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24. Author: Alcock, Vivien
Title: The Cuckoo Sister (1986)
ALAN 1987;
A scruffy, undernourished teenager appears at the door of Kate's parents'
London home, bearing a note that she is their long-lost child, stolen from her
pram as a baby. (Chapter)
Author: Almond, David
Title: Skellig (1998)
ALAN 2000; CarM 1998; HBF 2000; MLPH 2000; WCBY 1998;
Michael's baby sister is ill, and the whole house is sick with her. While his
parents spend time at the hospital, he explores their new home. In the old,
derelict garage he finds something: a strange creature, part owl, part angel.
(Chapter)
102. Author: Babbitt, Natalie
Title: Tuck Everlasting (1975)
PhH 1995;
Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life, escapes into the
woods only to get lost. She meets the Tuck family and learns their secret - a
spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. (Chapter)
Author: Babbitt, Natalie
Title: The Eyes of the Amaryllis (1977)
ALAN 1978;
When eleven-year-old Jenny goes to stay with her widowed grandmother who
lives by the seaside, she learns a great deal about the nature of love and the
ways of the sea. (Chapter)
. Author: Balliett, Blue Illus. by: Helquist, Brett
Title: Chasing Vermeer (2004)
BSBYA 2005; EAPJA 2005;
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious
Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their
talents to solve an international art scandal. (Chapter)
. Author: Boston, Lucy M. Illus. by: Boston, Peter
Title: A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961)
CarM 1961;
A strange friendship develops between an orphaned Chinese refugee who is
spending the summer at Green Knowe and a gorilla who has escaped from the
London Zoo. (Chapter)
Author: Burnford, Sheila Every
Title: The Incredible Journey (1960)
CLABYC 1963; WAWA 1964;
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel
together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family.
(Chapter)
Author: Cleary, Beverly
Title: Strider (1991)
HBF 1992;
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents'
divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at
school. (Chapter)
Author: Clements, Andrew Illus. by: Selznick, Brian
Title: Lunch Money (2005)
NSSTB 2006;
Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is
surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a
series of comic books to sell at school. (Chapter)
Author: Cottrell Boyce, Frank
Title: Framed (2006)
ALAN 2007;
Nine-year-old Dylan Hughes and his sisters attempt to make their father return
home by stealing paintings from the National Gallery, which are visiting their
small Welsh town. (Chapter)
Author: Creech, Sharon
Title: Ruby Holler (2002)
ALAN 2003; CarM 2002;
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida grow up in an orphanage
until they come to a magical place called Ruby Holler. (Chapter)
Author: Creech, Sharon Illus. by: Raschka, Chris
Title: Granny Torrelli Makes Soup (2003)
ALAN 2004;
Twelve-year-old Rosie explains how she and her blind best friend, Bailey, have
a fight. Grandma Torrelli, her soup, and her kitchen help to restore harmony
and understanding to the friends through memories and storytelling. (Chapter)
Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
Title: Bud , Not Buddy (1999)
ALAN 2000; BBYA 2000; CSKA 2000; GKH 1999; NM 2000; WAWA 2002;
Orphaned ten-year-old Bud Caldwell runs away from his unhappy foster home
during the Great Depression and begins looking for his father, supposedly the
jazz bandleader, H.E. Calloway. (Chapter)
uthor: DiCamillo, Kate
Title: Because of Winn-Dixie (2000)
ALAN 2001; BSBYA 2001; JFA 2001; NH 2001; WAWA 2003;
When ten-year-old Opal and her preacher father have moved to Naomi, Florida.
She's lonely and thinking more about her long-absent mother. A shabby dog
helps her to meet friends and connect with her father. (Chapter)
Author: DiCamillo, Kate Illus. by: Ering, Timothy B.
Title: The Tale of Despereaux (2003)
ALAN 2004; BELA 2004; NM 2004;
The lives of three outcasts: a mouse, a rat, and a girl are intertwined with that of
a motherless princess. It is anchored by Despereaux Tilling, the mouse, who
dares to dream and told in a sort of 18th-century gothic style. (Chapter)
Author: du Bois, William Pene Illus. by: du Bois, William Pene
Title: Twenty-One Balloons (1947)
NM 1948;
The adventures of a disillusioned schoolteacher who sails across the Pacific
Ocean in a giant balloon, and witnesses the explosion of the island of
Krakatoa. (Chapter)
Author: Eckert, Allan W. Illus. by: Schoenherr, John
Title: Incident at Hawk's Hill (1971)
NH 1972;
Ben, a shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a
summer under the protection of a badger. (Chapter)
Author: Farmer, Nancy
Title: A Girl Named Disaster (1996)
ALAN 1997; BBYA 1997; HBF 1997; NBH 1996; NH 1997; TBYA 1997;
While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted
marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning
and starvation. (Chapter)
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: Step by Wicked Step (1996)
BELA 1997;
Five schoolmates share the stories of their parents' estrangements, divorces, and
remarriages and the effects these events have had on their lives. (Chapter)
Author: Forbes, Esther Illus. by: Ward, Lynd
Title: Johnny Tremain (1943)
NM 1944;
Fourteen-year-old Johnny is caught up in the events preceding the American
Revolutionary War. He observes figures such as John Hancock and Samuel
Adams participate in the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington.
(Chapter)
Author: Funke, Cornelia Illus. by: Funke, Cornelia Translated by: Bell, Anthea
Title: Igraine the Brave (2007)
OIB 2008;
When her parents are transformed into pigs, Igraine must rescue her family as
her home, Pimpernel Castle, is besieged by the neighbor, Osmund the Greedy.
(Chapter)
Author: Giff, Patricia Reilly
Title: Pictures of Hollis Woods (2002)
ALAN 2003; BBYA 2003; ChrisA 2003; NH 2003;
Abandoned as a baby, twelve-year-old Hollis Woods has been in the foster care
system when she lands at the home of an art teacher with Alzheimer's. An artist
herself, Hollis begins to enjoy her helping Josie even while she remembers a
past home. (Chapter)
Author: Godden, Rumer
Title: The Diddakoi / Gypsy Girl (1972)
WCBY 1972;
Young Kizzy, a half gypsy, lives with her grandmother in a wagon. The death
of her grandmother forces her entry into non-gypsy society by putting her in the
care of Miss Brooke, a gentle woman, and Admiral Twiss, the local gentry.
(Chapter)
Author: Henry, Marguerite Illus. by: Dennis, Wesley
Title: King of the Wind (1948)
NM 1949;
Follows the adventures of an Arabian stallion, brought to England to become
one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed, and the mute Arab stable
boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life. (Chapter)
865. Author: Henry, Marguerite Illus. by: Dennis, Wesley
Title: Misty of Chincoteague (1947)
NH 1948;
Two youngsters' determination to own a Chincoteague pony is greatly
increased when the Phantom and her colt are among those rounded up for the
yearly auction. (Chapter)
Author: Hesse, Karen
Title: The Music of Dolphins (1996)
BBYA 1997; GKH 1996;
After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been
raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world.
(Chapter)
Author: Hiaasen, Carl
Title: Flush (2005)
ALAN 2006; BBYA 2006;
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his
younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating
casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida
Keys home. (Chapter)
877. Author: Hiaasen, Carl
Title: Hoot (2002)
ALAN 2003; BBYA 2003; NH 2003;
New to the Florida small town, Roy becomes involved in another boy's attempt
to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site. They
engage in humorous antics to delay construction and discover a plot in the
mayor's office. (Chapter)
Author: Holm, Jennifer L.
Title: Penny From Heaven (2006)
ALAN 2007; NH 2007;
As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into
herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death.
(Chapter)
Author: Ibbotson, Eva Illus. by: Hawkes, Kevin
Title: Journey to the River Sea (2001)
ALAN 2003; SmA 2001;
English orphan Maia finds adventure when she is sent to Brazil to live in the
rainforest with restrictive relatives. (Chapter)
945. Author: Ibbotson, Eva Illus. by: Hawkes, Kevin
Title: The Star of Kazan (2004)
ALAN 2005;
In 1908, twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in Vienna, inherits a trunk
of costume jewelry. A woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives
and takes her to live in a decrepit mansion in Germany. (Chapter)
946. Author: Ibbotson, Eva Illus. by: Hawkes, Kevin
Title: The Dragonfly Pool (2008)
OIB 2009;
In 1939, twelve-year-old Tally and her friends from an unusual English
boarding school travel to Bergania and help the Crown Prince, Karil, after his
father is assassinated by Nazis. (Chaper)
Author: Kadohata, Cynthia
Title: Weedflower (2006)
JABA 2007; NSSTB 2007;
Twelve-year-old Sumiko faces discrimination and life in an internment camp.
She makes friends with a Mohave boy and grows flowers to sustain her spirit.
(Chapter)
Author: King-Smith, Dick Illus. by: Rayner, Mary
Title: Sheep-Pig / Babe : The Gallant Pig (1985)
ALAN 1986; BGHBH 1985; GuardA 1984;
A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the Hogget farmyard, is
adopted by Fly the sheep dog, and discovers that good manners are the secret to
success. (Chapter)
Author: Kipling, Rudyard Illus. by: Delessert, Etienne
Title: Just So Stories (1972)
NYTBI 1972;
Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include "How the
Alphabet Was Made," "How the Camel Got His Hump," and "The Elephant's
Child." (Chapter)
Author: Konigsburg, E. L. Illus. by: Konigsburg, E. L.
Title: Jennifer , Hecate , MacBeth , William McKinley , and Me Elizabeth (1967)
NH 1968;
Two fifth-grade girls, Jennifer and Elizabeth, one of whom is the first black
child in a middle-income suburb, play at being apprentice witches. (Chapter)
1070. Author: Konigsburg, E. L.
Title: The View from Saturday (1996)
ALAN 1997; NM 1997;
Four sixth-graders are chosen by their wheelchair-bound teacher to compete in
an academic competition. Along the way, these four tell their own stories of
who they are and how they built a team. (Chapter)
Author: Krumgold, Joseph Illus. by: Charlot, Jean
Title: And Now Miguel (1953)
NM 1954;
Miguel waits year after year to be considered old enough to go with the men to
shepherd the sheep in the mountains. His 12th year he prays hard to St. Ysidro
and works very hard in an effort to prove he is old enough and is surprised by
the result. (Chapter)
Author: Krumgold, Joseph Illus. by: Shimin, Symeon
Title: Onion John (1959)
NM 1960;
His friendship with the town odd-jobs man, Onion John, causes a conflict
between Andy and his father. (Chapter)
Author: Lowry, Lois
Title: The Giver (1993)
ALAN 1994; BBYA 1994; BGHBH 1993; HBF 1994; NM 1994; WAWA 1996;
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. (Chapter)
Author: Lowry, Lois
Title: Number the Stars (1989)
HBF 1990; JABH 1990; NM 1990; STA 1989;
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie
learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend
from the Nazis. (Chapter)
Author: MacLachlan, Patricia
Title: Sarah Plain and Tall (1985)
ALAN 1986; GKA 1985; NM 1986; SODA 1986;
When their father invites a mail-order bride from Maine to come live with them
in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and
hope that she will stay. (Chapter)
Author: Mahy, Margaret
Title: The Haunting (1982)
CarM 1982; EGA 1983;
After a shy and rather withdrawn eight-year-old boy, Barney Palmer, begins
receiving frightening supernatural images and messages, he learns about a
family legacy which could be considered a curse or a rare gift. (Chapter)
Author: McGraw, Eloise Jarvis
Title: The Moorchild (1996)
ALAN 1997; BGHBH 1996; GKA 1996; NH 1997;
Saaski, a half-Folk child, feels out of place and alienated from the humans with
whom she lives. She learns her true identity as a changeling named Moql and
attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given. (Chapter)
The Butterfly Lion (1996)
SmA 1996;
In this story-within-a-story, a ten-year old boy hears the tale of another boy
who loved a lion and created a monument to it after its death. (Chapter)
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Title: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (2006)
BELA 2007; NSSTB 2007;
Lily, a 12-year-old English girl, lives in a seaside village that needs to be
evacuated so American soldiers can practice their D-Day invasion. She loses
her cat, makes friends with an African-American soldier. (Chapter)
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Title: Kensuke's Kingdom (2003)
ALAN 2004;
Eleven-year-old Michael must survive on a deserted island after he falls
overboard his family's yacht. (Chapter)
Author: Nix, Garth
Title: Drowned Wednesday (2005)
Aurealis 2005;
Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy
creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world
and Arthur's. Keys to the Kingdom series, bk. 3. (Chapter)
1461. Author: Nix, Garth
Title: Mister Monday (2003)
Aurealis 2003;
First in a series where Arthur tries to survive each day of the week, while the
embodiment of that day tries to kill him. Keys to the Kingdom series, bk. 1.
(Chapter)
Author: Norton, Mary Illus. by: Krush, Beth; Krush, Joe
Title: The Borrowers Avenged (1982)
ALAN 1983;
Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark
winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory. Sequel to: The
borrowers aloft. (Chapter)
1466. Author: Norton, Mary Illus. by: Krush, Beth; Krush, Joe
Title: The Borrowers (1952)
CarM 1952;
Fourteen-year-old Arriety is a Borrower, a little person five inches tall, living
with her parents, Pod and Homily, under the floorboards of an English country
house. She becomes friends with a human boy, who saves the life of the Clock
family. (Chapter)
Author: O'Brien, Robert C. Illus. by: Bernstein, Zena
Title: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971)
BGHBH 1971; NM 1972; WAWA 1974;
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats
whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
(Chapter)
Author: O'Dell, Scott
Title: Zia (1976)
ALAN 1977;
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother
and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana whose story
was told in the Island of the Blue Dolphins. (Chapter)
Author: Oppel, Kenneth Illus. by: Thompson, Keith
Title: Darkwing (2007)
RSA 2008;
Dusk, the world’s first bat, must lead his colony to safety in a time of changing
species. (Chapter)
1489. Author: Oppel, Kenneth
Title: Sunwing (1999)
CLABYC 2000; SWA 2000;
Shade, a young bat, engages in a battle against evil, risking darkness and an
eternal enslavement. Sequel to Silverwing. (Chapter)
1490. Author: Oppel, Kenneth
Title: Silverwing (1997)
CLABYC 1998;
When a newborn bat named Shade, but sometimes called "Runt," becomes
separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him
for even greater journeys. (Chapter)
Author: Paolini, Christopher
Title: Eragon : The Inheritance , Book 1 (2003)
BSBYA 2004;
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a
mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny,
magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. (Chapter)
1506. Author: Park, Linda Sue
Title: A Single Shard (2001)
ALAN 2002; BBYA 2002; NM 2002;
Thirteen-year-old Tree-ear in medieval Korea, longs to learn how to throw the
celadon ceramics. As an orphan, his master will not teach him. Still he helps
the master potter by carrying two pieces to the court for consideration for a
commission. (Chapter)
Author: Paterson, Katherine Illus. by: Diamond, Donna
Title: Bridge to Terabithia (1977)
ALAN 1978; NM 1978;
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes
friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to
reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. (Chapter)
Author: Paulsen, Gary
Title: Hatchet (1987)
ALAN 1988; NH 1988; WAWA 1990;
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the
wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given to
him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. (Chapter)
Author: Paulsen, Gary
Title: Lawn Boy (2007)
NSSTB 2008;
Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces
him to expand his summer lawn mowing business. (Chapter)
Author: Paver, Michelle
Title: Wolf Brother (2004)
OIB 2006;
6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Torak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out
on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to
kill a demon-possessed bear. Chronicles of ancient darkness ; bk. 1 (Chapter)
Author: Pearce, A. Philippa Illus. by: Einzig, Susan
Title: Tom's Midnight Garden (1958)
CarM 1958;
Tom is bored and lonely when sent to stay with his uncle and aunt while his
brother is ill, but one midnight when the clock chimes thirteen he makes an
amazing discovery. (Chapter)
Author: Pearce, Philippa Illus. by: Pohrt, Tom
Title: The Little Gentleman (2004)
ALAN 2005;
A girl named Bet and an everlasting, talking mole become friends. (Chapter)
Author: Pratchett, Terry
Title: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2001)
BBYA 2002; CarM 2001;
A fresh version of the Pied Piper with a young musician, a group of intelligent
rodents, and a master-mind cat, Maurice, looking to scam innocent towns.
(Chapter)
Author: Pullman, Philip
Title: Northern Lights / The Golden Compass (1995)
ALAN 1997; BBYA 1997; CarM 1995; GuardA 1996; HBF 1997; TBYA 1997;
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend
and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome
experiments in the Far North. Titled Northern Lights in the UK, Golden
Compass in the US. (Chapter)
1613. Author: Pullman, Philip
Title: The Amber Spyglass (2000)
ALAN 2001; BBYA 2002; HBF 2001; WCBY 2001;
A war breaks out against God while Lyra and Will are hunted to prevent a
second fall of man. Third is the His Dark Materials series. (Chapter)
1614. Author: Pullman, Philip
Title: Firework Maker's Daughter (1996)
SmA 1996;
Lila longs to be a fireworks maker just like her father, but she must overcome
his resistance and find out the secret of the craft. (Chapter)
1615. Author: Pullman, Philip
Title: The Scarecrow and His Servant (2004)
BELA 2006; OIB 2006;
A scarecrow and his boy servant, Jack, set off on a dangerous adventure as they
try to outwit the crooked Buffaloni family and stake their claim to valuable
Spring Valley. (Chapter)
1616. Author: Pullman, Philip
Title: The Subtle Knife (1997)
BBYA 1998; HBF 1998;
As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help
Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife. Sequel
to The Golden Compass & 2nd in Dark Materials series. (Chapter)
Author: Raskin, Ellen
Title: The Westing Game (1978)
ALAN 1979; BGHBA 1978; NM 1979;
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely
assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before
they can inherit, but only thirteen-year-old Turtle completely uncovers the
truth. (Chapter)
Author: Rodda, Emily
Title: Rowan of Rin (1993)
ACBA 1994;
When the water that flows to his village dries up, Rowan reluctantly becomes
one of a group that challenges the Mountain in order to restore the stream.
(Chapter)
1672. Author: Rodda, Emily
Title: The Wizard of Rondo (2007)
Aurealis 2008;
(Chapter)
1673. Author: Rodda, Emily Illus. by: Young, Noela
Title: Finders Keepers (1990)
ACBA 1991;
While playing a computer game, Patrick is transported to a parallel world and
invited to participate in a game show in which he must find three lost items to
win several fabulous prizes. (Chapter)
Author: Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Title: Becoming Naomi León (2004)
ALAN 2005; BELA 2005; PBH 2006; TRA 2005;
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to
Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her
father. (Chapter)
Author: Rylant, Cynthia
Title: Missing May (1992)
ALAN 1993; BBYA 1993; BGHBA 1992; HBF 1993; NM 1993;
After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old
Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the
strength to go on living. (Chapter)
Author: Sachar, Louis
Title: Holes (1998)
ALAN 1999; BBYA 1999; BELA 1999; BGHBA 1999; ChrisA 1999; HBF 1999; NBA 1998; NM 1999; TBYA 1999; WAWA 2001;
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune that they attribute to a curse on a
distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the
Texas desert. (Chapter)
Author: Sachar, Louis
Title: Holes (1998)
ALAN 1999; BBYA 1999; BELA 1999; BGHBA 1999; ChrisA 1999; HBF 1999; NBA 1998; NM 1999; TBYA 1999; WAWA 2001;
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune that they attribute to a curse on a
distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the
Texas desert. (Chapter)
Author: Speare, Elizabeth George
Title: The Sign of the Beaver (1983)
ALAN 1984; JFA 1983; NH 1984; SODA 1984;
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine,
a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.
(Chapter)
1855. Author: Speare, Elizabeth George
Title: The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1958)
NM 1959;
When her grandfather dies, sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler must travel from her
home in Jamaica to make a new life with her Puritan relatives. (Chapter)
Author: Sperry, Armstrong Illus. by: Sperry, Armstrong
Title: Call it Courage (1940)
NM 1941;
Based on a Polynesian legend, a youth overcomes his fear of the sea and proves
his courage to himself and his tribe. (Chapter)
Author: Stanley, Jerry
Title: Children of the Dust Bowl : The True Story of the School at Weedpatch
Camp (1992)
ALAN 1993; HBF 1993; JBA 1993; OPA 1993; Spur 1992;
Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl
to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor
camp and discusses the school that was built for their children. (Chapter)
Author: Taylor, Theodore
Title: The Cay (1969)
JABA 1970;
During World War II, twelve-year-old Phillip, a white boy, blinded by a blow
on the head, and an old black man, Timothy, are stranded on a tiny Caribbean
island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his
old companion. (Chapter)