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Aiken, Joan
Midnight is a place
RP 0261193 
RC 44630
In the 1840's, fourteen-year-old Lucas and his young friend nne-Marie are forced to flee when Midnight Court burns to the ground, and as they struggle through hard times, they learn to depend on each other through many adventures 
Aiken, Joan
 Wolves of Willoughby Chase
LP 04173
RC 30653
Alcott, Louisa May
 Rose in bloom
RP 0660244 
RC 45948
A story about a yound lady named Rose who returns from a trip around the world an independent woman, only to find her inheritence has attracted many suitors 
Alexander, Lloyd
 Iron ring
RP 0648799 
RC 45467
Driven by his sense of honor, young King Tamar sets off on a perilous journey, during which he meets talking animals, villainous and noble kings, demons, and the love of his life 
Anderson, Margaret J
 Children of summer: Henri Fabre's insects
RP 0649328 
RC 45413
 A fictionalized account of the research of nineteenth-century entomologist Jean Henri Fabre 
Armstrong, Jennifer
 Mary Mehan awake
RP 0655968 
RC 46350
Armstrong, William H.
Sounder
LP 06319
RC 22898
Avi, 
 True confessions of Charlotte Doyle
LP 05655
RC 33473
Bachrach, Susan D
 Tell them we remember: the story of the Holocaust
RP 0363518 
RC 46509
Ballantine, Betty
 Secret oceans
 RP 0935328 
RC 43637
An international team of scientists boards a high-tech submersible on an expedition to communicate with whales 
Bartoletti, Susan
 Growing up in coal country
RP 0656665 
RC 46445
Bauer, Marion Dane
 On my honor
LP 05253
RC 26123
Bawden, Nina
 Robbers
LP 04172
RC 18433
Bellairs, John
 House with a clock in its wall
RP 0039319 
RC 45943
A ten-year-old orphan, his warlock uncle, and a neighboring witch search Jonathan's house to find a hidden clock that is programmed to end the world 
Bellairs, John
 Ghost in the mirror
RP 0184383 
RC 45946
Rose and Mrs. Zimmermann, the kindly neighbor witch, are transported back to 1828, where they attempt to save the Weiss family from being destroyed by a wicked wizard 
Bellairs, John
Figure in the shadows
RP 0893843 
RC 45944
Lewis finds an old coin that he hopes will protect him against bullies, and when he decides to test the coins magic powers, but he is not prepared for the astonishing and sinister events that follow 
Belllairs, John
 Secret of the underground room
 RP 0363579 
RC 45518
When Father Higgins disappears, Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass discover disturbing clues which lead them to England and an encounter with a long-dead knight 
Bloor, Edward
 Tangerine
 RP 0126281 
RC 46159
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football herp brother fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight 
 Blumberg, Rhoda
 Full steam ahead: the race to build a transcontinental railroad
RP 1013159 
RC 44970
Boy Scouts of America, 
 Boy Scout handbook
RP 0118852 
RC 43342
Bryant, Jennifer Fisher
 Lucretia Mott:  a guiding light
RP 0120453 
RC 46028
Bryant, Jennifer Fisher
 Louis Braille: inventor
RP 0379766 
RC 46863
Brynie, Faith Hickman
 Genetics and human health: a journey within
RP 0980471 
RC 44056
Bunting, Eve
 SOS Titanic
RP 0119821 
RC 43851
Fifteen-year-old Barry O'Neill, traveling from Ireland to america on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, finds his life endangered when the ship hits an iceberg 
Bunting, Eve
 Blackwater
 LP 06258
RC 50943
When Brodie and his cousin Alex find Pauline--the girl he likes--with another guy, a dumb prank on the turns tragic 
Burns, Khephra
 Black stars in orbit: NASA's African American astronauts
RP 0366406 
RC 41667
Byars, Betsy
 Disappearing acts: a Herculeah Jones mystery
RP 0655354 
RC 46723
During his comedy class, amatuer detective Herculeah Jone's tries to solve the mystery when his friend Meats dead body vanishes 
Calvert, Patricia
 Glennis, before and after
 RP 0388428 
RC 45345
While her father serves time, twelve-year-old Glennis learns that not all prisons are made out of stone, and spiders aren't the only ones who weave webs 
Campbell, Eric
 Shark callers
 RP 0927526 
RC 43641
Two boy's lives converge at sea against a backdrop of a volcano eruption and tidal wave near New Guinea 
Canfield, Jack
 Chicken soup for the kids soul: 101 stories of courage, hope, and laughter
 RP 0767874 
RC 46804
Bestseller 
Christopher, John
 City of gold and lead
LP 05721
RC 27307
Christopher, John
 White mountains
LP 05722
RC 26091
A science fiction set in the 21st century about three young friends who embark on a dangerous journey to the White Mountains to escape the Tripods, mechanical aliens 
Christopher, John
 Pool of fire
LP 05723
RC 35084
Cochrane, Patricia A
 Purely Rosie Pearl
RP 1003022 
RC 45580
In 1936 twelve-year-old Rosie Pearl Bush and her family of ,igrants endure the hardships of the Great Depression as they find work picking fruit in the California Valley 

 

Colman, Penny
 Rosie the riveter: Women working on the home front in World War II
RP 0364686 
RC 41945
Conford, Ellen
 Crush
RP 0658455 
RC 46609
A series of nine romantic episodes in the lives of B.J. and other students at Cutter's Forge High as they plan for the Valentine's Day Sweetheart Stomp 
Cooper, Susan
 King of shadows
LP 06277
RC 50063
In London as part of an acting troupe performing in the Globe Theatre, young Nat Field contracts the bubonic plague and is transported back to 1599 where he performs for Queen Elizabeth I with Shakespeare 
  Cooper, Susan
 Dark is rising
LPon order
RC 08054
Early on the morning of his eleventh birthday, Will Dawson wakes to find that he is one of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to controlling the evil forces of the Dark 
Cooper, Ilene
 Dead Sea scrolls
RP 0388310 
RC 45633
Couloumbis, Audrey
 Getting near to baby
LP 06257
RC 50374
Willa and JoAnn are whisked away to an aunt's house while their mother recovers from the sudden death of their baby sister 
Coville, Bruce
 Oddly enough
RP 0740321 
RC 43249
A collection of short stories featuring an angel, unicorn, vampire, werewolf, and other unusual creatures 
Cox, Clinton
 Mark Twain: American's humorist, dreamer, prophet
RP 1078234 
RC 45656
Crew, Gary
 Angel's gate
RP 0119827 
RC 45508
Curtis, Christopher Paul
 Watsons go to Birmingham
LP 06269
RC 41921
The members of the "Weird Watson" family drive from Michigan to visit Grandma Sands in Alabama, where they experience racism and segregation Newbery Medal 
Cushman, Karen
 Ballad of Lucy Whipple
RP 1014848 
RC 44772
Twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who names herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town in 1949 
Cushman, Karen
 Midwife's apprentice
RP 0380992 
RC 40833 
Set in medieval Endland, a homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and eventually gains the three things that she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world 
DeFelice, Cynthia
 Lostman's river
RP 0876446 
RC 46744
Derby, Pat
 Grams, her boyfriend, my family, and me
RP 0115556 
RC 41565
Fifteen-year-old Andy tells of his chaotic life living with four sisters, his parents, and his opinionated grandma 
Dexter, Catherine
 Alien game
RP 0838428 
RC 44244
As the students at her school become increasingly caught up in the annual game of Elimination, Zoe grows more and more convinced that the new girl in her eighth grade class is not what she seems 
Dorris, Michael
 Window
RP 0653258 
RC 46538
When ten-year-old Rayona's mother enters a treatment facility, her estranged father, a black man, finally introduces her to his side of the family, and they are not at all what she expected 
Duane, Diane
 Wizard abroad
RP 1062514 
RC 46831
When Nina's parents send her back to Ireland, they do not realize she will be in the homeland of magic, and nita soon finds fellow wizards and plenty to keep her occupied 

Duane, Diane
 High wizardry
RP 0961931 
RC 46717
When her younger sister uses the family computer with its special wizard software to travel to worlds light years away, Nita uses her wizardry to find her 
Eckert, Allan W
 Incident at Hawk's Hill
LP 00948
RC 38913
Ellis, Sarah
 Out of the blue
RP 1063291 
RC 44062
After discovering that she has a twenty-four-year-old half twelve-year-old Megan finds the well-defined edges of her life dissappearing into confusion 
Evslin, Bernard
 Heroes, Gods, and monsters of the Greek myths
RP 0447020 
RC 43420
Farmer, Nancy
 Girl named Disaster
RP 0385933 
RC 45799
Eleven-year-old Nhamo flees from her village in Mozambigue to avoid an arranged marrige 
Fine, Anne
 Tulip touch
 RP 0648188 
RC 45631
Natalie, who lives in the large hotel managed by her father, has a dangerous friendship with tulip, the wildly uncontrollable girl on a neighboring farm
Fisher, Dorothy
 Understood Betsy
RP 098660 
RC 43786
When her aunt can no longer take care of her, Elizabeth Ann learns that she must go to live with cousins in Vermont 
Fitzhugh, Louise
 Harriet, the spy
LP 00248
RC 44768
Forrester, Sandra
 My home is over Jordan
RP 0740356 
RC 46301
No longer a slave now that the Civil War is over, fifteen-year-old Maddie dreams of getting an education and becoming a teacher, but she finds the reality of freedom harsh 
Fradin, Dennis Brindell
 Planet hunters: the search for other worlds
RP 0655510 
RC 46099
the frozen tundra of Pennsylvania 
Gantos, Jack
 Jack's new power: stories from a Caribbean year
RP 0120511 
RC 46232
When his father moves the family to Barbados, thirteen-year-old Jack learns that life is not always idyllic on an island paradise 
Gantos, Jack
 Joey Pigza swallowed the key
 LP 06327
RC 48254
When Joey's medication for ADD wears off during the school day, he accidentally swallows his house key, and causes problems while his mother and teachers try to help him 
Garland, Sherry
 Cabin 102
 RP 1062445 
RC 43304
While on a cruise with his family, twelve-year-old Dusty encounters the ghost of an Arawak Indian girl through whom he comes to terms with his fears 
George, Jean Craighead
 Julie's wolfpack
RP 0249775 
RC 45826
Chronicles six years of the wolf pack family led by Kapu 
George, Jean Craighead
 Julie of the wolves
 LP 00759
RC 34451 
Newbery Medal 
Geraghty, Helen Monsoon
 Chris Burke: actor
RP 1094165 
RC 46557
The life of Chris Burke, star of "Life Goes On," who has Down syndrome 
Giff, Patricia Riley
 Lily's crossing
 LP 06273
RC 45659
In the summer of 1944 Lily goes to Rockaway Beach, New York, with her grandmother and meets a young Hungarian refugee who fled from the Nazis 
Gilbin, James Cross
 When plague strikes: the black death, smallpox, and AIDS
RP 0368379 
RC 43426
Glenn, Mel
 Jump Ball: a basketball season in poems
RP 0660855 
RC 46367
Goodman, Susan E
 Stones, bones, and petroglyphs: Digging into southwest archeology
RP 1047915 
RC 46421
Describes a one-week field trip where eighth graders worked with archaeologists at Crow Canyon 
Greenberg, Judith E
 Pioneer woman's memoir: based on the journal of Arabella Clemens Fulton
RP 0119837 
RC 44757
Griffin, Adele
 Other Shepards
LP 06285
RC 48567
Sisters Holland and Geneva live in the shadow of their two brothers and sisters who died before they were born 
  Haas, Dan
 You can call me Worm
RP 0648182 
RC 46392
Hoping to help their troubled father, who has been sitting on his roof for several days, Worm eleven-year-old Worm and his older brother set out from their mother's house on a trek across suburban Virginia 
Haas, Jessie
 Unbroken
LP 06264
RC 50101
This story takes place in Vermont in 1910, when thirteen-year-old Harry goes to live with her stern Aunt Sarah after her mothers sudden death 
  Haddix, Margaret
 Leaving Fishers
RP 0655488 
RC 46161
After joining ger new friends in the religious group called the Fishers of Men, junior Dorry finds herself immersed in a cult from which she must struggle to extricate herself 
Hano, Renee Roth
 Touchwood: a girlhood in occupied France
RP 0510924 
RC 42958
The author recreates her girlhood experiences as a Jewish child in France during WWII 
Harrington, Geri
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee: champion athlete
RP 0124729 
RC 46556
Haskins, Jim
 Black, blue, and gray: African Americans in the Civil War
RP 0666497 
RC 46490

Haynes, Betsy
 Great dad disaster
RP 0187764 
RC 43454
Eighth graders Scotti and Lorna are asked out by the boys of their dreams, but Scotti's dad is far from pleased 
 Hesse, Karen
 Music of dolphins
RP 0647979 
RC 45591
After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabillitate her to the human world 
Hesse, Karen
 Out of the dust
RP 1029082 
RC 46712
Told in free verse, an account of two-years of the life of Billie Jo Kelby, who at thirteen loses her mother and new baby brother in a terrible accident for which she is partly to blame
   Hickman, Janet
 Jericho
RP 0647811 
RC 42206
Hite, Sid
 Those darn Dithers
RP 1021736 
RC 43693 
This sequel to Dither Farm continues the antics of the dither family and their quirky neighbors in Willow County, Virginia 
Hobbs, Will
 Ghost canoe
RP 0730130 
RC 46239
Adventure taking place on Tatoosh Island, Washington, in 1847, about fourteen-year-old Nathan who is helping his father tend a lighthouse on Cape Flattery 
Holub, Josef
 Robber and me
RP 0649344 
RC 46035
Because he knows a man accused of robbery is innocent, an eleven-year-old orphan struggles to find courage to reveal the truth to his uncle in their small German village in 1867
 Howarth, Leslie
 Weather eye
RP 0367444 
RC 43259 
In England in 1999, thirteen-year-old Telly organizes her fellow climate observation club members to calm the planet's turbulent weather 
Howe, James
 New Nick Kramer: or, my life as a babysitter
RP 1075693 
RC 45418 
Fourteen-year-old Nick signs up for a babysitting and child care class to be near a beautiful new girl at school, but his first attempts at real babysitting prove to be less than successful 
Hughes, Monica
 Golden Aquarians
RP 1063421 
RC 45392
Thirteen-year-old Walt Elliot goes with his father he hasn't seen for years to the planet Aqua, where he discovers his father's project threatens the existence of highly intelligent native species 
Hunter, Mollie
 Sound of chariots
RP 0288922 
RC 43357
Nine-year-old Bridie McShane is growing up in scotland after WWI tries to come to terms with her grief over her father's death and her increasing sense of the passage of time 
Hurwitz, Johanna
 Even Stephen
 RP 0710469 
RC 44402
A traumatic event in the lives of seventeen-year-old Stephen and his little sister helps them to understand and accept themselves and each other 
Ingold, Jeanette
 Window
RP 0647295 
RC 45455
When she goes to live with relatives on a Texas ranch, fifteen-year-ols Mandy encounters the grandmother she never knew and begins to come to terms with her blindness caused by the accident that killed her mother 
Jacobs, Paul
 James Printer: a novel of rebellion
RP 1033218 
RC 46830
Although he has lived and worked as a printer's apprentice with the Green family in Cambridge for many years, James, a nipmuck Indian, finds himself caught up in the events that lead to a horrible war 
Jacobs, William J
 They shaped the game: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Jackie Robinson
RP 1055083 
RC 45803
Jacques, Brian
 Long patrol
RP 0653268 
RC 46543
A frisky young hare called Tammo exchanges imaginary enemies for real ones when his mother sends him to join the Long Patrol of warrior hares 
Jacques, Brian
 Pearls of Lutra
RP 0385786 
RC 45599
Tansy, a young hedgehog living at Redwall Abbey, attempts to solve the riddle of the missing pearls while at the same time the evil marten, Mad Eyes, desires them for himself 
Jacques, Brian
 Outcast of Redwall
 RP 0386481 
RC 45135
The orphan badger, Sunflash the Mace, undergoes many ordeals before claiming his heritage as badger lord of Salamandastrom 
 Jaffe, Nina
 Patakin: world tales of drums and drummers
 RP 0801786 
RC 45298
Ten folktales involving drums and drummers in cultures around the world 
Janover, Caroline
 Worst speller in jr. high
RP 0383972 
RC 46687
Starting out in seventh grade, Katie finds herself trying to cope with her dyslexia and form a friendship with a very bright boy at school, while her mother is diagnosed with cancer 
Jiminez, Francisco
 Circuit: stories from the life of a migrant child
RP 0771573 
RC 46960
Twelve interconnected short stories about the hardships of Panchito and his family, who are all illegal migrant workers 
 Jones, Charlotte Foltz
 Fingerprints and talking bones: how real-life crimes are solved
RP 0747183 
RC 45658
Discusses the use of forensic science and technology for crime-solving 
Jones, Diane Wynne
 Witch week
RP 0076343 
RC 46203
When a teacher at an English boarding school finds a note on his desk accusing someone in the class of being a witch, magical things begin to happen and an inquisitor is summoned 
Jones, Tim Wynne
 Maestro
RP 0386996 
RC 45582
Fed up with his father, fourteen-year-old Burl Crow takes off to the Canadian wilderness, where he stumbles upon the cabin of eccenteric pianist Nathanial Orlando Gow
Jukes, Mavis
 It's a girl thing: how to stay healthy, safe, and in charge
RP 0932358 
RC 43400
Juster, Norton
 Phantom tollbooth
LP 05283
RC 23208
Kehret, Peg
 Cages
RP 0498076 
RC 40969
After losing the lead in the school play and getting in a fight with her drunk stepfather, Kit is arrested for shoplifting and ordered to community service working in an animal shelter 

 


Kent, Deborah
 Extraordinary people with disabilities
RP 0862847 
RC 45510
Profiles of forty-eight notable individuals with disabilities 

 

Kipling, Rudyard
 Jungle Book
RP 0071833 
RC 40928
Seven short stories, three of which present the adventures of Mowgli, a boy who is raised by a pack of wolves in India 
Konigsburg, E. L
 Silent to the bone
LPon order
RC 00000
A thirteen-year-old boy named Branwell mysteriously refuses to speak after screaming for his baby half-sister's au pair and is accused of drooping the infant and is sent to a detention center 
Kramer, Barbara
 Amy Tan: author of the Joy Luck Club
 RP 1092638 
RC 44265
Biography of Amy Tan, best-selling author 
L' Engle, Madeleine
 Wind in the door
LP 05656
RC 41596
L' Engle, Madeleine
 Swiftly tilting planet
LP 05648
RC 49606
Lantz, Francess
 Someone to love
RP 0649867 
RC 46211
Although at odds with her parents decision to adopt a baby, fifteen-year-old Sara finds herself drawn to the birth mother, who is having second thoughts about giving up her child 
Le Guin, Ursula K
 Wizard of earthsea
LP 04264
RC 25315
Le Guin, Ursula K
 Tombs of Atuan
LP 05251
RC 24584

Lester, Julius
 This strange new feeling
RP 0496891 
RC 44740
Three love stories, based on actual historic incidents, about African American slave couples who gain their freedom
Levy, Elizabeth
 Seventh grade tango
LP 06331
RC 50671
When ballroom dancing is introduced at their school, Rebecca and Scott are teamed up and turn into wonderful dance partners, but Rebecca's friend Samantha claims Scott as her boyfriend just as Rebecca starts to have romantic feelings for him 
Lipsyte, Robert
 Michael Jordan: a life above the rim
RP 0964413 
RC 43439
Lisandreli, Elaine S
 Maya Angelou: more than a poet
RP 0709051 
RC 43311
Lisle, Janet Taylor
The Lost Flower Children
LP 06324
no recorded version
Nine year old Olivia must discover a lost secret to bring back a party of children transformed by a spell into flowers.
Livingston, Myra Cohn
 Cricket never does: a collection of haiku and tanka
RP 0871685 
RC 46169
Lowry, Lois
 Your move, J.P
RP 0092836 
RC 40988
James Priestly Tate, twelve, begins to acquire some strange new habits when he falls in love for the first time 
Lowry, Lois
 Gathering Blue
LP 06289
RC
When Kira is suddenly orphaned, the neighbors try to expel her because of her lame leg, and Kira's talent for embroidery saves her life 

Lowry, Lois
 Stay! Keepers story
RP 0651572 
RC 46164
About a puppy born outside of a french restaurant and the variety of lifestyles he experiences as an orphan
Lowry, Lois
 Rabble Starkey
LP 05252
RC 27375
Macht, Norman
 Jim Abbott: major league pitcher
RP 0826367 
RC 46565
Macht, Norman
 Lou Gehrig
RP 0625107 
RC 45752
MacLachlan, James
 Galileo Galilei: first physicist
RP 0657236 
RC 46846
Mark, Jan
 God's story
RP 0743678 
RC 46089

Matas, Carol
 Of two minds
RP 0762809 
RC 46427
Follows the adventures of two royal teenagers who possess extraordinary mental powers 
Mayne, William
 Drift
LP 04272
RC 25103
Mazer, Norma Fox
 Missing pieces
 RP 0755770 
RC 44403
Longing for a father, fourteen-year-old Jesse leaves her mother and aunt and sets out to learn about the father who abandoned her 
 McCaffrey, Anne
 Black horses for the king
RP 0384010 
RC 45290
McCullers, Carson
 Member of the Wedding
 RP 0195651 
RC 44002
A bored, lonely twelve-year-old child finds an interest when she hears about her older brother's wedding and decides she will go, uninvited, on the honeymoon 
McDaniel, Melissa
 Stephen Hawking: revolutionary physicist
RP 0659807 
RC 46899
Biography of the British scientist who is famous for his work with black holes, who also is dehabillitated with Lou gehrig's disease 
McDonald, Megan
 Bridge to nowhere
RP 0750730 
RC 39983
Seventh grader Hallie is adjusting to friendship with an exciting older boy when her father, an unemployed brigde builder, becomes an angry stranger in his own house 
McKean, Thomas
 My evil twin
RP 0761135 
RC 47266
Jellimiah "John" Jensen is very relieved to be transferring to a new school where he can hide his embarrassing first name, but when his old school accidentially sends a transcript for each of his names 
Meltzer, Milton
 Ten queens: portraits of women of power
 RP 0667544 
RC 46941
The author portrays ten powerful queens throughout history who ruled in theory own right through intelligence and courage 
Meyer, Carolyn
 Gideon's people
 RP 0383761 
RC 46034
Torn between youthful rebellion and their traditional heritages, two very different boys from very different cultures--one amish, one Orthodox Jew-- discover just how similar they really are 
Meyer, Carolyn
 White lilacs
 RP 0525517 
RC 45542
In 1921 in Dillon, Texas, twelve-year-old Rose Lee sees trouble threatening her blach community when the whites decide to take the land there for a park and forcibly relocate the black families to an ugly stretch of territory outside of town 
Meyer, Carolyn
 Jubilee journey
RP 1063394 
RC 46308
Emily Rose learns about her black heritage and uncovers some new and exciting parts of her own identity while visiting her great-grandmother in Texas 
Montgomery, L. M
 Anne of Avonlea
LP 05652
RC 14907
Montgomery, L. M
 Jane of Lantern Hill
 RP 0336631 
RC 40703
Living in Toronto with an unhappy mother and a domineering grandmother, Jane learns that her father is not dead, ad she goes to visit him on Prince Edward Island 
Montgomery, L. M
 Anne of Green Gables
LP 05647
RC 14670
Montgomery, L. M
 Anne of Green Gables
LP 05647
RC 14670
Morpurgo, Michael
 Arthur, high king of Britain
 RP 1055474 
RC 43414
A twelve-year-old boy comes across Arthur Pendragon, who has just awakened from his long sleep beneath the earth, and hears from him some of the exciting stories of his past 
Morris, Gerald
 Squire, his knight, and his lady
 LP 06300
RC 49598
In this sequel to The Squire's Tale, Sir Gawain and Terence set off on an adventure-filled quest 
Morris, Gerald
 Squire's tale
 LP 06291
RC 46840
A medieval tail of a boy named Terence who follows Gawain of Orkney, who is traveling to join the Knights of the Round Table and the adventures that reveal Terence's true identity 
Murphy, James
 Great Fire
RP 0708102 
RC 44868
Myers, Edward
 Hostage
RP 1055484 
RC 46466

 

Myers, Edward
 Climb or die
RP 0827577 
RC 47312
Adventure about thirteen-year-old Jake and fourteen-year-old Danielle who are stranded when their parents are seriously injured in a car accident in a snowstorm on the way to their Colorado cabin 
Myers, Anna
 Spotting the leopard
 RP 0385323 
RC 45279
In the late 1930's, H. J. Harper is intent on finding a way to help his older sister study to become a veterinarian and on tracking down an escape leopard from the zoo in Oklahoma City 
Myers, Walter D
 Amistad: a long road to freedom
RP 0649828 
RC 46426
Napoli, Donna Jo
 Stones in water
RP 0649345 
RC 46143
After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theatre along with other Italian boys including his German friend, Roberto is forced to work in germany, escapes into the Ukranian winter, before desperately trying to make his way back home 
Napoli, Donna Jo
 Crazy Jack
LP 06290 
RC 50017
A coming of age story about risk-taking centered around the age old tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, with a modern edge 
Nardo, Don
 Franklin D. Roosevelt
RP 0578116 
RC 46895
Nardo, Don
 Roman Colosseum
RP 0914081 
RC 46600
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
 Ice
RP 0190062 
RC 45251
When thirteen-year-old Chrissa is sent to her grandmother's farm, she learns more about her absent father and some of the reasons for the distant relationship with her mother 
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
 Outrageously Alice
RP 0730132 
RC 45568
Now in the eighth grade, Alice decides she is boring and tries to reinvent herself 
 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
 Achingly Alice
RP 0701657 
RC 46549
Alice is in the eighth grade and continuing her crusade to get her widowed father and her favorite teacher, Miss Summers, to marry 
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
 Alice the brave
RP 0987353 
RC 44063
The summer before eighth grade, Alice tries to confront her fears, not the least which is a fear of deep water 
Neville, Emily
 It's like this, Cat
 LP 00175
RC 22850
Newbery Medal
Nodelman, Perry
 Completely different place
 RP 0647344 
RC 45773
Johnny Nesbit thinks his strange adventures are over until he wakes up in a dollhouse staring at the face of a classmate who dissappeared 
Nolan, Hans
 Send me down a miracle
RP 1000653 
RC 45353
A sleepy, God-fearing southern town erupts in chaos when a flamboyant artist from New york City returns to her birthplace for an artistic experiment

O' Dell, Scott
 Sing down the moon
LP 05096
RC 25275
O' Dell, Scott
 Island of the Blue Dolphins
 LP 04759
RC 22397
Newbery Medal 
O' Dell, Scott
 Streams to the river, river to the sea
LP 05317
RC 26090
O' Dell, Scott
 Zia
RP 0292325 
RC 44035
Zia, a fourteen-year-old Indian girl and her brother, Mando, make plans to rescue Aunt Karana, who was left on the Island of the Blue Dlophins eighteen years ago 
O' Grady, Scott
 Basher Five-Two: The true story of F-16 fighter pilot Captain Scott O' Grady
 RP 0934194 
RC 45398
Air Force pilot Scott O' Grady recounts the harrowing experience of being shot down over hostile Bosnian territory in 1995 
O' Leary, Patsy Baker
 With wings as eagles
RP 0739992 
RC 46492
In 1938 in rural North Carolina, twelve-year-old Bubba Hawkins finds himself in emotional turmoil when his father returns from prison to resume his life with his wife and sons and his black neighbors 
Ocko, Stephanie
 Water: almost enough for everyone
 RP 0987410 
RC 5419
Examines the phenomenon of drought as an environmental and social threat worldwide 
O' Grady, Scott
 Basher Five-Two: The true story of F-16 fighter pilot Captain Scott O' Grady
 RP 0934194 
RC 45398
Air Force pilot Scott O' Grady recounts the harrowing experience of being shot down over hostile Bosnian territory in 1995 
O' Leary, Patsy Baker
 With wings as eagles
RP 0739992 
RC 46492
In 1938 in rural North Carolina, twelve-year-old Bubba Hawkins finds himself in emotional turmoil when his father returns from prison to resume his life with his wife and sons and his black neighbors 
Ocko, Stephanie
 Water: almost enough for everyone
 RP 0987410 
RC 45419
Examines the phenomenon of drought as an environmental and social threat worldwide 
Paterson, Katherine
 Preacher's boy
 LP 06259
RC 49750
"This story takes place in Vermont in 1899 when Robbie, a minister's son, gives up being a Christian for six months before the turn of the century because he wants to live freely till the "Dread Day
Paterson, Katherine
 Jip: his story
RP 1022334 
RC 45131
 While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at that place 
Paterson, Katherine
 Bridge to Terabithia
LP  06320
RC 48732
A haunting story about Jess and his best friend Leslie, who create a secret kingdom in the woods where they reign supreme--until tragedy strikes 
Paterson, Katherine
 Parzival: the quest of the grail knight
 RP 0665458 
RC 46333
Parzival's mother tried to raise him without knowledge of King Arthur's court, but one day he meets three knights in the woods, and becomes determined to be a knight himself 
Paterson, Katherine
 Great Gilly Hopkins
LP  06318
RC 12172
The story of Gilly Hopkins, a girl trying to find her real mother, who schemes against almost everyone who tries to love her along the way
Paulsen, Gary
 Sarny: a life remembered
RP 1025755 
RC 45906
The continuing adventures of Sarny, the slave girl Nightjohn taught to read, through the aftermath of the Civil War during which she taught other Blacks and lived a full life until age ninety-four 
Paulsen, Gary
 Harris and me: a summer remembered
 RP 1012005 
RC 45249
In the 1950's, two boys on a farm find all kinds of trouble and adventure 
Paulsen, Gary
 Tucket's ride
 RP 1034541 
RC 43949
When fifteen-year-old Francis and two younger children lose their way in the wilderness of the Southwest, they face capture at the hands of dangerous men 
Paulsen, Gary
 Hatchet
LP 06311
RC 30535
A thirteen-year-old boy named Brian, troubled by his parents divorce, must try and survive after his plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and he is the only survivor 
Paulsen, Gary
 Call me Francis Tucket
 RP 0366597 
RC 43950
In this sequel th Mr. Tucket, young Francis has parted ways with the mountain man who rescued him from the Pawnees, and is heading to Oregon to find his families wagon train 

 

Paulsen, Gary
 Tent: a parable in one sitting
 RP 0383840 
RC 42729
Dismayed and embarrassed when his father takes him on the road to get rich preaching the word of God, fourteen-year-old Steven finds himself caught up in the money and the things it can buy
Paulsen, Gary
 Mr. Tucket
 RP 1016366 
RC 43949
In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped my Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild 
Paulsen, Gary
 My life in dog years
 LP 06266
RC 48269
Paulsen write about eight of the pet dogs that have shared his life, their adventures, and how they have made his life memorable 
Paulsen, Gary
 Father water, mother woods: essays on fishing and hunting in the North Woods
RP 1031801 
RC 40683
Paulsen, Gary
 Car
 RP 1021528 
RC 44997
Fourteen-year-old Terry awakes one morning to find his parents gone, so he assembles a car kit his father owned and sets off on a journey to Oregon in search of his uncle 

 

Pearce, Phillipa
 Way to Sattin Shore
LP 04163
RC 24489
Peck, Richard
 Long way from Chicago
LP  06293
RC 50305
In eight short stories an old man reminisces about the week him and his little sister spent with their grandmother 
Peck, Robert
 Arly's run
 RP 0363388 
RC 44981
Arly, an orphan in search of a home and family, escapes from a brutal migrant labor camp, joins a traveling religious show, and battles a devastating Florida hurricane
Peretti, Frank E
 Deadly curse of Toco-Rey
 RP 0388408 
RC 45724
The sixth book in the Cooper Kids adventures based on Dr. Jacob Cooper and his children Jay and Lila and their adventures 
Phillip, Neil
 Earth always endures: Native American Poems
RP 0655166 
RC 45951
Pringle, Laurence
 Elephant woman: Cynthia Moss explores the world of elephants
RP 0653332 
RC 46051
Rappoport, Ken
 Grant Hill
RP 0383797 
RC 46383
Ritter, John H
 Choosing up sides
 RP 0766125 
RC 46935
In 1921, thirteen-year-old Luke finds himself torn between accepting his left-handedness or conforming to the belief of his preacher-father that such a condition of evil and must be overcome 
Roberts, Willo Davis
 Twisted summer
 RP 0381015 
RC 44211
Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year 
Rydberg, Ernie
 Footsy
LP 00825
RC 07879
Sachs, Marilyn
 What my sister remembered
 RP 0585677 
RC 43389
While visiting her younger sister Mollie, Beth confronts painful memories of the sudden death of her parents and the subsequent adoption of the sisters by different families 
Salisbury, Graham
 Blue skin of the sea
LP 05646
RC 38728
Salisbury, Graham
 Under the blood-red sun
 RP 1016368 
RC 44654
Thirteen-year-old Tomi's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and the local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor 
San Souci, Robert D
 Even more short and shivery: thirty spine tingling tales
 RP 0751696 
RC 45766
San Souci relates thirty more international tales of demons and ghosts 
Schmidt, Gary D
 Pilgrim's progress: a retelling
 RP 0948750 
RC 43496
The pilgrim Christian undertakes the dangerous journey to the Celestial City, experiencing physical and spiritual obstacles along the way 
Schraff, Anne
 Women of peace: Nobel Peace Prize winners
RP 1022950 
RC 40901
Service, Pam C
 Phantom Victory
 RP 0361255 
RC 44162
A teenage boy and girl, aided by ancestral ghosts embark on a treasure hunt to find an heirloom necklace hidden years earlier by a guest at South Bass Island's Victory Hotel 
Sheldon, Dyan
 Boy of my dreams
 RP 0647326 
RC 46202
Mike and her best friend Hope breathlessly await meeting the guys of their dreams and falling in love, but after Mike thinks that she has found the perfect boy there seems to be some question of wheather he is her destiny 
Siegel, Beatrice
 Marian Wright Edelman: The Making of a crusader
 RP 0388928 
RC 44492 
Profile of the founder of the Children's Defense und 
Skinner, David
 Wrecker
  RP 0738925 
RC 45635
Bent on vengeance against a schoolyard bully, seventh-graders Theo and Michael join forces to fashion a "wrecker" that will destroy their tormentor 
Sleator, William
 Night the heads came
 RP 0383777 
RC 45176
When aliens abduct both Leo and his artist friend Tim, Leo tries to determine why these creatures from outer space want particularly to use his friend's talent 
Smith, Roland
 Thunder cave
 RP 1038194 
RC 43377
After his mother's death, young Jake Lansa leaves his New York home on a long quest to Kenya in search of his father, a wildlife biologist 
Snelling, Lauraine
 Winner's Circle
 RP 0116229 
RC 45825
As Trish and her filly Firefly recover from a tragic racing accident, she tries to find out who's behind the disturbing threats she continues to receive and discovers that God has the perfect plan for her 
Soto, Gary
 Crazy weekend
 RP 0938600 
RC 43722
After their photograph of a robbery is published in the newspaper, Hector and Mando find themselves pursued by two goofy thieves
Soto, Gary
 Local news
 RP 0849715 
RC 44338
Thirteen tales set in a Mexican American neighborhood in which young boys and girls dhare the embarrassment and disappointments they frequently endure at the hands of friends or siblings 
Spinelli, Jerry
 Crash
 RP 0655505 
RC 45172
Crash Coogan is a self-centered seventh-grade jock until his grandfather's illness forces him and the rest of his family to reassess their values 
Spinelli, Jerry
 Maniac Magee
  LP 05654
RC 33527
 Newbery Medal 
Spinelli, Jerry
 Library card
 RP 0388965 
RC 45177
In each of these four stories, a young person is led by the magic of a library card to the power of books 
Spinelli, Jerry
 Knots in my yo-yo string
 LP 06278
RC 46923
The author tells humorous stories of his adventure-filled childhood in Pennsylvania 

 

Springer, Nancy
 I am Mordred: a tale from Camelot
 RP 0912577 
RC 46756
When Mordred learns the identity of his father, he struggles with feelings of hatred, but also fights the fatewhich determines that he kill the good and gracious king 
Stanley, Jerry
 I am Japanese American: a true story of Japanese internment
RP 0189584 
RC 44161
Stine, R. L
 Dare
 RP 0856395 
RC 44909
Johanna Wise is dared by some wealthy classmates she knows to kill her next door neighbor on Fear Street: a teacher named Mr. Northwood

Stine, R. L
 Sunburn
 RP 0126854 
RC 44358
Marla invites three girls to spend a week at her mansion on the beach, and suspicious incidents make the other girls think Marla is seeking revenge for a tragic accident whch took Marla's sisters life 
Stine, R. L
 Cheater
 RP 0368818 
RC 44512
Carter Phillips is under pressure to ace her math exam, so she gets Adam Messner to take it for her, but his price is blackmail, and Carter's only way out may be murder 
  Sutcliff, Rosemary
 Wanderings of Odysseus: the story of the odyssey
 RP 0957860 
RC 45779
The story of the Greek hero Odysseus, who, after successfully capturing Troy, endures nineteen years of perils returning home to Ithaca 
Taylor, Mildrid D
 Roll of thunder, hear my cry
 LP 04801
RC 50326
Nine-year-old Cassie Logan recalls a turbulent time in Mississippi during the Great Depression, describing her African American family's struggle to survive Newbery Medal 
Taylor, Theodore
 Sniper
 RP 0495391 
RC 43260
Fifteen-year-old Ben is left in charge of his parents' wild animal preserve while they are away, but when the chief animal handler is injured and someone starts to pick off the wild cats, Ben's responsibilities may overwhelm him 
Thompson, Peggy
 Nine-ton-cat: behind the scenes at an art museum
RP 0655533 
RC 46219
Tucker, Tom
 Brainstorm! The stories of twenty American kid inventors
RP 1063603 
RC 41819
Van Leeuwen, Jean
 Dear mom, you're ruining my life
 RP 0849845 
RC 43883
Samantha has just turned eleven, is the tallest person in 6th grade, and is totally embarrassed by everything her mother does 
 VanCleave, Janice
 Janice VanCleave's the human body for every kid: Easy activities that make learning science fun
RP 0847929 
RC 43479
Wertime, Marcia
 Bob Dole: politician
RP 0827683 
RC 46864
West, Callie
 My first love
 RP 1101382 
RC 43383
When junior Amy gets asked out by Chris, she suddenly forgets her goals and dreams as she gets carried away with her first real boyfriend 
 Westall, Robert
 Gulf
 RP 0381975 
RC 43584
Tom, a British schoolboy during the Gulf War, narrates his younger brother's struggles with an apparent mental illnessor "mystery of nature" which has himassuming the role of an Iraqi buy fighting in the war 
White, Ruth
 Belle Prater's boy
 LP 06279
RP 0379488 
RC 45802
When twelve-year-old Woodrow Prater's mother Belle mysteriously vanishes from their Appalachian shack, Woodrow moves into town to live with his grandparents and starts a friendship with cousin Gypsy Newbery Medal 
Williams, Carol Lynch
 True colors of Caitlynne Jackson
RP 0730610 
RC 46198
Twelve-year-old Caitlynne and her sister Cara try to fend for themselves when their volatile mother abandons them for the summer 
Wilson, Nancy H
 Becoming Felix
 RP 0818370 
RC 45397
Worried about the difficulties on his families Massachsetts dairy farm, twelve-year-old JJ is willing to give up his dreams of becoming a great clarinet player and on his friendship with a new Jewish classmate and his love of music 
Wilson, Janet
 Ingenious Mr. Peale: painter, patriot, and man of science
 RP 1021860 
RC 44726
The life of Charles Wilson Peale
Wood, June R
 When pigs fly
RP 0838035 
RC 43252
Thirteen-year-old Buddy Rae and her best friend 
Jiniwin and their adventures taking care of buddy's sister, who has down's syndrome 
Wright, Betty Ren
 Out of the dark
 RP 0927519 
RC 43913
When Jessica moves to her grandmother's childhood home and makes friends with the handicapped girl next door, she begins to have nightmares about the old schoolhouse in the woods 
Wunderli, Stephen
 Heartbeat of halftime
 RP 0889563 
RC 45674
Thirteen-year-old Wing clings to the dream that his perpetually losing football team can ride an unexpected winning streak to the championship game before his father dies of cancer 
Yarbrough, Camille
 Shimmershine queens
 RP 0125551 
RC 45416
Two fifth graders try to uplift themselves and their classmates out of a less than beautiful urban present by encouraging dreams and the desires to achieve them
Yashinsky, Dan
 Ghostwise: a book of midnight stories
 RP 0655346 
RC 46740
Collection of thirty-five tales of the supernatural from many different cultures 

Yep, Laurence
 Thief of hearts
 RP 0119882 
RC 45839
When Stacy is paired with a Chinese girl at school who is accused of theft, she must come to terms with her own Chinese and American heritage 
 Yep, Laurence
 Case of the Goblin Pearls
 RP 0836522 
RC 46951
Lily and her aunt, a Chinese actress, join forces to solve the theft of some pricelesspearls and stop the operator of a sweatshop in Chinatown 
Zalben, Jane
 Unfinished dreams
 RP 0712634 
RC 45344
Sixth-grader Jason Glass pursues his dream of becoming a great violinist while his mentor, school principal Mr. Carr, suffers from AIDS 
Zindel, Paul
 Doom stone
 RP 0383773 
RC 45420
When fifteen-year-old Jackson goes to visit his Aunt sarah, an anthropologist, he embarks on some horrifying adventures with her