What Genre?

by Scott O'Dell

Bright Dawn must face the challenge of the Iditarod dog sled race alone when her father is injured.

Black Star, Bright Dawn

FIC ODE

Adventure

EarthbornFICWAU

by Sylvia Waugh

Upon suddenly learning that her parents are researchers from another planet and they must leave in seven days or risk discovery, twelve-year-old Nesta decides to stay in their York, England, home, whether or not her parents go.

[SLJ’s Best Books, 2002]

Science Fiction

Make Lemonade

by Virginia Euwer Wolff

In order to earn money for college, fourteen-year-old LaVaughn babysits for a teenage mother of two. Written in 66 chapters, with text lines that break at natural speaking phrases.

FICWOL

Realistic Fiction

The Land of the Silver Apples

by Nancy Farmer

After escaping from the Sea of Trolls, the apprentice bard Jack plunges into a new series of adventures, traveling underground to Elfland and uncovering the truth about his little sister Lucy.

FICFAR

Fantasy

The Aurora County All-Stars

FICWIL

by Deborah Wiles

After the death of the old man to whom 12-year-old star pitcher House Jackson has been secretly reading for a year, House uncovers secrets about the man and the history of baseball in Aurora County.

Realistic Fiction

Family Reunion

by Caroline B. Cooney

At a family reunion, Shelley comes to terms with her parents' divorce, her mother's absence, her new stepmother, and being the "stable" member of her colorful family.

FICCOO

Realistic Fiction

Archer’s Quest

FICPAR

by Linda Sue Park

Twelve-year-old Kevin Kim helps Chu-mong, a legendary king of ancient Korea, return to his own time. He had come to Kevin’s time through a strange adventure, and if he doesn’t get back to his centuries’-old kingdom soon, history will be changed forever.

Fantasy&

Humor

The Time Capsule

by Lurlene McDaniel

Reminded of what life was once like by the opening of a first-grade time capsule, seventeen-year-old Alexis now faces the pressures of senior year in high school, her parents' total focus on work, and the recurrence of her twin brother's leukemia.

FICMCD

Realistic Fiction

Truth and Salsa

by Linda Lowery

Having moved temporarily from Michigan to live with her grandmother in Mexico, twelve-year-old Hayley tries to sort out her feelings about her parents' separation while also helping some townsmen who have run into trouble while working in the United States.

FICLOW

Realistic Fiction

Atticus of RomeFICDEN

by Barry Denenberg

In ancient Rome, Atticus, a young slave purchased by a wealthy and powerful lawyer, finds that he is completely invisible to the people from whom he must gather information in order to help foil a plot against the Emperor.

Historical Fiction

               

                   

written by Daniel Pinkwater

When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending destruction of the world, but he is not sure exactly how.

The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization

FICPIN

Historical Fiction,

Humor,

Supernatural

The Dollhouse Murders

by Betty Ren Wright

A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her developmentally disabled sister to unravel the story surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.

FICWRI

Mystery

The Wednesday WarsFICSCH

by Gary D. Schmidt

During the 1967 school year, while the rest of the world worries about Vietnam, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.

Historical Fiction,Realistic Fiction,

&Humor

Elephant Run

                       

             

FICSMI

by Roland Smith

The time is 1941, and bombs are falling on London. In hopes that fourteen-year-old Nick Freestone will be safer, his mother sends him to Burma to live with his father on the family’s teak plantation. His time exploring the jungles there turns out to be more dangerous than his mother could have imagined.

Adventure&

Historical Fiction

Orphan of the Sun

FICHAR

by Gill Harvey

Meryt-Re, a thirteen-year-old orphan living in Set-Maat, Egypt, during the building of the pharaohs' tombs, tries to come to terms with her ability to see the truth in dreams while also attempting to determine who is trying to overthrow the village foreman.

Historical Fiction

Elijah of BuxtonFICCUR

by Christopher Paul Curtis

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.[SLJ’s Best Books of 2007]

Historical Fiction

Leonardo’s Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci’s Servant

FICGRE

By Christopher Grey

Fifteen-year-old Giacomo--servant to Leonardo da Vinci--helps his procrastinating master finish painting "The Last Supper" while also trying to find clues to his parentage and pursue his own career as an artist in late fifteenth-century Milan.

Historical Fiction

Paper Heart

By Aileen Arrington

Sixth-grader Nadia begins to defy her overprotective mother, hoping to be seen as more than the "poor sick girl" who cannot participate in school activities, form friendships, or even be outside in the cold for fear she has inherited her father's heart trouble.

FICARR

Realistic Fiction

Tanglewreck

by Jeanette Winterson

Eleven-year-old Silver sets out to find the Timekeeper--a clock that controls time--and to protect it from falling into the hands of two people who want to use the device for their own nefarious ends.

Subject headings:Space travel VillainsWomen scientists Good & evilSpace flight QuestsTime travel PropheciesAlchemistsClocks & watches

FICWIN

Science Fiction

Cover-UpFICFEI

by John Feinstein

Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie gets fired from his co-anchor job on a ground-breaking teen sports show.

Mystery

Paint the WindFICRYA

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.

Realistic Fiction

The Coming of Dragons

FICLAK

by A.J. Lake

Two eleven-year-olds named Edmund and Elspeth discover that they have been given fantastic gifts to use against the ancient and evil forces that have been awakened by powerful magic during the Dark Ages in Great Britain.

Fantasy

Vanishing Act

FICFEI

by John Feinstein

Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the unexplained disappearance of a top Russian player.

Mystery

Song of the Sparrow

by Lisa Ann Sandell

In 5th-century Britain, 9 years after the destruction of their home brings her to live with her father and brothers in the military encampments of King Arthur's army, seventeen-year-old Elaine describes her changing perceptions of war and the people around her as she becomes increasingly involved in the bitter struggle against the invading Saxons.

FICSAN

Fantasy[Arthurian legend]

               

                   

By Ric Lynden Hardman

Wylie, a seventeen-year-old assistant cook on a cattle drive, has many adventures during which he turns vegetarian and decides to become a doctor. Includes recipes.

Sunshine Rider: The First Vegetarian

Western

FICHAR

Adventure

The Transall SagaFICPAU

by Gary Paulsen

While backpacking in the desert, thriteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.

Science Fiction

(Post-Apocalyptic)

Behind the Curtain: an Echo Falls Mystery

by Peter Abrahams

An avid Sherlock Holmes fan, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill is kidnapped while investigating strange, unexplained happenings in her home town.

FICABR

Mystery

by Scott O'Dell

Bright Dawn must face the challenge of the Iditarod dog sled race alone when her father is injured.

Black Star, Bright Dawn

FIC ODE

Adventure

Interstellar PigFICSLE

by William Sleator

Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call "Interstellar Pig."

Science Fiction

The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf

FICMOR

by Gerald Morris

Lynet, a feisty young woman, journeys to King Arthur's court in order to find a champion to rescue her beautiful older sister, and she is joined in her quest by a clever dwarf and a bold kitchen knave, neither of whom is what he seems.

Fantasy

(Arthurian Legend)

FlippedFICVAN

by Wendelin Van Draanen

In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

Realistic Fiction

(Romance)

Raisin Rodriguez & the big-time smooch

by Judy Goldschidt

Still corresponding through her blog with her friends who live across the country, thirteen-year-old Raisin records her hopes and worries as she tries to obtain her first kiss from the long-lashed and cinnamon-scented CJ Mullen.

FICGOL

Realistic Fiction

by Carol Lynch Williams

Fifteen-year-old Sage is enthusiastic about submitting her historical romance novel to the school creative writing contest, but her would-be boyfriend George thinks that it is awful and tries to stop her.

FICWIL My Angelica

Realistic Fiction

by Charles Sheffield

Rich, spoiled, overweight 15-year-old Shelby Cheever is bored, so he convinces his mother to take him on a space cruise. Without proper preparation, he accesses the node network alone to visit the Kuiper asteroid belt and finds himself hurtled 27 light years out to the Messina Dust Cloud, where he is rescued by a mining family. On the three-month journey home, Shelby must learn how to do for himself in an environment where his wealth and pampered status mean nothing.

FICSHE

The Billion Dollar Boy

Science Fiction

by Vivien Alcock

During a trip to the seaside with her ne'er-do-well artist father, twelve-year-old Emily makes friends with a gypsy's son and the young heir to a stately home, who are struck by her resemblance to mysterious, long-dead Sylvia, a girl in a painting by Renoir.

FICALC The Sylvia Game

Mystery

by Scott O’Dell

Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.

FICODE Island of the Blue

Dolphins

Adventure/Survival

by Sharon Flake

Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.

FICFLA The Skin I’m In

Realistic Fiction

The Passage

by James Killgore

Fifteen-year-old Mississippi schoolboy Sam Wood learns about honor, courage, and friendship while serving on a Confederate ironclad gunboat, the CSS Arkansas, in the early days of the Civil War.

FICKIL

Historical Fiction

The Black Book of Secrets

by F.E. HigginsWhen Ludlow Fitch runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and who takes Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of Pagus Parvus, where resentments are many and trust is scarce.Subject headings:Magic VillainsBetrayal PawnbrokersGuilt Runaway Boys

FICHIG

Fantasy

So Totally Emily Ebersby Lisa Yee

In a series of letters to her absent father, twelve-year-old Emily Ebers deals with moving cross-country, her parents' divorce, a new friendship, and her first serious crush.

FICYEE

Realistic Fiction

               

                   

by Karen Romano Young

Surrounded by her busy extended family and their many cars, fifteen-year-old Daisy pursues her goal of single-handedly restoring the car of her dreams, the old purple Volkswagen Beetle from her childhood.

The Beetle and Me: a love story

FICYOU

Realistic Fiction

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

FICVAN

by Wendelin Van Draanen

Seventh grader Sammy's habit of speaking her mind gets her into trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.

Mystery

Juliet Dove, Queen of Love

by Bruce Coville

A shy twelve-year-old girl must solve a puzzle involving characters from Greek mythology to free herself from a magical spell that makes her irresistible to boys.

FICCOV

Fantasy

               

                   

by Kirsten Miller

Life becomes more interesting for Ananka Fishbein when, at the age of twelve, she discovers an underground room in the park across from her New York City apartment and meets a mysterious girl called Kiki Strike who claims that she, too, wants to explore the subterranean world.

Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City

FICMIL

Adventure

By Pseudonymous Bosch

The first page warns: "Do not read beyond this page!" The reason? The book contains a secret that is dangerous even to innocent page-turners.

FICBOS The Name of This

Book is Secret

Adventure

&

Humor

My Life Starring MumFICRAY

by Chloe Rayban

Having left boarding school to live in a London hotel with her famous mother, thirteen-year-old Hollywood Bliss Winterman attempts to lead a normal life despite her mother's attempts to turn her into a celebrity. Holly’s mom is Khandi, a pop mega-star, the tenth richest woman in the world.

Realistic Fiction

               

                   

By Lisa Papademetriou

Two mismatched teenage girls must find their way back home to New Jersey after being zapped into the pages of a novel.

The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey

Fantasy

               

                   

by Wendelin Van Draanen

Two thirteen-year-old boys share neighborhood adventures, complaints about their older sisters, family secrets, and even guilt that bind them together in a special friendship.

Swear to Howdy

Realistic Fiction

&

Humor

Space Race

FICWAU

by Sylvia Waugh

When he learns that he and his father must soon leave Earth, eleven-year old Thomas Derwent is upset. But a terrible accident that separates the two of them makes Thomas's situation much worse.

Science Fiction

South By Southeast

FICHOR

by Anthony Horowitz

Fourteen-year-old Nick and his bumbling detective brother Tim Diamond investigate an incident involving international spies and assassins.

Mystery

The Devil and His BoyFICHOR

by Anthony Horowitz

In 1593, thirteen-year-old Tom travels through the English countryside to London, where he falls in with a troupe of actors and finds himself in great danger from several sources.

Subject headings:Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603TheaterWizards—EnglandTeenage adventurersThirteen-year-old boys??

Historical Fiction

by Sue Corbett

When an overburdened journalist mom makes an idle wish while drinking a special cordial, she wakes up the next morning as her twelve-year-old self and needs her son's help surviving middle school and getting back to her family.

FICCOR

12 Again

Fantasy

by Andy Spearman

To the confusion of his friends and family, Barry starts chasing squirrels, eating food off the floor, and otherwise acting like a canine after a flea bite turns his human brain into that of a dog.

FICSPE Barry Boyhound

Fantasy

Firestar’s Quest

by Erin Hunter

Firestar, leader of the Thunder Clan, sets off on a harrowing journey to find a long-lost clan of cats that had been forced to leave the forest many moons ago.

Subject headings:Feral catsWild catsWarriorsClansAdventurersQuestsHeroes and heroines

FICHUN

Fantasy&

Adventure

Love, Stargirl

by Jerry Spinelli

Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.

FICSPI

Realistic Fiction

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In The New Way Things Work, The Great Woolly Mammoth, the inventor's hapless assistant, returns, and this time you can help him improve his inventor's skills in the Mammoth School House. Keep him well fed with knowledge and he'll be the perfect companion for your scientific discoveries.

The NEW How Things Work

by John Langone

The New How Things Work, a fascinating and clearly written and illustrated volume, uses anecdotal information to help readers understand the mechanisms and principals behind technological wonders, painlessly folding in the basic scientific principles that make each of them work.

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Blue Lipstick

A 15-year-old girl named Jessie voices typicaland not so typical teenage concerns in this unique, hilarious collection of poems. Her musings about trying out new makeup and hairstyles, playing volleyball and cello, and dealing with her annoying younger brother are never boring or predictable. Who else do you know who designs her own clothes and writes poetry to her cat?

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