Because of Mr. Terupt, by Rob Buyea
Seven fifth graders at Snow Hill School in Vermont learn a variety of life lessons when they start the school year off with their new teacher, Mr. Terupt, who makes the classroom a fun place, even if he doesn't let them get away with much...until the snowy winter day when an accident changes everything--and everyone.
-Deirdre
November 2012 Archives
Lulu and the Brontosaurus, by Judith Viorst
Lulu's parents refuse to give in when she demands a brontosaurus for her birthday and so she sets out to find her own, but while the brontosaurus she finally meets approves of pets, he does not intend to be Lulu's.
-Deirdre
