Summer Reading 2024 (Polson)

Books in LION for Polson Middle School students' summer reading
 

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1. The benefits of being an octopus

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Author:
Braden, Ann
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Book, Media Player
Description:
Seventh-grader Zoey Albro focuses on caring for three younger siblings and avoiding rich classmates at school until her fascination with octopuses gets her on the debate team and she begins to speak out.

2. The boy who failed show and tell

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Author:
Sonnenblick, Jordan
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Description:
When everything goes wrong for fourth-grader Jordan, he finds ways to keep his cool through humor and banging on drums (a lot).

3. The fear zone

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Author:
Alexander, K. R., 1986-
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After five friends go along with what they think is a prank to go to a cemetery at midnight and dig up a grave, they discover they have unleashed a force that makes their worst fears come true and that the only way to destroy those fears is to face them.

4. Ground zero

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Author:
Gratz, Alan, 1972-
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Description:
Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.

5. Refugee

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Author:
Gratz, Alan, 1972-
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.