| Avi |
Windcatcher |
J Fic Avi |
| While learning to sail during a visit to his grandmother's at the Connecticut shore, eleven-year-old Tony becomes excited about the rumors of sunken treasure in the area and starts following a couple who seem to be making a mysterious search for something |
| Bauer, Marion Dane. |
On my honor |
J Fic Bauer |
| When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience |
| Cleary, Beverly. |
A Girl from Yamhill : a memoir |
J Bio Cleary |
| Follows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing |
| Drake, Ernest |
Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology : the complete book of dragons |
J 398.2454 Drake |
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| Duncan, Lois |
Hotel for dogs |
J Fic Duncan |
| Liz and her brother wind up with nine stray dogs that need homes but must be kept a secret. |
| Feinstein, John. |
Last shot : a final four mystery |
J Fic Feinstein |
| After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game. |
| Fox, Paula |
The slave dancer |
J Fic Fox |
| Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo |
| Gaiman, Neil. |
Coraline |
J Fic Gaiman |
| Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others |
| Hamilton, Virginia |
The people could fly : American Black folktales |
J 398.208996 Hamilton |
| Retold African-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope |
| Henkes, Kevin |
Olive's ocean |
J Fic Henkes |
| a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer. |
| Kehret, Peg |
Abduction! |
J Fic Kehret |
| Thirteen-year-old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six-year-old brother Matt and their dog Pookie are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventure |
| Kinney, Jeff |
Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal |
J Fic Kinney |
| Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship |
| Klise, Kate |
Regarding the fountain : a tale, in letters, of liars and leaks |
J Fic Klise |
| When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results |
| Korman, Gordon |
Island. Book 1 Shipwreck |
J Fic Korman |
| Six kids learn to work together to survive a storm and shipwreck |
| Lowry, Lois. |
Looking back : a book of memories |
J Bio Lowry |
| Using family photographs and quotes from her books, the author provides glimpses into her life. |
| Lupica, Mike |
Heat |
J Fic Lupica |
| Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof |
| O'Dell, Scott |
The Black Pearl |
J Fic O'Dell |
| In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner |
| Paulsen, Gary. |
Hatchet |
J Fic Hatchet |
| After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce |
| Spinelli, Jerry |
Maniac Magee |
J Fic Spinelli |
| After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries |