Monday, November 30, 2009

Author Profile


Captain Nobody
by Dean Pitchford
ISBN: 9780399250347
Newt Newman is a boy who has never felt extrordinary. Him and his friends are virtually invisible while his brother Chris is the star athlete. His brother gets hurt at a game and goes into acoma. To escape from what is going on Newt gets dressed up for Halloween as a made up superheroe called Captain Underpants. His costume gives him the confidence he never had before.

One Small Step

by P.B. Kerr

ISBN: 9781416942139
In 1968 Scott MacLeod's parents split up. He went to live with his dad in Texas who was a flight instructor and his dad passed onto Scott his love of flying. They got into a terrible plane accident and almost died until Scott saved them with his flying skills. His skills gave him attention from NASA and they hired him to take a top secret trip to the moon.


Heat
by Mike Lupica
ISBN: 0142407577
Michael Arroyo is a 13 year old Cuban American orphan growing up in the Bronx. He is a baseball star in his Little League team that has made it to the Little League World Series that is going to be at Yankee Stadium. He desperately wants to play but a coach on the other team questions whether Michael is really the appropraite age and he can't play until he gets his Cuban birth certificate without people finding out him and his older brother are without parents.

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