Language Arts, Ms. Foster, 2004-2005
| Cluster One---Life Phases To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers |
Cluster Two---Death and Coping Imani All Mine by Connie Porter Getting Near To Baby by Audrey Couloumbis Memory by Margaret Mahay Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Baby by Patricia MacLachlan Missing May by Cynthia Rylant Cousins by Virginia Hamilton Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes |
| Cluster Three---Journey Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech The Car by Gary Paulson Grab Hands and Run by Frances Temple Coast to Coast by Betsy Byars Whirligig by Paul Fleischman The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White Steal Away by Jennifer Armstrong A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer |
Cluster Four---Gangs and Gang Life Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall by Richard Peck Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers |
| Cluster Five---Hispanic Americans Marisol and Magdalena by Veronica Chambers |
Cluster Six---J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Cluster Seven---Trilogy The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman The Amber Spy Glass by Philip Pullman |
Cluster Eight---The Holocaust Anne Frank and Me by Cherie Bennett Tunes For Bears to Dance To by Robert Cormier Jacob's Rescue a Holocaust Story by Malka Drucker Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs Shadow of the Wall by Christa Laird One Eye Laughing the Other Weeping by Barry Denenberg But Can the Phoenix Sing? by Christa Laird Finding Sophie: A Search for Belonging in Postwar Britain by Irene N. Watts Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev Daniel's Story by Carol Matas |
| Cluster Nine --- Mystery and Suspense Wolf Rider by Avi Deathwatch by Robb White Another Kind of Monday by William Coles |
Cluster
Ten---Other Cultures Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Staples Imani All Mine by Connie Porter When My Name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples The Warriors by Joseph Bruchac Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl's Story by Pegi Deitz Shea |
| Cluster Eleven---Short Stories 16 Short Stories edited by Donald Gallo A Gathering of Flowers edited by Joyce Carol Thomas Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto |
Cluster Twelve---Strength in Adversity Letters from a Slave Girl by Mary Lyons Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor Tangerine by Edward Bloor Monkey Island by Paula Fox The Single Shard by Linda Sue Park Ryan White: My Own Story by Ryan White (nonfiction) Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit by Laurie Lawlor (nonfiction) |
| Cluster Thirteen---Courage Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Red Cap by G. Clifton Wisler Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi Monster by Walter Dean Myers Chocolate Wars by Robert Cormier The Single Shard by Linda Sue Park |
Cluster Fourteen--Running Away--Leaving Home Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Giff Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Max the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick The Maze by Will Hobbs A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer |
| Cluster Fifteen---Parent/Child Relationships Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Giff A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin Father Figure by Richard Peck |
Cluster Sixteen---Progress Eva by Peter Dickinson Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter |
| Cluster Seventeen--Fantasy Summerland by Michael Chabon Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl: Artic Incident by Eoin Colfer The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper Redwall Series by Brian Jaques The House of the Scorpion--Nancy Farmer The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer King of the Shadows by Susan Cooper |
Cluster Eighteen---Banned Books Chocolate War by Robert Cromier My Brother Sam is Dead by James Collie Blubber by Judy Blume Then Again Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume We All Fall Down by Robert Cromier Harry Potter (all) by J.K. Rowling The Pigman by Paul Zindel James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The Goats by Brock Cole The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 (ALA list) |
| Cluster Nineteen---Gothic
Horror The Silver Kiss by Annette Klaus Look for Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn |
Cluster Twenty---Disabilities Stuck in Neutral by Terry Truman Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Hesser Tangerine by Edward Bloor Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Izzy, Willy-nilly by Cynthia Voight The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg |
| Cluster Twenty-One---Cliques and Peer Pressure The Chocolate War by Robert Cromier Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli The Wave by Todd Strasser Trial of Anna Cotman by Vivien Alcock Lizzie at Last by Claudia Mills Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? by Paula Danzinger |
Cluster Twenty-Two---Survival Hatchet by Gary Paulsen The Shark Callers by Eric Campbell Voyage of the Frog by Gary Paulsen Snow Bound by Harry Mazzer Death Watch by Robb White Downriver by Will Hobbs The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro (nonfiction) Revenge of the Whale by Nathaniel Philbrick (nonfiction) |
| Cluster Twenty-Three---Family Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Giff Two Moons in August by Martha Brooks Over the Water by Maude Casey Nobody's Family is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh |
Cluster Twenty-Four---King Arthur Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland At the Crossing-Places by Kevin Crossley-Holland Parzival : the quest of the Grail Knight by Katherine Paterson The Sword and the Circle : King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Rosemary Sutcliff The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris I am Mordred : a Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer I am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer |
| Cluster Twenty-Five---Award
Winning Novels Dancing on the Edge by Han Nolan Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Crispin: The Lead of Cross by Avi A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman Holes by Louis Sachar Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech The Giver by Lois Lowry Manic Magee by Jerry Spinelli |
Cluster
Twenty-Six---Future/Vision Welcome to the Ark by Stephanie S. Tolan Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville The Giver by Lois Lowry |
| Cluster Twenty-Seven---Point of View Nothing But the Truth by Avi King of the Shadows by Susan Cooper |
|
| Cluster Twenty-Eight---Negative
Utopia The Giver by Lois Lowry Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 1984 by George Orwell |
Cluster Twenty-Nine---Teacher/Student Relationships Nothing But the Truth by AVI Gawgon and The Boy by Lloyd Alexander Eaton Stanley and the Mind Control Experiment by David A. Adler Gruel and Unusual Punishment by Jim Arter The Giver by Lynn Hall |
| Cluster Thirty---War Don't You Know There's a War On? by Avi With Every Drop of Blood by James Collier An Enemy Among Them by Deborah DeFord & Harry S. Stout Becca's Story by James D. Forman The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers (Vietnam) The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White (Vietnam) And All For One by Theresa Nelson (Vietnam) Amaryllis by Craig Crist-Evens (Vietnam) But Can the Phoenix Sing? by Christa Laird (WWII Europe |
|
| Other Possible Clusters: | |
| Pittsburgh Great Smith House Hustle by Jane Louise Curry Another Kind of Monday by William Coles Duffy's Rocks by Edward Fenton Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos The Three Golden Rivers by Olive Price The Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport |
Friendships Bad Girls by Cynthia Voight Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares Seventh Grade Tango by Elizabeth Levy The Next Thing to Strangers by Sheri Cooper Sinykin Best Friends Tell the Best Lies by Carol Dines Agnes Parker Girl in Progress by Kathleen O'Dell |
| The Great Dust Bowl (1930's) Children of the Dust Bowl by Jerry Stanley (nonfiction) Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Treasures in the Dust by Tracey Porter |
Prejudice,
mostly Japanese 1940's Star Fisher by Laurence Yep I am an American: The True Story of the Japanese Internment by Jerry Stanley (nonfiction) The Invisible Thread by Yoshika Uchida The Moon Bridge by Marcia Savin Journey to Topaz by Yoshika Uchida Flight of the Fisherbird by Nora Martin (Chinese in 1880's) |
| Child Abuse What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman A Child Called It by David Pelzer (nonfiction) Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene |
Child Labor in Textiles or
Mining Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor by Russell Freedman (nonfiction) The Blue Door by Ann Rinaldi Lyddie by Katherine Paterson So Far from Home by Barry Denenberg |
| Prejudice and Segregation,
African American Leon's Story by Leon Walter Tillage (nonfiction) Mississippi Bridge Mildred Taylor Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis The Jacket by Andrew Clements Mayfield Crossing by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Dangerous Skies by Suzanne Fisher Staples |
Civil Rights Movement Murder on the Highway: The Viola Liuzza Story by Beatrice Siegel (nonfiction) They Had a Dream by Julies Archer (nonfiction) Freedom Riders: Journey to Justice by James Haskins (nonfiction) Witness Freedom: Young People Who Fought for Civil Rights by Bellinda Rochelle (nonfiction) Just Like Martin by Ossie Davis (fiction) Beyond Mayfield by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks (nonfiction) |
| Fairytales as Novels Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levin Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Josepha Sherman Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley Zel by Donna Jo Napoli The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw Goose Girl and Emma Burning by Shannon Hale |
Slavery Historical Fiction,
African American Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary E. Lyons Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl by Mildred Pitts Walter Sarney: A Life Remembered by Gary Paulsen Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen |
| Author Autobiographies Create and Author Study by reading the autobiography and books by the author. Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers The Abracadabra Kid by Sid Fleischman The Pigman and Me by Paul Zindel Guts by Gary Paulsen My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen Knots in My Yo-yo String by Jerry Spinelli Boy by Roald Dahl Going Solo by Roald Dahl A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary |
Interesting Real People I was a Teenage Professional Wrestler by Ted Lewin [Examples of Ted Lewin's work: The Great Pumpkin Switch by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Ted Lewin and The Potato Man by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Ted Lewin] Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth by Jane Resh Thomas Eleanor Roosevelt by Russell Freedman Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet (an early Disney animator) |
| Humorous Fiction The Chicken Doesn't Skate by Gordon Korman Wizards of the Game by David Lubar Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris Summerland by Michael Chabon Monsieur Eek by David Eves |
Author
Studies Sharon Creech Lois Lowry Jerry Spinelli Jean Craighead George Gary Paulson Karen Cushman Paul Zindel Will Hobbs Robin McKinley Tamora Pierce Cynthia Voigt Jack Gantos Lloyd Alexander Mildred Taylor Richard Peck |
Return to Falk School Library Home Page click here