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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. 2002Where the ground meets the sky
Par Jacqueline Davies. 2002
During World War II, Hazel and her parents move to New Mexico where her father works on a confidential army…
project. Hazel's mother has trouble adjusting while Hazel and her curious classmates ferret out spies and the big secret. For grades 5-8. 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 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. 1996Naked prey
Par John Sandford. 2003
Minneapolis cop Lucas Davenport takes a specially created state position to handle politically sensitive cases. Confronted with the apparent lynching…
of a black man and a white woman in a small rural community, Davenport discovers that the real motive behind the murders is not what it seems. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2003In pursuit of the proper sinner (Inspector Lynley Ser. #10.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1999
Inspector Thomas Lynley's search for clues to connect a suicide and several murders provides him with multiple suspects. Lynley's longtime…
partner Barbara Havers works extra hard in hopes of redeeming her reputation lost in Deception on His Mind (DB 44764). Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1999Soldier boys
Par Dean Hughes. 2001
Two teenagers--Spencer Morgan, an American Mormon from Utah, and Dieter Hedrick from Germany--eagerly join the armies of their countries during…
World War II. Their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge, where they learn that war is more than bravado. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001The 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. 2002The captain's wife: a novel
Par Douglas Kelley. 2001
In 1856, the captain of the clipper ship Neptune's Car falls ill at sea, leaving his pregnant young wife to…
command the vessel and its mutinous crew as they round treacherous Cape Horn. Kelley's novel is based on the true story of Joshua and Mary Patten. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001Marvin Redpost: super fast, out of control! (Marvin Redpost #7)
Par Louis Sachar, Adam Record. 2000
Witch hill
Par Marcus Sedgwick. 2001
After his house burns down, twelve-year-old Jamie visits relatives in an English country village, Crownhill. The town, however, has a…
dark history of witchcraft, which Jamie's presence reignites and causes him to have terrible nightmares. For grades 5-8. 2001Haunted castle on Hallows Eve
Par Mary Pope Osborne. 2003
After climbing into their magic tree house, Jack and Annie are invited by master magician Merlin to King Arthur's realm…
where invisible beings, giant ravens, and haunted spells have put a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night. For grades 2-4. 2003Lionclaw: a tale of Rowan Hood
Par Nancy Springer. 2002
In this sequel to Rowan Hood (BR 14561), gentle, musical Lionel encounters his father, Lionclaw, a prisoner of Robin Hood.…
Lionclaw's fury causes his son to flee in fright. But when Rowan Hood, Robin's daughter, is abducted, Lionel is roused into action. For grades 4-7. 2002The Dark Horse
Par Marcus Sedgwick. 2003
Before recorded history, an isolated coastal people known as the Storn fight to defend themselves against the nomadic and destructive…
Dark Horse. It all starts when Sigurd rescues a small girl--called Mouse by her adoptive family--whose true identity leads to betrayal. For grades 6-9. 2003Villa incognito
Par Tom Robbins. 2003
Extravagant tale of three Americans declared missing-in-action who have chosen to remain in an edenic Laotian village decades after the…
Vietnam War's end, trafficking in opium. The unruly cast of characters includes an alluring woman descended from Japanese folklore's libidinous, sake-swilling, badgerlike tanuki. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2003Bone dry
Par Kathleen Karr. 2002
1840s. Orphan Matthew Morrissey and his doctor employer from Skullduggery (BR 14858) journey to the Sahara to find the skull…
of Alexander the Great. After slave traders capture them during a sand storm, Matthew has to find a way to escape. For grades 5-8. 2002Skullduggery
Par Kathleen Karr. 2000
New York, 1839. Twelve-year-old orphan Matthew Morrissey works as an assistant to a phrenologist who robs graves to study the…
skulls. A rival body snatcher follows them to Europe, where they search for the burial plots of famous dead people. Followed by Bone Dry (BR 14855). For grades 5-8. 2000Playing for the ashes (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1994
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers are assigned the murder case of cricket star Kenneth Fleming. Separated…
from his wife, Fleming was living with his doting former teacher, Miriam Whitelaw, and having an affair with Gabriella Patten. In a parallel story, Whitelaw's daughter, now dying of a debilitating disease, describes her own wild youth. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe virgin blue: A Novel
Par Tracy Chevalier. 1997
American midwife Ella Turner moves to France with her husband and researches her French family origins. Tormented by strange dreams,…
she discovers a sixteenth-century ancestor, Isabelle Tournier, whose Huguenot beliefs led to tragedy and whose life seems somehow mysteriously linked to Ella's. Meanwhile, Ella has an affair providing complications. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1997In the presence of the enemy (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1997
Newspaper editor Dennis Luxford receives a threatening note demanding that he publicly reveal he is the father of ten-year-old Charlotte…
Bowen, the kidnapped daughter of a member of parliament with whom Luxford had an affair years earlier. Scotland Yard inspector Thomas Lynley enters the case when a body is discovered. Strong language. Bestseller. 1996