| 3RD
THROUGH 5TH GRADE |
Perloo
the Bold
by Avi
J FICTION AVI |
Perloo, a
peaceful scholar who has been chosen to succeed Jolaine as leader
of the furry underground people called the Montmers, finds himself
in danger when Jolaine dies and her evil son seizes control of
the burrow.
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The
Incredible Journey
by Shelia Every Burnford
Y PAPERBACK BUR |
Following
their instincts, three pets, a Siamese cat, and old Bull Terrier,
and a young Labrador retreiver, travel across the Canadian wilderness.
They soon realize that only by working together can they survive
the 250 mile journey and find their family.
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|
I
Left My Sneakers in Dimension X
by Bruce Coville
J FICTION COV
|
Rod
and his bratty cousin Elspeth are snatched into another dimension
by the monstrous alien Smorkus Flinders. |
The
Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman
Y FICTION FLE |
A bratty
prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently
trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
|
Johnny
Tremain
by Esther Forbes
J FICTION FOR |
After injuring
his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger
for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
|
A
Murder for
Her Majesty
by Beth Hilgartner
Y FICTION HIL |
When Alice
Tuckfield witnesses her father's death, she flees to York. Afraid
the men who killed her father were working for Queen Elizabeth
and will now be looking for her, she must hide in a boy's choir
and keep from being discovered.
|
Jack
Black and the Ship of Thieves
by Carol Hughes
Y FICTION HUG |
Having fallen
from his father's airship, Jack blunders into a feud between a
pirate ship and a deadly ocean-going war machine and encounters
danger, intrigue, and treachery.
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Dark
Portal
by Robin Jarvis
Y FICTION JAR |
While on
a rescue mission, a few daring mice journey below to the sewers
to an evil world ruled by the rat Jupiter, who rules the other
rats through terror.
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| MIDDLE
SCHOOL |
The
Drackenberg Adventure
by Lloyd Alexander
Y FICTION ALE |
In 1873 seventeen-year-old
Vesper Holly and her guardians travel to an obscure European grand
duchy, where their archenemy Dr. Helvitius is pursuing a lost
art treasure and engineering the country's annexation by a neighboring
kingdom.
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|
Flight
#116
is Down
by Caroline B. Cooney
Y PAPERBACK COO
|
Teenager
Heidi Landseth helps rescue people from a plane crash on her family's
property, and the experience changes her life forever. |
The
Minstrel's Tale
by Berit Haahr
Y FICTION HAA |
When betrothed
to a repulsive old man, thirteen-year-old Judith runs away, assumes
the identity of a young boy, and hopes to join the King's Minstrels
in fourteenth-century England.
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Stowaway
by Karen Hesse
Y FICTION HES |
A fictionalized
journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768
to 1771 aboard the Endeavor, which sailed around the world under
Captain James Cook.
|
Boston
Jane
by Jennifer L. Holm
Y FICTION HOL |
Schooled
in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane
Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long
sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the
American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory.
|
Point
Blank
by Anthony Horowitz
Y FICTION HOR |
Fourteen-year-old
Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating
an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps
|
The
Wreckers
by Iain Lawrence
Y FICTION LAW |
Shipwrecked
after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts
to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil
secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded.
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The
Pirate's Son
by Geraldine McCaughrean
Y FICTION MACC |
Left penniless
in eighteenth century England, fourteen-year-old Nathan Gull and
his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate,
to his homeland of Madagascar where they are all changed by their
encounter with Tamo's dangerous past.
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Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Y FICTION PAU |
After a plane
crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness,
learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by
his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
|
The
Guns of Easter
by Gloria Whelan
Y PAPERBACK WHE |
It
is 1916 and Europe is at war. Twelve-year-old Jimmy loves the glory
and the British Army for which his father is fighting. But when
the war comes to his own streets, Jimmy's loyalties are divided
between his father and his uncle, one of the rebels occupying the
government offices in Dublin. |