Donation suggestions for the Jeffrey Simpson Memorial Book Collection

Listed below are book titles we would like to add to the book collection established in memory of Jeffrey Simpson, a John Muir Middle School 6th grader killed in a tragic train accident in March of 2001. These titles come recommended by School Library Journal and are a good fit for the students at our school. Paperback editions are fine. You may also simply donate money, which will be deposited into our Jeffrey Simpson student body account, then used by the school librarian to purchase books for the collection. If you choose this route, make your cheque to “John Muir Middle School” with “Jeffrey Simpson Book Collection” written in the memo portion. Then, mail it to:

John Muir Middle School
ATTN: Russ Tomlin, Librarian

1444 Williams Street

San Leandro, CA 94577

Finally, used books in new condition (no yellow or brittle pages, minimal cover wear) are also appreciated.
Thank you for your kindness and generosity in supporting this cause.
 
Sincerely,
Russell Tomlin, MLIS
JMMS librarian
510-667-3574

(list last updated December 10, 2005)

Small steps/Louis Sachar

Throwing smoke/Bruce Brooks

The boy who saved baseball/John Ritter

Over the wall/John Ritter

Brainboy and the Deathmaster/
Seidler, Tor

A thief in the house of memory/Wynne-Jones, Tim

I am the wallpaper/Hughes, Mark Peter

Ruby Tuesday
/Kogler, Jennifer Anne

Out standing in my field/Jennings, Patrick

No small thing/
Ghent, Natalie

Where I want to be
/Adele Griffin

Starring Sally J. Freedman as herself/Blume, Judy

Guys write for Guys Read: Boys' favorite authors write about being boys/Sciezka, Jon

Gold dust/Lynch, Chris

Who the man/Lynch, Chris

The hero’s trail/Barron, T.A.

Wizards of the game/Lubar, David

Dunk/David Lubar

Flip/David Lubar

The dark horse/Sedgwick, Marcus

Camp of the angel/Arrington, Aileen

The pack/Carbone, Elisa

The legend of Luke/Jacques, Brian

Under the same sky/DeFelice, Cynthia

The Feester Filibuster/Griffis, Molly Levite

Gathering the dew/Ho, Minfong

Thief of dreams/Strasser, Todd

The guns of Tortuga/Strickland, Brad & Thomas E. Fuller

Above the veil/Nix, Garth

Aenir/Nix, Garth

Meeting Melanie/Garden, Nancy

The field of the dogs/Paterson, Katherine

If you only knew/Vail, Rachel

Never mind! A twin novel/Vail, Rachel and Avi

Behind you/Woodson, Jacqueline

The house you pass on the way/Woodson, Jacqueline

Maizon at Blue Hill/Woodson, Jacqueline

Lena/Woodson, Jacqueline

Storm catchers/Bowler, Tim

Flying south/Elliott, Laura Malone

The gorillas of Gill Park/Gordon, Amy

Mind games/Grunwell, Jeanne

What the birds see/Hartnett, Sonya

The canning season/Horvath,Polly

The wrong one/Hurst, Carol Otis

A taste of perfection/Langston, Laura

Keesha's house/Frost, Helen

A simple gift/Patterson, Nancy Ruth

Planet Janet/Sheldon, Dyan

Crandall's castle/Wright, Betty Ren