dark Life by Kat Falls

Lexile 690

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Lexile 700