Washington BOTB - 11.04.2021

When Miguel’s Tía Lola comes from the Dominican Republic to Vermont to help out his mami, Miguel is worried that his unusual aunt will make it even more difficult to make new friends.

• How Tia Lola Came to Stay / Visit

• The One and Only Ivan

• The Sea in Winter

• Swindle

Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, this character has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, he occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.

• HEART OF A SHEPHERD

• Ways to Make Sunshine

• The One and Only Ivan

• The Thing about Georgie

After losing his hand in an accident at the family store, eleven-year-old Norm must find a way to cope with the tragedy and overcome his disability in order to completely live the life of his dreams.

• One Handed Catch

• A Strong Right Arm

• Wonder

• Masterpiece

When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local, mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.

• The Terrible Two

• Love that Dog

• My Side of the Mountain

• Ghosts

You can learn a lot about life by observing another species. That's what this character was told when he was first brought to Room 26. And boy, is it true! In addition to having FUN-FUN-FUN in class, each weekend this amazing hamster gets to sleep over with a different student, like Lower-Your-Voice-A.J. and Speak-Up-Sayeh. Soon he learns to read, write, and even shoot rubber bands (only in self-defense, of course). With lots of friends to help, adventures to enjoy, and a cage with a lock-that-doesn't- lock, his life is almost perfect. If only the teacher, Mrs. Brisbane, wasn't out to get him!

• The White Giraffe

• Bunnicula

• The World According to Humphrey

• Love that Dog

This summer these sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel’s sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and the cook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. But the best discovery of all is Jeffrey Tifton, son of Arundel’s owner, who quickly proves to be the perfect companion for their adventures.

• The Sea in Winter

• The White Giraffe

• The Penderwicks

• Ways to Make Sunshine

After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• A Masterpiece

• The World According to Humphrey

• A Crooked Kind of Perfect

• The Mysterious Abductions

Jack Room 105 -- Miss Stretchberry September 13 /center I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do. Meet Jack, who tells his story with a little help from some paper, a pencil, his teacher, and a dog named Sky.

• The One and Only Ivan

• Love, Ruby Lavender

• Love that Dog

• PIE

This giant is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants, she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all.

• A Wrinkle in Time

• The BFG

• PIE

• Friday Barnes, Girl Detective

It’s been a hard year for Maisie Cannon, ever since she hurt her leg and could not keep up with her ballet training and auditions.

Her blended family is loving and supportive, but Maisie knows that they just can’t understand how hopeless she feels. With everything she’s dealing with, Maisie is not excited for their family midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.

But soon, Maisie’s anxieties and dark moods start to hurt as much as the pain in her knee. How can she keep pretending to be strong when on the inside she feels as roiling and cold as the ocean?

• Thunder from the Sea

• Number the Stars

• Ways to Make Sunshine

• The Sea in Winter