* = This book is part of a series. See others by this author.
Abrahams, Peter. Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery.* (J Ab)
Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, eighth-grader Ingrid Levin-Hill uses her intellect to solve a murder case in her home town of Echo Falls.
Cummings, Priscilla. Red Kayak. (J Cu)
Living near the water on Maryland's Eastern Shore, thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T. and Digger become entangled in a tragedy which tests their friendship and their ideas about right and wrong.
Danziger, Paula. Remember Me to Harold Square. (J Da)
Two teenagers set off on a scavenger hunt exploring New York City's landmarks.
Dowell, Frances O'Roark. Chicken Boy. (J Do)
Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place.
Farmer, Nancy. Sea of Trolls. (J Fa)
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart.* (J Fu)
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can read fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. The magic continues in Inkspell.
Gardner, Sally. I, Coriander. (J Ga)
In 17th century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born.
George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain.* (J Ge)
Sam Gribley learns to survive and depend on nature when he leaves home for the challenge of wilderness living.
Goodall, Jane. The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours. (J 599.885 Go)
An intense, personal story by a pioneer in scientific field observation. Goodall presents her long involvement with the chimpanzees of Gombe, describing the amazing discoveries she has made over 40 years.
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. (J Hi)
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's daring and often hilarious attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site. If you like this book, you might enjoy Flush, by the same author.
Hopkinson, Deborah. Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924. (J 307.764 Ho)
True stories about five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania.
Korman, Gordon. No More Dead Dogs. (J Ko)
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Martin, Ann. A Corner of the Universe. (J Ma)
The summer that Hattie turns twelve, she meets the childlike uncle she never knew and becomes friends with a girl who works at the carnival that comes to Hattie's small town.
Matthews, L.S. Fish. (J Ma)
As fighting closes in on the village where Tiger's parents work, a mysterious guide helps the family set out on a difficult journey to safety. Before they leave Tiger rescues a small brown fish from a puddle and takes it along. A story that promises the reader hope when it seems all but gone.
McKinley, Robin. Beauty. (J398.2 Be)
In this retelling of the classic tale in novel form, Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay.
Morgenstern, Susie. Secret Letters from 0 to 10. (J Mo)
Ten-year-old Ernest lives a boring existence in Paris with his grandmother until a lively girl named Victory enters his class at school.
Osborne, Mary Pope. One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship. (J291 Os)
An illustrated introduction to comparative religion, discussing Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
Papademetriou, Lisa. Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me. (J Pa)
Allie Kimball learns that middle school is populated with three kinds of people: “glommers,” “norks,” and worst of all, “squashes” -- crushes that make you feel like your heart has been stepped on. Allie copes with the help of her soccer team and new friends.
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie. (J 780.92 Gut)
A biography of Woody Guthrie, a singer who wrote over 3,000 folk songs and ballads as he traveled around the United States, including the classic song, "This Land is Your Land."
Paterson, Katherine. The Master Puppeteer. (J Pa)
A thirteen-year-old boy describes eighteenth century Osaka, Japan and the world of puppeteers in which he lives.
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet.* (J Pa)
After a plane crash, Brian spends 54 days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother. Read more about Brian in The River, Brian’s Winter, Brian’s Return, and Brian’s Hunt.
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief.* (J Ri)
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. First in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
Schmidt, Gary D. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. (J Sc)
In 1911, Turner Buckminster doesn’t like his new home in Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
Smith, Roland. The Captain’s Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe. (J Sm)
Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman describes his experiences as he accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness.
Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl. (J Sp)
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand.* (J St)
In the first installment of the Bartimaeus Trilogy, Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
Tolan, Stephanie. Surviving the Applewhites. (J To)
Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.
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