How They Choked

How They Choked (2014)

by Georgia Bragg

ISBN: 9780802734884

 Interest Level by AR: Middle Grade +   RL by AR: Gr.7.2

IL by Follett: Gr.5-8    RL by Follett: Gr.6.5

        Age: 11+    UK Equivalent: Key Stage 3   Theme: History

Type: Chapter Book, UK Book     Genre: Non Fiction

Synopsis: Describes the failures of fourteen historical, famous achievers, including Isaac Newton, Thomas Edison, Vincent Van Gogh, Ann Boleyn, and Amelia Earhart.    (Credits to Follett)

To Dance : a Ballerina's Graphic Novel

To Dance : a Ballerina's Graphic Novel (2007 )

by Siena Cherson Ciegel

ISBN: 9781416926870

        Interest Level by Scholastic: Gr.6-8   Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr.3.5

        IL by AR: Middle Grade   RL by AR: Gr.3.8

IL by Follett: Gr.3-6    RL by Follett: Gr.4.4

Lexile: GN610L

  Age: 8+    UK Equivalent: Upper Key Stage 2

Type: Chapter Book, US Book     Genre: Graphic Novel     Theme: Dance, Biography

Synopsis:  Follows the life and career of a ballerina, detailing her dance school experiences, performances, and personal life. Presented in graphic novel format.      (Credits to Follett)

Going Solo

Going Solo

by Roald Dahl

ISBN 9780141311425

Interest Level by Scholastic: Middle Grade +  Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr7.9

IL by AR: Middle Grade     RL by AR: Gr.6.1

Lexile: 1080L     DRA: 50     Guided Reading (Fountas & Pinnell): T

Type: UK Book     Genre: Autobiography, History

Synopsis: The fascinating story of Roald Dahl's life continues in Going Solo, a marvelous evocation of the author's wartime exploits. As a pilot in World War II, Roald Dahl had some wonderfully exciting -- and frighteningly near-death -- experiences including encounters with the enemy, battles with deadly snakes, and incredible dogfights. Told with the same irresistible appeal that has made Dahl one of the world's best-loved writers, Going Solo brings you directly into the action and into the mind of this brilliant man. (Credits to Scholastic)

Pirates

Pirates (Magic Tree House)

by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne

ISBN 9780439448031

Interest Level by Scholastic: Middle Grade     Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr2.9

IL by AR: Lower Grade     RL by AR: Gr.4.9

Type: Non-fiction, US Books     Genre: Biography, History

Synopsis: For as long as there have been ships sailing the seas, there have been pirates. (Credits to Amazon UK)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

by Judith Kerr

ISBN: 9780007274772

Interest Level by Scholastic: Young Adult    Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr5.1

IL by AR: Upper Grade     RL by AR: Gr.5.7 

Type: Novel, UK Books     Genre: Biography, Historical Fiction

Synopsis: Partly autobiographical, this is first of the internationally acclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the Second World War.  Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing, it became dangerous for some people to live in Germany any longer. Suppose you found, to your complete surprise, that your own father was one of those people.  That is what happened to Anna in 1933. She was nine years old when it began, too busy with her schoolwork and toboganning to take much notice of political posters, but out of them glared the face of Adolf Hitler, the man who would soon change the whole of Europe – starting with her own small life.  Anna suddenly found things moving too fast for her to understand. One day, her father was unaccountably missing. Then she herself and her brother Max were being rushed by their mother, in alarming secrecy, away from everything they knew – home and schoolmates and well-loved toys – right out of Germany…(Credits to Amazon UK)