Classroom Novels

Fox Valley Lutheran High School's Library Media Center has a program available to all federation grade school teachers. It consists of classroom novel sets (30-35 copies each of 30 different titles), which can be checked out during the school year on a quarterly basis for use in their classrooms. We will be adding three new sets to our collection: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg; A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park; and Snow Treasure, by Marie McSwigan. These are still on back order and not yet available for check out to the teachers. I will send out an updated list as soon as I receive the books and get them processed.

The novel sets cover reading levels for grades 4 through 8 and above, and most come with teaching or study guides. Novel sets are reserved on a first come, first served basis. It is the responsibility of the teacher requesting use of the books to pick them up at the beginning of the quarter and return them to FVL at the end of the quarter so they will be available for the next school to use. Arrangements can be made for a student from your congregation who attends FVL to deliver the book sets for you.

The following pages list the novel sets available. If you would like to make use of this program, please phone in your requests by calling FVL at 920-739-4441, ext. 2132, and ask for Mrs. Cheryl Kuehn or Mrs. Faith Liebzeit at ext. 2134. Please pass this information on to the other teachers at your school that might be interested in using the classroom novels.

In the past, we have been able to add new titles to this collection because of the fund raising efforts of various congregations within our federation. If your school, or an organization in your school or church, is interested in making a similar contribution, please call the FVL Library Media Center for more information. Also, if you have suggestions for titles to add to the collection, please do not hesitate to contact us.

GRADE SCHOOL
CLASSROOM NOVELS LIST

Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain. Scholastic, 1999.
319p. RL - YA
Mark Twain's classic yarn about an orphan growing up on the Mississippi.
(35 copies & Teacher's Study Guide)


Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson. Scholastic, 1977.
128p. RL 5-8
A boy and girl build their own world of art, literature and love.
(35 copies & Teacher's Study Guides)


Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryrie Brink. Macmillan, 1935. 275p.
RL 4 - 8
Adventures of an 11-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-19th century.
(30 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Call It Courage
by Armstrong Sperry. Collier, 1940. 116p.
RL 5 - 8
A ten-year-old boy learns much as he sets out to conquer his fear of the sea.
(34 copies & Teacher's Guide)


Call of the Wild
by Jack London. Pocket, 1903. 102p.
RL 5 - 8
A rugged outdoor story of the sled dog, Buck.
(34 copies & Teacher's Guide)


Dogsong
by Gary Paulsen. Scholastic, 1985. 177p. RL 6-8
Inspired by the Eskimo shaman Oogruk, Russell Suskitt takes a dog team and sled to escape the modern ways of his village and to find his own "song" of himself.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Fellowship of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkein. Ballentine, 1965. 527p. RL 6+
The first book of the famous fantasy trilogy, where Tolkein
creates an imaginary world - Middle-Earth.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen. Macmillan, 1987. 195p. RL 4-6
On his way to visit his recently divorced father in the Canadian mountains, 13-year-old Brian Robeson is the only survivor when the single-engine plane crashes.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guide)

The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkein. Ballantine, 1997. 304p. RL 6+
The enchanting prelude to the fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings, where we are introduced to Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who swept up into a dangerous adventure with other hobbits.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Holes
by Louis Sachar. Scholastic, 1999. 233p. RL 4 - 6
Stanley Yelnats is a boy who is falsely accused and convicted of theft. He chooses Camp Green Lake, which turns out to be a juvenile detention center, instead of jail.
(35 copies, Teacher's Guide and Web Quest)

Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynne Reid Banks. Avon, 1982. 181p. RL 4 - 6
Fantasy about a young boy's adventures with toy figures that come to life in his magic cabinet.
(30 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell. Dell, 1960. 184p. RL 4 - 7
An Indian girl is left alone on an island for 10 years.
(34 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott. New American, 1962. 497p. RL 6+
A classic tale of romance and chivalry.
(35 copies & Study Guide)

Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes. Dell, 1943. 256p. RL 5 - 8
Boston and pre-Revolutionary War days.
(33 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis. Collier, 1970. 186p. RL 4 - 7
(Book 1, Chronicles of Narnia) Aslan, the noble lion, frees Narnia from the White Witch's spell.
(29 copies & Teacher's Guide)

My Brother Sam is Dead
by J. L. Collier. Scholastic, 1974. 216p. RL 7+
This Newbery Honor book depicts a boy's disillusionment with the glories of war as he lives through the Revolutionary War years in Connecticut.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guide)

My Side of the Mountain
by Jean George. Trumpet, 1988. 177p. RL 5+
An 11-year-old boy reuns away to the Catskill Mountains to live off the land for a year.
(30 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry. Bantam, 1989. 137p. RL 6+
Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen during the Nazi occupation of Denmark.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guides)

The Pushcart War
by Jean Merrill. Dell, 1964. 222p. RL 5 - 8
A child's history of New York's war between the pushcarts and the trucks.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Rascal
by Sterling North. Scholastic, 1963. 189p. RL 6+
An eleven-year-old boy and a mischievous raccoon grow up together in the wilderness.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guide)

The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane. Scholastic, 1895. 180p. RL 7+
A young soldier's dreams of glory on the battlefields of the Civil War are shattered by reality.
(35 copies & teacher's Guide)

Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Dell, 1990. 287p. RL 6+
Three children learn much about themselves and the world inside the Secret Garden.
(30 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Sing Down the Moon
by Scott O'Dell. Dell, 1970. 124p. RL 5-6
Newbery Honor Book. This is the story of the forced migration of the Navajos as told from the Indian point of view.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Sounder
by William Armstrong. Harper, 1969. 114p. RL 6 - 8
Beloved Sounder the dog saves his innocent black master and son from tragedy.
(33 copies & Teacher's Guide)

Swiss Family Robinson
by J. D. Wyss. Penguin, 1990. 333p. RL 6+
Classic tale of a family's survival and adventures after shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island.
(30 copies)

Trumpet of the Swan
by E. B. White. HarperTrophy, 1973. 210p. RL 4 - 6
A trumpeter swan born without a voice learns to communicate using a trumpet. His determination to achieve his goals takes him far from home.
(30 copies & Teacher's Guide)

War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells. Airmont, 1964. 160p. RL 7+
Classic science fiction about the menace from Mars.
(35 copies & Study Guides)

Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls. Bantam, 1974. 249p. RL 5+
Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann - a boy and his two dogs - ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee County.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guide)

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare. Dell, 1993 223p. RL 4 - 6
An orphaned girl is relocated from the Carribbean islands to the bleak shores of Connecticut Colony where she befriends a woman accused of being a witch.
(35 copies & Teacher's Guides)

A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeline L'Engle. Dell, 1962. 211p. RL 5+
Science fiction fantasy about a brother and sister's search for their lost father in the 5th dimension.
(33 copies & Teacher's Guide)