MONTHLY READING CONTESTS
BEEHIVE CONTEST
2020 BEEHIVE NOMINEES
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Birdie by Eileen Spinelli, RL 3.3 Still grieving for her father, twelve-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and her best friends all begin dating. (This title is pulled rom the POETRY category.)
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman, RL 4.4 Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge.
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel, RL 4.6 When an inkblot, who can write, listen, learn, and draw, jumps out of Mr. Rylance's sketchbook, Ethan believes he may be the answer to their problems and names him Inkling.
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga, RL 6.3 Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. When things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. Maybe America is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is.
Over the Moon by Natalie Lloyd, RL 5.0 To save her younger brother from being forced to work in the mines, twelve-year-old Mallie pretends to be a boy and learns to ride and train flying horses.
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, RL 4.4 Delsie loves tracking the weather, living with her grandmother, and the support of friends and neighbors, but misses having a "regular family," especially after her best friend outgrows her.
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier, RL 4.5 In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.
The Unteachables by Gordon Korman, RL 5.1 The ‘Unteachables' never thought they'd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about teaching again. Over the course of a school year, though, room 117 will experience mayhem, destruction--and maybe even a shot at redemption.
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry, RL 4.4 A young wolf cub, separated from his pack, journeys 1000 miles across the Pacific Northwest, dealing with forest fires, hunters, highways, and hunger before finding a new home. Based on the true story of a wolf called OR-7
Birdie by Eileen Spinelli, RL 3.3 Still grieving for her father, twelve-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and her best friends all begin dating. (This title is pulled rom the POETRY category.)
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman, RL 4.4 Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge.
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel, RL 4.6 When an inkblot, who can write, listen, learn, and draw, jumps out of Mr. Rylance's sketchbook, Ethan believes he may be the answer to their problems and names him Inkling.
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga, RL 6.3 Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. When things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. Maybe America is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is.
Over the Moon by Natalie Lloyd, RL 5.0 To save her younger brother from being forced to work in the mines, twelve-year-old Mallie pretends to be a boy and learns to ride and train flying horses.
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, RL 4.4 Delsie loves tracking the weather, living with her grandmother, and the support of friends and neighbors, but misses having a "regular family," especially after her best friend outgrows her.
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier, RL 4.5 In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.
The Unteachables by Gordon Korman, RL 5.1 The ‘Unteachables' never thought they'd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about teaching again. Over the course of a school year, though, room 117 will experience mayhem, destruction--and maybe even a shot at redemption.
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry, RL 4.4 A young wolf cub, separated from his pack, journeys 1000 miles across the Pacific Northwest, dealing with forest fires, hunters, highways, and hunger before finding a new home. Based on the true story of a wolf called OR-7
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GRAPHIC NOVELS
Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell, RL 2.4 A group of neighborhood children creates costumes from cardboard and use their imagination in adventures with knights, robots, and monsters.
Click by Kayla Miller, RL 3.3 When a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she wonders why all of her friends have already formed their own groups without her. Illegal by Eoin Colfer, RL 4.0 Ebo is alone. His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous journey to Europe, and a better life, the same journey their sister set out on months ago. |
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Middle School Misadventures by Jason Platt, RL 3.3 In order to avoid extra work, middle schooler Newell agrees to participate in a school-wide talent show--without a talent.
Urban Legendz by Paul Downs, RL 5.0 When classic urban legends start terrorizing present-day Brooklyn, a motley crew of teens must fight to protect their city from the ruthless creatures trying to reclaim it.
Urban Legendz by Paul Downs, RL 5.0 When classic urban legends start terrorizing present-day Brooklyn, a motley crew of teens must fight to protect their city from the ruthless creatures trying to reclaim it.
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YOUNG ADULT
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaurfamann, RL 5.5 The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch. Grenade by Alan Gratz, RL 5.0 Hideki lives on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When WWII crashes onto his shores, Hideki is drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don't come back until you've killed an American soldier. Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielson, RL 6.9 Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland who becomes a courier between the Jewish ghettos of Poland, smuggling food, papers, and even people. Soon Chaya joins a resistance cell that runs raids on the Nazis' supplies. |
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson, RL 6.5 When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father being labeled a deserter.
Starsight by Brandon Sanderson, RL 6.5 Sequel to: Skyward. Everything Spensa has been taught about her world is a lie. But Spensa also discovered a few other things about herself--and she'll travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to.
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BIOGRAPHY
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Steven Biebow, RL 4.4 Tells the story of the invention of the Crayola crayon by inventor Edwin Binney. Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary by Vicki Conrad, RL 3.6 As a young girl, Beverly Cleary struggled to learn to read. She often wondered if there were any books about kids just like her. With the encouragement of her parents and a special teacher, she learned to read and discovered she had a knack for writing. When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry by Kristen Fulton, RL 2.3 Takes you on an explosive journey about a young kid who shot for the moon, never gave up, and let his creative sparks of curiosity burn bright. Never Too Young: 50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference by Aileen Weintraub, RL 6.5 Looks at the lives of fifty kids who accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen, including Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, Anne Frank, and others.
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INFORMATIONAL
Flower Talk by Sara Levine, RL 3.1 Describes why plants use the colors of their flowers to communicate with animals. The Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare, RL 5.5 Looks at one hundred animals, minerals, microorganisms, minerals, plants, and rocks. |
