Berthoud Community Library District

In the 1960s, Forrest Gump, a pleasant and obedient son with low intelligence, joins the army, returns from Vietnam famous for his heroics, and makes millions on a Louisiana shrimp boat while steadfastly loving a girl from his childhood.

Eight year old sleuth Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to discover what happened to a classmate's missing cookie. Cam Jansen can find a mystery anywhere, even in the school lunch room. When Jason opens his lunch box and finds only cookie crumbs, Cam's amazing memory clicks into action.

When a baseball game is stopped because of a lost ball, Cam uses her photographic memory to find the ball.

"Why is the frightening Mr. Hyde a friend of the nice Dr. Jekyll? Who is the evil little man? And why does he seem to ahve power over teh doctor? After a terrible murder, everyone is looking for Mr. Hyde. But he has disappeared. Or has he?"--P. [4] of cover.

"Silvia Broome is an interpreter at the United Nations. One night she hears a plan to kill the President of the African state of Matobo. Agent Tobin Keller of the US Secret Service must stop the killers. But is Silvia telling the truth? Is she hiding something from him? Is she more dangerous than the President's other enemies?"

"Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government and won changes for the blacks of America. But has King's dream really come true today?"--P. [4] of cover

Read all about some very dangerous animals.

"Cam Jansen must use her photographic memory to find two missing goldfish."--

Teaches readers about owls, from the smallest, which can be tinier than an avocado, to the largest, which can have a wingspan of five feet.