Intermediate and Middle School Booklist

Alexander, Lloyd -- The chronicles of Prydain {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Square Fish/Henry
Holt, 2011., RL 5.9
Taran, the Assistant Pig Keeper in the mythical kingdom of Prydain, sets out to save
his country from evil.
PAP 1 29.76
0449NM5
Alexander, Lloyd -- Time cat : the remarkable journeys of Jason and Gareth [ ELS+
HRN+ PWK+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Square Fish, 2012., RL 5.1, 211p
Jason and his magic cat Gareth travel through time to visit countries all over the
world during different periods of history.
AR: 4.7 MG 5.0 17794EN Lexile: 660 PAP 1
5.19 5.19
07381T4
Almond, David -- The fire-eaters [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ HRN* KIR* KLI+ NBKL PWK+
SLJ+ VOY* VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Laurel-Leaf, 2004, 2003., RL 3.6, 218p
Despite observing his father's illness and the suffering of the fire-eating Mr.
McNulty, as well as enduring abuse at school and the stress of the Cuban Missile
Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends, living in England in 1962, still find
reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future.
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Almond, David -- Kit's wilderness [ BKL* BUL+ CHO+ HRN+ MLPW NBKL NPTW
PWK* SLJ* WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2001, c1999., RL 4.2,
229p
Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining
town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by
ghosts of the past.
AR: 3.7 UG 6.0 36754EN Lexile: 470 FBG 1
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Almond, David -- Skellig [ 5OW+ BKK+ BKL* CARW ELS+ MLPH NBKL PWK* SLJ*
WCC+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Dell Yearling, 2000, c1998., RL 3.5, 182p
Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated
old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is
something like a bird and something like an angel.
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0628TB0
Almond, David, 1951- -- My name is Mina [ BKL* HRN+ KIR+ LMC* NYT+ PWK* SLJ+
VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Yearling, 2012, c2010., RL 4.6, 300p
Creative, intelligent, nine-year-old Mina keeps a journal in her own disorderly way
that reveals how her mind is growing into something extraordinary, especially after
she begins homeschooling under the direction of her widowed mother.

AR: 4.2 MG 5.0 147654EN PAP 1 5.99
5.99
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Almond, David, 1951- -- The savage [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ VOY+ WMJ+ ]
{IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2008., RL 5.9, 79p
After his father dies and the town bully Hooper begins to target him, Blue starts to
write and illustrate a graphic novel full of blood, guts, and adventures; but after one
of Blue's characters pays Hooper a nighttime visit, Blue wonders if the lines of
reality have blurred.
AR: 4.6 MG 1.0 125823EN Lexile: 730 HRD 1
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Anderson, Laurie Halse -- Acting out {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books, 2012., RL 4, 123p
Zoe is unhappy about leaving Hollywood to live with her cousin, Maggie, and
grandmother, Dr. Mac, in Ambler, Pennsylvania, while her mother is away on a film
shoot, but soon gets involved in a suspected case of antifreeze poisoning.
AR: 4.0 MG 3.0 157890EN PAP 1 4.54
4.54
0141EX5
Anderson, Laurie Halse -- Ashes (working title) / (Seeds of America Book 3) {IL 5-8,
-Fic-} -- Atheneum BFYR, c2013.
HRD 1 14.49 14.49
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on July 8, 2014.
07161W5
Anderson, Laurie Halse -- Chains [ BKK+ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC* NBKL NYT+
PCGW PWK* SLJ+ VOY* WCC+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for
Young Readers, 2010, c2008., RL 5.2, 316p
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for
the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
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Anderson, Laurie Halse -- Fear of falling {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books, 2009., RL 4.1,
112p
Twelve-year-old David has conflicting feelings when his father, who taught him to
ride the horses he loves so much, returns to spend Thanksgiving Day with the family
after being gone for a year.
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Anderson, Laurie Halse -- Forge [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC* NYT+ PWK*
WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012, c2010., RL
5.4, 297p
Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the
army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing
for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.

5.19 5.19
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Angleberger, Tom -- ART2-D2's guide to folding and doodling [ BKL+ PWK+ ] {IL 3-6,
745.5} -- Amulet Books, 2013., 163p
A collection of crafts and activities featuring Dwight and the other kids at Ralph
McQuarrie Middle School and characters from "Star Wars."
HRD 1 11.06 11.06
0742NM4
Angleberger, Tom -- Fake mustache, or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and her wonder horse
(and some nerdy kid) saved the U.S. Presidential election from a mad genius
criminal mastermind [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Amulet Books, 2013., RL 4.6, 196p
Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-genius best friend Casper
and world domination as Casper uses a spectacularly convincing fake mustache and
the ability to hypnotize to rob banks, amass a vast fortune, and run for president.
5.17 5.17
0236NW3
Angleberger, Tom -- Horton Halfpott, or, The fiendish mystery of Smugwick Manor,
or, The loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's corset [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+
PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Amulet Books, 2012, c2011., RL 5.8, 206p
Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England,
becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also
connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections.
4.51 4.51
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Angleberger, Tom -- Princess Labelmaker to the rescue! {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Amulet
Books, 2014., RL 4.7, 184p
One month before the state standards test is to take place, the Origami Rebel
Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the
FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her
allegiance.
AR: 4.9 MG 4.0 165192EN HRD 1 11.91
11.91
0727PMX Angleberger, Tom -- The Qwikpick Papers Poop Fountain! {IL
3-6, -Fic-} -- Amulet Books, c2014.
HRD 1 11.06 11.06
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on May 20, 2014.
0812JA5
Angleberger, Tom -- The secret of the Fortune Wookiee [ HRN+ KIR* PWX+ ] {IL 3-6,
-Fic-} -- Amulet Books, 2012., RL 4.6, 190p
McQuarrie Middle School's students miss Origami Yoda when Dwight leaves for
Tippett Academy, but he sends Sara a paper Fortune Wookiee that seems to give

advice just as good as Yoda's--even if, in the hands of girls, it seems preoccupied
with romance.
11.06 11.06
0911FN0
Angleberger, Tom -- Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run [ BKL+ BUL+
HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Puffin, c2014.
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Angleberger, Tom -- The surprise attack of Jabba the Puppett [ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -
Fic-} -- Amulet Books, 2013., 208p
"Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a
moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime
Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test
scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy. The students turn to Origami Yoda for
help"--Provided by publisher.
11.06 11.06
0184LY5
Appelt, Kathi -- Keeper [ BKL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL
5-8, -Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012, c2010., RL 4.7, 399p
Ten-year-old Keeper heads to a sandbar in a small boat along with her dog BD and a
seagull named Captain in order to find her mother, a mermaid who left her when
Keeper was only three.
5.19 5.19
0169KZ7
Appelt, Kathi -- The true blue scouts of Sugar Man Swamp [ BKL* KIR* NYT+ PWK*
SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2013., RL 5, 326p
Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother
Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs
Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler
and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.
14.49 14.49
0435DU7 Appelt, Kathi -- The underneath {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Japan UNI
Agency, c2011., 327p
An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and
two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other
tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.
PAP 1 60.75 60.75
22687T9
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia -- In the forests of the night [ BKL+ BUL+ NPTW PWK+ SLJ+
TEL+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2000, c1999., RL 6.5, 147p

Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human,
she died and was transformed against her will.
4.54 4.54
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Avi -- The book without words : a fable of medieval magic [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+
KLI+ LMC+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Hyperion Paperbacks
for Children, 2006, c2005., RL 4.4, 203p
Thorston, an alchemist who has spent his life trying to decipher the secret to
immortality contained in the Book Without Words, is on the brink of realizing his
dream when he drops dead, leaving Odo, a talking raven, and Sybil, a servant who
was about to be sacrificed to Thorston's plan, to reap the rewards of his work.
3.89 3.89
0892KH3 Avi -- City of light, city of dark {IL 3-6, 741.5} -- Graphix, an
imprint of Scholastic, 2013., RL 5.8, 185p
Following a tradition hundreds of years old, Asterel races against time to locate a
token which will prevent the Kurbs from freezing the city, but she continues to
search for her daughter Estella, who was stolen from her more than a decade earlier.
AR: 2.7 MG 1.0 83796EN Lexile: NP HRD 1
17.04 17.04
0892LH0
Avi -- City of light, city of dark {IL 3-6, 741.5} -- Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic,
2013., RL 5.8, 185p
Following a tradition hundreds of years old, Asterel races against time to locate a
token which will prevent the Kurbs from freezing the city, but she continues to
search for her daughter Estella, who was stolen from her more than a decade earlier.
AR: 2.7 MG 1.0 83796EN Lexile: NP PAP 1
9.39 9.39
0694QCX Avi -- City of orphans [ BKL* HRN+ KIR* LMC* NYT+ PWK*
SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012,
c2011., RL 3.9, 350p
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a
homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the
brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
AR: 3.5 MG 8.0 148119EN Lexile: 570, HL PAP 1
4.54 4.54
38042AX
Avi -- Crispin : the cross of lead [ BKK+ BKL+ BRT* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ NBKL NEWW
NPTW NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY* WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Hyperion Paperbacks
for Children, 2004, c2002., RL 5, 310p
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century
England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous
secret.
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0093RY3
Avi -- Into the storm {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2012, c1996., RL 6.5, 380p
Maura and Patrick hide on a ship bound for America to escape their life in a small
Irish village.
6.84 6.84
01856Q7
Avi -- Iron thunder : the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac : a Civil War
novel [ BKL+ CLW+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC* PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-}
-- Hyperion Books for Children, c2007., RL 4.3, 203p
Thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll takes his place as head of the family after his father
dies fighting for the Union; but his job at the local ironworks, where he helps build
an iron ship for the Union army, and his loyalty come into question when he is
approached by Confederate spies to sell secrets about the ship to the South.
5.19 5.19
0592DG0 Avi -- The man who was Poe {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Inc.,
2013., RL 4.2, 216p
In Providence, R.I., in 1848, Edgar Allan Poe reluctantly investigates the problems of
eleven-year-old Edmund, whose family has mysteriously disappeared and whose
story suggests a new Poe tale with a ghastly final twist.
Lexile: 600 PAP 1 5.99 5.99
24260T2
Avi -- Midnight magic [ 5OW+ BKK+ BRT+ BUL+ HRN+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ WCC+
WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Signature, c1999., RL 5, 247p
In Italy in 1491, Magnus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the
castle of Duke Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a
ghost.
4.54 4.54
0002KRX
Avi -- Murder at midnight [ BKL+ CRL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-
8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Inc., 2011, c2009., RL 4.7, 254p
Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the
magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly
consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
4.54 4.54
0002KRX Avi -- Murder at midnight [ BKL+ CRL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+
PWK+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Inc., 2011, c2009., RL 4.7, 254p
Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the
magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly
consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
4.54 4.54
37810P8

Avi -- Never mind! : a twin novel [ BKK+ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+
TEL+ VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- HarperTrophy, 2005, c2004., RL 6, 200p
Twelve-year-old New York City twins Meg and Edward have nothing in common, so
they are just as shocked as everyone else when Meg's hopes for popularity and
Edward's mischievous schemes coincidentally collide in a hilarious showdown.
4.54 4.54
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Avi -- Nothing but the truth : a documentary novel [ 5OW+ BKK+ ELS+ HRN* NEWH
PWK+ SLJ* SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2010, c1991., RL 3.6, 177p
A ninth-grader's suspension for humming "The Star-Spangled Banner" during
homeroom becomes a national news story, and leads to him and his teacher both
leaving the school.
AR: 3.6 UG 4.0 7014EN Lexile: NP PAP 1
4.54 4.54
0865VA9
Avi -- Romeo and Juliet together (and alive!) at last [ BKK+ BKL* BKL+ BUL+ KIR+
SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2012, c1987., RL 5.4, 123p
The eighth grade's plan to get two reluctant "lovers" together by means of a
classroom production of Shakespeare's play has some very unexpected results.
4.54 4.54
08433D6
Avi -- The seer of shadows [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PCSH PWK* SLJ* VOY*
VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Harper, 2009, c2008., RL 6.1, 202p
Photographer Horace Carpetine is commissioned to do a portrait for society matron
Mrs. Frederick Von Macht; however, the photos evoke both the image and the ghost
of the Von Macht's dead daughter, Eleanora, who has returned to seek vengeance on
those who killed her.
4.54 4.54
29921LX
Avi -- Something upstairs {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2010, c1988., RL 4.1, 140p
Kenny moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, where he discovers
that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a slave boy who asks Kenny to return
with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder.
AR: 4.1 UG 3.0 5958EN PAP 1 3.90
3.90
0505JJ9
Avi -- Sophia's war : a tale of the Revolution [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK*
SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Beach Lane Books, 2013., RL 5.1, 302p
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly
occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to
help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
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Avi -- The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle [ NEWH ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic,
2012, c1990., RL 5.3, 215p
Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle, the only passenger on a voyage from England to
America in 1832, must take serious matters into her own hands when she learns
that the captain is murderous.
AR: 5.3 MG 8.0 5093EN PAP 1 4.54
4.54
13215W3
Avi -- Wolf rider [ BKL+ BUL+ NBKL SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Simon Pulse,
2008, c1986., RL 4, 202p
After receiving an apparently 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.
AR: 3.6 UG 5.0 16645EN Lexile: 530 PAP 1
5.19 5.19
0227QV8
Babbitt, Natalie -- The Devil's storybooks {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Square Fish, 2012., RL 5.5,
184p
Collects twenty stories that recount the Devil's exploits, successes and failures, in
Hell and in the world above.
PAP 1 6.84 6.84
33337YX
Babbitt, Natalie -- The search for delicious [ BKL+ BRT+ ELS+ KIR+ LBJ+ WCC+ ] {IL
5-8, -Fic-} -- Square Fish/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007, c1969., RL 5.4, 176p
The Prime Minister is compiling a dictionary and when no one at court can agree on
the meaning of delicious, the King sends his twelve-year-old messenger to poll the
country.
5.19 5.19
35816Y6
Babbitt, Natalie -- Tuck everlasting [ BKK+ BKL+ CSCW ELS+ LBJ+ NYT+ SLJ+ TEL+
WCC+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Square Fish, 2007, c1975., RL 5.4, 148p
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a
ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring
whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
4.54 4.54
09074T2 Balliett, Blue -- The Calder game [ BKK* BKL* CRL+ HRN+
LMC+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2009, c2008., RL 5.8,
379p
When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along
with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends
Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.
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32597P0
Balliett, Blue -- Chasing Vermeer [ BKK+ BKL* BUL* HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ+
VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, 2005, c2004., RL 5.4, 254p
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious
Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their
talents to solve an international art scandal.
5.19 5.19
0290TY8
Balliett, Blue -- The danger box [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ]
{IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2012, c2010., RL 5.2, 306p
In small-town Michigan, twelve-year-old Zoomy and his new friend Lorrol
investigate the journal found inside a mysterious box and find family secrets and a
more valuable treasure, while a dangerous stranger watches and waits.
5.19 5.19
02051T6
Balliett, Blue -- The Wright 3 [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* PWK+ SLJ+ WMJ+
] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Apple Signature/Scholastic, 2007., RL 5.7, 318p
Petra and Calder are drawn into another mystery when unexplained accidents and
ghostly happenings occur in Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House.
5.19 5.19
26071T4
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell -- Black potatoes : the story of the great Irish famine,
1845-1850 [ BKL* BRT+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ NBKL NPTW RFSW SLJ* TEL+ VOY*
VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL 5-8, 941.5081} -- Houghton Mifflin, c2001., RL 6.8, 184p
Presents an overview of the Irish potato famine of 1845-50, describing the blight on
this vital food source, and including information on the political and personal impact
it had on Ireland and its people.
7.23 7.23
34832R8
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell -- Growing up in coal country [ BKL* BRT+ BUL+ ELS+
HRN* NBKL NPTW SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, 331.3} -- Houghton Mifflin, c1996., RL
7.3, 127p
Describes what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns
in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
5.17 5.17
34713P0
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell -- Kids on strike! [ BKK+ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* NBKL NPTW
PWK* SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, 331.892} -- Houghton Mifflin, c1999., RL 6, 208p
Describes the conditions and treatment that drove working American children to
strike in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, discussing such events as the

mill workers' strike in 1834; the coal strikes in 1897, 1900, and 1902; and Mother
Jones's 125-mile "Children's Crusade" march in 1903.
7.06 7.06
0292GH7
Barton, Chris -- Can I see your I.D.? : true stories of false identities [ BKL+ BUL+ KIR+
PWK* SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, 001.9} -- Dial Books, c2011., 121p
Contains ten stories of true crime, fraud, and adventure, including accounts of a fake
Asian princess, master thief Frank Abagnale, and a teen who "stole" a subway in
1993.
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01439R2
Barton, Chris -- The day-glo brothers : the true story of Bob and Joe Switzer's bright
ideas and brand-new colors [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* NBKL NYT+ PWK* RFSH SCC+ SLJ*
TEL+ WCC+ ] {IL 3-6, 535} -- Charlesbridge, c2009., RL 5.7, 42p
Illustrations and easy-to-follow text describe how brothers Bob and Joe Switzer
invented fluorescent paint and colors; and explains how fluorescence works.
AR: 6.0 LG 0.5 130218EN Lexile: 990 HRD 1
17.01 17.01
0604BK7 Bauer, Joan -- Almost home [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC*
NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Inc., 2013., RL 3.7, 264p
Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the
harsh world of homelessness.
5.19 5.19
33042Q8
Bauer, Joan -- Backwater [ BKL+ BRT+ BUL+ HRN+ NPTW NYT+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+
WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Speak, 2005, c1999., 185p
While compiling a genealogy of her family of successful attorneys, sixteen-year-old
history buff Ivy Breedlove treks into the mountain wilderness to interview a
reclusive aunt with whom she identifies and who in turn helps her to truly know
herself and her family.
5.19 5.19
00002PX
Bauer, Joan -- Peeled [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ KLI+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY* VOY+ WMJ+
WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Speak, 2009, c2008., 248p
In an upstate New York farming community, high school reporter Hildy Biddle
investigates a series of strange occurrences at a house rumored to be haunted.
6.84 6.84
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Bauer, Joan -- Squashed [ BKL+ HRN+ KLI+ NBKL NPTW PWK+ SLJ* WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -
Fic-} -- Speak, 2005., 194p

As sixteen-year-old Ellie pursues her two goals--growing the biggest pumpkin in
Iowa and losing twenty pounds herself--she strengthens her relationship with her
father and meets a young man with interests similar to her own.
5.19 5.19
30846Q7
Bauer, Joan -- Stand tall [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ KLI* NBKL NPTW NYT+ PWK*
SLJ+ TEL+ VOY* VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Speak, 2005, c2002., RL 6.9, 182p
Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old, copes with his parents' recent divorce
and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent
amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school.
5.19 5.19
36824UX
Bauer, Joan -- Sticks [ 5OW+ ELS+ HRN+ KIR+ LBT+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Speak, 2005., RL 4.8, 182p
With the help of his grandmother, his dead father's best friend, and his own best
friend, a math genius, ten-year-old Mickey prepares to compete in the most
important pool championship of his life, despite his mother's reservations.
5.19 5.19
0943LN3
Black, Holly -- Doll Bones / illustrated by Eliza Wheeler [ BKL* BUL* HRN+ KIR*
NEWH NYT+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Margaret K. McElderry, 2014.
4.53 4.53
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on April 4, 2015.
0002JA3
Blume, Judy -- Are you there God? It's me, Margaret [ BKL+ BRT+ BUL+ ELS+ LBJ+
NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, 2009, c1988., RL
3.6, 149p
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old
girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
5.84 5.84
0002HA9 Blume, Judy -- Deenie [ BKL+ CSCW ELS+ KIR+ NYT+ PWK+
SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, 2009, c1973., RL 4.6, 140p
A thirteen-year-old girl seemingly destined for a modeling career finds she has a
deformation of the spine called scoliosis.
AR: 4.2 UG 5.0 18808EN PAP 1 5.84
5.84
0590LPX
Blume, Judy -- Deenie / (relaunch with new cover) [ BKL+ CSCW ELS+ KIR+ NYT+
PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Atheneum BFYR, 2014., RL 4.6
AR: 4.2 UG 5.0 18808EN PAP 1 5.99
5.99

0002KA0
Blume, Judy -- It's not the end of the world [ BKL+ BUL+ ELS+ HRN+ KIR+ LBJ+ SLJ+
SLQ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, 2009, c2003., RL 3.9, 195p
When her parents divorce, a sixth grader struggles to understand that sometimes
people are unable to live together.
5.84 5.84
0002EA7
Blume, Judy -- Just as long as we're together [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ KLI+ SLJ+
WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, 2009, c1987., RL 4.3, 279p
Stephanie's relationship with her best friend, Rachel, changes during her first year
in junior high as she tries to conceal a family problem and meets a new girl from
California.
5.84 5.84
0002GA1
Blume, Judy -- Then again, maybe I won't [ BKL+ BUL+ ELS+ KIR+ NYT+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-
8, -Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, 2009, c2003., RL 3.6, 179p
Unable to accept or explain his family's newly acquired wealth, his growing interest
in sex, and a friend's shoplifting habit, a thirteen-year-old finds the pains in his
stomach getting worse and worse.
5.84 5.84
0591AP6
Blume, Judy -- Then again, maybe I won't / (relaunch with new cover) [ BKL+ BUL+
ELS+ KIR+ NYT+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Atheneum BFYR, 2014.
5.99 5.99
04966U5 Boyne, John -- The boy in the striped pajamas : a fable [ BKL+
BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ KLI* PWK+ SLJ* VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- David Fickling Books,
2007, c2006., 215p
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in
1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives
behind a wire fence.
5.85 5.85
0464UX5
Boyne, John -- Noah Barleywater runs away : a fairytale [ HRN+ LMC+ NYT+ PWX+
SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Yearling, 2012, c2010., RL 5.6, 221p
When life at home becomes too difficult, eight-year-old Noah sets out to see the
world and have an adventure, and in the forest he meets a toymaker who has a story
and some advice to share.
4.54 4.54

0589VL1
Boyne, John -- Stay where you are & then leave [ BKL+ BUL+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -
Fic-} -- Henry Holt and Company, 2014., RL 5.9, 245p
Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World
War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross
Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated
for shell shock.
Lexile: 880 HRD 1 14.49 14.49
0870HN7
Boyne, John -- Terrible Thing That Happened {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Yearling, c2014.
Lexile: 980 PAP 1 5.99 5.99
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on October 14, 2014.
31046V9
Brashares, Ann -- Girls in pants : the third summer of the sisterhood [ BKL* BUL+
HRN+ KIR+ KLI+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Delacorte Press,
2006, c2005., RL 6.1, 338p
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants graduates from high school and spends their
last summer before college learning about life and themselves.
14.41 14.41
32698P3 Brashares, Ann -- The second summer of the sisterhood [ BKL+
BUL+ HRN+ KIR* KLI* NPTW NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} --
Delacorte Press, 2004, c2003., RL 5.5, 373p
A sequel to "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" in which the four girls, now
sixteen, embark on another summer of travels and life lessons charmed by a shared
pair of seemingly magical thrift-store jeans.
6.49 6.49
33417V8
Brashares, Ann -- The sisterhood of the traveling pants [ BKL* BKL+ BRT* BUL*
HRN+ KIR* NBKL PWK* SLJ* VOY* VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Delacorte, 2004,
c2001., RL 4.7, 294p
During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest
childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically
adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer
experiences.
14.41 14.41
17145U9
Brooks, Bruce -- The moves make the man : a novel [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ CRL+ NBKL
NEWH NYT+ SLJ+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- HarperTrophy, 1987, c1984., RL
5.4, 280p
An African-American boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina
form a precarious friendship.
5.19 5.19

37582G7
Brooks, Bruce -- What hearts [ BKK+ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ NBKL NEWH SLJ+ VOY+
WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- HarperTrophy, 1995, c1992., RL 6.1, 202p
After his mother divorces his father and remarries, Asa's sharp intellect and
capacity for forgiveness help him deal with the instabilities of his new world.
7.69 7.69
0705ZP3
Bruchac, Joseph -- Buffalo Song {IL 3-6, 305.897} -- Lee & Low Books, 2014.
PAP 1 9.95 9.95
0495GL8
Bruchac, Joseph -- Flying with the eagle, racing the Great Bear : tales from native
North America [ BKK+ BKL+ BRT+ CSCW KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8,
398.2} -- Fulcrum, c2011., RL 5.5, 130p
A collection of traditional tales which present the heritage of various Indian nations,
including the Wampanoag, Cherokee, Osage, Lakota, and Tlingit.
9.24 9.24
13225X8
Bruchac, Joseph -- Jim Thorpe : original All-American [ BKL+ BUL* HRN+ KIR+ LMC+
MTR+ PWK+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Speak ,Walden Media, 2008, c2006., RL
5.8, 276p
A biographical novel in which Native American athlete and Olympic gold medalist
Jim Thorpe discusses his life, focusing on the years he spent at Pennsylvania's
Carlisle School where coach Pop Warner first recognized Thorpe's abilities.
5.84 5.84
08687D8
Bruchac, Joseph -- March toward the thunder [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ JLA+ KIR+ KLI*
LMC* MTR+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Speak, 2009, c2008., 298p
Louis Nollette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian, joins the Irish Brigade in 1864 to
fight for the Union in the Civil War.
5.84 5.84
20137X3 Bruchac, Joseph -- The return of Skeleton Man [ BKL+ BUL+
HRN+ KLI+ MTR+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- HarperTrophy, 2008, c2006., RL 5.5,
136p
When Molly and her parents attend a conference at Mohonk Mountain House, Molly
begins to fear that she is being watched by the very man who kidnapped and tried to
kill them all the previous year.
AR: 5.5 MG 4.0 109345EN Lexile: 880 FBG 1
13.61 13.61
0295ZR6
Bruchac, Joseph -- Wolf mark [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC* PWK+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -
Fic-} -- Tu Books, c2011., 377p

When Lucas King's covert-ops father is kidnapped and his best friend Meena is put
in danger, Luke's only chance to save them--a skin that will let him walk as a wolf--is
hidden away in an abandoned mansion guarded by monsters.
17.95 17.95
0032JF0
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- -- Bearwalker [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ KLI+ SLJ* WCC+
WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Harper, 2010, c2007., RL 5.5, 208p
Although he is the littlest student in his class, thirteen-year-old Baron Braun calls
upon the strength and wisdom of his Mohawk ancestors to face both man and beast
when he tries to get help for his classmates, who are being terrorized during a
school field trip in the Adirondacks.
5.99 5.99
03791M7
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- -- Night wings [ BKL+ HRN+ SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-
} -- HarperCollins, c2009., RL 4.7, 194p
After being taken captive by a band of treasure seekers, thirteen-year-old Paul and
his Abenaki grandfather must face a legendary Native American monster at the top
of Mount Washington.
13.64 13.64
0700ML4
Bunny -- Lord and Lady Bunny-- almost royalty! [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -
Fic-} -- Schwartz & Wade books, 2014., RL 5.8, 293p
"Madeleine and her hippie parents travel to England to run a candy shop.
Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Bunny also travel to England, where Mrs. Bunny tries to
weasel her way into the ranks of royalty"--Provided by publisher.
AR: 5.1 MG 8.0 164358EN HRD 1 21.64
21.64
0050LV4 Bunny -- Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-- detectives extraordinaire! [
BKL* BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR+ LMC* NYT+ PWK* WCC+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Schwartz &
Wade Books, 2012., RL 5.9, 248p
Middle-schooler Madeline's hippy parents have been kidnapped from Hornby
Island, Canada, by foxes and Madeline, upon discovering that she can understand
animal languages, hires two rabbit detectives to find them.
21.64 21.64
28105U1
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- The black tower [ BKL+ HRN+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -
Fic-} -- Sleuth Puffin, 2007, c2006., RL 4, 136p
Herculeah Jones gets involved in another dangerous mystery when she goes to visit
old Mr. Shivers Hunt, resident of the forbidding Hunt House.
4.54 4.54
19255Y2

Byars, Betsy Cromer -- The Blossoms and the Green Phantom {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Holiday House, 2008, c1987., RL 4.6, 163p
Disasters befall the Blossom family as Pap falls into a dumpster and can't get out,
Junior tries desperately to make a success of his secret invention, and Vern dreads
letting a new friend meet his unusual family. Includes reader's guide.
AR: 4.6 MG 4.0 306EN FBG 1 12.61
12.61
11981VX
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- The Cybil war {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- LRS, 2003, c1981., RL 4.2,
123p
Simon learns some hard lessons about good and bad friendships when his good
friend Tony's stories involve him in some very troublesome and complicated
situations.
HRD 1 30.24 30.24
18186U6
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- The dark stairs [ BKL+ BUL+ CSCW ELS+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+
VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Sleuth/Puffin, 2006, c1994., RL 5.3, 130p
The intrepid Herculeah Jones helps her mother, a private investigator, solve a
puzzling and frightening case.
3.89 3.89
15943T0
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- Death's door [ BKL+ BUL+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} --
Sleuth/Puffin, 2006, c1997., RL 4.8, 134p
Super-sleuth Herculeah Jones's investigation of the attempted murder of Meat's
uncle leads them to a mystery bookstore named Death's Door.
3.89 3.89
26520T2
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- Disappearing acts [ BUL+ CRL+ HRN+ KIR+ LAF+ SLJ+ WMJ+
] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Sleuth/Puffin, 2006, c1998., RL 4, 120p
Herculeah stumbles onto the trail of her friend Meat's long-lost father while she and
Meat are investigating the disappearance of a dead body from the men's room of a
comedy club.
4.54 4.54
10287T4
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- King of murder [ HRN+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} --
Sleuth/Puffin, 2007, c2006., RL 4.8, 115p
Herculeah meets a murder mystery writer, and has the uneasy feeling that he knows
more about murder than he should.
3.89 3.89
16685V5
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- The not-just-anybody family [ BKL+ BUL+ ELS+ HRN+ NYT+
SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Holiday House, 2008, c1986., RL 4.7, 176p

With a young brother in the hospital, a grandfather in jail, and their mother
traveling with a rodeo, Maggie and Vern try to settle family problems.
14.41 14.41
06358P9
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- The SOS file [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+ ] {IL
3-6, -Fic-} -- Henry Holt, 2004., RL 4.6, 71p
The students in Mr. Magro's class submit stories for the SOS file about their biggest
emergencies, and then they read them aloud for extra credit.
14.46 14.46
35278X8
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- The summer of the swans [ NEWW ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Puffin,
2004, c1970., RL 4.9, 129p
A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally
retarded brother gets lost.
AR: 4.9 MG 4.0 87EN FBG 1 11.51
11.51
06334Y0
Byars, Betsy Cromer -- Wanted-- Mud Blossom {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Holiday House, 2008,
c1991., RL 5.1, 180p
Convinced that Mud is responsible for the disappearance of the school hamster that
was his responsibility for the weekend, Junior Blossom is determined that the dog
should be tried for his "crime."
AR: 4.2 MG 4.0 5095EN PAP 1 5.81
5.81
01627YX Cabot, Meg -- Best friends and drama queens [ BKL+ HRN+
KIR+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, 2009., RL 4.9, 202p
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle's list of rules helps her navigate a tricky situation with a
new girl at school.
13.64 13.64
0453EV0
Cabot, Meg -- Blast from the past [ HRN+ WCC+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2011,
c2010., RL 5.2, 224p
Allie is excited about her class field trip to an old schoolhouse until she gets the
news that everyone is going to be assigned a buddy from her former school, and her
buddy just happens to be her ex-best friend.
11.51 11.51
29591B0
Cabot, Meg -- Forever princess [ HRN+ KIR+ PWK+ VOY* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} --
HarperTeen, 2010, c2009., RL 5.2, 383p
Mia, who is finally a senior at Albert Einstein High, faces difficult choices about boys
and her status as princess while her future, and Genovia's, hang in the balance.

5.84 5.84
25116Y4
Cabot, Meg -- Moving day [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ NYT+ PWK* SLJ+ WCC+ ] {IL 3-6,
-Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2009, c2008., RL 5.4, 228p
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle is not happy to hear her parents are moving, and fears she
will never fit in at her new school.
3.89 3.89
24045Z4
Cabot, Meg -- Princess Mia [ HRN+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- HarperTeen, 2009, c2008.,
RL 5.5, 274p
Princess Mia, struggling to come to terms with her recent breakup with Michael and
prepare for an important speaking engagement at a gala for Domina Rei, finds solace
and guidance in the diary of a teenage princess for Genovia, and discovers a secret
that may change her country's history forever.
14.51 14.51
0914UM0
Campbell Bartoletti, Susan -- They Called Themselves the K.K.K. --The Birth of an
American Terrorist Group [ BKK+ BKL* BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* NBKL PWK* SLJ*
VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 322.4} -- HMH BFYR, 2014.
11.09 11.09
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on June 10, 2014.
0016CB1 Carman, Patrick -- Beyond the Valley of Thorns {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Scholastic, 2010, c2005., RL 6.3, 221p
A year after narrowly saving Bridewell from destruction from within, thirteen-year-
old Alexa Daley finds herself in a much bigger fight, battling--along with Yipes, John
Christopher, Odessa the wolf, Murphy the squirrel, and Squire the hawk--a dark
force from the outside that threatens all of Elyon.
AR: 6.2 MG 8.0 101196EN PAP 1 3.89
3.89
0890HH9
Carman, Patrick -- The field of wacky inventions [ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Scholastic Press, 2013., RL 5.4, 215p
Leo and Remi have gotten used to the strangeness of the Whippet Hotel, but when
the entire top floor is hoisted into the sky and transported to the field of wacky
inventions, they find that they must compete against a number of foes to solve a
puzzle or lose their beloved hotel forever.
14.49 14.49
0496LQ1
Carman, Patrick -- Floors [ BKL+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Scholastic Press, 2011., RL 5.7, 261p

Leo, the son of the maintenance man of the Whippet Hotel, opens a series of cryptic
boxes which reveals hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected alliances and
leads him on an adventure to save the building and his future.
14.49 14.49
00845T3
Carman, Patrick -- Ghost in the machine [ BKL+ HRN+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic
Press, 2009., RL 5, 205p
Ryan, who records all of his findings in his journal, and Sarah, who uses her video
camera to document everything, continue to search for answers surrounding the
strange occurrences in their hometown of Skeleton Creek.
12.79 12.79
0222VN7
Carman, Patrick -- The raven {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, 2011., RL 5, 231p
Ryan writes about the strange things he notices in Skeleton Creek while Sarah
videotapes them, and when they think they have found their answers, they discover
that there is still more to uncover and someone is trying to keep them from finding
out the rest.
12.79 12.79
05404Z0
Carman, Patrick -- Rivers of fire [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Little, Brown, 2009, c2008., RL 6.2, 303p
After Atherton's three-tiered world collapses, ending the geographical division of
the social classes, Edgar, Samuel, and Isabel try to restore the flow of water and
uncover the world's mysterious origins in the process.
6.84 6.84
05823YX Carman, Patrick -- Skeleton Creek [ BKK+ BKL+ HRN+ LMC+
PWK+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, 2009., RL 4.8, 185p
Although housebound following an eerie accident, teenaged Ryan continues to
investigate the strange occurrences in his hometown of Skeleton Creek, recording
his findings in a journal and viewing email video clips sent by fellow detective Sarah.
12.79 12.79
0209PN7
Carman, Patrick -- Stargazer [ HRN+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Scholastic
Press, 2011, c2008., RL 5.6, 276p
Alexa Daley and her friend Yipes find themselves stranded on in a strange secret
community known as the Five Stone Pillars, where each pillar contains it's own
secrets, and twelve-year-old Alexa must fight to defeat the darkness.
3.89 3.89
0856LM5

Choldenko, Gennifer -- Al Capone does my homework [ BKL* HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+
] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books,, 2014.
6.84 6.84
0180TK3
Choldenko, Gennifer -- Al Capone shines my shoes [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* PWK+
SLJ* VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books, 2011, c2009., RL 3.8, 274p
Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the
other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone,
a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
4.54 4.54
0299JM4
Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957- -- Al Capone does my shirts {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Book21,
2010., 338p
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards'
families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new
environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
PAP 1 29.86 29.86
0871AM4
Christopher, Matt -- Baseball World Series {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown Books for Y,
c2014.
HRD 1 13.65 13.65
0874EJ8
Christopher, Matt -- Perfect game {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown and Company, 2014.,
RL 4.6, 179p
Now playing on different teams, twelve-year-old cousins--and best friends--Carter
and Liam must compete against each other at the Little League World Series.
HRD 1 12.80 12.80
0871BM1
Christopher, Matt -- State Showdown {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown Books for Y,
c2014., RL 5.2
AR: 4.9 MG 4.0 162469EN PAP 1 6.00
6.00
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on June 3, 2014.
0442DU3
Colfer, Eoin -- Artemis Fowl : the Atlantis complex {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Disney/Hyperion
Books, 2012, c2010., RL 6.8, 357p
When an army of fairy space probes programmed to destroy Atlantis return to
Earth, Artemis Fowl attempts to stop the destruction of the city while dealing with
his delusional and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
FBG 1 12.71 12.71
0774NH2

Colfer, Eoin -- Artemis Fowl : the eternity code : the graphic novel {IL 5-8, 741.5} --
Disney/Hyperion Books, 2013., RL 4.1
Artemis Fowl plans to go straight after one more criminal feat, but his last job goes
wrong, leaving his bodyguard, Butler, mortally wounded. The only hope Artemis has
of saving his friend's life is to gain the help of his former rival, Captain Holly Short of
the LEPrecon fairy police.
HRD 1 17.04 17.04
0647DK2
Colfer, Eoin -- Artemis Fowl : the last guardian [ HRN+ VOY+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} --
Disney/Hyperion Books, 2014., RL 6.4, 328p
Young criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl goes up against his arch rival Opal Koboi
one more time after Opal reanimates dead fairies, who were buried in the grounds
of Fowl Manor, and the spirits possess his little brother.
7.69 7.69
0891FM1
Colfer, Eoin -- Artemis Fowl the Opal Deception Graphic Novel {IL 5-8, -Fic-} --
Disney-Hyperion, 2014.
PAP 1 8.54 8.54
0888YM9
Colfer, Eoin -- The reluctant assassin [ BKL+ BUL* HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL
5-8, -Fic-} -- Hyperion, 2014., RL 5.8, 341p
In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his reluctant young
apprentice, Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley
teams up with a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and
using his newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world
forever.
7.69 7.69
0917QM0
Colfer, Eoin -- The reluctant assassin [ BKL+ BUL* HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL
5-8, -Fic-} -- Hyperion, 2014., RL 5.8, 341p
In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his reluctant young
apprentice, Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley
teams up with a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and
using his newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world
forever.
12.71 12.71
0044RY2
Colfer, Eoin -- The Supernaturalist : the graphic novel [ BKL+ HRN+ LMC* SLJ+ ] {IL
5-8, 741.5} -- Disney/Hyperion Books, c2012., RL 3.6
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive
orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to

see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of
the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
AR: 3.6 MG 3.0 152404EN Lexile: 500, GN HRD 1
17.04 17.04
0033RY0
Collar, Orpheus -- The red pyramid : the graphic novel [ HRN+ PWX+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8,
741.5} -- Disney/Hyperion Books, c2012., RL 4.3
A graphic novel adaptation of "The Red Pyramid" in which brilliant Egyptologist Dr.
Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to
oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing
them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has
existed since the time of the pharaohs.
AR: 3.6 MG 3.0 154428EN Lexile: 530, GN PAP 1
8.44 8.44
0884FG6
Collins, Suzanne -- Catching fire [ BKL* BUL+ CRL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ NYT+ PWK*
SLJ* TEL+ VOY* VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Inc., 2013., 391p
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and
Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their
families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the
faces of an impending rebellion.
8.44 8.44
0782HN0
Collins, Suzanne -- Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- AST, 2013.,
379p
In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New
York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will
restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the
underworld.
HRD 1 17.95 17.95
0507DM2
Collins, Suzanne -- Mockingjay [ BKL* BUL* CRL+ HRN+ NYT+ PWK* SLJ+ TEL+
VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Inc., 2014., 390p
Katniss Everdeen, having survived the Hunger Games twice, learns she and her
family and friends are in danger because the Capitol holds her responsible for the
unrest and races against time to protect those she cares about and the people of
District 12.
8.44 8.44
0723DG8
Cooney, Caroline B -- Code orange [ BKK* BKL* BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR+ LMC* PWK*
VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Ember, 2013., 200p
While conducting research for a school paper on smallpox, Mitty finds an envelope
containing 100-year-old smallpox scabs and fears that he has infected himself and
all of New York City.

6.49 6.49
29072WX
Cooney, Caroline B -- Enter three witches : a story of Macbeth [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN*
HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+ TEL+ VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 813} -- Scholastic, 2008,
c2007., 296p
After her father is killed for being a traitor, fourteen-year-old Lady Mary, who is a
ward of Lord and Lady Macbeth, is sent to the scullery, where she works as a maid
and uncovers the couple's secret plans. Includes lines from Shakespeare's play.
4.54 4.54
0759PA0
Cooney, Caroline B -- The face on the milk carton [ BKL+ CSCW LBJ+ SLJ+ VOY+
WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Ember, 2012, c1990., 184p
A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real
identity.
5.19 5.19
09085M9
Cooney, Caroline B -- Goddess of yesterday : a tale of Troy [ BKL+ BUL* BUL+ KIR*
KLI+ LMC+ NBKL NPTW PWK* SLJ+ TEL+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Delacorte
Press, 2009, c2002., RL 5.1, 263p
Anaxandra, daughter of the king of a small Greek island, becomes caught up in the
events of the siege of Troy when, after spending most of her life as a hostage, she is
taken into the palace of King Menalaus and ends up traveling to Troy as protector of
Helen's infant son.
5.84 5.84
0229VC1 Cooney, Caroline B -- If the witness lied [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+
JLA+ KIR+ LMC* PWK+ VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, c2009.,
213p
Torn apart by tragedies and the publicity they brought, siblings Smithy, Jack, and
Madison, aged fourteen to sixteen, tap into their parent's courage to pull together
and protect their brother Tris, nearly three, from further media exploitation and a
much more sinister threat.
5.84 5.84
0566JE7
Cooney, Caroline B -- Janie face to face [ BKL+ KIR+ PWX* SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -
- Delacorte Press, c2013., 345p
At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have
successfully left behind her past as "The face on the milk carton," but soon she, her
families, and friends are pursued by a true-crime writer who wants their help in
telling her kidnapper's tale.
AR: 4.8 UG 12.0 156126EN Lexile: 660, HL HRD 1
15.34 15.34

0699BL6
Cooney, Caroline B -- Janie face to face [ BKL+ KIR+ PWX* SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -
- Ember, 2014., 345p
At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have
successfully left behind her past as "The face on the milk carton," but soon she, her
families, and friends are pursued by a true-crime writer who wants their help in
telling her kidnapper's tale.
AR: 4.8 UG 12.0 156126EN Lexile: 660, HL PAP 1
7.99 7.99
0024EN7
Cooney, Caroline B -- The ransom of Mercy Carter [ BKL+ BRT+ KLI+ NPTW PWK+
SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Ember, 2011, c2001., RL 5.7, 249p
In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old
Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their
French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where
some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed.
5.84 5.84
0650WF0
Cooney, Caroline B -- The terrorist {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Open Road Integrated Media,
2012, c1997., 133p
Sixteen-year-old Laura, an American living in London, tries to find the person
responsible for the death of her younger brother Billy, who has been killed by a
terrorist bomb.
PAP 1 5.14 5.14
0026KN3
Cooney, Caroline B -- They never came back [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+
SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Ember, 2011, c2010., 200p
When fifteen-year-old Cathy decides to carpool from Norwalk to tiny Greenwich,
Connecticut, to study Latin in summer school, she does not expect the shocking
events that occurred five years earlier to suddenly come flooding back into her
relatively settled life.
5.19 5.19
0759RA5 Cooney, Caroline B -- The voice on the radio [ BKL+ BRT+ BUL+
KIR+ KLI+ NBKL PWK* SLJ* VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Ember, 2012, c1996., 183p
Fifteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has
betrayed her and her family through his college radio program.
5.19 5.19
0759TAX
Cooney, Caroline B -- Whatever happened to Janie? [ BKL+ KIR+ KLI+ PWK+ SLJ+
TEL+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Ember, 2012, c1993., 199p
The members of two families have their lives disrupted when a teenage girl who had
been kidnapped twelve years earlier discovers that the people who raised her are
not her biological parents.

PAP 1 5.19 5.19
16065VX
Coville, Bruce -- Aliens stole my body [ BKL+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Aladdin
Paperbacks, 2008, c1998., RL 5.2, 220p
Rod has found his father but lost his own body to the villainous BKR, which leaves
Rod sharing the body of a one-eyed blue alien named Seymour.
AR: 5.2 MG 6.0 20645EN PAP 1 4.54
4.54
23271V8
Coville, Bruce -- Dark whispers [ BKL+ HRN+ LMC+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Scholastic
Press, 2008., RL 6, 464p
Seeking to unravel the secret of the long enmity between unicorns and delvers, Cara
travels through a strange underground world to the court of the centaur king; and
while on Earth, Beloved and her hunters make final plans to jump to the fantasy
land of Luster in order to drive the unicorns to extinction.
15.34 15.34
32265T3
Coville, Bruce -- I left my sneakers in dimension X [ BKL+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Aladdin Paperbacks, 2007, c1994., RL 5.2, 180p
Rod and his bratty cousin Elspeth are snatched into another dimension by the
monstrous alien Smorkus Flinders.
3.89 3.89
04470U0
Coville, Bruce -- Jennifer Murdley's toad [ BKL+ KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL
3-6, -Fic-} -- Magic Carpet Books, 2007, c1992., RL 4.6, 159p
When an ordinary looking fifth grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a
series of extraordinary adventures.
4.86 4.86
38762Q1 Coville, Bruce -- My teacher flunked the planet {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005, c1992., RL 5, 162p
Peter, a typical seventh-grader, tours the planet with his friends Susan and Duncan
and three aliens, in order to report on the Earth's future in the universe.
3.89 3.89
30810Q4 Coville, Bruce -- My teacher fried my brains {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005, c1991., RL 5.1, 136p
Seventh-grader Duncan must find out which of the four new teachers in his school is
an alien before his brains get fried to a pulp.
3.89 3.89
31206Q3
Coville, Bruce -- My teacher glows in the dark {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Aladdin Paperbacks,
2005, c1991., RL 4.9, 137p

Peter Thompson chooses to return to space with the alien Broxholm who has been
masquerading as a teacher in order to study humans, but he is alarmed to discove
the rulers of the galaxy are debating how to solve the problem of violent,
destructive, underachieving Earthlings.
3.24 3.24
33841R2
Coville, Bruce -- My teacher is an alien {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005,
c1989., RL 5.4, 123p
After Susan sees Mr. Smith the substitute teacher peel off his face, she knows he's an
alien and only Peter believes her; together they work to save the class from Mr.
Smith's horrible plans.
3.89 3.89
31483X0
Coville, Bruce -- Odds are good : an Oddly enough and Odder than ever omnibus {IL
YA, -Fic-} -- Harcourt, 2006., 330p
A collection of eighteen previously published short stories featuring such creatures
as a ghost, a giant, a unicorn, and a werewolf.
12.01 12.01
0623FK0
Coville, Bruce -- Paula Danziger's Amber Brown is tickled pink [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR*
PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.,
2013., RL 3.4, 154p
Nine-year-old Amber is nervous and excited about her mother's wedding to Max,
but Amber's father makes things complicated.
3.89 3.89
35038T9
Coville, Bruce -- The skull of truth [ BKL+ ELS+ LAF+ SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-
} -- Magic Carpet Books, 2007, c1997., RL 5, 194p
Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious skull that
forces its owner to tell only the truth, causing some awkward moments before he
understands its power.
4.54 4.54
15307V8
Coville, Bruce -- Song of the Wanderer [ BKL+ BRT+ NYT+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8,
-Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2008, c1999., RL 6, 330p
Having jumped into Luster--the land of unicorns--Cara makes a perilous journey to
bring back her grandmother, The Wanderer, in order to release the Queen of the
unicorns and allow her to die.
4.54 4.54
22517K5

Creech, Sharon -- Absolutely normal chaos [ 5OW+ BKL+ BRT+ BUL+ HRN+ NYT+
PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- HarperTrophy, 1997, c1990., RL 6.9, 230p
Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up quickly during the summer while learning
about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for his biological
father.
4.55 4.55
0182YJ4
Creech, Sharon -- The Castle Corona [ BKL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC* PWK+ SLJ+
VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Joanna Cotler Books, 2010, c2007., RL 5.5, 320p
Two orphaned peasant children discover a mysterious pouch, the contents of which
lead them to the majestic Castle Corona, where their lives may be transformed
forever.
5.19 5.19
0823FL8
Creech, Sharon -- The great unexpected [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ NYT+ PWK+ ] {IL
3-6, -Fic-} -- Joanna Cotler Books, 2013., RL 4.3, 226p
Orphans Naomi and Lizzie, living in America, and grown-up sisters Sybil and Nula,
from Ireland, learn what life is truly about as they receive help from one another
and open up their hearts to love and forgiveness.
12.51 12.51
22099MX
Creech, Sharon -- Love that dog [ 5OW+ BKK+ BKL* BKL+ HRN+ KIR* NBKL NYT+
PWK* SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Joanna Cotler Books, c2001., RL 4.1, 86p
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.
14.49 14.49
0254GH8 Creech, Sharon -- The unfinished angel [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+
KIR* PWK* SLJ+ VOY* VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Joanna Cotler Books,
2011, c2009., RL 4.7, 164p
In a tiny village in the Swiss Alps, an angel meets an American girl named Zola who
has come with her father to open a school, and together Zola and the angel rescue a
group of homeless orphans, who gradually change everything.
5.99 5.99
37471Y5 Creech, Sharon -- Walk two moons [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ ELS+
NBKL NEWW SLJ* SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- HarperTrophy, 2004, c1994.,
RL 4.9, 276p
Thirteen-year-old Sal, traveling with her grandparents from Ohio to Idaho in search
of her missing mother, entertains them with the story of her friend Phoebe whose
mother also left, unwittingly revealing the truth about her own relationship with her
mom.

4.54 4.54
0564QE5
Curtis, Christopher Paul -- The mighty Miss Malone [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC*
PWK* SLJ+ WCC+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Yearling, 2013, c2012., RL 4.4, 307p
Deza Malone, the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, accompanies her mother
and older brother on a trip to find her father, an African American man who left to
find work after the Great Depression hit. They end up in a Hooverville outside of
Flint, Michigan, and her brother attempts to be a performer while Deza and her
mother search for a home.
5.19 5.19
0651BK5
Curtis, Christopher Paul -- The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 [ NEWH ] {IL 5-8, -
Fic-} -- Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of
Random House, Inc., 2013., RL 5, 210p
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-
American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to
visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
4.55 4.55
0174UX7
Cushman, Karen -- The ballad of Lucy Whipple {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, c1996., RL 5.8, 195p
In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is
distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough
California mining town.
AR: 5.8 MG 7.0 14989EN PAP 1 4.54
4.54
36703A0
Cushman, Karen -- Matilda Bone [ BKK+ BRT+ BUL+ CHO+ HRN+ KLI* PWK+ SLJ*
VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Dell Yearling, 2002, c2000., RL 6.1, 167p
Fourteen-year-old Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine in
a medieval English village, tries to reconcile the spiritual and practical aspects of her
life.
4.55 4.55
0174SX2
Cushman, Karen -- The midwife's apprentice [ BKL* CSCW ELS+ HRN* NBKL NEWW
NPTW SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2012, c1995., RL 6, 122p
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered
midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things
she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
4.55 4.55

0804CBX
Cushman, Karen -- Will Sparrow's road [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC* NYT+ PWK*
SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Clarion Books, 2012., RL 5, 216p
In 1599 England, twelve-year-old lying, thieving Will Sparrow runs away, meets
many colorful characters on the road, and then reluctantly joins a traveling
"oddities" exhibit, where he learns to see beyond appearances.
AR: 5.3 MG 7.0 154899EN HRD 1 14.49
14.49
0291KD7
Dahl, Roald -- Boy : tales of childhood ; and Going solo {IL 3-6, 823} -- Puffin Books,
2010, c2009., RL 6.2, 209p
Contains two stories about the author's life, including "Boy," which describes his
childhood, and "Going Solo," which recounts his journey from England to Africa and
his time flying with the Royal Air Force.
PAP 1 6.49 6.49
0985DB1
Dahl, Roald -- Fantastic Mr. Fox {IL 3-6, -E-} -- Puffin Books, 2012, c1970., RL 4.1,
80p
Three farmers, each one meaner than the next, try all-out warfare to get rid of the
fox and his family.
AR: 4.1 MG 1.0 5011EN PAP 1 12.79
12.79
0375RHX
Dahl, Roald -- James and the giant peach {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books, 2011, c1961.,
RL 4.8, 122p
A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures
with six large insects he meets inside a giant peach.
AR: 4.8 MG 4.0 232EN FBS 1 19.41
19.41
0595GF3
Dahl, Roald -- Matilda {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books, 2013, c1988., RL 5.2, 232p
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-
hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to
financial security.
AR: 5.0 MG 6.0 5429EN PAP 1 4.54
4.54
30478W8
Danziger, Paula -- The cat ate my gymsuit [ BKK+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} --
Puffin Books, 2006., RL 4.5, 147p
High school junior, Marcy Lewis, campaigns to get Ms. Finney, an English teacher
and Marcy's mentor, reinstated after she is suspended.
AR: 3.9 MG 4.0 213EN FBG 1 11.41
11.41
25348T8
Danziger, Paula -- Everyone else's parents said yes [ BKL+ HRN+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-
8, -Fic-} -- Putnam, 1998., RL 5.3, 115p

Matthew cannot resist the temptation to play practical jokes on his older sister and
all the girls in his class at school, so by the time of the big party for his eleventh
birthday they have all declared war on him.
3.89 3.89
17827T0
Danziger, Paula -- P.S. longer letter later [ BKL+ BRT+ ELS+ NBKL NYT+ PWK* SLJ+
VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 1999, c1998., RL 5.9, 234p
Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara-Starr continue their friendship
through letter-writing after Tara-Starr's family moves to another state.
4.36 4.36
36745K2
Danziger, Paula -- Remember me to Harold Square [ BKL+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-}
-- Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1999., RL 4.9, 139p
When Frank spends the summer with Kendra and her family in their New York City
apartment, a friendship develops as the two teenagers set off on a scavenger hunt
exploring the city's museums, restaurants, and other landmarks.
3.89 3.89
12335T2
Danziger, Paula -- This place has no atmosphere [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ VOY+
WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books, 2006, c1986., RL 4.6, 156p
Popular fifteen-year-old Aurora is happy with her life on Earth in 2057, until
suddenly her parents announce they are moving to the moon.
AR: 4.3 MG 4.0 588EN PAP 1 3.90
3.90
0227VJ6
Dashner, James -- The blade of Shattered Hope {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Aladdin, 2011,
c2010., RL 6.1, 510p
Mistress Jane has tapped into the universe's darkest secret to create the Blade of
Shattered Hope, and in her quest to attain a utopian reality for the future of mankind
she is ready to risk billions of lives to set her plan in motion.
5.19 5.19
0797KH0 Dashner, James -- The eye of minds [ BKL+ BUL+ SLJ+ ] {IL YA, -
Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, 2013., 310p
"Michael is a skilled internet gamer in a world of advanced technology. When a
cyber-terrorist begins to threaten players, Michael is called upon to seek him and his
secrets out"--Provided by publisher.
AR: 5.5 UG 11.0 161177EN Lexile: 790 HRD 1
16.19 16.19
0556SL4
Dashner, James -- The iron empire {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Inc., 2014., RL 5.3,
190p

"At long last, Dak, Sera, and Riq travel back in time to the moment it all began. Their
mission: to save the life of young Alexander the Great. But they are not the only time
travelers in ancient Greece. An epic battle against their most dangerous foe awaits
them...and history will be written by the victors"--Back cover.
AR: 5.7 MG 7.0 164354EN HRD 1 18.40
18.40
0680EB3
Dashner, James -- A mutiny in time [ LMC* NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Scholastic, 2012., RL 5.7, 190p
Time has gone wrong, and best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste, together with
the young Hystorian Riq, must use the infinity ring to travel back to one of the Great
Breaks--a mutiny on the Santa Maria--to correct history and defeat the SQ.
18.40 18.40
0342BT6
Dashner, James -- The void of mist and thunder {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Shadow Mountain,
c2012., RL 5.8, 418p
When an all-consuming void from the Fourth Dimension opens up, unleashing
monsters throughout the Realities, Mister George has one last weapon at his
disposal--the mysterious and powerful Karma button, which might be even more
dangerous than anyone imagined.
AR: 5.9 MG 14.0 157127EN HRD 1 17.04
17.04
17309T5
Deuker, Carl -- Heart of a champion : a novel [ BKL+ BRT+ BUL+ HRN* HRN+ NBKL
PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown, 2007, c1993., 192p
Seth faces a strain on his friendship with Jimmy, who is both a baseball champion
and something of an irresponsible fool, when Jimmy is kicked off the team.
AR: 4.2 UG 8.0 8571EN PAP 1 5.85
5.85
35943J6
Deuker, Carl -- High heat [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KLI* KLI+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+
WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- HarperTrophy, 2005., 345p
High school sophomore and star pitcher Shane Hunter's life of affluence and private
school begins to fall apart when his father, owner of a Lexus dealership, is arrested
for money laundering.
4.54 4.54
26850X0
Deuker, Carl -- On the Devil's court : a novel [ BKL+ BUL+ KIR+ NBKL SLJ* WMJ+ ]
{IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2008, c1988., RL 4.9,
201p
Struggling with his feelings of inadequacy and his failure to make the basketball
team in his new school, seventeen-year-old Joe Faust finds himself willing to trade
his soul for one perfect season of basketball.

AR: 4.9 UG 9.0 7017EN PAP 1 5.85
5.85
0472MR0
Deuker, Carl -- Payback time [ BKL* HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ TEL+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -
Fic-} -- Graphia, c2010., 298p
Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for
the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a
real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--
or to discuss his past.
5.19 5.19
0765EC7
Deutsch, Barry -- Hereville : how Mirka got her sword [ BKL+ BUL* HRN+ KIR*
LMC+ PWK* SLJ* TEL+ WCC+ ] {IL 3-6, 741.5} -- Amulet Books, 2012, c2010., RL 2.5,
137p
Eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg dreams of fighting dragons and spends her days
honing her skills, even though there are no dragons in her Orthodox Jewish
community, but when she accepts a challenge from a mysterious witch, Mirka just
might win her dragon-fighting sword after all.
6.46 6.46
28762Z1
DiCamillo, Kate -- Because of Winn-Dixie [ BKK+ BKL+ CHO+ KIR* NBKL NEWH
NYT+ PWK* SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2009, c2000., RL
3.9, 182p
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi,
Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-
Dixie.
4.54 4.54
0857NN4
DiCamillo, Kate -- Flora & Ulysses : the illuminated adventures [ BKL* HRN+ KIR*
NEWW NYT+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2013., RL 4.3, 231p
A girl named Flora and a squirrel named Ulysses, whose life was saved by Flora after
he was involved in an incident with a vacuum cleaner, team up to use Ulysses'
superpowers to conquer villains and protect the weak.
19.01 19.01
0405VKX
DiCamillo, Kate -- The magician's elephant [ BKL* BUL+ CRL* HRN+ KIR* LMC*
NBKL NYT+ PWK+ SLJ* VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press,
2011, c2009., RL 5.5, 201p
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in
the marketplace one day who tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in
fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures in an attempt to find
her.

4.54 4.54
00154U2
DiCamillo, Kate -- The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane [ 5OW+ BKK* BKK+
BKL* BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC* NBKL NYT+ PCGW PWK+ SLJ* WCC+ ] {IL 3-6, -
Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2009, c2006., RL 4.8, 210p
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.
4.54 4.54
0457HK8
DiCamillo, Kate -- The tiger rising [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KLI* LBT* NYT+ PWK* SLJ*
VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2011, c2001., RL 4.5, 116p
Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn
by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger.
13.64 13.64
36209A7
Dickinson, Peter -- The ropemaker [ BKL* BRT+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ MLPH NBKL
NPTW PWK* SLJ* VOY* WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, 2003,
c2001., RL 6.3, 375p
When the magic that protects their Valley starts to fail, Tilja and her companions
journey into the evil Empire to find the ancient magician Faheel, who originally cast
those spells.
5.85 5.85
0700NK3
Dickinson, Peter -- The Seventh Raven {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Big Mouth House, 2013.
PAP 1 10.25 10.25
0169NN0 Draper, Sharon M -- The buried bones mystery {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Aladdin, 2011, c2006., RL 4.5, 94p
After the neighborhood basketball court is vandalized, Ziggy and his friends decide
to form a club called the Black Dinosaurs and build their clubhouse in Ziggy's
backyard where they find a mysterious cache of buried bones.
AR: 4.3 MG 2.0 104034EN PAP 1 3.24
3.24
0742YL6
Draper, Sharon M -- Darkness before dawn [ BRT+ BUL+ CLW+ KLI+ SLJ+ ] {IL YA, -
Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2013., 233p
Recovering from the recent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, senior class president
Keisha Montgomery finds herself attracted to a dangerous, older man.
6.49 6.49
0478QK0

Draper, Sharon M -- Out of my mind [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ MTR+ PCSH
PWK+ SLJ* VOY* VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young
Readers, 2012, c2010., RL 4.3, 295p
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with
cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the
first time.
7.69 7.69
0811KE9
Draper, Sharon M -- Panic [ BKL+ BUL+ KIR+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Atheneum
Books for Young Readers, c2013., RL 4, 262p
As rehearsals begin for the ballet version of Peter Pan, the teenaged members of an
Ohio dance troupe lose their focus when one of their own goes missing.
15.34 15.34
0122EX0
Draper, Sharon M -- The space mission adventure [ HRN+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Aladdin,
2012, c2006., RL 5.3, 102p
Ziggy and the other members of the Black Dinosaurs go to Space Camp where they
learn about the space program and speculate about the existence of extraterrestrial
beings.
AR: 4.9 MG 2.0 109049EN PAP 1 3.24
3.24
0551HD7
Draper, Sharon M -- Stars and sparks on stage {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Aladdin, 2012, c2007.,
RL 5.4, 138p
Ziggy, Jerome, Rico, and Rashawn look forward to using the two hundred dollars
they are sure they will win in the school talent show to fix up their clubhouse--until
they meet their biggest competition: a very talented little girl who needs the money
more than they do.
HRD 1 13.64 13.64
0742CL6
Draper, Sharon M -- Tears of a tiger {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young
Readers, 2013., RL 4.5, 162p
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident
affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others
in the school.
PAP 1 6.49 6.49
0392TW9
Duncan, Lois -- A gift of magic {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown, 2012, c1971., 177p
Until she learns to control it, Nancy's gift of extrasensory perception brings her
more trouble than she can handle.
PAP 1 6.84 6.84
0241MM8
Duncan, Lois -- Stranger with my face {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown, 2011, c1981.,
287p

A seventeen-year-old senses she is being spied on and probably impersonated, but
when she discovers what actually is occurring, it is more unbelievable than she ever
imagined.
AR: 6.1 UG 9.0 6942EN PAP 1 7.70
7.70
0241LM0
Duncan, Lois -- Summer of fear {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little Brown, 2011, c1976., 226p
Soon after the arrival of cousin Julia, insidious occurrences begin that convince
Rachel she is a witch and must be stopped before her total monstrous plan can be
effected.
AR: 5.6 UG 9.0 30508EN PAP 1 5.19
5.19
0403CW7
Duncan, Lois -- The third eye {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown and Co., 2012, c1984.,
254p
High school senior Karen, who worries that her psychic powers will make her seem
different from other people, is frightened when a young policeman asks her to use
her gift to help locate missing children.
PAP 1 5.19 5.19
0241NM5
Duncan, Lois, 1934- -- Down a dark hall {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown, 2011, c1974.,
211p
Suspicious and uneasy about the atmosphere at her new boarding school, fourteen-
year-old Kit slowly realizes why she and the other three students at the school were
selected.
AR: 5.3 UG 7.0 48519EN PAP 1 7.70
7.70
0304TC9
Duncan, Lois, 1934- -- Killing Mr. Griffin {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown, 2010, c1978.,
248p
Susan, a straight-A student, cannot believe how mean Mr. Griffin is to her crush
Dave, so she agrees to go along when Dave asks her and other students to help play
a prank on the teacher, but when people start to die, she realizes one of them is a
killer.
AR: 4.8 UG 8.0 772EN PAP 1 7.70
7.70
01646R8
Ellis, Deborah -- Children of war : voices of Iraqi refugees [ BKK* BKK+ BKL* BUL+
HRN+ KIR* LMC+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 305.23} -- Groundwood
Books/House of Anansi Press, 2009., 128p
Twenty Iraqi children discuss how the War on Terror has affected their lives.
6.46 6.46
0867FH2

Ellis, Deborah -- Looks like daylight : voices of indigenous kids [ BKL* BUL+ KIR+
PWX+ SLJ+ ] {IL YA, 305.23} -- Groundwood Books/Houseof Anansi Press, 2013.,
252p
Presents a collection of interviews with Native American children aged nine to
eighteen from North America, focusing on their daily lives, what interests them and
what it means to be Native American.
13.61 13.61
0361HU2
Ellis, Deborah -- No ordinary day [ BKL* HRN* HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ NBKL PWK+ SLJ*
VOY+ WCC+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Groundwood Books, c2011., RL 4.4
11.06 11.06
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on August 1, 2014.
0402HR6
Ellis, Deborah -- No ordinary day [ BKL* HRN* HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ NBKL PWK+ SLJ*
VOY+ WCC+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2011., RL
4.4, 159p
Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks
in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals
she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.
14.46 14.46
29677QX
Ellis, Deborah -- Off to war : voices of soldiers' children [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+
LMC* MTR+ SLJ+ VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, 303.6} -- Groundwood Books/House
of Anansi Press, c2008., RL 5.4, 175p
A collection of essays in which the children of Canadian and American soldiers who
have been sent to war in Iraq share their feelings on their fathers' experiences and
the impact they have had on their family.
6.46 6.46
0929BD6
Ellis, Deborah -- True Blue [ BKL+ KIR+ LMC+ SLJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Pajama Press,
c2012.
12.76 12.76
Currently not available: Publisher postponed publication.
0378KX9
Ellis, Deborah, 1960- -- Kids of Kabul : living bravely through a never-ending war [
BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWX+ RSL+ SLJ* ] {IL YA, 305.235} -- Groundwood
Books/House of Anansi Press, 2012., 143p
Examines the lives of children living in Kabul, featuring boys and girls ages ten to
seventeen discussing their lives in a country at war.
13.61 13.61

0166VF4
Ellis, Deborah, 1960- -- We want you to know : kids talk about bullying [ BKL+ HRN+
SLJ* VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 302.3} -- Coteau Books, c2010., 120p
Provides firsthand perspectives on bullying from children ages nine to nineteen and
includes discussion questions.
18.71 18.71
29344A1
Engle, Margarita -- The firefly letters : a suffragette's journey to Cuba [ BKL+ BUL+
HRN+ KIR* LMC+ NBKL PBAH PWK+ SLJ+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 811} -- Henry Holt,
2010., 151p
Collects poems from Cuban-American poet Margarita Engle in which she explores
women rights with various historical viewpoints.
AR: 6.2 MG 1.0 135907EN Lexile: 1230, NC HRD 1
14.49 14.49
0592CL4
Engle, Margarita -- Hurricane dancers : the first Caribbean pirate shipwreck [ BKL*
BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ NBKL PBAH PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 811} --
Square Fish/Henry Holt and Company, 2014., 144p
Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years,
but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to
safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village.
9.39 9.39
0234VJ2 Engle, Margarita -- The poet slave of Cuba : a biography of Juan
Francisco Manzano [ BKK* BKK+ BKL* BUL* HRN* KIR+ LMC* NBKL PBAW PWK+
SLJ* VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL 5-8, 861} -- Square Fish, 2011, c2006., RL 6.3, 184p
A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in
Cuba in 1797.
AR: 6.3 MG 2.0 121445EN Lexile: NP PAP 1
6.49 6.49
0749WM4
Engle, Margarita -- Silver people : voices from the Panama Canal [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+
SLJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014., 260p
Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face discrimination,
segregation, and harsh working conditions when American recruiters lure them to
the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the great canal.
HRD 1 15.34 15.34
02840M9
Engle, Margarita -- The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom [ BKL*
BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ NBKL NEWH PBAW SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 811} --
Henry Holt, 2008., 169p
A collection of poems in which Rosa, a healer, describes her experiences trying to
help Cuban peasants who have been forced to leave their farms and villages in 1896
and given eight days to find their way to "reconcentration camps" or be killed.

AR: 6.4 MG 2.0 121475EN Lexile: NP FBG 1
18.31 18.31
0172YX3
Engle, Margarita -- The wild book [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC* SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL 5-
8, -Fic-} -- Harcourt Children's Books, c2012., RL 5.5, 126p
In early twentieth-century Cuba, bandits terrorize the countryside as a young farm
girl struggles with dyslexia. Based on the life of the author's grandmother.
AR: 5.7 MG 1.0 150161EN HRD 1 14.49
14.49
0298YE1
Erskine, Kathryn -- Mockingbird : (Mok'ing-burd) [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* NBKL PWK*
SLJ+ VOY+ WCC+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Puffin Books, 2011, c2010., RL 4.1, 235p
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand
emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks
closure by working on a project with her father.
4.54 4.54
0906LL4
Federle, Tim -- Better Nate than ever [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ NYT+ PWK*
SLJ+ STWW ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2014., RL
5.9, 275p
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan
to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of
"E.T."
4.54 4.54
0792WK0
Federle, Tim -- Five, six, seven, Nate! [ BKL+ KIR* PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2014., RL 5, 293p
Now on Broadway as second understudy for E.T., Nate Foster keeps in close contact
with his best friend, Libby, as he faces his nemesis, Jordan Rylance, and his own
insecurities as the cast member with the least training and experience.
AR: 4.7 MG 9.0 163695EN HRD 1 14.49
14.49
39862RX
Feinstein, John -- Change-up : mystery at the World Series [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK+
SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Yearling, c2009., RL 4.6, 308p
While covering the World Series, teen reporters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol
uncover some inconsistencies in the life story of a popular, new pitcher and begin to
investigate.
5.19 5.19
0875LN8
Feinstein, John -- Foul trouble [ BKL* BUL+ KIR* SLJ+ TEL+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Ember,
2014.

8.54 8.54
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on August 5, 2014.
0448TS1
Feinstein, John -- The rivalry : mystery at the Army-Navy game [ HRN+ KIR+ PWX+
WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Yearling, 2011, c2010., RL 5.8, 265p
Teen sportswriters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are assigned to cover
the football game between long ime rivalries Army and Navy, and, after noticing the
actions of secret service agents, they begin to suspect that the president, who is
going to attend the event, is in danger.
12.51 12.51
0465ZX8
Feinstein, John -- Rush for the gold : mystery at the Olympics [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+
VOY+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Alfred A. Knopf, c2012., RL 5.5, 314p
Two teenaged aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012
Olympic Games, while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming.
14.49 14.49
0999QE1
Feinstein, John -- Rush for the gold : mystery at the Olympics [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+
VOY+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Yearling, 2013., RL 5.5, 314p
Two teenaged aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012
Olympic Games, while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming.
5.19 5.19
23951T7
Flake, Sharon -- Bang! [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+
WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2007,
c2005., 298p
Two years after the shooting death of thirteen-year-old Mann's little brother,
Mann's father, who believes his son died because he made him too "soft," takes
Mann and his friend camping and abandons them in an attempt to make them tough.
5.19 5.19
09941T0
Flake, Sharon -- Begging for change [ 5OW+ BKL* BUL* HRN+ KIR+ KLI+ LMC+
PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for
Children, 2007, c2004., RL 4.2, 248p
Raspberry steals money from a friend in order to get her mother out of a tough
situation, and must now face the consequenes and the fear of going down the same
path as her drug-addicted father.
5.19 5.19
03732X6

Flake, Sharon -- Money hungry [ BKL* BRT+ CKAH KIR+ NPTW PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+
WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks For Children, 2007,
c2001., RL 4.2, 188p
All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her
mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
12.01 12.01
0865HA7
Flake, Sharon -- Pinned [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK* TEL+ VOY+ ] {IL
YA, -Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, 2012., 228p
Autumn, who struggles with a learning disability and exceeds at wrestling, and
Adonis, who is confined to a wheelchair and loves books, learn how their
weaknesses can become assets.
AR: 3.4 MG 5.0 153168EN Lexile: 460, HL HRD 1
15.34 15.34
32926X6
Flake, Sharon -- Who am I without him? : short stories about girls and the boys in
their lives [ 5OW+ BKK+ BKL* BUL+ CKAH HRN+ KIR* LMC* SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+
WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2007,
c2005., 220p
Presents ten short stories about teenage girls struggling with issues of self-worth.
12.71 12.71
0112JM1
Flake, Sharon -- You don't even know me : stories and poems about boys [ BKL+
BUL+ HRN+ MTR+ SLJ+ TEL+ VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 818} -- Jump at the Sun,
2011, c2010., 195p
A collection of nine short stories and thirteen poems by Sharon Flake that offer
insight into the emotions, experiences, and values of African-American males.
5.19 5.19
29759R5
Flinn, Alex -- Beastly {IL YA, -Fic-} -- HarperTeen, 2011, c2007., 304p
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a
vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find
true love before he can return to his human form.
PAP 1 5.84 5.84
0385TU6
Flinn, Alex -- Beastly ; Lindy's diary [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+
VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- HarperTeen, 2012, c2007., 483p
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a
vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find
true love before he can return to his human form. Includes the diary of Lindy, the
girl locked up by the Beast.
PAP 1 6.49 6.49
0811AE6

Flinn, Alex -- Bewitching [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} --
HarperTeen, 2013., 342p
Tells the story of Kendra, a witch, and the first three-hundred years of her life,
including takes on a classic fairy tale, the 1666 plague in Britain, the "Titanic"
disaster, and the story of a modern-day, plain stepsister.
AR: 4.0 UG 13.0 149818EN Lexile: 620, HL FBG 1
15.31 15.31
0386AU4
Flinn, Alex -- Cloaked [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} --
HarperTeen, 2012, c2011., 341p
Seventeen-year-old Johnny is approached at his family's struggling shoe repair shop
in a Miami, Florida, hotel by Alorian Princess Victoriana, who asks him to find her
brother who was turned into a frog.
AR: 3.5 MG 9.0 142571EN Lexile: 540, HL FBG 1
15.31 15.31
39934Q2
Flinn, Alex -- A kiss in time [ BKL+ HRN+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} --
HarperTeen, 2010, c2009., 371p
Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia persuades Jack, the modern-day American who
kissed her awake after a three-hundred-year sleep, to take her to his Miami home,
where she hopes to win his love before the witch who cursed her can spirit her
away.
6.49 6.49
37559LX
Flinn, Alex -- Nothing to lose [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* KLI+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+
WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- HarperTempest, 2005, c2004., RL 3.5, 277p
A year after running away with a traveling carnival to escape his unbearable home
life, sixteen-year-old Michael returns to Miami, Florida, to find that his mother is
going on trial for the murder of his abusive stepfather.
5.84 5.84
0604NN9
Flinn, Alex -- Towering [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- HarperTeen,, 2014.
8.54 8.54
03449X7
Frost, Helen -- Crossing stones [ BKK+ BKL* BUL+ CRL* HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC* SLJ+
VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009., 184p
Four young people in two families tell of their experience during World War I when
the boys enlist and are sent to fight, Emma finishes school, and Muriel joins the
suffrage movement.
15.34 15.34
0443KM5

Frost, Helen -- Diamond Willow [ BKL+ BUL* HRN+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-}
-- Square Fish, 2011, c2008., RL 4.3, 111p
In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled
dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while
unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and
friends who care for her.
4.54 4.54
0443DM4 F
rost, Helen -- Hidden [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC* NBKL SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ]
{IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011., RL 4.2, 147p
Years after Darra Monson's father stole a minivan with Wren Abbott hiding in the
back, the girls come face to face at summer camp and together they try to work
through what happened to them and the impact it had on their lives.
AR: 3.9 MG 3.0 144298EN Lexile: 670, HL HRD 1
14.49 14.49
0156WV7
Frost, Helen -- Keesha's house [ 5OW+ BKK+ BKL+ KIR+ LMC+ MLPH MTR+ PWK+
SLJ* VOY* VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Square Fish, 2013, c2003., 120p
Seven teens facing such problems as pregnancy, closeted homosexuality, and abuse
each describe in poetic forms what caused them to leave home and where they
found home again.
AR: 4.4 UG 2.0 69793EN Lexile: NP PAP 1
6.49 6.49
0591NL8
Frost, Helen -- Room 214 : a year in poems [ BKK+ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC* PWK*
SLJ+ VOY+ WCC+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Sqaure Fish, 2014., RL 3.5, 93p
A collection of poems written in the voices of Mrs. Williams of room 214, her
students, and a custodian about their interactions with each other, their families,
and the world around them. Includes notes on the poetic forms represented.
AR: 3.5 MG 1.0 80292EN PAP 1 6.84
6.84
0916ZG0
Frost, Helen -- Salt : a story of friendship in a time of war [ BKL* HRN+ KIR* PWK+
SLJ+ TEL+ VOY+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Frances Foster Books, 2013., RL 4, 138p
Twelve-year-olds Anikwa, of the Miami village of Kekionga, and James, of the trading
post outside Fort Wayne, find their friendship threatened by the rising fear and
tension brought by the War of 1812.
AR: 4.3 MG 3.0 162844EN Lexile: NP HRD 1
15.34 15.34
0871NN7
Funke, Cornelia -- Emma and the Blue Genie {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Random House BFYR,
2014.
HRD 1 8.54 8.54
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on October 14, 2014.
0870TM6 F

unke, Cornelia -- Fearless [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little,
Brown Books for Y, c2014.
8.55 8.55
0189JK8
Funke, Cornelia Caroline -- Dragon rider [ BKK+ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC* PWK+
VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Chicken House/Scholastic, 2011, c2004., RL 4.9,
523p
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. They encounter both friendly and unfriendly
creatures along the way and struggle to evade the relentless pursuit of an old
enemy.
5.84 5.84
0816BG1
Funke, Cornelia Caroline -- Ghost knight [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ ] {IL
3-6, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown and Company, 2013., RL 4.6, 330p
Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft and new friend Ella summon the ghost of Sir William
Longspee, who may be able to protect Jon from a group of ghosts that threatens him
harm from the day he arrives at Salisbury Cathedral's boarding school. Includes
historical notes.
5.19 5.19
0395EW9
Funke, Cornelia Caroline -- Ghost knight [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ ] {IL
3-6, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown, 2012., RL 4.6, 330p
Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft and new friend Ella summon the ghost of Sir William
Longspee, who may be able to protect Jon from a group of ghosts that threatens him
harm from the day he arrives at Salisbury Cathedral's boarding school. Includes
historical notes.
14.49 14.49
29294N4
Funke, Cornelia Caroline -- Inkdeath [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ VOY* VOY+ ] {IL
5-8, -Fic-} -- Chicken House/Scholastic, 2009, c2008., RL 5.9, 683p
As Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double--tries to keep the Book of Immortality from
unraveling, Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, and demands that
Bluejay either surrender or doom the children to slavery in the silver mines.
8.44 8.44
14448T5 Funke, Cornelia Caroline -- Inkheart [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+
KIR* NBKL NYT+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY* VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic,
2005., RL 5.9, 548p

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional
characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel
"Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the
story.
7.15 7.15
01880T7
Funke, Cornelia Caroline -- Inkspell [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC* NBKL PWK* SLJ+
VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2007, c2005., RL 5.6, 635p
When Dustfinger finds a crooked storyteller who can read him back to Inkscape, he
leaves his apprentice Farid behind; but Farid seeks out Meggie and the two follow
him back into the enchanted book.
7.14 7.14
16692R7
Funke, Cornelia Caroline -- Inkspell [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC* NBKL PWK* SLJ+
VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2005., RL 5.6, 635p
When Dustfinger finds a crooked storyteller who can read him back to Inkscape, he
leaves his apprentice Farid behind; but Farid seeks out Meggie and the two follow
him back into the enchanted book.
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Funke, Cornelia Caroline -- Reckless [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ SLJ+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -
Fic-} -- Little, Brown, 2011, 2010., RL 5.3, 394p
Jacob and Will Reckless have looked out for each other ever since their father
disappeared, but when Jacob discovers a magical mirror that transports him to a
warring world populated by witches, giants, and ogres, he keeps it to himself until
Will follows him one day, with dire consequences.
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Funke, Cornelia Caroline -- The Thief Lord [ 5OW+ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* KLI+
MLBW NBKL NPTW NYT+ PWK+ SLJ* VOY* WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Scholastic, 2010,
c2001., RL 5.3, 349p
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and
uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-
year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
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Gaiman, Neil -- Coraline {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Salamandra, 2011, c2003., 155p
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world
that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a
gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
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