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| The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay CurrieSupernatural Mystery. Cold patches, unseen footsteps, a color-changing painting, and a crying ventriloquist dummy: witnessing all of these weird things convinces Tessa that her family has moved into a haunted house. Things get even more hair-raising as Tessa and her new friends dig into the house's history, making this creepy mystery a "perfect flashlight read" (Booklist). |
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| The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan GlaserFiction. The five Vanderbeeker kids -- Oliver, Hyacinth, Isa, Jessie, and Laney -- love their family's old apartment on Harlem's 141st Street. When their grumpy landlord Mr. Beiderman says they have to move out, the siblings band together in all-out effort to change his mind. |
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The magic misfits by Neil Patrick HarrisA middle-grade debut by the beloved actor and best-selling author of Choose Your Own Autobiography follows the experiences of a young New England street magician who teams up with other talented street kids to protect their community from a greedy crime boss.
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The Secret of Nightingale Wood
by Lucy Strange
Finding herself alone in the wake of her mother's illness, her father's job abroad and her caregiver's busy schedule, Henrietta, a girl growing up in the early 20th century, explores ghostly secrets in her new home. A first novel.
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| Garvey's Choice by Nikki GrimesNovel in Verse. Why do people seem to want Garvey to be someone he's not? Kids at school tease him for being fat, and his dad is disappointed that Garvey isn't athletic like his sister. Only his friend Joe understands that Garvey prefers science fiction and music to sports. Written in short tanka poems, Garvey's Choice is a sensitive, honest read that's just right for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Sharon Creech. |
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| The Fourth Stall by Chris RylanderFiction. From their "office" in an unused school bathroom, sixth-graders Mac and Vance work as fixers, helping students with all kinds of problems (for a fee, of course). After they agree to protect a kid from a high school bully, the job threatens both their business and their friendship. Action and humor add oomph to this middle school mobster story, the 1st in the Fourth Stall trilogy. |
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| EllRay Jakes is Not a Chicken! by Sally Warner; illustrated by Jamie HarperFiction. When his dad promises a day at Disneyland in return for one week of good behavior at school, third-grader EllRay Jakes tries to stay out of trouble, but it's not easy – especially not after he's targeted by class bully Jared. If you like this realistic school story (the 1st in the EllRay Jakes series), you might also enjoy Karen English's Carver Chronicles.
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| Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita VaradarajanFiction. Newly arrived in New Jersey from Bangalore, India, Ravi is sure that his best friend at school will be Dillon, a popular American-born Indian student. But Joe, a tall white kid with a learning disability, knows from experience that Dillon is a bully. Ravi and Joe take turns describing the events of this "lunchroom drama" that will leave you "begging for seconds" (School Library Journal). |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Avon Lake Public Library 32649 Electric Blvd. Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 440-933-8128alpl.org |
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