“Students who read become adults who lead.”-Helen Ruffin

Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Team Members can visit a public library or a bookstore to find good books to read over the summer break. These choices will be the reading list for the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Team in August. Mrs. Rafi and Mr. Baxter will co-team next year. Please read the books and make 10 question per book and answers.(WITH PAGE NUMBERS) You may e-mail them to Mr. Baxter. His school e-mail address is gbaxter@mcsdga.net. We are starting a WIKI site, so that you can post questions. E-mail me if you are interested in posting questions there.

Bell, Hilari (2007). Shield of Stars. Simon & Schuster. When the Justice he works for is condemned for treason, fourteen-year-old and semi-reformed pickpocket Weasel sets out to find a notorious bandit who may be able to help save his master's life. http://www.sfwa.org/members/bell/

Carbone, Elisa (2006).Blood on the River James Town 1607 Viking. Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe. http://www.elisacarbone.com/ Coombs, Kate (2006) The Runaway Princess Farrar Fifteen-year-old Princess Meg uses magic and her wits to rescue a baby dragon and escape the unwanted attentions of princes hoping to gain her hand in marriage through a contest arranged by her father,the king http://www.katecoombs.com/

Dahlberg, Maurine F. (2007).The Story of Jonas. Farrar In the mid-1800s, a slave boy dreams of escaping to freedom while on a journey from Missouri to the gold fields of Kansas Territory with his master's n'er-do-well son

Dowell, Frances O’Roark. (2006).Phineas L. MacGuire … Erupts! . Atheneum Fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire is forced to team up with the new boy in class on a science fair project, but the boy's quirky personality causes Phineas to wonder if they have any chance of winning http://www.francesdowell.com/

Gauthier, Gail (2006).Happy Kid.Putnam. After his mother bribes him into reading a self-help book on how to form satisfying relationships and enjoy a happy life, cynical eighth-grader Kyle finds there may be more to the book than he realized. http://www.gailgauthier.com/>/a>

Graff, Lisa (2006). The Thing About Georgie. Laura Geringer. Georgie's dwarfism causes problems, but he could always rely on his parents, his best friend, and classmate Jeanie the Meanie's teasing, until a surprising announcement, a new boy in school, and a class project shake things up. http://www.lisagraff.com/

Harley, Bill (2006). The Amazing Flight of Darius Frobisher. Peachtree. When his adventurous father disappears during a hot-air balloon flight, ten-year-old Darius is torn away from his beloved housekeeper and sent to live with an obnoxious aunt until a strange bicycle repairman with a secret changes his life. http://www.billharley.com/">http://www.billharley.com/

Hill, Kirkpatrick (2007). Do Not Pass Go.. Margaret K. McElderry. When Deet's father is jailed for using drugs, Deet learns that prison is not what he expected, nor are other people necessarily the way he thought they were http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=350257/

Hobbs, Valerie (2005). Defiance. Frances Foster Frances Foster books." While vacationing in the country, eleven-year-old Toby, a cancer patient, learns some important lessons about living and dying from an elderly poet and her cow.http://www.valeriehobbs.com/

Holmes, Sara Lewis (2007). Letters from Rapunzel. HarperCollins.. Through a series of letters written to a post office box, twelve-year-old Cadence describes her father's hospitalization for depression, her subsequent problems at school, and her hope that the mysterious recipient will help her find a happy ending. http://www.saralewisholmes.com/

Lombard, Jenny (2006). Drita, My Homegirl. Putnam. When ten-year-old Drita and her family, refugees from Kosovo, move to New York, Drita is teased about not speaking English well, but after a popular student named Maxine is forced to learn about Kosovo as a punishment for teasing Drita, the two girls soon bond http://www.dritamyhomegirl.com/p/reviewbio.html/

Lord, Cynthia (2006) Rules. Scholastic. Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic http://www.cynthialord.com/

Lowery, Linda (2006) Truth and Salsa. Peachtree. Having moved temporarily from Michigan to live with her grandmother in Mexico, thirteen-year-old Hayley tries to sort out her feelings about her parents' separation while also helping some townsmen who have run into trouble while working in the United States. http://www.lindalowery.com/ Lupica, Mike (2006).)Heat. Philomel. http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-lupica-mike.asp

Riordan, Rick (2006). The Lightning Thief. .Miramax. Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war. http://www.rickriordan.com/

Rupp, Rebecca (2006).Journey to the Blue Moon.Candlewick. After a gang of talking rats transports a young boy to the moon, he embarks on a series of adventures and gains a new perspective on the concept of time. br> http://www.trolleymuseum.org/reading05_3.html/

Smith, Roland (2007). Peak. Harcourtbr>A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest. http://www.rolandsmith.com/

Weeks, Sarah (2004).So B. It. HarperCollins. After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor,twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is. http://www.sarahweeks.com/

White, Ruth.(2007).Way Down Deep. Farrar. In the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby June is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house when suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel. http://www.fsgkidsbooks