Missing - by M. Sobel Spirn (for grades 3 - 4)
Sam sometimes likes to make up lies to make things more interesting, like the time he said an earthquake swallowed up his homework! So when Sam sees two men kidnap his father, he has trouble getting anyone to believe him. Sam has no choice but to try and solve the mystery of his missing father all by himself. What kinds of dangerous situations is Sam going to get himself into? This book moves quickly and is easy to read.
Schooled - by Gordon Korman (for grades 5 - 8)
Capricorn has lived his whole life on an isolated farm commune with his grandmother and has been homeschooled. When his grandmother is hospitalized, 13 year old Capricorn is brought to a middle school for the first time. He is completely innocent and naive and has never heard of TV, i-pods, pizza or all the other things important in a teen's life. He quickly becomes the butt of middle school pranks and is nominated for class president as a joke. But Capricorn's innocence and strange ways soon win classmates over in his quest for peace, love and understanding. Korman writes this book in first person narrative from various characters point of view and provides insight into the life in middle school.
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