PaperboyBy Vince Vawter Victor is an 11-year-old boy with two traits that make him stand out: He’s got a fantastic pitching arm. He stutters. It’s 1959 in Memphis. Kids and adults alike admire Victor’s ability on the baseball field. But Victor keeps most people at arm’s length because of his disability. It’s just so hard […]
The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden GardenBy Karina Yan Glaser Another run-of-the-mill summer has just started for Josie, Oliver, Hyacinth and Laney (a.k.a. the Vanderbeekers). Their sister Isa is away at music camp, but otherwise things are pretty standard at their Harlem brownstone. But when their beloved upstairs neighbour, Mr. Jeet, has a stroke, and his […]
The Last by Katherine ApplegateThe Last is book #1 in the Endling Series by Katherine Applegate. It is the story of Byx, the baby of her pack, and a member of the nearly extinct dairne species. Dairnes are dog-like creatures that have magical abilities and are able to glide when they spread their arms and expand […]
IllegalBy Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano Ebo and his siblings know they must leave their home in Ghana to make a better life in Europe. Sisi, his sister, has already gone. When Kwame, his brother, disappears, Ebo follows. He is determined not to be left behind. When he meets up with […]
One Came HomeBy Amy Timberlake Thirteen-year-old Georgie Burkhardt’s older sister, Agatha, has disappeared. To her family’s horror, a mostly unidentifiable body is found on the wagon road to another town and everyone assumes it’s Agatha. But even though the body is wearing Agatha’s blue-green dress and has the same auburn hair, Georgie does not believe […]
by Ellie Irving Matilda is a budding scientist who finds out her grandma was once a famous scientist herself until she suddenly left her job. After finding the reason was because of a new planet her grandmother had discovered only to be stolen by her boss, Matilda convinces her grandmother they must stop him from […]
Yours Truly By Heather Vogel Frederick Truly Lovejoy is a typical 13-year-old girl – except for the fact that she’s 6 feet tall. She lives with her 4 siblings and her parents in her grandparents’ house in Pumpkin Falls, a place that takes maple syrup very seriously. It’s spring, and Maple Madness is upon them. […]
Scar Island By Dan Gemeinhart Jonathan Grisby is just a boy, but already he has committed a crime that has sent him to Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys. Slabhenge is no ordinary place. Located on a remote, rocky island, Slabhenge can only be reached by boat and keeps its young residents isolated from […]
The Alcatraz EscapeBy Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Join Emily, James and friends on another adventure. This time, Garrison Griswold plans to challenge his many fans with Unlock the Rock, a game that takes place entirely in Alcatraz prison. Participants must solve a puzzle to even qualify for the game. Once they are on Alcatraz Island, they […]
Wildwood Wildwood, by Colin Meloy Prue McKeel is a 12 year old girl from, Portland, a small town across the ravine from Wildwood, known to her townspeople as the Impassable Wilderness, due to its inhabitability, dangerous creatures and overall wildness. One Saturday morning Prue is playing with her baby brother, Mac, at the playground, when he […]