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Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.	Twelve-year-old Grady and his mother relocate yet again, this time finding work taking care of an elderly man, who teaches Grady about cars, birds, and what it means to have a home.	Thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll takes his place as head of the family after his father dies fighting for the Union; but his job at the local ironworks, where he helps build an iron ship for the Union army, and his loyalty come into question when he is approached by Confederate spies to sell secrets about the ship to the South.
Max struggles to come to terms with his father's betrayal while helping his friends Harley and Natalia try to save Ernie from an enchanted coma and the fate of the empire hangs in the balance as the Black Wolf army, commanded by Lord Sumner, fight for control of the powerful Spear of Ragnarok.	Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.	Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragon's claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets.	The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.	Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
After rescuing her younger brother abandoned at a busy airport by their divorced father, fifteen-year-old Lily finds her faith in God sorely tested as she struggles to rescue herself from the bitterness and anger she feels.	After escaping from the Sea of Trolls, the apprentice bard Jack plunges into a new series of adventures, traveling underground to Elfland and uncovering the truth about his little sister Lucy.	After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
Thirteen year-old Evyn's world is turned upside-down when her father, widowed since she was a toddler, suddenly decides to marry a woman with six children, move with Ev and her older brother from Maine to Boston, and enroll her in private school.	Unable to cope with her father's alcoholism, thirteen year-old Sam corresponds with an older student, sharing her family problems and asking for advice.	In 1896, fourteen-year-old Megan joins her sister and family on their steamboat for the summer riding up the Mississippi River towards St. Paul, Minnesota, and through all of their adventures, Megan realizes what is her "true calling."
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.	Having never excelled at schoolwork, twelve year-old Anna discovers that she may know a few things about survival when she and her classmates become trapped in their Nebraska schoolhouse in a storm that comes to be known as the Children's Blizzard of 1888.	When Toby finally decides to join the middle school basketball team, he does not anticipate the changes that will occur in his relationship with his best friend JJ, who is the team's star player, as well as in other areas of his life.
Four youngsters, ages nine to fifteen, narrate one side of the story of their newly blended family's adjustment, interwoven with grief and loss.	Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.	In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, sixteen-year-old Jason and his girlfriend Jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska in an epic race from Canada's Klondike to the new gold fields at Cape Nome.
Thirteen year-old Tepary discovers an old flute in a cliff dwelling in New Mexico, and through its power he learns about ancient Native American magic.	After fourteen year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive, encounters unexpected animal and human inhabitants, and looks for traces of the earliest prehistoric immigrants to America.	Ginny makes a to do list for her seventh grade year, which includes landing a role in the school play, trying to make friends, ignoring her horoscope, and going to see her grandpa Joe in Florida; but she always seems to come up short in accomplishing any of it.
Features the blueprints and technical specifications for the amazing gadgetry used by teenage spy Alex Rider.	In 1593, thirteen year-old Tom travels through the English countryside to London, where he falls in with a troupe of actors and finds himself in great danger from several sources.	After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade.
Having locked the Raven's gate, fourteen year-old Matt travels to Peru where he meets the second of the five gatekeepers and works with him to try to stop the opening of a second gate somehow related to the Nazi Lines.	Tim Diamond, a poor-minded detective, is entrusted with a package worth five million dollars, until the owner of the package is murdered, and it is up to Tim and his brother, Nick, to outwit every crook in town who is trying to get the money.	After telepathic twins Jamie and Scott are attacked by the evil Nightrise Corporation, one of them is imprisoned while the other escapes, left to fight with the other three gatekeepers against the evil Old Ones in order to save his sibling and prevent the destruction of humanity.
Alex, a fourteen year-old spy, has been assigned by the British MI6 to investigate a series of mysterious deaths. He ends up in a boarding school in the Swiss Alps, and finds many strange things are happening to the students.	Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.	Nick Diamond is framed for a jewelry robbery, and shares a cell with Johnny Powers, who is a notorious criminal, and it is up to Nick's older half-witted brother, Tim, to break them out of jail so he can diffuse a time bomb.
When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.	Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf, and her relationship with Edward, a vampire, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.	Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
While confined to a mental hospital, thirteen-year-old Callie slowly comes to understand some of the reasons behind her self-mutilation, and gradually starts to get better.	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.	Adrian Cat describes a year in his life including ways to properly train his owners, how he and his friends get along with the neighborhood bully, and his romantic failures and successes.
Tally's perfect life as a Pretty is disrupted when she receives a letter from herself, written when she was an Ugly, reminding her of the promise she made to take a drug developed to cure the brain lesions that keep the Pretties shallow and happy--and when she takes the pills, she becomes a target of those determined to keep Pretty society carefree.	Seventeen year old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, where she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.	Twelve year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.

Though Amelia is running for secretary of the student government, she spends most of her time working on her friend Carly’s presidential race. Carly mounts a solid campaign, aided by her friends’ clever posters and handouts. But when the other strong candidate hands out candy in the hallways and spreads a slanted story about Carly, many are swayed.	Sequel to: Sir Thursday. Still holding the fourth key, Arthur Penhaligon receives a suspicious offer from Lady Friday and travels to the Middle House to find out if he should accept it.	Over the course of the summer of 1963, fourteen-year-old Esther Young discovers the passion within her when eighteen-year-old King-Roy Johnson, accused of murdering a white man in Alabama, comes to live with her family.
A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.	A political satire in which animals take over running a farm but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.	Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
Jacob Freisten, often in a fog, tries to ease through high school unnoticed; but a beautiful classmate takes notice of him and his life begins to change.	When his camp van crashes into a raging river, Daniel has to decide whether to help the bullies who call him dork breath and retard or to save himself.	Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts rescues two children from a forest fire, but then she must save herself and them from ruthless poachers.
Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.	Fifteen year-old Francis and the two children he has adopted travel across the Old West, evade Comancheros, discover a treasure, and wind up rich beyond their wildest dreams.	Francis, Lottie and Billy survive a series of hair-raising adventures while on their way west to the Oregon Trail, where they hope to find the Tucket family.
Baltimore lawyer Quentin Clark investigates the puzzling circumstances of Edgar Allan Poe's death, finding inspiration and hidden clues in the stories Poe left behind.	Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.	Works issued back-to-back and inverted.;"Read Frank first, then read Hannah" Presents the stories of two fictional children that provide different perspectives on the events of World War II, including Frank, an English boy who has been evacuated from London to the countryside, and Hannah, a German Jewish refugee who has also been taken in by the widow Pittaway.
After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, eleven-year-old Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters Artemisia, a wild mare that her mother once rode.	Twelve year old Boom Broom thought his life couldn't get any worse, until he stumbles upon a foul-tempered merbaby and must find a way to return her to the world of the merfolk in the hopes of breaking the curse she seems to have put on Boom.	Billy Hooten, a weird kid who likes comic books and monster movies, hears a cry for help coming from the cemetery, and soon finds himself trying to decide if he is up to the task of being Owlboy, a superhero in charge of the safety of the residents of Monstros City, an underground world below his hometown of Bradbury, Massachusetts.
Retells Sir Thomas Malory's tales of King Arthur and his knights in modern language.	Presents the controversial novel, published in 1852, in which author Harriet Beecher Stowe offers an indictment of the pre-Civil War South through the story of Uncle Tom, an elderly slave who maintains his human dignity in the face of cruelty, suffering, and death.	In 1946, imaginary conversations with President Truman help ten-year-old Annie cope with having to live with her grandmother in Walla Walla, Washington, her uncle's prejudice toward her grandmother's black tenant, and her intense desire for news of her father, a pilot in the Army Air Corps who was reported missing in action.
Nineteenth century mechanic Hank Morgan suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Court where he tries to introduce modern technology and political ideas to the inhabitants.	Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life.	The adventures of a scientist who invents a machine that transports him into the future.

In 1751, David Balfour, a Scottish boy, is cheated out of his inheritance by his uncle, who has him kidnapped, sold as a slave, and thrown onto a ship--but with the help of a fugitive, David fights his captors, makes a daring escape amidst a shipwreck, and hopes to survive a treacherous journey home.	The blurred man -- The French confection -- I know what you did last Wednesday. Contains a collection of three Diamond Brothers mysteries in which Tim and Nick bungle their way through a search for a missing philanthropist, find themselves in a Parisian prison, and are stranded on a Scottish island with a murderer.	Nick Diamond is framed for a jewelry robbery, and shares a cell with Johnny Powers, who is a notorious criminal, and it is up to Nick's older half-witted brother, Tim, to break them out of jail so he can diffuse a time bomb.
Kayla is ostracized at school because she refused to get the required tattooed bar code and now she and her family must run to avoid the dangers threats against them.	Collection of four stories in which the lives of four young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books.	Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
Fourteen year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and reveals troubles that predate the accident.	An exploration of the life and achievements of Harper Lee that discusses her Southern upbringing, education, family, writing of "To Kill a Mockingbird," association with Truman Capote, and personality.	Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.
During the 1950s, young Maggie struggles to will her beloved Brooklyn Dodgers to a victory in the World Series and wishes that her friend Jim, a soldier in Korea, would answer her letters.	Upon the death of her father, seventeen year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the scene she must decide if his help is worth the price.	A graphic novel adaptation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor finds best friends Hank and James camping out on the island of Oahu during the attack.
The story of Bass Reeves who was born a slave and later became one of the most respected federal marshals in Oklahoma and Texas.	Raven's Gate Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle. Book 1 of the Gatekeepers	Backup Goalie Jamie knows his hockey team, the Comets, has a real shot at winning the state championship, but when he loses his two top players, he must help his team find the victory before they fall apart.
The Disappeared Teenager Silvia tries to save her brother, Eduardo, after he is captured by the military government in 1970s Argentina.	Fortune's Fool In medieval Germany, fifteen-year-old Conrad, a court jester, and his beloved Christa, a servant girl, escape from a cruel master and journey through the countryside on a quest to find a kind lord who will give them sanctuary.	Generation Dead When dead teenagers who have come back to life start showing up at her high school, Phoebe, a goth girl, becomes interested in the phenomenon, and when she starts dating a "living impaired" boy, they encounter prejudice, fear, and hatred.
Twice Upon a Marigold After a quiet, happy year in a small town, Queen Olympia regains her memory and initiates new plots and manipulations, as the residents of Zandelphia and Beaurivage, now ruled by Christian, Marigold, and Swithbert, feel the effects of her bad energy.	Football Hero When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the Mafia.	Raven's Gate Prequel to: Evil star.;"Apple series." Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.
Streams of Babel Six teens face a bioterrorist attack on American soil as four are infected with a mysterious disease affecting their small New Jersey neighborhood and two others, both brilliant computer hackers, assist the United States Intelligence Coalition in tracking the perpetrators.	Smiles to Go Will Tuppence's life has always been ruled by science and common sense but in ninth grade, shaken up by the discovery that protons decay, he begins to see the entire world differently and gains new perspective on his relationships with his little sister and two closest friends.	Nancy Drew, girl detective. #13, Doggone Town "Based on the series by Carolyn Keene." Nancy Drew and Ned Nickerson, having traveled to Nevershare to return a lost dog, start to investigate when they realize the town's citizens have disappeared. Presented in graphic novel form.
Keena Ford Kenna Ford tries to do the right thing, but always seems to make things worse, especially when it comes to a mixed up birthday.	NURK : The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (somewhat) Brave Shrew Nurk, a sort-of brave shrew, packs up a few pairs of clean socks and sails off on an accidental adventure, guided by wisdom found in the journal of his famously brave and fierce grandmother.	The Humming of Numbers Aiden, a novice about to take monastic vows in tenth century Ireland, meets Lana, a girl who understands his ability to hear the sounds of numbers humming from all living things, and just as he is beginning to question his religious calling, the two of them are thrown together in a mission to save their village from invading Vikings.
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Heather Brewer Thirteen-year-old half-vampire Vladimir Tod struggles to navigate the ups and downs of eighth grade while keeping his untested powers and impulses under control.	blackbox by Julie Schumacher When her sixteen-year-old sister is hospitalized for depression and her parents want to keep it a secret, fourteen-year-old Elena tries to cope with her own anxiety and feelings of guilt that she is determined to conceal from outsiders.	The Runaway Dolls by Ann Martin Best friends Annabelle and Tiffany risk placing all of dollkind in danger when they run away while trying to prevent Tilly from being sent back to London before they can determine if she is Annabelle's long-lost baby sister.
My Bonny Light Horseman by L. A. Meyer Jacky Faber, forced to go behind enemy lines in Paris as an American dancer, seduces a French general to obtain military secrets and save her friends, then dresses in male clothing and penetrates the French army to fight with Napoleon.	In Mozart's Shadow by Carolyn Meyer In eighteenth-century Europe, Anna "Nannerl" Mozart, a musician whose talent and dedication is overshadowed by that of her gifted younger brother, Wolfgang, struggles to win the notice of her father and patrons who might further her career, despite her gender.	Toy Dance Party by Emily Jenkins Six stories relate further adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys, as they encounter a fearsome--possible--shark, enjoy a dance party, and deal with rejection by The Girl, who is growing up.
Firehorse by Diane Lee Wilson Spirited fifteen-year-old horse lover Rachel Selby determines to become a veterinarian, despite the opposition of her rigid father, her proper mother, and the norms of Boston in 1872, while that city faces a serial arsonist and an epidemic spreading through its firehorse population.	Peeps by Scott Westerfeld Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.	The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld Five New York teenagers try to concentrate on their new band while the city suffers from a mysterious epidemic that is turning people into cannibals.
Trigger by Susan Vaught Teenager Jersey Hatch must piece his life back together after he tries to shoot himself in the head, and as he rebuilds his mind and his body, he learns some surprising truths about his former life.	Raptor by Paul Zindel Zack and his Native American friend Uta embark on a dangerous investigation when they find a dinosaur egg that hatches into a baby raptor, and set out to explore the mine shafts and tunnels of Silver Mountain in search of the raptor herd.	Reaching for Sun by Tracie Zimmer Josie, who lives with her mother and grandmother and has cerebral palsy, befriends a boy who moves into one of the rich houses behind her old farmhouse.
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.	The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one in a special group born at the stroke of midnight who can roam the town at a secret hour while others sleep--and that she must fight the evil creatures who share her power.	The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli Collection of four stories in which the lives of four young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books.
Deeper by Roderick Gordon Boy archaeologist Will Burrows wanders the caverns beneath the Colony with his best friend Chester and brother Cal, falls upon the Styx's plan to get rid of Topsoilers with a deadly plague, and risks his life to foil their plot while wondering if his killer stepsister is still on the loose.	Tunnels by Roderick Gordon When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward "Topsoilers" like Will and his father.	Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer While half-vampire Vlad, his best friend Henry, and Henry's cousin Joss make their way through their freshman year at Bathory High, a hired vampire slayer seeks to destroy Vlad.
Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder At the end of the Civil War, twelve year-old Will, having lost all his immediate family, reluctantly leaves his city home to live in the Virginia countryside with his aunt and the uncle he considers a traitor.	The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Todd, one month away from an important birthday, learns all the tough lessons of adulthood when he is forced to flee after discovering a secret near the town where he lives.	The Savage by David Almond After his father dies and the town bully Hooper begins to target him, Blue starts to write and illustrate a graphic novel full of blood, guts, and adventures; but after one of Blue's characters pays Hooper a nighttime visit, Blue wonders if the lines of reality have blurred.
Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber As teen vampire twins Luna and Jagger try to trick a high school soccer star into bonding with Luna for eternity, sixteen-year-old goth girl Raven Madison and her vampire boyfriend, Alexander, strive to save him.	Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman Fourteen-year-old Anthony "Antsy" Bonano learns about life, death, and a lot more when he tries to help a friend with a terminal illness feel hopeful about the future.	Hard Gold by Avi Early Whitcomb, whose family's farm in Iowa is failing due to drought, is enticed by his uncle Jesse to go west and dig for gold to help prevent foreclosure, but during their adventure, Jesse gets into trouble, and Early makes hard decisions while trying to find his relative and the riches that lay hidden in the mountains.
Durinda's Dangers (Book 2 of The Sisters 8) by Lauren Baratz-Logsted One month after their parents' disappearance, the third-grade Huit octuplets deal with a malfunctioning refrigerator and try to win the love of the only boy in their class at Valentine's Day, while Durinda discovers her special power and gift.	Bird by Rita Murphy Miranda, a small, delicate girl easily carried off by the wind, lands at Bourne Manor on the coast of Lake Champlain and is raised by the dour Wysteria Barrows, but she begins to believe rumors that the Manor is cursed and, aided by a new friend and kites secreted in an attic, seeks to escape.	The Worry Tree by Marianne Musgrove Juliet is a worrier, but when constant bickering between her and her younger sister leads Juliet to move into her own bedroom, she discovers the Worry Tree her grandmother used as a girl to relieve her own concerns.
My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother, two brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer accompanying her pastor on Bible deliveries, meeting former boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced into babysitting for a family of ill-mannered children.	Ramp Rats by Liam O'Donnell Marcus spends the summer teaching his young cousin to skateboard while bringing the local outlaw bikers to justice.	The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Every Wednesday, Holling (who believes teachers are "born behind their desks") stays with Mrs. Baker who, as he sees it, uses the time for special torture. Ultimately, Mrs. Baker steps forward as a multilayered individual who helps Holling follow his own path. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, Schmidt's novel rises above its conventions through memorable, believable characters.

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful lemonade stand.	Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered.	The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision.
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.	Deep and Dark and Dangerous: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years.	Sheep by Valerie Hobbs After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie acquires a series of owners and learns about life as he seeks a home and longs to fulfill his life's purpose of shepherding sheep.
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.	On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck A boy in Illinois remembers the homefront years of World War II, especially his two heroes--his brother in the Air Force and his father--who fought in the previous war.	The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles Twelve-year-old House Jackson, team captain and star pitcher of the Aurora County All-Stars, is finally ready to play again after being sidelined for a year with a broken elbow, but a standoff ensues when the team's big game is scheduled for the same day as Aurora County's two-hundredth anniversary pageant--an event directed by the very girl who caused Jackson's injury.
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future.	Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney The Finches, a Connecticut family, sponsor an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way.	Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata A young soldier in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog.
Red Glass by Laura Resau Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.	Night of the Howling Dog by Graham Salisbury Eleven Boy Scouts, their leaders, and some new friends camping at Halape, Hawaii, in 1975, find their survival skills put to the test when a massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami.	The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
Peak by Roland Smith A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.	The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil.	Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells Even though the odds are against her and the Civil War has ruined her home and given her a view of the darker side of humanity, thirteen-year-old India Moody continues to aspire to attend Oberlin College and become a scientist.
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.

Reviews the history of the Central Intelligence Agency, examines the CIA's organization and how it works, discusses the types of intelligence the CIA gathers and analyzes, looks at the agency's headquarters, and describes different jobs with the CIA.	Little Red Cap A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.	Caught With A Catch Poaching in Africa Describes a number of animals that are either extinct or in danger of extinction due to illegal hunting and other human activities.	Contains full-color photographs, illustrations, and maps describe the history, geography, people, economy, and government of the state of Oklahoma; and includes charts, graphs, timelines, and classroom projects.	Crow, a Seneca boy, has been cast out and is living on the fringes of the community with his grandmother, where he struggles to find a way to feed them both and enjoys hearing the stories of his people's heritage.	Photographs and text provide information on the rare Sumatran rhino, the world's smallest and most endangered animal on the planet.
Describes the history, equipment, and techniques of hot air ballooning and examines some of its competitions and popular locations.	Anatomy of a Volcano An introduction to volcanoes that provides information on their destructive power, how they are formed, the reason they erupt, and the work of volcanologists, and includes fact boxes, a glossary, and resources.	Brazil Describes Brazil's geography, wildlife, history, government, economy, people, religion, culture, and lifestyle.	The Bremen Town Musicians No longer wanted by their masters, a dog, a donkey, a cat, and a rooster set out for Bremen to become musicians.	Describes the history and traditions of the holiday Cinco de Mayo, discussing the Battle of Puebla, carnivals and fairs, and U.S. cities that have official Cinco de Mayo celebrations; and includes a recipe for Mexican hot chocolate and instructions for making a pinata.	At the age of three, in 1832, Laura Bridgman contracted scarlet fever and lost her sight, her hearing, her sense of smell, and much of her sense of taste. Her family sent her to Dr. Samuel Grindley Howe at the New England Institute for the Education of the Blind, and by the age of 10, Laura was world-famous for her accomplishments (with admirers ranging from Charles Dickens to Dorothea Dix), and also a success story for Howe’s teaching methods.
Short Stories Asshat magic spider / by Scott Westerfeld -- Cheats / by Ann Halam -- Orange / by Neil Gaiman -- The surfer / by Kelly Link -- Repair kit / by Stephen Baxter -- The dismantled invention of fate / by Jeffrey Ford -- Anda's game / by Cory Doctorow -- Sundiver Day / by Kathleen Ann Goonan -- The dust assassin / by Ian McDonald -- The star surgeon's apprentice / by Alastair Reynolds -- An honest day's work / by Margo Lanagan -- Lost continent / by Greg Egan -- Incomers / by Paul McAuley -- Post-ironic stress syndrome / by Tricia Sullivan -- Infestation / by Garth Nix -- Pinocchio / by Walter Jon Williams. An anthology of sixteen science fiction stories by various authors, such as Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, and Paul McAuley.	The Endocrine System Looks at the role of glands and hormones in the human body, explains how the endocrine and circulatory systems work together, and discusses some of the things that can go wrong with the endocrine system.		Captain James Cook Biography of the eighteenth-century British explorer and navigator who is famous for his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean, as well as for his attempt to find a Northwest passage across the North American continent.	After her beloved grandmother, Nana, dies, non-religious twelve-year-old Caroline becomes curious about her mother's Jewish ancestry.	Photographs and text profile the different types of wild cats found around the world, with information on their physical characteristics, distribution, behavior, and whether or not they are endangered.
Phenomena Secrets of the Senses by Donna Jackson Offers an overview of sensory perception, exploring the myths, facts, and controversial topics related to such issues as psychic powers and animal intuition.	The A-10 Thunderbolt by Ole Steen Hansen Presents a short study of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, one of the deadliest ground attack aircraft in the world, and contains a cross-section of the aircraft and information on A-10 avionics, its payload, smart weapons, missions, and more.	Fighter Planes: Fearless Fliers by Karen & Glen Bledsoe Discusses the history of fighter planes, describes different types of airplanes used by the military, tells stories of fighter planes and their crews in action, and looks at what it takes to become a military fighter pilot.	The Attack on Pearl Harbor by Allison Lassieur A brief description of the December 7, 1941, attack on the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by Japanese forces from the perspective of a Japanese pilot, a U.S. sailor, and an American nurse.	Wild Horses: Galloping Through Time Profiles wild horse from all over the world and discusses prehistoric horse-like animals as well as significant horses from history and mythology.
On the Court with LeBron James by Matt Christopher A biography of LeBron James, discussing his early days playing basketball in Akron, Ohio, his standout performance with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and his reputation as a team player.	Pteranodon : The Giant of the Sky by David West Provides a description of the pteranodon, a winged dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, and features a graphic-style story that illustrates the challenges faced by a young pteranodon as it grows to adulthood. Includes information about fossil evidence.	Tyrannosaurus: The Giant Lizard by Rob Shone Provides a description of the tyrannosaurus, a huge dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, and features a graphic-style story that illustrates the challenges faced by a young tyrannosaurus as it grows to adulthood. Includes information about fossil evidence.