Whales on Stitls by M.T. Anderson Web Site With Author Information
Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales. (Grades 4-6)
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs. by Betty Birney Author's Web Site
Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World. (Grades 4-7)
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach Web Site With Author Information
Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. (Grades 4-7)
Free Baseball by Sue Corbett Web Site With Author Information
Angry with his mother for having too little time for him, eleven-year-old Felix takes advantage of an opportunity to become bat boy for a minor league baseball team, hoping to someday be like his father, a famous Cuban outfielder. Includes glossaries of baseball terms and Spanish words and phrases. (Grades 4-7)
Chicken Boy by Frances Dowell Web Site With Author Information
Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place. (Grades 4-7)
The Sacrifice by K.B. Duble Web Site With Author Information
Two sisters, aged ten and twelve, are accused of witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1692 and await trial in a miserable prison while their mother desperately searches for some way to obtain their freedom. (Grade 4-8)
Swordbird by Nancy Fan Web Site With Author Information
When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out. (Grades 4-6)
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman Web Site With Author Information
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats, complete with index, photos, and author's notes.(Grades 4-8)
I, Coriander by Sally Gardner Web Site With Author Information
In 17th century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born. (Grades 6-9)
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman Web Site With Author Information
Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments. (Grades 4-6)
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix Web Site With Author Information
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. (Grades 5-8)
Martin Bridge: Ready For Takeoff! by J. S. Kerrin Web Site With Author Information
In three illustrated stories, Martin encounters two bus drivers with very differnet wasy of relating, makes a tough decision about a friend's pets and takes on an extremely competitive model rocket project that almost costs him a friendship. (Grades 2-4)
Regarding the Trees: A Splintered Saga Rooted in Secrets by Kate Klise Web Site With Author Information
In this story told primarily through letters, Principal Russ wants the middle school trees to be trimmed before his administrative evaluation, but the project is interrupted by a town gender war, dueling chefs, student tree protests, and a surprise wedding. (Grades 5-8)
The Year of the Dog and The Year of the Dog (audio version) By Grace Lin Web Site With Author Information
Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life. (Grades 3-5)
Drita, My Homegirl by Jesse Lombard Web Site With Author Information
When ten-year-old Drita and her family, refugees from Kosovo, move to New York, Drita is teased about not speaking English well, but after a popular student named Maxie is forced to learn about Kosovo as a punishment for teasing Drita, the two girls soon bond. (Grades 4-7)
Gossamer by Lois Lowry Web Site With Author Information
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds. (Grades 4-7)
Punished by David Lubar Web Site With Author Information
Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library. Logan gets caught when he runs into a mysterious man. When Logan doesn't apologize sincerely, the mysterious gentleman punishes him by causing him to speak in puns. Only finding seven examples each of oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes within the time limits will return Logan to normal. (Grades 3-5)
Miracle on 49th Street by Mike LupicaWeb Site With Author Information
After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Molly learns that her father is a basketball star for the Boston Celtics. (Grades 6-9)
All of the Above by Shelly Pearsall Web Site With Author Information
Five urban middle school students, their teacher, and other community members relate how a school project to build the world's largest tetrahedron affects the lives of everyone involved. (Grades 5-8)
Clementine and Clementine (audio version) by Sara Pennypacker Web Site With Author Information
Five urban middle school students, their teacher, and other community members relate how a school project to build the world's largest tetrahedron affects the lives of everyone involved. (Grades 2-4)
Rickshaw Girl by M Perkins Web Site With Author Information
In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.
The Mysterious Benedict Society byTrenton Lee Stewart Web Site With Author Information
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. (Grades 5-9)
H.I.V.E. (Higher Institue for Villainouse Education) by Mark Walden Web Site With Author Information
Seven-year-old Stink Moody discovers that he can get free samples by writing letters to candy companies and plans a surprise for his best friend's birthday. (Grades 5-8)
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles Web Site With Author Information
Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto. (Grades 4-6)
Counting on Grace Winthrop Web Site With Author Information
It's 1910 in Pownal, Vermont. At 12 Grace and her best friend Arthur must go to work in the mill, helping their mothers work the looms. Together Grace and Arthur write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in the mill. A few weeks later, Lewis Hine, a famous reformer arrives undercover to gather evidence. Grace meets him and appears in some of his photographs, changing her life forever. (Grades 5-8)