Book+Recommendations

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 * Author, Title, short summary**

__Elementary Book Recommendations__ Kate DiCamillo, __The Tale of Despereaux__, The story is in the tradition of the classic fairy tales. The mouse, Despereaux, is the smallest in his family and is considered weak and sickly. He is the one who befriends the princess and "falls in love with her." My students love when I read this story to them. Especially the beginning with the French mother mouse! It is a brilliant story. I highly recommend this book. There are many Christian elements as well, such as light and dark, right and wrong. This book would be great for 4th+ -Keri Milner, First Baptist Christian School, Suffolk, VA

This is also coming out as a movie around Thanksgiving (I think). -Carol Gehringer, Grace Christian School, Raleigh, NC

__Middle School Book Recommendations__ Donita Paul, _Dragonspell_, _DragonQuest_,_DragonKnight_, _DragonFire_, _DragonLight_ (DragonKeepers series) Published by WaterBrook. Donita Paul is a Christian author with an gift for storytelling. A young servant girl discovers a dragon egg and is sent to the Hall for training as a DragonKeeper, and to serve Paladin. She ends on on a quest, meets lots of strange creatures, as well as others on a similar quest. Similar to Lord of the Rings trilogy in the quest, good vs. evil, Christian allegory, etc. I highly recommend this series! Our 5th graders and up love it. . . we have 4 copies of each (2 in our K-6 library and 2 in our 7-12 library) and still have a waiting list for it. DragonKnight won American Christian Fiction Writers award (Speculative Fiction), and DragonFire was a nominee for the same award. --Carol Gehringer, Grace Christian School, Raleigh, NC

__Upper School Book Recommendations__

Sharon Hinck,_The Restorer_, _The Restorer's Son_, and _The Restorer's Journey_ (Sword of Lyric trilogy) Published by NavPress Picture a soccer mom with a college-age son and an elementary age son who is wondering what is her purpose. She goes to her quiet place in the attic and ends up in another world, literally, where she is called to be a modern-day Deborah, a Restorer sent by the One. Book 2 (Restorer's Son) and 3 (Restorer's Journey) are about her college-age son who follows in her footsteps. Book 2 won the American Christian Fiction Writers award (Speculative Fiction). I highly recommend this for grades 9 and up, including adult. --Carol Gehringer, Grace Christian School, Raleigh, NC