Search for the Shadowman Joan Lowery Nixon Ages 8-12 Twelve-year-old Andy Thomas isn’t thrilled with his teacher’s assignment to explore family history. But when he starts asking questions about his ancestors, he is surprised to discover a black sheep named…
Schooled Gordan Korman Ages 10-13 Capricorn Anderson (Cap for short) has never watched a television show. He’s never tasted pizza. He’s never heard of a wedgie. And he has never, even in his wildest dreams, thought he’d live anywhere but…
Save Me A Seat Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan Ages 8-11 Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they’re both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL. Joe’s lived in the same town all his life, and he…
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Eleanor Coerr Ages 8-10 The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life—the race against time. Based…
Rules Cynthia Lord Ages 9-12 Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life, which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She’s spent years trying to teach David the rules…
Rolling of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor Ages 10-12 Why is the land so important to Cassie’s family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white…
Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood Liesl Shurtliff Ages 8-11 Red is not afraid of the big bad wolf. She’s not afraid of anything . . . except magic. But when Red’s granny falls ill, it seems that…
Rebel McKenzie Candice Ransom Ages 9-13 Rebel McKenzie wants to spend her summer attending the Ice Age Kids’ Dig and Safari, a camp where kids discover prehistoric bones, right alongside real paleontologists. But digs cost money, and Rebel is broker…
Ramona Quimby Series Books 1-8 Ages 4-9 The appeal of Beverly Cleary’s stories about the wonderful, blunderful Ramona Quimby has never faded. Each new generation feels connected to Ramona’s unique way of looking at the world as she tries to…
Racing in the Rain. My Life as a Dog Garth Stein Ages 9+ In this young readers’ edition of the New York Times bestselling adult novel The Art of Racing in the Rain, meet one funny mutt—Enzo, the lovable dog who…