Junior Books, Chat & Chow for 4th and 5th Graders
Talk about good books, meet friends and have treats!
4th and 5th Graders, join us the last Wednesday of each month during the school year at the Northville District Library to talk about good books, meet friends and have treats! Sign up for each discussion the first of each month. Discussions held in Meeting Room A from 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm.
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How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor Wednesday, March 31, 2010
One day Georgina has a home, a best friend, and plenty to eat. The next, she's living in a car with her mother and brother, washing up in a restaurant bathroom, doing homework by flashlight, losing her friend. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected.
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Swindle by Gordan Korman Wednesday, April 28, 2010
When Griffin Bing and his pal Ben discover an old Babe Ruth baseball card in a home about to be demolished, Griffin dreams of selling it and using his share to help his family. The boys are disappointed when a collectibles dealer claims the card is a reproduction and buys it for just $120 only to discover the sleazy dealer plans to auction off the card, which is actually an extremely rare card expected to sell for well over a million dollars! Outraged at having been duped, Griffin and a ragtag crew of oddball accomplices plot to steal the valuable card back!
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Root Cellar by Janet Lunn Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Orphaned Rose has been sent to live with distant relatives on a farm in Canada. While exploring her new surroundings she ventures into an old root cellar where she discovers an astonishing time portal and she befriends children who lived on the farm more than a century earlier. Rose’s adventures between two worlds help her to finally understand where she really belongs.
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