EPL Picks - Kids - Modern Classics
Annotation:These books are old favourites.
Annotation:A newborn bat named Shade, the runt of his litter, gets separated from the rest of his clan during their migration. He goes on a dangerous journey to try and find them. The first in a trilogy. Grades 6 - 12.
Place a Hold
Annotation:Two slave girls run away from a plantation in Mississippi and escape to Canada using the Underground Railroad. Grades 5 - 8.
Annotation:Ten-year-old Winifred Foster’s meeting with the unusual Tuck family, and her discovery about their hidden spring, transforms her life. Grades 5 - 8.
Annotation:Twelve-year-old Rose climbs down the stairs of an abandoned root cellar and finds that she has stepped back into the 1860s. While there, she makes friends with Will and Susan. When Will runs away to fight in the American Civil War, Rose and Susan set off on a dangerous journey to find him. Grades 5 - 8.
Annotation:A Siamese cat, a bull terrier and a Labrador retriever travel long distances to find their family. Grades 3 - 7.
Annotation:Roch, a hockey-loving boy and Montreal Canadiens fan, is bitterly disappointed when he receives a blue and white Toronto Maple Leafs sweater instead of the red and white Montreal Canadiens sweater he had asked for. Grades 3 - 6.
Annotation:When Marty finds a mistreated beagle pup, he tries to hide it from his family and the dog’s real owner. Grades 4 - 6.
Annotation:The first book in Beverly Cleary’s series about the very funny Ramona Quimby. Grades 3 - 6.
Annotation:The very funny story of two owls who are family pets. Grades 3 - 6.
Annotation:Mrs. Frisby is a widowed field mouse with four young children wintering in the garden of the farm. One of them, Timothy, has fallen ill and can't be moved. The problem is that the time for the move to summer home has come. If they don't move, they will be killed when the farmer plows his field. Grades 3 - 7.
Annotation:When young Jacob Two-two is unjustly imprisoned by the hooded fang, he hopes to be rescued by members of Child Power. Grades 3 - 6.
Annotation:The first book in the magical series about a boy wizard and his friends. Grade 4 - Adult.
Annotation:Wilbur, a runt piglet, is raised by the farmer’s daughter, Fern, and becomes friends with a spider named Charlotte. Grades 3 - 6.
Annotation:Five lucky children get to tour Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. The good ones get delicious rewards, but the bad ones begin to disappear. Grades 3 - 6.
Annotation:The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. Grades 4 - 6.
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These modern novels are already well on their way to becoming well loved classics.
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