YA AVI
Avi. Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel: A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The
Star-Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national news story.

J BARRY
Barry, Dave and Pearson, Ridley. Peter and the Starcatchers: Soon after the orphaned Peter
sets sail on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists a young starcatcher whose mission is to
guard a trunk of magical stardust. (Series)

J CHRISTO
Christopher, John. The White Mountains: Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous
journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who
capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants. (Trilogy)

J398.2089 COMPOY
Compoy, FIsabel and Ada, Alma Flor. Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale
Collection: In this anthology of stories, the authors celebrate Hispanic culture and its roots through
retellings of traditional tales, including different versions and information on origins.

J COLLINS
Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander: When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old
sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats,
rats, cockroaches, and spiders. (First in a series)

YA FARMER
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion: In a future where humans despise clones, Matt
enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug
empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

YA FARMER
Farmer, Nancy. The Sea of Trolls: After Jack is apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister
are captured and taken to the home of King Ivar and his half-troll queen, which compels Jack to
undertake a quest to the home of the trolls.
 
 
921 FRANK
Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl: A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this
vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen,
Germany, in 1945. The diary chronicles 25 trying months spent hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
 
J FUNKE
Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Inkheart: Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs
and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life after one of those characters
abducts them both.

J GEORGE
George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves: While running away from home and an unwanted
marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended
by a wolf pack.

YA HALE
Hale, Shannon. Princess Academy: While attending a strict academy for potential princesses,
fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
 
J HIASSEN
Hiassen, Carl. Hoot: A newcomer in a small Florida community becomes involved in another boy's
attempt to save a parliament of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

J HOLM
Holm, Jennifer. Penny from Heaven: During the summer of 1953, twelve-year-old Penny gains
new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death.

YA HOROWITZ
Horowitz, Anthony. Stormbreaker: After the death of his guardian uncle, fourteen-year-old Alex
Rider is coerced into continuing his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency.

J IBBOTSO
Ibbotson, Eva. Journey to the River Sea: Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter
family in exotic Brazil, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the
Amazon River.

J KADOHAT
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira: Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American
sisters growing up in rural Georgia in the early 1960s, and the despair that ensues when one sister
becomes ill.

J KADOHAT
Kadohata, Cynthia. Weedflower: Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from
their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp in Arizona. There Sumiko helps her
family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dreams.

J KERR
Kerr, Philip. The Akhenaten Adventure: After twelve-year-old twins discover that they are
descended from a long line of Djinn, their uncle takes them to Cairo and teaches them about their
extraordinary powers.
J LARSON
Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky: In 1917, a sixteen-year-old orphan inherits her uncle's Montana
homesteading claim and travels from Iowa to make a home for herself, but encounters some
unexpected problems related to WWI.

J LOWRY
Lowry, Lois. The Giver: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes
the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth
about the society in which he lives.

J MACHALE
MacHale, D. J. The Merchant of Death: Bobby Pendragon seems like a normal fourteen-year-old.
He has a family, a home, and a beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby--he is
going to save the world. Before he can object, he is swept to an alternate dimension inhabited by
strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution. (Pendragon series)

J MONTGOM
Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud). Anne of Green Gables: An eleven-year-old orphan is sent by
mistake to live with a lonely brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm, where she proceeds
to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. (First in a series.)

YA PAOLINI
Paolini, Christopher. Eragon: A fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage finds a mysterious stone
that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons,
elves, and monsters. (First in a trilogy)

J PARK
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard: An orphan in medieval Korea lives under a bridge in a potters'
village and longs to learn how to throw delicate celadon ceramics. A well-crafted novel in an unusual
setting.

YA PECK
Peck, Richard. Here Lies the Librarian: Fourteen-year-old Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath, a tomboy
and automobile enthusiast, discovers new possibilities for her future after the arrival of four young
librarians in her small Indiana town.

YA RIORDAN
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief: When twelve-year-old Percy learns that he is a demigod (the
son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea), he goes to demigod summer camp where he
and his new friends try to prevent a war between the gods.

J SPEARE
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond: Spirited teenager Kit Tyler is filled with
trepidation at joining her aunt and uncle's stern Puritan community. In the Connecticut colony of 1687,
a girl who swims, wears satin gowns, and talks back to her elders is not only headstrong, she is in
danger of being regarded as a witch. When Kit befriends an old Quaker woman known as the Witch
of Blackbird Pond, it's more than the community can take and soon Kit is defending her life.

YA TAYLOR
Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry: A black family living in the South during the
1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination that the children don't understand.
YA TOLKIEN
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again: A respectable, well-to-do hobbit lives
comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day a wandering wizard chooses him to share in an adventure
from which he may never return.

YA TUNNELL
Tunnell, Michael O. Wishing Moon: A fourteen-year-old orphan possesses a magic lamp. The
wishes granted by the genie inside it allow her to alter her life by choosing prosperity, purpose, and
romance.

YA TURNER
Turner, Megan Whalen. The Thief: Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure
that takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he attempts to steal a precious stone. (First in a
series.)

J TWAIN
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy
growing up in a 19th-century Mississippi River town.

J WHELAN
Whelan, Gloria. Listening for Lions: Orphaned thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a
deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and
rebuild her parents' mission hospital.

YA WOLF
Wolf, Allan. New Found Land: Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery: The letters and
thoughts of Thomas Jefferson, members of the Corps of Discovery, the guide Sacagawea, and
Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog tell the story of the historic exploratory expedition to seek a water
route to the Pacific Ocean.

YA WOLFF
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Bat 6: In small town, post-WWII Oregon, 21 sixth-grade girls recount the
story of an annual softball game during which one girl's bigotry surfaces.