Here at Sherwood Middle we love to encourage our students and faculty to read. But we don't want them to read just to be reading, but to read for pleasure. With that in mind we will now begin to introduce books from our library and other sources to the students and faculty here on BOOK BLURBS. Get an idea what a book is about and if it sounds interesting to you, then check it out and enjoy yourself!

We will be posting every two weeks or so, so if you don't see anything that you like, check back and we will have more.

  The Black Pearl by Scott O’Dell

• At sixteen years old, Ramon thinks he is old enough to join his father’s team of pearl divers even though his father says it is too dangerous. Ramon secretly takes diving lessons and plans to find the legendary “Pearl of Heaven” to prove himself to his father, but by seeking the pearl, Ramon risks provoking the ire of the Manta Diablo, a giant ray that the locals say will terrorize the waters until the pearl is returned.

  Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

• When the pilot of a private plane dies of a heart attack mid-flight, thirteen-year-old Brian, the plane’s only passenger, struggles to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness after the crash. With nothing but a small hatchet, Brian toils to build a shelter, find food, and resist the elements as he awaits rescue.
  

  My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

• Sam Gribley was just tired of all the hustle, the schoolwork, the household chores. He decided to run away from it all – literally. With some pocket change and the information from a few survival books from the public library, Sam sets out to live independently in the wilderness.
  

 Jars of Glass by Brad Barkley & Heather Hepler

• Two sisters, aged fourteen and fifteen, offer their views of events that occur during the year after their mother is diagnosed with schizophrenia and their family, including a recently adopted Russian orphan, begins to disintegrate.

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 Hard Gold by AVI

• The Colorado gold rush of 1859 : a tale of the old West by Avi. When his Uncle Jesse heads to the Pike's Peak region of the Rocky Mountains to look for gold, Early Wittcomb follows in hopes of raising enough money to save the family farm, but the journey west is full of hardships.

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 Love and Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson

• A novel by Jodi Lynn Anderson. After their freshman year at different universities, Birdie, Leeda, and Murphy return for one last summer at the peach orchard where they became best friends, and where they now face secrets, doubts, and new responsibilities.