Just a Dog - by Michael Gerard Bauer
A clumsy and oversized dog with a heart-shaped spot on his chest intuitively helps to bond a family with loving antics that profoundly affect all of them from his puppyhood through his final days.
Call Number: J BAUER
Doll Bones - by Holly Black
Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
Call Number: J BLACK
Jinx - by Sage Blackwood
A young boy named Jinx encounters magic and danger as he grows up in the deep, dark forest known as the Urwald. Here, Jinx discovers that the world beyond, and within, the Urwald is more complex than he could ever imagine.
Call Number: J BLACKWOO
Ruby Redfort: Look into My Eyes - by Lauren Child
Ruby Redfort is a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her slick sidekick butler, Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads of scrapes with evil villains, but they're always ice-cool in a crisis.
Call Number: J CHILD
Secrets from the Sleeping Bag: A Blogtastic! Novel - by Rose Cooper
Spending a fun-filled summer at Camp Kratakow, Sofia immerses herself in the glory of endless s'mores, bug juice, water sports and boys while recording every second of her adventures.
Call Number: J COOPER
Horten's Incredible Illusions: Magic, Mystery & Another Very Strange Adventure - by Lissa Evans
Stuart gets a job as a junior curator at the museum where his Great-Uncle Tony's magical workshop objects are on display and embarks on a new mystery that challenges him to find the great magician's hidden will. Sequel to
Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms
Call Number: J EVANS
A Tangle of Knots - by Lisa Graff
A puzzle-style story told from multiple viewpoints is set in a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent and follows the experiences of 11-year-old orphan baker Cady, who embarks on a journey that leads her to a mysterious house, an old recipe, a family of Talent-seeking children and a Talent Thief who changes her life forever.
Call Number: J GRAFF
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom - by Christopher Healy
Four princes, erroneously dubbed Prince Charming and rudely marginalized in their respective fairy tales, form an unlikely team when a witch threatens the whole kingdom.
Call Number: J HEALY
Chomp - by Carl Hiaasen
When the difficult star of the reality television show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father.
Call Number: J/YA HIAASEN
One for the Murphys - by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. But the day she becomes a foster child, and moves in with the Murphys, she's blindsided. This loving, bustling family shows Carley the stable family life she never thought existed, and she feels like an alien in their cookie-cutter-perfect household. Despite her resistance, the Murphys eventually show her what it feels like to belong--until her mother wants her back and Carley has to decide where and how to live. She's not really a Murphy, but the gifts they've given her have opened up a new future.
Call Number: J HUNT
Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities - by Mike Jung
Noticing that his favorite superhero has been off his game lately, Vincent Wu discovers that Captain Stupendous' powers have been transferred to a girl Vincent secretly likes, a situation that culminates in a wacky training session.
Call Number: J JUNG
Homesick - by Kate Klise
When his parents separate, Benny's father begins hoarding, cluttering the house, and growing more distant.
Call Number: J KLISE
Ungifted - by Gordon Korman
When one of Donovan's thoughtless pranks accidentally destroys the school gym during the Big Game he knows he's in for it. But through a strange chain of events, his name gets put on the list for the local school for gifted students. Donovan knows he's not a genius, but he can't miss this chance to escape. Now, he has to figure out a way to stay at ASD and fit in with the kids there.
Call Number: J KORMAN
Mountain of Bones - by Christopher Krovatin
During a class trip to the Montana woods, three sixth-graders, athletic Ian, sensitive PJ, and brainy Kendra, are separated from their group and must rely on each other to survive as they encounter zombies and more. Series:
GravedIggers
Call Number: J KROVATIN
One White Dolphin - by Gill Lewis
When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English schoolgirl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging.
Call Number: J LEWIS
Seeing Cinderella - by Jenny Lundquist
Struggling with frizzy hair, new glasses, and a best friend's weird behavior at the start of sixth grade, Callie is astonished to discover that her glasses give her the power to read people's thoughts.
Call Number: J LUNDQUIS
The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons - by Barbara Mariconda
Working with the mysterious Marni to protect her late father's beloved home from her greedy Uncle Victor, Lucy taps the protective qualities of magical objects while making unexpected friends and discovering the ultimate power of courage.
Call Number: J MARICOND
Pi in the Sky - by Wendy Mass
Relegated to the humble duty of delivering pies due to his lack of motivation, young Joss, a seventh son of a prestigious family of overachievers, is tasked with recovering a suddenly missing Earth with the assistance of an outspoken Earth girl.
Call Number: J MASS
Almost Identical - by Lin Oliver
Once inseparable best friends, thirteen-year-old identical twins Sammie and Charlie begin to grow apart when they make new friends and join different clubs as seventh graders at a brand new school. Series:
Almost Identical
Call Number: J OLIVER
Gods and Warriors - by Michelle Paver
In the turbulent world of the Mediterranean Bronze Age, Hylas, a lowly twelve-year-old goatherd, thief, and outsider, journeys from the Greek mountains to Crete and Egypt, making allies with animals, battling tyranny, and withstanding the elemental powers of the gods of land and sea.
Series:
Gods and Warriors
Call Number: J PAVER
Shadow on the Mountain - by Margi Preus
Swept up by the Norwegian Resistance when Nazi German troops invade his home, 14-year-old Espen performs illicit courier services before becoming a Gestapo-dodging spy throughout five years during which he loses friends, falls in love and plots a daring escape to Sweden.
Call Number: J PREUS
Rebel McKenzie - by Candice F. Ransom
Call Number: J RANSOM
Stealing Air - by Trent Reedy
Three sixth-grade boys band together to build an experimental aircraft, enduring social and practical difficulties in the process.
Call Number: J REEDY
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop - by Kate Saunders
Inheriting their sorcerer uncles' magical house and famous chocolate shop, 11-year-old twins Oz and Lily are challenged to outmaneuver evil villains who are hunting for the secret to their greatest chocolate recipe.
Call Number: J SAUNDERS
Call Number: J SAUNDERS
Splendors and Glooms - by Laura Amy Schlitz
When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London. Soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.
Call Number: J SCHLITZ
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin - by Liesl Shurtliff
Relates the tale of Rumpelstiltskin's childhood and youth, explaining why his name is so important, how he is able to spin straw into gold, and why a firstborn child is his reward for helping the miller's daughter-turned-queen.
Call Number: J SHURTLIF
Who Could That Be at This Hour? - by Lemony Snicket
Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue. Series:
All the Wrong Questions
Call Number: J SNICKET
Liar & Spy - by Rebecca Stead
Moving into an apartment when his father loses his job, Georges befriends Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy, who recruits Georges into the world of espionage so that they can investigate a mysterious neighbor who lives on the top floor.
Call Number: J STEAD
Call Number: J STEAD
Stick Dog - by Tom Watson
When Stick Dog's quest for hamburgers turns out to be more difficult than he could have ever imagined, he challenges his four friends, Stripes, Mutt, Poo-Poo and Karen, to come up with a master plan that includes unconventional solutions, in a hilarious illustrated novel that is perfect for Big Nate and Wimpy Kid fans.
Call Number: J WATSON
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