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Tasteful Tuesday's First Chapters

Tasteful Tuesday's First Chapters

By Mrs. Winningham

Introducing a new book on Tuesday's by Mrs. Winningham, Media Specialist at Avon Middle School South, Avon, IN.
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The Running Dream By Wendelen Van Draanen

Tasteful Tuesday's First ChaptersMay 18, 2021

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The Running Dream By Wendelen Van Draanen

The Running Dream By Wendelen Van Draanen

When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

Genre: Sports , Realistic Fiction

May 18, 202109:12
In A Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz

In A Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz

Frog joins cousins Jack and Jill in leaving their own stories to seek a magic mirror, encountering such creatures as giants, mermaids, and goblins along the way. Based in part on fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.

Genre: Adventure, Fairy Tales

May 11, 202109:43
The year of goodbyes! by Debbie Levy

The year of goodbyes! by Debbie Levy

Debbie Levy reveals the story of her mother's life in 1938, the family's last year in Germany before they escaped Nazi persecution, based on the poems, inscriptions, and drawings collected in twelve-year-old Jutta's autograph book, and describes Jutta's life in New York City.

Genre: Historical Fiction, Book in Verse

Apr 27, 202107:56
Booked by Kwame Alexander

Booked by Kwame Alexander

Nobody can stop Nick Hall- he's a star on the soccer team, cruising in school and getting ready to ask out the girl of his dreams. But then a bombshell announcement shatters his world. 

Genre: Sports

Apr 20, 202107:24
Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

Reha feels town between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indiana American student, and home, with her family and their community. But Reha's parents don't understand. She feels disconnected from her mother. Although their names are linked- they are a universe apart.

Apr 13, 202109:45
Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes

Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes

This coming of age book is written in verse and allows the reader a unique insight in to Joylin's personal journey through middle school.

Apr 05, 202108:08
Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

This realist fiction book tells the story of a young Afghan refugee in Oklahoma and how his stories, of his homeland and family, help him try to adjust to life in a new country.

Mar 16, 202112:18
There's Someone Inside Your House By Stephanie Perkins

There's Someone Inside Your House By Stephanie Perkins

A heart pounding page-turner with an outstanding cast of characters, a deliciously creepy setting and an absolutely merciless body count. This horror suspense story is soon to be a Netflix movie. 

Mar 09, 202110:47
Salt to the Sea By Ruta Sepetys

Salt to the Sea By Ruta Sepetys

As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull. This historical fiction story by Ruta Sepetys weaves the lives of four refugees together all from a different country and with their own different secrets.

Mar 02, 202104:40
Overturned by Lamar Giles

Overturned by Lamar Giles

Overturned by Lamar Giles is a mystery book. Lamar Giles is an Black Author whose mysteries inspire all readers. Nikki Tate's father has been on death row for killing his best friend in a gambling dispute, but he has always maintained his innocence. Now his conviction has been overturned and he is back at the casino, where high school junior Nikki has been operating illegal poker games in the hopes of saving enough money to get out of Vegas after graduation. Nikki's dad is determined to find the real killer and she is inevitably drawn into his dangerous search for the truth.

Feb 23, 202113:24
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

Hush is a releaisic fiction story about twelve-year-old Toswiah. She finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program

Feb 16, 202113:08
Matched by Ally Condie

Matched by Ally Condie

Cassia has always had complete trust in the Society to make decisions for her, but when she is being paired with her ideal mate, a second face flashes on the screen, and Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility as she tries to decide which man she truly loves.

Feb 09, 202117:45
Look Both Ways: A tale told in ten blocks by Jason Reynolds

Look Both Ways: A tale told in ten blocks by Jason Reynolds

A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school.

Feb 02, 202121:11
The Traitor's Game By Jennifer Nielsen

The Traitor's Game By Jennifer Nielsen

This is a historical fiction story by writer Jennifer Nielsen . She has written many books including The False Prince series.

Jan 26, 202112:52
Charlie Hernandez & The League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo

Charlie Hernandez & The League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo

This is the first book in this mystery series. It is set in Miami Florida.

Jan 19, 202105:40
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Blake

Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Blake

This is a realistic fiction book that takes place in Georgia. 

Jan 12, 202110:37
Soar by Joan Bauer

Soar by Joan Bauer

Mrs. Winningham reads chapter 1 of this baseball book.

Jan 05, 202106:18
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Chapter 1 read by Mrs. Winningham.

Dec 15, 202014:47
Gamer Army by Trent Reedy

Gamer Army by Trent Reedy

Gamer Army by Trent Reedy. Read by Mrs. Winningham

Dec 08, 202017:36
Dragonwatch by Bradon Mull - Chapter 1

Dragonwatch by Bradon Mull - Chapter 1

Chapter 1 read by Elizabeth Winningham.

Dec 04, 202012:36