Interested to know some of the books that Mrs. Dry is reading?
Well search no more, I am currently working on my Master's Degree to become a Library Media Specialist and one of my classes requires me to read and report on 15 books. I am also required to do several book talks on some of the great books that I am reading. So scroll down through this page and maybe you will see your favorite teacher showing some of these great books to the class. You will also be able to read a short report on the books and maybe it will spark your interest to choose one of these books from the shelf. If you would like to see some of the great book in our classroom library please click over to the virtual tour tab on the index page so you can check out our collection.

      Mrs. Dry's Honor Reader List       What is she reading now?

1. Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry

This is a story that takes place during World War II (1943) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Germans have easily taken over the city and they are beginning to "relocate" the Jews in the community.

The story is mainly about a Danish girl named Annamarie and her family (the Johansens) and a Jewish girl named Ellen and her family (the Rosens). Annamarie and Ellen are best friends and their families live in the same apartment building in Denmark. As the story unfolds the families are beginning to notice more and more soldiers on the streets since Denmark has surrendered to the Germans, some of their Jewish friends are "vanishing" without explanation, and they have been reading about several bombings and Resistance incidents that are taking place in their city.

The next thing that happens is the Rosens (The Jewish family) are franticly leaving their home and are going into hiding because they have found out the Nazis have gotten a list of all the Jews in the community and they're going to try to arrest them all tonight. The Johansens agree to hide their daughter , Ellen, with them, thinking she'll be safer there where she can blend into the family and the girls can pretend to be sisters. They think they're just a normal family and no one will bother them and Ellen will be safe and they will reunite her to her family when things settle down. In the middle of the night there's a knock on the Johansen's door and it's several German solders looking for the Rosens.  So in the morning the Johansen's decide Ellen's not safe there and they're going to leave Copenhagen with her and travel to their uncle's house in another town to hide out from the Nazis. Will they be safe there? What will happen to the Johansens if they are caught hiding a Jew? What about Ellen's parents, will she ever see them again? Is Annamarie willing to die to protect her friend, Ellen? To find out the answers, read.....

Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry.

2. Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen.

This story takes place in the Canadian Wilderness

This story is about a fatal plane crash, a thirteen year old boy is left alone in the Canadian wilderness to survive for fifty-four days with only the aid of a hatchet, and a secret.  He had a choice to make when the plane went down to survive or perish in his anger over "the secret." He also frighteningly witnesses the death of someone new but important in his life. Unwillingly being placed in a new environment and having to survive, his loss of innocence, and only having one tool to survive challenges Brian in ways he never dreamed. During his time in the Canadian Wilderness Brian lso encounters interesting and frightening things about his surroundings and himself.   What was the secret that Brian carried with him? Imagine that you were in Brian’s position how could you use the hatchet?  Can you think of some things Brian had to endure while being alone in the wilderness? To find the answers to these questions you need to read....

Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen.

3. THE WATSON'S GO TO BIRMINGHAM -- 1963 Curtis, Christopher Paul

The Watson's are not an ordinary family in Flint, MI.  On a very cold winter morning, Byron manages to freeze his lips to the side-view mirror of the family car.  Mrs. Watson  is from Alabama and fears her children will freeze in the cold, so she bundles them in so many layers of sweaters and coats they can hardly move—but it’s great protection when you’re pelted with snowballs.  No wonder people think the family is strange.  But there’s one way they’re not strange at all.  When gang influences that threaten to turn him from good kid to bad kid, the Watson’s decide to drive 1,000 miles to Birmingham to take him to Grandma Sands, who will be able to set Byron straight.  If that doesn’t happen over the summer, Byron would stay in Birmingham.  In preparation for a trip, Mr. Watson had a TrueTone AB-700 Ultra-Glide installed in his car, the Brown Bomber.  The Ultra-Glide played something you’ve probably never seen—45 rpm records.  The day he brought it home, the weird Watsons spent two hours out front of the house in the Brown Bomber testing out the Ultra-Glide.  What the Watson’s don’t anticipate is the racial hatred in Birmingham.  Hatred strong enough for white men to blow up a black church.  Both funny and sad, The Watsons go to Birmingham—1963 takes you back to a time when the color of your skin determined what kind of world you lived in. To find out what happens to this interesting family and the many adventures they have along the way then read

THE WATSON'S GO TO BIRMINGHAM -- 1963 Curtis, Christopher Paul

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I am reading some really cool book right now some are Christian fiction and some are just for fun I have listed a few of them below.......check them out!

• Deadline, by Randy Alcorn.

• The Twilight Series, by Stephanie Meyer

• The First Day's of School,  by Hary Wong.

• Abduction, by Peg Kehret

• Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan

• Each Little Bird that Sings by Deborah Wiles

• and in July I will be finishing the last of the Harry Potter series Deathly Hollows!

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