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New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Brailletbbcyouth@Large Print CatalogGrades 1-5As of 7/1/2017FICTIONLT22591Adler, C.S. One Unhappy Horse.Things are difficult for Jan, 12, and her mother after her father’s death, and when it turns out that loved horse needs an operation, Jan reluctantly gets money from an elderly woman she has befriended. Grades 3–5. 2002. LT12434Ahlberg, Allan. Woof.The adventures of Eric, 10, who turns into a dog one summer. Grades 3-5. 1987.LT27740Alexander, Lloyd. The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio.One day in the market, a mysterious bookseller presents Carlo with an old book of curious, magical tales. A treasure map hidden in the book sets Carlo on the legendary Road of Golden Dreams, beginning his adventures with a camel-puller, a robbery, and mistaken identities. Grades 5-8. 2007.LT23765Alexander, Lloyd. Time Cat.Jason is a black cat with special powers who takes his friend Gareth to nine different places in history. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT22595Almond, David. Heaven Eyes.Having escaped from their orphanage on a raft, Erin, January, and Mouse float down into a world of abandoned warehouses and factories, meeting a strange old man and an even stranger girl with webbed fingers and little memory of her past. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT24716Anderson, M.T. The Game of Sunken PlacesThirteen-year-old best friends Gregory and Brian travel to rural Vermont for a visit with Gregory’s eccentric Uncle Max. In Max’s Victorian mansion Gregory and Brian become involved in an ancient game played by supernatural opponents. Some violence. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT28168Appelt, Kathi. The Underneath.In the alligator-filled bayous between Texas and Louisiana, hound dog Ranger welcomes a stray, pregnant calico cat underneath his rundown porch. When his cruel owner dispatches the mother cat, Ranger and the calico’s two kittens form an unlikely family. Grades 4-7. 2008.LT19128Apps, Roy. The Secret Summer of Daniel Lyons.It is 1909 and the South Seas Film Company sets up camp in a Sussex fishing village. Against his devoutly religious parents’ wishes, Tom Jupe becomes involved in film-making. Grades 5-7. 1994.LT12760Armstrong, William. Sounder.The mother and son of an African American sharecropper family in the South struggle for survival when the sheriff arrests the father for stealing and shoots their devoted dog, Sounder. Grades 5-8. 1987.LT26125Arnold, Louise. Golden and Grey: An Unremarkable Boy and a Rather Remarkable Ghost.When a downhearted ghost becomes the “invisible friend” of an eleven-year-old boy who is an outcast in his new school, the two help each other find their place in their respective worlds. Grades 4-7. 2005.LT25324Avi. The Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic.England, 1046. The Book without Words appears to have blank pages, but to a green-eyed reader it reveals dark magic of alchemy and immortality. When a green-eyed eighty-six-year-old man dies trying out the formulas, the fates of his thirteen-year-old servant girl and talking raven change dramatically. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT23586Avi. The Good Dog.McKinley, a malamute, is torn between the domestic world of his human family and the wild world of Lupin, a wolf that is trying to recruit dogs to replenish the dwindling wolf pack. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT22839Ayres, Katherine. Stealing South; A Story of the Underground Railroad.Will, 16, leaves home to become a peddler, but gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to go to Kentucky, steal two slaves, and help them reach their brother in Canada. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT13322Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting.The Tuck family unwittingly drink from a spring that condemns them to eternal youth. Although the Tucks guard their secret carefully, a young girl and a conniving stranger stumble on it about the same time. Grades 4-7. 1987.LT27808Balliett, Blue. The Calder Game.When seventh-grader Calder disappears from a remote English village, along with an Alexander Calder sculpture, his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him. Grades 4-7. 2008.LT24930Balliett, Blue. Chasing Vermeer.When semingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. Grades 4-7. 2004. LT25981Balliett, Blue. The Wright Three.Sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Robie House from being demolished. Grades 4-7. 2006.LT15762Banks, Lynne Reid. The Fairy Rebel.Tiki, a fairy, and Jan are friends. Tiki incurs the full wrath of the Fairy Queen, who also seeks to exact her revenge on Jan’s family. Grades 3-6. 1989.LT14489Banks, Lynne Reid. The Indian in the Cupboard.Omri is disappointed with the miniature plastic Indian that his best friend gives him for his birthday, until the toy comes to life as a fierce Iroquois Indian only three inches tall. Grades 4-7.1988. LT15427Banks, Lynne Reid. The Return of the Indian.Once again Omri places his small plastic Indian figures in the cupboard, and, with a twist of his magical key, brings them to life. This time one of the figures, Little Bear, is embroiled in war with the French and the Algonquin Indians, and Omri must enter Little Bear’s world if he is to save him and his village. Grades 4-7. 1989.LT22082Barkan, Joanne. Wishbone: A Pup in King Arthur’s Court.When Joe and David decide to use a computer to publish a sports newsletter, Wishbone is reminded of Mark Twain’s story and imagines himself as Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who travels back in time to King Arthur’s court. Grades 3-6. 2000.LT14971Bauer, Marion. On My Honor.Joel promises his father that he and his daredevil friend Tony are only going to ride their bikes to the state park. But it is a hot day, so Tony dares Joel to swim in the dangerous Vermillion River, a detour with tragic consequences. Grades 5-8. 1986.LT11229Baum, L. Frank. The Marvelous Land of OzThe Scarecrow is driven from the throne of Oz. Glinda the Good Witch reveals that the true heir to the throne is Princess Ozma, now under the spell of the evil sorceress, Mombi. Grades 4-7. 1904.LT11016Baum, L. Frank. The Tin Woodman of OzThe Tin Woodman searches for the pretty Munchkin girl whom he loved before the Old Witch of the East turned his body to tin, causing him to lose his heart. Grades 4-7. 1918.LT12762Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of OzWhen a cyclone blows Dorothy and her dog Toto from their Kansas home to the magical Land of Oz, Dorothy meets the Munchkins and witches. With her new companions the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy travels to the Emerald City. Grades 4-7.LT1830Bawden, Nina. Carrie’s War.Carrie and her younger brother spend World War II as evacuees in a small Welsh village where Carrie, upset by a family feud, commits an act that haunts her for thirty years. Grades 5-8. 1985.LT18202Bawden, Nina. The Finding.Eleven years ago, Alex was adopted after being found at age five months on London’s Thames Embankment in the arms of one of the statues of the Sphinx. Now, an unexpected inheritance threatens to change the life he has always known. Grades 5-8. 1989.LT17761Bawden, Nina. Keeping Henry.Charlie befriends a baby red squirrel who quickly becomes a beloved member of the family. Grades 2-4. 1990.LT12300Bawden, Nina. The Peppermint Pig.Poll, youngest and most mischievous of the Greengrass children, finds it difficult to adjust to sudden changes in the family until her mother buys a little pig whose antics make him the talk of the town. Grades 5-8. 1975.LT13907Bawden, Nina. The Witch’s Daughter.Perdita, a lonely orphaned girl, lives on the Scottish island of Skua with her foster mother who is housekeeper for a secretive man named Mr. Smith. With the arrival of Tim, a sensitive, responsible boy, and Janey, a blind girl, Perdita’s life is changed. Grades 4-7. 1988.LT22630Becker, Bonny. My Brother, the Robot.When his father buys a SIMON Robot, advertised as “the perfect son,” Chip decides that he can’t compete with his new brother, but in the end, the whole family learns that perfection may not be so great after all. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT26032Bernstein, Nina. Magic by the Book.After returning from a trip to the library, Anne, 11, and her younger brother and sister discover a magic book which sends them on adventures in which they meet Robin Hood, giant bugs, and a dark, sinister man with a wolfish face. Grades 4-7. 2005.LT21320Billingsley, Franny. The Folk Keeper.Orphan Corinna transforms herself into Corin because only boys are Folk Keepers, appeasers of the evil Folk. Her identity is challenged at her new post near the sea when she discovers her heritage as a Sealmaiden, and she must draw upon all her gifts to stay alive. Grades 5-8. 1999.LT25838Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy.A widowed father takes his four daughters, aged four through twelve, and the family dog on a three-week vacation at a Berkshire Mountain estate cottage. The girls make friends with the owner’s son, much to his snobbish mother’s dismay. Grades 4-7. 2005.LT27841Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street.Four years after their mother’s death, the Penderwick sisters, Rosalind, Skye, Jane, and Batty, are appalled when their aunt Claire arranges a date for their father. Desperate to avoid having a stepmother, the girls hatch their own plan. Grades 4-7. 2008. LT25509Black, Holly. The Field Guide: The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1.When the Grace children, nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon and their sister, Mallory, 13, move into their great-aunt Lucinda’s run-down Victorian house, mischief begins, and Jared is blamed. Finding a book about faeries in a secret room gives Jared a clue about the unseen troublemaker. Grades 2-4. 2003.LT25881Black, Holly. The Ironwood Tree: The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 4.Twins Jared and Simon seek to rescue their kidnapped sister, Mallory, from some evil dwarfs who want to make her their queen. The boys face an impossible task when the Field Guide is discovered missing. Grades 2-4. 2004.LT25669Black, Holly. Lucinda’s Secret: The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3.Jared, Simon, and Mallory are now being harassed by a house boggart. Mallory wants to get rid of the Field Guide, but hospitalized great-aunt Lucinda comes to the rescue. Grades 2-4. 2003.LT25668Black, Holly. The Seeing Stone: The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2.Although warned that keeping “The Field Guide” about the faerie world will prove dangerous, Jared won’t give it up. Then goblins kidnap Simon. Mallory and Jared have scary adventures rescuing him, even with a magic stone to help them see usually invisible creatures. Grades 2-4. 2003.LT25956Black, Holly. The Wrath of Mulgarath: The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 5.Jared, Simon, and Mallory arrive home to find the house ransacked and Mom missing. Simon’s griffin, Byron, catches a hobgoblin, Hogsqueal, who tells them that Mulgarath and his goblins abducted their mother. Grades 2-4. 2004.LT7800Blume, Judy. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.Margaret is lonely after her parents buy a new house in the suburbs. Because she is from the city, the new girls expect her to be more grown up than they are, but Margaret’s body hasn’t begun to mature yet and she’s never kissed a boy. Grades 4-7. 1970.LT14011Blume, Judy. Blubber.Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting an overweight classmate they nickname Blubber. Jill finds out what it's like to be the outsider when she also becomes a target. Grades 4-7. 1974.LT14002Blume, Judy. Deenie.Deenie, pretty and popular at thirteen, is shattered to learn she must wear a back brace for the next four years. Grades 5-8. 1973.LT26435Blume, Judy. Freckle Juice.Andrew is so envious of Nicky’s beautiful freckles that he pays five week’s allowance for a secret freckle-juice recipe. Grades 2-4. 1971.LT14967Blume, Judy. Iggie’s House.Winnie appoints herself a goodwill ambassador to welcome the new children who move into the house where her best friend used to live. But the new neighbors, who are black, want a friend, not a crusader. Grades 4-7. 1970.LT14394Blume, Judy. Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself.While spending the winter of 1947-1948 in Miami Beach with her family, Sally, 10, makes up stories, casts herself in starring roles in movies, and encounters a sinister stranger. Grades 3-6. 1977.LT12880Blume, Judy. Superfudge.Peter’s brother Fudge grows more troublesome, and Peter’s parents make things worse by adding a baby girl to the family. After Fudge tries unsuccessfully to sell the baby, he plasters her with trading stamps in hopes of exchanging her for something good. Grades 3-6. 1987.LT16796Blyton, Enid. Five Go to Smuggler’s Top.Are there still smugglers at Smuggler’s Top? The Famous Five go to stay at the large old house and discover secret hiding places and underground tunnels! Then they catch people signalling out to sea; who can these smugglers be? Grades 5-8. 1991.LT19131Bond, Michael. Paddington at Work.Eager to get back to work after a visit home, the irrepressible little Peruvian bear tries his paw at the stock market, hairdressing, and even ballet. Grades 3-6. 1994.LT16795Bond, Michael. Paddington Helps Out.More havoc is wrought by the Peruvian bear who completely captivates hearts by turning tragedies into triumphs as he attempts do-it-yourself carpentry, laundering, and dumpling-making. Grades 3-6. 1991.LT13522Boston, L.M. The Children of Green Knowe.Three children of long ago become playmates of a boy living in his great-grandmother’s old house. Can they help him break the family curse? Grades 4-6. 1987.LT22597Bradley, Kimberly B. Weaver’s Daughter.In 1791, Lizzie, 10, has just moved to the Southwest Territory. Lizzie loves her pioneer life, but every autumn she gets sick. Grades 3-5. 2002.LT19450Brightfield, Richard. Island of Doom: Choose Your Own Nightmare. A “Choose Your Own Nightmare” book. Grades 4-6. 1996.LT19452Brightfield, Richard. Master of Karate: Choose Your Own Adventure.A “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. Grades 4-6. 1995.LT23766Brink, Carol. Caddie Woodlawn.Life is difficult for the Woodlawn family after they leave New England for the Wisconsin frontier in the 1860s, but Caddie, 11, loves the challenge of adjusting to pioneer life. Grades 4-7. 1935.LT27784Broach, Elise. Masterpiece.After Marvin, a beetle, 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 an Albrecht Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Grades 5-8. 2008.LT22636Brown, Irene Bennett. Before the Lark.In 1888, hard-working Jocey, 12, tormented because of a disfiguring harelip, takes her invalid grandmother to live on the Kansas farm that her drifter father has abandoned. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT23041Brown, Irene Bennett. Skitterbrain.A young pioneer and her spunky companion follow a large cattle herd across the empty prairie in search of a runaway cow. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT23034Brown, Irene Bennett. Willow Whip.In 1918 in Kansas a young girl is determined to make it possible for her constantly moving, tenant farmer family to buy the farm that she has come to love and wants to live on permanently. Grades 4-6. 2002.LT23031Bruchac, Joseph. The Heart of a Chief.Chris has his share of ups and downs starting sixth grade at the junior high and at home on the Penacook reservation. Chris uses his pride in his heritage to good advantage and finds himself emerging as a leader. Grades 5-8. 1998.LT19458Bryant, Bonnie. Rodeo Rider.Carole, Stevie, and Lisa visit their good friend Kate at her family’s dude ranch while the annual rodeo is in town. Grades 4-6. 1996.LT19133Burgess, Melvin. An Angel for May.Through time travel Tam learns compassion. After he throws a rock in anger at Rosey the bag lady and Winnie her dog, they take him through a wall back to a farm during World War II. There Tam meets May riding a pig, and Tam and May become friends. Eventually Tam understands the connection between Rosey and May and how it feels to be an outsider. Grades 5-8. 1994.LT23623Burgess, Melvin. The Ghost Behind the Wall.David, 12, sneaks through the ventilation shafts in his London apartment building pulling pranks on his neighbors, which awakens the ghost of a boy with a grudge against the lonely, senile old man who lives upstairs. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT20590Burnett, Frances. Little Lord Fauntleroy.A boy and his mother live in genteel poverty until the boy’s grandfather decides the boy must learn to be an aristocrat. Grades 5-8. 1997.LT13619Byars, Betsy. The 18th Emergency.Although Mouse Fawley is prepared to cope with seventeen unlikely emergencies, he is immobilized when the school bully, vows to get him. Grades 4-7. 1988.LT18256Byars, Betsy. Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover.When his long-distance girlfriend Melissa tells Bingo that he resembles the hero of her favorite romance novel, Bingo rushes to the bookstore for a copy of “Gypsy Lover.” There he meets another girl, Boots. Grades 5-8. 1992.LT15268Byars, Betsy. The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady.While setting a trap to catch a coyote who has been causing trouble, Junior Blossom inadvertantly captures himself! Mad Mary, the local recluse who lives in a cave and eats “varmint stew,” discovers Junior, rescues him, and takes him to her cave to recover. Grades 4-7 1989.LT15328Byars, Betsy. Burning Questions of Bingo Brown.About to leave the comforts of childhood behind, sixth-grader Bingo realizes that the coming years will be full of doubts. These he records as “burning questions” in his school journal. His concerns are far-ranging: girls; the class Rambo; and his favorite teacher, Mr. Markham, who has been giving strange assignments. The latest, to convince someone not to commit suicide, is very disturbing. Grades 4-7. 1989.LT12847Byars, Betsy. Cracker Jackson.Alma had been “Cracker” Jackson’s favorite babysitter when he was growing up. Now he is eleven years old and he still loves Alma. When he receives a letter saying, “Keep away, Cracker, or he’ll hurt you,” he knows that Alma is warning him about her husband. Cracker is not worried about himself; he is worried about Alma and her baby. Grades 5-8 1987.LT23027Byars, Betsy. The Pinballs.Three lonely, abused foster children find a home and learn how to love. Grades 4-7. 1987.LT14818Byars, Betsy. The Summer of the Swans.A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost in the mountains. Grades 4-7. 1988.LT28318Cabot, Meg. Moving Day: Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, Book 1.Allie, 9, has many rules, but two matter most when her family moves across town and when she lets a champion Persian show cat run away: “You can’t let your family move into a haunted house” and “When you do something wrong, always apologize.” Grades 3-6. 2008.LT28319Cabot, Meg. The New Girl: Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, Book 2.Guided by her rules, fourth-grader Allie starts her first day at Pine Heights Elementary. Unpacking in her new home is complicated by her grandmother’s visit, but Allie’s major concern is having a run-in with Rosemary, the class bully. Grades 3-6. 2008.LT21726Cameron, Ann. The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods.Just before Amanda’s only friend, Lyle, moves away, the two eleven-year-olds use a technique from a comic book to exchange hands in order to remain close. Amanda uses her new right hand and some advice from her “perfect” older sister to guide her through the awkward, friendless time that follows. Grades 4-7. 1998.LT25527Carman, Patrick. Beyond the Valley of Thorns: The Land of Elyon, Book 2.Alexa leaves Bridewell to return to the hills and save the kingdom from evil. Along the way Alexa battles giants, rats, and ogres. Grades 4-7. 2005.LT25282Carman, Patrick. The Dark Hills Divide: The Land of Elyon, Book 1.Alexa, 12, finds the key to a secret passageway leading outside the walled city of Bridewell and fulfills her wish to explore the mysterious Dark Hills. She discovers both a threat to the Land of Elyon and a magical power that is part of her destiny. Grades 4-7. 2005.LT25876Carman, Patrick. The Tenth City: The Land of Elyon, Book 3.Alexa and her friends escape the Dark Tower. Forces are aligning for the final battle, and Alexa holds the fate of Elyon in her hands. Grades 4-7. 2006.LT4294Carroll, Lewis. Alices’s Adventures in Wonderland.Extraordinary things happen when a little girl falls down a rabbit hole and encounters the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and other unusual characters. Grades 3-6.LT26436Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking Glass.Alice’s further adventures. Grades 3-6. 1865.LT26437Casanova, Mary. Moose Tracks.Seth, 12, lives with his mother and game warden stepfather in the Minnesota woods. When the boy witnesses poachers shooting a cow moose, the men try to scare him into silence. Although terrified, Seth is determined to save the moose calf that escaped. Grades 4-7. 1995.LT17768Christopher, John. The White Mountains.A science fiction tale set in the twenty-first century where all life and thought are controlled by the tripods, mechanized steel creatures who exert control through metallic discs placed in the skulls of children. To escape this fate, three friends begin a dangerous journey to the White Mountains. Grades 5-8. 1989.LT10710Cleary, Beverly. Ramona and Her Father.When Ramona’s father loses his job, gutsy Ramona, now a second-grader, takes matters into her own hands. Grades 3-6. 1977.LT16048Cleary, Beverly. Ramona the Pest.Ramona likes her kindergarten teacher, Miss Binney. So why does Ramona keep getting in trouble? Grades 2-4. 1968.LT22635Clements, Andrew. Jake Drake, Know-It-All.Jake is determined to win the third grade science fair not only for the grand prize, but to beat the annoying class know-it-alls, as well. Grades 3-5. 2002.LT21967Clements, Andrew. The Janitor’s Boy.In fifth grade Jack is embarrassed to attend the school where his father is a janitor. When a greeting prompts teasing from his classmates, Jack plans revenge. The prank backfires, but it gives him a chance to learn more about his dad. Grades 3-6. 2000.LT26618Clements, Andrew. The Last Holiday Concert.Sixth-grader Hart finds out there is a big difference between popularity and leadership when Mr. Meinert, his music teacher, steps aside and Hart is elected to be in charge of the holiday concert. Grades 4-7. 2004.LT27782Clements, Andrew. Lost and Found.Twelve-year-old twins Jay and Ray have just moved into a new school. When Ray has to stay home sick on the first day of sixth grade, Jay realizes that the only student record on file is for Jay but nothing for Ray. As Ray and Jay take advantage of the clerical oversight, they each find new views on friendship, honesty, what it means to be a twin, and what it means to be yourself. Grades 3-8. 2008.LT28439Colfer, Chris. Beyond the Kingdoms: The Land of Stories.The Masked Man possesses a powerful magic potion that turns every book it touches into a portal, and he is recruiting an army of literature’s greatest villains. Twins Alex and Conner form a ragtag group to try to stop his nefarious plans. Grades 4-7. 2015.LT23178Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident.Artemis, 13, turns his attention to rescuing his long-missing father from the Russian Mafiya. In the process, he encounters elf police captain Holly Short. This time the two join forces. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT23774Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code.Learning that his father plans to go straight after returning from imprisonment by the Russian Mafiya, Artemis plots one last scheme. His deal with a powerful businessman over advanced technology stolen from the fairies goes painfully awry. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT26631Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony.Artemis solves temporal equations to detect demon presence and prevent catastrophe. But someone else completes the complex mathematical calculations, a twelve-year-old girl who may be as smart as Artemis, which makes her a formidable new foe. Grades 5-8. 2006.LT25247Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception.Teen criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl’s memory is erased of fairy knowledge thus making him vulnerable to the schemes of his archenemy, the evil pixie Opal Koboi. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT28047Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox.Artemis’s mother contracts a deadly disease that can be cured only with the brain fluid of lemurs — an animal that Artemis previously made extinct. With the help of his fairy friends, Artemis travels back in time. Grades 5-8. 2008.LT26622Colfer, Eoin. Half-Moon Investigations.Fletcher Moon has never been like other kids. For one thing, he suffers the humiliating nickname “Half Moon” because of his short stature. But the real reason Fletcher is different is that he’s always had a nose for sniffing out mysteries, a skill that’s not appreciated by many people, including his own family. That doesn’t bother Fletcher: graduating at the top of his Internet class, he’s now officially certified as the youngest detective in the world. Grades 4-7. 2006.LT24920Colfer, Eoin. The Supernaturalist.In a future world Cosmo, 14, escapes from an orphanage where children are used for product testing. Cosmo joins a gang of “spotters,” kids who share his rare ability to see small, blue creatures that steal energy from wounded humans. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT26823Collins, Suzanne. Gregor and the Code of the Claw: The Underland Chronicles, Book 5.Everyone in the Underland has been taking great pains to keep the new prophecy, The Prophecy of Time, from Gregor. Gregor knows it must say something awful but he never imagined just how awful: it calls for the warrior’s death. Now, with an army of rats approaching and Gregor’s mom and his sister still in Regalia, Gregor the warrior must gather up his courage to help defend Regalia and get his family home safely. Grades 4-7. 2007.LT25650Collins, Suzanne. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods: The Underland Chronicles, Book 3.Gregor, 11, is busy at home in Manhattan deciphering the Prophecy of Blood that calls for him and his younger sister, Boots, to return to the Underworld to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens all its warm-blooded inhabitants. Gregor’s adventure is complicated by his mother’s refusal to let him leave. She finally relents, but insists on accompanying her children on their mission. When a member of their family is stricken with the plague, Gregor finally begins to understand his role in the prophecy and summons the power he needs to end the horror. Grades 4-7. 2006.LT26553Collins, Suzanne. Gregor and the Marks of Secret: The Underland Chronicles, Book 4.Gregor is drawn ever deeper into a brewing crisis. For generations, rats have run the mice — or “nibblers” — out of whatever lands they’ve claimed, keeping them constantly on the move. But now the mice are disappearing, and the young queen Luxa, who credits them with saving her life, is determined to find out why. Grades 4-7. 2006.LT25523Collins, Suzanne. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane: The Underland Chronicles, Book 2.Gregor, 11, and his little sister, Boots, return to the Underland to battle the evil giant rats, which have conspired to kill Boots in order to destroy Gregor, their primary obstacle to conquering all the Underland. To save his sister, Gregor sails across a subterranean sea with his bat and cockroach allies to find and kill the prophesied rat leader of the Underland war. Most of the action takes place on the water, including a memorable battle with a sea serpent, and there are plenty of suspenseful moments and exciting developments. Gregor, of course, is courageous, selfless, and ultimately triumphant. Grades 4-7. 2006.LT25393Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander: The Underland Chronicles, Book 1.When Gregor, 11, and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by an ancient prophecy. Grades 4-7. 2005.LT22245Coman, Carolyn. What Jamie Saw.Jamie wasn’t sure what woke him up, but the first thing he saw was his baby sister, Nin, being thrown across the room by Van. The next thing he saw was his mother, Patty, catching Nin. Right then, Jamie and his mother and sister left the house and went to see her long-time friend Earl. Earl lets them live in his old trailer, and everything seems fine until Van shows up. Some strong language. Grades 3-6. 2001.LT28176Compestine, Ying Chang. Revolution is Not a Dinner Party.Struggling to make sense of the communists’ Cultural Revolution, Ling, 9, daughter of two dedicated doctors, begins to witness the gradual disintegration of her world, when Comrade Li, one of Mao’s political officers, moves into a room in their apartment. In an atmosphere of increasing mistrust, Ling fears for the safety of her neighbors, and soon for herself and her family. Over the course of four years, Ling manages to blossom, even as she suffers more horrors than many people face in a lifetime. Grades 5-8. 2007LT22070Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is RisingWill, 11, learns that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to controlling the forces of evil. Will's quest is to find the Signs of Light to defeat the Dark. His adventures are continued in “The Grey King” LT 22603. Grades 4-7. LT14390Corbett, W.J. The Song of Pentecost.An animal fantasy that incorporates dark suspense and wry humor. The mice of Pentecost Farm must leave the farm. Only one mouse realizes that their fate rests with Snake, a double-crossed, double-crossing character, and with Frog, a hopeless liar with bad nerves. Grades 5-8. 1988.LT21730Couloumbis, Audrey. Getting Near to Baby.Still reeling from the sudden death of their baby sister, Willa Jo and JoAnn are whisked away to an aunt’s house while their mother recovers from depression. Unhappy with bossy Aunt Patty, Willa Jo and the now mute JoAnn retreat to the roof. Grades 5-8. 1999.LT25285Creech, Sharon. Chasing Redbird.Zinny, 13, has always preferred Aunt Jessie and Uncle Nate’s house next door because it is so quiet. Her house is a zoo of noises: the stereo blasting, the computer bleeping, and the phone clanging. Shortly after Aunt Jessie dies, Zinny discovers a trail that begins on their Kentucky farm. As she uncovers the old trail, Zinny learns a lot about herself and her family. Grades 4-7. 1997.LT22835Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer.Sophie, 13, and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic voyage by sailboat, along with other relatives, to visit their grandfather in England. The family’s journey of discovery becomes especially important for Sophie, who was adopted only three years ago. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT13066Cresswell, Helen. The Beachcombers.A youngster finds himself caught in the struggle between a family of beachcombers and a family of scavengers who are both watching for treasure to come in on the same high tide. Grades 4-7. 1987.LT12660Cresswell, Helen. Dear Shrink.When the woman looking after them in their parents’ absence dies suddenly, three children find themselves in foster care and must use all their courage and ingenuity to cope with the situation. Grades 4-7. 1987.LT16803Cresswell, Helen. Meet Posy Bates.More than anything else, Posy, 8, wants a dog. Her mother always says no. When Posy meets an old bag lady, she gives her some food, and in return the woman gives Posy a “lucky” bobbin. Perhaps it is lucky, because Posy’s life begins to change. Grades 3-6. 1991.LT19119Cresswell, Helen. Posy Bates and the Bag Lady.Posy is up to her usual tricks. This time she has decided to turn the hen-house down the garden into a home for the bag lady she finds in the village. Grades 3-6. 1994.LT12104Crompton, Richmal. Just-William.All about the adventures of William, including training rats and kidnapping babies. Grades 3-7.1986.LT17480Cross, Gillian. The Demon Headmaster.Dinah realizes that the students at her new school are entirely too well-behaved and is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Grades 5-8. 1990.LT23199Curry, Jane Louise. The Egyptian Box.Tee is happy to find that the ancient Egyptian box she inherits holds a spirit who will serve her, until she notices changes in her servant’s appearance and behavior. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT21475Curtis, Christopher. Bud, Not Buddy.During the Great Depression, Bud, 10, a motherless boy, runs away from his latest (bad) foster home in Flint, Michigan. He sets out for Grand Rapids in search of the man he believes to be his father, renowned bandleader Herman E. Calloway. Grades 4-7. 1999.LT26031Curtis, Christopher. Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money.Mr. Chickee, the blind neighbor of Flint Future Club member Steven, gives him a quadrillion dollar bill, which pictures soul singer James Brown. Treasury agent Foondoo chases Steven, his friend Russell, and Russell’s dog Zoopy in order to retrieve the money. Grades 4-7. 2005.LT21724Curtis, Christopher. The Watsons Go to Birmingham:1963.The whole “Weird Watson” family drives from Michigan to visit Grandma Sands in Alabama. She is the only one who can put some sense into the head of Kenny’s older brother, Byron, who acts up just too many times. The kids have never been to the South, where they experience segregation and racism. The family’s sense of humor is helpful, but life there holds serious problems. Some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT24036D’Adamo, Francesco. Iqbal.A fictionalized account of a Pakistani boy who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and helped liberate other children from a life of servitude. Relates how Iqbal Masih, at thirteen, is murdered by the “carpet mafia” after winning an international humanitarian award and scholarship to study abroad. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT12619Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.Five children win a coveted tour of Mr. Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Four of the children meet disaster at their own hands, but a deserving boy wins both the day and the factory. Grades 4-7. 1986.LT12976Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.Mr. Willy Wonka’s magic glass elevator accidentally orbits Charlie and his family into space, where they fight ferocious battles with the dreadful Vermicious Knids and barely rescue Grandma Georgina from Minusland, where people disappear. Grades 4-7. 1972.LT15946Dahl, Roald. Fantastic Mr. Fox.Three nasty, mean men, farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean, are tired of Mr. Fox stealing their chickens, ducks, and turkeys to feed his family. They start digging the foxes out of their hole, but Mr. Fox has a plan of his own. Grades 3-6. 1970.LT15765Dahl, Roald. Matilda.Matilda, a four-year-old genius, is unappreciated by her dishonest, used-car salesman father, her bingo-playing mother, and her brother. Matilda’s life is made bearable by her chance discovery of the library and its librarian Mrs. Phelps, and by Matilda’s own special powers. Grades 3-6. 1988.LT19120Dann, Colin. Farthing Wood.Sage Hedgehog, waking from his hibernation, finds Farthing Wood in turmoil. The other animals want to drive out the otters, without realizing that the otter community is what keeps the woods from being developed by humans. Grades 4-7. 1994.LT19136Danziger, Paula. Make Like a Tree and Leave.As chairman of the mummy committee for the Egypt project, Matthew thinks that wrapping up Brian in plaster gauze to make a mummy cast is a good idea. Wrong again! Then the class learns that Mrs. Nichols, a friend and school supporter, has fallen and broken her hip. They write notes and tape messages that show they care but learn she must sell her farm to pay her medical bills. Grades 4-7 1993.LT15429De Clements, Barthe. Fourth GradesWizards.Marianne desperately misses her mother, who was killed in an airplane crash. She and her father are living in a stark apartment, and Marianne’s daydreaming has caused her to fall behind in school. Like her friend Jack, the class cut-up, she has nearly given up on becoming a “Wizard,” one of the kids who do so well in class they get privileges such as helping out in the office. Grades 3-6. 1989.LT25978DeFelice, Cynthia. Bringing Ezra Back.Ohio, 1840. Nathan, 12, sets out with peddler Orrin to rescue his family’s friend Ezra, a mute man held captive and displayed by owners of a freak show in western Pennsylvania. Grades 4-7. 2006.LT23026DeFelice, Cynthia. The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs.Hindered by a fight with her friend Dub and a series of mysterious fires, Allie, 11, investigates a fire from 17 years ago. Allie seeks a connection between a handsome youth’s ghost asking for help and cafeteria worker Mrs. Hobbs. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT21733DeFelice, Cynthia. The Ghost of Fossil Glen.Stuck on the face of a cliff while looking for fosils, sixth-grader Allie is guided to safety by a mysterious voice. Other strange happenings lead Allie to believe she is dealing with a ghost of a girl not unlike herself. Grades 4-7. 2000.LT25383DeFelice, Cynthia. The Missing Manatee.While coping with his parents’ separation, Skeet, 11, goes out in his skiff along Florida’s coastal channels, where he finds a manatee killed by a bullet. When he returns with a deputy sheriff, the manatee’s body is gone. Skeet works to unravel the mystery. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT26011Delaney, Joseph. Revenge of the Witch.The Spook of the county, who rids the local villages of evil, is ready to retire. Twenty-nine applicants have failed to qualify to be the new Spook. Can Thomas Ward succeed? Can he learn the difference between a benign and a malevolent witch? Grades 5-8. 2005.LT28328DiCamillo, Kate. The Magician’s Elephant.A fortuneteller informs orphan Peter, 10, that his long lost sister Adele is still alive and that an elephant will lead him to her. Soon thereafter, a magician arrives in the city of Baltese and sets into motion a remarkable chain of events. Grades 4-7. 2009.LT15354Dixon, Franklin W. Cult of Crime: Hardy Boys.In trying to free a friend from the clutches of a murderous mountain cult, the Hardy Boys find that the lunatic Rajah and his cohorts have spread to their own home town. Grades 3-6. 1988.LT15356Dixon, Franklin W. Edge of Destruction: Hardy Boys.After the kidnapping of the Hardy Boys’ father, criminals hold New York City ransom under the threat of a city-wide fatal virus infection. Grades 3-6. 1988.LT24022Dixon, Franklin W. Typhoon Island: Hardy Boys.While vacationing on a tropical island, Frank and Joe Hardy endure “bad luck,” face a dangerous typhoon, and struggle to solve a mystery. Grades 3-6. 2003.LT22333Doucet, Sharon A. Fiddle Fever.In 1914, Felix, 14, feels stifled by life on his family’s farm in Louisiana and after hearing his wayward uncle play the fiddle, Felix decides that he wants to be a fiddler too, even if it means making his own fiddle and going against his parents’ wishes. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT23675Dowell, Frances O. Where I’d Like to Be.A group of foster children build a home of their own. Grades 3-6. 2003.LT26624Duble, Kathleen B. The Sacrifice.Andover, Massachusetts; 1692. Abigail, 10, and her sister, Dorothy, 12, are accused of witchcraft. They await trial in a miserable Salem prison while their mother desperately searches for some way to obtain their freedom. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT12846Dunbar, Joyce. Mundo and the Weather-Child.Edmund suddenly loses his hearing and creates a secret world that includes a wild garden, a wicked goblin and a ghost child. Grades 5-8. 1987.LT26056Dyer, Heather. The Girl With the Broken Wing.The twins are in bed when they hear a wet sound, then a clattering on roof tiles followed by a tapping at the window. It’s a girl with a broken wing. Perhaps she’s their guardian angel, but would an angel have filthy feet? Grades 3-5. 2005.LT25323Eager, Edward. Half Magic.Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ancient, magic coin that grants half of any wish. Grades 4-7. 1954.LT22601English, Karen. Francie.Francie, 12, yearns for the day she and her family will join her father in Chicago, where he has gone for work. Meanwhile, in segregation-era Alabama Francie teaches Jesse, 16, to read. When Jesse is accused of a crime, Francie decides to help him escape. Grades 5-8. 1999.LT13443Estes, Eleanor. Ginger Pye.Mystery and adventure enter the lives of the Pye family when their dog Ginger disappears, spirited away, the children believe, by a stranger in a yellow hat. Grades 3-6. 1987.LT26766Fan, Nancy Yi. Swordbird.The blue jays and cardinals of Stone-Run Forest have turned against each other. According to legend, only Swordbird, son of the Great Spirit, has the power to conquer evil and restore peace to the land. Is he real or just a myth? Can Swordbird arrive in time to save the forest or will it be too late? Grades 3-6. 2007.LT28322Farmer, Nancy. The Islands of the Blessed.Two years after their adventures in “The Land of the Silver Apples,” the apprentice bard Jack and his Viking companion Thorgil confront the malevolent spirit of a vengeful mermaid and begin a quest that casts them among the fin folk of Notland. Grades 5-8. 2009.LT27745Farmer, Nancy. The Land of the Silver Apples.Continues the adventures of the apprentice bard Jack, from “The Sea of Trolls”. Jack sets out to rescue his sister Lucy, kidnapped by the Lady of the Lake, and travels to the Land of Silver Apples, home to elves and other magical creatures. Grades 5-8. 2007.LT24758Farmer, Nancy. The Sea of Trolls.After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers. To appease a half-troll queen and save his sister, Jack journeys deep into enemy territory and encounters troll-bears, giant spiders, and dragons. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT12095Farmer, Penelope. Charlotte Sometimes.After Charlotte spends her first night at boarding school, she wakes up to find she has gone back in time forty years. Grades 5-8. 1986.LT17758Farmer, Penelope. The Summer Birds.On her way to school one morning, Charlotte meets a wild-looking boy who teaches the whole class to fly. Grades 3-6. 1990.LT8671Fisk, Nicholas. Monster Maker.For Matt, 12, working at a studio where movie monsters are made, fantasy turns into a nightmare when juvenile vandalism seems to bring the monsters to life. Grades 5-8. 1986.LT15224Fitzgerald, John D. The Great Brain.Tom, known as “the Great Brain,” has swindled practically every kid in town. He also uses his brain power to rescue two friends from death in a cave and to teach a Greek boy how to fight off the neighborhood bully. Grades 4-7. 1967.LT167Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy.Harriet is a highly organized, industrious sixth-grader with two hobbies: spying and recording her observations honestly but caustically in a special notebook. When her classmates discover the notebook and read it, war results, and Harriet is an instant outcast. Grades 4-7. 1987.LT28480Flanagan, John. The Tournament at Gorlan.Rangers Halt and Crowley travel north to seek Prince Duncan’s royal warrant to stop Morgarath, the Baron of Gorlan, from stealing the throne. To succeed they will tread a dangerous path. Grades 5-8. 2015.LT22845Fletcher, Susan. Walk Across the Sea.In late nineteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, Eliza Jane, 15, defies the townspeople and her lighthouse-keeper father to help a Chinese boy who has been kind to her. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT171Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain.After injuring his right hand, Johnny, 14, a silversmith’s apprentice, becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution. He meets Massachusetts patriots and becomes involved in events leading to the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington. Grades 5-8. 1943.LT14715Fox, Paula. The Slave Dancer.1840. Kidnapped from his home in New Orleans, Jessie, 13, is forced to serve on a slave ship. Every day he must play his fife while the shackled slaves “dance” for exercise. Grades 5-8. 1973.LT24763Funke, Cornelia. Dragon Rider.After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT27024Funke, Cornelia. Igraine the Brave.Igraine’s parents are magicians but she wants to be a knight. The opportunity to prove her bravery comes on her twelfth birthday, when her parents have mistakenly changed themselves into pigs and Osmund the Greedy arrives at their castle demanding their books of magic. Grades 3-6. 1998.LT25349Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart.Meggie, 12, lives with her father, Mo, a bookbinder. She discovers a terrible secret: nine years ago when Mo read aloud from a book the characters appeared in real life while her mother disappeared into the story. Mo’s magic causes still more problems to solve. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT25571Funke, Cornelia. Inkspell.One year after Meggie’s adventures in “Inkheart”, Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, desperately needs to return to the original tale. Meggie, her parents, and Dustfinger’s apprentice Farid follow him and soon are caught inside Inkworld, too. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT24663Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord.Orphan brothers Prosper, 12, and Bo, 5, have run away from their cruel aunt and uncle in Hamburg to Venice, their mother’s favorie city. They join a band of urchins led by a mysterious Thief Lord who steals to support them. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT23585Gaiman, Neil. Coraline.While exploring her new home, Coraline goes through a doorway that shouldn’t be there into a dangerous world where she has a disturbing different set of parents. Since this other mother kidnaps Coraline’s real parents, it is up to Coraline to rescue them and return to her world safely. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT28048Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book.A toddler enters a cemetery pursued by the knife-wielding stranger who just murdered his family. Resident ghosts Mr. and Mrs. Owens protect and adopt the child, naming him Nobody “Bod” Owens. Bod’s graveyard upbringing serves him well, but why was his family targeted? Grades 5-8. 2008.LT24040Gantos, Jack. Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue.Jack’s father rejoins the navy and moves the family to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. There Jack, 9, develops a crush on his beautiful fourth-grade teacher, adopts a pet duck, and gets into trouble. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT25979Gantos, Jack. Jack’s Black Book.Now in the seventh grade, Jack feels like a total misfit at a vocational school where wood shop is taught three days a week. He feels hopeless after failing an IQ test to qualify for another school. What Jack really wants is to be a writer, so he carries around a black notebook hoping for inspiration from his muse. Grades 5-7. 1997.LT22295Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Loses Control.In this sequel to “Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key,” Joey is spending the summer with his long-absent alcoholic dad, who convinces Joey to stop wearing his medication patches. Soon wired again, Joey clashes with his dad’s own out-of-control personality. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT22069Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key.When Joey’s medication for attention deficit disorder wears off during the school day, he forgets that his housekey is not on a string and swallows it. Joey continues to cause problems for his classmaes and himself while his mother and his teachers try to help him. Grades 5-8. 1998. LT23593Gantos, Jack. What Would Joey Do?.Hyperactive Joey tries to hold things together as his father shows up on a motorcycle to taunt his mother, he is home-schooled with a hostile blind girl, and his feisty grandmother copes with emphysema. Sequel to “Joey Pigza Loses Control”. Grades 5-8. 2002. LT17747Gardam, Jane. Through the Dolls’ House Door.Two girls lose interest in playing with their doll house after moving from London to Wales but the dolls in the house amuse themselves by telling stories about their exciting pasts. Grades 3-7. 1989.LT23029Gauthier, Gail. Club Earth.In this sequel to “My Life Among the Aliens” Will and Robby finally convince their parents that they have been entertaining space aliens for months. Now the family learns their home has been chosen to become an intergalactic tourist resort. Grades 3-6. 1999.LT22330Gauthier, Gail. My Life Among the Aliens.Will and his brother have a problem, they keep meeting aliens. At first they are scared and try to convince their mother to help, but when she refuses they resign themselves to dealing with the many aliens who appear to be drawn to their house by their mother’s snacks. Grades 3-6. 2001.LT1494George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves.Julie, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl, runs away rather than agree to an arranged marriage. Lost and starving on the barren tundra, she makes friends with a pack of wolves who save her life. Grades 5-8. 1972.LT28418George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain.In diary form, this book tells of the year Sam Gribley spent in the Catskill Mountains, living alone in a tree house and learning about nature. Grades 5-8. 1959.LT27028George, Jessica Day. Dragon Slippers.Poor country girl Creel persuades a shoe-hoarding dragon to give her an exotic pair of slippers, not realizing their mysterious power. Creel sets out for the king’s city, where she finds work as a seamstress, meets princes, and becomes the heroine of the Dragon War. Grades 5-8. 2007.LT24860Giff, Patricia. A House of Tailors.When Dina, 13, emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home. Grades 4-8. 2005.LT21719Giff, Patricia. Lily’s Crossing.In the summer of 1944, Lily goes to Rockaway Beach, New York, with her grandmother. There Lily meets Albert, a young Hungarian refugee orphan who fled from the Nazis. When Lily tells lies to impress Albert, there are unexpected consequences. Grades 5-8. 1997.LT24035Giff, Patricia. Maggie’s Door.1840s. Nory Ryan and the last of her starving family leave Ireland on a miserable ship that will take them to relatives in Brooklyn, New York. Meanwhile her neighbor and friend Sean Mallon works for his ocean passage. Sequel to “Nory Ryan’s Song”. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT22246Giff, Patricia. Nory Ryan’s Song.When Ireland’s potato crop fails in 1845 and twelve-year-old Nory Ryan’s family often goes hungry, she dreams of taking them to Brooklyn, in America. But in the meantime she learns healing from the herbalist Anna Donnelly and scrounges the contryside for food. Grades 4-7. 2000.LT23310Giff, Patricia. Pictures of Hollis Woods.A troublesome foster child, Hollis loves to draw pictures. Her favorite is one in which she fits in with a father, mother, brother, and herself. Now Hollis lives with an artist, but still longs for the summer family that wanted to keep her. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT26635Giff, Patricia. Water Street.Brooklyn, 1875. Bridget “Bird” Mallon, 12, and her new upstairs neighbor, Thomas Neary, take turns recounting their Irish American family happenings (the drinking, the illegal backroom boxing, midwifing, and dreams of overcoming their working-class lives) while the Brooklyn Bridge is built. Sequel to “Maggie’s Door”. Grades 5-8. 2006.LT189Gipson, Fred. Old Yeller.The story of a boy and the big stray dog that he resents at first, but comes to love and depend on. The excitement, hardship, and tragedy of pioneer life in Texas in the 1860’s are graphically described. Grades 5-8. 1956.LT23996Gliori, Debi. Pure Dead Brilliant.Time travel, a computer virus that is deadly to humans, and other strange things begin to happen when some would-be witches come to stay with the eccentric Strega-Borgia family. Grades 4-7. 2004.LT23193Gliori, Debi. Pure Dead Magic.When their father is kidnapped and danger looms, the Strega-Borgia children, their mysterious new nanny, and a giant tarantula use magic and actual trips through the Internet to bring peace to their Scottish castle. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT23475Gliori, Debi. Pure Dead Wicked.The Strega-Borgia children accidentally create 500 clones of themselves at the same time that the roof on their Scottish castle falls in, attrracting evil contractors who want their home. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT196Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows.The adventures of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, bumptious Mr. Toad, and other animals who live along the river and in the woods. Grades 4-7.LT22599Gray, Dianne E. Holding Up the Earth.Orphan Hope, 14, spending the summer on a Nebraska farm with Sarah, her latest foster mother, reads family documents left by four previous generations: Abigail, the first homesteader; Rebecca, a hired girl; Sarah’s mother, Anna; and Sarah. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT28324Green, Tim. Football Champ.Twelve-year-old Troy’s uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons. A seedy reporter with a grudge against star linebacker Seth Halloway suspects something illegal is going on and pursues Troy. Grades 5-8. 2009.LT27847Green, Tim. Football Genius.Sixth-grader Troy can predict football plays before they occur and wants to use this ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons. First he has to convince the team to take him seriously. Grades 5-8. 2007.LT27850Green, Tim. Football Hero.When twelve-year-old Ty’s brother Thane is recruited from college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for Gus’s gambling ring. Now Ty and Thane are in trouble with the Mafia. Grades 5-8. 2008.LT15212Greene, Bette. Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe.Philip Hall is the cutest, smartest boy in the class, and Beth Lambert loves him enough to let him beat her at everything. Grades 5-8. 1989.LT15901Greene, Constance. A Girl Called Al.The narrator tells all about her relationship with her best friend Alexandra, called Al for short. Al acts flip to hide her real feelings. Grades 5-8. 1989.LT21873Griffin, Adele. The Other Shepards.Sisters Holland and Geneva have a special bond: they live in the shadow of their two brothers and sister who died before the youngest Shepards were born. What the girls want most is to be part of a normal family. When they meet Annie, they hope she will help. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT26439Griffin, Adele. Sons of Liberty.Rock and his brother Cliff face a father who is a bully and a mother who won’t leave the house. Meanwhile, their neighbor Liza is physically abused. After Rock and Cliff help Liza run away, Cliff convinces their mother that they have to leave and seek help. Rock has to decide whether to go or stay. Grades 5-8. 1997.LT23588Griffin, Peni. The Music Thief.Living in San Antonio, Texas, Alma, 11, tries to cope with the drive-by shooting death of her favorite Latina singer, as well as deal with the struggles of her various family members, and finds herself doing something she knows is wrong. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT28325Grisham, John. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer.Both kids and adults ask eighth grader Theo for legal advice because he knows the court system so well. When his friend Julio approaches Theo about a possible surprise witness for an ongoing murder trial, it’s Theo’s turn to seek counsel. Grades 5-8. 2010.LT25811Gruber, Michael. The Witch’s Boy.They call him Lump. Ugly, misshapen, more goblin than human, abandoned as an infant and taken in by a witch. His playmates are the creatures of the forest, whose language he learns to speak. When Lump stumbles into the human world, his innocence is no match for the depths of people’s cruelty, which turns his heart to stone and fuels a vengeance that places him in deadly peril. Grades 5-9. 2006.LT21740Haas, Jessie. Unbroken.It is 1910, and Harriet’s world comes to an end the day her mother tries to make their mare face an oncoming Model T. Ford. Harriet and the mare’s colt go to live on Aunt Sarah’s farm when an accident leaves her a changed woman. Some strong language. Grades 5-8.1999.LT25652Haddix, Margaret P. Among the Betrayed: The Shadow Children.Nina, 13, is arrested by the Population Police. She must reveal the identity of other illegally born third children or be killed. Nina and three other younger kids escape from prison. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT24759Haddix, Margaret P. Among the Brave: The Shadow Children.Trey and his fellow illegal third-born children seek help from Mr. Talbot until the Population Police arrive to arrest their mentor. When the government is overthrown and more kids are imprisoned, Trey must summon all his courage to rescue them. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT21847Haddix, Margaret P. Among the Hidden: The Shadow Children.In the future the Population Police ensure that families have only two children. Luke,12, is a third son who hides in fear on his family’s farm. When he discovers another “shadow” kid next door, the two join forces to try to change the government. Grades 5-8 2000.LT22594Haddix, Margaret P. Among the Imposters: The Shadow Children.Luke, 12, a forbidden and illegal third child, assumes a new identity as Lee Grant. He leaves the relative safety of the farm for boarding school. There he experiences a confusing environment among Population Police undercover agents. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT27840Haddix, Margaret P. Found: The Missing, Book 1.After seventh-grader Jonah and his friend Chip receive threatening letters about their adoptions, they start to investigate their past. What they discover stuns them, as a conspiracy involving time travel and shadowy factions unravels. Grades 5-8. 2008.LT28326Haddix, Margaret P. Sabotaged: The Missing, Book 3.Time travelers Jonah and Katherine help another missing child, Virginia Dare, return home to the past. Their journey to the sixteenth-century Roanoke Colony is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving Jonah, Katherine, and Virginia in the wrong time period. Grades 5-8. 2011.LT28327Haddix, Margaret P. Sent: The Missing, Book 2.Jonah, his sister Katherine, and Chip travel back in time to fifteenth-century England, where Chip and his brother Alex are royal heirs who have been imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III. Can Jonah and Katherine fix history and save Chip and Alex? Grades 5-8. 2009. LT28355Haddix, Margaret P. Torn: The Missing, Book 4.Time travelers Jonah and Katherine arrive in James Bay in 1611 to rescue missing child John Hudson, son of the explorer Henry Hudson. When mutiny on Hudson’s ship nears, Jonah and Katherine’s knowledge of history becomes a lifeline. Grades 5-8. 2011.LT27842Hale, Shannon. Book of a Thousand Days.Dashti, 15, is sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, and they are shut in a tower for seven years because of Saren’s refusal to marry a man she despises. The two prepare for a very long and dark imprisonment. When Saren’s two suitors arrive outside the tower, the girls are confronted with both hope and great danger. Grades 5-9. 2007.LT25999Hale, Shannon. Princess Academy.When it is decreed that Prince Steffan of Danland will choose a bride from remote Mount Eskel, Miri and all the village girls, including newly arrived Britta, attend a princess academy to prepare them for the potential honor. Gades 5-8. 2005.LT13363Hall, Willis. The Last Vampire.Lost on a camping holiday abroad, Henry and his family find themselves camping near a crumbling castle called Alucard. Noting the reverse spelling of the name, Henry explores the castle where he meets Count, who sometimes changes into a fruit bat, is vegetarian and quite appalled by his ancestor’s antics. Grades 3-7. 1987.LT14392Hamilton, Virginia. The Planet of Junior Brown.Eighth grader Junior Brown, an obese, overprotected musical prodigy, and his homeless classmate Buddy Clark play hooky and spend their days with a former teacher who has built a model solar system, with an extra planet in the school basement. Grades 5-8. 1971.LT26633Han, Jenny. Shug.Annemarie, 12, called Shug (short for sugar) by her family, feels that nothing is going right. She is too tall and skinny, she has a crush on her best friend Mark who doesn’t notice, and even her girlfriends are changing. Grades 5-8. 2006.LT19147Havill, Juanita. Jennifer, Too.Jennifer finds ways to be included in the games of her older brother, Matt, and his friends. Grades1-3. 1994.LT27969Hawking, Lucy. George’s Secret Key to the Universe.George enters the world of technology when he meets his new neighbor Annie and her scientist father Eric, whose supercomputer Cosmos can whisk these explorers anywhere in the universe. When a rival scientist sends Eric to a black hole, George must save him. Grades 4-7. 2007.LT22240Hearne, Betsy. Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs.After Louise, 11, makes a wish on the first evening star and her brother turns into a pig, she uses wishes, kisses, and spells to try to put things right again. Grades3-6. 2001.LT1515Hendrick, Paula. Who Says So?Lucinda Mallory is the youngest child in an unconventional household and her best frined, Janaka, is invisible. Grades 3-6. 1973.LT28172Hennesy, Carolyn. Pandora Gets Jealous.It’s SO not a Greek tragedy — it’s just another day in ancient Greece for thirteen-year-old Pandora Atheneus Andromaeche Helena (or Pandy, to her friends). But then she opens a certain box and unleashes the most heinous evils into the world. In the blink of a Cyclops’ eye, Pandy goes from potential popularity to everlasting loserdom. And worse, when hauled before Zeus, she’s sentenced to collect the evils within one year’s time. First up? Jealousy. Grades 5-8. 2008LT22071Henry, Marguerite. King of the Wind.The story of Sham, a magnificent Arabian stallion, and Agba, the stable boy who cares for him faithfully as they cross the seas from Morocco to England and France. When King Louis XV of France rejects the gift of this stallion, he does not know that the horse will become the founder of a strain of thoroughbreds, one of which will be Man o’ War. Grades 4-7. 2001.LT21871Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague.The adventures of Maureen and Paul Beebe, who want to own the freedom-loving mare Phantom and her colt, Misty, wild ponies from the islands along Virginia’s Atlantic coast. Grades 3-6. 2000.LT23192Hesse, Karen. Stowaway.Stowaway Nicholas, 11, keeps a journal, beginning in 1768, of the three years he spends aboard Captain James Cook’s ship “Endeavour.” He records the seamen’s adventures, the captain’s exploration of the South Seas, and naturalist Joseph Banks’s discoveries. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT28388Hiaasen, Carl. Chomp.When the star of the reality TV show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna set out to find him while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father. Grades 5-9. 2012.LT25394Hiaasen, Carl. Flush.With their father jailed for sinking a gambling boat, Noah and his sister Abbey gather evidence that casino owner Dusty Muleman is illegally emptying sewage tanks into coastal waters. They receive help from a former card dealer, a pirate, and Dusty’s ex-girlfriend. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT27783Hiaasen, Carl. Scat.While her biology class is on a field trip to the Black Vine Swamp, Mrs. Starch goes missing during a mysterious wildfire. Believing the class bully Smoke is involved, Nick and his friend Marta investigate and encounter some unusual people and a panther. Grades 5-8. 2009.LT25322Higson, Charles. SilverFin: A James Bond Adventure.This prequel to the adventures of James Bond, 007, introduces us to the young James when he’s just started boarding school in England and is about to become involved in his first adventure. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT17772Hoban, Russell. The Mouse and His Child.Rescued from a trash can and repaired by a tramp, a toy mouse and his son set out on a perilous search to find the child’s dream of a family and a place of their own. Grades 5-8. 1990.LT22251Hobbs, Valerie. Charlie’s Run.Hoping to stop his parents’ impending separation and keep them from getting a divorce, Charlie, 11, runs away from their house in the California countryside and finds a ride to the coast. Grades 4-7. 2001.LT26119Hobbs, Valerie. Defiance.At the start of summer vacation in the country, Toby, 11, finds a cancer lump has returned but he ignores it. His new friends, Blossom, an elderly cow, and her ninety-four-year-old owner, Pearl, a nearly blind poet, give him the courage to fight for life. Grades 4-7. 2005.LT21855Holm, Jennifer L. Our Only May Amelia.In 1899, May Amelia, 12, lives with her Finnish American family in the small Washington community of Nasel. A tomboy with seven brothers, May becomes anxious about her family’s bad luck. Some strong language. Grades 4-7. 1999.LT23039Holt, Kimberly W. Dancing in Cadillac Light.Moon, Texas, 1968. Tomboy Jaynell, 11, is put in charge of her grandfather for the summer. They have a good time cruising in an old Cadillac until Grandpop gives his old house to a large, struggling family. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT10782Hope-Simpson, Jacynth. The Great Fire.The story of two young people who help the rescue effort during the fire of London in 1666. Grades 3-7.LT23190Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle.When Primrose’s parents are lost at sea off Coal Harbour in Canada, she is cared for by a series of neighbors and relatives, including Miss Bowzer, who owns a restaurant where everything is served on a waffle. Grades 4-7. 2001.LT24713Horvath, Polly. The Pepins and Their Problems.The reader is invited to help solve the Pepin family’s unusual problems, which include having a cow who creates lemonade rather than milk and having to cope with a competitive neighbor. Grades 3-5. 2004.LT17763Hughes, Shirley. Charlie Moon and the Big Bonanza Bust-Up.Linda the librarian asks Charlie Moon and his friends to help organize the Book Bonanza. As is fairly typical when Charlie is involved, things do not go as planned. Grades 2-6. 1990.LT17757Hughes, Shirley. Here Comes Charlie Moon.Charlie Moon is the sort of boy who means well but always ends up in trouble so its no surprise that the first time he watches his aunt’s joke shop things go badly. Grades 2-. 1990.LT14542Hunter, Mollie. The Kelpie’s Pearls.An old woman of the Scottish highlands makes friends with a kelpie, sees the Loch Ness monster, and practices some of her grandmother’s witchcraft. Grades 5-8. 1988.LT23038Ibbotson, Eva. The Great Ghost Rescue.A young English boy decides to establish a sanctuary for an assortment of ghosts when the homes they haunted are replaced by highways and other modern “improvements.” Grades 4-6. 2002.LT22057Ibbotson, Eva. The Secret of Platform Thirteen.Once every nine years, for exactly nine days, the gump provides passage between the ordinary world of England and the magical Island. When the Islanders’ baby prince is kidnapped in London, a rescue cannot be attempted until the gump reopens nine years later. Identifying and returning the real prince becomes complicated, and the nine-day time limit is running out. Grades 4-7. 2001.LT22242Ibbotson, Eva. Which Witch?Weary of being a wizard, Arriman has been waiting hopefully for his replacement to arrive. He finally resigns himself to marrying a witch who can give him a successor. Beautiful Belladonna wishes to become his bride, but she must first turn her white magic black. Grades 5-8. 1979.LT21478Jacques, Brian. The Legend of Luke: Redwall Abbey.Mouse Martin the Warrior sets out from Redwall Abbey to journey to the northland shore, his birthplace. There he learns about the brave and noble deeds of his father, Luke, a warrior chieftain, and uncovers mysteries about the Abbey’s early years. Grades 5-8. 1999.LT24026Jacques, Brian. Triss: Redwall Abbey.Triss the squirrel maid, Shogg the otter, and Welfo the hedgehog escape from slavery at Riftgard and are pursued across the sea toward Redwall by Princess Kurda, a pure ferret, her brother Prince Bladd, and a band of freebooters who seek the rumored treasure of Brockhall. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT19459Jakab, E.A.M. The Halloween Party: Choose Your Own Nightmare.In this “Choose Your Own Nightmare,” the reader’s decisions control the course of adventures at a Halloween party which is getting way out of hand and which seems to be chaperoned by a witch. Grades 4-6. 1996.LT15779Jansson, Tove. Finn Family Moomintroll.Delightful fantasy about the Moomin family, creatures who look slightly like hippopotamuses, fat and comfortable. They like sunshine and sleep right through winter until their home in the Finnish forest looks like a giant snowball. Grades 3-5. 1989.LT21321Johnson, Angela. Heaven.Marley, 14, is content with her life in Heaven, Ohio, until a letter arrives from a church in Alabama. Marley is shocked to find out that her parents are really her aunt and uncle, and she feels that they have been deceiving her. Grades 5-8. 1998.LT23584Johnson, Angela. Looking for Red.A thirteen-year-old girl struggles to cope with the loss of her beloved older brother, who disappeared four months earlier off the coast of Cape Cod. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT28178Jonell, 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. Grades 3-6. 2007LT12446Jones, Diana Wynne. Charmed Life.Being the brother of a witch becomes increasingly dangerous for Cat as his sister, rebelling against their mysterious guardian, seeks forbidden powers. Grades 4-7. 1977.LT15761Jones, Terry. Fairy Tales.A collection of strange and magical fairy tales. Grades 3-6. 1989.LT24918Kaaberbol, Lene. The Shamer’s Daughter.After her mother, a Shamer, is summoned to Dunark for a mission, Dina, 10, is forced to use her own special powers as she is caught up in an adventure of political intrigue and survival. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT22604Karr, Kathleen. The Great Turkey Walk.Missouri, 1860. Simon, 15, has just finished the third grade for the fourth time, and his teacher thinks he should try something new. When Simon ends up at his neighbor’s turkey farm and learns that turkeys are more valuable in Colorado, he decides to drive a flock to Denver, eight hundred miles away. If he makes it, he just might be a rich man. Grades 4-7. 2001.LT17771Kastner, Erich. Emil and the Detectives.Berlin before World War II. Young Emil is robbed of 140 marks, and the other boys help him bring the thief to justice. Grades 4-6. 1990.LT23481Keene, Carolyn. The Bike Tour Mystery: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.Nancy Drew and her girlfriends Bess and George travel to Ireland for a bike tour that includes teens from other countries. Once there they realize that the group is in danger from an unknown assailant. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT23182Keene, Carolyn. The Crime Lab Case: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.Nancy Drew and her friends Bess and George assist Professor Parris at a special high school camp that teaches how science solves crimes. Then the professor falls into a coma. The girls continue with the program while searching for the cause of his illness. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT14476Keene, Carolyn. Deadly Doubles.Nancy Dew is abducted by terrorists when she poses as a courier to deliver a top-secret document vital to negotiations with a country on the brink of revolution. Grades 4-7. 1988.LT14482Keene, Carolyn. False Moves.Nancy Drew tracks down the thief responsible for stealing the million-dollar Raja diamond during a gala ballet performance. Grades 4-7. 1988.LT14477Keene, Carolyn. Murder on Ice.Nancy Drew hunts for the midnight prowler responsible for causing a string of accidents at the Webb Cove Ski Lodge. Grades 4-7. 1988.LT23022Keene, Carolyn. The Mystery of the Mother Wolf: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.Nancy Drew and friends Bess and George are enjoying a winter vacation in Wyoming. When the trio investigate the disappearance of the lodge’s pet wolf, they discover many westerners hate wolves. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT14483Keene, Carolyn. Secrets Can Kill: Nancy Drew Casefiles.When Nancy Drew poses as a transfer student at Bedford High to investigate a series of thefts and meets handsome senior Daryl Gray, she thinks this new case will be fun. However, when her car explodes, her chief suspect is found murdered, and several compromising videotapes surface, she realizes just how wrong she is. Grades 4-7. 1988.LT24861Keene, Carolyn. Without a Trace: Nancy Drew, Girl Detective.Nancy Drew and her friends Bess and George investigate the theft of a priceless Faberge egg from a new neighbor. Meanwhile, someone is smashing all of the neighborhood gardens’ zucchinis. Grades 3-6. 2004.LT23773Kehret, Peg. Escaping the Giant Wave.Kyle, 13, is babysitting his sister, BeeBee, 8, during a family vacation at Fisher Beach, Oregon, when an earthquake creates a tsunami. Kyle tries to save himself, BeeBee, and Daren, who has bullied him for years. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT23589Kehret, Peg. The Secret Journey.In 1834 when a storm at sea destroys the slave ship on which she is a stowaway, Emma, 12, musters all her resourcefulness to survive in the African jungle. Grades 3-6. 2003.LT23030Kehret, Peg. Terror at the Zoo.When Ellen turns twelve, her grandparents give her and her brother, Corey, 8, a joint birthday gift: a sleep-over at the zoo! The afternoon of the camp-out, Ellen’s parents are late arriving home from a trip. Ellen and Corey leave a note and go to the zoo to wait for them. Their parents never arrive, but someone else is in the closed zoo with them. And he has a knife. Some strong language. Grades 4-6. 2002.LT28329Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.Texas, 1899. Being the only girl in the middle of six brothers, it is deemed odd that Calpurnia Virginia Tate (Callie Vee), 11, does not prefer knitting socks and learning cooking with her mother to roaming outdoors with her naturalist grandfather. Grades 5-8. 2009. LT13908Kemp, Gene. Jason Bodger and the Priory Ghost.At the Priory, Jason, the class terror, sees a girl walking on a non-existent beam and he is never the same again. Grades 3-5. 1988.LT16804Kemp, Gene. Just Ferret.Being the new kid in school is always difficult but even more so for Owen because, at the age of twelve, he can’t read. Grades 3-5. 1991.LT24915Kerr, Philip B. The Akhenaten Adventure: Children of the Lamp, Book 1.When twins Philippa and John are twelve, they discover that they are descended from along line of djinn. Their Uncle Nimrod takes them to Cairo, Egypt, to learn about their extraordinary powers. While searching for the tomb of pharaoh Akhenaten, they encounter evil djinn. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT26126Kerr, Philip B. The Blue Djinn of Babylon: Children of the Lamp, Book 2.Twins John and Philippa, 12, set out to recover and return a book of magic to Ayesha, the Blue Djinn of Babylon. The mission is only a ruse to capture Philippa, who John must somehow rescue. Grades 5-8. 2006.LT27033Kerr, Philip B. The Cobra King of Kathmandu: Children of the Lamp, Book 3.Djinn twins Philippa and John search India and Nepal for a long-lost talisman, the Cobra King of Kathmandu. They hope to find it before evil forces do, but soon the twins are imprisoned by the Nine Cobras cult. Grades 5-8. 2007.LT19138King-Smith, Dick. Pretty Polly.Abigail teaches her speckled hen how to talk. The secret of a talking hen is a hard one to keep, but she must try if Pretty Polly is to be kept safe from thieves. Grades 3-5. 1994.LT13523King-Smith, Dick. Saddlebottom.Saddlebottons’s snobbish mother is upset because his special marking is in the wrong place for a saddleback pig. Grades 3-5. 1987.LT28471Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever, Book 6.Greg runs into issues when his virtual pet Chihuahua in the online game Net Kritterz becomes too costly to care for. Then a blizzard strikes, trapping Greg indoors with his family, but without heat or electricity. Grades 3-6. 2011.LT28469Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Book 4.Middle-schooler Greg attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television. His mother has other ideas involving outdoor activities and family bonding. Grades 3-6. 2009.LT28467Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Book 2.When he returns to middle school, Greg doesn’t want to talk about his summer vacation. He tries to keep his older brother, Rodrick, from telling everyone about Greg’s most humiliating experience. Grades 3-6. 2008.LT28468Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, Book 3.Middle-schooler Greg nimbly sidesteps his father’s attempts to change Greg’s wimpy ways with sports. When his father threatens to send him to military school, Greg rethinks his efforts. Grades 3-6. 2009.LT28470Kinney, Jeff. Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth, Book 5.Greg goes back to middle school. This year his best friend Rowley has a big-brother sponsor, Greg and Rowley have to attend gross health classes, and they worry about puberty. Maybe growing up isn’t what he thought it would be. Grades 3-6. 2010.LT28476Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, Book 11.Greg’s mom wants him to take a break from video games while Halloween approaches and he comes up with an idea to make a movie. Grades 3-6. 2016LT28466Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal, Book 1.Seventh-grader Greg records his experiences in middle school, where he and his best friend Rowley — both undersized weaklings — just hope to survive. When Rowley grows more popular, Greg takes drastic measures to save their friendship. Grades 3-6. 2007.LT28473Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Book 8.Greg’s on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg’s life destined to be just another hard-luck story? Grades 3-6. 2013LT28475Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School, Book 10.Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That’s the question Greg is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn’t cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going ‘old school’ just too hard for a kid like Greg? Grades 3-6. 2015LT28474Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Book 9.The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns — with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls — but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget. Grades 3-6. 2014LT28472Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel, Book 7.A Valentine’s Day dance at Greg’s middle school has turned his world upside down until an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves his best friend Rowley the odd man out. Grades 3-6. 2012LT267Kipling, Rudyard. Captains Courageous.Harvey, the spoiled teenage son of a millionaire, falls off an ocean liner off the coast of Newfoundland. Rescued by the crew of a fishing schooner, he is forced to work the season with them before they will take him back to port. Grades5-9. 1896.LT268Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book.Short stories about the animals of India, and the life of Mowgli, a woodcutter’s baby adopted by a wolf pack after his parents are killed by Shere Khan, the lame tiger. Mowgli is taught the laws of the jungle by Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. Grades 5-8.LT269Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories.Nonsense tales of how various animals came to be the way they are, in the High and Far-off Times. Among the stories are: The Beginning of the Armadillos, and The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo. Grades 3-6.LT271Knight, Eric. Lassie Come Home.This story of a prize collie sold and taken away to Scotland. Lassie’s owner is a Yorkshire boy, but his family is forced to go on welfare, and she is sold to a wealthy man. Nothing can shake Lassie’s loyalty to the boy she loves, and she heads south to her home and her master. Grades 4-7. 1940.LT15903Konigsburg, E.L. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me Elizabeth.On Halloween night, Elizabeth, a lonely new student at William McKinley Elementary School, meets Jennifer, who claims to be a master witch. The two girls become friends, practice chants and spells, but have a falling-out when Jennifer wants to put their pet toad in a potion. Grades 4-7. 1967.LT25570Konigsburg, E.L. The Second Mrs. Gioconda.Relates, from the point of view of his servant Salai, how Leonardo da Vinci came to paint the Mona Lisa. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT21741Koss, Amy G. The Girls.Candace, popular leader of a middle school clique, manipulates and ostracizes other kids. Her former friends (each telling her story) are hurt and embarrassed, but gradually realize that there are more important issues than being cool. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT1514Lampman, Evelyn. Go Up the Road.Because the Ruiz family are migrant workers, Yolanda has spent three years in the fourth grade. The death of an uncle gives Yolanda a chance to pass to fifth grade and offers new opportunities for the whole family. Grades 5-8. 1973.LT28173Landy, Derek. Skulduggery Pleasant.When Stephanie, 12, inherits her weird uncle’s estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones. Grades 5-8. 2007LT22634Langton, Jane. The Time Bike.After his beloved brand-new bike is stolen, Eddy recieves an old-fashioned bicycle from an uncle in India. Eddy’s disappointment vanishes when he realizes the vintage two-wheeler is capable of transporting him back in time. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT28436Larson, M. A. Pennyroyal Academy.A girl with no memory enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle witches and dragons. Under a harsh regimen, the girl, renamed Evie, begins to understand what it really means to be a princess. Grades 5-8. 2014.LT27027Lasky, Kathryn. The Capture: Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Book 1.Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. Evil lurks in the owl world and threatens to shatter Tyto’s peace. Soren is captured and taken to a dark and forbidding canyon. It’s called an orphanage, but Soren believes it’s something far worse. He and his friend Gylfie know that the only way out is up. To escape, they will need to do something they have never done before: fly. Grades 3-6. 2003.LT27026Lasky, Kathryn. The Journey: Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Book 2.It began as a dream. A quest for the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, a mythic place where each night an order of owls rises to perform noble deeds. There Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger hope to find inspiration to fight the evil that dwells in the owl kingdom. The journey is long and harrowing. When Soren and his friends finally arrive at the tree, they will be tested in ways they never dreamed of and face challenges they never imagined. Grades 3-6. 2003.LT28356Lasky, Kathryn. The Rescue: Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Book 3.Ever since Soren was kidnapped and taken to the St. Aegolius School for Orphaned Owls, he has longed for his sister, Eglantine. Now she’s back in his life, but his mentor, Ezylryb, has disappeared. In order to rescue Ezylryb, Soren must embark on a perilous quest. Grades 3-6. 2004.LT28330Law, Ingrid. Savvy.Thirteenth birthdays in the Beaumont family reveal a magical power unique to the honoree. After Fish learns to cause hurricanes and Rocket to make electricity, Mibs eagerly awaits her turn. But Poppa has a terrible accident and all Mibs wants is to save him. Grades 4-7. 2008.LT28331Law, Ingrid. Scumble.Mibs’s cousin Ledge is disappointed to discover on his thirteenth birthday that his “savvy,” or magical power, is to make things fall apart. Soon Ledge endangers his uncle’s ranch and reveals the family secret to Sarah Jane, a future reporter. Grades 4-7. 2010.LT28393Lawrence, Caroline. The Case of the Deadly Desperados: Western Mysteries.Nevada Territory, 1862. After finding his foster parents are left for dead, Pinky Pinkerton, 12, inherits a valuable deed. Now murderous Whittlin Walt and his gang are after Pinky. Some violence. Grades 5-8. 2011.LT22605Lawrence, Iain. The Buccaneers: High Seas Adventure, 31803. John sails with his uncle from England to trade in the West Indies. They rescue a stranded sailor; stumble upon a horde of pirates, and endure fevers, shark attacks, and storms before returning home. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT25248Lawrence, Iain. The Convicts.By trying to avenge his father’s unjust imprisonment, Tom Tin ends up on the streets of nineteenth-century London with some nasty characters. When Tom is convicted of murder, confined to a prison ship, and sent to Australia, the boy has a surprise reunion. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT23020Lawrence, Iain. Lord of the Nutcracker Men.During World War I, Johnny, 10, believes that the battles he enacts with his toy soldiers at home in London also control the real-life battles that his father is fighting on the western front in France. For grades 5-8. 2001.LT22244Lawrence, Iain. The Smugglers: High Seas Adventures, 2.John is now 16 and in charge of sailing his father’s new ship to London. His crew includes some questionable characters - smugglers, a highway-man, and a dangerous captain - who sidetracks them to France, where he runs into pirates. Grades 5-8. 1999LT21103Lawrence, Iain. The Wreckers: High Seas Adventures, 11799. John, 14, is on his first sea voyage with his father when their ship is forced aground off the Cornwall coast. John is rescued by a village man and his niece, but can he escape from the pirates who caused the wreck? Grades 5-8. 1998.LT13324L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time.As Meg and her friends search for Meg’s scientist father who has vanished, they are transported to another world. Grades 5-8. 1987.LT22075Levine, Gail C. Dave at Night.When his father dies and none of his relatives will take Dave in, he goes to live at the HHB: the Hebrew Home for Boys. To escape the cruel treatment he receives there, he sneaks out at night and discovers real friends in the cultural world of the Harlem Renaissance. Grades 4-7. 2001.LT27810Levine, Gail C. Ever.Kezi, 14, and Olus, Akkan god of the winds, fall in love and together try to change her fate, to be sacrificed to a Hyte god because of a rash promise her father made, through a series of quests that might make her immortal. Grades 5-9. 2008.LT22073Levy, Elizabeth. Seventh-GradesTango.When ballroom dancing is introduced to their school, Rebecca and Scott are teamed up and turn into wonderful dance partners. Rebecca’s friend, Samantha, claims Scott as her new boyfriend just when Rebecca starts to like him as more than a friend. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT11990Lewis, C.S. The Horse and His Boy: The Chronicles of Narnia.A boy and his talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians. Grades 4-7. 1954.LT11991Lewis, C.S. The Last Battle: The Chronicles of Narnia.Two children from beyond the World’s End come to the aid of the young king in Narnia’s last battle with the evil Calormens. The final title of “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Gades 4-7.LT11710Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.Four English school children find their way, through the back of a wardrobe, to the magic land of Narnia and there triumph over the nasty White Witch. Grades 4-7.LT11992Lewis, C.S. The Magician’s Nephew: The Chronicles of Narnia.When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia, where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech. Grades 4-7. 1955.LT11711Lewis, C.S. Prince Caspian: The Chronicles of Narnia.Four English children - siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy - help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia from evil. Grades 4-7.LT11993Lewis, C.S. The Silver Chair: The Chronicles of NarniaTwo children search for the missing son of Prince Caspian in the magic world of Narnia, where they meet talking owls, underworld worms, a centaur, and a witch. Grades 4-7. LT11712Lewis, C.S. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: The Chronicles of NarniaThe advanture of two boys and a girl aboard a magic ship with Prince Caspian, who takes them past islands and sea monsters to the land of Narnia. Grades 4-7.LT13526Line, David. Screaming High.Two young boys join the school band, and unwittingly become involved in an international crime ring. Grades 5-8. 1987.LT290Line, David. Soldier and Me.A Hungarian refugee and his English friend are inadvertently and dangerously involved in a murder plot which calls on all their courage and resourcefulness. Grades 5-8. 1965.LT22076Lisle, Janet Taylor. The Lost Flower Children.After their mother’s death, Olivia and Nellie go to live with their great aunt, where they slowly bring her overgrown and weedy old garden back to life, enabling them to adjust to a new life as well. Grades 3-5. 2000.LT8666Lively, Penelope. The Ghost of Thomas Kempe.A series of odd mishaps reveals that James has unwillingly become an apprentice to the ghost of a 17th century sorcerer. Grades 4-7. 1986.LT14548Lively, Penelope. A Stitch in Time.While vacationing in a big Victorian house, Maria witnesses some strange happenings, and all seemingly linked to a sampler stitched by a little girl in 1865! Grades 4-8. 1988.LT17752Lively, Penelope. The Whispering Knights.Susie, Martha, and William concoct a witch’s brew that conjures up the ancient enchantress, Morgan le Fay. Grades 4-7. 1990.LT26552Lord, Cynthia. Rules.Sometimes Catherine, 12, resents her autistic brother, David, who breaks rules and gets all her parents’ attention. She meets Jason, a teenage nonverbal paraplegic, at David’s therapy center. As the two become friends, Catherine realizes that accepting differences matters more than any rules. Grades 5-8. 2006.LT21849Lowry, Lois. Gathering Blue.When Kira is suddenly orphaned, the neighbors try to expel her because of her lame leg. Kira’s talent for embroidery saves her life but places her under the Council of Guardians, which also controls Thomas, a young woodcarver, and Jo, a little tyke with a wondrous voice. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT26257Lowry, Lois. Gossamer.A young dream-giver with a gossamer touch tries to save an eight-year-old boy whose anger at his abusive parents is made worse by a Sinisteed, an inflicter of nightmares. The dream-giver also bestows dreams on the lonely woman who provides a foster home to the boy. Grades 5-8. 2006.LT24346Lowry, Lois. Messenger.Teenage Matty lives with blind Seer in Village, When the changing community wants to close itself to outsiders, Matty journeys through hostile forests to save Village’s founding principles. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT15327Lowry, Lois. Rabble Starkey.Sweet Hosanna is the hired help for the Bigelows and it is the first true home for her and her daughter, Rabble. Veronica Bigelow, also twelve, becomes best friends with Rabble and as the year progresses, the girls befriend an elderly woman, Veronica shows an interest in boys, and the mentally unstable Mrs. Bigelow is institutionalized. Grades 5-8.1989.LT15766Lowry, Lois. Taking Care of Terrific.Enid, 14, who hates her name, loves babysitting an adorable 4-year-old until she is accused of kidnapping the poor, little, rich boy. Grades 5-9. 1989.LT24983Lupica, Mike. Travel Team.When Danny is cut from seventh-grade basketball for being too small, he and his dad, once a professional player, form their own team. His father is injured in an accident, so Danny takes over coaching for the big game. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT22770Lynch, Chris. Gold Dust.In 1975, Richard, 12, befriends Napoleon, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school, hoping that Napoleon will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT18108MacLachlan, Patricia. Arthur, for the Very First Time.Arthur’s summer begins very badly and gets worse when his parents dump him at his aunt and uncle’s farm in the country. But things improve as Arthur gets to know his delightful relatives, their pet chicken who understands only French, and a rumpled and outspoken neighbor girl. Grades 4-7. 1990.LT27746MacLachlan, Patricia. Edward’s Eyes.Edward, 8, is the second youngest in a large and close family whose members love baseball, music, books, and one another. When he unexpectedly dies and his parents donate his organs, the eyes that made him a baseball phenomenon go to the perfect recipient. Grades 4-7. 2007.LT14487MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall.Anna and Caleb have lived alone with their father since their mother died. When Sarah comes to live with them in response to their father’s newspaper advertisement, the whole family falls in love with her. But they fear that Sarah’s homesickness for the Maine coast will keep her from staying with them in their prairie home. Grades 3-6. 1988.LT23024Maguire, Gregory. Five Alien Elves.Five aliens from the planet Fixipuddle invade Hamlet, Vermont, on Christmas Eve. Thinking that Santa Claus, played by the mayor, is an evil dictator, the extraterrestrials plot to kidnap him. It is up to Miss Earth’s class of rival Tattletales and Copycats to save Santa. Grades 3-6. 1998.LT23189Maguire, Gregory. Seven Spiders Spinning.Seven baby spiders from the Ice Age make their way to a rural, twentieth-century Vermont classroom. As they find themselves in deadly predicaments, the spiders plot revenge on the hated humans. Finally one bites the beloved Miss Earth, and the schoolchildren must band together to save her. Grades 3-6. 2002.LT23040Maguire, Gregory. Six Haunted Hairdos.With the help of their favorite teacher, two rival clubs, the all-boy Copycats and the all-girl Tattletales, stop trying to out-do each other long enough to help the ghosts of a baby elephant and a herd of mastodons that appear near their small Vermont town. Grades 3-6. 2002.LT24715Maguire, Gregory. Three Rotten Eggs.The students of Miss Earth’s class in rural Vermont experience an eventful spring when they become involved with a bullying new student, a competitive egg hunt, and genetically altered chicks. Grades 3-6. 2002LT15267Mahy, Margaret. The Haunting.A very shy and imaginative boy receives supernatural messages and pictures he is afraid to tell anyone about. He eventually learns that he has inherited a family legacy that may be considered either a rare gift or a despised curse. Grades 5-8.1989.LT18836Martin, Ann. Claudia and the Bad Joke.When Claudia breaks her leg as the result of one of Betsy Sobak’s practical jokes, the other Baby-sitters decide to teach Betsy a lesson. Grades 3-7.1994.LT15346Martin, Ann. Dawn and the Impossible Three.As a new member of the Baby-sitters Club, Dawn tries to win the acceptance of the club’s president by tackling a tough babysitting job. Grades 3-7. 1988.LT19256Martin, Ann. Dawn and the Older Boy.Members of the Baby-sitters Club are determined not to let Dawn get hurt by her new boyfriend Travis, who is older and always telling her what to do. Grades 3-7. 1995.LT19250Martin, Ann. Dawn’s Wicked Stepsister.Dawn and Mary Anne are good friends, but when they become stepsisters, their relationship undergoes some changes. Grades 3-7. 1995.LT15350Martin, Ann. The Ghost at Dawn’s House.Dawn always thought there was a secret passage in her home and now there are spooky noises in her bedroom wall, but the Baby-sitters are too busy to go on a ghost hunt! Grades 3-7. 1988.LT18830Martin, Ann. Good Bye, Stacey, Good Bye.Stacey’s Baby-sitter Club friends are crushed when they hear that she’s moving back to New York, especially when they realize that the Club will need a new treasurer. Grades 3-7. 1994.LT18831Martin, Ann. Hello, Mallory.Mallory has always wanted to be a member of the Baby-sitters Club. She finally gets invited to a meeting, but the girls give her a hard time. Grades 3-7. 1994.LT19255Martin, Ann. Jessi’s Baby-Sitter.Jessi, who feels that she is old enough to take care of herself, is humiliated when strict and bossy Aunt Cecelia moves in to control her life and interfere with the Baby-sitters Club. Grades 3-7. 1995.LT18828Martin, Ann. Kristy and the Snobs.Kristy and her family move to a new neighborhood where the kids are all snobs. If anybody can beat a Snob Attack, it’s the Baby-sitters. Grades 3-7. 1994.LT18837Martin, Ann. Kristy and the Walking Disaster.Kristy starts a softball team for her little brother and sister.They may not play great, but nobody beats them when it comes to team spirit. Grades 3-7 1994.LT15345Martin, Ann. Mary Anne Saves the Day.The Baby-sitters Club is falling apart and when Mary Anne has to baby-sit a sick child without help from the club, she decides to step in and save the day! Grades 3-7. 1988.LT19258Martin, Ann. Poor Mallory.There’s some bad news in the Pike family: Mallory’s dad has just lost his job. Since money will be tight until Mr. Pike finds a new job, all eight of the Pike kids, plus the Baby-sitters, decide to help out. Grades 3-7. 1995.LT19254Martin, Ann. Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook.The Baby-sitters Club investigates the terrible noises coming from the old Hennessey place, which is sitting on top of a graveyard and may be haunted. Grades 3-7. 1995.LT15344Martin, Ann. The Truth about Stacey.Stacey, a member of the Baby-sitters Club, struggles with her parents who refuse to believe that she has diabetes. Grades 3-7. 1988.LT27839Mazer, Norma Fox. Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear.Since ten-year-old Sprig’s sister Dakota turned twelve, she’s become a bossy know-it-all, making Sprig wish her sister would disappear. With their father working far away in Afghanistan, a neighbor’s unexpected illness, and best friend problems, Sprig realizes she may need Dakota after all. Grades 4-7. 2007.LT23180McGraw, Eloise. The Moorchild.Her father was human and her mother was Folk (a kingdom of small people who live under the moor), and that makes Moql an outcast in both groups. The Folk raise Moql until they realize she is part human. Then they exchange Moql for a human child in the village. As Moql becomes aware of her true identity, she wonders how to right the wrong of being a changeling. Grades 4-7. 1996.LT23587McKay, Hilary. Saffy’s Angel.When she is three and her mother dies, Saffron is adopted by her offbeat English kinfolk. At thirteen, she stows away to Italy with a friend’s family, hoping to recall her early childhood and try to claim her inheritance, a stone garden angel. Grades 4-7. 2001.LT19461McMurtry, Ken. Beware the Snake’s Venom: Choose Your Own Nightmare.In this “Choose Your Own Nightmare,” the reader’s decisions control the course of an adventure in which two young cousins at an archaeological site search for a hidden treasure in a haunted cave. Grades 4-7. 1996.LT19462McMurtry, Ken. Risk Your Life Arcade: Choose Your Own Nightmare.In this “Choose Your Own Nightmare,” the reader’s decisions control the course of an adventure in which an evil arcade owner lures players to his home, where he engages them in the ultimate life-or-death game. Grades 4-7. 1996.LT26628Meehl, Brian. Out of Patience.Jake, 12, cannot wait to escape the small town of Patience, Kansas, until the arrival of a cursed toilet plunger causes him to reevaluate his feelings toward his family and its history. Some folks have skeletons in their closets. The Waters have toilets. Jake is mortified by his dad’s dream to open the American Toilet Museum. Grades 5-8. 2006.LT26625Meyer, Kai. The Stone Light: The Dark Reflections, Book 2.Merle and Vermithrax venture into Hell to enlist the help of Lord Light in their quest to save Venice. Grades 5-8. 2007. LT25568Meyer, Kai. The Water Mirror: The Dark Reflections, Book 1.Merle and her friends Junipa, with mirrors for eyes, and Serafin, a rakish master thief, live in enchanted Venice under Egyptian occupation, and are swept into a dangerous mission to face their destinies. Grades 5-9. 2006.LT22596Moeri, Louise. The Devil In Ol’ Rosie.Oregon, 1907. When the horses run, it is up to Wart, 12, to round them up. Alone in the mountains, he suffers from cold, a lame horse, and a stalking cougar, but he doesn’t want to let his father down. Some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT4662Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Avonlea: Green Gables 2.Anne, once a scrawny, tempestuous, red-haired orphan, is now a lovely young woman teaching in the school where she herself was taught. As she goes about her daily tasks, love slips into her life so gradually that she doesn’t even recognize it. Grades 5-8.LT24316Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables: Green Gables 1.Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm in Canada. There she proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Grades 5-8.LT20588Montgomery, L.M. Anne of the Island: Green Gables 3.Anne’s world changes as she leaves Prince Edward Island for college. Her childhood friends are marrying, but while Anne hopes for love, it seems to elude her. Grades 5-8. LT19460Montgomery, R.A. Castle of Darkness: Choose Your Own Nightmare.In this “Choose Your Own Nightmare,” the reader’s decisions control the course of an adventure in which three friends win a trip to an English castle where they become trapped in the dungeons. Grades 4-7. 1996.LT14494Montgomery, R.A. Journey under the Sea: Choose Your Own Adventure.Embarking on an expedition in a submarine to find Atlantis, the reader determines the outcome by choosing specific pages. A “Choose Your Own Adventure.” Grades 4-7. 1987.LT14500Montgomery, R.A. Mystery of the Maya: Choose Your Own Adventure.You face danger exploring the ruins of the Mayan Indians and solving the mystery of why their civilization fell. A “Choose Your Own Adventure.” Grades 4-7. 1988.LT14496Montgomery, R.A. Space and Beyond Choose Your Own Adventure.By selecting pages to read, you decide what to do when encountering an alien spacecraft as you travel in outer space. A “Choose Your Own Adventure.” Grades 4-7. 1987.LT26444Morey, Walter. Gentle Ben.Mark, 13, secretly befriends and tames a cruelly chained five-year-old Alaskan brown bear, feared for his size and unpredictable behavior. Grades 5-8. 1965.LT22097Morris, Gerald. The Savage Damsel and the DwarfLynet, a feisty young woman, journeys to King Arthur’s court in order to find a champion to rescue her beautiful older sister, and she is joined in her quest by a clever dwarf and gold kitchen knave, neither of whom are what they seem. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT21848Morris, Gerald. The Squire’s Tale.Terence, a young lad who lives with Trevisant, the hermit of the Gentle Wood, meets Gawain of Orkney, who is traveling to King Arthur’’s court to join the Knights of the Round Table. Trevisant foresees Terence’s future as Gawain’s squire. Terence then begins an adventure that ultimately reveals his true identity. Grades 5-8. 1998.LT19139Murphy, Jill. A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch.Mildred arrives at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches, determined to lose her reputation as the worst witch in the school. Grades 3-5. 1993.LT24765Napoli, Donna Jo. Bound.In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child’s feet so that she alone might marry well. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT23757Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Bernie Magruder and the Bats In the Belfry.As Halloween approaches, Bernie is determined to identify some dangerous new bats in Middleburg. They are roosting in the church belfry, whose annoying bells ring hourly, night and day, as requested in wealthy Mrs. Scuttlefoot’s will. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT22584Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Bernie Magruder and the Bus Station Blow-Up.After several bombs go off around town, Bernie, 11, becomes suspicious of various members of his family, causing confusion in Officer Feeney’s investigation and around the hotel that his parent’s run. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT23473Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Bernie Magruder and the Drive-Thru Funeral Parlor.Convinced that the strange things happening at the funeral parlor next door to his family’s hotel are somehow connected to a recent robbery, Bernie determines to become famous by proving his theory and catching the thief. Grades 4-.7 2003.LT23037Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. The Boys Start the War.The four Hatford brothers declare war on their new neighbors, the three Malloy sisters, but they fail to realize the ingenuity and tenacity of the girls who trade insults prank for prank. 2002.LT23487Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. The Girls Revenge.Caroline Malloy has a plan to further irk the annoying Harford brothers. She will give Wally Hartford something disgusting wrapped as a Christmas gift. Meanwhile, she has to be nice to him so he won’t suspect anything. Grades 3-6. 1998.LT21966Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Jade Green: A Ghost Story.While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT22628Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Saving Shiloh.When Judd Travers appears to be mending his mean and angry ways, his young friend Marty is encouraged, despite rumors of Judd’s involvement in criminal activities. Judd repays Marty’s confidence by rescuing Marty’s dog, Shiloh, from drowning. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT21732Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Shiloh Season.It’s been a month since Marty adopted his mistreated beagle, Shiloh, from his neighbor Judd. The only problem is that Judd now wants the dog back. How can Marty convince Judd to leave Shiloh alone? Grades 4-7. 1996.LT23674Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. A Spy Among the Girls.Beth Malloy’s crush on Josh Hatford first disgusts her sister Caroline, but then inspires her. To prepare for her acting career Caroline should experience love, and she picks Wally Hatford as her target. Grades 3-6. 2000.LT23542Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. A Traitor Among the Boys.The Hartford brothers are instructed to treat the Malloy girls “like sisters,” but the boys’ definition differs greatly from their mother’s. Meanwhile, the youngest Hartford is leaking information to the enemy. Grades 3-6. 1999.LT15324Norton, Mary. Bedknob and Broomstick.The three Wilson children are delighted to discover Miss Price, a lonely spinster and student witch who rides a broomstick, though somewhat uncertainly. In exchange for the children’s keeping quiet about her witch activities, Miss Price casts a spell that creates a magical flying bed. Grades 3-6. 1989.LT13069Norton, Mary. The Borrowers Afield.After the tiny family of Borrowers were discovered living beneath the floorboards of an old country house, they ventured into the great outdoors. These are their adventures as told decades later to young Kate by old Tom Goodenough, who as a boy actually met the miniature people and heard their tales from Borrower Arrietty. Grades 3-6.LT13621Norton, Mary. The Borrowers Afloat.The Borrowers, Pod, Homily, and Arrietty, must find a new home when the human family upon whom they depend moves out. A wild boy named Spiller helps the tiny people on a hazardous journey starting in a drain. Grades 3-6. 1959.LT7803O’Brien, Robert. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.Threatened with the loss of home and family, Mrs. Frisby, a widowed field mouse, seeks help from a colony of rats. Escapees from the NIMH laboratory, these superintelligent rats provide a solution to her dilemma. Grades 4-7. 1971.LT24919O’Connor, Barbara. Moonpie and Ivy.Pearl, 12, feels hurt, confused, and unwanted when her wild, irresponsible mother leaves her with Aunt Ivy in a little country house in Georgia and then disappears. For grades 5-8. 2004.LT23772Oppel, Kenneth. Firewing.Shade returns to Tree Haven after an earthquake devastates the forest. Shade searches for his young bat son, Griffin, at a newly opened crevice to the legendary “Underworld.” Shade would rather die than not try to rescue his son. Grades 3-6. 2003.LT19264Packard, Edward. Invaders From Within: Choose Your Own Adventure.The reader’s decisions control the course of an adventure involving a glowing mountaintop dome that may be from outer space. Grades 4-7. 1995.LT19463Packard, Edward. Night of the Werewolf: Choose Your Own Nightmare.In this “Choose Your Own Nightmare,” the reader’s decisions control the course of an adventure in which a body with deep bite marks all over it has just been found and a werewolf is suspected. Grades 4-7. 1996.LT19260Packard, Edward. Vampire Invaders: Choose Your Own Adventure.The reader’s decisions control the course of an adventure in which authorities fight the invasion of vampires from outer space. Grades 4-7. 1995.LT14501Packard, Edward. Your Code Name Is Jonah: Choose Your Own Adventure.The reader assists an Intelligence Group in rescuing a marine scientist and recovering a whale tape from the KGB. A “Choose Your Own Adventure.” Grades 4-7. 1987.LT28400Palacio, R J. Wonder.Just before starting fifth grade, home-schooled Auggie, who was born with extreme abnormalities, is told he will be attending a prep school. Nervous, he tries to convince his classmates that he is an ordinary kid just like them. Grades 5-8. 2012.LT12759Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia.Jess finds his biggest rival and best friend in Leslie, a girl who moves to his rural Virginia community from the city. Together they create Terabithia, a secret kingdom in the woods where they reign supreme, until tragedy strikes. Grades 5-8. 1987.LT12761Paterson, Katherine. The Great Gilly Hopkins.Gilly is nobody’s real kid. Because she keeps hoping to find her real mother, a beautiful woman who deserted her at birth, Gilly schemes against almost everyone who tries to love her along the way. Grades 5-8. 1987.LT21738Paterson, Katherine. Preacher’s Boy.Vermont, 1899. Robbie, a minister's son, gives up being a Christian six months before the turn of the century because he wants to pack a lot of living in before that "Dread Day." But mostly Robbie winds up causing trouble for his father and friends. Grades 5-8. 1999.LT26771Patron, Susan. The Higher Power of Lucky.Hard Pan, California: population forty-three. Convinced that her guardian, Brigitte, wants to return to France, Lucky, 10, runs away during a sandstorm with her dog, HMS Beagle. Lucky encounters Miles, 5, and the three of them have an adventure. Grades 4-7. 2006.LT22586Peck, Richard. Fair Weather.Three youngsters travel from an Illinois farm to Chicago in 1893 to visit their Aunt Euterpe and the world’s fair. Their escapades at the fair and the differences between country and city ways provide Lottie, Rosie, Buster, their grandfather, and even their aunt with life-changing experiences. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT26768Peck, Richard. On the Wings of Heroes.Davy remembers the home-front years during World War II, especially his two heroes, his brother, 19, who is in the air force, and his father, who was injured in the previous war. Boyhood misadventures mix with scrap drives, shortages, and the dread of telegrams. Grades 5-8. 2007.LT28334Peck, Richard. A Season of Gifts.Rural Illinois, 1958. The new preacher and his family learn to appreciate their seemingly gruff neighbor Mrs. Dowdel, who is no church woman. Mrs. Dowdel doesn’t celebrate Christmas, but she does give surprising gifts, all the time. Grades 5-8. 2009.LT17093Peck, Robert. Soup and Me.Soup and his best friend Rob have a knack for getting into mischief. The Vermont country boys have a fight with a turkey, blaze a trail through Mrs. Stetson’s marigolds, and learn the hard way not to leave their clothes on the creek bank when Janice Riker is around. Grades 4-7. 1975.LT25671Perkins, Lynne Rae. All Alone in the Universe.Debbie and Maureen have been best friends ever since third grade. But now Maureen always seems to be with Glenna, and Debbie is feeling left out and lonely. Grades 5-8. 1999.LT22607Pierce, Tamora. First Test: Protector of the Small, Book 1.Keladry, 10, is dismayed that she must pass a year’s probation to be the first female page in Tortall. Her desire to become a knight and protect people is so strong that Kel accepts the condition. Grades 5-8. 1999.LT22633Pierce, Tamora. Page: Protector of the Small, Book 2.Keladry, 11, has overcome obstacles to become the first female page. Yet she is still tormented by some of the boys and afraid of heights. In addition, she must prove she is physically fit for knighthood. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT23032Pierce, Tamora. Squire: Protector of the Small, Book 3.Kel, 14, feels fortunate to squire Lord Raoul, commander of the King’s Own, though he was not her first choice. Before she can become a knight, Kel faces a terrifying test in the Chapel of the Ordeal. She also experiences her first love. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT17748Pilling, Ann. The Big Pink.Angela is miserable when she’s sent to her aunt’s boarding school. She eventually makes friends but her aunt seems to hate her and Angela wants to know why. Grades 5-8. 1989.LT13070Pilling, Ann. Henry’s Leg.Henry collects all kinds of junk, including his latest find: a mannequin’s leg. Grades 4-8. 1987.LT15264Pilling, Ann. The Year of the Worm.Small and thin Peter Wrigley, nicknamed the “Worm”, longs for the opportunity to be a hero until one day, while out walking alone, he faces the greatest challenge of his young life. Grades 4-6. 1988.LT26446Porter, Eleanor. Pollyanna.An orphan comes to live with her wealthy aunt in a small town and changes the lives of the people around her as she tries to find something good in everyone. Grades 4-7. 1913.LT21731Porter, Tracey. Treasures in the Dust.Best friends Annie and Violet live on adjacent farms in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Each describes her family’s hardships during the dust storms that sweep the area. Then Violet writes letters to Annie when she leaves with her parents, who hope to find work in California in order to keep up payments on their land. Grades 3-6. 2000.LT22335Price, Reynolds. A Perfect Friend.Still grieving over the death of his mother, Ben,11, finds solace in the special relationship he forms with an elephant in a visiting circus. Grades 3-6. 2001.LT14010Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they may claim their inheritance. Grades 5-8. 1988.LT372Rawlings, Marjorie K. The Yearling.Classic story about the Baxter family, who make a precarious living on a backwoods farm in northern Florida. Their young son, Jody, tames an orphaned fawn. When the deer begins to eat the family corn, Jody is ordered to shoot him. Grades 5-8. 1938.LT13320Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows.Billy, 10, a country boy in the Ozarks, wants a pair of coon hounds so badly that he works for two years to pay for them. Grades 5-8. 1987.LT25839Ray, Delia. Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story.Madison County, Virginia; 1929-1932. April,11, is thrilled when president Herbert Hoover builds a local school near her rural home. Her mother, still mourning a son’s death, refuses to let her attend until the new teacher, Miss Vest, steps in to help. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT376Reynolds, Marjorie. A Horse Called Mystery.Owlie spends all his money on a broken-down old horse. In the summer that follows Owlie and Mystery find much needed friends in each other. Grades 4-7. 1964.LT27807Riordan, Rick. The Battle of the Labyrinth: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4.When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school and the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood to initiate a quest through the Labyrinth with his demigod friends. Grades 5-8. 2008.LT28426Riordan, Rick. The Blood of Olympus: The Heroes of Olympus, Book 5.The Greek and Roman demigods must simultaneously prevent the Earth Mother, Gaea, from waking and stop war from breaking out at Camp Half-Blood. However, one of the seven demigods must die in order to defeat Gaea. Grades 4-7. 2014.LT28483Riordan, Rick. The Dark Prophecy: The Trials of Apollo, Book 2.Leaving the safety of the demigod training ground, a disgraced Apollo embarks on a quest across North America to find a dangerous ancient-world Oracle while navigating the challenges of the evil Triumvirate. Grades 5-8. 2017.LT28454Riordan, Rick. The Hidden Oracle: The Trials of Apollo, Book 1.After angering his father, Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. He must learn to survive in the modern world as a teenager until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’s favor. Grades 5-8. 2016.LT28416Riordan, Rick. The House of Hades: The Heroes of Olympus, Book 4.As Percy and Annabeth fall endlessly toward Tartarus, Hazel and the crew of Argo II race to rescue them. They must find the House of Hades to open the Doors of Death — and then seal off the goddess Gaea’s forces in the Underworld. Grades 4-7. 2013.LT27966Riordan, Rick. The Last Olympian: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5.The long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy Jackson’s sixteenth birthday unfolds, as he leads an army of young demigods to stop Kronos’s advance on New York City. Grades 5-8. 2009.LT25567Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1.Upstate New York, 2005. Sixth-grader Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon and a mortal mother, attends a summer camp for demigods. After Percy angers Zeus, his friends Grover, a satyr, and Annabeth, a daughter of Athena, join him to resolve the problem. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT28344Riordan, Rick. The Lost Hero: The Heroes of Olympus, Book 1.Jason, Piper, and Leo, three friends from a school for juvenile delinquents, find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods. The trio begins a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth. Grades 4-7. 2010.LT28390Riordan, Rick. The Mark of Athena: The Heroes of Olympus, Book 3.While Camp Jupiter prepares for war, Annabeth and her friends travel in the Argo II to Rome, though they worry their armored ship will appear threatening. Annabeth also has more personal concerns, including the impending prophecy and a reunion with Percy. Will he have changed? Grades 4-7. 2012.LT28336Riordan, Rick. The Red Pyramid: The Kane Chronicles, Book 1.After his mother’s death, Carter Kane follows his Egyptologist father, Julius, across the globe. When they visit the British Museum to reunite with Carter’s sister, a mysterious figure banishes Julius, sending the siblings on a dangerous adventure to save their dad. Grades 5-8. 2010.LT25958Riordan, Rick. The Sea of Monsters: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2.Upstate New York, 2006. Seventh-grader Percy, son of Poseidon and a mortal, learns that Camp Half-Blood is in danger. He and his friends undertake a perilous journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their beloved camp. Grades 5-8. 2006.LT28378Riordan, Rick. The Serpent’s Shadow: The Kane Chronicles, Book 3.Magicians Sadie and Carter Kane are trying to stop the chaos snake Apophis from destroying the world. But their friends the magicians and the gods are divided, and the Kanes must face the forces of chaos alone. Includes the short story “The Son of Sobek.” Grades 5-8. 2012.LT28345Riordan, Rick. The Son of Neptune: The Heroes of Olympus, Book 2.Demigod Percy Jackson, still suffering from amnesia, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Thanatos. But their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps to fulfill the Prophecy of Seven. Grades 4-7. 2011.LT28346Riordan, Rick. The Throne of Fire: The Kane Chronicles, Book 2.Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra. But the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them. Grades 5-8. 2011.LT26822Riordan, Rick. The Titan’s Curse: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3.When the youthful goddess Artemis disappears while hunting a rare, ancient monster, modern-day demigod Percy and his friends attempt to rescue her before she is needed at the Olympian Council meeting on the war with the Titans. Grades 5-8. 2007.LT28359Ripkin Jr., Cal. Hothead.Baseball phenom Connor, 12, has a terrible temper, which is aggravated by money worries at home. When Melissa Morrow, sports editor of the school paper, threatens to publish an embarrassing story about his tantrums, Connor knows he needs to make a change. Grades 4-7. 2011.LT21875Robinet, Harriette G. Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule.Pascal, who is about twelve, is excited when his brother Gideon returns home in 1865 saying that all black men are free, and they can have forty acres of land and maybe a mule. Along with Nelly, a young slave girl, they set out to claim their land. Grades 4-7. 1998.LT21973Rocklin, Joanne. Strudel Stories.Lori is upset after her Grandpa Willy’s death, but her sister, Jessica, finds the right way to help Lori. They make apple studel using Grandpa’s recipe, and they tell the family stories he told about their Jewish relatives who made the same strudel in other times and places. Grades 3-6. 1999.LT13795Rodgers, Mary. Freaky Friday.After Annabel, 13, and her mother have an argument over freedom and responsibility, Annabel wakes to find she has turned into her mother! Grades 5-8. 1972.LT21206Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts school for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But Harry is warned by a strange creature named Dobby, who says that if he returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And it does, especially when someone starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Grades 4-7. 2000.LT26693Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.The seventh and concluding volume in the series that follows young wizard Harry Potter and his friends and enemies through his years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Grades 4-7. 2007.LT21689Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.Now fourteen, the student wizard is eager to leave the Dursleys and join his friends Hermione and Ron for the Quidditch World Cup before beginning his fourth year at Hogwarts. But his enemies have not forgotten him. Grades 4-7. 2000.LT25052Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.Harry and his friends return for their sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Evil Voldemort’s power increases daily, and Harry encounters a prince. Grades 4-7. 2005.LT23596Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.The first part of the summer after his fourth year at Hogwarts finds Harry back with the Dursleys, isolated in the Muggles’ world. That changes after he is attacked by Dementors. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT21323Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.Harry is relieved to be back at Hogwarts for his third year with his friends even though he isn’t completely safe. The escaped convict, a staunch supporter of Voldemort, is after Harry. Grades 4-7. 2000.LT21101Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.On Harry Potter’s eleventh birthday, he learns that he is more than an unwanted orphan. The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry recruits him because he has inherent magical abilities. As he purchases supplies, robes, wand, and messenger owl, Harry looks forward to attending his new boarding school. Grades 4-7. 1997.LT27848Rutkoski, Marie. The Cabinet of Wonders.When Petra’s father returns home from Prague where he was commissioned by the Prince of Bohemia to build the world’s greatest astronomical clock, Petra is surprised to see that her father’s eyes have been stolen by the Prince and he is now blind. With the help of her magical tin spider and a Roma boy and his sister, Petra goes to Prague hoping to retrieve her father’s eyes. Grades 5-9. 2008LT21173Sachar, Louis. Holes.Stanley Yelnats IV finds himself in a detention center for possessing stolen property that he didn’t take. While digging holes under the summer Texas sun, he sees a fellow inmate running away and follows him. Legends, loyalty, and buried treasure are revealed as Stanley learns to survive. Grades 5-8. 1998.LT18107Sachar, Louis. There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom.Bradley is a big bully who lies, has no friends, and is a serious “behavior problem” for his teachers. His older sister teases him unmercifully, and his parents can’t seem to help him. The new school counselor tries to help Bradley change, but everyone is so used to the old Bradley that changing proves to be far more difficult than expected. Grades 4-7. 1987.LT28438Saint-Exupery, Antoine De. The Little Prince.The narrator’s plane was forced down in the African desert where he met the little prince from Asteroid B-612 who freely shares his experiences with the fascinated pilot. Grades 5-8.LT23315Schwartz, Virginia Frances. Send One Angel Down.A young slave tries to hide the horrors of slavery from his younger cousin, a light-skinned slave who is the daughter of the plantation owner. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT405Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty.Black Beauty, a fine stallion, tells of his suffering as he is sold from one cruel master to another. Some violence. Grades 4-7.LT22593Shan, Darren. Cirque Du Freak: Saga of Darren Shan, Book 1.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. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT22592Shan, Darren. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, Book 2.After traveling with Mr. Crepsley, the vampire who made him into a half-vampire, Darren returns to the freak show known as the Cirque du Freak and continues to fight his need to drink human blood. Grades 5-8. 2002.LT21850Snicket, Lemony. The Bad Beginning: A Series of Unfortunate Events.After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Grades 4-7. 2001.LT28461Snicket, Lemony. Shouldn’t You Be In School?Is Lemony Snicket a detective or a smoke detector? Do you smell smoke? Young apprentice Lemony Snicket is investigating a case of arson but soon finds himself enveloped in the ever-increasing mystery that haunts the town of Stain’d-by-the-Sea. Who is setting the fires? What secrets are hidden in the Department of Education? Why are so many schoolchildren in danger? Is it all the work of the notorious villain Hangfire? How could you even ask that? What kind of education have you had? Maybe you should be in school? Grades 3-6. 2014.LT28408Snicket, Lemony. Who Could That Be at This Hour?A new adventure begins for thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket when he sneaks away from his parents — and a breakfast of bad eggs — at the Hemlock Tearoom and Stationery Shop to search for the author of a strange note that was dropped in his lap. Grades 3-6. 2012.LT28462Snicket, Lemony. Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?Train travel! Murder! Librarians! A Series Finale! On all other nights, the train departs from Stain’d Station and travels to the city without stopping. But not tonight. You might ask, why is this night different from all other nights? But that’s the wrong question. Instead ask, where is this all heading? And what happens at the end of the line? Grades 3-6. 2015.LT23307Snyder, Zilpha. Gib and the Gray Ghost.Gib is leaving the orphanage for the second time to return to the Thornton ranch, where he cares for the horses. During a blizzard a beautiful gray thoroughbred, abused and hungry, finds his way to the stable. Grades 4-7. 2000.LT24717Snyder, Zilpha. The Unseen.When Xandra, 12, finds a magical feather, she unlocks a usually unseen world filled with both cuddly creatures and malicious monsters. Through experiences in this new reality, she learns a great deal about herself and the family in which she has felt like an outsider. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT25292Sonnenblick, Jordan. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie.Eighth-grader Steven prefers drum practice over homework, has a crush on the hottest girl in his class, and wishes his brother, Jeffrey, 5, weren’t so annoying. When Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven’s world is turned upside down. Grades 5-8. 2004.LT14714Speare, Elizabeth G. The Sign of the Beaver.Left alone for months to guard his family’s wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, Matt doubts that he can survive until a resourceful Indian boy befriends him and teaches him how to live in the forest. Grades 5-8.1988.LT27036Spinelli, Jerry. Eggs.Quirky Primrose, 13, moves out of her fortune-telling mother’s house and into an abandoned van. David, 9, mourns his mother’s death and resents his grandmother and absentee father. The two fragile kids forge a combative friendship through late night adventures and escapades. Grades 4-7. 2007.LT28337Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me.New York City, 1979. Miranda, 12, helps her mother prepare to be on a television game show. Meanwhile Miranda tries to understand why her best friend Sal doesn’t want to hang out anymore and why someone is sending Miranda tiny notes from the future. Grades 5-8. 2009.LT28368Stephens, John. The Emerald Atlas.After their parents disappeared ten years ago, Kate has protected her brother Michael and sister Emma as they have moved from orphanage to orphanage. At Cambridge Falls, the siblings discover a green book that transports them through time, and they become aware of a fearsome enemy. Grades 4-7. 2011. LT449Stolz, Mary. The Bully of Barkham Street.Martin is known as a bully, and only Edward who lives next door will play with him. Jealous of all the attention Edward gets from his parents, Martin feels his parents are more attentive to his sister than to him. And now, his parents are threatening to take away his dog Rufus. Grades 4-7. 1963.LT19141Storr, Catherine. Polly and the Wolf Again.Determined to gobble Polly up for tea, a wolf disguises himself as Father Christmas. Even Polly’s little sister is too smart for him and his plan fails. Grades 4-6. 1993.LT19125Storr, Catherine. Tales of Polly and the Hungry Wolf.The wolf tries time and time again to catch Polly so he can gobble her up, but she is far too clever to allow herself to be caught by a stupid wolf. Grades 4-6. 1995.LT16798Swindells, Robert. Room 13.Fliss has a nightmare about a sinister house and when she goes on a class trip their hotel looks frighteningly familiar. Grades 4-7 1991.LT26445Taylor, Mildred. Mississippi Bridge.The author weaves a disturbing tale of racism in Mississippi during the 1930s. Told by Jeremy Simms, a ten-year-old white boy who aspires to be friends with the Logan children, this is the story of a rainy day, an overloaded bus, and its tragic destiny after the driver has ordered the black passengers off to make room for latecoming whites. Grades 5-7. 1990.LT25380Thesman, Jean. Singer.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. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT26615Tolan, Stephanie. Listen!A lonely summer spent regaining use of her injured leg becomes interesting when Charley, 12, adopts a wild dog she finds in the woods. While Charley slowly tames the dog, he begins healing her heart, which is full of memories of her dead mother. Grades 4-7. 2006.LT22289Townley, Roderick. The Great Good Thing.Twelve-year-old Princess Sylvie’s storybook kingdom really is a storybook, where nothing ever changes, even the character’s mad scramble to reach their places whenever the book is opened, until Sylvie discovers she can enter new worlds with the Reader, and find new adventures. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT12610Townsend, John Rowe. Tom Tiddler’s Ground.Along a wasteland called “Tom Tiddler’s Ground,” five children find a half-sunken canalboat and fix up its cabin for their clubhouse. When they find a piece of gold and two sinister-looking men try to run them away, they begin to uncover a mystery of a missing inheritance. Grades 3-6. 1986.LT16805Travers, P. L. Mary Poppins.An east wind blows the astonishing Mary Poppins straight into the nursery of the Banks family. Even though she is vain, stern, and crotchety, this fantastic nanny is adored by Jane and Michael Banks, whose lives she fills with magic and mystery. Grades 4-7. LT24031Van Draanen, Wendelin. Swear to Howdy.Two thirteen-year-old boys share neighborhood adventures, complaints about their older sisters, family secrets, and even guilt that bind them together in a special friendship. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT28352Vanderpool, Clare. Moon Over Manifest.Great Depression. Gideon Tucker sends his daughter Abilene, 12, to stay with his friend Shady Howard, a saloon-owner-turned-pastor, in Manifest, Kansas. Abilene discovers a cigar box full of papers and odds and ends that lead her to long-held secrets. Grades 5-8. 2010.LT22072Velde, Vivian V. The Rumpelstiltskin Problem.The suthor presents six alternative version of the familiar story of a boastful miller and the daughter he claims can spin straw into gold. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT23483Vornholt, John. The Troll King.When a power-hungry sorcerer decides to bridge the Great Chasm and conquer the elves and fairies who live on the other side, he inadvertently enables a gentle troll to reach for a much nobler dream. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT24134Vornholt, John. The Troll Queen.Having freed the trolls of Dismal Swamp from the tyranny of Stygius Rex, the reluctant troll leader, Rollo, has left the swamp on a bittersweet mission. He plans to return his little friend, Clipper, to her people in the Forbidden Forest. It’s a dangerous trip, but he is determined to go. Grades 4-7 2003.LT22331Waugh, Sylvia. Space Race.When he learns that he and his father must soon leave Earth, Thomas, 11, is upset, but a terrible accident that separates the two of them makes Thomas’s situation much worse. Grades 4-6. 2001.LT28357West, Jacqueline. The Shadows: The Books of Elsewhere, Book 1.When Olive, 11, and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, she believes something isn’t quite right. Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats. Grades 4-7. 2010. LT28358West, Jacqueline. Spellbound: The Books of Elsewhere, Book 2.Olive, 11, is drawn to the grimoire of the witches who built her house. When she tries to use its spells to uncover the house’s magic and control the cats themselves, Olive discovers the book is more wicked than it seems. Grades 4-7. 2011. LT19143Westall, Robert. Gulf.Young Tom and Andy are brothers in an ordinary English family. During the Gulf War in 1991, Tom notices that Andy is behaving in bizarre ways: scratching imagined lice on his body and speaking in Arabic. It turns out that Andy psychically identifies with a doomed Iraqi boy who is fighting in the war. Violence. Grades 5-8. 1995.LT26118Whelan, Gloria. The Turning.In the spring of 1991, a Russian ballerina dreams of leaving Leningrad forever. A member of the Kirov Ballet Corps, Tatiana hopes to be chosen for the troupe’s Paris tour. Tatiana becomes entangled in her country’s struggle for democracy, and her dream of a better life in Paris is soon challenged by hope for her country’s future. Grades 5-8. 2006.LT500White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web.Fern, a young girl with a unique understanding of animals, shares a special friendship with her uncle’s pig and Charlotte, a wise spider who weaves encouraging words in her web. Grades 3-6. 1952.LT26457White, E.B. The Trumpet of the Swan.Louis is a trumpeter Swan who was born without a voice. With the help of a boy who befriends him, Louis learns to read and write and eventually to play the trumpet, which he finds to be a lovely substitute for having a voice. Grades 4-7. 1970.LT21874White, Ruth. Belle Prater’s Boy.When twelve-year-old Woodrow Prater’s mother, Belle, vanishes from the family’s Appalachian shack, Woodrow moves in with his grandparents. Next-door cousin Gypsy first seeks to discover Woodrow’s secret and then comes to respect him for who he is. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT25572White, Ruth. The Search for Belle Prater.Virginia, 1950s. Seventh-graders Woodrow, his cousin Gypsy, and their new friend Cassie, who is gifted with second sight, set off to find Woodrow’s missing mother. They encounter some unlikely and intriguing coincidences along the way. Grades 5-8. 2005.LT23761White, Ruth. Tadpole.Kentucky, 1955. Carolina, 10, tells about the summer her favorite cousin, Tadpole, 13, runs away from his abusive uncle to visit her family. Learning that the orphaned boy is being whipped, the family tries to figure out how to keep Tadpole. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT26454Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.When high-spirited Rebecca, 10, is sent from her widowed mother’s house at Sunnybrook Farm to live with her more affluent aunts in Riverboro, she is hardly prepared for all the adjustments she will have to make. But her winsome ways prove invaluable as, right under the eye of her austere Aunt Miranda, she flowers into a gifted poet and an accomplished young woman. Grades 3-6. 1903.LT18104Wilder, Laura Ingalls. By the Shores of Silver Lake.The Ingalls family moves westward once more, this time to the Dakota territory, where Pa finds a job in a railroad camp and the family takes up a homestead. Grades 4-7. LT26453Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Farmer Boy.Delightful account of farm life in upper New York state in the 1860’s introduces Almanzo Wilder, 9, who later courts and marries Laura Ingalls. Grades 4-7.LT502Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods.The author’s vivid account of her pioneering family’s experiences in a little log house in Wisconsin in the 1870s. The Ingalls family feels safe and secure despite blizzards, wolves, and the loneliness of the big woods. Grades 4-7.LT12620Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie.The Ingalls family moves westward from Wisconsin in a covered wagon and builds a cabin on the Kansas prairie, only to discover that it is in Indian territory. Grades 4-7.LT26459Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little Town on the Prairie.In 1881 Mary, who is blind, is finally able to leave for college, and Laura gets a job in town helping a seamstress. She also continues her schooling so she can receive her teaching certificate. Grades 4-7.LT26509Wilder, Laura Ingalls. The Long Winter.The Ingalls family moves from their stake on the Dakota prairie to their store in town to escape the severe winter. One blizzard follows another until trains stop running and the community, isolated for months, faces starvation. Grades 4-7. LT26450Wilder, Laura Ingalls. On the Banks of Plum Creek.The pioneering Ingalls family leaves the prairie for a farm and a primitive sod hut in Minnesota, where a flood, a blizzard, and a devastating plague of grasshoppers must be battled. Grades 4-7. LT27311Wilson, Budge. Before Green Gables: The Prequel to Anne of Green Gables.This prequel to Anne of Green Gables portrays Anne’s childhood before her eleventh birthday. Anne’s parents died in an epidemic when she was a baby, leading her to have many adventures at foster homes, orphanages, and school. Grades 5-8. 2008.LT22606Wittlinger, Ellen. Gracie’s Girl.As she starts middle school, Bess volunteers to work on the school musical in hopes of fitting in, but when she and a friend get to know an elderly homeless woman, Bess changes her mind about what is really important. Grades 4-7. 2000.LT12712Wyss, Johann. The Swiss Family Robinson.When they are shipwrecked on a desert island, a Swiss clergyman, his wife, and four sons use their ingenuity to overcome all dangers and to make a happy home. Grades 5-8.LT23762Yep, Laurence. The Tiger’s Apprentice.A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world. Grades 5-8. 2003.LT22332Yolen, Jane. Wizard’s Hall.An inept wizard-in-training is the only one who can save his classmates from the terrible sorcery that threatens to devour their magical school. Grades 3-6. 2001.LT22837Zindel, Paul. The Scream Museum.New York City. The Museum of Natural History’s head of research is found murdered at work. High school sleuth P. C. and his classmate Mackenzie come to the defense of their friend Tom Bogg, the museum’s assistant custodian, when he is accused of the crime. Grades 4-7. 2001.NON-FICTIONLT28479Brown, Daniel. The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics.Recounts the accomplishments of nine working-class athletes from the University of Washington who beat elite teams at home and abroad and won the gold medal for rowing at the 1936 Nazi-orchestrated Berlin Olympics. Young Readers Addition. Grades 5-9. 2013.LT25513Morris, Deborah. Apartment Fire and Other True Stories, Real Kids Real Adventures.A twelve-year-old plunges through flames to rescue four young children; a young Colorado boy is swept away in a hot air balloon after the pilot is dumped out during a landing attempt; two teens dive into a rain-swollen river to rescue three tots trapped in a sinking station wagon; thrilling true-life stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Grades 4-7 2006.LT23472Morris, Deborah. Bear Attack and Other True Stories, Real Kids Real Adventures.True stories of kids whose adventures include a bear attack, a tornado, and a river rescue. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT24019Morris, Deborah. Earthquake and Other True Stories, Real Kids Real Adventures.True stories of kids whose adventures include an earthquake, being struck by lightning, and the amy to the rescue. Grades 4-7. 1997.LT25381Morris, Deborah. Horse Kick and Other True Stories, Real Kids Real Adventures.How would you survive a plane crash that left you stranded in the ocean for three days? If your father was suddenly kicked in the head by a horse, would you know how to save his life? What if you went for a walk and suddenly found yourself lost and alone in the middle of a raging blizzard? Meet more real-life kids who have faced danger with courage, and unexpected adventure with confidence. Grades 4-7. 1994.LT23311Morris, Deborah. Runaway Bus and Other True Stories, Book 4 Real Kids Real Adventures.True stories of kids whose adventures include a school bus out of control, a burning ship, and a deadly gas. Grades 4-7. 2003.LT23042Morris, Deborah. Shark Attack and Other True Stories, Book 1. Real Kids Real Adventures.True stories of kids whose adventures include a sudden shark attack, a ski slope rescue, and a drive for dad’s life. Grades 4-7. 2002.LT657North, Sterling. Rascal.Although his life is full with a Saint Bernard, a family of skunks, a raucous crow, and an unfinished canoe, Sterling is captivated by a tiny raccoon kit he names Rascal. The ingenious animal quickly takes over the house and Sterling’s heart but also makes enemies by stealing corn and raiding chicken coops. Until he gets too big, Rascal shares many adventures with Sterling in the Wisconsin countryside. Grades 4-7.LT22100Paulsen, Gary. Guts: The True Stories behind “Hatchet” and the Brian Books.The author of “Hatchet” and other books featuring Brian Robeson describes the experiences that inspired him to write. These include surving plane crashes, working as an ambulance driver, hunting for subsistence, and starving for food. Grades 5-8. 2001. LT21737Paulsen, Gary. My Life in Dog Years.Paulsen writes about eight of the dogs who shared his life through the years that have been very memorable, especially Cookie, who saved his life when he had fallen through the ice. Grades 5-8. 2000.LT28429Rivera, Mariano. Closer: My Story, Young Reader’s Edition.Memoir by Rivera (born 1969), who joined the New York Yankees in 1995 and served as one of the team’s most successful closing pitchers until his retirement in 2013. Discusses his years with the team, the rivalry with the Red Sox, and his Christian faith. Young Reader’s Edition. Grades 5-8. 2014. LT21961Shapiro, Marc. J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter.Explores the life of the person behind the literary creation that has captured the attention of the world. Grades 5-8. 2001.LT21846Spinelli, Jerry. Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid.Jerry Spinelli, who grew up to be an award-winning children’s author, tells of his own adventure-filled childhood in Pennsylvania. His dismay to learn he wasn’t really cut out to be a cowboy, his embarrassment at being the only kid at a football game with a uniform on, and his decision to punch someone just for the experience are all humorously described. Grades 5-8. 1998. LT28465Thorne, Jack. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II.Special rehearsal-edition script for a play that is based on an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. Nineteen years after the final battle at Hogwarts, Harry Potter’s youngest son, Albus, struggles with his family’s legacy. Grades 4-7. 2016.LT28478Yousafzai, Malala. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World.Memoir of corecipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Recounts how Malala risked her life for the right to go to school. Raised in a changing Pakistan, Malala stood up against the Taliban and remained an activist for girls’ education. Commercial audiobook. Grades 5-8. 2014. ................
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