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"The Secrets of Droon" Series (28 Titles)	Abbott, Tony	An ongoing epic saga for readers who enjoy exciting fantasy. Eric, Julie, and Neal, a trio of best friends from our world stumble upon the magical world of Droon, a realm populated by wizards and sorcerers and full of strange landscapes.
Whittington	Armstrong, Alan	Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestors story.
Barn	Avi	Ben is called back from school to his family's Oregon farm when his father becomes ill.
Christmas Rat	Avi	Alone in his apartment during Christmas vacation, eleven-year-old Eric finds himself caught in a battle between a strange exterminator and the rat he wants to kill.
Devil's Race	Avi	Sixteen-year-old John is tormented by the ghost of an ancestor and namesake, who had hanged for being a demon.
Poppy, Poppy and Rye, Ragweed, Ereth's Birthday and Poppy's Return	Avi	Read about the exciting adventures of Poppy and Rye (deer mice) and their friends in Dimwood forest.
S.O.R. Losers	Avi	Each member of the South Orange River seventh-grade soccer team has qualities of excellence, but not on the soccer field.
Something Upstairs	Avi	Kenny discovers his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early 19th century and prevent his murder by slave traders.
Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name	Avi	Two teenagers with strange family backgrounds team up in New York for an adventure of discovery
The Good Dog	Avi	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.
Who Stole The Wizard of Oz?	Avi	Becky and her brother use some ingenious clues to identify the person who stole five children's books from the town's library
Wolf Rider	Avi	After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.
On my Honor	Bauer, Marion Dane	A 12-year-old boy must learn to live with fear and grief when his swimming partner drowns.
Jayhawker	Beatty, Patricia	A Kansas abolitionist determined to put an end to slavery finds his life endangered.
Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, And A Very Interesting Boy	Birdsall, Jeanne	While vacationing with their widowed father in Berkshire Mountains, four loveable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
Tangerine	Bloor, Edward	Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Deenie	Blume, Judy	A thirteen-year-old girl seemingly destined for a modeling career finds she has a deformation of the spine called scoliosis.
What Hearts	Brooks, Bruce	When Asa is eleven, his dreams of playing baseball are thwarted when his mother attempts suicide on the very day of tryouts.
Jumping the Nail	Bunting, Eve	A teenage girl experiences the pressures placed on her life, all of which are symbolized by an ocean-side cliff that the local kids jump off to please their peers.
SOS Titanic	Bunting, Eve	A young boy travels from Ireland to the U.S. aboard the Titanic.
When the Tripods Came	Christopher, John	Fourteen-year-old Laurie and his family attempt to flee England when the Tripods descend from outer space and begin brainwashing everyone with their hypnotic caps.
The Dog That Stole Football Play, Man Out At First, Centerfield Ball Hawk, Zero's Slider	Christopher, Matt	A boy and his psychic dog are able to steal plays from the opposing football team.
Dear Mr. Henshaw	Cleary, Beverly	A series of letters from Leigh Botts to an author, Mr. Henshaw, dealing with Leigh's aspirations of becoming an author, as well as excerpts from his diary showing the concerns of a bright young boy.
Strider	Cleary, Beverly	In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parent's divorce, acquires custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
Things Not Seen	Clements, Andrew	When fifteen-year-old Bonny wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
Celine	Cole, Brock	Before Celine, a 16-year-old artist, can take a promised trip to Europe, she must "show a little maturity," finish an overdue paper, and support her 7-year-old neighbor during his parents' divorce.
Goats	Cole, Brock	Stripped and marooned on a small island by their fellow campers, a boy and a girl form an uneasy bond that grows into a deep friendship when they decide to run away and disappear without a trace.
Larky Mavis	Cole, Brock	Having found a tiny baby in a peanut shell, Larky Mavis calls him Heart's Delight, and carries him around as he grows bigger, to the confusion and anger her.
The Giant's Toe	Cole, Brock	A giant accidentally cuts off his toe and it develops a character of its own
"Artemis Fowl" Books	Colfer, Eoin	When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
What Child is This	Cooney, Caroline	When seventeen-year-old Matt tries to find a family for an eight-year-old foster child, his attempt backfires and both of them need a Christmas miracle.
Magician’s Boy	Cooper, Susan	A boy who works for a magician meets familiar fairy tale characters when he is transported to the Land of Story in search of a missing puppet.
Love that Dog	Creech, Sharon	A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane	DiCamillo, Kate	Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams and histories.
Devil’s Bridge	DeFelice, Cynthia	Twelve-year-old Ben must cope with the loss of his father, who died the year before, and his mother's over-protectiveness when he enters the annual Striped Bass Derby on Martha's Vineyard.
The Light on Hogback Hill	DeFelice, Cynthia	A girl befriends a twisted, shriveled woman who has terrified her neighborhood.
Weasel	DeFelice, Cynthia	Alone in the frontier wilderness in the winter of 1839, eleven-year-old Nathan runs afoul of the renegade killer known as Weasel and makes a surprising discovery about the concept of revenge.
The Tale of Despereaux: : Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread	DiCamillo, Kate	The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
"Survival" Books, "Hoofbeats" Series, "American Diary" Series	Duey, Kathleen
"Unicorn Secrets" Books	Duey, Kathleen	Legends say unicorns once lived in Lord Dunraven's forests...Everyone knows the old stories. No one believes them, of course- - who would? Heart knows the truth...Will there ever be a safe place for her and the unicorns?
I Know What you did Last Summer	Duncan, Lois	Four teen-agers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.
Christmas Box	Evans, Richard	The touching story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her. Together they discover the first gift of Christmas and learn what Christmas is really all about. "The Christmas Box" is a Christmas story unlike any other.
One-Eyed Cat	Fox, Paula	Ned takes the rifle outside to shoot without permission and against the rules, and when he sees a cat with one eye missing, he knows he may be on his way to being caught.
Dragon Rider	Funke, Cornelia Caroline	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, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
Inkheart	Funke, Cornelia Caroline	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.
Inkspell	Funke, Cornelia Caroline	Now thirteen, Meggie "reads" herself into Inkworld, where she, her family, and the characters in the book face chaos and danger as the original creator of the world frantically tries to redirect the story.
Theif Lord	Funke, Cornelia Caroline	Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord."
Julie	George, Jean Craighead	When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man. Sequel to Julie of the Wolves.
Julie of the Wolves	George, Jean Craighead	While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
Julie’s Wolf Pack	George, Jean Craighead	Continues the story of Julie and her wolves in which Kapu must protect his pack from famine and disease while uniting it under his new leadership.
There's an Owl in the Shower	George, Jean Craighead	A logging family falls in love with a spotted owlet that moves into their home.
Nory Ryan's Song	Giff, Patricia Reilly	When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
Because of Anya	Haddix, Margaret Peterson	While twelve-year-old Anya faces the difficulties of losing her hair to alopecia, her classmate Keely learns how to stand up for what she knows is right.
Wait till Helen Comes: a Ghost Story	Hahn, Mary D.	Molly and Michael dislike their bratty new stepsister Heather but realize that they must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost child to her doom.
A Killing Freeze	Hall, Lynn	High school junior Clarie sees her small town's winter festival disrupted and her father's snowmobile business threatened by a set of grisly multiple murders.
Ride a Dark Horse	Hall, Lynn	Seventeen-year-old Gusty finds herself in increasing danger as she tries to prove her suspicions about dishonest breeding practices at the horse farm where she works.
Hoot	Hiaasen, Carl	Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Flush	Hiassen, Carl	With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
A Wrinkle in Time	L'Engle, Madeline	Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
See You Around , Sam!	Lowry, Lois	Sam decides to run away to Alaska because his mother won't let him wear fangs.
Journey	MacLachlan, Patricia	When their mother goes off, leaving her two children with their grandparents, they feel if their past has been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.
Unclaimed Treasures	MacLachlan, Patricia	Will, who wants to feel extraordinary, thinks that she's in love with the father of the boy next door until she realizes that her "ordinary" true love is the boy himself.
Arthur. for the Very First Time	MacLachlan. Patricia	Arthur spends the summer with his unconventional aunt and uncle and begins to look at life, his family, and himself differently.
Sarah, Plain and Tall	MacLachlan, Patricia	When their father invites a mail-order bride to come to live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by her and hope she will stay.
Skylark	MacLachlan, Patricia	When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family. Sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall.
A Dog’s Life: the Autobiography of a Stray	Martin, Ann M.	Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.
Boy at War	Mazer, Harry	While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941 teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and through the chaos of the subsequent days tries to find his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U.S.S. Arizona when the bombs fell.
Boy No More	Mazer, Harry	After his father is killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Adam, his mother, and sister are evacuated from Hawaii to California, where he must deal with his feelings about the war, Japanese internment amps, his father, and his own identity.
City Light	Mazer, Harry	A teenage boy makes an exploration of his identity after losing his childhood sweetheart and beginning a new relationship with the aid of a computer.
Dog in the Freezer	Mazer, Harry	Each of these three novellas looks at the relationship between a boy and a dog in a very different and unusual way.
Girl of His Dreams	Mazer, Harry	Willis thinks he wants to fall in love but when Sophie comes into his life, and falls in love with him, he's not sure if she really is the girl of his dreams.
Guy Lenny	Mazer, Harry	A twelve-year-old boy begins to feel like a ping-pong ball when his father decides to remarry and consequently plans to send him to live with his mother, whom he has not seen for seven years.
Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Pacific War	Mazer, Harry	To honor his father who died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, seventeen-year-old Adam eagerly enlists in the Marines in 1944, survives boot camp, and faces combat on the tiny island of Okinawa.
I Love You, Stupid!	Mazer, Harry	High school senior Marcus Rosenbloom decides to cross the wall that divides childhood from adulthood, but finds it's not the simple matter he thought it would be.
Snowbound	Mazer, Harry	Two teenagers caught in a snowstorm face a fight for survival in a desolate area.
Someone's Mother is Missing	Mazer, Harry	When her emotionally disturbed mother disappears from their home, Lisa searches for her, alternately aided and annoyed by her cousin Sam.
Twelve Shots: Outstanding Short Stories About Guns	Mazer, Harry	Briefcase/ Walter Dean Myers -- Cocked and locked / Chris Lynch -- Hunting Bear / Kevin McColley -- God;s plan for Wolfie and X-Ray / David Rice -- Custody / Frederick Busch -- Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground / Richard Peck -- The war chest / Rob Thomas -- Eat your enemy / Nancy Springer -- War game / Nancy Werlin -- Until the day he died / Harry Mazer -- Fresh meat / Ron Koertge -- Chalkman / Rita Williams- Garcia
War on Villa Street	Mazer, Harry	A teen-age boy tries to come to terms with various aspects of his life, his relationship with his often drunk and abusive father, the menace of the local bully and his gang, and his love of running.
When the Phone Rang	Mazer, Harry	When their parents are killed in an airplane crash, three siblings try to keep the family together in the face of overwhelming personal and financial problems.
Who is Eddie Leonard?	Mazer, Harry	A fourteen-year old boy who was raised by an abusive old woman and who has always had questions about his parents sees a picture of a missing child and sets out to discover if he is that child.
Wild Kid	Mazer, Harry	Twelve-year-old Sammy, who is mildly retarded, runs away from home and becomes prisoner of Kevin, a wild kid living in the woods.
After the Rain	Mazer, Norma Fox	A young girl and her grandfather finally come to appreciate each other after learning of his impending death.
Babyface	Mazer, Norma Fox	The sudden departure of her inseparable friend Julie for California and her own father's unexpected illness challenge many of fourteen-year-old Toni's basic assumptions about friendship and her own happy secure life.
Girlhearts	Mazer, Norma Fox	Thirteen-year-old Sarabeth Silver's life is turned upside-down when her mother dies suddenly; leaving her orphaned confused, and at the mercy of everyone who seems to know what is best for her.
Good Night, Maman	Mazer, Norma Fox	After spending years fleeing from the Nazis in war-torn Europe, twelve-year-old Karin Levi and her older brother Marc find a new home in a refugee camp in Oswego, New York.
Out of Control	Mazer, Norma Fox	After joining his two best friends in a spontaneous attack on a girl at their school, sixteen-year-old Rollo finds that his life is changed forever.
Silver	Mazer, Norma Fox	Despite their different backgrounds, Sarabeth, a teenager living with her mother in a trailer and transferring to a new school, makes friends with Grant and her affluent friends, including troubled Patty who shares a painful secret about her uncle.
Taking Terri Mueller	Mazer, Norma Fox	Fourteen-year-old Terri remembers only life with her father, but then she discovers that he kidnapped her from her mother after a divorce and that her mother is still alive.
When She Was Good	Mazer, Norma Fox	Heartbreaking, mesmerizing, and hopeful story about the first 14 years of a young girl's life at home in a trailer with her father's alcoholic rages and her mother's deathly silence.
Touching Spirit Bear	Mikaelsen, Ben	After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
Hoops	Myers, Walter Dean	17-year-old Lonnie Jackson hopes that basketball will be his ticket out of the Harlem ghetto.
Saving Shiloh	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.
Shiloh	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
Don't Scream	Nixon, Joan Lowry	Jess doesn't know who to trust when she meets two new boys in school and her cats disappear.
Easter Mystery	Nixon, Joan Lowry	When Susan and Mike suspect that thieves may be plotting the theft of a valuable Easter egg, they organize their neighbors to ward off the crooks
Ghosts of Now	Nixon, Joan Lowry	Forces in the town where she has just moved to, will do anything to keep Angie from finding out what really happened to her brother.
Haunting	Nixon, Joan Lowry	When her mother inherits an old plantation in the Louisiana countryside, fifteen-year-old Lia seeks to rid it of the evil spirit that haunts it.
If You Were a Writer	Nixon, Joan Lowry	Melia admires her mother, who is a writer, and wishes that she could write stories also. With encouragement and some helpful suggestions from her mother, she is soon on her way.
Island of the Dangerous Dreams	Nixon, Joan Lowry	When a stolen artifact is missing and a murder takes place, Andrea finds her life in danger.
Island of the Blue Dolphins	O’Dell, Scott	Indian girl is left alone on an island for ten years.
Bridge To Terabithia	Paterson, Katherine	The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
Brian’s Hunt	Paulsen, Gary	Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.
Brian’s Return	Paulsen, Gary	After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but must return to the place where he really belongs.
Hatchet	Paulsen, Gary	After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brian spends 54 days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parent's divorce.
The River	Paulsen, Gary	Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival. Sequel to Hatchet.
Voyage of the Frog	Paulsen, Gary	When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own as he works out his feelings about life and his uncle.
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging	Rennison, Louise	Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.
The Lightning Thief	Riordan, Rick	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. Percy Jackson & The Olympians, Book 1.
Rowan of Rin Series Dragons of Deltora Series Fairy Realm Series	Rodda, Emily
Holes	Sachar, Louis	As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Small Steps	Sachar, Louis	Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
Maniac Magee	Spinelli, Jerry	After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
Stargirl	Spinelli, Jerry	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.
"Rowan Hood" Books	Springer, Nancy	In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, thirteen-year-old Rosemary disguises herself as a boy, befriends a half-wolf, half-dog, a runaway princess, and an overgrown boy whose singing is hypnotic, and makes peace with her elfin heritage.
Surviving the Applewhites	Tolan, Stephanie	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.
Loch	Zindel, Paul	Fifteen-year-old Loch is part of an expedition to find out if there are water creatures and ends up trying to save his loved ones from this monster.