The Lightening Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1 Rick Riordan Fantasy Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school…again. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t seem to stay out of trouble. But…
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe C.S. Lewis Fantasy Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of…
The Magician’s Nephew C.S. Lewis Fantasy Witness the creation of a magical land in The Magician’s Nephew, the first title in C. S. Lewis’s classic fantasy series, which has captivated readers of all ages for over sixty years. This rack-size paperback…
The People of Sparks Jeanne DuPrau Fantasy The People of Sparks picks up where The City of Ember leaves off. Lina and Doon have emerged from the underground city to the exciting new world above, and it isn’t long before…
City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau Fantasy The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to dim. When Lina finds part of…
Because of Mr. Terupt Rob Buyea Realistic Fiction It’s the start of a new year at Snow Hill School, and seven students find themselves thrown together in Mr. Terupt’s fifth grade class. There’s . . . Jessica, the new girl,…
Chains Laurie Halse Anderson Historical Fiction As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight…for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property…
A Monster Calls Patrick Ness Fantasy Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don”t quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he…
Three Times Lucky Sheila Turnage Fiction Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone’s business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years…
Ungifted Gordon Korman Fiction When Donovan Curtis pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he’s finally gone too far. But thanks to a mix-up by one of the administrators, instead of getting in trouble, Donovan is sent…