I am so excited!!

Last year Savvy by Ingrid Law was one of my favorite books on the Bluebonnet List. I read it very quickly and recommended it to many students throughout the year. I was also was able to enjoy it with Bledsoe's 5th grade book club at the end of the year, their video was posted a few weeks ago, take a look. I have been looking forward to the companion book Scumble ever since I heard about it last March. It is finally here!!!

I am about half way through Scumble now and it is great! Ledger, Mibs cousin, is the main character in this book and it is about 10 years later or at least enough time has passed for Fish to be getting married! Ledger has been waiting for his 13 birthday and he had convinced himself that his savvy would give his super speed, or make him extremely talented at something athletic. BUT, that is not the case so far all he can do is destroy anything mechanical or manmade. He is a walking demolition machine, and he doesn’t know how to stop it. Many of the wonderful characters from Savvy make an appearance but the main show is taken by this new and intriguing boy, Ledge, as he tries to come to grips with his new Savvy and learn to Scumble.

If you loved Savvy then Scumble will become yoru new favorite book, and if you have not read either one come on it to the library and get it today!

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Korman, Gordon. One False Note. New York: Scholastic, 2008.

Booklist reviews this book for grades 4-8.

Summary: Amy and Dan Cahill are in the lead to find thirty-nine clues that safeguard a great power, and are in possession of a coded sheet of Mozart's music that will help them find the next clue while their relatives follow in close pursuit.

Mrs. Wilson Says: Are you playing the 39 Clues game yet? If not, jump on the bandwagon - it's so much fun! Rick Riordan wrote the first novel in the series and this book, written by Gordon Korman, is the second. The 3rd title will be released next month. You can read the books, collect the game cards, and play online.

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This book is on order at the Bledsoe Library. Check back the catalog soon to see if it has arrived. Also, look for the 39 Clues series at the book fair.

Searching for treasure? Try Gordon Korman's Dive series.

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Stanley, Diane. The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy. New York: Harpers Collins, 2008.

Booklist recommends this book for grades 4-7.

Summary: Eighth-grader Franny and her friends investigate why most of the students at their exclusive boarding school are brilliant, beautiful, and perfectly behaved.

Mrs. Wilson Says: If someone offered you a chance to be a more perfect version of yourself, would you take it? You'd be even better looking, even smarter, you'd never get in trouble, and you'd always be happy. Sounds pretty great, right? Well, what if the same person who could make you perfect also began to make decisions for you...would you still take the deal? This is a fun read about friendship and "being the best we can be," and stars Franny and Beamer from The Mysterious Case of I.M. Fine.

Find The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy at the Bledsoe Library.

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Want to read another book about a really smart kid? Try Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee.

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Dowd, Siobhan. The London Eye Mystery. New York: Random House, 2008.

Booklist recommends the book for grades 5-8.

Summary: When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim.

Mrs. Wilson Says: I really liked the logic puzzle here. If a boy goes into an enclosed pod at the bottom of a ferris wheel, how in the world could he disappear from the pod while it went around the wheel? Without ANYONE noticing? Great detective story. Also: when you read this, you'll want to smile at Ted so he knows you're his friend. Just go with me on this.

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More books to test your logic: Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet and The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart.