Home | Libraries | Help In October 2007, 6 classes of Hortonville Middle School 8th graders spent a day learning about InfoSoup. The following authors, titles and series were suggested by them for this page. A big thanks goes out to Terry Tackman for the invitation to share InfoSoup at HMS, and a big thanks to the students for contributing to this page!
Battlefield earth : a saga of the year 3000
(1982)It's the year 3000 A.D. and Man has become an endangered species under the ruthless rule of an alien race.Syndetic Solutions
The car
(1994)A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.
Charlotte's web
(1952)When he discovers that he is destined to be someone's dinner, Wilbur the pig is desolate until his spider friend Charlotte decides to help him.
The choice
(2007)Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, "The Choice" tells the story of Travis Parker, a small-town veterinarian, who avoids romantic entanglements until Gabby Holland enters his life. "New York Times" bestselling author Nicholas Sparks is at his best in this moving new love storySyndetic Solutions
Double Identity
(2005)Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
Eldest
(2005)After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training in magic and swordsmanship so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.
Eragon
(2003)In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
Garden of angels
(2003)In the small town of Conners, Georgia, Darcy has just started high school; her older sister, Adel, goes to dances at the army base; and their mother tends her beautiful garden, the biggest in town. It's 1974, and the country is struggling to come to terms with the Vietnam War. But Darcy's world is changed forever when her mother goes to Atlanta for tests. The diagnosis is not good--breast cancer.
Girl with a pearl earring
(1999) Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius, even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.Syndetic Solutions
The giver
(1993)Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Halo: contact harvest
(2007)This is how it began...
It is the year 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But we have trespassed on holy ground--strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very existence.
Harris and me
(1993)Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.
Hatchet
(1987)After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Holes
(1998)As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
It
(1986)Seven men and women return to their hometown to face the horror they fled from when they were teenagers.
Jumping the scratch
(2006)After moving with his mother to a trailer park to care for an injured aunt, eleven-year-old Jamie Reardon struggles to cope with a deeply buried secret.
Key of knowledge
(2003)Three women are given individual quests by the gods: to find the key of light, the key of knowledge, and the key of valor which, together, will release three souls held captive by an evil god. Book 2 in the Key Trilogy.
Loser
(2002)Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.
My sister's keeper
(2004)Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Kate begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body.
Nineteen minutes
(2007)Set in a small town in the wake of a horrific school shooting, Nineteen Minutes brings together lawyer Jordan McAfee, who represents a boy who desperately needs someone on his side, and Patrick Ducharme, the intrepid detective whose best witness is the daughter of the superior court judge assigned to the case. As the story unfolds, layer upon layer is peeled back to reveal some hard-hitting questions about the nature of justice, the balance of power, and what it means to be different.Syndetic Solutions
Point Blank
(2001)Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.
Ride of my life
(2002)Mat takes readers on his humorous, hardcore, harrowing journey to the top as a bike stunt pioneer, ten-time world champion, video game superstar, X Games ambassador, recreational ninja, and the most innovative rider to ever hit a ramp.Syndetic Solutions
Room full of mirrors : a biography of Jimi Hendrix
(2005)Coinciding with the thirty-fifth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death in 1970, Room Full of Mirrors is the definitive biography of rock 'n' roll's greatest guitarist. Meticulously researched, it is based on more than three hundred interviews with those who knew Hendrix best-more than half of whom have never spoken about him before.Book Jacket
The rules of survival
(2006)Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother
The sisterhood of the traveling pants
(2001)During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.
Stargirl
(2000)In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
Storm thief
(2006)With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants.
Telling Christina goodbye
(2002)Trisha and her best friend Christina are having a great senior year. Trisha and her boyfriend, Cody, are making plans to attend college together in the fall, while Christina has already received a scholarship. But Christina's controlling boyfriend. Tucker, is trying to convince her not to go away for college. Suddenly their lives change one night when Tucker is driving the four home from an away basketball game and everything changes forever.Syndetic Solutions
These happy golden years
(1953)Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.
The things we do for love
(2004)A poignant, evocative story that celebrates the magic of motherhood, the joys of coming home, and the price we so willingly pay for love.
The truth about forever
(2004)The summer following her father's death, Macy plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief.
Two little girls in blue
(2006)"In a new thriller, worldwide bestselling suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark weaves the mystery of twin telepathy into a mother's search for a kidnapped child, presumed dead."Book Jacket
Vanishing acts
(2005)"Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it."Book Jacket
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