Airborn
Oppel, Kenneth
Matt and Kate team up to search for the existence of mysterious
winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the
Earth's surface.
Becoming Naomi León
Ryan, Pam Muñoz
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi
runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger
brother in search of her father.
Chasing Vermeer
Balliett, Blue
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen
and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, 11-year-olds Petra
and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art
scandal.
Each Little Bird That Sings
Wiles, Deborah
Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her
family runs the funeral parlor in town, but she is unprepared
for the heart-wrenching events that begin on the first day of
Easter vacation.
Gregor the Overlander
Collins, Suzanne
When 11-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are
pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic
battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches and spiders.
Hachiko Waits
Newman, Lesléa
After a professor dies suddenly while at work, his faithful
dog continues to await his return at the train station every
afternoon. Based on a true story.
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
Levine, Karen
An artifact sent to a Japanese Holocaust Museum sets the
curator on an adventure to research the life of the suitcase’s
original owner.
Heartbeat
Creech, Sharon
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the rhythms of life the year
that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins
faltering, and her best friend becomes distant.
Ida B: … and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and
(Possibly) Save the World
Hannigan, Katherine
Fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled
and playing in her family's apple orchard until her mother’s
illness brings unwelcome changes.
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
Feinstein, John
Student reporters Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover
the Final Four basketball tournament, where they discover that a
talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final
game.
Locomotion
Woodson, Jacqueline
Having lost his parents in a fire and been placed in a foster
home away from his little sister, Lonnie finds comfort in
expressing his feelings with the encouragement and help of a
special teacher.
Once Upon a Marigold
Ferris, Jean
A young man with a mysterious past and a fondness for
inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an
unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot
against her and her father.
Peter and the Starcatchers
Barry, Dave
Soon after orphaned Peter sets sail from England on the ship
Never Land, he befriends Molly, whose mission is to guard a
trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the
inhabitants of a remote island.
Red Kayak
Cummings, Priscilla
Thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T. and Digger
become entangled in a tragedy which tests their friendship and
their ideas about right and wrong.
The Sea of Trolls
Farmer, Nancy
Jack and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking
Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and
his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a quest to the
home of the trolls.
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the
H.L. Hunley
Walker, Sally M.
This is an account of the history, recovery and conservation
of the first submarine to sink an enemy ship. The submarine’s
fate was unknown for over 130 years.
Shackleton's Stowaway
McKernan, Victoria
Eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow stows away on the
legendary explorer’s expedition to Antarctica in 1914 and, along
with the rest of the crew, is stranded in the most hostile place
on earth.
So B. It: A Novel
Weeks, Sarah
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and
a neighbor who can’t go outside, 12-year-old Heidi sets out on a
cross-country journey to find out who she is.
The Star of Kazan
Ibbotson, Eva
After 12-year-old Annika inherits a trunk of costume jewelry,
a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes
her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.
Thin Wood Walls
Patneaude, David
When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Joe Hamada and his
family face growing prejudice, even as his older brother joins
the United States Army to fight in the war.
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