READING CENTRAL (TUESDAY, OCT. 4TH)

Have you ever told a lie in your life? What if you have never, and I mean never told a lie. You won’t tell a lie even to save your life. Your philosophy in life is to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. Wallace Wallace is that person. He has never told a lie in his entire life. For better or for worse, Wallace is learning that being too honest actually might hurt some people.

Read NO MORE DEAD DOGS by GORDON KORMAN to find out what it is that finally causes such a big change of mind that he has to lie, why he lie and the many outcomes of his lies. While a book that mentions death in the title may not sound like a fun book, this one is. It will keep you reading with its elements of family drama, school drama, boy and girl drama and even book drama! You have to read to find out the very poignant observation of books about dogs!

For grades 4th and up!

GRIFFIN BING, IS A MAN WITHOUT A PLAN

Griffin's new start in middle school is not going well. The principal is all about football and seems to have it in for Griffin and his friends from the beginning. Being framed for stealing a valuable and significant Super Bowl ring from the glass display case of the school, he and his "team" have to prove his innocence, and figure out who really stole the ring but every single plan lands Griffin in even more of a mess - until he's under house arrest - with an electronic device around his ankle .

Framed by Gordon Korman is next in the Griffin Bing series and perfect read for 4th -6th graders.

MISTAKES

Three boys all in trouble with the law and serving time in either jail or a juvenile detention facility are offered a second chance and a new start in a halfway house program. None of them is very trusting of their new situation that requires them to go to school daily and spend their after school time working on volunteer projects. When a major lack of judgement on their part causes the adult in charge of the house to become seriously injured the three have some big decisions to make. THE JUVIE THREE BY GORDON KORMAN is the story of Arjay, Terrance and Gecko, a murder, a thief and a gangster trying to make some sense of their lives.

For seventh grade and older.