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Avi,
Poppy and Ereth
After a long, hard winter in Dimwood forest, Poppy the deer mouse finds new adventure thrust upon her while rescuing Ereth the porcupine from the mud.
208 p. 2009
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Balliett, Blue
Chasing Vermeer
Classmates Petra and Calder combine their talents when a series of strange and puzzling events involving their sixth-grade teacher, a cranky neighbor, and the theft of a priceless Vermeer painting lead to an international art scandal.
254 p. 2004
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Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
Diego : Bigger Than Life
The life and work of the artist Diego Rivera is told through chronological poems that capture salient points in his life.
64 p. 2009
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Broach, Elise
Shakespeare's Secret
A girl named Hero, her eccentric next-door neighbor, and an ordinary boy named Danny search for a diamond hidden in Hero's house that could crack the mystery of William Shakespeare's true identity.
250 p. 2005
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Burg, Ann E.
All the Broken Pieces : a Novel in Verse
Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past.
218 p. 2009
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Cushman, Karen.
Alchemy and Meggy Swann
In 1573, the crippled, scorned, and destitute Meggy Swann goes to London, where she meets her father, an impoverished alchemist, and eventually discovers that although her legs are bent and weak, she has many other strengths.
167 p. 2010
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Flake, Sharon.
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street
Ten-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely knight in shining armor.
132 p. 2007
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Funke, Cornelia
Inkheart
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
534 p. 2003
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Gutman, Dan
Jim Me : a Baseball Card Adventure
Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.
195 p. 2008
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Hale, Shannon
Princess Academy
When the prince's advisors announce that the next princess of Danland will come from her village, Miri and the other girls are sent to a school where they not only learn to be princesses but also the value of knowledge, individuality and quick thinking.
314 p. 2007
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Helgerson, Joseph
Crows and Cards : a Novel
Leaving St. Louis in 1849, Zebulon Crabtree takes up with a riverboat gambler who has some special plans for him, crosses paths with a slave who becomes a friend, and learns that some Indian medicine men can see even though blind. Illustrations.
344 p. 2009
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Hemphill, Helen, 1955-
The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones
Thirteen-year-old Prometheus Jones and his eleven-year-old cousin Omer flee Tennessee and join a cattle drive that will eventually take them to Texas, where Prometheus hopes his father lives, and they find adventure and face challenges as African Americans in a land still recovering from the Civil War.
228 p. 2008
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Hoose, Phillip M
Claudette Colvin : Twice Toward Justice
On March 2, 1955,teenager Claudette Colvin refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders.
133 p. 2009
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Kelly, Jacqueline
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
340 p. 2009
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Klise, Kate
Dying to Meet You
In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, I.B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.
147 p. 2009
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Konigsburg, E. L.
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her grand uncles have been building in their back yard for over forty years.
296 p. 2004
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Lin, Grace.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore.
278 p. 2009
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Loizeaux, William
Clarence Cochran a Human Boy
With the threat of extermination looming, a cockroach who has been transformed into a tiny human learns to communicate with his human hosts, leading to an agreement both sides can live with, and a friendship between Clarence and ten-year-old Mimi, a human environmentalist.
152 p. 2009
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Mordecai, Martin
Blue Mountain Trouble
Tucked high in the Jamaica Blue Mountains is Top Valley, home to eleven-year-old twins: the sharp-eyed (and sharp-mouthed) Pollyread Gilmore and her brother, Jackson, who's always up for (and in) trouble. But the twins aren't going to have to look too hard for mischief: the town jailbird, named Jammy, is back and for some reason he's targeting the Gilmore family. With the twins' mother sick and their father distracted, it's up to Jackson and Pollyread to take on Jammy and keep their family strong.
341 p. 2009
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Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
Faith Hope and Ivy June
During a student exchange program, seventh-graders Ivy June and Catherine share their lives, homes, and communities, and find that although their lifestyles are total opposites they have a lot in common.
280 p. 2009
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