AR List 2006, 9th grade “Adventure” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These "Adventure" books are for 9th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the AR List is so long, I had to break it into a separate list for each grade and "Type" of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I originally tried to make it quick and easy for you to request a book, but I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all those tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger kept saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that.

Instead, if you use Firefox as your browser, you can:

* Open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site

* Highlight the title you’d like from this list

* Paste it into the library’s “Search Title” box

If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by clicking on the "My Account" tab at the Library's web site, and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you.

Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the "Request Confirmation" screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the "Pick Up Location" is "Marathon Library".

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 9^th grade “Adventure” books

Blackwood, Gary
* Year of the hangman

Carter, Alden
* Between a Rock and Hard Place

Colfer, Eoin
* The wish list

Funke, Cornelia
* Thief lord

Hobbs, Will
* River Thunder

Howe, Norma
* Adventures of Blue Avenger
* Blue Avenger cracks the code

Meyer, L.A
* Bloody Jack
* Curse of the blue tattoo

Morey, Walt
* Death walk

Rees, Celia
* Pirates

Yolen, Jane
* Atalanta and the Arcadian
* Jason and the Gorgon's blood

AR List 2006, 9th grade “General” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These "General" books are for 9th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the AR List is so long, I had to break it into a separate list for each grade and "Type" of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I originally tried to make it quick and easy for you to request a book, but I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all those tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger kept saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that.

Instead, if you use Firefox as your browser, you can:

* Open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site

* Highlight the title you’d like from this list

* Paste it into the library’s “Search Title” box

If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by clicking on the "My Account" tab at the Library's web site, and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you.

Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the "Request Confirmation" screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the "Pick Up Location" is "Marathon Library".

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 9^th grade “General” books

Blume, Judy, ed.
* Places I never meant to be

Clark, Mary Higgins
* Silent night

Crutcher, Chris
* Athletic shorts

Duncan, Lois, ed.
* Night terrors: Stories of Shadow and Substance

Gallo, Donald
* First Crossing

Lynch, Chris
* All the old haunts

McDaniel, Lurlene
* Starry, starry night

Naylor, Phyllis
* Grooming of Alice
* Including Alice

Noyes, Deborah
* Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales

Salisbury, Graham
* Island Boyz

Snell, Gordon
* Thicker than water

Wilder, Thornton
* Our town (This is a Drama)

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Suspense” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These “Suspense” books are for 8th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the 8th grade AR List is sooooo long, I had to break it into a separate list for each “Type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all these tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger keeps saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle it. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that. I was trying to make it quick and easy for you to request a book.

If you use Firefox as your browser, you can open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site, www.keyslibraries.org, highlight the title you’d like from this list, and Paste it into the library’s Seach Title box. If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by going to My Account and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you. Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the Request Confirmation screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the Pick Up Location is Marathon Library.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Suspense” books

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia
* Demon in my view
* Hawksong
* In the forests of the night
* Midnight predator
* Shattered mirror

Avi
* Man who was Poe
* Wolf rider: a tale of terror

Bennett, Jay
* Coverup
* Dark corridor
* Executioner
* Haunted one
* Hooded man
* Sing me a death song
* Skeleton man
* Skinhead

Bunting, Eve
* Someone is hiding on Alcatraz Island

Cooney, Caroline
* Freeze tag
* The Stranger
* The Voice on the radio
* The Terrorist

Cooper, Susan
* Boggart

Cormier, Robert
* In the middle of the night
* Rag and bone shop

Duncan, Lois
* Daughters of Eve
* Don't look behind you!
* Down a dark hall
* Gift of magic
* Locked in time
* Ransom
* Summer of fear

Dunlop, Eileen
* House on the hill

Haddix, Margaret Peterson
* The house of the gulf

Hahn, Mary Downing
* Look for me by moonlight

Hobbs, Will
* The Maze
* Snow Bound

Mazer, Norma Fox
* Taking Terri Mueller

Myers, Walter
* Monster

Nixon, Joan Lowry
* The Other Side of Dark
* Don't scream!
* Stalker

Patneaude, David
* Someone Was Watching

Peck, Richard
* Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp

Pullman, Philip
* The White Mercedes

Roberts, Willo
* Baby-sitting Is a Dangerous Job

Shan, Darren
* Cirque Du Freak
* Killers of the Dawn
* Trials of death
* Tunnels of Blood
* Vampire Mountain
* Vampire prince
* Vampire's Assistant

Smith, Roland
* Zach's lie

Snyder, Zilpha
* Headless Cupid

Stevenson, James
* The Unprotected witness

Voigt, Cynthia
* When she hollers

Westall, Robert
* Ghost Abbey

Zindel, Paul
* Rat

Distribution of phones for Hard of Hearing people

Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc. (FTRI) is a statewide non profit 501(c)3 organization that administers the Specialized Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program for citizens of Florida who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf/Blind and Speech Impaired. FTRI is also responsible for the education and promotion of the Florida Relay Service.

The Florida Legislature passed the Telecommunications Access System Act(TASA F.S. 427) in 1991. The intent of TASA is to provide basic telecommunications services for Hard of Hearing, Deaf, Deaf/Blind, and Speech Impaired individuals, in the most cost effective way possible. TASA mandates that the FTRI equipment distribution program and the Florida Relay Service be funded by a monthly surcharge billed to all telephone customers (landlines) in the State of Florida. The specialized telephone equipment and ring signaling devices provided through this program are loaned to all qualified permanent Florida residents for as long as they need it, at no charge.

On Friday, March 9, 2007, at 1:30 pm, specialized telephones will be provided to qualified Florida residents—AT NO CHARGE—at the Marathon Senior Center by the Deaf Services Bureau.

Bring your ID and Social Security card to 353 33^rd Street, Bay side, in Marathon.

If you have a broken phone from their office, please bring it in the original box so they can exchange it.

If you have lost your phone, you’ll need to fill out a new application, be certified by an audiologist, and send it with a letter to Tallahassee.

You can contact the Deaf Services Bureau at 305.560.2866, or call Pilar Corrales, Distribution Specialist at 786.295.3322.

By the way, if you’re in business in Florida, sign up and become a Florida Relay Business Partner at NO COST.

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Sports” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These “Sports” books are for 8th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the 8th grade AR List is sooooo long, I had to break it into a separate list for each “Type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all these tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger keeps saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle it. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that. I was trying to make it quick and easy for you to request a book.

If you use Firefox as your browser, you can open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site, www.keyslibraries.org, highlight the title you’d like from this list, and Paste it into the library’s Seach Title box. If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by going to My Account and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you. Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the Request Confirmation screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the Pick Up Location is Marathon Library.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Sports” books

Dygard, Thomas
* Backfield Package
* Second Stringer
* Infield hit

Farley, Walter
* Black Stallion and Flame
* Black Stallion Mystery

Gutman, Bill
* Olympics

Lynch, Chris
* Gold dust

Wolff, Virginia
* Bat six

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Science fiction” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These “Science fiction” books are for 8th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the 8th grade AR List is sooooo long, I had to break it into a separate list for each “Type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all these tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger keeps saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle it. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that. I was trying to make it quick and easy for you to request a book.

If you use Firefox as your browser, you can open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site, www.keyslibraries.org, highlight the title you’d like from this list, and Paste it into the library’s Seach Title box. If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by going to My Account and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you. Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the Request Confirmation screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the Pick Up Location is Marathon Library.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Science fiction” books

Clements, Andrew
* Things not seen

Cooney, Caroline
* For all time
* Prisoner of time
* Out of time

Curry, Jane
* Dark Shade

DuPrau, Jeanne
* People of Sparks

Etchemendy, Nancy
* Power of UN

Farmer, Nancy
* Ear, the eye and the arm

Kaye, Marilyn
* All About Andy
* Amy, Number Seven
* And the Two Shall Meet
* Another Amy
* Beginning
* Fever
* Happy Birthday, Dear Amy
* Ice Cold
* In Search of Andy
* Lucky Thirteen
* Missing Pieces
* Perfect girls
* Return of the perfect girls
* Substitute
* Virtual Amy

Lasky, Kathryn
* Star split

Lubar, David
* Flip

Mackel, Kathy
* Alien in a bottle

Naylor, Phyllis
* Sang Spell

Nelson, O. T.
* Girl Who Owned a City

Philbrick, Rodman
* The Last Book in the Universe

Service, Pamela
* Being of Two Minds

Shusterman, Neal
* The dark side of nowhere

Sinykin, Sheri
* Matter of time

Sleator, William
* Beasties
* House of stairs
* Interstellar pig

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Romance” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These “Romance” books are for 8th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the 8th grade AR List is sooooo long, I had to break it into a separate list for each “Type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all these tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger keeps saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle it. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that. I was trying to make it quick and easy for you to request a book.

If you use Firefox as your browser, you can open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site, www.keyslibraries.org, highlight the title you’d like from this list, and Paste it into the library’s Seach Title box. If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by going to My Account and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you. Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the Request Confirmation screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the Pick Up Location is Marathon Library.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Romance” books

Bernardo, Anilu
* Loves me, loves me not

Dagon, Janet
* Who's going to love me now?

Daly, Maureen
* Seventeenth summer

Ferris, Jean
* Once upon a marigold

McDaniel, Lurlene
* For Better, for Worse, Forever
* Rose for Melinda
* Till Death Do Us Part

Plummer, Louise
* The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman

Van Draanen, Wendelin
* Flipped

Wittlinger, Ellen
* Lombardo's law

Woodson, Jacqueline
* If you come softly

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Non-fiction” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These “Non-fiction” books are for 8th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the 8th grade AR List is sooooo long, I had to break it into a separate list for each “Type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all these tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger keeps saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle it. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that. I was trying to make it quick and easy for you to request a book.

If you use Firefox as your browser, you can open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site, www.keyslibraries.org, highlight the title you’d like from this list, and Paste it into the library’s Seach Title box. If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by going to My Account and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you. Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the Request Confirmation screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the Pick Up Location is Marathon Library.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Non-fiction” books

Altman , Linda
* The California Gold Rush In American History

Al-Windawi, Thura
* Thura's Diary

Bode, Janet
* Truce: ending the sibling war

Brown, Fern
* American Indian science

Bryan, Jenny
* Genetic engineering

Chandler/Graham
* Environmental causes

Condon, Judith
* Chernobyl and other nuclear accidents

Damon, Duane
* Headin' for Better Times: Arts of the Great Depression

Davies, Wendy
* Closing the borders

DuTemple, Lesley
* Coral reefs (Endangered Animals and Habitats)

Ennew, Judith
* Exploitation of children

Facklam, Margery
* Tracking dinosaurs in the Gobi

Feinberg, Barbara
* Cabinet

Ferrell, Nancy
* Battle of Little Bighorn in American history

Fillpovic, Zlata
* Zlata's Diary

Fradin, Dennis
* Searching for alien life: is anyone out there?

Freedman, Russell
* Cowboys of the Wild West

Freeman, Charles
* Crisis in Rwanda
* Rise of the Nazis

Fremon, David
* Great Depression in American history
* Japanese-American Internment In American History
* Watergate Scandal in American History

Gaffney, Timothy
* Aid safety: preventing future disasters

Garg/Hardy
* Racism

Garlake, Teresa
* Rich-poor divide

Gedatus, Gus
* Date and acquaintance rape

Gottfried, Ted
* Martyrs to madness: vicitms of the holocaust

Grant, R.G.
* Berlin wall
* Hiroshima and Nagasaki
* Holocaust

Graydon, Shari
* Made You Look

Hanson, Erica
* Through the Decades: The 1920s

Hanson, Joyce
* Breaking ground, breaking silence

Harris, Nathaniel
* Israel and the Arab nations in conflict
* War in former Yugoslavia

Havelin, Kate
* Parents: They're driving me crazy!

Holland, Gini
* Through the Decades: The 1960s

Jackson, Shirley
* Witchcraft of Salem Village

Jamieson, Alison
* Terrorism

Johnson, Edward
* United Nations-peacekeeper?

Kallen, Stuart
* Through the Decades: The 1950s
* Through the Decades: The 1980s
* Through the Decades: The 1990s

King, David
* Lexington and Concord (Battlefields Across America)

Krehbiel, Randy
* Little Bighorn (Battlefields Across America)

Macaulay, David
* Mosque

McCormick, Anita
* The Industrial Revolution In American History
* Native Americans and the Reservation in American History

McKinley, Robin
* Beauty: a retelling of Beauty and the Beast

Medearis, Michael
* Cooking (African-American Arts)
* Music (African-American Arts)

Murphy, Jim
* The Long Road to Gettysburg

Nash, Carol
* Fight for Women's Right to Vote In America History

Press, Petra
* Through the Decades: The 1930s

Pringle, Laurence
* Chemical and Biological Warfare

Sawyer, Ken
* Underground Railroad in American History

Sayre, April
* Put on some antlers and walk like a moose

Silverstein, Alvin
* Common cold and flu
* Diabetes
* Hepatitis
* Mononucleosis
* Rabies
* Tuberculosis

Somerlott, Robert
* The Lincoln Assassination in American History

Sorrels, Roy
* The Alamo In American History

Stanley, Jerry
* Children of the Dust Bowl

Stearman/VanDerGaag
* Gender issues

Stein, R.
* Transcontinental Railroad in American history

Steins, Richard
* Shiloh (Battlefields Across America)

Stewart, Gail
* Through the Decades: The 1970s

Stone, Tanya
* Medical causes

Trueit, Trudi
* Eating Disorders

Uschan, Michael
* Through the Decades: The 1910s
* Through the Decades: The 1940s

Warner, Rachel
* Refugees

Weber, Michael
* Yorktown (Battlefields Across America)

Woog, Adam
* Through the Decades: The 1900s

Wright, John
* Hate Crimes (Crime and Detection)

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Mystery” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These “Mystery” books are for 8th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the 8th grade AR List is sooooo long, I had to break it into a separate list for each “Type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all these tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger keeps saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle it. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that. I was trying to make it quick and easy for you to request a book.

If you use Firefox as your browser, you can open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site, www.keyslibraries.org, highlight the title you’d like from this list, and Paste it into the library’s Seach Title box. If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by going to My Account and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you. Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the Request Confirmation screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the Pick Up Location is Marathon Library.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Mystery” books

Balliett, Blue
* Chasing Vermeer

Cross, Gillian
* On the edge

Dahl, Michael
* Coral Coffin
* Horizontal Man
* The Ruby Raven
* Viking Claw

Goldman, E. M.
* Getting Lincoln's goat

Hamilton, Virginia
* House of Dies Drear

Hobbs, Will
* Ghost canoe

Hoobler, Dorothy
* In darkness, death

Horowitz, Anthony
* Eagle Strike
* Falcon's Malteser
* Point Blank
* Stormbreaker

Hunter, Mollie
* 13th member

Jennings, Patrick
* The beastly Arms

Nixon, Joan Lowry
* Playing for keeps

Skurzynski/Ferguson
* Deadly waters

Snyder, Zilpha
* Egypt game

Stengel, Joyce
* Mystery of the island jewels

Thesman, Jean
* Cattail moon

Van Draanan, Wendelin
* Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood mummy
* Sammy Keyes and the runaway elf
* Sammy Keyes and the sisters of Mercy
* Sammy Keyes and the skeleton man
* Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary
* Sammy Keyes and the hotel thief
* Sammy Keyes and the psycho kitty queen
* Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes

Vande Velde, Vivian
* Never Trust a Dead Man

Wallace, Bill
* Journey into terror

Yep, Laurence
* Case of the Goblin Pearls

Zindel, Paul
* Reef of Death

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Historical fiction” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These “Historical fiction” books are for 8th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the 8th grade AR List is sooooo long, I had to break it into a separate list for each “Type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all these tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger keeps saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle it. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that. I was trying to make it quick and easy for you to request a book.

If you use Firefox as your browser, you can open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site, www.keyslibraries.org, highlight the title you’d like from this list, and Paste it into the library’s Seach Title box. If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by going to My Account and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you. Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the Request Confirmation screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the Pick Up Location is Marathon Library.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Historical fiction” books

Alvarez, Julia
* Before we were Free

Anderson, Laurie
* Fever, 1793

Ayres, Katherine
* Silver Dollar Girl
* Stealing South: story of the Underground Railroad

Beatty, Patricia
* Turn homeward, Hannalee
* Wait for me, watch for me, Eula Bee

Blume, Judy
* Starring Sally J. Freedman as herself

Carbone, Elisa
* Storm warriors

Choi, Sook Nyul
* Year of impossible goodbyes

Choldenko, Gennifer
* Al Capone does my shirts

Collier, James
* The Jazz kid
* Jump ship to freedom
* My brother Sam is dead

Cushman, Karen
* Catherine, called Birdy
* Matilda Bone
* Midwife's apprentice

Dorris, Michael
* Guests

English, Karen
* Francie

Fleischman, Paul
* Bull Run

Fletcher, Susan
* Walk Across the Sea

Forbes, Esther
* Johnny Tremain

Fox, Paula
* Slave dancer

Garland, Sherry
* Last rainmaker

Giff, Patricia Reilly
* Lily's crossing

Greene, Better
* Summer of my German soldier

Grove, Vicki
* Starplace

Hahn, Mary Downing
* Gentleman outlaw and me, Eli
* Hear the wind blow
* Promises to the dead

Hesse, Karen
* Out of the dust
* Stowaway

Hite, Sid
* Stick and whittle

Holm, Jennifer
* Boston Jane

Hunt, Irene
* Up a road slowly

Isaacs, Anne
* Torn thread

Kadohata, Cynthia
* Kira-Kira

Kerr, M. E.
* When Hitler stole pink rabbit

Kirwan, Anna
* Victoria: May blossom of Britannia

L'Amour, Louis
* Down the long hills

Lasky, Kathryn
* Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor
* Marie Antoinette: princess of Versailles
* Night journey
* Time for Courage…Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen

Levine, Gall
* Dave at Night

Lisle, Janet
* Art of keeping cool

Martin, Ann
* Belle Teal

Matas, Carol
* Greater than angels

Mazer, Norma
* Good night, Maman

McKinley, Robin
* Outlaws of Sherwood

Meyer, Caroline
* Gideon's people
* Anastasia: the last Grand Duchess
* Isabel: jewel of Castilla

Namioka, Lensey
* Ties That Bind, Ties That Break

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
* Blizzard's wake

O'Dell, Scott
* Serpent never sleeps
* Sing Down the Moon
* Streams to the river, river to the sea
* Zia

Orlev, Uri
* Island on Bird Street
* Man from the other side

Park, Linda
* When my name was Keoko

Paterson, Katherine
* Jacob Have I Loved
* Jip: his story
* Lyddie
* Master puppeteer

Pearsall, Shelley
* Trouble don’t last

Peck, Richard
* Ghosts I have been
* River between us
* A Year Down Yonder

Peck, Robert Newton
* Arly

Rawls, Wilson
* Where the red fern grows

Rinaldi, Ann
* Numbering all the bones

Robinet, Harriette
* Forty acres and maybe a mule

Rostkowski, Margaret
* After the dancing days

Ryan, Pam
* Esperanza rising

Rylant, Cynthia
* I Had Seen Castles

Schmidt, Gary D.
* Lizzie Bright and the buckminister boy

Sebestyan, Ouida
* Words by heart

Serraillier, Ian
* Escape from Warsaw

Snyder, Zilpha
* Cat running

Speare, Elizabeth
* The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Spinelli, Jerry
* Milkweed

Tate, Eleanora
* The Secret of the Gumbo Grove

Taylor, Theodore
* TheBomb

Veciana-Suarez
* Flight to freedom

Walters, Eric
* Caged eagles

Watson, Larry
* Montana 1948

White, Ellen
* Kaiulani: the people's princess

White, Ruth
* Memories of summer

Williams, Laura
* Behind the Bedroom Wall

Yep, Laurence
* Lady of Chi'iao Kuo: warrior of the South

Yolen, Jane
* Briar rose
* Devil's arithmetic

Yolen/Harris
* Girl in a cage

Zindel, Paul
* The Gadget

Community : FCCLV Scholarships available for blind and/or low vision students

A 2007 Florida Council of Citizens with Low Vision scholarship application, for $750.00, is now available online.

Applications and all supporting documents MUST be postmarked no later than March 20, 2007.

In case you have a slow Internet connection, the following quotes are from the Florida Council of the Blind, Inc. site:

FCCLV SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

The Florida Council of Citizens with Low Vision scholarship is awarded to an outstanding student who is enrolled in academic, professional or technical training beyond the high school level. The $750.00 award will be given for either academic excellence or to an eligible applicant who is enrolled in a course of study which will increase advancement potential in his/her chosen field. This scholarship may be awarded to a full or part-time student. However, special preference will be given to low-vision applicants, as this is a Low Vision organization.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant must be legally blind. That is, the applicant must have vision in the better eye of no more than 20/200 with corrective lenses or vision greater than 20/200 in the better eye but with a restricted field of vision of no more than 20 degrees.

Applicant must be a resident of the state of Florida. However, college or university doesn't necessarily have to be in Florida.

Applicant must have a high school diploma or a high school-equivalency diploma. (High school students who are graduating this term may also apply.)

Applicant must either be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a college, university or trade school.

Applicant must have at least a 2.5 grade point average.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS WHICH MUST ACCOMPANY THIS APPLICATION:

A narrative statement regarding vocational objectives and outlook for employment in your chosen field. Please include any awards or scholarships you have received or that are pending.

Two letters of recommendation.

Official transcript from school currently attending or most recently attended.

Application must be postmarked no later than March 20th, 2007.

Please forward application package to:
Barbara H. Grill
2030 Preymore Street
Osprey, FL 34229

All applications will be reviewed by the Florida Council of Citizens with Low Vision Executive Committee. The recipient of this scholarship will be notified prior to our state convention each year.

For more information about the FCCLV Scholarship, contact Barbara Grill at (941) 966-7056.

(Please print out and complete the following application.)

Good luck and ENJOY!

Community : Scholarships available for legally blind students

The 2007 Florida Council of the Blind scholarship applications are now available online.

Applications and all supporting documents MUST be postmarked no later than March 20, 2007.

In case you have a slow Internet connection, the following quotes are from the Florida Council of the Blind, Inc. site:

FCB SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

The Florida Council of the Blind scholarships consist of awards totaling $6,250.00, which are offered to outstanding students who are enrolled in academic education or professional training beyond the high school level. There are two $2,000.00 awards for academic excellence; a $1,500.00 award available to an eligible applicant who is enrolled in a course of study which will increase advancement potential in his/her chosen field; and a $750.00 scholarship to be awarded to an eligible applicant who is enrolled in a college or university as a part-time student.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

1. Applicant must be legally blind. That is, the applicant must have vision in the better eye of no more than 20/200 with corrective lenses or may have vision greater than 20/200 in the better eye but with a restricted field of vision of no more than 20 degrees.
2. Applicant must be a resident of the State of Florida.
3. Applicant must have a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma. (High school students who are graduating this term may also apply)
4. Applicant must be enrolled in an accredited college or university or be accepted for enrollment.
5. Applicant must be seeking a college degree.
6. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 grade point average.
7. Applicants who are full-time must carry at least 12 credit hours per semester/quarter to be eligible for the $1,500.00 award. Those who are part-time must carry a minimum of 6 credit hours per semester/quarter to be eligible for the $750.00 award.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS WHICH MUST ACCOMPANY THIS APPLICATION

1. A narrative statement regarding vocational objectives and outlook for employment in your chosen field. Please include any awards or scholarships you have received or that are pending. Part-time students must include an explanation for part-time status (e.g., employed student, family responsibilities, etc.).
2. Two letters of recommendation
3. Official transcript from school currently or most recently attended

Application must be postmarked no later than March 20th, 2007.

Please forward application package to:
Florida Council of the Blind
c/o Barbara Grill
2030 Preymore St.
Osprey, FL 34229

For more information about our Scholarship Program, you may contact Barbara Grill (941) 966-7056 or via E-mail at grillbh@comcast.net.

All applications will be reviewed by the Education and Leadership Committee and the recipients of these awards will be notified prior to our State Annual Convention each year.”

It is recommended that this application be copied and pasted into a document editor then completed and printed afterwards.”

Good luck and ENJOY!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Fantasy” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These “Fantasy” books are for 8th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the 8th grade AR List is sooooo long, I had to break it into a separate list for each “Type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all these tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger keeps saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle it. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that. I was trying to make it quick and easy for you to request a book.

If you use Firefox as your browser, you can open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site, www.keyslibraries.org, highlight the title you’d like from this list, and Paste it into the library’s Seach Title box. If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by going to My Account and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you. Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the Request Confirmation screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the Pick Up Location is Marathon Library.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Fantasy” books

Alexander, Lloyd
* Book of three
* Castle of Llyr
* High king
* Taran wanderer
* Westmark
* Wizard in the tree

Applegate, K. A.
* Brave the betrayal
* Discover the destroyer
* Inside the illusion
* Mystify the magician
* Understand the unknown

Avi
* Midnight magic
* Perloo the bold

Baker, E. D.
* The Frog princess

Colfer, Eoin
* Artemis Fowl
* Artemis Fowl: the arctic incident
* Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code

Collins, Suzanne
* Gregor the overlander

Cooper, Susan
* Dark is rising
* Greenwitch
* Grey king
* King of shadows
* Silver on the tree
* Silver on the tree

DiCamillo, Kate
* The tale of Despereaux

Duane, Diane
* Deep wizardry
* High wizardry
* The Wizard's dilemma

Fletcher, Susan
* Dragon's milk
* Flight of the Dragon Kyn
* Shadow spinner
* Sign of the dove

Gaiman, Neil
* Coraline

Hantman, Clea
* Heaven sent
* Three girls and a god

Jones, Diana
* Cart and Cwidder
* Crown of Dalemark
* Drowned Ammet

Jones, Dianne Wynne
* Charmed Life
* Lives of Christopher Chant
* Magicians of Caprona

Lasky, Kathryn
* The Capture
* The Journey
* The Rescue
* The Shattering
* The Siege

Le Guin, Ursula K.
* Wizard of Earthsea
* Farthest shore

Levine, Gail
* Ella enchanted
* Two princesses of Bamarre

Lewis, C. S.
* Silver chair

Morris, Gerald
* Squire, his knight, and his lady

Napoli, Donna Jo
* The Magic circle

Nimmo, Jenny
* Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
* Midnight for Charlie Bone

Pierce , Tamora
* First Test
* Alanna: the first adventure
* Cold fire
* Lady Knight
* Lioness rampant
* Page
* Sandry's book
* Squire
* Street magic
* Tris's book
* Woman who rides like a man

Regan, Dian
* Princess Nevermore

Rowling, J. K.
* Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
* Harry Potter and the secret chamber
* Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
* Harry Potter and the Half blood prince

Smith, Sherwood
* Journey to otherwhere

Snicket, Lemony
* Austere Academy
* Bad beginning
* Carnivorous Carnival
* Ersatz elevator
* Grim grotto
* Hostile hospital
* The Miserable mill
* The Reptile room
* Slippery slope
* The Vile village
* TheWide window

Thompson, Kate
* Switchers

Vande Velde, Vivian
* Heir apparent

Yep, Laurence
* Dragon of the Lost Sea
* Dragon steel

Yolen, Jane
* Boots and the Seven Leaguers
* Sending of dragons

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Contemporary” books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These “Contemporary” books are for 8th grade youngsters.

By the way, since the 8th grade AR List is sooooo long, I had to break it into a separate list for each “Type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on.

I discovered that the blogging software can’t handle all these tables and/or hyperlinks. Blogger keeps saying that there’s an error because the page size is too great for Blogger to handle it. Oh well, no more hyperlinks directly to every book. Sorry about that. I was trying to make it quick and easy for you to request a book.

If you use Firefox as your browser, you can open a separate Tab for Marathon Library’s web site, www.keyslibraries.org, highlight the title you’d like from this list, and Paste it into the library’s Seach Title box. If the Monroe County Libraries have that title, you’ll be able to Request it by going to My Account and entering your card number from the back of your card.

So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you. Don’t forget to pick out the proper library when you get to the Request Confirmation screen. If you come here to get your books, you’ll want to make sure it says the Pick Up Location is Marathon Library.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Oh, and if you don’t already have a Monroe County library card, don’t worry. Look over in the right-hand column of this page, under the “Links” heading for Parent's Permission Slip for a child's library card at Marathon Library. Print the form, fill it out, and return it to us the next time you come to the Marathon Library, and we’ll give you a card. Then you can order all the books you want.

Pick out a bunch of books, start reading, and ENJOY!!

AR List 2006, 8th grade “Contemporary” books

Almond, David
* Kit's wilderness

Avi
* Nothing but the truth
* Never Mind!

Bauer, Joan
* Backwater
* Stand tall

Blume, Judy
* Deenie
* Here's to you, Rachel Robinson
* Tiger eyes

Bonham, Frank
* Durango Street

Brooks, Bruce
* Moves make the man

* Vanishing

Bunting, Eve
* Jumping the nail

Butterworth, W. E.
* LeRoy and the old man

Caldwell, V.M.
* Ocean within

Cisneros, Sandra
* House on Mango Street

Cleary, Beverly
* Fifteen

Cole, Brock
* The Goats

Cooney, Caroline
* Face on the milk carton
* What child is this?
* What Janie found

Craven, Margaret
* I heard the owl call my name

Creech, Sharon
* Ruby Holler
* Walk two moons
* The Wanderer

Curtis, Christopher
* Bud, not Buddy

Draper, Sharon
* Forged by fire

Ellis, Deborah
* Parvana's Journey

Flake, Sharon
* Begging for change
* Money hungry

Fleischman, Paul
* Fate totally worse than death

Fox, Paula
* One-eyed cat

Freymann-Weyr, Garret
* My Heartbeat

Garland, Sherry
* Cabin 102

George, Jean Craighead
* Shark beneath the reef
* Water sky

Giff, Patricia Reilly
* Pictures of Hollis Woods

Griffin, Adele
* Amandine

Griffiths, Andy
* The day my butt went psycho

Grove, Vicki
* Reaching Dustin

Hayes, Sheila
* You've been away all summer

Hentoff, Nat
* Day they came to arrest the book

Herrera, Juan Felipe
* Crashboomlove: a novel in verse

Hiaasen, Carl
* Hoot

Hinton, S. E.
* Rumble Fish
* Taming the Star Runner

Hobbs, Will
* Beardance
* Bearstone
* Downriver
* Far North
* Kokopelli's flute

Hoffman, Alice
* Green angel

Holt, Kimberly
* Keeper of the night
* When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Honeycutt, Natalie
* Ask me something easy

Howe, James
* The Misfits

Kent, Deborah
* Courage to Live

Klein, Norma
* Just friends

Koertge, Ron
* Tiger, tiger burning bright

Konigsburg, E. L.
* From the mixed-up filed of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
* Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth and me
* The View from Saturday

Lasky, Kathryn
* Memoirs of a bookbat

LeMieux, A. C.
* TV guidance counselor

Levine, Gail Carson
* The wish

Lipsyte, Robert
* The Brave

Lowry, Lois
* Find a stranger, say goodbye
* Summer to die

Mahy, Margaret
* Memory

Marsden, John
* Letters from the inside

Mazer, Norma Fox
* Silver

McDaniel, Lurlene
* Angel of hope
* Goodbye Doesn’t Mean Forever
* Lifted up by angels
* Someone Dies, Someone Lives
* Telling Christina goodbye
* Time to let go
* Too Young to Die
* Until angels close my eyes

McDonald, Janet
* Chill Wind

McKay, Hilary
* Saffy's angel

Moore, Martha
* Under the mermaid angel

Morpurgo, Michael
* War of Jenkins' ear

Myers, Walter
* 145th Street: Short Stories
* Motown and Didi

Na, An
* Step from heaven

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
* Alice the brave

Neufeld, John
* Lisa, bright and dark

O'Neal, Zibby
* Language of goldfish

Paterson, Katherine
* Park's quest
* Same stuff as stars

Patneaude, David
* Framed in Fire

Paulsen, Gary
* The Car
* Harris and Me

Peck, Richard
* Unfinished portrait of Jessica

Roberts, Willo Davis
* Buddy is a stupid name for a girl
* Undercurrents

Robinson, Margaret
* Woman of her tribe

Rodowsky, Colby
* Hannah in Between

Rostkowski, Margaret
* Moon dancer

Sachar, Louis
* Holes

Scott, Virginia
* Belonging

Shalant, Phyllis
* The Great Eye

Siebold, Jan
* Doing Time Online

Sleator, William
* Oddballs

Sones, Sonya
* Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
* What my mother doesn't know

Soto, Gary
* The afterlife
* Baseball In April

Spinelli, Jerry
* Crash
* Maniac Magee
* Stargirl
* Who put that hair in my toothbrush?
* Wringer

Strasser, Todd
* Here comes heavenly

Tashjian, Janet
* Multiple choice

Thesman, Jean
* The Rain Catchers

Tolan, Stephanie
* Ordinary miracles
* Surviving the Applewhites

Tomey, Ingrid
* Nobody Else Has to Know

Voigt, Cynthia
* Runner

Weeks, Sarah
* So B. It

Wesley, Valerie
* Where Do I Go from Here?

Whelan, Gloria
* Homeless bird

White, Ruth
* Belle Prater's boy

Wilson, Nancy
* Flapjack waltzes

Wittlinger, Ellen
* Gracie's girl

Wolff, Virginia
* True believer

Woodson, Jacqueline
* Behind you
* Hush
* I hadn't meant to tell you this
* Miracle's Boys

Zindel, Paul
* The Undertaker's gone bananas