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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Kwame Mbalia

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

Genre:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Myths, Fantasy
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Tristan, in mourning for his best friend Eddie, attempts to recover Eddie’s story journal and finds himself on a mission to save a world populated with people he knows from stories—African American folk heroes and West African gods.

Julie Campbell

Trixie Belden: The Secret of the Mansion

Age Level:
Middle Grade
Trixie’s summer is boring until she meets the new girl who moves into the area. Together Honey and Trixie meet a runaway boy and help him solve the mystery of his eccentric uncle. The first in a series of mysteries written more than 50 years ago has been reissued and reflects a less cynical era.
Katherine Langrish

Troll Fell

Genre:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Myths
Age Level:
Middle Grade
This book, first in the Toll Trilogy, features Peer, a young orphan boy forced to live with his evil uncles. Just as Peer begins to adjust to his new life, he discovers that his uncles plan to sell him to a troll king! His new friend Hilde is there to help, but then Peer’s uncles decide to kidnap Hilde’s twin siblings instead and sell them! Now, Peer and Hilde must rescue the twins and get rid of the evil uncles!
Margarita Engle

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

Product Description: Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away.
Close up of young military man
L.M. Elliott

A Troubled Peace

Genre:
Historical Fiction
Age Level:
YA

World War II may be ending, but the conflict still rages for nineteen-year-old bomber pilot Henry Forester. After returning home to Virginia he is still reliving his struggles, and can’t stop worrying about the safety of those who helped him escape—most of all, one French boy, Pierre, who may have lost everything because of Henry. When he returns to France to find Pierre, Henry is staggered by the consequences of war. Amid starvation, cities devastated by Allied bombing, and the shocking return of concentration camp survivors, Henry must embark on a brave search for a lost boy and a fight to find his own peace.

A Troubled Peace
L.M. Elliott

A Troubled Peace

Genre:
Historical Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

World War II may be ending, but for 19-year-old bomber pilot, Henry Forester, the conflict still rages. Shot down over France, Henry endured a dangerous trek to freedom, relying on civilians and Resistance fighters to stay alive. But back home in Virginia, Henry is still reliving air battles with Hitler’s Luftwaffe and his torture by the Gestapo. Mostly, Henry can’t stop worrying about the safety of those who helped him escape — especially one young French boy, Pierre, who, because of Henry, may have lost everything.

Trouble with Letter Sound Knowledge

I have a student who knows his sounds and can blend them, but when he reads, he will begin the sound but complete the word with an incorrect word that begins with the same initial sound. He does this when he sounds the word out phoneme by phoneme. Any suggestions for interventions?

I’m so glad to read that you’ve taken the time to determine the nature of the reading problem this student is having. It’s powerful information to know that he knows his letter sounds and is able to blend sounds together. His behavior of reading by filling in words that start with the same initial sound as the one in the text suggests that while he might be applying some of his letter sound knowledge, he’s not applying it to the entire word.

Adele Geras

Troy

Age Level:
YA
This retelling of the story of the Trojan War has all the action and intrigue familiar to those who know the tale, but this version is told through the eyes of teenagers. Geras does an excellent job in making this oft-assigned tale appealing.
By Truck to the North: My Arctic Adventure
Andy Turnbull, Debora Pearson

By Truck to the North: My Arctic Adventure

Genre:
Fiction, Nonfiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Author Andy Turnbull describes his ice-road adventures in an 18-wheeler bound for isolated Inuit villages in the Arctic Circle. Maps, historical detail, and great photography bring this remote region to life.

David Lubar

True Talents

When their secret gets out and the bad guys close in, Trash, Martin, Flinch, and the gang find themselves in a fight for survival against a brutal enemy. An action-packed adventure where things blow up, people die, and Torchie buys an accordion.