By: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
When an earthquake strikes Never Land Island, things begin to go terribly wrong. A mysterious barrel washes ashore and falls into the hands of Captain Hook, who hatches an evil plan. The once-peaceful mermaids, who have always been friends to the...
By: Sharon Creech
'How about a story? Spin us a yarn.' Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. 'I could tell you an extensively strange story,' I warned. 'Oh, good!' Gram said. 'Delicious!' And that is how I happened to tell them...
By: Carmen Agra Deedy
Deedy's family emigrated to the U.S. during the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, and Carmen grew up in Decatur, Georgia. She combines the rich traditions of both the Southern culture and her Latin American heritage in a blend of delightful stories....
By: Simone Elkeles
When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created "perfect" life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member...
By: Daniel Handler
I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened.Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two...
By: Carrie Jones
Zara and her friends knew they hadn't solved the pixie problem for good. Far from it. The king's needs grow deeper every day he's stuck in captivity, while his control over his people gets weaker. It's made him vulnerable. And now there's a new king...
By: Cynthia Kadohata
In Cynthia Kadohata's lively, lovely, funny and sad novel -- winner of the 2005 Newbery Medal -- the Japanese-American Takeshima family moves from Iowa to Georgia in the 1950s when Katie, the narrator, is just in kindergarten. Though her parents...
By: Kathryn Lasky
In this sixth installment of the series Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Soren and his band are sent to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to gather allies and learn the art of war in preparation for the coming cataclysmic battle against the sinister Pure...
By: Gail Carson Levine
A Newbery Honor author spins a spellbinding story of adventure, romance, and song.
By: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Merry is bubbly, outgoing, and optimistic.Mally is thoughtful, solitary, and independent.The twins think of themselves as one. They dream the same dreams, experience the same emotions, and even share a language nobody else can...
By: Garth Nix
On the seventh day, there was a choice.The house is falling apart, and when it is destroyed, all existence will be destroyed with it. Arthur Penhaligon and his friends Leaf and Suzy are caught in the chaos, separated by events but drawn...
By: Barbara Park
IIt's holiday time, and Room One is doing lots of fun things to celebrate.Like making elf costumes! And singing joyful songs! Only, how can Junie B. enjoy the festivities when Tattletale May keeps ruining her holiday glee? And here is the worst...
By: Marlene Perez
Everyone in the Giordano family is psychic—except for Daisy. When her mother, who uses her power to solve crimes, enlists Daisy's older sister to investigate a teenage girl's mysterious death, Daisy feels utterly useless. But she takes matters into...
By: Dana Reinhardt
The story of a young marine's return from war in the Middle East and the psychological effects it has on his family.Finally, Levi Katznelson's older brother, Boaz, has returned. Boaz was a high school star who had it all and gave it up to...
By: Pam Munoz Ryan
Set in 1930, this is the story of Esperanza and her mother as they immigrate to the United States from Mexico following the death of Esperanza's father. As the pair travel they must deal with the racism and classism that confront many immigrants....
By: Jeri Smith-Ready
Aura can see ghosts. Born after the Shift, a little-understood event that enables younger generations to communicate with the dead, Aura is relentlessly pursued by these violet-hued spirits. They need help to pass out of this world and into the next....
By: Tammara Webber
A girl who believes trust can be misplaced, promises are made to be broken, and loyalty is an illusion. A boy who believes truth is relative, lies can mask unbearable pain, and guilt is eternal. Will what they find in each other validate their...
By: Carl Hiaasen
Middle school student Roy Eberhardt is a new resident to the town of Coconut Grove, Florida. He doesn't have many friends but is intrigued when he notices a barefoot boy running through the woods near his home. Roy eventually befriends this boy and...
By: Eoin Colfer
At age 12, Fletcher Moon-- the youngest detective in existence--already had a dozen solved cases to boast about, but his latest one finds him in deep, deep trouble. The combination of stolen goods (bits of a famed singer's hair) and a powerful and...
By: Carl Hiaasen
You know it’s going to be a rough summer when you spend Father’s Day visiting your dad in the local lockup.Noah’s dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor–which has...
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
From the beginning of Melinda’s freshman year of high school, she’s labeled a snitch and a loser--she called the cops from an end-of-summer party, and a lot of kids got in trouble. But Melinda’s holding a powerful, horrible secret...
By: Blue Balliett
In the classic tradition of E.L. Konigsburg's From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, debut author Blue Balliett introduces readers to another pair of precocious kids on an artful quest full of patterns, puzzles, and the power of blue...
By: Ann Brashares
Ages 12 and up. Best buds Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget are back with their magical pair of shared jeans in Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood. Each summer brings new and difficult challenges, as the perennially separated friends...
By: Philip Pullman
Another mesmerizing episode from the universe of His Dark Materials set in the far frozen Arctic, including the very first meeting of those two legends and friends Lee Scoresby, the Texan balloonist, and Iorek Byrnison, the armored...
By: Ann Brashares
With Carmen falling for a college friend, Lena preparing for a great summer fling, Bridget seeking the attention of a certain professor, and Tibby parting ways with an old special someone, the Traveling Pants girls are certain to have a summer they...
By: Ann Brashares
After a long year, Tibby, Bee, Carmen, and Lena find themselves on the eve of another summer. Feeling overlooked and unwanted by her family, Tibby is headed for Williamstown to take a film course. At the last minute, Bee decides to travel to Alabama,...
By: Jeanne Duprau
When teenagers Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow lead their people up out of the Earth, fleeing their dying underground city of Ember, everything is new and a little frightening to the refugees--the sun and the moon, birds, trees, fire and the...
By: Philip Pullman
I might have occupied my mind usefully with Improving Thoughts, but the only improvement I could imagine then was a pair of wings, to enable me to fly to freedom. And, of course, a Head for Heights. I cleaned the dust from the window and peered out...
By: Alan W. Armstrong
A quiet barn filled with animals no one else wants and a troubled young boy with dyslexia converge in this unusual, candid, and wonderfully written middle-grade novel that is also a 2006 Newbery Honor Book. Though Bernie, a tender old man, owns the...
By: Esme Raji Codell
When her training as a wicked witch doesn't go so well and she is expelled from charm school, Hunky Dory decides to follow her real passion of becoming a fairy godmother where she will use her magic to help others fulfill their romantic dreams, in a...