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Among the Impostors
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A young boy's desperate attempt to discover his true identity amidst a world of secrets and lies.
Twelve-year-old Luke Garner is brought to Hendricks School for Boys by Mr. Talbot, the father of his dead best friend Jen. Luke is his parents’ third child and so is illegal under the country's ... (Wikipedia)
Among the Betrayed
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A young girl discovers the truth about her identity when her government starts rounding up children with special powers.
Elodie Luria had left a dreary but emotionally comfortable life with her three aunts and grandmother. For the sake of giving her a chance to live out of hiding, they managed to scrounge together ... (Wikipedia)
Fairest
by Gail Carson Levine
A tale of self-discovery, as a young girl learns to embrace her true beauty.
In the kingdom of Ayortha, who is the fairest of them all? Certainly not Aza. She is thoroughly convinced that she is ugly. What she may lack in looks, though, she makes up for with a kind heart, and ... (Goodreads)
Among the Brave
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A dystopian future where kids are sent to secret camps to protect them from an oppressive government.
The fifth book starts off directly where the last book had ended, from the point of view of Trey, Luke's friend from Hendricks' School for Boys. After Luke Garner (Lee Grant) leaves Smits Grant, the ... (Wikipedia)
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
A girl's journey of self-discovery and healing, as she finds friendship in an unlikely companion.
Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. Kate DiCamillo's first published novel, like Winn-Dixie himself, immediately proved to be a keeper—a ... (Goodreads)
Brian's Hunt
by Gary Paulsen
A young boy's journey of self-discovery and survival in the wilds of the North.
Brian, who is now sixteen years old, is canoeing through the Canadian wilderness. He realizes that the woods are now his home and he will never be happy in modern society with its noise , pollution, ... (Wikipedia)
The River
by Gary Paulsen
A young boy's journey of self-discovery, learning to navigate the wilderness.
Brian Robeson, a 13-year-old boy who spent 54 days surviving alone in the Canadian wilderness the previous summer, is hired by the government to again live in the woods with only two knives and ... (Wikipedia)
The Prophet of Yonwood
by Jeanne DuPrau
A small town discovers a mysterious prophet who speaks of a much greater danger in the future.
Nickie will grow up to be one of the first citizens of the city of Ember. But for now, she's an eleven-year-old girl whose father was sent away on some mysterious government project. So when the ... (Goodreads)
Brian's Winter
by Gary Paulsen
A retelling of the classic novel, "Hatchet", from the perspective of a young boy struggling to survive in the frozen wilderness.
The story deals with Brian, still stranded at the L-shaped lake during the fall and winter, constructing a winter shelter, building snow shoes , being confronted by a bear , befriending and naming a ... (Wikipedia)
Ark Angel
by Anthony Horowitz
A teenage spy embarks on a mission to save the world from a criminal mastermind.
Maximilian Webber, a former SAS man, gives a speech denouncing an extreme eco-terrorist organisation known as Force Three (named after Earth being the third planet from the sun ). After the speech, ... (Wikipedia)
The Capture
by Kathryn Lasky
A young eagle's journey to save her family from the clutches of an evil ruler.
GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE is a classic hero mythology about the fight between good and evil. This series is filled with adventure, suspense, and heart.,In the first book in the GUARDIANS... series, the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
A young boy embarks on an adventure with his beloved hunting dogs, learning valuable life lessons.
An old man named Billy Colman rescues a redbone hound under attack by neighborhood dogs. He takes it home with him so that its wounds can heal. In light of this event, he has a flashback to when he ... (Wikipedia)
Swindle
by Gordon Korman
A group of kids team up to retrieve a valuable baseball card from a swindler. Action-packed adventure ensues.
A smart, young boy named Griffin Bing decides to invite his entire class grade over for a sleepover in an old house about to be demolished after the town's plan for using as a new space in their town ... (Wikipedia)
Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 1
by CLAMP
A group of travelers journey through alternate dimensions, searching for a missing princess.
SAKURA AND SYAORAN RETURN! But they're not the people you know. Sakura is the princess of Clow - and possessor of a mysterious, misunderstood power that promises to change the world. Syaoran is her ... (Goodreads)
Asylum
by Madeleine Roux
A group of teenagers attend a summer program at an abandoned asylum, but soon discover the dark secrets hidden within its walls.
Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-novel perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children . For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College ... (Goodreads)
Ginger Pye
by Eleanor Estes
A brother and sister's adventures in search of a missing pet, uncovering a mysterious thief.
This book is about a puppy named Ginger. Jerry Pye, a resident in Cranbury, Connecticut in 1919, bought a puppy he wanted from Ms. Speedy for a hard-earned dollar he made while dusting the pews in ... (Wikipedia)
Ungifted
by Gordon Korman
A troublemaker accidentally gets sent to a school for gifted students and ends up changing the lives of everyone around him.
Donovan Curtis thinks he's ungifted. He's the ultimate prankster and trouble-maker. But one day, he goes too far in causing a commotion. He strikes a statue of Atlas with a stick, causing the globe ... (Wikipedia)
Fear
by Michael Grant
A group of teenagers battle supernatural forces in a dystopian world.
The fifth book in the bestselling Gone series by Michael Grant continues the page-turning saga of Sam, Astrid, and Drake in their terrifying post-apocalyptic world. It's been one year since all the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Burning
by Kathryn Lasky
A young girl's struggle to survive a devastating fire that destroys her home.
Soren and his band are sent to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to gather allies and learn the art of war in preparation for the coming cataclysmic battle against the sinister Pure Ones. Meanwhile, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Dawn
by Erin Hunter
A group of cats face the dangers of the forest and a rival clan in their quest for survival.
Something terrifying is happening in the world of the Clans. Amid the destruction of the forest, cats are disappearing, including ThunderClan's beloved medicine cat apprentice, Leafpaw. Now the young ... (Goodreads)
No Talking
by Andrew Clements
Fifth graders embark on a no-talking contest, challenging authority and discovering the power of words.
"You have the right to remain silent." However... The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys at Laketon Elementary don't get along very well. But the real problem is that these kids are loud and ... (Goodreads)
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
by Lemony Snicket
A mysterious narrator's tongue-in-cheek account of his own life, filled with dark humor.
A Warning from the Publisher: Many readers have questions about Lemony Snicket, author of the distressing serial concerning the trials of the charming but unlucky Baudelaire orphans, published under ... (Goodreads)
Charlie Bone and the Beast
by Jenny Nimmo
An orphan discovers he has magical abilities and must battle a mysterious beast.
Things are never simple for Charlie Bone. His parents have been reunited but Charlie can't resist the call of danger when the parents of a kidnapped classmate plead for help. Asa, the missing ... (Goodreads)
The Missing Piece
by Shel Silverstein
A circle searches for its missing piece, encountering different shapes along the way. It eventually finds its missing piece, but realizes it was happier alone.
The story centers on a circular shape-like creature that is missing a wedge-shaped piece of itself. It doesn't like this, and sets out to find its missing piece, singing: Oh, I'm lookin' for my ... (Wikipedia)
Password to Larkspur Lane
by Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew solves a mystery involving a missing heiress and a hidden will. Classic detective story for young readers.
A carrier pigeon furnishes Nancy with a clue to a mysterious retreat. ... (Goodreads)
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
by Don Wood
A resourceful mouse outwits a hungry bear to save a strawberry.
First published in 1984, a picture book in which the Little Mouse will do all he can to save his strawberry from the Big, Hungry Bear, even if it means sharing it with the reader. The Little Mouse ... (Barnes & Noble)
Howl’s Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
A young woman embarks on an adventure to break a curse and reclaim her identity in a magical world.
18-year-old Sophie Hatter is the eldest of three sisters living in Market Chipping, a town in the magical kingdom of Ingary, where fairytale tropes are accepted ways of life, including that the ... (Wikipedia)
Tunnels of Blood
by Darren Shan
A vampire hunter struggles with an ancient evil force threatening his city.
Darren, the vampire's assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra the snake-boy and Mr. Crepsley. When corpses are discovered–corpses drained of blood-- Darren ... (Goodreads)
Stone Fox
by John Reynolds Gardiner
Young boy braves the elements to save his family's farm, with the help of a wise old man and an enigmatic dog.
John Reynolds Gardiner's classic action-packed adventure story about a thrilling dogsled race has captivated readers for more than thirty years. Based on a Rocky Mountain legend, Stone Fox tells the ... (Goodreads)
Love, Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
A teenage girl's journey of self-discovery, as she navigates complex relationships and growing up.
New in town, homeschooled, and feeling rejected by Leo, the 16-year-old narrator of the first book who had fallen under her spell, she is lonely and sad—her "happy wagon," where she keeps stones ... (Wikipedia)
