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Snow Struck
by Nick Courage
While visiting New York City for the first time, Elizabeth and her little brother must help their cousin Ashley when her dog gets lost in the cold, snow and ice blanketing Manhattan.
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Unconventional Warfare
by Chris Lynch
Danny Manion lands in the Studies and Observation Group, a volunteer task force that focuses on covert action and psychological warfare during the Vietnam War.
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Captain
by Sam Angus
Teased by his early 20th-century Gallipoli platoon for being too young to drink or shave, boy soldier Billy meets a refugee boy and his donkey, who teach him what it means to be a brave and loyal friend.
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Thirteenth Child
by Patricia C. Wrede
Eff must finally get over believing she is bad luck and accept that her special training in Aphrikan magic and being the twin of the seventh son of a seventh son gives her extraordinary power to combat evil magical creatures.
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The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
(1050 Lexile) With the aid of the wizard Luthe and the Blue Sword, Aerin wins the birthright due to her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North. A Newbery Medal winner.
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Sabriel
by Garth Nix
(1000 Lexile) Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
(1050 Lexile) Presents the three adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle, as well as other animal stories and songs. Includes discussion questions and explanatory notes.
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The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
(1230 Lexile) Widely regarded as the first great American novel, The Last of the Mohicans, with its epic landscapes, stoic frontiersmen and noble Native Americans, created much of the mythology and romance that has wreathed the American frontier adventure ever since.
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Fever Crumb
by Philip Reeve
(1000 Lexile) In a future London, England, foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.
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ArchEnemy
by Frank Beddor
(1070 Lexile) Virtuous Queen Alyss, who has lost the power of imagination, and her murderous Aunt Redd battle for control of Wonderland.
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Dive! : World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific
by Deborah Hopkinson
(1090 Lexile) A vivid portrait of the World War II Pacific battles commemorates the heroism of the U.S. submarine sailors who fought in them, recounting, in compelling detail, how their outmanned and outdated fleets of subs helped stop the Japanese invasion across the Pacific. By the award-winning author of Titanic: Voices From the Disaster.
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The Wild Queen : The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots
by Carolyn Meyer
(1000 Lexile) Convicted of plotting against her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England and awaiting execution, Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland, recounts her life story, including becoming a widow and her campaign to regain her sovereignty.
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Where It Began
by Ann Redisch Stampler
(1150 Lexile) After being involved in a horrific car crash while under the influence of alcohol, Los Angeles high school student Gabriella Gardiner assumes she stole her rich boyfriend's car and smashed it into a tree, but she cannot remember anything about the events of that evening.
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Pieces of Georgia
by Jennifer Bryant
(1160 Lexile) Knowing that her father is reminded of her deceased mother whenever she does her artwork in front of him, Georgia finds it difficult to find a healthy balance and get through the challenging period ahead, but when she receives an anonymous gift in the mail one day, Georgia begins to have renewed faith for all their futures.
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Emily of New Moon
by L. M. Montgomery
(1060 Lexile) When Emily's father dies, leaving her an orphan, she is sent to live with a stern aunt in Prince Edward Island, where her resourcefulness and love of writing help her adjust to a new way of life.
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Down the Mysterly River
by Bill Willingham
(1040 Lexile) When expert Boy Scout Max "the Wolf" finds himself in an unfamiliar wood, he is joined by three talking animal companions who are just as confused about how they got there, and soon the group is being chased by ruthless hunters and their relentless hounds.
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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.
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Brian's Hunt
by Gary Paulsen
(1120 Lexile) Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old boy returns to the wild, where he befriends a wounded dog and hunts a rogue bear.
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Whale Talk
by Chris Crutcher
(1000 Lexile) T.J., a multiracial, adopted, intellectually and athletically gifted teenager, shuns organized sports and the athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team with some of the school's less popular students.
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