Super-Reader Book Bingo (Kids): Book Set in Virginia | Arlington Public Library

1) Iva Honeysuckle discovers the world-- well, her part of Virginia, anyway

Author

Ransom, Candice F

Description

Eight-year-old Iva Honeycutt is determined to make her first great discovery this summer--the treasure buried in her small town of Uncertain, Virginia, that her great-grandfather sought for years--if only she can keep her pesky cousin Heaven from interfering.

Author

Erskine, Kathryn

Formats:

Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook, Kindle

Description

Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.

3) Secret of the staircase

Author

Smith, Steven K

Series

Virginia mysteries volume 4

Description

Something's lurking beneath the famous staircase at The Jefferson, Richmond's historic downtown hotel. Back in 1895, when the hotel opened, real alligators roamed free in the courtyard fountains. That was ages ago ... or was it? When young brothers Sam and Derek arrive at The Jefferson for an elegant wedding weekend with their parents, they love exploring the old hotel. But when the wedding rings go missing and Sam is blamed, the boys and their friends...

4) A cat named Denali: Bk. 2,Arlington!

Author

Brenckle, Gretchen Schuyler

Series

Cat named Denali!

Description

This is Denali the Cat. She is on the adventure of a lifetime as she searches for her family. She last saw them in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and she needs our help to find them. Denali remembers her family talking about visiting Virginia because it was so important to our nation. Eight of America's presidents were born here, including two of our most famous: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. In fact, Virginia is sometimes known...

5) Arlington: the story of our nation's cemetery

Author

Demarest, Chris L

6) Judy Moody Saves the World!

Author

McDonald, Megan

Series

Candlewick on BrillianceAudio

Formats:

Audiobook on CD, eBook, Kindle

Description

The mercurial Judy returns - and she's in a mood to take on the world!

Judy Moody did not set out to save the world.
She set out to win a contest. A Band-Aid contest.

It all started with the Crazy-Strip contest - and the dream that she, Judy Moody, might one day see her very own adhesive-bandage design covering the scraped knees of thousands. But when her "Heal the World" motif merits only an honorable mention, Judy Moody

...

7) As brave as you

Author

Reynolds, Jason

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--

8) The secret at Jefferson's mansion

Author

Series

Capital mysteries volume 11

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

While visiting Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, presidential stepdaughter KC Corcoran and her friend Marshall investigate the theft of a box of toy horses given to Jefferson by his grandchildren.

9) Misty of Chincoteague

Author

Henry, Marguerite

Formats:

Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook

Description

Paul and Maureen Beebe's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the elusive Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.

10) A haunting in Williamsburg

Author

Series

Avon Camelot book

Description

Staying in Colonial Williamsburg in a house once owned by her ancestors, Jayne met an old family ghost who was haunted by a terrible wrong she had done over 200 years ago and she begged Jayne to help her set it right.

11) Piper Reed, forever friend

Author

Holt, Kimberly Willis

Series

Piper Reed volume 6

Description

Ten-year-old Piper moves yet again when her father, who is a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, gets assigned to Norfolk, Virginia, and although the move takes a bit of adjustment, she soon makes friends with the girl next door and catches up with old friends too.

12) Teacher's pet

Author

Series

Marguerite Henry's Misty Inn volume 7

Description

Planning to make her father's famous raspberry torte for a back-to-school project, Willa is dismayed when her plans are upended by a poor raspberry crop, forcing her to scramble for an alternate idea.

13) Cartboy goes to camp

Author

Series

Cartboy volume 2

Description

"Hopelessly hapless Hal Rifkind, a.k.a. Cartboy, is off to summer camp. And not just any old camp, but history camp. Campers have to learn how to churn butter, plant maize, and carry water from the stream--or they get punished for not doing their chores. What else could possibly go wrong for Cartboy?"--

14) Bridge to Terabithia

Author

Paterson, Katherine

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

15) Meet Felicity: an American girl

Author

Series

American girls collection. Felicity, 1774 volume 1

Description

In Williamsburg in 1774, nine-year-old Felicity rescues a beautiful horse who is being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.

16) Thunder pug

Author

Description

Percy the Pug and Petunia the pig are the very best of pals . . . until Petunia wins a blue ribbon at the county fair. Suddenly, she has no time for hide-and-seek or lapping puddles, cheek-to-cheek. But when Percy finds a faded comic book in a puddle, the lonely pug dons a cape and takes on a new persona: THUNDER PUG! Even though being a superhero is exciting, Percy knows he's missing something. Only when "Pink Lightning" (aka Petunia) joins him,...

17) shades of gray

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18) The great Gilly Hopkins

Author

Paterson, Katherine

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

Description

An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.

19) Carter reads the newspaper

Author

Hopkinson, Deborah

Description

"Carter G. Woodson was born ten years after the end of the Civil War, to parents who had both been enslaved. Their stories were not the ones written about in history books, but Carter learned them and kept them in his heart. Carter's father could not read or write, but he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day, and from this practice, he learned about the world and how to find out what he didn't know....

20) The case for loving: the fight for interracial marriage

Author

Description

The story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Perry, who got married in Washington, D.C., and were arrested after they returned to Virginia, and took their legal case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.