Holes

Holes
by Louis Sachar

The mild mannered and always positive Stanley Yelnats has been sentenced to spend 18 months at Camp Green Lakes, a juvenile detention center located in a dry flat stretch of Texas.  Stanley, and his fellow detainees, are each required to dig a five foot deep hole daily, all while worrying about rattlesnakes and scorpions and dealing with a complete lack of shade.

Stanley's situation raises some interesting questions.

How will Stanley fit in with his fellow detainees?

How will Stanley manage digging a hole everyday in the hot sun?

But most of all, why are Stanley and his fellow diggers digging holes in the middle of nowhere?

Read the wonderful Hole to find out the answers.

Published: 1998

Genre: Mystery

Location: Classroom, school library, and public library

The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet

The Total  Tragedy

of  a 

Girl  Named Hamlet

by Erin Dionne

Published: 2010

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Locations: Classroom, Public Library, and Amazon

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
by Lynne Jonell


Your name is Emmy.

Your parents ignore you.

Your classmates and teacher seem oblivious to your presence. 

You have an evil nanny, Miss Barmy, caring for.

You do everything you are supposed to do hoping someone will notice.

Finally someone does notice you, a talking rat who tells you to stop being good.

Was is the rat talking to you?    Why is Miss Barmy so nasty to you?   Why does everyone else pretend you don't exist?  

Read this fun fantasy to solve these mysteries about yourself!!!

Published: 2007

Genre: Fantasy/Mystery

Locations: Classroom, Public Library, and Amazon

Rex Zero and the End of the World

Rex Zero and the End of the World
by Tim Wynee-Jones

In 1962, Rex Zero and his family moved to Ottawa.  Rex is drawn to his neighborhood park where he sees strange adults, secretive kids, and scary movements in the bushes.

While trying to make friends with the kids and understand the adults, Rex also tries to figure out what is moving in the bushes.  Are the movements just his imagination, a panther escaped from the zoo, or something more sinister?  You'll need to read Rex Zero and the End of the World to find out? 

Published: 2007

Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery

Location: Classroom, Public Library, and Amazon