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Welcome to Horizon Book Club, Fifth Graders!
__October 5__- **Mystery Book Choices** Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy by Wendelin Van Draanen ([|Book Review]) The Callender Papers by Cynnthia Voigt ([|Book Review])
 * MEETING DATES:**

//**Assignment**: Use// [|//http://www.tagxedo.com///] //to create a display of words or text that describe the story.// __The Book Without Words__ by Avi __The Art of Keeping Cool__ by Janet Taylor Lisle
 * __November 2__- Historical Fiction Book Choices (Read summaries below)**

Ida B by: Katherine Hannigan (Book Review) Rascal by: Sterling North (Book Review)
 * __December 7__**

Create 2 posts, from different chapters, on our class blog. Also comment twice on classmates posts. __ @http://kidblog.org/BookClubGrade5/ __ __February 18__ Realistic Fiction Discussion, Historical Fiction Book Choices
 * __January 4__**
 * The Lost Hero** by: Rick Riordan Book Review
 * War Horse** by Michael Morpurgo Book Review
 * King of the Wind** by: Marguerite Henry - Book Review
 * Sea of Monsters** by: Rick Riordan

__March 25__ Historical Fiction Book Discussion, Non-Fiction Book Choices

__May 6__ LAST MEETING! Non-Fiction Book Discussion

You will have at least two selections to choose from each time we meet. Below, you will find the choices listed as well as a description. Please review the choices to you can make a decision. The list of books for each genre will be complete at least one week before book club meets.

//ADVENTURE//
//**__Perloo the Bold__ by Avi**// Find out all about the author, Avi, and all his books on his [|website]!

//**__Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat__ by Lynne Jonell**// Visit the author's [|website] and find out more about the book!

//**REALISTIC FICTION**//
Take an on-line trivia quiz [|here]! Did you like the book? This [|link] has more links to information pertaining to topics in the book: calligraphy, loggerhead turtles, Jewish cooking, and more! More internet connections to the book [|here] Print out a [|crossword puzzle]
 * __The View from Saturday__ by E.L. Konigsburg**

Check out this interview with the author
 * __Ida B:... and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster and (Possibly) Save the World__ by Katherine Hannigan**

**//HISTORICAL FICTION//**
Listen to an excerpt from the book [|here]! Visit the [|author's web page]
 * __The Book Without Words__ by Avi**

The year is 1942, and Robert Saunders’ father is a fighter pilot in Europe. Robert’s mother has just moved her children from their home in Ohio to a small coastal town in Rhode Island to be near the paternal grandparents her children have never met before. There Robert meets his father’s family for the first time, including his controlling, meanspirited grandfather and his sensitive, artistic cousin Elliot. He also begins to uncover a family secret regarding his father’s long-ago rift with his own family.
 * __The Art of Keeping Cool__** **by Janet Taylor Lisle**

//NON-FICTION//
Author's website Listen to an excerpt of the book here
 * __Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World__** by Jennifer Armstrong

INTERNET CONNECTIONS:
The companion site to the exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History chronicles the infamous expedition. Includes expedition photographer, Frank Hurley's, famous black-and-white images.
 * The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition**
 * http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/shackleton/index.html**

Part of the University of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), the site provides an excellent educational resource link detailing all facets of snow, ice, glaciers, avalanches, blizzards, and icebergs.
 * National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)**
 * http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/**

Recognized as the oldest research institute in the world focusing on both the Arctic and Antarctic. Sponsored by the University of Cambridge in England.
 * The Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)**
 * http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/home.htm**

PBS Nova Online Adventure offers classroom resources, such as lesson plans, iceberg analysis data, astronomy, nutrition, and further Internet links.
 * Shackleton's Antarctic Odyssey**
 * http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/**


 * __Zlata's Diary__** by Zlata Filipovic