Bound To Stay Bound

Almost time by Schmidt, Gary D. 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2020)

BTSB #: 786764 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
AR: 2.7 LG Lexile: 500 AD F&P: L

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Expectation (Psychology) - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Maple syrup - Fiction

Summary: Ethan eagerly anticipates making maple syrup with his father, but it will not be time until the days are warmer, the nights shorter, and Ethan's loose tooth falls out.

Just like that by Schmidt, Gary D. 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2021)

BTSB #: 786812 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-15   
AR: 5.9 MG+

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Private schools - Fiction Social classes - Fiction Theft - Fiction Gangs - Fiction Grief - Fiction Maine - Fiction

Summary: A poignant, perceptive, witty novel with authenticity and emotion in multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. After her closest friend dies in 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles with school tradition and preferences for wealthy students. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin ends up on Maine's coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a gang.

Labors of Hercules Beal by Schmidt, Gary D. 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2023)

BTSB #: 786811 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG

Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology

Subjects: Orphans - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Mythology - Fiction

Summary: Seventh-grader Hercules Beal has to figure out how to fulfill his teacher's assignment of performing the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life, and discovers important things about friendship, community, and himself along the way.

Little Bit Super: With Small Powers Come Big Problems

BTSB Prebound(Clarion Books, 2024)

BTSB #: 786805 In Bindery

Dewey: 808/SAges: 8-12   


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Summary: The kids in this collection of humorous short stories each have a minor quirky superpower they’re learning to live with.

One smart sheep by Schmidt, Gary D. 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2021)

BTSB #: 786860 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-10   
AR: 4.2 LG

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Sheep - Fiction Farm life - Fiction City and town life - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: It takes one smart sheep to escape from the farm to explore the city and then find his way home again in this humorous friendship story.

Pay attention, Carter Jones by Schmidt, Gary D. 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2019)

BTSB #: 786843 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 5.3 MG RC: 5.5 6-8 Lexile: 840 F&P: Y

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Butlers - Fiction Family life - Fiction Conduct of life - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Sixth-grader Carter must adjust to the unwelcome presence of a know-it-all butler who is determined to help him become a gentleman, and also to deal with burdens from the past.