Craftsbury Academy and Stowe Schools

Owen & Mzee (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:15:00 +0000

The true story of a hippopotamus orphaned by the December, 2004 tsunami and his friendship with a giant Aldabra tortoise.

Other Book Recommendations

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:56:00 +0000

Have you read any other good books--other than the DCF or GMBA books? Share them here!

Counting on Grace (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:31:00 +0000

It’s 1910 in Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her best friend Arthur must go to work in the mill, helping their mothers work the looms. Together Grace and Arthur write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in the mill. A few weeks later Lewis Hine, a famous reformer, arrives undercover to gather evidence.

The King of Attolia (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:29:00 +0000

Eugenides, still known as the Thief of Eddis, faces palace intrigue and assassins as he strives to prove himself both to the people of Attolia and to his new bride, their queen.

Listen! (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:27:00 +0000

During her solitary convalescence from a crippling accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the arduous process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mother's death two years earlier.

The Case of the Missing Marquess (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:21:00 +0000

Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.

The Dream-Maker's Magic (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:19:00 +0000

Kellen’s mother insisted her only child was born a male and raised her as a boy till she was forced to go to school. Then she became friends with Gryffin who would become the new Dream-Maker of their village.

A Drowned Maiden's Hair (DCF)

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At the Barbary Asylum for Female Orphans, eleven-year-old Maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums who take her home and reveal to her the role she will play in their séances.

All of the Above (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:13:00 +0000

Four urban middle school students, their teacher, and other community members relate how a school project to build the world’s largest tetrahedron affects the lives of everyone involved.

Higher Power of Lucky (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:11:00 +0000

Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.

Bread and Roses, Too! (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:10:00 +0000

Jake and Rosa form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, MA and later are sent to Barre, Vermont.

A Small White Scar (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:08:00 +0000

Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon's brother Denny has Down syndrome, but when Will is ready to leave his family’s ranch and become a professional cowboy, Denny unexpectedly joins the journey.

Gossamer (DCF)

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While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.

Rules (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.

Black Duck (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:58:00 +0000

Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend’s family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.

Keturah and Lord Death (DCF)

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When sixteen-year-old Keturah follows a legendary hart into the forest she becomes lost, and eventually Lord Death comes to claim her, but when she is able to charm him with her story she gains a reprieve of twenty-four hours, if she can find her one true love.

Gemini Summer (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:48:00 +0000

Danny’s grief over the death of his older brother Beau is eased when a stray puppy adopts him, but he soon decides that Beau is somehow in the dog, and sets out to make his brother’s dream of seeing a rocket launch at Cape Kennedy come true.

Hattie Big Sky (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:43:00 +0000

After inheriting her uncle’s homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself.

The Story of Salt (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:41:00 +0000

The story of the only rock we eat, including its origin, the other discoveries made because of it, and tales of salt and the people who have been involved with it through the ages.

Alabama Moon (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:27:00 +0000

After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon leaves their forest shelter home and is sent to an Alabama institution, becoming entangled in the outside world he has never known and making good friends, a relentless enemy, and finally a new life.

Weedflower (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:25:00 +0000

After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an interment camp on an Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.

Crossing the Wire (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:06:00 +0000

Fifteen-year old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.

The Adventures of Marco Polo (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:05:00 +0000

A beautifully illustrated look at Marco Polo’s life, journeys, including a discussion about what was true in his tale and what was not.

Alphabet of Dreams (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:59:00 +0000

Fourteen-year-old Mitra, of royal Persian lineage, and her five-year-old brother Babak, whose dreams foretell the future, flee for their lives in the company of the magus Melchior and two other Zoroastrian priests, traveling through Persia as they follow star signs leading to a newly-born king in Bethlehem.

The White Elephant (DCF)

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome Craftsbury and Stowe students:) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:57:00 +0000

In old Siam, young elephant trainer Run-Run and his old charge, Walking Mountain, must deal with the curse of a sacred white elephant.