Entering Grade 5
Biography
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Chunky series by Yehudi Mercado
The author retells his childhood in this offbeat graphic novel. Hudi has a lot of problems. He's overweight, he suffered a serious health crisis a few years ago, and he's the only Mexican and Jewish kid in his neighborhood. When his parents semi-force him to try out for a sport, he meets Chunky, a fluffy monster no one else can see. The two of them try out baseball, drawing and jokes. Can Chunky and Hudi's new-found love for comedy help him overcome all the troubles? (memoir in graphic novel format) |
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Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire by Michael O. Tunnell
A true story about eight-year-old Mae Yanagi and her school mates at Topaz Camp in Utah, an internment camp for Japanese Americans in World War II. She and her third-grade classmates began keeping an illustrated diary, full of details about schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, and health--as experienced from behind barbed wire. (nonfiction) |
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The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin
In this funny, illustrated, memoir, Yevgeny is growing up in 1960's Leningrad in a tiny apartment with his parents, brother and grandmother. A KGB informer lives right next door. Yevgeny retreats from everything by hiding under his grandmother's dining room table, covering the underside with doodles. (memoir) |
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Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service by Annette Bay Pimentel
Tie Sing worked hard to be known as the best trail cook in the West. Millionaire Stephen Mather was planning a wilderness retreat to show some influential people the wonders of the West, and convince them to fund a new National Park Service. The two men worked well together until most of the food supplies were lost in a gorge. Could Tie Sing save the day? (nonfiction) |
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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away (Young Reader's Edition) by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen van Cleve
Ona Judge, who grew up enslaved, became a favorite of the Washingtons, as the famous First Family became more powerful. When she was told that she would be given to Martha Washington's granddaughter as a wedding present, Ona made the decision to run away to New Hampshire, becoming a fugitive. (nonfiction) |
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Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet
The author uses photos, family letters, collage techniques and White’s writing (including several drafts of the opening of Charlotte’s Web), to tell the story of this author of children’s books, and how his farm in Maine influenced his stories. (nonfiction) |
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Spotted Tail by David Heska Wanbli Welden
Meet Chief Spotted Tail, the great leader of the Sicangu Lakota people. Born almost two hundred years ago, he helped lead the Lakota nation during times of both war and peace with the U.S. government. He tried to use his negotiation skills to block the taking of the sacred Black Hills by the U.S. Government for gold mining, an issue that is still relevant today. (nonfiction) |
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