Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop by Jennifer Allison
When Gilda goes to the International Spy Museum in Washington D. C. to work as a summer intern, she finds herself involved in a museum haunting and a case of espionage in this entry in the Gild Joyce series.
Poppy and Ereth by Avi
Poppy the deer mouse has new adventures after a long, hard winter in Dimwood Forest making new friends and helping Ereth the porcupine. This is the last book in the series that began with
Poppy.
The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna Baggott
Twelve-year-old Oscar Egg is sent to live with his father in a strange underworld under Boston’s Fenway Park, where he lives with creatures waiting for someone to break the curse of the Red Socks.
The Printer’s Devil by Paul Bajoria
After printing “Wanted” posters for some of London’s notorious people, a printer’s boy is caught up in a web of mistaken identities and intertwined events.
The Dragon Princess by E. D. Baker
Millie, the daughter of Princess Emma and Prince Eadric, turns into a dragon every time she gets mad.
Wings: A Fairy Tale by E. D. Baker
When Tamisin finds out that she is half fairy, she goes to the fairies to find out answers to her questions. The fairies include her mother, the fairy queen.
Science Fair by Dave Barry
The evil president of Kprshtskan is plotting to take over the U.S. Government by infiltrating a Middle School located in a Maryland suburb outside of Washington.
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin
Winston Breen and his family take part in a town wide scavenger hunt. There is a $50,000 grand prize for the winning team’s school. There are many puzzles to solve.
The Penderwicks On Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the prospect of their father starting to date, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
Masterpiece by Elise Broach
Marvin, a beetle, makes a drawing as a gift for James, his human friend and the two work together to recover a picture stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Everafter War by Michael Buckly
After their parents wake up from a sleeping spell, Daphne and Sabrina are caught in the middle of a war between the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming’s Everafter army in this 7th book of the Sisters Grimm series.
Allie Finkle’s Rules For Girls: Moving Day by Meg Cabot
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and, when she learns that her family is moving across town, she has to write down plenty of new rules.
The White Mountains by John Christopher
Will Parker and his companions flee to an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the Tripods who capture human beings and make them docile servants. This is the first title in the Tripods books.
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family’s freedom.
Miles To Go by Miley Cyrus (J 92)
The story of Miley Cyrus as she becomes a television and singing phenomenon.
Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter’s brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam. Slowly, the excitement she feels begins to fade as she develops the film that her brother sends.
The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau
A roamer trades Lina and Doon an ancient book with only a few pages in it and they return to Ember to try to find the machine the book seems to describe. This is the fourth book in the Ember series.
The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich
Fourteen-year-old Omakayas and her Ojibwe family are forced by the United States government to leave their beloved land in 1852 and search for a new home. This follows The Birchbark House and The Game of Silence.
Twice Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
Zandelphia and Beaurivage are being ruled by Christian, Marigold and Swithbert until Queen Olympia regains her memory and initiates new plots. This is the sequel to Once Upon a Marigold.
The Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan
Book 5 of the popular Ranger’s Apprentice series about the apprentice Will and his master Halt.
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, asking for Bluejay’s (Mo’s ficticious double) to surrender. This title follows Inkheart and Inkspell.
The Mother – Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick
The mothers of four sixth-grade girls suggest that they form a book club. When the girls read and discuss Little Women, they find that they have more in common than they could have imagined.
Ray and Me by Dan Gutman
Stosh travels back in time to try to save Ray Chapman, a batter who was killed by a pitch in New York in 1920.
Much Ado About Anne by Heather Vogel Frederick
Entering seventh grade, four girls continue their mother daughter book club, reading Anne of Green Gables while dealing with a mena classmate. This book follows The Mother-Daughter Book Club.
Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French
Julian Carter-Li and a ragtag group of friends have to stop Julian’s uncle’s company from cutting down some of the oldest and last California redwood trees.
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie finds out that it is actually a 1996 tourist site that is under observation by heartless scientists.
All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn
Two siblings spend the summer at their grandmother’s Vermont inn. While “haunting” the inn they awaken restless, spiteful spirits that swarm the inn.
Night of the Spadefoot Toads by Bill Harley
When fifth-grader Ben moves from Tucson, Arizona to Massachusetts, he finds that his new teacher enjoys exploring varied habitats and finding out about a rare toad that lives on her land.
Emma Dilemma and the Camping Nanny by Patricia Hermes
Nine-year-old Emma O’Fallon’s favorite nanny has a boyfriend and Emma’s mother has invited the boyfriend to come along on a family camping trip.
Scat by Carl Hiaasen (YA)
Classmates Nick and Marta decide to investigate a mysterious fire that starts while they are on a school trip to a Florida wildlife preserve.
Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse
Fourteen-year-old Joseph Michton’s life changes when his parents who are Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory.
The Switch by Anthony Horowitz
Wealthy and spoiled thirteen-year-old Tad Spencer wishes he was someone else and he wakes up as Bob Snarby, a poor and uncouth son of carnival workers.
My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath
Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives with her mother, two brothers, and a sister in a run-down old house, has an eventful summer with a number of adventures, while learning valuable lessons about life.
Waggit’s Tale by Peter Howe
Waggit is abandoned by his owner as a puppy and he must learn how to survive in the city park.
Long Shadows by Erin Hunter
ShadowClan, StarClan and ThunderClan are in turmoil in this fifth book in the Warriors: Power of Three series.
A Recipe 4 Robbery by Marybeth Kelsey
The annual cucumber festival is turned into a robbery investigation for three sixth-grade friends when a valuable stolen locket ends up buried in cooked cucumber.
Philippa Fisher’s Fairy Godsister by Liz Kessler
Daisy, the new girl at school, announces that she is Philippa’s godsister since they are both the same age.
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Two girls spend a year in Los Alamos as their parents work on the secret gadget that is supposed to end WWII.
Swindle by Gordon Korman
After an unscrupulous collector cons him out of a valuable baseball card, 6th grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of kids to steal it back so that he can use the money to finance his father’s failing invention.
The Runaway Dolls by Ann Martin
Best friends Annabelle and Tiffany risk danger when they run away to try to prevent Tilly from being sent back to London before they can find out if she is Annabelle’s long lost baby sister. This is the third title in the series that began with The Doll People and continued with The Meanest Doll In the World.
The Mousehunter by Alex Milway
Mousehunters travel the world collecting the rarest breeds of mice. Emiline, a mousehunter who works for the wealthy Isiah Lovelock, dreams that she will become a famous mousehunter.
Charlie Bone and the Shadow by Jenny Nimmo
Magically gifted Charlie Bone, accompanied by his best friend’s dog, comes to the rescue when the enchanter Count Harken takes revenge on the Red King’s heirs.
The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
This is the first book in The 39 Clues series in which Amy and Dan search for information about their powerful family using clues that are hidden around the world.
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
This book, the 5th and final title in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, is concerned with the prophecy surrounding Percy’s 16th birthday. The battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, and Percy thinks that he might be fighting against his own fate.
Desperado Who Stole Baseball by John Ritter
The rough and tumble baseball team in a California mining town enlists the help of a twelve-year-old orphan and the outlaw Billy the Kid, in an 1881 game against the National League Champions.
Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains by Laurel Snyder
Lucy, a milkmaid, and her friend Winston, a prince, go in search of information about Lucy’s missing mother.
The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer
Fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes, younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, tries to save her friend from an arranged marriage.
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
Reynie, Kate, Sticky and Constance, all members of the Benedict Society, go on a scavenger hunt that turns into a search for the missing Mr. Benedict.
After the Train by Gloria Whelan
After the end of the Second World War, Peter Liebig discovers a secret about his past which makes him question everything that he has known about his town in West Germany.
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