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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 latest 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 BEL
Bell, Hilari. Nick of
Time ![]()
Twelve-year-old
Nick McIver tries to help his father and sister send vital information to England
about imminent Nazi invasion, until he finds himself transported through time
to help his ancestor stop a mutinous captain who is aiding the French fleet and
endangering British sailors.
FIC BIR
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks
: a summer tale of 4 sisters, 2 rabbits, and a very interesting boy.
National
Book Award winner 2005 -- and sequel -- Penderwicks on Gardham Street
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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 COL
Colfer, Eoin.
Airman ![]()
In the late nineteenth
century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he
is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal
conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of
a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry
him to safety.
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
Sasquatch
book award nominee 2008
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 5th 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 FRO
Frost, Helen.
Diamond Willow ![]()
In a remote
area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when
she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that
the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who
care for her.
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 GOR
Gordon, Roderick.
Tunnels. and latest Deeper ![]()
Wehn
Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeolgist
father who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world
underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward "Topsoilers"
like Will and his father.
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 Blood Fever and School's out forever
and latest Gold Challenge![]()
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 HER
Herlong, M. H. The great wide sea ![]()
Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father
on an extended sailing trip off the Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure
at sea.
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 HOB
Hobbs, Will. Go Big or Go Home ![]()
Fourteen-year-old
Brady and his cousin Quinn love extreme sports, but nothing could prepare them
for the aftermath of Brady's close encounter with a meteorite after it crashes
into his Black Hills, South Dakota, bedroom.
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 MIL
Milway,
Alex. Mousehunter ![]()
Emiline,
a mousekeeper who works for the wealthy Isiah Lovelock, is given the opportunity
to join the hunt for the legendary pirate Mousebeard.
FIC OPP
Oppell,
Kenneth. Skybreaker latest from author of Airborne and now StarClimber
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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 PEA
Pearson,
Ridley. Steel Trap ![]()
On
a two-day train trip to enter his invention in the National Science Competition
in Washington, D.C., fourteen-year-old Steven "Steel" Trapp, possessor of a remarkable
photographic memory, becomes embroiled in an international plot of kidnapping
and bribery that may have links to terrorists.
FIC PHI
Philbrick,
Rodman. Young man and the sea
After his mother's death, twelve-year-old
Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself
and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the
coast of Maine to try to catch a hugh bluefin tuna.
FIC SEL
Selznick,
Brian. Invention of Hugo Cabret
Caldecott winner 2008
When twelve-year-old
Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train
station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover
life and his biggest secret are jeopardized
.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. Independence Hall
(IQ series)
Quest and his stepsister Angela are thrust into the dangerous
world of the American Secret Service and the Israeli Mossad when they learn Angela's
real mother was a former Secret Service agent who was killed by a terrorist group.
FIC SMI
Smith, Roland
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
STE
Stead, Rebecca First Light
When twelve-year-old Peter and his family arrive in Greenland for his father's
research, he stumbles upon a secret his mother has been hiding from him all his
life, and begins an adventure he never imagines possible.
FIC TAY
Taylor,
Theodore. Ice Drift
Two Inuit brothers must fend for themselves while
stranded on an ice floe that is adrift in the Greenland Strait.
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 starting
with Angel on the Square
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.
FIC WIL
Wilson, N. D. Leepike Ridge.
While his widowed mother continues to search for him, eleven-year-old Tom,
presumed dead after drifting away down a river, finds himself trapped in a series
of underground caves with another survivor and a dog, and pursued by murderous
treasure-hunters.
FIC WOO
Wood, Don. Into the Volcano
Booklist's
Editor's Choice 2009
With a little bit of education and a big bit
of action, this intense and gorgeous graphic novel follows two brothers who uncover
secrets and discover courage deep inside an active volcano
-- GRAPHIC NOVEL
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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 and
latest Dragon Princess ![]()
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 thieves
sequel
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
classic
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
and latest
Molly Moon,
Micky Minus, and the mind machine
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
Carey, Janet Lee
Dragon's keep
ALA
best book 2007
In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old
Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much
to accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragon's
claw on her finger she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark
secrets and that of a dragon
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 -- Opal deception and latest
Time
paradox
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 - 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, and latest
How
to twist your dragon's tale
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..
How to speak dragonese and How to train your 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 and
latest Tide knot ![]()
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 FUN
Funke, Cornelia. Igrain
the brave ![]()
The
daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to
be a knight; and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent
on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate
her bravery.
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 and latest Inkdeath ![]()
: 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 SLJ notable book 2007
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 GEO
George, Jessica Day. Dragon
Slippers followed by Dragon Flight and Dragon Spear
Orphaned
after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object
that can either save or destroy her kingdom
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
HAL
Hale, Shannon.Book of 1000 days ALA best
book 2007
Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old
mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower,
then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who
they are as they work as kitchen maids.
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. Doomwyte
and
others in the Redwall series
The Redwallers face some of their most
dangerous villains yet in a treacherous hunt for long-lost treasure..
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
SLJ notable book 2007
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 LAW
Law,
Ingrid. Savvy ![]()
Recounts
the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a
magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured
in a terrible accident.
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 and latest Runaway Dolls ![]()
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, 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 and 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
and now Starclimber
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 Young Readers' Choice nominee
2008
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 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 PRI
Prineas,
Sarah. The Magic Thief -- book one in a series
latest Lost
Conn's life is forever changed when he tries to pick the
pocket of the wizard Nevery and instead gets a strong jolt of magic, but, instead
of punishing the boy, Nevery takes Conn under his wing, teaches him magic, and
enlists his help in finding the person responsible for stealing the city's dwindling
magic supply.
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.Battle of the Labyrinth,
sequel
to Titan's Curse,-- The sea of monsters -and The lightning thief
ALA Best Book for YA 2006
When demonic cheerleaders invade his
high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his
demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between
the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
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 -- and latest Queste ![]()
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 and latest The
Magician ![]()
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![]()
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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 Halse. Chains
National
Book Award
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City,
a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
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 ARM
Armstrong, Alan. Raleigh's
page ![]()
In the late 16th
century, fifteen-year-old Andrew leaves school in England and must prove himself
as a page to Sir Walter Raleigh before embarking for Virginia, where he helps
to establish relations with the Indians.
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 ![]()
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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
Newbery
honor 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
DOW
Dowell, Frances. Shooting the moon ![]()
When her brother is sent to fight in Vietnam, twelve-year-old Jamie begins
to reconsider the army world that she has grown up in.
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. Sasquatch Reading Award
nominee 2008
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 . also Water Street
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 Readers' Choice nominees 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 RIN
Rinaldi, Ann. The Red Headed Princess ![]()
In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving
to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years
pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself
next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.
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 SMI
Smith, Roland. Elephant run. Edgar
Mystery nominee 2008 ![]()
Nick's
father and others are taken prisoner when his plantation in Burma is invaded by
the Japanese in 1941, leaving Nick and his friend Mya to risk their lives in order
to free them from the POW camp.
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.
back to top
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
Readers' Choice nominees 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 LOW
Lowry, Lois. The Willoughbys
Booklist's Editor's Choice 2009
A
tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, in which the
four Willoughby children set out to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful
parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the
care of an odious nanny.
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 and
Olivia
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
back
to top
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 AVI
Avi. Seer of Shadows
Photographer Horace Carpetine is commissioned to do a portrait for society
matron Mrs. Frederick Von Macht; however, the photos evoke both the image and
the ghost of the Von Macht's dead daughter, Eleanora, who has returned to seek
vengence on those who killed her.
FIC BAL
Bailliet, Blue Wright
3- also author of Chasing Vermeer winner
Edgar Allen Poe mystery award and latest Calder Game
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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 BER
Berlin, Eric. The puzzling
world of Winston Breen
Winston
Breen loves solving puzzles; and when his sister uncovers a twenty-five-year-old
scavenger hunt--which leads to a ring worth thousands of dollars--he and his family
jump at the opportunity to solve it.
FIC BRO
Broach, Elise. Masterpiece
ALA Notable
Book 2009
After Marvin, a beetle bug, makes a miniature drawing
as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the
two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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 CLE
Clements, Andrew. Room
One
and latest Lost and Found
Ted
Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse,
searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
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 Curse of the Bane and latest
Night of the soul stealers ![]()
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 FEL
Feldman, Judy. the Gollywhopper Games
Twelve-year-old Gil
Goodson competes against thousands of other children at extraordinary puzzles,
stunts, and more in hopes of a fresh start for his family, which has been ostracized
since his father was falsely accused of embezzling money from Golly Toy and Game
Company.-- similar to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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 GAI
Gaiman, Neal. Graveyard Book
Newbery
WINNER 2008
The orphan Bod, short for Nobody, is taken in by
the inhabitants of a graveyard as a child of eighteen months and raised lovingly
and carefully to the age of eighteen years by the community of ghosts and otherworldly
creatures.
FIC GIF
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Eleven
![]()
When Sam, who can
barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday,
it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at
school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are
eventually answered.
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 HAH
Hahn, Mary Downing. Wait til Helen comes
Classic-- and latest Deep and dark and dangerous
and All the lovely bad ones ![]()
Molly
and Michael dislike their spooky new stepsister Heather but realize that they
must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost child to her doom.
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 JOH
Johns,
Linda Hannah West in the Belltown Towers and latest Hannah West on Millionaire's
Row ![]()
Budding sleuth Hannah West,
the twelve-year-old adopted daughter of a single mom, decides to investigate when
a thief targets the paintings of one of Seattle's hottest new artists just before
the HONCHO charity auction.
FIC KEH
Kehret, Peg. Abduction!
Edgar Allen Poe honor award 2005
and latest Stolen Children ![]()
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 KON
Konigsburg,
E. L. Mysterious edge of the heroic world
Edgar Allen Poe mystery nominee 2007
Amedeo and William find themselves working together on
a house sale for Amedeo's eccentric neighbor, Mrs. Zender, whose house is crammed
with memorabilia and stories that date back to Nazi Germany.
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 MAS
Mass, Wendy. 11
Birthdays ![]()
After celebrating
their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out
on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate
their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin to happen as the
day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again.
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 RID
Riddell, Chris, Ottoline and the
yellow cat
Ottoline and Mr.
Munroe investigate a string of burglaries and the disappearance of several lapdogs.
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
Edgar
Mystery nominee 2008
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 ZIN
Zindel, Paul. The Gadget.
In 1945, having joined
his father at Los Alamos, where he and other scientists are working on a secret
project to end World War II, thirteen-year-old Stephen becomes caught in a web
of secrecy and intrigue.
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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. Lost and found![]()
Twin
brothers Jay and Ray Grayson learn about friendship, honesty, and themselves after
taking advantage of a clerical oversight in which their new school thinks there
is only one Grayson boy.
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
SLJ
Best book 2007
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 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
Eleven ![]()
When Sam, who can
barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday,
it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at
school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are
eventually answered.
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
and latest Scat![]()
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
Young Reader's Choice nominee 2007
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 LAN
Lantz, Francess.
The day Joanie Frankenhauser became a boy Young Readers'
Choice nominee 2008
Ten-year-old Joanie
pretends to be a boy when her family moves to a new town, but soon finds there
are unexpected consequences.
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 MAS
Mass, Wendy. Every soul a star![]()
Ally,
Bree, and Jack meet at Moon Shadow, an isolated campground, to watch a total eclipse
of the sun; but soon they begin to learn a great deal about themselves, each other,
and the universe.
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 2005 and Permanent Rose now Forever
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
SLJ
Best book 2007
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
and sequel Jack's
run
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 SPI
Spinelli, Jerry. Smiles to gol![]()
Will
Tuppence's life has always been ruled by science and common sense but in ninth
grade, shaken up by the discovery that protons decay, he begins to see the entire
world differently and gains new perspective on his relationships with his little
sister and two closest friends, all because of a skateboard.
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 3rd 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.
back
to top
SERIES
SER CHI
Children
of the Red King - Charlie Bone - latest Charlie Bone
and the beast #6 ![]()
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 -- Deep Freeze #12 ![]()
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 Clash of the Sky Galleons #9
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 - Exile #14 ![]()
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 - Superior Saturday![]()
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 Into the Mist #4 -- Stargazer #5 (fall 2008)
![]()
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 Raven Rise #9 ![]()
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
- last The End #13
SER WAR
Warriors, by Erin Hunte-- latest in third set The New Prophecy - newest
series -- Power of Three - #4 Eclipse ![]()
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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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 FEI
Feinsten,
John. Cover Up
Edgar mystery nominee 2007 also author of
Last Shot and Vanishing Act
Two teenagers learn that every player
on a professional football team--which is supposed to play in the Super Bowl--has
failed their drug test and the owner has covered up the results, and now they
must find a way to prove it.
FIC GOR
Gorman, Carol. Stumptown
kid Sasquatch Reading Award 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 HAD
Hadracker, J. D. Airball:
my life in briefs Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2008
Uncoordinated
Kansas seventh-grader Kirby Nickel braves his coach's ire and becomes captain
of the basketball team in order to help him prove that NBA star Brett McGrew is
the father he has never known.
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 LUP
Lupica,
Mike.Come back kids
--
Two minute drill and also Hot Hand
Brainy Scott, a great kicker
who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris, who has dyslexia,
team up to help each other succeed in both football and school.
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. 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 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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