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Frindle by Andrew ClementsFifth-grade language arts teacher Mrs. Granger comes to regret her lesson that language is controlled by human beings when Nick Allen begins a wildly successful campaign to rename the ballpoint pen.
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The Watsons Go to Birminghamby Christopher Paul CurtisThe ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
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Dead End in Norveltby Jack GantosIn the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, 12-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore. By the author of the Newbery Honor book, Joey Pigza Loses Control. Read by the author.
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The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L HolmHating change and missing both her best friend and her dead goldfish, 11-year-old Ellie encounters a boy who strongly resembles her immortality-obsessed grandfather, in a story that introduces the work of famous historical scientists. By the three-time Newbery Honor-winning author of Turtle in Paradise. |
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How to Catch A Bogle by Catherine JinksIn 1870s London, a young orphan girl named Birdie becomes the apprentice to a man who traps monsters for a living.
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From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. KonigsburgHaving run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
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The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case by Alexander McCall SmithConsidering a future as a detective years before the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is established, 8-year-old Precious Ramotswe investigates the disappearance of a piece of cake when she believes that a young boy has been wrongly accused of stealing it as well as perpetrating a series of playground thefts, in a young reader's spin-off of the popular adult mystery series.
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Timeless Tales of Beatrix Potter : Peter Rabbit and Friendsby Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter's amazing universe of animals dressed in human clothing has taught and entertained children for over a century. Her love of animals and children is apparent in each of these twenty-one tales. The world of Beatrix Potter is as appealing now as when it was first created at the turn of the twentieth century.
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The Red Pyramid by Rick RiordanEgyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey to save him.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K RowlingRescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
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Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg SloanA young possum strikes out on her own and winds up trapped in a human house before her brothers can rescue her.
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Aliens on Vacationby Clete Barrett SmithUnhappy at being sent to stay with his grandmother at the inn she operates, The Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, Scrub discovers that each room is actually a portal to space and the inn's visitors are aliens who are vacationing on Earth.
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The Bad Beginningby Lemony SnicketAfter the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
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The Screaming Staircaseby Jonathan StroudWhen London is overrun by malevolent spirits, a talented group of young psychic detectives compete against other ghostbusting agencies in the debut of a new series that finds three intrepid colleagues investigating one of England's most haunted houses.
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Mary Poppinsby P. L. TraversAn extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
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Save me a Seat by Sarah WeeksTwo boys—one white, one Indian-American—gain strength from each other from afar as they struggle to navigate middle school, family relationships and friendships.
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Zorgamazooby Robert Paul WestonImaginative and adventurous Katrina eludes her maniacal guardian to help Morty, a member of a vanishing breed of zorgles, with his quest to uncover the fate of the fabled zorgles of Zorgmazoo as well as of other creatures that seem to have disappeared from the Earth.
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Charlotte's Webby E. B. WhiteWilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
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The Mysterious Howlingby Maryrose WoodFifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.
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