Absolutely True Diary of a part-time Indian (Alexie, Sherman) Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

600LSL

  

Al Capone Does My Shirts (Choldenko, Gennifer) A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

600LSL

  

Alchemist, The (Coelho, Paulo)Santiago goes on a quest that leads him to riches far different and far more satisfying than he ever imagined. His journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.

910LSL

  

Amari and the Night Brothers (Alston, B.B.)Discovering that she has a supernaturally enhanced talent, Amari Peters enters a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, where she is considered the enemy, in order to find her missing brother.

700LSL

  

Among the Hidden (Haddix, Margaret Peterson)In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

800LSL

  

Animal Farm (Orwell, George) Featuring a new preface, this classic satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government is once again brought to life for a new generation of readers.

1,170LSL

  

Because of Winn-Dixie (DiCamillo, Kate) Ten year olf India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

670LSL

  

Beyond the Bright Sea (Wolk, Lauren)The moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family.

770LSL

  

BFG, The (Dahl, Roald) Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

720LSL

  

Book Thief, The (Zusak, Marcus) Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel-a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

730LSL

  

Boy at the Back of the Class, The (Rauf, Onjali Q.)When quiet, nine-year-old Ahmet arrives in their classroom, a boy and his friends fail to draw him out but try a new plan after learning he is a Syrian refugee.

940LSL

  

Boy Called Bat, A (Arnold, Elana)One of the few books for any age that seeks to accurately, sensitively, and convincingly portray a character on the autism spectrum, this book centers the child's experience in the narrative.

760LSL Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  

Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Boyne, John) Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.

1,000LSL

  

Bridge to Terabithia (Paterson, Katherine) The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

810LSL

  

Brown Girl Dreaming (Woodson, Jacqueline)Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.

990LSL

  

Bud, Not Buddy (Curtis, Christopher Paul) Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father -- the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.

950LSL

  

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Dahl, Roald) Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last, and only five lucky children will be allowed inside. But what they find is even wilder than any of the wild rumors, they've heard!

810LSL

  

Charlotte's Web (White, E.B.) Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

680LSL

  

Chocolate Touch, The (Catling, Patrick Skene) John Midas is a normal boy, except that he has an abnormal love for candy, especially chocolate. But when he acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate, he finds out that too much of a good thing isn't so great.

770LSL

  

City of Ember, The (DuPrau, Jeanne)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 an ancient message, she’s sure it holds a secret that will save the city. Now, she and her friend Doon must race to figure out the clues to keep the lights on.

680LSL

  

Concrete Rose (Thomas, Angie)International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. A Printz Honor Book!

500LSL

  

Counting by 7's (Sloan, Holly Goldberg) Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.

770LSL

  

Crenshaw (Applegate, Katherine) Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. Again. Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He has come back into Jackson's life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?

540LSL

  

Crossover, The (Alexander, Kwame) Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

750LSL

  

Crossover, The [GRAPHIC NOVEL] (Alexander, Kwame)Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

670LSL

  

Dear Justyce (Stone, Nic)An unflinching look into the tragically flawed practices and silenced voices in the American juvenile justice system.

780LSL

  

Dear Martin (Stone, Nic) Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.

720LSL

  

Devil's Arithmetic, The (Yolan, Jane) Tired of her grandfather's horrific stories of the Holocaust, Hannah learns a lesson about the importance of remembering when she is transported back to Nazi-occupied Poland and is taken to a death camp.

730LSL

  

Diary of a Young Girl (Frank, Anne) A young girl's journal records her family's struggles during two years of hiding from the Nazis in war-torn Holland.

1,020LSL

  

Downstairs Girl, The (Lee, Stacey)When the advice column she secretly writes becomes wildly popular, a young lady’s maid uses her influence to question her society’s fixed ideas about race and gender.

810LSL Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  

Elephant's Girl, The (Rimington, Celesta) Twelve-year-old Lexington, a foundling raised in a zoo, spends a summer cementing friendships, growing closer to the elephant that saved her life, and learning about her family and herself.

800LSL

  

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Grabenstein, Chris)When Kyle Keeley learns that the world’s most famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, has designed the town’s new library and is having an invitation-only lock-in on opening night, Kyle is determined to be there! But the tricky part isn’t getting into the library--it’s getting out.

720LSL

  

Esperanza Rising (Ryan, Pam Munoz) Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

750LSL

  

Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury, Ray) In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.

890LSL

  

57 Bus (Stater, Dashka) Artfully, compassionately, and expertly told, Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus is a must-read nonfiction book for teens that chronicles the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California.

930LSL

  

Firekeeper's Daughter (Boulley, Angeline)Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths.

720LSL Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  

Flora & Ulysses: the illuminated adventures (DiCamillo, Kate) Flora, obsessed with superhero comics, immediately recognizes and gives her wholehearted support to a squirrel that, after a near-fatal brush with a vacuum cleaner, develops the ability to fly and type poetry.

520LSL

  

Flowers for Algernon (Keyes, Daniel)With more than five million copies sold, "Flowers for Algernon" is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. High school & older.

910LSL

  

Fourth Grade Rats (Spinelli, Jerry)Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You don't have to be a tough guy, a "rat," to be a grown up fourth grader.

340LSL Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  

Freak the Mighty (Philbrick, W.R.) At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.

930LSL

  

Freckle Juice (Blume, Judy) Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.

570LSL

  

Frindle (Clements, Andrew) When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

830LSL

  

From The Desk of Zoe Washington (Marks, Janae)From debut author Janae Marks comes a captivating story full of heart, as one courageous girl questions assumptions, searches for the truth, and does what she believes is right—even in the face of great opposition.

660LSL

  

Front Desk (Yang, Kelly) Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel. Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.

640LSL

  

Gathering Blue (Lowry, Lois) Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

680LSL

  

Ghost Boys (Rhodes, Jewell Parker)After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.

360LSL

  

Giver, The (Lowry, Lois)Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

670LSL

  

Good Girl's Guide to Murder, A (Jackson, Holly)As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.

700LSL Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  

Graveyard Book, The (Gaiman, Neil)Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.

820LSL

  

Hatchet (Paulsen, Gary) Thirteen-year-old Brian is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and a hatchet ... it will take all his know-how, determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive.

1,020LSL

  

Hate U Give, The (Thomas, Angie) After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.

590LSL

  

Hidden Oracle (Riordan, Rick) After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor.

680LSL

  

Hobbit, or, there and back again, The (Tolkien, J.R.R.) In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." So begins one of the most beloved and delightful tales in the English language—Tolkien's prelude to The Lord of the Rings. Set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth, at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale, The Hobbit is one of literature's most enduring and well-loved novels.

1,000LSL

  

Holes (Sachar, Louis) Sachar's "Holes" tells the story of Stanley Yelnats. The heir to his family's curse of bad luck, Stanley is convicted of a crime he didn't commit. He serves his sentence at Camp Green Lake, a dry, flat wasteland where the warden assigns each inmate the task of digging one deep hole every day. Hole by hole, Stanley and his friend Zero dig their destiny.

660LSL

  

Hoot (Hiaasen, Carl) Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

760LSL

  

House on Mango Street (Cisneros, Sandra) Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become.

870LSL

  

House With a Clock in Its Wall, The (Bellairs, John) Orphaned Lewis Barnavelt comes to live with his Uncle Jonathan and quickly learns that both his uncle and his next-door neighbor are witches on a quest to discover the terrifying clock ticking within the walls of Jonathan's house. Can the three of them save the world from certain destruction?

800LSL

  

How to Eat Fried Worms (Rockwell, Thomas) Fried worms, boiled worms, worm sandwiches, worms with ketchup and peanut butter ... Billy must eat fifteen worms in fifteen days, or lose his bet with Alan and Joe. Can Billy put his taste buds to the test and win, or will he worm his way out of the deal?

560LSL

  

Hunger Games (Collins, Suzanne) In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV.

810LSL

  

I Survived Hurricane Katrina 2005 (Tarshis, Lauren)Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. Overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept away by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm of the century -- alone?

590LSL

  

I Survived the Attacks of Sept. 11 (Tarshis, Lauren) When Lucas decides to skip school because he wants to discuss football with a firefighter friend of his father, he finds himself caught up in the terrorist attacks on New York City.

630LSL

  

I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888 (Tarshis, Lauren)John Hale is finally settling into his new life in Chicago when a sunny day turns abruptly into a deadly blizzard - he will need all his strength and courage to survive what became known to history as The Children's Blizzard.

630LSL

  

I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (Tarshis, Lauren)Marcus is afraid something is terribly wrong when the ground trembles beneath their feet. When Vesuvius explodes into a cloud of fiery ash and rocks fall from the sky like rain, will the people of Pompeii have time to escape -- and survive the epic destruction of Pompeii?

700LSL

  

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (Tarshis , Lauren)Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, ten-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink.

590LSL

  

Indian in the Cupboard (Banks, Lynne Reid) A young man receives two presents that will change his life: a plastic miniature Indian that magically comes to life inside a mysterious old cupboard.

780LSL

  

Inside out & Back Again (Lai, Thanhha) Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.

800LSL

  

Island of the Blue Dolphins (O'Dell, Scott) Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.

1,000LSL

  

James and the Giant Peach (Dahl, Roald) A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.

870LSL

  

Johnny Tremain (Forbes, Esther) After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.

840LSL

  

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (Park, Barbara)In her own words, a young girl describes her feelings about starting kindergarten and what she does when she decides not to ride the bus home.

380LSL

  

Lemonade War (The) (Davies, Jacqueline) 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.

630LSL

  

Lightning Thief, The (Riordan, Rick) Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

680LSL

  

Lightning Thief, The [GRAPHIC NOVEL] (Riordan, Rick)Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

450LSL Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  

Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (Lewis, C.S.) Four English school children enter the magic land of Narnia through the back of a wardrobe and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in defeating the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

940LSL

  

Long Walk to Water, A (Park, Linda Sue) When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of a safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

720LSL

  

Long Way Down (Reynolds, Jason) As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

720LSL

  

Long Way Down [GRAPHIC NOVEL] (Reynolds, Jason)As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

630LSL

  

Lord of the Flies (Golding, William) The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own natures.

770LSL

  

Maniac Magee (Spinelli, Jerry) After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

820LSL

  

March: Book One (Lewis, John)A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.

760LSL

  

March: Book Two (Lewis, John)The award-winning, best-selling series returns, as John Lewis' story continues through Freedom Rides and the legendary 1963 March on Washington.

850LSL

  

March: Book Three (Lewis, John)Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.

910LSL

  

Matilda (Dahl, Roald) Matilda, a brilliant, sensitive little girl, uses her talents and ingenuity to seek revenge on her crooked father, lazy mother, and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, her wicked headmistress, and save her beloved teacher, Miss Honey.

840LSL

  

Marrow Thieves, The (Dimaline, Cherie)In a world where most people have lost the ability to dream, a fifteen-year-old Indigenous boy who is still able to dream struggles for survival against an army of "recruiters" who seek to steal his marrow and return dreams to the rest of the world.

810LSL Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  

Maus, a survivor's tale. I. (Spiegelman, Art) - GRAPHIC NOVELA brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats.

1,100LSL

  

Maze Runner, The (Dashner, James) Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.

770LSL

  

Mercy Watson to the Rescue (DiCamillo, Kate)Welcome to the wry and endearing world of Mercy Watson — an ebullient character for early chapter-book readers in a series that's destined to be a classic.

450LSL

  

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (DiCamillo, Kate)Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.

700LSL

  

Miscalculations of Lightning Girl (McAnulty, Stacy)A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.

530LSL

  

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Riggs, Ransom) After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.

890LSL

  

Mr. Popper's Penguins (Atwater, Richard) The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

910LSL

  

Monster (Myers, Walter Dean) While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

670LSL

  

Mouse and the Motorcycle (Cleary, Beverly) A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.

860LSL

  

My Brother Sam is Dead (Collier, James Lincoln) Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.

770LSL

  

New Kid (Craft, Jerry)Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft.

320LSL

  

Night (Wiesel, Elie) Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. This book is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man.

590LSL

  

Ninth Ward (Rhodes, Jewell Parker)In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.

470LSL

  

Number the Stars (Lowry, Lois) 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.

670LSL

  

Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck, John)Steinbeck’s tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America’s most widely read and taught novels. An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream.

480LSL

  

On the Come Up (Thomas, Angie)When sixteen-year-old Bri, an aspiring rapper, pours her anger and frustration into her first song, she finds herself at the center of a controversy.

550LSL

  

One and Only Bob, The (Applegate, Katherine)In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create an unforgettable story of friendship, family, and hope.

570LSL

  

One and Only Ivan, The (Applegate, Katherine) When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

570LSL

  

One Crazy Summer (Williams-Garcia, Rita) In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them.

750LSL

  

Out of My Mind (Draper, Sharon M.) A brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, considered by many to have an intellectual disability, discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

700LSL

  

Outsiders (Hinton, S.E.) Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids who get away with everything, including beating up greasers like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the night someone takes things too far.

750LSL

  

Parker Inheritance, The (Johnson, Varian) Spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, Candice discovers the letter that sent her grandmother on a treasure hunt, and with her new friend Brandon, sets off to expose the injustice once committed against a local African American family.

610LSL

  

Pax (Pennypacker, Sara) Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild.

760LSL

  

Penderwicks, The (Birdsall, Jeanne) While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four young sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

800LSL

  

Perks of Being a Wallflower, The (Chbosky, Stephen)The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a story about what it's like to travel that strange course through the uncharted territory of high school ... of those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.

720LSL

  

Princess Bride, The (Goldman, William)Rich in character and satire, the novel is set in 1941 and framed cleverly as an “abridged” retelling of a centuries-old tale set in the fabled country of Florin that's home to “Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths.

870LSL

  

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Cleary, Beverly)The responsibilities of an 8-year-old are sometimes daunting, especially in a family that is trying to squeak by while the father goes back to school. But Ramona is full of too much vim and vigor to ever be down for long.

860LSL

  

Refugee (Gratz, Alan) Gratz presents three interrelated stories about surviving. The tales center on children and their families who are driven from their homes by war, violence, and unrest.

800LSL

  

Restart (Korman, Gordon)"A fresh approach to the familiar topic of bullying, kept credible by believable characters and events, with typical Korman humor and just the right touch of mystery." -- School Library Journal

730LSL

  

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry (Taylor, Mildred D.) The story of one African American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s.

920LSL

  

Rover's Story, A (Warga, JasmineBuilt to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.

580LSL

  

Running Out of Time (Haddix, Margaret Peterson)“The action moves swiftly, with plenty of suspense, and readers will be eager to discover how Jessie overcomes the obstacles that stand in her way… This book will appeal to fans of time-travel or historical novels as well as those who prefer realistic contemporary fiction." —School Library Journal

730LSL

  

Save Me a Seat (Weeks, Sarah)Ravi, who has just moved to America from India, and Joe, who is learning disabled, gain strength from each other as they struggle to navigate middle school, family relationships, and friendships.

780LSL

  

Scythe (Shusterman, Neal) In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't

830LSL

  

Secret Zoo, The (Chick, Bryan) A fast-paced and exciting read for middle grade fantasy, mystery, and animal buffs. Something strange is happening at the Clarksville City Zoo. Late at night, monkeys are scaling the walls and searching the neighborhood—but what are they looking for?

700LSL

  

Shiloh (Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds) When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.

890LSL

  

Skeleton Creek (Carman, Patrick)Read the Book. Watch the Videos. Uncover the Mystery. The first book in the breakthrough series from New York Times Best Seller author Patrick Carman, featuring text and technology in an innovative new way. Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek . . . and Ryan and Sarah are trying to get to the heart of it.

740LSL

  

Stone Fox (Gardiner, John Reynolds) Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.

610LSL

  

Tale of Despereaux, The (DiCamillo, Kate) The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

670LSL

  

Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing (Blume, Judy) Two is a crowd when Peter and his little brother, Fudge, are in the same room. Grown-ups think Fudge is absolutely adorable, but Peter and his pet turtle, Dribble, know the truth. From throwing temper tantrums to smearing mashed potatoes on the wall, Fudge causes mischief wherever he goes!

470LSL

  

They Went Left (Hesse, Monica)Zofia, a teenage Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother and seeks to rebuild her shattered life.

730LSL

  

Three Keys (Yang, Kelly) Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic.

710LSL

  

To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee, Harper) A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father-a crusading local lawyer-risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.

790LSL

  

Tuck Everlasting (Babbitt, Natalie) The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older

770LSL

  

Ungifted (Korman, Gordon)Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.

730LSL

  

Walk Two Moons (Creech, Sharon) In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.

770LSL

  

War That Saved My Life (Brubaker, Kimberly) A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

580LSL

  

Watsons Go to Birmingham, The (Curtis, Christopher Paul)The Watsons of Flint, Michigan, set out on a trip like no other. They're heading south. They're going to Birmingham, Alabama, toward one of the darkest moments in American history.

920LSL

  

When Stars are Scattered (Jamieson, Victoria and Mohamed, Omar)Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp.

530LSL

  

When You Reach Me (Stead, Rebecca) New York City, 1979. Twelve-year-old Miranda helps her mother prepare to be on a television game show. Meanwhile Miranda tries to understand why her best friend Sal doesn't want to hang out anymore, and why someone is sending Miranda tiny notes from the future.

750LSL

  

When You Trap a Tiger (Keller, Tae)Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother.

590LSL

  

Wild Robot, The (Brown, Peter) Alone on a remote island, robot Roz's only hope for survival is to learn from the island's hostile animal inhabitants. Brown's heartwarming middle-grade debut raises thought-provoking questions about the environment, the role technology plays in the world, and what it means to be alive.

740LSL

  

Wild Robot Escapes, The (Brown, Peter)After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill.

720LSL

  

Wish (O'Connor, Barbara)A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are.

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Wishtree (Applegate, Katherine) A wise old oak tree that stands as the neighborhood's "wishtree," where people write wishes on cloth and tie them to her branches, shares her days with her crow friend and helps the community embrace differences when new neighbors move in and are not warmly welcomed.

590LSL

  

Wonder (Palacio, R. J.) August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face.

790LSL

  

Wrinkle in Time, A (L'Engle, Madeleine) Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.

740LSL

  

Year of the Dog, The (Lin, Grace)When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and "finding herself," Pacy begins searching right away. As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the Year of the Dog is a lucky one for her after all.

690LSL