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ADVENTURE
FIC ALE
Alexander, Lloyd. The Xanadu adventure. latest in the series of books
Vesper Holly's adventures continue as she, her guardians, and their friends journey to Asia Minor in search of the ancient city of Troy, but fall into the trap of an old nemesis.
FIC AND
Anderson, M. T.. Whales on stilts and The clue of the linoleum lederhosen
Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.
FIC BAT
Bath, Kevin P. The secret of Castle Cant
When twelve-toed orphan Lucy Wickwright is brought to Castle Cant to be serving girl to the Baron's daughter, the Adorable & Honorable Pauline, she becomes involved with revolutionaries and uncovers surprising palace intrigues.
FIC BIR
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks : a summer tale of 4 sisters, 2 rabbits, and a very interesting boy.
National Book Award winner 2005
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
FIC CLE
Clements, Andrew. A week in the woods Young Readers' Choice nominees 2005
The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems out to get him.
FIC COT
Cottrell Boyce, Frank. Millions and now Framed SLJ Best Book 2006
After their mother dies, two brothers find a huge amount of money which they must spend quicklybefore England switches to the new European currency, but they disagree on what to do with it.
FIC COO
Cooper, Susan. Victory
Molly, upset by her family's move from London to the U.S., is strangely drawn to an old book about the life of Admiral Lord Nelson, and soon finds her life intertwined with that of Sam,a boy her age who served with Nelson aboard the HMS "Victory" a century earlier.
FIC COU
Couloumbis, Audrey. Misadventures of Maude March: or trouble rides a fast horse
and latest Maude March on the run: or trouble is her middle name
After the death of the stern aunt who raised them since they were orphaned, eleven-year-old Sallie and her fifteen-year-old sister escape their self-serving guardians and begin an adventure resembling those in the dime novels Sallie loves to read.
FIC DeM
DeMari, Silvana Last dragon ALA Notable Book 2007 - also Batchelder award winner
After his village is ruined by a flood, Yorsh, the world's last elf, reads writing on ancient ruins and realizes that in order to stop the torrential rains, he must find the only remaining dragon.
FIC ENR
Enright, Elizabeth, Then there were five 5^th in the Melendy family books, starting with The Saturdays Classic
A summer that promises to be eventful turns into something extra special when the four Melendy children become friends with the orphaned Mark Heron.
FIC FAM
Fama, Elizabeth. Overboard.
Escaping from a sinking ferry in the waters off Sumatra, fourteen-year-old Emily fights for survival for herself and a young Indonesian boy, who draws courage from his quiet but firm Islamic faith.
FIC FUN
Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Thief Lord Young Readers' Choice nominees 2005
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
FIC GEO
George, Jean Craighead, Tree castle island.
After building his own canoe, fourteen-year-old Jack Hawkins goes to try it out in his beloved Okefenokee Swamp, where an accident tests his survival skills and leads him to a shocking discovery.
FIC HAL
Hale, Shannon. River Secrets, also Goose Girl and Enna Burning
Young Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel simmering suspicions and anger, and Razo must spy out who is responsible before it is too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land.
FIC HAL
Hale, Marion. Dark Water Rising
While salvaging and rebuilding in the aftermath of the Galveston flood of 1900, sixteen-year-old Seth proves himself in a way that his previous efforts never could, but he still must face his father man-to-man..
FIC HIG
Higson, Charles. SilverFin : a James Bond adventure - and latest Blood Fever
Young James Bond attends school at the prestigious Eton boarding school, and teams up with Red to investigate the mystery of the disappearance of a boy, Alfie Kelly, Red's cousin, allegedly linked to a madman with a plot for global domination.
FIC HIR
Hirsch, Odo Bartlett and the City of Flames ...sequel to Bartlett and the Ice voyage
When the Pasha of the City of Sun becomes convinced that Gozo is his kidnapped son, Bartlett and Jacques le Grand try to rescue their young friend by using "Ingenuity, Perseverance, and Desperation" to get the Pasha's real son back from the underground City of Flames
FIC HOB
Hobbs, will. Crossing the wire- also Wild Man Island and Jackie's Wild Seattle and others
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.
FIC HOR
Horowitz, Anthony. Ark Angel latest in the series - Stormbreaker, Point Blank, Scorpia, etc.
After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel.
FIC IBB
Ibbotson, Eva. Star of Kazan - also author of Journey to the River Sea (Carnegie honor book 2002)
Annika, a twelve-year-old foundling in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, and soon afterwards a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.
FIC KEY
Key, Watt. Alabama Moon
After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon Blake is removed from the Alabama forest where he was raised and sent to a boy's home, where, for the first time, he has contact with the outside world and learns about friendship, love, and humanity
FIC LIS
Lisle, Janet Taylor,. Black Duck
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
FIC McK
McKerman, Victoria. Shackleton's stowaway. Young Readers' Choice nominee 2008
A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of his toes to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice.
FIC MIK
Mikaelsen, Ben,. Red midnight
After soldiers kill his family, twelve-year-old Santiago and his four-year-old sister flee Guatemala in a kayak and try to reach the United States.
FIC OPP
Oppell, Kenneth. Skybreaker latest from author of Airborne
Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination.
FIC PAT
Patneaude, David. Piece of the sky
Fourteen-year-old Russell, his friend Phoebe, and her brother Isaac must find a legendary meteor in the Oregon mountains before it is exploited.
FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary. Brian's Hunt - 5th in the series after Hatchet
Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear
813 PAU
Paulsen, Gary. How Angel Peterson got his name: and other outrageous tales
Author Gary Paulsen relates tales from his youth in a small town in northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel.
FIC SHE
Shearer, Alex. Sea legs
Twin brothers Eric and Clive are ready for adventure on the high seas, so instead of staying with their grandparents yet again, they stow away on the cruise ship on which their father serves as Senior Steward.
FIC SMI
Smith, Roland. Jacks's run sequel to Zach's lie
Kidnapped by drug czar Alonzo Asnar and held hostage in Argentina, Jack and his sister Joanne attempt a daring escape while their parents, aided by some old friends, set out to rescue them
FIC SMI
Smith, Roland. Cryptid Hunters
Twins, Grace and Marty, along with a mysterious uncle, are dropped into the middle of the Congolese jungle in search of their missing photojournalist parents.
FIC SMI
Smith, Roland. Peak
A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
FIC STA
Stanley, Diane. Bella at Midnight SLJ Best Book 2006
Raised by peasants, Bella discovers that she is actually the daughter of a knight and soon finds herself caught up in a terrible plot that will change her life and the kingdom forever- a twist on the Cinderella story.
FIC WAL
Walters, Eric. Camp X and now Camp D
It's 1943 and nearly 12 year old George and his older brother Jack are spending a restless wartime summer in Whitby, Ontario, Canada when the boys stumble across what looks like a military base and taken by real soldiers talking in German.
FIC WHE
Whelan, Gloria The Turning also Impossible Journey about Russia
In the months leading up to the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, a young dancer with the Kirov Ballet struggles to decide whether to defect while on an upcoming trip to Paris.
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FANTASY


FIC AVI
Avi Book without words
Thorston, an alchemist who has spent his life trying to decipher the secret to immortality contained in the Book Without Words, is on the brink of realizing his dream when he drops dead, leaving Odo, a talking raven, and Sybil, a servant who was about to be sacrificed to Thorston's plan, to reap the rewards of his work
FIC BAK
Baker, E. D. The Frog princess and see also Dragon's Breath and Once upon a curse
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.
FIC BAR
Barker, Clive, Abarat. and continuing her adventure in Days of Magic, Nights of War
Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, journeys to the Arabat, an archipelago filled with strange wonders, and has a curious revelation: she has been here before, and it
is her responsibility to save this mysterious place from the evil forces that threaten it.
FIC BAR
Barron, T. A. Child of the dark Prophecy - Great tree of Avalon series and latest
The fate of Avalon rests in the hands of three people: Tamwyn, Elli, and Scree; however one of them is the true heir of Merlin and the only one who can save Avalon and one of them is the child of Dark Prophecy, the person chosen to destroy it.
FIC BAR
Barry, Dave. Peter and the shadow thievessequel to Peter and the starcatchers Young Readers' Choice nominee 2007
Peter must visit London to help his friend Molly and her family of starcatchers locate the missing starstuff, leaving the boys on Mollusk Island at the mercy of Hook.
FIC BEA
Beagle, Peter. The last unicorn
With the assistance of Schmendrick the Magician, an immortal, beautiful unicorn searches for her lost fellows.
FIC BEL
Bell, Hilari. Flame and also another of her books Goblin Wood
Three young people, Soraya, Jiaan, and Kavi, find their lives are inextricably linked as their country, Farsala, is drawn into war with the Hrum.
FIC BOD
Bode, N. E. Somebodies, latest of The Nobodies and the Anybodies
Continuing her magical adventures, Fern travels with Howard to an underground city to save the Anybodies from the horrible Blue Queen, who sucks the souls out of books.
FIC BYN
Byng, Georgia. Molly Moon’s hypnotic time travel adventure latest in the series
Molly Moon, is hypnotized and eventually transport back to nineteenth century India, where she meets a maharajah with a speech defect as well as former versions of herself.
FIC CAL
Calhoun, Dia. Avielle latest by author of Aria of the Sea and The Phoenix dance
Taught to hate and fear the heritage that sets her apart from most people of the kingdom, fifteen-year-old Princess Avielle of Rhia must finally embrace the magic of her Dredonian ancestors to save the very people who scorn her.
FIC CAR
Carmody, Isobelle. Night gate.
Seeking a cure for her sick mother, Courage "Rage" Winnoway and her dogs pass through a magical gateway to a strange land known as Valley where they must find, before the sand in an enchanted hourglass runs out, the powerful wizard noted for his healing magic.
FIC CHA
Chabon, Michael. Summerland
The Ferishers, little creatures who ensure perfect weather for Summerland, are aided by one of history's worst baseball players in their struggle to save Summerland from giants, goblins, and other legendary, terrible creatures.
FIC COL
Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl : eternity code and Arctic incident and latest Opal deception
After being held prisoner for years, Artemis Fowl's father has finally come home, a new man, an honest man who forces Artemis to give up his life of crime, and Artemis has to go along with it, but not before he completes one last scheme, constructing and selling a super computer called the C cube.
FIC COL
Collins, Suzanne. Gregor and the code of claw t- latest in the series Gregor the Overlander
When twelve-year-old Gregor finally learns the ancient prophecy, which foretells his death, he must gather his courage to defend Regalia from the army of rats, take his mother and sister home safely, and fight his own dark side.
FIC COW
Cowell,Cressida. How to cheat a dragon's curse, How to speak dragonese - and also How to train your dragon
Recounts the further escapades of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Thurd as he continues his Viking training during which he escapes from a boatload of Roman soldiers and searches for his kidnapped dragon..
FIC DiC
DiCamillo, Kate. Tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup and a spool of thread Newbery winner 2004
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
FIC DLA
D"Lacey, Chris Fire Star- sequel to Fire Within and Ice Fire
As soon as David finds himself in the Arctic to write his story of bears, dragons and the mysterious fire star, he realises that his tale is beginning to mirror real life, and that an old adversary is on her way to meet him with a master plan to destroy his world.
FIC DOW
Downer, Ann Dragon of Never-Was- sequel to Hatching Magic
With the help of a bottle of blue fire and a magical brooch, Theodora searches for a dragon on an island off the coast of Scotland before it causes any harm.
FIC DUN
Dunmore, Helen. Ingo
As they search for their missing father near their Cornwall home, Sapphy and her brother Conor learn about their family's connection to the domains of air and of water.
FIC FER
Ferris, Jean Once upon a marigold
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.
FIC FUR
Furlong, Monica. Colman sequel to Wise Child and Juniper
After Juniper and her companions find that the Cornwall, England, castle where she was raised as a princess has been destroyed, they devise a plan to use magic to oppose the evil Meroot and the Gray Knight and to restore the authority of Prince Brangwyn.
FIC FOO
Foon, Dennis. Foon- also Dirt Eaters
After his parents and the others in Longlight are killed in a raid, fifteen-year-old Roan struggles to reconcile his feelings of rage and his old pledge to peace, soon finding that his life has a purpose he never could have guessed--and that the destruction of his homeland had one as well.
FIC FUN
Funke, Cornelia. Inkspell sequel to Inkheart
: When Dustfinger finds a crooked storyteller who can read him back to Inkscape, he leaves his apprentice Farid behind; but Farid seeks out Meggie and the two follow him back into the enchanted book.
FIC GAR
Gardner, Lyn. Into the woods
Pursued by the sinister Dr. DeWilde and his ravenous wolves, three sisters--Storm, the inheritor of a special musical pipe, the elder Aurora, and the baby Any--flee into the woods and begin a treacherous journey filled with many dangers as they try to find a way to defeat their pursuer and keep him from taking the pipe and control of the entire land
FIC GAR
Gardner, Sally. I, Coriander
In 17th century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born
FIC GLI
Gliori, Debi Pure dead trouble sequel to Pure dead magic, and latest Pure dead batty
Danger continues to find the members of the eccentric Strega-Borgia family at their Scottish castle, this time in the form of a butler who wants to blow up a nearby corporation and a demon who seeks the all-powerful Chronostone
FIC GRA
Gray, Luli Falcon and the Charles Street Witch Sequel to Falcon's Egg
Twelve-year-old Falcon must find the courage to save the day--and the dragon, Egg--after having a series of magical misadventures caused by her little brother, a distracted old dragon, and a bumbling witch.
FIC GRA
Gray, Margaret. Ugly Princess and the wise fool
When plain-looking Princess Rose longs for the beauty to snare handsome Prince Parsley, and the wise fool Jasper longs to restore wisdom to the kingdom, they end up working together and find they must face the magical Godmother Board of Trustees.
FIC HAL
Hale, Shannon.Princess Academy (Newbery honor 2005) -author of Goose girl, Enna Burning and River of Secrets
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
FIC HAP
Haptie, Charlotte Otto and the bird charmers sequel to Otto and the Flying twins
Otto, son of the king of the magical Karmidee, tries to learn how thieves known as the Bargain Hunters, several miniature people, and the City's inexplicably cold weather are all strangely interconnected.
FIC HEL
Helgerson, Joseph. Horns and wrinkles
Along a magic-saturated stretch of the Mississippi River near Blue Wing, Minnesota, twelve-year-old Claire and her bullying cousin Duke are drawn into an adventure involving Bodacious Deepthink the Great Rock Troll, a helpful fairy, and a group of trolls searching for their fathers.
FIC HOF
Hoffman, Alice. Indigo
When her mother dies, Martha is so unhappy living in the dried-up town of Oak Grove, that she convinces two unusual brothers who long to return to the ocean to run away with her. Sequel to Aquamarine .
FIC IBB
Ibbotson, Eva. Island of the aunts.
As they get older, several sisters decide that they must kidnap children and bring them to their secluded island home to help with the work of caring for an assortment of unusual sea creatures.
FIC IBB
Ibbotson, Eva. The great ghost rescue and other books
A young English boy decides to establish a sanctuary for an assortment of ghosts when the homes they have haunted are replaced by highways and other modern "improvements.".
FIC JAC
Jacques, Brian. High Rhulain and others in the Redwall series
When Martin the Warrior leaves Redwall Abbey and embarks upon a journey to the place of his birth, he learns about the brave and noble deeds of his father Luke, a real Warrior Chieftain.l.
FIC JOH
Johnson, Sylvia. Thora and followed by Thora and the green sea unicorn
Ten-year-old Thora, daughter of a mermaid mother and a human father, has many adventures at sea until she must return to the English seaside town of Grimli and save her mother who has been captured by the greedy real estate developer, Frooty de Mare.
FIC JON
Jonell, Lynne. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat
When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal.
FIC JON
Jones, Diana Wynne. Pinhoe's egg: a Chrestomanci book the latest in the series
Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to try to end an illegal witches' war and, in the process, right some old wrongs..
FIC JON
Jones, Diana Wynne. Year of the griffin sequel to Dark Lord of Derkholm
When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards' University, she encounters new friends, pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed, and magic misused.
FIC JON
Jones, Diana Wynne. Drowned Ammet
When his protest against the tyrannical government fails, a young boy escapes, with two other children, to the mysterious Holy Islands where they learn the identity and the power of two folk figures celebrated by their countrymen.
FIC KER
Kerr, Philip. Cobra King of Kathmandu sequel to Blue Djinn of Babylon- and The Akhenaten adventure
Twelve-year-old djinn twins Philippa and John and their friend Dybbuk have further adventures as they travel the world in search of a priceless talisman..
FIC KES
Kessler, Liz. Emily Windsnap and the castle in the mist sequel to monster from the deep sequel to The tail of Emily Windsnap
hen she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever.
FIC KIN
Kindle, Patrice. Goose chase
Rather than marry a cruel king or a seemingly dim-witted prince, an enchanted goose girl endures imprisonment, capture by several ogresses, and other dangers, before learning exactly who she is
FIC KLA
Kladstrup, Kristin. the book of story beginnings
After moving with her parents to Iowa, twelve-year-old Lucy discovers a mysterious notebook that can bring stories to life and which has a link to the 1914 disappearance of her great uncle.
FIC LEV
Levine, Gail Carson. The fairy's return. and others in series
In a retelling of the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Goose," the good-natured son of a baker wins the heart of a princess, with the help of a fairy and a magic goose. Princess Tales series
FIC LEV
Levine, Gail Carson. Fairest SLJ Best Book 2006
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
FIC LeG
LeGuin, Ursula Gifts and also Voices and Powers
When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.
FIC LIS
Lisle, Rebecca. Copper
Pursued by enemies of the family she never knew she had, ten-year-old Copper Beach flees to Spindle House, her paternal home, and decides to uncover the truth about a feud between the Stone and Wood clans that sent her into exile six years earlier
FIC MAR
Martin, Ann M. Meanest doll in the world - sequel to Doll people
Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft are two dolls who have been best friends since they met in Kate Palmer's house at 26 Wetherby Lane. In this sequel to The Doll People, they hitch a ride in Kate's backpack and find themselves in the biggest adventure of their lives, a day at school! But when an attempt to return home lands them in the wrong house, they're in far deeper trouble than they imagined.
FIC McC
McCaffrey, Anne. Dragon's fire- latest in the Pern series
Pellar, a gifted tracker and orphan, accompanies Masterharper Zist on a secret mission to the Natalon coal-mining camp, where they discover a group of disillusioned workers who seem to have lost all hope.
FIC McC
McCaffrey, Laura Williams Alia waking
Alia and her best friend Kay long to join the Keentens, a sisterhood of warrior women, but after a punishment caring for captives, Alia begins to question everything that once was certain in her life.
FIC McC
McCaughrean, Geraldine. Peter Pan in scarlet
Nightmares are leaking out of Neverland making time start to move, and, in order to save Peter Pan's life, Wendy and the Lost Boys must find a way to stop it.
FIC MEY
Meyer, Kai. The water mirror soon The Flowing queen
Merle and Sarafin overhear a plot to capture the Flowing Queen, and set out to rescue her and save Venice from the Egyptian mummy warriors threatening the city.
FIC MOR
Morris, Gerald. The lioness and her knight- author of The ballad of Sir Dinadad and latest Quest of the fair unknown
Headstrong sixteen-year-old Lady Luneta and her distant cousin, Sir Ywain, travel to Camelot and beyond finding more adventure than they hoped for until, with the help of a fool, Luneta discovers what she really wants from life.
FIC NAY
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Witch's sister.
Lynn's growing conviction that her sister is learning witchcraft from a neighbor reaches its peak when Lynn, her sister, and brother are left for a weekend in the neighbor's charge. Also Witch herself and Witch Water
FIC NIC
Nicholson, William. Firesong : an adventure.
Twins Bowman and Kestrel go on a journey to seek the promised land. Third in a trilogy of Slaves of the Mastery and Windsinger
FIC OPP
Oppell, Kenneth. Skybreaker sequel to Airborn
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
FIC PAO
Paolini, Christopher Eragon and his latest Eldest
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters
FIC PAT
Patou, Edith East
A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.
FIC PIE
Pierce, Tamora. Shatterglass
Tris and her mage-student, a young man whose glassmaking magic has been amplified and mixed with lightning, team up to track a killer who may be nearer than they suspect.. Circle Opens series
FIC PIE
Pierce, Tamora. Beka Cooper
When sixteen-year-old Beka becomes "Puppy" to a pair of "Dogs," as the Provost's Guards are called, she uses her police training, natural abilities, and a touch of magic to help them solve the case of a murdered baby in Tortall's Lower City.. Terrier series
FIC POT
Potter, Ellen, Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy.
Twelve-year-old Olivia Kidney and her father move into a Manhattan brownstone that has a lagoon in the living room, hosts visiting strangers in the middle of the night, and is mysteriously close to the spirit world.
FIC REI
Reiche, Dietlof. Ghost ship
Twelve-year old Vicki, and her friend, Peter, try to solve the mystery of the appearance of a ghost ship, "Storm Goddess", and its eighteenth-century figurehead, when supernatural occurrences at a seaside resort casts the tourist town in a two hundred year-old legend
FIC RIO
Riordan, Rick. Titan's Curse,sequel to The sea of monsters -and The lightning thief ALA Best Book for YA 2006
When the goddess Artemis disappears while hunting a rare, ancient monster, a group of her followers joins Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans
FIC ROD
Rodda, Emily. Rowan of Rin
Because only he can read the magical map, young, weak and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back. Also Rowan and the Travelers, Rowan and the Keepers of the crystal and Rowan and the Zebak and Rowan and the Ice Creepers
FIC RUB
Ruby, Laura. The wall and the wing.
In a future New York where most people can fly and cats are a rarity, a nondescript resident of Hope House for the Homeless and Hopeless discovers that although she is shunned as a "leadfoot," she has the surprising ability to become invisible.
FIC SAG
Sage, Angie. Physik sequel to Magyk and Flyte.
When Princess Jenna is pursued by a dark wizard, it is the apprentice, Septimus Heap, who must save her while enduring such terrors as a night in the Forest with hungry wolverines and carnivorous trees..
FIC SCO
Scott, The Alchemyst: :secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel
Fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, find themselves caught up in the deadly struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient book that holds the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.
FIC SKE
Skelton, Matthew. Endymion Spring
Having reluctantly accompanied his academic mother and pesky younger sister to Oxford, twelve-year-old Blake Winters is at loose ends until he stumbles across an ancient and magical book, secretely brought to England in 1453 by Gutenberg's mute apprentice to save it from evil forces, and which now draws Blake into a dangerous and life-threatening quest.
FIC STR
Stroud, Jonathan. Ptolemy's Gate(Bartimaeus trilogy) Amulet of Samarkind and Golem's eye
Dangerous adventures continue for the djinni Bartimaeus and his master, seventeen-year-old Nathaniel, a powerful magician who is serving as England's minister of information.
FIC THE
Thesman, Jean.Singer author of Between
Imprisoned by her wicked and power-hungry mother, Lady Rhiannon, Gwenore escapes to a women's healing community, later changing her name and becoming nursemaid and protector to the children of the magical king of Lir, who is now married to Rhiannon.
FIC VOR
Ullman, Barb Bentler The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood
After her parents divorce and she moves to the country with her mother, fourth-grader Willa Jane, anxious and unhappy with the changes in her life, discovers a world of little people called Nutfolk living in the woods around her new home.
FIC VOR
Vornholt, John. The Troll Queen sequel to The Troll King
As Rollo, the troll leader, escorts Clipper to her people in the Forbidden Forest, Ludicra decides to send a rescue party in search of Rollo, but in the Great Chasm, the rescue party itself needs help.
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HISTORICAL FICTION
FIC ALV
Alvarez, Julia Before we were Free (Printz nominee 2003)
In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
FIC AND
Anderson, Laurie Fever 1793
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic
FIC AUC
Auch, Mary Jane. Ashes of roses.
Sixteen-year-old Rose Nolan arrives on Ellis Island in 1911 in the hopes of starting a new life, but after most of her family is sent back to Ireland, she must find her own way in a new country and fend for herself and her younger sister.
FIC AVI
Avi, Crispin : the cross of lead.Newbery WINNER 2004
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret
FIC AVI
Avi. Traitor's Gate
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family. Mystery
FIC BRA
Bradley, Kimbery. Lacemaker and the Princess
Eleven-year-old Isabelle, living with her lacemaker grandmother and mother near the palace of Versailles in 1788, becomes close friends with Marie Antoinette's daughter, Princess Therese, and finds their relationship complicated not only by their different social class but by the growing political unrest and resentment of the French people.
FIC CAD
Cadnum, Michael. Ship of Fire
Seventeen-year-old Thomas Spyre, a surgeon's apprentice sailing to Spain aboard Sir Francis Drake's ship "Elizabeth Bonaventure" in 1587, finds that, with the sudden death of his master, he must take over as ship's surgeon and prove his skill not only as a doctor, but as a fighter.
FIC CHE
Chen, Da. Wandering warrior
Eleven-year-old Luka, destined to become the future emperor of China, is trained in the ways of the kung fu wandering warriors by the wise monk Atami.
FIC CAR
Carbone, Elisa. Blood on the river: James town 1607 SLJ Best Book 2006
Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.
FIC CHO
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone does my shirts Newbery honor book
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
FIC COO
Cooper, Susan. Victory
Molly, upset by her family's move from London to the U.S., is strangely drawn to an old book about the life of Admiral Lord Nelson, and soon finds her life intertwined with that of Sam,a boy her age who served with Nelson aboard the HMS "Victory" a century earlier.
FIC CRO
Cross-Holland, Kevin. At the Crossing Places sequel to The Seeing stone
Thirteen-year-old Arthur, now serving as a squire to Lord Stephen of Holt Castle, turns his attention to fulfilling some of his other dreams, such as meeting his birth mother, marrying the beautiful Winnie, and most of all, becoming a Crusader.
FIC CUR
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton author of Watson's go to Birmingham and Bud, not Buddy
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
FIC CUS
Cushman, Karen. Rodzina
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
FIC EDW
Edwards, Juli Andrews Edwards. Dragon: hound of honor
In medieval France, an Irish wolfhound helps solve the murder of his master, the beloved son of the Count de Montdidier and leader of the Royal Bodyguard in the court of Charles V
FIC ELL
Elliott, Laura. Give me liberty
In 1775, Nathaniel Dunn, a thirteen-year-old indentured servant in Virginia, befriends an elderly schoolmaster and soon finds himself torn between the two sides in the American Revolution.
FIC ERD
Erdrich, Louise. The game of silence . after Birchbark House
Nine-year-old Omakayas and her family, members of the Ojibwa tribe, are forced to leave their island on Lake Superior in 1850 when white settlers move into the territory, and comes to realize that the things most important to her are her home and way of life.
FIC FLE
Fleischman, Sid, . The Giant Rat of Sumatra, or, Pirates galore.
A cabin boy on a pirate ship finds himself in San Diego in 1846 as war breaks out between the United States and Mexico.
FIC GRA
Grant, K. M. Blaze of Silver, after Green Jasper .and Blood red horse
Using principles of their shared Muslim faith to persuade him, an agent of the Old Man of the Mountain convinces Kamil to lead Will and Ellie into a trap, but Kamil repents and seeks a way to save his friends and redeem himself.
FIC GUT
Gutman, Dan. Qwerty Stevens, stuck in time with Benjamin Franklin.
After accidentally sucking Benjamin Franklin into twenty-first-century New Jersey with his Anytime Anywhere machine, thirteen-year-old Qwerty Stevens and his best friend almost wind up stuck in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 when they try to send him back.
FIC GIF
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Maggie's door. sequel to Nory Ryan's song,
In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend, Sean, set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America .
FIC GIF
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Water street.
In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.
FIC HAL
Hale, Marion. Dark Water Rising
While salvaging and rebuilding in the aftermath of the Galveston flood of 1900, sixteen-year-old Seth proves himself in a way that his previous efforts never could, but he still must face his father man-to-man..
FIC HAR
Harlow, Joan Hiatt. Midnight rider
In Boston in 1775, orphaned fourteen-year-old Hannah is indentured to the family of a British general and begins attending secret meeting disguised as a boy, then passing messages and warnings to the revolutionaries using her beloved horse Promise.
FIC HAR
Hart, Lenore. The treasure of Savage Island
Befriended by thirteen-year-old Molly, a poor island girl, after being stranded on an island, Rafe, an escaped slave, must help his new companion fight off the picaroons who have come to raid Savage Island, in an exciting adventure featuring pirates, traitors, spies, and hidden treasur
FIC HOL
Holm, Jennifer L. Boston Jane : wilderness days - also the adventure, and the claim
Far from her native Philadelphia, Miss Jane Peck continues to prove that she's more than an etiquette-schooled graduate of Miss Hepplewhite's Young Ladies Academy as she braves the untamed wilderness of Washington Territory in the mid 1850s..
FIC HOL
Holm, Jennifer L. Penny from heaven Newbery Honor book 2007
As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death in an internment camp.
FIC KAR
Karr, Kathleen. Worlds apart
In 1670, soon after arriving in the Carolinas with a group of colonists from England, fifteen-year-old Christopher West befriends a young Sewee Indian, Asha-po, and learns some hard lessons about survival, slavery, and friendship.
FIC MAR
Martin, Ann M. Here today
In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.
FIC LAR
Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky Newbery Honor Book 2007
Sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks inherits her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana in 1917 and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war in Europe
FIC MEY
Meyer, Carolyn, Doomed Queen Anne
In 1520, thirteen-year-old Anne Boleyn, jealous of her older sister's beauty and position at court, declares that she will one day be queen of England, and that her sister will kneel at her feet. ( Mary, Bloody Mary and Beware Princess Elzabeth)
FIC MEY
Meyer, Caroly. Patience Princess Catherine
In 1501 fifteen-year-old Catharine of Aragon arrives in England to marry Arthur, the eldest son of King Henry VII, but soon finds her expectations of a happy settled life radically changed when Arthur unexpectedly dies and her future becomes the subject of a bitter dispute between the kingdoms of England and Spain.
FIC NAM
Namioka, Lensey. An ocean apart, a world away : a novel.
Yanyan, having always wanted to be a doctor, makes a difficult decision to leave the exciting Liang Baoshu behind in China and moves to New York to attend medical school. (also Ties that bind, ties that break)
FIC NAP
Napoli, Donna Jo. Daughter of Venice (Newbery nominee 2002)
Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-centry Venice and then must confront the repercussions of her actions.
FIC PAR
Park, Linda Sue. When my name was Keoko.
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely. (author Newbery Winner - A Single Chard)
FIC PAT
Paterson, Katherine. Bread and roses, too.
Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.FIC PAU
FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary. The legend of Bass Reeve being the true account of the most valiant marshal in the West
The story of Bass Reeves who was born a slave and later became one of the most respected federal marshals in Oklahoma and Texas.
FIC PEC
Peck, Richard. On the wings of heroes
A boy in Illinois remembers the homefront years of World War II, especially his two heroes--his brother in the Air Force and his father, who fought in the previous war.
FIC PEC
Peck, Richard. The River between us Young Reader's Choice nominee 2006
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.
FIC PFI
Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis Riding the Flume
In 1894, fifteen-year-old Francie determines to fight the lumbermen and protect the largest Sequoia tree ever seen, which had been given to her sister just before her death six years earlier.
FIC SCH
Schmidt, Gary D. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy.
In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
FIC SPI
Spinelli, Jerry. Milkweed
A street child, known to himself only as Stopthief, finds community when he is taken in by a band of orphans in Warsaw ghetto which helps him weather the horrors of the Nazi regime.
FIC SPR
Springer, Nancy. Outlaw princess of Sherwood, a tale of Rowan Hood
King Solon the Red attempts to capture his runaway daughter Ettarde and force her into marriage with a rival king who has been threatening his reign
FIC TOR
Torrey, Michael. To the edge of the world
In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Macías becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a route to the fabled Spice Islands
FIC WHE
Whelan, Gloria. Listening for lions Young Readers' Choice nominee 2008(also author of Homeless Bird) National Book winner
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to ngland, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital.
FIC WOO
Woods, Frances. Daughter of Magrudada
Thirteen-year-old Cesa de Haro's beloved way of life on the beautiful Rancho del Valle de la Madrugada is threatened by Mexico's loss of Upper California to the United States in 1846 and the arrival of gold seekers from the east. (like Esperanza Rising)
FIC YOL
Yolen, Jane. Girl in a cage.
As English armies invade Scotland in 1306, eleven-year-old Princess Marjorie, daughter of the newly crowned Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, is captured by England's King Edward Longshanks and held in a cage on public display.
FIC YOL
Yolen, Jane. Sword of the rightful king
Merlinnus the magician devises a way for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England--pulling a sword from a stone--but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first.
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HUMOROUS (see also -Humorous list)
FIC AVI
Avi. The mayor of Central Park
Oscar Westerwit, a squirrel who loves baseball and Broadway musicals, fights back when a gangster rat named Big Daddy Duds and his thugs move uptown in the year 1900, invade Central Park, and evict Oscar and his animal friends from their homes
FIC COO
Cooney, Doug. The Beloved dearly Young Reader's Choice nominee 2005
Although his father has forbidden it, Ernie, a twelve-year-old business tycoon, makes a tidy profit in the pet funeral business, but when he refuses to give his star employee a raise and the business starts to fall apart, it takes the death of his own dog to bring everyone back together
FIC GOR
Gorman, Carol. Midsummer night's dork sequel to Dork in disguise and Dork on the run
Jerry Flack, recently-elected sixth-grade president, organizes an Elizabethan festival at school but accepts a challenge from a bully that may mean he will once again be considered a "dork."
FIC LUB
Lubar, David. Hidden talents
Thirteen-year-old Martin, a new student at an alternative school for misfits and problem students, falls in with a group of boys with psychic powers and discovers something surprising about himself
FIC MAC
MacDonald, Amy. No more Nasty
When Simon's Great Aunt Matilda becomes the substitute teacher for his unruly fifth-grade class, her unique way of looking at things gives the students a new perspective on learning.
FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary. Molly McGinty has a really good day
When supremely organized seventh-grader, Molly McGinty, loses the notebook she relies on to keep her life in order she spends the day in chaos.
FIC PEC
Peck, Richard. Here lies the librarian author of Teacher's funeral Young Readers' Choice nominee 2007 and A Long way from Chicago Newbery winner
Fourteen year old Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath, a tomboy and automobile enthusiast, discovers new possibilities for her future after the 1914 arrival in her small Indiana town of four young librarians
FIC PIN
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, Fat camp commandos go West. sequel to Fat Camp Commandoes
After Ralph and Sylvia Nebula flee a fat camp ashram to join their friend Mavis at a dude ranch, they help her unite the Western town's factions by preparing for the arrival of an unidentified flying object. Sequel to Fat Camp Commandos
FIC PIN
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. Looking for Bobowicz
Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens
FIC PIT
Pitchford, Dean.. The Big one-oh
Determined not to be weird all his life like his neighbor, Charley Maplewood decides to throw himself a tenth birthday party, complete with a "house of horrors" theme, but first he will have to make some friends to invite.
FIC POT
Potter, Helen Olivia Kidney andOlivia Kidney and the Exit Academy
Twelve-year-old Olivia explores her new apartment building and finds a psychic, talking lizards, a shrunken ex-pirate, an exiled princess, ghosts, and other unusual characters
FIC ROB
Robinson, Barbara. The Best/Worst Halloween ever
Author of The Best Christmas Pageant ever follows the six horrible Herdman children as they create mayhem during Halloween
FIC SHI
Shipton, Paul Bug Muldoon (Edgar honor award 2002 )
Something strange is going on in the garden and Bug Muldoon, beetle private investigator, tries to figure out how the ants and the wasps are involved
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MYSTERY / SUSPENSE -some HORROR

FIC ALL
Allison, Jennifer.. Gilda Joyce and the ghost sonata sequel to Gilda Joyce and the psychic investigator and Ladies of the lake
Gilda Joyce's best friend Wendy Choy qualifies to compete in an international piano competition in Oxford, England, and Gilda is determined to go as well--as a page turner.
FIC AND
Anderson, The Last Treasure Edgar Allan Poe mystery nominee 2004
Thirteen-year-old Ellsworth leaves his father to visit the relatives he has never met and eventually joins forces with Jess, his distant cousin, to uncover family secrets and search for their ancestor's hidden treasure.
FIC AND
Anderson, M. T.. Whales on stilts and The clue of the linoleum lederhosen
Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.
FIC BAL
Bailliet, Blue Wright 3- also author of Chasing Vermeer winner Edgar Allen Poe mystery award
In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
FIC BRO
Broach, Elise. Shakespeare's secret Young Readers' Choice nominee 2008
Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.
FIC BRU
Bruchac, Joseph, Bearwalker latest Whisper in the dark.also Skeleton Man
Although he is the littlest student in his class, thirteen-year-old Baron Braun calls upon the strength and wisdom of his Mohawk ancestors to face both man and beast when he tries to get help for his classmates, who are being terrorized during a school field trip in the Adirondacks..
FIC BUN
Bunting, Eve, The Lambkins.
Kyle finds himself shrunk to the sizeof a doll and living with three other children in a dollhouse from which there seems to be no escape.
FIC COL
Colfer, Eion. Half Moon investigations
Twelve-year-old Fletcher Moon, the youngest qualified private detective in the world, receives a diploma and gold-plated detective's shield after completing an Internet course, and sets out to solve petty crimes at school, but he forced to go on the run when, while investigating the town's biggest crime family, his badge is stolen and he is framed for several crimes he did not commit.
FIC COL
Collier, James The empty mirror
Thirteen-year-old Nick, whose parents died in the 1918 flu epidemic, must find out why his mirror-image is causing mischief around their New England town and making sure Nick gets the blame - good suspense story.
FIC DEL
Delaney, Joseph. Revenge of the Witch and latest Curse of the Bane
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties."
FIC FUN
Funke, Cornelia Caroline. The Thief Lord (Printz nominee 2002)
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
FIC GAI
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline.
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
FIC GRI
Griffin, Peni R. Ghost Sitter (Edgar honor award 2002 )
When she realizes that her new house is haunted by the ghost of a ten-year-old girl who used to live there, Charlotte tries to help her find peace.
FIC GUT
Gutman, Dan. The Edison mystery.
Thirteen-year-old Robert "Qwerty" Stevens uses the time machine he finds in his back yard to visit Thomas Edison's workshop in 1879, and there helps develop the electric light bulb, but then needs his sister's help to return to his own time.
FIC HOL
Holm, Jennifer The Creek
Around the time of her thirteenth birthday, Penny's suburban Philadelphia neighborhood is terrorized by a psychopath and everyone is sure that the young man just out of a juvenile home is responsible.
FIC HOL
Holmes, Barbara Ware Following Fake Man (Edgar honor award 2002 )
During his summer in Maine, twelve-year-old Homer, together with his new friend Roger, is determined to find the truth about himself, his long-dead father, and a mysterious costumed man.
FIC KEH
Kehret, Peg. Abduction! Edgar Allen Poe honor award 2005
Thirteen-year-old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six-year-old brother Matt and their dog Pookie are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventure.
FIC KLI
Klise, Kate Trial by Jury/Journal (author of Letters from Camp)
In this illustrated novel told through journal entries, news clippings, and letters, twelve-year-old Lily finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover investigation of the case.
FIC KLI
Klise, Kate. Regarding the Trees- sequel to Regarding the Fountain
In this story told primarily through letters, Principal Russ wants the middle school trees to be trimmed before his administrative evaluation, but the project is interrupted by a town gender war, dueling chefs, student tree protests, and a surprise wedding.
FIC LIT
Littke, Lael Lake of secrets (author of Haunted Sister)
Having arrived in her mother's home town to try to find her long-missing brother, who disappeared three years before she was born, fifteen-year-old Carlene finds herself haunted by memories from a past life.
FIC NAY
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Bernie Magruder & the bats in the belfry.
Many residents of Middleburg, Indiana, are already going crazy from the ever-ringing church bells and now, after a bat is spotted in the hotel run by Bernie's family, they worry that the dangerous Indiana Aztec bat has finally arrived.
FIC NIC
Nickerson, Sara How to disappear completely and never be found
With a swimming medal, the key to a mansion, and a comic book about a half-man/half-rat as her only clues, a twelve-year-old girl seeks the true story of her father's mysterious death four years earlier near an island in the Pacific Northwest.
FIC PFI
Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis Riding the Flume
In 1894, fifteen-year-old Francie determines to fight the lumbermen and protect the largest Sequoia tree ever seen, which had been given to her sister just before her death six years earlier.
FIC ROB
Roberts, Willo Davis. One left behind
Mandy's life changes forever when her ten-year-old twin sister eats a hamburger tainted with E coli and dies. and she has to save a kidnapped child.
FIC SED
Sedgwick, Marcus. Witch Hill. (Edgar honor award YA 2002 )
After his house burns down, twelve-year-old Jamie is sent to stay with relatives in an English village, where a legendary witch begins to pursue him in terrifying nightmares.
FIC SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak series. Latest is Sons of Destiny #12
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
FIC SHU
Shusterman, Neal. Full Tilt
When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious, by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful Cassandra..
FIC SPR
Springer, Nancy. The case of the left handed lady after the missing marquess: an Enola Holmes mystery.
Pursued by her much older brother, famed detective Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola, disguised and using false names, attempts to solve the kidnapping of a baronet's sixteen-year-old daughter in nineteenth-century London.
FIC VAN
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the wild thing
While on her first hiking and camping trip, thirteen-year-old Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors while avoiding scorpions, ticks, and embarrassment.
FIC VAN
Vande Velde, Vivian. Magic can be murder
Set apart from other people because of their unusual abilities, Nola, a teenage witch, and her mother find themselves in great danger when Nola uses her power to call up images and witnesses a murder.
FIC WRI
Wright, Betty Ren. Crandall’s Castle
Charli's impulsive uncle, Will Crandall, decides to buy the town's abandoned, possibly haunted castle and fix it up as a bed-and-breakfast, but Charli and Sophia, a clairvoyant orphan who has come to stay with the Crandall family, know his plan is somehow dangerous.
FIC WYN
Wynne-Jones, Tim. The boy in the burning house (Edgar Mystery winner 2002)
Trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance from their rural Canadian community, fourteen-year-old Jim gets help from the disturbed Ruth Rose, who suspects her stepfather, a local pastor
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REALISTIC, CONTEMPORARY FICTION
FIC AVI
Avi. Never mind: a twin novel
Twelve-year-old New York City twins Meg and Edward have nothing in common, so they are just as shocked as everyone else when Meg's hopes for popularity and Edward's mischievous schemes coincidentally collide in a hilarious showdown.
FIC BAU
Bauer, Joan, Stand tall.
Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old boy, copes with his parents' recent divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school.
FIC BRA
Bradley, Kimberly. Leap of Faith
Forced to attend a Catholic middle school because of her conduct, Abigail discovers a talent for theater and develops a true religious faith.
FIC CLE
Clements, Andrew. Lunch Money and the Report card
Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.
FIC CLE
Clements, Andrew. No talking
The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contes
FIC CRE
Creech, Sharon. Replay- author of Granny Torrelli makes soup
While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change. Includes the text for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch."
FIC CUR
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Mr. Chickee's funny money
Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it
FIC DAN
Danziger, Paula,. United Tates of America : a novel with scrapbook art.
Eleven-year-old aspiring artist Skate experiences many changes when she enters middle school, finds her best friend drifting away from her, and loses her beloved great-uncle.
FIC FLA
Flake, Sharon. Begging for change. Sequel to Money Hungry
African-American teenager Raspberry Hill, off the streets after years of homelessness with her mother, inexplicably steals money from one of her best friends and wonders if she is no different than her recently returned, drug-addicted, thieving father.
FIC GIF
Giff, Patricia Reilly Pictures of Hollis Woods
A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan girl, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
FIC GUT
Gutman, Dan. Homework machine
Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.
FIC HEN
Heneghan, James, -. Flood. (Newbery nominee 2002)
After his mother and stepfather die in a Vancouver mudslide, eleven-year-old Andy Flynn, having been saved by leprechauns, is taken by his stern aunt to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he meets the charming father he thought was dead, and where he must decide what place to call home.
FIC HEN
Henkes, Keven. Olive’s Ocean Newbery honor award 2003
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
FIC HIA
Hiaasen, Carl. Flush - author of Hoot Newbery honor award 2002
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
FIC HOR
Horvath, Polly. Everything on a waffle (Newbery honor award 2002)
Eleven-year-old girl Primrose, who lives in a small fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
FIC JIM
Jiménez, Francisco, Breaking through. (Pura Belpre honor book 2002)
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education. (sequel to The Circuit)
FIC KIM
Kimmel, Elizabeth. Lily B. on the brink of Paris also Lily B. on the brink of cool, also on the brink of love
On a class trip to France, fourteen-year-old Lily is determined to gather material for her great Parisian novel, but her daydreaming and lack of attention get her into trouble when she becomes separated from her group..
FIC KON
Konigsburg, E. L. Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her grand uncles have been building in their back yard for over forty years.
FIC LOR
Lord, Cynthia Rules Newbery Honor Book 2006
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
FIC LOW
Lowry, Lois. Silent Boy
Katy, the precocious ten-year-old daughter of the town doctor, befriends a silent boy who has an uncanny ability to relate to animals and mimic their sounds.
FIC MAR
Martin, Ann M., A corner of the universe.
The summer that Hattie turns twelve, she meets the childlike uncle she never knew and becomes friends with a girl who works at the carnival that comes to Hattie's small town.
FIC MAR
Martin, Ann M. Here today
In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street. |
FIC McK
McKay, Hilary. Dog Friday.
Ten-year-old Robin Brogan is determined to keep the dog he finds abandoned on the beach from being impounded by the police.
FIC McK
McKay, Hilary. Caddy Ever after -author of Saffy's angel. Young Readers' Choice nominees 2005 and Permanent Rose
The four eccentric Casson siblings each contribute written accounts of the events--which include a Valentine's Day dance, the appearance of a sinister balloon, and the breakdown of a car--that lead to Caddy's wedding day.
FIC NEL
Nelson, Theresa. Ruby Electric: a novel - author of the Empress of Elsewhere
Twelve-year-old Ruby Miller, movie buff and aspiring screen writer, tries to resolve the mysteries surrounding her little brother's stuffed woolly mammoth and their father's five year absence.
FIC OCO
O'Connor, Barbara. Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia
Unpopular sixth-grader Burdette "Bird" Weaver persuades the new boy at school, whom everyone thinks is mean and dumb, to be her partner for a spelling bee that might win her everything she's ever wanted.
FIC OCO
O'Connor, Barbara. How to steal a dog
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
FIC PAR
Park, Linda Sue. Project Mulberry : a novel author of Newvery winner A Single Chard
Julia, a Korean-American, and her friend Patrick learn about tolerance, friendship, and patience while working together on a project about silkworms.
FIC PAT
Paterson, Katherine. The same stuff as stars (Newbery nominee 2002)
When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.
FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary. Molly McGinty has a really good day and latest Lawn Boy
When supremely organized seventh-grader, Molly McGinty, loses the notebook she relies on to keep her life in order she spends the day in chaos.
FIC SIN
Singer, Nicky, Feather boy : a novel (Printz nominee 2003)
A timid, unpopular boy learns about courage, love, and luck through a school project involving a strong-willed elderly woman, the abandoned house where her son died, and the legend of the Firebird.
FIC SMI
Smith, Roland,. Zach's lie
When Jack Osborne is befriended by his school's custodian and a Basque girl, he begins to adjust to his family's sudden move to Elko, Nevada, after entering the Witness Security Program, but the drug cartel against which his father will testify is determined to track them down.
FIC SPI
Spinelli, Jerry. Loser. Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2005
Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.
FIC SPI
Spinelli, Jerry. Love, Stargirl follow up to Stargirl
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, Stargirl, a home schooled free spirit writes the world's longest letter to Leo, describing her new life.
FIC TES
Testa Maria. Becoming Joe DiMaggio
Joseph Paul grows up following the career of baseball great Joe DiMaggio and learning the rules of the game from his grandfather and dreaming of becoming a famous baseball player himself, and somehow healing his grandfather's broken heart. (Book written in free verse)
FIC TOL
Tolan, Stephanie Surviving the Applewhites (Newbery honor book)
Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.
FIC VAN
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Flipped
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
FIC VOI
Voigt, Cynthia It’s not easy being bad 3^rd in the set of Bad Girls
Two unpopular girls try to break into the seventh grade clique system, even though they're not really sure they want to be popular at all.
FIC WHI
White, Ruth Belle Prater's boy Newbery honor book and latest The Search for Belle Prater
When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
also Tadpole and Memories of summer
FIC WOO
Woodson, Jacqueline. Hush
Twelve-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program
FIC WOO
Woodson, Jacqueline. Locomotion
Inspired by his teacher, eleven-year-old Lonnie begins to write about his life in a series of poems in which he discusses his feelings about his friends, his foster mom, his little sister Lili, and the death of his parents. (book in free verse form)
FIC YEE
Yee, Lisa . Millicent Min, girl genius see also So Totally Emily Ebers Young Readers' Choice nominee 2006
In a series of journal entries, eleven-year-old child prodigy Millicent Min records her struggles to learn to play volleyball, tutor her enemy, deal with her grandmother's departure, and make friends over the course of a tumultuous summer.
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SCIENCE FICTION

FIC CLE
Clements, Andrew, Things hoped for
Seventeen-year-old Gwen, who has been living with her grandfather in Manhattan while she attends music school, joins up with another music student to solve the mystery when her grandfather suddenly goes missing
FIC CLE
Clements, Andrew, Things not seen
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
FIC COL
Colfer, Eoin Supernaturalist
In a future world, Satellite City, 14 year old Cosmo Hill, is sent away to Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys, an orphanage where they test for highly dangerous products, and he needs to escape. With the help of The Supernaturalists, a motley crew of kids, they do, but find themselves caught in a web far more complicated
FIC COO
Cooper, Susan, Green boy
Twelve-year-old Trey and his seven-year-old brother Lou, who does not speak, cross the barrier between two worlds, that of their island in the Bahamas, and a land called Pangaia, and play a mysterious role in restoring the natural environment in both places.
FIC DuP
DuPrau, Jeanne. Prophet of Yonwood sequel to City of Ember and City of Sparks
While visiting the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina, eleven-year-old Nickie makes some decisions about how to identify both good and evil when she witnesses the townspeople's reactions to the apocalyptic visions of one of their neighbors.
FIC FAR
Farmer, Nancy. The house of the scorpion.
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
FIC FIN
Fine, Anne Up on cloud nine
While Stolly struggles to regain consciousness in a hospital bed, Ian recalls some of their best and worst times together as he writes a biography of his eccentric best friend.
FIC HAD
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the hidden and the latest Among the Free
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong. Others is series: Among the Barons and Among the Betrayed
FIC HAD
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double Identity. Young Reader's Choice nominee 2008
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
FIC HAL
Halam, Ann. Dr. Franklin’s Island
When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctor who is performing horrifying experiments on humans involving the transfer of animal genes.
FIC HOF
Hoffman, Mary. Stravaganze: city of masks see City of Stars and City of Flowers
While sick in bed with cancer, Lucien begins making journeys to a place in a parallel world that resembles Venice, Italy, and he becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the Duchessa who rules the city.
FIC LEN
L'Engle, Madeleine. Wrinkle in time
Three extra-terrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to another world
FIC LOW
Lowry, Lois. The messenger
In this novel that unites characters from The Giver and Gathering Blue, Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
FIC MAC
Mackel, Kathy. Alien in a bottle
With the help of a star-gazing classmate and an unusual assortment of aliens from outer space, teenager Sean Winger tries to find a way to convince his parents to let him pursue his dream of becoming a glass blower Author of Eggs in one basket and Can of Worms
FIC OPP
Oppel, Kenneth. Skybreaker .sequel to Airborne
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
FIC PAT
Patterson, James, Maximum Ride : Saving the world latest after school's out foreverand the angel experiment.
The time has come for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race.
FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary. White Fox Chronicles
Having been imprisoned when the Confederation of Consolidated Republics, a foreign power, conquered Los Angeles in 2056, fourteen-year-old Cody escapes and endures hardship to become the underground hero the White Fox
FIC REE
Reeves, Philip. Mortal Engines and its sequel Predator's Gold and Infernal Engines and Darkling Plain
Tom, a third class apprentice in a distant future in which technology has been lost and tiered cities move about the Earth on caterpillar tracks, often absorbing smaller locales, has many dangerous adventures after being pushed off London by Thaddeus Valentine, a historian who is trying to resurrect an ancient atomic weapon
FIC REE
Reeves, Philip. Larklight SLJ Best Book 2006
In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system
FIC SLA
Slade, Arthur. Dust
Eleven-year-old Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives, performing tricks and promising to bring rain, at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s.
FIC STA
Stahler, David. Truesight
In a distant future and frontier world, thirteen-year-old Jacob is uncertain of his future in a community that considers blindness a virtue and "Seers" as aberrations.
FIC STE
Stewart, Trenton Lee Mysterious Benedict Society
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules
FIC VAN
Vande Velde, Vivian. Heir apparent Young Readers' Choice nominees 2005
While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
FIC WAU
Waugh, Sylvia. Who goes home?
On his thirteenth birthday, Jacob learns a secret about his birth and becomes involved in his father's work to protect other beings from the planet Ormingat who live on Earth. Also Space Race and Earthborn
FIC WEA
Weaver, Will. Memory boy : a novel.
Two years after Mount Ranier and other Cascade Mountains have erupted, sixteen-year-old Miles and his family must flee their Minneapolis home and begin a new life in the wilderness after a chain of cataclysmic volcanic explosions creates dangerous conditions in their city
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SERIES
SER CHI
Children of the Red King - Charlie Bone - latest Charlie Bone and the hidden king #5
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.
SER DIS
Dish - Muldrow, Diane
Tired of takeout, twins Molly and Amanda Moore enroll in a summer cooking class and find that their newfound skills can help others in need. Includes three recipes
SER EDG
Edge Chronicles, by Paul Stewart Freeglaer #7
Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs.
SER GUA
Guardians of Ga'hoole by Kathryn Lasky - latest - Outcasts #9
Soren, a barn owl that is captured and taken to a special school for orphaned owls, is befriended by elf owl Gylfie and together the two set out to discover what is really going on at St. Aegolius Academy
SER KEY
Keys to the Kingdom, by Garth Nix latest - Sir Thursday
Arthur's life is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock, but bizarre creatures from another realm are determined to take the key even if it means killing him.
SER LAN
Land of Elyon, by Patrick Carman Tenth City #3 , Into the Mist #4
Alexa reveals the origin of the Land of Elyon while defending it against the evil Abaddon and his sinister forces, with not only the last Jocasta, but also the nature of the land itself, at stake
SER PEN
Pendragon series by Bob McHale - latest Quillan Games #7
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon, having learned he is a Traveler--someone who can ride "flumes" through time and space, is soon off to the alternative dimension of Denduron where he teams up with Loor, a girl his age from the warrior-territory of Zadaa, in an attempt to save the gentle Milago people from slavery.
SER SER
Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket - latest to be out in October The End #13
SER WAR
Warriors, by Erin Hunte-- latest in third set The New Prophecy - Sight
Rusty, a bored house kitten, is apprenticed by the ThunderClan and must struggle to fit in when the group of feral cats is threatened by the enemy ShadowClan.
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SPORTS

FIC BAU
Bauer, Joan, Sticks.
With the help of his grandmother, his dead father's best friend, and his own best friend, a math genius, ten-year-old, fifth 5th grade Mickey prepares to compete in the most important pool championship of his life, against the town bully, despite his mother's reservations.
FIC BLO
Bloor, Edward. Tangerine
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight
FIC DEU
Deuker, Carl. High Heat and others by author
When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apar
FIC GOR
Gorman, Carol. Stumptown kid Sasquatch nominee 2008
In a small Iowa town in 1952, eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, learns the meaning of both racism and heroism when he befriends Luther Peale, a young man who once played for the old Negro Baseball League.
FIC GUT
Gutman, Dan Satch and me and others by author
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever..
FIC GUT
Gutman, Dan. Million dollar goal
Twins Dawn and Dusk learn to admire their crochety old grandmother when they take on the task of training her to play hockey after she wins the chance to shoot a goal for one million dollars, but when she dies before the contest, the twins must decide who is going to take her place.
FIC HAV
Haven, PaulTwo hotdogs with everything
Although everyone credits him and his superstitions for the Slugger's first winning streak in 108 baseball seasons, eleven-year-old Danny Gurkin believes that his discovery of a secret from the team's past may be the real reason behind the ball club's success.
FIC JEN
Jennings, Patrick. Out standing in my field
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little Fifth-grader Ty Cutter, named after baseball great Ty Cobb, has lots of enthusiasm for the game but very little talent, which makes life difficult for him and his father who is coach of Ty's team.
FIC LUP
Lupica, Mike. Heat also author of Travel Team
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
FIC PAT
Patneaude, David Deadly drive
On Whidbey Island, Washington, fourteen-year-old Casey has two goals--to become an excellent basketball player like her mother was, and to find the hit-and-run driver who injured her and killed her mother nine years earlier.
FIC RIT
Ritter, John. Boy who saved baseball
The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes to lead his team to victory with the secrets of the now disgraced player, Dante Del Gato
FIC SAL
Salisbury, Graham Lord of the Deep (Boston Globe Horn Book award winner 2002)
Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches thirteen-year-old Mikey about fishing, and about taking risks, making sacrifices, and facing some of life's difficult choices.
FIC TES
Testa, Maria. Some kind of pride
Eleven-year-old Ruth, named after one of the greatest baseball players of all time, begins to question her dream of becoming a major league player after she overhears her father lamenting the fact that her talent is being wasted on a girl
FIC WIL
Wiles. Deborah. Aurora County All Stars
Twelve-year-old House Jackson, team captain and star pitcher of the Aurora County All-Stars, is finally ready to play again after being sidelined for a year with a broken elbow, but a standoff ensues when the team's big game is scheduled for the same day as Aurora County's two-hundredth anniversary pageant--an event directed by the very girl who caused Jackson's injury.
FIC WOL
Wolff, Virginia Bat 6
In small town, post-World War Oregon, twenty-one 6th grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl's bigotry comes to the surface
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