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Just Jane: a daughter of England caught in the struggle of the American Revolution (Great Episodes)
Par William Lavender. 2002
Fourteen-year-old orphan Lady Jane Prentice arrives in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1776 from England to live with her uncle's family.…
Over the next six years the colonies rebel against the crown, and Jane finds her loyalties divided between countries--and between suitors. For grades 6-9. 2002Twelve-year-old Australian Cedar misses her brother who ran away from boarding school and her mother who works all the time.…
But she copes by roaming the neighborhood, romping with her dog, and learning acrobatics from a new neighbor whose parents are in a circus. For grades 5-8. 2002Skeleton Key (Alex Rider #3)
Par Anthony Horowitz. 2003
Reluctant teenage spy Alex Rider foils a Chinese plot to upset the Wimbledon tennis championships. He is loaned to the…
CIA and sent to a Cuban island. There he must find out what a former psychopathic Russian general is planning to do with a nuclear bomb. For grades 6-9. 2002It only looks easy
Par Pamela Curtis Swallow. 2003
On the first day of seventh grade Kat takes someone else's bicycle to visit her dog at the animal hospital.…
When the bike is stolen Kat's reputation at school is ruined, especially when more bicycles disappear. She also learns responsibility and compassion during her struggles. For grades 4-7. 2003The dream bearer
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2003
Twelve-year-old David seeks refuge in his Harlem neighborhood park from his mentally unstable father and unruly teenage brother. David and…
his best friend, Loren, meet elderly eccentric, Moses Littlejohn, who becomes their mentor with stories about his visions. For grades 5-8. 2003Jackie's wild Seattle
Par Will Hobbs. 2003
Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her little brother, Cody, who is still coping with witnessing the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on…
New York City, spend the summer helping their uncle Neal at a wildlife rescue center in Washington state. For grades 5-8. 2003Little bear
Par Else Holmelund Minarik. 1957
Four episodes about Little Bear in which he cooks himself some birthday soup and takes an imaginary trip to the…
moon, while his mother keeps him warm and reads him to sleep. Beginning chapter book. For grades K-3. 1957The whale rider
Par Witi Tame Ihimaera. 2003
Kahu, whose great-grandfather is the chief of their Maori tribe in New Zealand, develops a mystical relationship with whales. Although…
her potential as a future leader is discounted because she is not male, Kahu and her talents save her people. For grades 5-8. 1987Little Bear's visit
Par Else Holmelund Minarik. 1961
Rising water
Par P. J Petersen. 2002
Kevin is assigned community service--for car theft--at an animal rescue center. During a flood, he accompanies volunteers Tracy and her…
brother, Luke, on a mission to feed a trapped dog. The group runs into trouble when they encounter armed burglars looting a house. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002High tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House (R) #28)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2003
When Jack and Annie find a secret rhyme inside the book A Visit to Old Hawaii they are off on…
another adventure. They experience a tsunami, discover a special kind of ship, and meet a brother and sister who teach them surfing. For grades 2-4. 2003The school story
Par Andrew Clements. 2001
After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme involving their English teacher to…
get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works. For grades 4-7. 2001The guide dog mystery (The boxcar Children Mysteries Ser. #53)
Par Gertrude Chandler Warner. 1996
When Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny visit a guide dog training school, mysterious things begin to happen. After someone breaks…
into the kennel, all the dogs are still there, but Ginger's pen is covered with scratch marks. The Boxcar Children investigate. For grades 3-6. 1996The hero
Par Ron Woods. 2002
Idaho, 1957. Fourteen-year-old Jamie, his older cousin Jerry, and their outcast neighbor, Dennis, build a raft and take it out…
on the river. Tragedy ensues and Jamie lies to maintain peace in the community. But his action leads to unforeseen consequences. For grades 6-9. 2002Men of stone
Par Gayle Friesen. 2000
Fifteen-year-old Ben, living with his widowed mother and three older sisters, gave up ballet when he started high school. Ben…
is still bullied at school, however, until his elderly Mennonite great-aunt visits and teaches him the value of courage. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2000The silent spillbills
Par Tor Seidler. 1998
Thirteen-year-old bird watcher Katerina, plagued by stuttering and lack of self-confidence, stands up to her cantankerous grandfather, head of Farnsworth…
Aeronautics, to save the unique Connecticut wetland birds that inspired the design of his latest airplane but twice caused it to crash. For grades 5-8. 1998Many waters (Wrinkle in Time Quintet #3)
Par Madeleine L'Engle. 1986
After innocently typing "take me someplace warm" into their father's new computer, the Murry twins find themselves stranded in a…
desert. Rescued by a man called Japheth, they begin to realize that they have time-tripped to a pre-flood Earth, and their hosts are the biblical Noah and his family. Both boys fall in love with the beautiful Yalith and are caught up in a fierce stuggle of good versus evil. Sequel to A Swiftly Tilting Planet (DB 49606). For grades 5-8. 1986The seeing stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles #2)
Par Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi. 2003
Although warned that keeping The Field Guide (DB 56514) about the faerie world will prove dangerous, Jared won't give it…
up. Then goblins kidnap Simon. Mallory and Jared have scary adventures rescuing him--even with a magic stone to help them see usually invisible creatures. For grades 2-4. 2003The field guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles #1)
Par Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi. 2003
When the Grace children--nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon and their thirteen-year-old sister, Mallory--move into their great-aunt Lucinda's run-down Victorian house,…
mischief begins, and Jared is blamed. Finding a book about faeries in a secret room gives Jared a clue about the unseen troublemaker. For grades 2-4. 2003