Pat Schmatz
1) Bluefish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Travis, living in cramped quarters with his alcoholic grandfather, longs for his old life in the country, and struggles in school to hide the fact that he cannot read, but a persistent teacher and a special girl open his eyes to a new world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Strange things are happening in Rith's house at night. First a spiral staircase replaces the regular stairs. The new stairs lead to a living room that isn't his, a cat that isn't his either, and a bizarre old man whose words are just gibberish. Or are they? Rith's never been into religion. But he realizes those words have a spiritual source-and an uncanny ring of truth. Is he just dreaming? Is the old man God? As Rith tries to circle closer to the...
3) Mousetraps
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Back in grade school, Maxie and Rick were best friends. Rick would design crazy inventions, and Maxie, the artistic one, would draw them. Then something terrible happened to Rick, and he vanished from her school and her life. Years later, he shows up at Maxie's high school. In some ways he's the same person she once knew. But in other ways - frightening ones - he's very, very different...