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The case of the missing monkey (The high-rise Private Eyes Ser. #No. 1)
Par Cynthia Rylant. 2000
In a tall building in a big city an animal detective team--Bunny Brown, the brains, and raccoon Jack Jones, the…
snoop--take on a new case while having breakfast in their favorite diner. Beginning chapter book. For grades K-3. 200010th grade: a novel
Par Joseph Weisberg. 2003
High school sophomore Jeremiah Reskin keeps a journal detailing his adventures in his New Jersey hometown and family life with…
his parents and two sisters. Jeremiah reminisces about the girls he falls for, his soccer team, and his jaunts with the guys. Strong language. For senior high readers. Alex Award. 2002Lost
Par Joy Fielding. 2003
Toronto divorcée Cindy Carver's twenty-one-year-old daughter, Julia, fails to return home after an audition with a famous Hollywood director. Cindy…
suspects all her acquaintances in the disappearance--even her ex-husband. She feels remorse that she never really connected with her self-absorbed firstborn. Some strong language. 2003Just 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. 2002The canine connection: stories about dogs and people
Par Betsy Gould Hearne. 2003
Twelve tales about the special relationship between humans and dogs. In "Lab" sixteen-year-old Willa is home during a thunderstorm with…
her mother, who unexpectedly gives birth to a baby girl. Willa's experience working with dogs helps her in this crisis. For grades 6-9. 2003June in winter
Par Patricia Anne Phillips. 2003
At the hospital where African American real estate broker Tracey Woods learns her husband, Donald, died in an auto accident,…
a stranger informs her that Donald was having an affair. Grief becomes anger as Tracey moves on with her life, helped by her family and another chance at love. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2003The case of the puzzling possum (I Can Read Level 2 Ser. #3)
Par Cynthia Rylant. 2001
Mr. Riley, a possum who owns a music store, calls animal detectives Bunny and Jack about a trombone that keeps…
disappearing and reappearing in the shop's window. Bunny uses her brains and Jack spies clues to solve the case. Beginning chapter book. For grades K-3. 2001Liars and saints: a novel
Par Maile Meloy. 2003
This story follows three generations of the Catholic Santerre family from WWII to 2000. The family is driven by jealousy…
and love; an unspoken tradition of deceit is passed from generation to generation. When tragedy shatters their precarious domestic lives, it takes astonishing courage and compassion to bring them back together. Descriptions of sex and strong languageSkeleton 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. 2003Secret father
Par James Carroll. 2003
Germany, 1961. Three American teenagers--Michael, Rick, and Kit--venture into East Berlin, where they are detained by the secret police. Michael's…
father and Rick's German mother rush to rescue them. But Rick has information that will endanger everyone. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2003Loamhedge: a tale from Redwall
Par Brian Jacques. 2003
A group of adventurers from Redwall looking for the ancient abbey of Loamhedge seek a cure for haremaid Martha's paralysis.…
Meanwhile a band of vermin led by a rat named Raga Bol lay seige to Redwall in order to steal a magic scimitar. For grades 5-8. 2003Say when
Par Elizabeth Berg. 2003
Frank Griffin's wife, Ellen, informs him one morning that she has fallen in love with another man--and wants a divorce.…
Numbed by the revelation but unwilling to leave his eight-year-old daughter, Griffin refuses to move out, creating an awkward living situation rectified only when he reevaluates life and love. Some strong language. 2003The cat who wasn't a dog
Par Marian Babson. 2003
Aging British actresses Trixie Dolan and Evangeline Sinclair accompany Dame Cecile Savoy to the taxidermist to have her beloved dead…
Pekinese stuffed. They discover the owner murdered and rescue a rare cat. Meanwhile, the housekeeper where they are staying as guests disappears, their hostess's antagonistic stepmother arrives, and Trixie's daughter panics writing a cookbook. 2003The deep and other stories
Par Mary Swan. 2003
Canadian writer's evocative collection of fourteen short stories of time and emotion, love and loss. Includes O. Henry Prize-winning "The…
Deep" about twin sisters who volunteer to tend soldiers in France at the close of World War I, and other stories, many of them rooted in history. 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. 2003Winnie-the-Pooh and some bees (Winnie-the-pooh Ser.)
Par Stephen Krensky. 2001
Winnie-the-Pooh, a bear who loves eating honey, follows some bees to their home high in a tree. His plan to…
use a balloon to reach the honey almost succeeds, but not quite. Beginning chapter book adapted from A.A. Milne's original text. For grades 2-4. 2001The farther you run
Par Davida Hurwin. 2003
Eighteen-year-old Samantha has a hard time adjusting to life without her friend, Juliana, who died of cancer in A Time…
for Dancing (BR 10714). But Samantha meets Mona in summer school. They graduate, get jobs, boyfriends, and an apartment, and Samantha learns to cope. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2003