* - Easy Read
(M) - Mature
A Boy at War Mazur, Harry
Summary: The bestselling author of "Snow Bound" presents a poignant depiction of the events of December 7, 1941. Fourteen-year-old Adam Pelko watches as Japanese fighter planes attack and sink most of America's Pacific fleet, including the "Arizona"--his father's ship.
All Alone in the Universe Perkins, Rae
Summary: Debbie is dismayed when her best friend Maureen starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna.
Blood Trail Springer, Nancy
Summary: Teen is the only one who knows who might have murdered his best friend. Bull Rider Halvorson, Marilyn Summary: Sixteen-year-old Layne faces a dangerous challenge when he defies his mother and enters himself in a bull riding contest--the same rodeo event in which his father was killed.
(M) Chat Room Butcher, Kristin
Summary: When her high school sets up online chat rooms, Linda participates in online conversations with a student using the name Cyrano. Linda soon starts receiving gifts from "C," a secret admirer. Linda is certain that her life has taken a turn for the better until RCS reveals his true identity.
Cut McCormick, Patricia
Summary: This riveting, thrilling and heartbreaking debut novel deals boldly with mental illness. Teens can relate to the adolescent drama and all-important friends as the main character tries to "cut" it.
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters Giles, Gail
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Sunny is stunned when a total stranger shows up at her house posing as her older sister Jazz, who supposedly died out of town in a fire months earlier.
Deep Dark and Dangerous Hahn, Mary Downing
Summary: When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years.
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid Kinney, Jeff
Summary: An exciting new series begins. Greg Heffley is thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.
Dive Series Korman, Gordon The danger
Summary: Four adolescents try to raise a British ship which sank in the Caribbean in 1665 with a cargo of gold on board. However, they cannot trust anyone not even themselves. Four adolescents interning as research divers for the summer find themselves searching for a centuries-old treasure and fending off killer sharks. Interweaves their story with that of Samuel Higgins, a boy who died in a shipwreck in the same waters in 1665. The deep Summary: Kaz, Dante, Adriana, and Star participate in a deep-sea expedition and find sunken treasure that others want for themselves.
The Duplicate Sleator, William
Summary: Sixteen-year-old David, finding a strange machine that creates replicas of living organisms, duplicates himself and suffers the horrible consequences when the duplicate turns against him.
(M) Extreme Edge Kellerhals-Steward, Heather
Summary: After Jay decides to climb a difficult rock formation known as "The Wall," his friend Brad is determined to fly down a difficult ski jump and Jay wonders if he should climb to the top to stop Brad from taking such a risk.
Firegirl Abbott, Tony
From the moment Jessica arrives, life is never quite the same for Tom and his seventh-grade classmates. They learn that Jessica was in a fire and was badly burned, and will be attending St. Catherines while getting medical treatments.
Freak Pixley, Marcella Fleischman
Summary: Twelve-year-old Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.
Getting Air Gutman, Dan
Summary: Jimmy and his friends are on a cross-country flight when terrorists take over the plane. The boys take action and rescue the plane, but when it crashes in the middle of nowhere, they must survive in the wilderness.
Grind Walters, Eric
Summary: When Wally is badly injured skateboarding, Philip must decide what is more important-skating or making things right with his friends. (M)
Hanging on to Max Bechard, Margaret
Summary: When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, seventeen-year-old Sam is determined to keep him and raise him alone.
Hard Hit Turner, Ann Warren
Summary: In this latest work from the author of the groundbreaking memoir "Learning to Swim," 16-year-old high school baseball star Mark has an enviable life. However, when his father is diagnosed with cancer, everything Mark ever believed in is called into question.
Hate You McNamee, Graham
Summary: Nursing hatred for the father who choked her and damaged her voice as a child, seventeen-year-old Alice writes songs she feels she cannot sing and seeks to reconcile her feelings for herself and her father.
Hit Squad Heneghan, James
Summary: Rich, blond, and beautiful, Birgit organizes a band of misfits to take on the bullies at her high school.
The Homework Machine Gutman, Dan
Summary: Four kids share a secret--a homework machine. Everything is great for a while, but soon the machine becomes more powerful than they ever imagined, and even its inventor is powerless to stop it.
Hurricane: a Novel Trueman, Terry
Summary: A fictional account of one of the worst storms to hit the Caribbean--Hurricane Mitch in 1998--told from the perspective of a thirteen-year-old boy living in a small village in Honduras.
I.D. Grant, Vicki
Summary: Chris finds a wallet on the street and wants to return it to the owner; but when he realizes that the owner looks a lot like him, he is tempted to assume the person's identity in order to break away from the problems he faces at home.
Juice Walters, Eric
Summary: When a division one coach comes to their smaller school to bring the football program up to contender status, Moose and the rest of the players on the team are pumped. Coach Barnes has new ideas and a vision for the future--nothing is too good for his players.
Kidnapped Series Korman, Gordon
The Abduction Summary: Aiden teams up with the FBI to track down his sister Meg who was kidnapped while they were walking home from school.
The Search Summary: Despite the efforts of her brother, the FBI, and her parents, Meg Falconer is still missing and even Meg's kidnappers cannot find her since she always seems to give them the slip.
The Rescue Summary: As Aiden Falconer and FBI Agent Harris are closing in on the people who kidnapped Meg, Meg, unaware of the efforts to rescue her, tries to escape on her own and is never where she is suppose to be.
*Land of the Lawn Weenies Lubar, David
Summary: A collection of short stories about kids who find themselves in some strange situations. These stories originally appeared in two volumes: Kidzilla, and, The witch's monkey & other tales.
Lawn boy Paulsen, Gary
Summary: One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . .
The Million Dollar Putt Gutman, Dan
Summary: A sweetly told story about the budding friendship between two young people and their understanding of one another's differences. Bogie is a blind teenager with a lot of insight when it comes to taking chances, seeing the world, and eventually mastering the game of golf. Birdie has asthma and lacks the confidence even to ride a bike, until she finds her purpose: assisting Bogie with his game.
*Motocross Double-cross Maddox, Jake
Summary: When Carlos competes against his best friend Ricky for a place in the United States Motocross Association Nationals, each of them thinks the other is trying to sabotage his chances at winning. My Time as Caz Hazard Kyi, Tanya Lloyd Summary: Caz attempts to deal with her parents' failing marriage conflicts, a diagnosis of dyslexia, and possible contribution to a classmate's suicidal decision.
(M) New Blood McPhee, Peter
Summary: Callum's family moves from Glasgow to Winnipeg, Canada, after he is beaten nearly to death by bullies, hoping for a new start in a new country, but trouble seems to follow the teen who finally gets tired of running.
Night of the Bat Zindel, Paul Summary: Teenage Jake joins his father on an expedition to study bats in the Brazilian rain forest and finds the project menaced by a giant brain-eating bat.
No More Pranks Polak, Monique
Summary: Although Pete's pranks land him in trouble with school, his punishment to work with his uncle's whale-watching business brings him into contact with an ecologically unfriendly group requiring a dose of his special skills to bring them to justice.
*No Talking Clements, Andrew
Summary: The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
Now You See Them, Now You Don’t Korman, Gordon
Summary: Aiden and Meg Falconer are pursuing a man named Frank Lindenauer who holds the key to freeing their parents from prison. Meanwhile, the FBI is pursuing Aiden and Meg and in California they are befriended by a crowd who might sell them out if they're not careful.
On My Honor Bauer, Marion Dane
Summary: 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.
Other Side of Dark Nixon, Joan Lowery
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Stacy awakens from a four-year coma ready to identify, locate, and prosecute the young man who murdered her mother and wounded her.
Reaching for Sun Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn
Summary: Josie Wyatt knows what it means to be different. She lives with her career-obsessed mom and opinionated Gran, but has never known her father. Then there's her cerebral palsy. Yet when a strange new boy moves nearby, Josie finds herself reaching out for something she's never really known: a friend--and possibly more.
Sahara Special Codell, Esme Raiji
Summary: Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing talents and the individuality of each of her classmates.
(M) Scarred Polak, Monique
Summary: Skating Star Becky has become frightened and depressed in recent days and has begun cutting herself to relieve her stress.
Sharing Sam Applegate, Katherine
Summary: High schoolers and best friends Alison and Iz both fall for Sam, the new boy in town, but when Iz is diagnosed with cancer, Alison must balance her own feelings with thoughts for her friend's happiness.
Six Innings Preller, James
Summary: Earl Grubb's Pool Supplies plays Northeast Gas & Electric in the Little League championship game, while Sam, who has cancer and is in a wheelchair, has to call the play-by-play instead of participating in the game.
*Skeleton Man Bruchac, Joseph
Summary: When Molly and her parents attend a conference at Mohonk MountainHouse, Molly begins to fear that she is being watched by the very man who kidnapped and tried to kill them all the previous year.
*Slam Dunk Shoes Maddox, Jake
Summary: When Jamal is asked to join the elite Cyclone basketball team, he worries that his ratty old shoes--all his family can afford--will hurt his image on the team.
*Snowboard Dual Maddox, Jake
Summary: When the son of the new manager of the ski resort starts a snowboard cross team and will not allow girls to join, Brian and Hannah try to think of a way to change his mind.
*Soccor Shootout Maddox, Jake
Summary: When a new boy joins the Titans soccer team, Berk, who has always played goalkeeper, is challenged for that position and he must decide whether to hold a grudge or act for the good of the team.
Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island Bunting, Eve
Summary: When he offends the toughest gang in his San Francisco school, Danny tries to elude them by going to Alcatraz only to find himself and a Park Service employee trapped by the gang in an old prison cell block.
Something Upstairs Avi
Summary: When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by slave traders.
Spiderwick Chronicles DiTerlizzi, Tony
Summary: After moving to Florida, an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem and it's up to Nick and his siblings to save the day.
Street Love Myers, Walter Dean
Summary: A story in free verse in which Damien, a seventeen-year-old from Harlem, takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love, Junice, will not be separated.
Stuck in Neutral Trueman, Terry
Summary: Shawn McDaniel is an enigma and a miracle, except no one knows it, least of all his father. In this powerful first novel, the reader learns to look beyond the obvious and finds a character whose spirit is rich beyond imagining
Swindle Korman, Gordon
Summary: After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle's compound and recapture the card. There are many things standing in their way -- a menacing guard dog, a high-tech security
Tell McClintock, Norah
Summary: David must find a way to handle the secret he has learned about his stepfather and his younger brother's death when he becomes the prime suspect in his stepfather's murder.
The Trap Smelcer, John
Summary: In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel, who is better known for brains than brawn, worries about his missing grandfather, and the grandfather, Albert Least-Weasel, struggles to survive, caught in his own steel trap in the Alaskan winter.
Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun Whitmore, Arvella
Summary: Twelve-year-old Jordan is becoming dangerously involved with a street gang when he is suddenly transported through time to become a slave on the plantation of his ancestors.
Truth Kyi, Tanya Lloyd
Summary: When a prominent local adult is killed at a teen house party, the whole school seems to know who is to blame, but no one will go to the police.
Whisper in the Dark Bruchac, Joseph
Summary: An ancient and terrifying Narragansett Native American legend begins to come true for a teenage long-distance runner whose recovery from the accident that killed her parents has stunned everyone, including her guardian aunt in Providence, Rhode Island.
Wild River Petersen, P.J.
Summary: Considered lazy and unathletic, twelve-year-old Ryan discovers a heroic side of himself when a kayak trip with his older brother goes horribly awry.
Winter Marsden, John
Summary: For twelve years Winter has been haunted by her memories, now, at sixteen, the time has come for her to meet the future by stepping into the past, where she may learn the real circumstances of her parents' deaths.
The Young Man and the Sea Philbrick, W. R.
Summary: After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.
(M) - Mature
A Boy at War Mazur, Harry
Summary: The bestselling author of "Snow Bound" presents a poignant depiction of the events of December 7, 1941. Fourteen-year-old Adam Pelko watches as Japanese fighter planes attack and sink most of America's Pacific fleet, including the "Arizona"--his father's ship.
All Alone in the Universe Perkins, Rae
Summary: Debbie is dismayed when her best friend Maureen starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna.
Blood Trail Springer, Nancy
Summary: Teen is the only one who knows who might have murdered his best friend. Bull Rider Halvorson, Marilyn Summary: Sixteen-year-old Layne faces a dangerous challenge when he defies his mother and enters himself in a bull riding contest--the same rodeo event in which his father was killed.
(M) Chat Room Butcher, Kristin
Summary: When her high school sets up online chat rooms, Linda participates in online conversations with a student using the name Cyrano. Linda soon starts receiving gifts from "C," a secret admirer. Linda is certain that her life has taken a turn for the better until RCS reveals his true identity.
Cut McCormick, Patricia
Summary: This riveting, thrilling and heartbreaking debut novel deals boldly with mental illness. Teens can relate to the adolescent drama and all-important friends as the main character tries to "cut" it.
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters Giles, Gail
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Sunny is stunned when a total stranger shows up at her house posing as her older sister Jazz, who supposedly died out of town in a fire months earlier.
Deep Dark and Dangerous Hahn, Mary Downing
Summary: When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years.
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid Kinney, Jeff
Summary: An exciting new series begins. Greg Heffley is thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.
Dive Series Korman, Gordon The danger
Summary: Four adolescents try to raise a British ship which sank in the Caribbean in 1665 with a cargo of gold on board. However, they cannot trust anyone not even themselves. Four adolescents interning as research divers for the summer find themselves searching for a centuries-old treasure and fending off killer sharks. Interweaves their story with that of Samuel Higgins, a boy who died in a shipwreck in the same waters in 1665. The deep Summary: Kaz, Dante, Adriana, and Star participate in a deep-sea expedition and find sunken treasure that others want for themselves.
The Duplicate Sleator, William
Summary: Sixteen-year-old David, finding a strange machine that creates replicas of living organisms, duplicates himself and suffers the horrible consequences when the duplicate turns against him.
(M) Extreme Edge Kellerhals-Steward, Heather
Summary: After Jay decides to climb a difficult rock formation known as "The Wall," his friend Brad is determined to fly down a difficult ski jump and Jay wonders if he should climb to the top to stop Brad from taking such a risk.
Firegirl Abbott, Tony
From the moment Jessica arrives, life is never quite the same for Tom and his seventh-grade classmates. They learn that Jessica was in a fire and was badly burned, and will be attending St. Catherines while getting medical treatments.
Freak Pixley, Marcella Fleischman
Summary: Twelve-year-old Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.
Getting Air Gutman, Dan
Summary: Jimmy and his friends are on a cross-country flight when terrorists take over the plane. The boys take action and rescue the plane, but when it crashes in the middle of nowhere, they must survive in the wilderness.
Grind Walters, Eric
Summary: When Wally is badly injured skateboarding, Philip must decide what is more important-skating or making things right with his friends. (M)
Hanging on to Max Bechard, Margaret
Summary: When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, seventeen-year-old Sam is determined to keep him and raise him alone.
Hard Hit Turner, Ann Warren
Summary: In this latest work from the author of the groundbreaking memoir "Learning to Swim," 16-year-old high school baseball star Mark has an enviable life. However, when his father is diagnosed with cancer, everything Mark ever believed in is called into question.
Hate You McNamee, Graham
Summary: Nursing hatred for the father who choked her and damaged her voice as a child, seventeen-year-old Alice writes songs she feels she cannot sing and seeks to reconcile her feelings for herself and her father.
Hit Squad Heneghan, James
Summary: Rich, blond, and beautiful, Birgit organizes a band of misfits to take on the bullies at her high school.
The Homework Machine Gutman, Dan
Summary: Four kids share a secret--a homework machine. Everything is great for a while, but soon the machine becomes more powerful than they ever imagined, and even its inventor is powerless to stop it.
Hurricane: a Novel Trueman, Terry
Summary: A fictional account of one of the worst storms to hit the Caribbean--Hurricane Mitch in 1998--told from the perspective of a thirteen-year-old boy living in a small village in Honduras.
I.D. Grant, Vicki
Summary: Chris finds a wallet on the street and wants to return it to the owner; but when he realizes that the owner looks a lot like him, he is tempted to assume the person's identity in order to break away from the problems he faces at home.
Juice Walters, Eric
Summary: When a division one coach comes to their smaller school to bring the football program up to contender status, Moose and the rest of the players on the team are pumped. Coach Barnes has new ideas and a vision for the future--nothing is too good for his players.
Kidnapped Series Korman, Gordon
The Abduction Summary: Aiden teams up with the FBI to track down his sister Meg who was kidnapped while they were walking home from school.
The Search Summary: Despite the efforts of her brother, the FBI, and her parents, Meg Falconer is still missing and even Meg's kidnappers cannot find her since she always seems to give them the slip.
The Rescue Summary: As Aiden Falconer and FBI Agent Harris are closing in on the people who kidnapped Meg, Meg, unaware of the efforts to rescue her, tries to escape on her own and is never where she is suppose to be.
*Land of the Lawn Weenies Lubar, David
Summary: A collection of short stories about kids who find themselves in some strange situations. These stories originally appeared in two volumes: Kidzilla, and, The witch's monkey & other tales.
Lawn boy Paulsen, Gary
Summary: One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . .
The Million Dollar Putt Gutman, Dan
Summary: A sweetly told story about the budding friendship between two young people and their understanding of one another's differences. Bogie is a blind teenager with a lot of insight when it comes to taking chances, seeing the world, and eventually mastering the game of golf. Birdie has asthma and lacks the confidence even to ride a bike, until she finds her purpose: assisting Bogie with his game.
*Motocross Double-cross Maddox, Jake
Summary: When Carlos competes against his best friend Ricky for a place in the United States Motocross Association Nationals, each of them thinks the other is trying to sabotage his chances at winning. My Time as Caz Hazard Kyi, Tanya Lloyd Summary: Caz attempts to deal with her parents' failing marriage conflicts, a diagnosis of dyslexia, and possible contribution to a classmate's suicidal decision.
(M) New Blood McPhee, Peter
Summary: Callum's family moves from Glasgow to Winnipeg, Canada, after he is beaten nearly to death by bullies, hoping for a new start in a new country, but trouble seems to follow the teen who finally gets tired of running.
Night of the Bat Zindel, Paul Summary: Teenage Jake joins his father on an expedition to study bats in the Brazilian rain forest and finds the project menaced by a giant brain-eating bat.
No More Pranks Polak, Monique
Summary: Although Pete's pranks land him in trouble with school, his punishment to work with his uncle's whale-watching business brings him into contact with an ecologically unfriendly group requiring a dose of his special skills to bring them to justice.
*No Talking Clements, Andrew
Summary: The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
Now You See Them, Now You Don’t Korman, Gordon
Summary: Aiden and Meg Falconer are pursuing a man named Frank Lindenauer who holds the key to freeing their parents from prison. Meanwhile, the FBI is pursuing Aiden and Meg and in California they are befriended by a crowd who might sell them out if they're not careful.
On My Honor Bauer, Marion Dane
Summary: 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.
Other Side of Dark Nixon, Joan Lowery
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Stacy awakens from a four-year coma ready to identify, locate, and prosecute the young man who murdered her mother and wounded her.
Reaching for Sun Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn
Summary: Josie Wyatt knows what it means to be different. She lives with her career-obsessed mom and opinionated Gran, but has never known her father. Then there's her cerebral palsy. Yet when a strange new boy moves nearby, Josie finds herself reaching out for something she's never really known: a friend--and possibly more.
Sahara Special Codell, Esme Raiji
Summary: Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing talents and the individuality of each of her classmates.
(M) Scarred Polak, Monique
Summary: Skating Star Becky has become frightened and depressed in recent days and has begun cutting herself to relieve her stress.
Sharing Sam Applegate, Katherine
Summary: High schoolers and best friends Alison and Iz both fall for Sam, the new boy in town, but when Iz is diagnosed with cancer, Alison must balance her own feelings with thoughts for her friend's happiness.
Six Innings Preller, James
Summary: Earl Grubb's Pool Supplies plays Northeast Gas & Electric in the Little League championship game, while Sam, who has cancer and is in a wheelchair, has to call the play-by-play instead of participating in the game.
*Skeleton Man Bruchac, Joseph
Summary: When Molly and her parents attend a conference at Mohonk MountainHouse, Molly begins to fear that she is being watched by the very man who kidnapped and tried to kill them all the previous year.
*Slam Dunk Shoes Maddox, Jake
Summary: When Jamal is asked to join the elite Cyclone basketball team, he worries that his ratty old shoes--all his family can afford--will hurt his image on the team.
*Snowboard Dual Maddox, Jake
Summary: When the son of the new manager of the ski resort starts a snowboard cross team and will not allow girls to join, Brian and Hannah try to think of a way to change his mind.
*Soccor Shootout Maddox, Jake
Summary: When a new boy joins the Titans soccer team, Berk, who has always played goalkeeper, is challenged for that position and he must decide whether to hold a grudge or act for the good of the team.
Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island Bunting, Eve
Summary: When he offends the toughest gang in his San Francisco school, Danny tries to elude them by going to Alcatraz only to find himself and a Park Service employee trapped by the gang in an old prison cell block.
Something Upstairs Avi
Summary: When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by slave traders.
Spiderwick Chronicles DiTerlizzi, Tony
Summary: After moving to Florida, an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem and it's up to Nick and his siblings to save the day.
Street Love Myers, Walter Dean
Summary: A story in free verse in which Damien, a seventeen-year-old from Harlem, takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love, Junice, will not be separated.
Stuck in Neutral Trueman, Terry
Summary: Shawn McDaniel is an enigma and a miracle, except no one knows it, least of all his father. In this powerful first novel, the reader learns to look beyond the obvious and finds a character whose spirit is rich beyond imagining
Swindle Korman, Gordon
Summary: After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle's compound and recapture the card. There are many things standing in their way -- a menacing guard dog, a high-tech security
Tell McClintock, Norah
Summary: David must find a way to handle the secret he has learned about his stepfather and his younger brother's death when he becomes the prime suspect in his stepfather's murder.
The Trap Smelcer, John
Summary: In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel, who is better known for brains than brawn, worries about his missing grandfather, and the grandfather, Albert Least-Weasel, struggles to survive, caught in his own steel trap in the Alaskan winter.
Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun Whitmore, Arvella
Summary: Twelve-year-old Jordan is becoming dangerously involved with a street gang when he is suddenly transported through time to become a slave on the plantation of his ancestors.
Truth Kyi, Tanya Lloyd
Summary: When a prominent local adult is killed at a teen house party, the whole school seems to know who is to blame, but no one will go to the police.
Whisper in the Dark Bruchac, Joseph
Summary: An ancient and terrifying Narragansett Native American legend begins to come true for a teenage long-distance runner whose recovery from the accident that killed her parents has stunned everyone, including her guardian aunt in Providence, Rhode Island.
Wild River Petersen, P.J.
Summary: Considered lazy and unathletic, twelve-year-old Ryan discovers a heroic side of himself when a kayak trip with his older brother goes horribly awry.
Winter Marsden, John
Summary: For twelve years Winter has been haunted by her memories, now, at sixteen, the time has come for her to meet the future by stepping into the past, where she may learn the real circumstances of her parents' deaths.
The Young Man and the Sea Philbrick, W. R.
Summary: After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.
