[ISLMA-Share] Readalike for 43 Old Cemetery Road series

Sun Nov 19 19:45:31 CST 2017

Thank you Bobbie! I couldn't come up with the correct term to search.

Beth

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Beth,
>
> Here is NoveList K8's suggestions for *Epistolary novels* using the
> letter writing format. Search the Genre "epistolary novels" with any other
> desired limiters to refine a search.
>
> Bobbie Kocim
>
>
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=10416052&site=novpk8-live>
> Unusual chickens for the exceptional poultry farmer
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=10416052&site=novpk8-live>
>   (May 2015)
> By: Jones, Kelly
>
> Through a series of letters, Sophie Brown, age twelve, tells of her
> family's move to her Great Uncle Jim's farm, where she begins taking care
> of some unusual chickens with help from neighbors and friends.
> Popularity: [image: 4 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=084200&site=novpk8-live>
> Dear Levi
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=084200&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Mar 1994)
> By: Woodruff, Elvira
>
> Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother
> describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in Pennsylvania
> to Oregon in 1851.
> Popularity: [image: 4 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=093182&site=novpk8-live>
> Letters from camp
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=093182&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Jun 1999)
> By: Klise, Kate
>
> Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other,
> pairs of brothers and sisters chronicle in letters home how they come to
> suspect the intentions of the singing family running the camp.
> Popularity: [image: 4 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=092862&site=novpk8-live>
> My brother made me do it
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=092862&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Apr 2000)
> By: Kehret, Peg
>
> In letters to an elderly pen pal, eleven-year-old Julie describes how her
> mischievous younger brother is always getting her in trouble, how she is
> dealing with painful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and how she struggles
> to finish a fund-raising race on crutches.
> Popularity: [image: 4 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=084199&site=novpk8-live>
> Dear Austin
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=084199&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Sep 1998)
> By: Woodruff, Elvira
>
> In 1853, in letters to his older brother, eleven-year-old Levi describes
> his adventures in the Pennsylvania countryside with his black friend
> Jupiter and his experiences with the Underground Railroad.
> Popularity: [image: 4 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=083966&site=novpk8-live>
> Love from your friend, Hannah
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=083966&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Mar 1998)
> By: Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw
>
> From her home in back of the Grand View Restaurant in rural New York,
> Hannah writes letters to her best friend, a pen pal, and even to President
> and Mrs. Roosevelt.
> Popularity: [image: 4 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=137456&site=novpk8-live>
> The naked mole-rat letters
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=137456&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Apr 2005)
> By: Amato, Mary
>
> When her father begins a long-distance romance with a Washington, D.C.
> zookeeper, twelve-year-old Frankie sends fabricated email letters to the
> zookeeper in an attempt to end the relationship.
> Popularity: [image: 4 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=147393&site=novpk8-live>
> Dear Max
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=147393&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Jan 2004)
> By: Grindley, Sally
>
> As Max--who is almost ten--and his favorite author, D.J. Lucas, exchange
> letters, the two writers help each other with their new books and develop a
> special friendship.
> Popularity: [image: 4 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=10482508&site=novpk8-live>
> The only girl in school
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=10482508&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Jan 2016)
> By: Standiford, Natalie
>
> In a story told in letters, when Claire's best friend moves away just
> before the start of fifth grade, Claire becomes the only girl in her tiny
> island elementary school--and suddenly boys she has been friends with her
> whole life turn into resentful, bullying strangers.
> Popularity: [image: 2 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=128146&site=novpk8-live>
> The last gold diggers
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=128146&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Apr 2008)
> By: Horse, Harry
>
> A series of letters from Grandfather reveal his adventures in Australia
> with the remarkable little dog Roo, as he seeks his long-lost older
> brother, Uncle Vincent, who went there to find gold when he was seventeen.
> Popularity: [image: 3 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=103042&site=novpk8-live>
> Dear Emma
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=103042&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Oct 2002)
> By: Hurwitz, Johanna
>
> In her letters to a Vermont friend, eighth grader Dossi, a Russian, Jewish
> immigrant living in the Lower East Side of New York City in 1910, shares
> her thoughts about her new brother-in-law, the diphtheria epidemic, and the
> Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
> Popularity: [image: 3 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=258924&site=novpk8-live>
> The penguins of doom
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=258924&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Oct 2007)
> By: Fishbone, Greg R., 1970-
>
> In a series of letters to various interested parties, including teachers,
> the school psychologist, a police lieutenant, and others, triplet Septina
> Nash reveals the complicated tale of her sister Sexta's disappearance, and
> how penguins and mathematics are involved.
> Popularity: [image: 2 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=128125&site=novpk8-live>
> The last castaways
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=128125&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Apr 2009)
> By: Horse, Harry
>
> In a series of letters, Grandfather reveals his adventures with his
> remarkable little dog Roo and the captain of the Unsinkable, as they go in
> search of the Door to the Sea, the Forgotten Sea, and the Great Cod Bank.
> Popularity: [image: 2 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=290109&site=novpk8-live>
> The last cowboys
> <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=290109&site=novpk8-live>
>   (Oct 2008)
> By: Horse, Harry
>
> In a series of letters to his grandson, an elderly gentleman relates how
> he and his remarkable little dog traveled to America on an expedition to
> the Wild West to find the dog's grandfather, rumored to be living among
> cowboys following a successful movie career.
> Popularity: [image: 2 Stars]    Fiction Ages 9-12
>
>
>
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