The jellyfish who lives in the lake behind the library calls me over.
“I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 54,639,326,” he says. “If you can tell me what the number is, you can have the lake treasure.”
I want the lake treasure. It’s rumored to be a chest full of peanut butter cookies. But I don’t know what number the jellyfish is thinking of because I’m psychic, not telepathic. I’m about to guess 14 when I notice a beagle puppy watching us from across the lake. His tail starts to wag. Suddenly the answer comes to me.
“Bowling ball,” I say.
The jellyfish dives back under the water. A second later, a red cooler bobs to the surface. I pull it to shore. Ready to gobble up all the peanut butter cookies inside, I throw open the lid. All I see is seaweed. A second beagle puppy peeks inside. The seaweed quivers, then shoots out of the cooler. There aren’t any peanut butter cookies at all.
“Books!” says a third beagle puppy who is hovering over the cooler.
A duck lands nearby and nibbles on the seaweed. I try some, too, hoping it will taste like peanut butter cookies. It doesn’t.
All my friends ride up on water skis. They, the puppies, and the duck divide the lake treasure.
BIGFOOT’s share of the lake treasure:
HERE LIES LINC by Delia Ray
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Knopf-Random House
August 23, 2011
PEARL VERSES THE WORLD by Sally Murphy,
with illustrations by Heather Potter
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Candlewick
August 23, 2011
AMERICUS by MK REED, illustrated by Jonathan David Hill
[YOUNG ADULT—GRAPHIC NOVEL]
First Second-Roaring Brook
August 30, 2011
BAKE SALE by Sara Varon
[MIDDLE GRADE—GRAPHIC NOVEL]
First Second-Roaring Brook
August 30, 2011
THE MAP OF ME by Tami Lewis Brown
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
August 30, 2011
RACHEL SPINELLI PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE
by Paul Acampora
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Roaring Brook
August 30, 2011
MORZANT’s share of the lake treasure:
TRAPPED: HOW THE WORLD RESCUED 33 MINERS
FROM 2,000 FEET BELOW THE CHILEAN DESERT
by Marc Aronson
[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
August 30, 2011
THE FABULOUS FLYING MACHINES
OF ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT
by Victoria Griffith, illustrated by Eva Montanari
[PICTURE BOOK—NON-FICTION]
Abrams
September 1, 2011
PENNY’s share of the lake treasure:
EDDIE: THE LOST YOUTH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
by Scott Gustafson
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Simon & Schuster
August 23, 2011
THIS DARK ENDEAVOR: THE APPRENTICESHIP
OF VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN by Kenneth Oppel
[YOUNG ADULT]
Simon & Schuster
August 23, 2011
THE PROJECT by Brian Falkner
[YOUNG ADULT]
Random House
August 23, 2011
ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD by Kendare Blake
[YOUNG ADULT]
Tor-Tom Doherty Associates
August 30, 2011
THE UNWANTEDS by Lisa McMann
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Aladdin-Simon & Schuster
August 30, 2011
THE ELEVENTH PLAGUE by Jeff Hirsch
[YOUNG ADULT]
Scholastic Press-Scholastic
September 1, 2011
The DUCK’s share of the lake treasure:
THE JEWEL AND THE KEY by Louise Spiegler
[YOUNG ADULT]
Clarion-Houghton Mifflin
August 29, 2011
WITCHLANDERS by Lena Coakley
[YOUNG ADULT]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
August 30, 2011
NORMAN’s share of the lake treasure:
DARTH PAPER STRIKES BACK by Tom Angleberger
[MIDDLE GRADE—SECOND IN THE ORIGAMI YODA SERIES]
Amulet-Abrams
August 23, 2011
13 GIFTS by Wendy Mass
[YOUND ADULT]
Scholastic Press-Scholastic
September 1, 2011
FLOORS by Patrick Carman
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Scholastic Press-Scholastic
September 1, 2011
SIX DAYS by Philip Webb
[YOUNG ADULT]
The Chicken House-Scholastic
September 1, 2011
S.0.S. by GORDON KORMAN
[MIDDLE GRADE—THIRD IN THE TITANIC TRILOGY]
Scholastic
September 1, 2011
BEVERLY’s share of the lake treasure:
MIMI by John Newman
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Candlewick
August 23, 2011
MO WREN, LOST AND FOUND by Tricia Springstubb,
with illustrations by Heather Ross
[MIDDLE GRADE—SEQUEL TO WHAT HAPPENED ON FOX STREET]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
August 23, 2011
BRONXWOOD by Coe Booth
[YOUNG ADULT—SEQUEL TO TYRELL]
Push
September 1, 2011
IN TROUBLE by Ellen Levine
[YOUNG ADULT]
Carolrhoda-Lerner
September 1, 2011
OLIVER’s share of the lake treasure:
HAND BOOK by Jeff Newman
[PICTURE BOOK]
Simon & Schuster
August 23, 2011
GRANDPA GREEN by Lane Smith
[PICTURE BOOK]
Roaring Brook
August 30, 2011
ONE MOON, TWO CATS by Laura Godwin,
illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
[PICTURE BOOK]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
August 30, 2011
ART 123: COUNT FROM 1 TO 12
WITH GREAT WORKS OF ART by Stefano Zuffi
[PICTURE BOOK]
Abrams
September 1, 2011
LENNY’s share of the lake treasure:
BE QUIET, MIKE! by Leslie Patricelli
[PICTURE BOOK]
Candlewick
August 23, 2011
BINKY UNDER PRESSURE by Ashley Spires
[GRAPHIC NOVEL—THIRD BINKY ADVENTURE]
Kids Can Press
September 1, 2011
VIOLET’s share of the lake treasure:
ESTIE AND THE MENSCH by Jane Kohuth,
illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger
[PICTURE BOOK]
Random House
August 23, 2011
THE LITTLE BITTY BAKERY by Leslie Muir,
illustrated by Betsy Lewin
[PICTURE BOOK]
Hyperion-Disney
August 30, 2011
THE BASKET BALL by Esmé Raji Codell,
illustrated by Jennifer Plecas
[PICTURE BOOK]
Abrams
September 1, 2011
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH! by Annika Dunklee,
illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
[PICTURE BOOK]
Kids Can Press
September 1, 2011
* The dream entries from Briar’s journal contain premonitions of books that will be published in the future. Briar’s dream self foresees the books’ summaries and knows which will likely appeal to each of her friends. Briar always wakes up before she can see whether her friends will enjoy the books.
2 comments:
Wow, a lot of great titles by authors I enjoy. Thanks!
Kelly, I’m happy that my psychic dreams alerted you to some books you’re interested in reading. I list upcoming books here according to my friends’ tastes. Bigfoot tends to like coming of age stories with a touch of humor; Penny likes mysteries and horror. Which of my friends most shares your taste in books?
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