Andy and Tamika By Adler, David A. -Fiction- Preoccupied with the ...

Andy and Tamika
By Adler, David A. -Fiction-
Preoccupied with the impending arrival of his new baby
brother or sister, fourth grader Andy gets in lots of
trouble at home and at school.
Be a perfect person in just three days!
By Manes, Stephen, -Fiction-
Milo, tired of problems with his sister, parents, and
classmates, finds a book in the library which promises to
make him perfect in just three days.
The Borrowers
By Norton, Mary. - Fiction -
Miniature people who live in an old country house by
borrowing things from the humans are forced to
emigrate from their home under the clock.
Bridge to Terabithia
By Paterson, Katherine. -Fiction-
Jess Aarons, a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia, finds a
beloved and unexpected friend in Leslie, the new girl at
school, with whom he creates a secret kingdom in the
woods and from whom he learns lifelong lessons when
tragedy strikes.
The castle in the attic
By Winthrop, Elizabeth. - Fiction -
A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight,
introduces William to an adventure involving magic and
a personal quest.
The climb
By Korman, Gordon. Dewey: - Fiction -
The climbing contest to see who will be the youngest
person to climb Mount Everest turns into a life-or-death
rescue mission.
The cricket in Times Square
By Selden, George, - Fiction -
With the help of a mouse and a cat, a musical cricket
improves business at the newsstand run by Mario and his
family.
Danny, the champion of the world
By Dahl, Roald. Dewey: -Fic-
A young English boy describes his relationship with his
father and the special adventure they share together.
From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By Konigsburg, E. L. - Fiction -
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia
strives to keep things in order in their new home and to
become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
George Washington's socks
By Woodruff, Elvira. Dewey: - Fiction -
In the midst of a backyard campout, five children find
themselves transported back into the time of George
Washington, where they begin to live out American
history firsthand and learn the sober realities of war.
Good night, Maman
By Mazer, Norma Fox, - Fiction -
After spending years fleeing from the Nazis in war-torn
Europe, twelve-year-old Karin Levi and her older
brother Marc find a new home in a refugee camp in
Oswego, New York.
The Great Brain
By Fitzgerald, John Dennis. - Fiction -
The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, are
described by his younger brother, frequently the victim
of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or
money.
Hatchet
By Paulsen, Gary Dewey: - Fiction –
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fiftyfour
days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only
the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and
learning also to survive his parents’ divorce.
Ida B-- : and her plans to maximize fun, avoid
disaster, and (possibly) save the world
By Hannigan, Katherine. - Fiction -
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours
being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple
orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast
cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and
send her to public school.
Jake Drake, bully buster
By Clements, Andrew, - Fiction -
Jake faces the challenge of cooperating with the school
bully on a class project.
James and the giant peach : a children's story
By Dahl, Roald. Fiction: -
Wonderful adventures abound after James escapes from
his fearsome aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach.
John Henry
By Lester, Julius. Non-Fiction
Retells the legend of the African-American railroad
builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a
mountain.

The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
By Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples),
- Fiction -
Four English school children find their way through the
back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and
assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White
Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Love from your friend, Hannah : a novel
By Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw. - Fiction -
From her home in back of the Grand View Restaurant in
rural New York, Hannah writes letters to her best friend,
a pen pal, and even to President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Love that dog
By Creech, Sharon. - Fiction -
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a
personal understanding of what different famous poems
mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own
inspired poem.
Moon runner
By Marsden, Carolyn. - Fiction -
Mina discovers that she can run faster than her athlete
friend Ruth, and becomes confused thinking she must
choose between running and friendship.
A mouse called Wolf
By King-Smith, Dick. - Fiction -
A mouse with an unusual name shares his musical gift
with a widowed concert pianist.
The night I flunked my field trip
By Winkler, Henry, - Fiction -
Fourth-grader Hank, while on a field trip aboard "The
Pilgrim Spirit," tries to learn knot tying in his own
unique way, which causes unforeseen problems.
Night of the twisters
By Ruckman, Ivy. - Fiction -
A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating
tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, as experienced by
a twelve-year-old, his family, and friends.
No more dead dogs
By Korman, Gordon. - Fiction -
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced
to detention attending rehearsals of the school play
where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the
production and begins to suggest changes that improve
not only the play but his life as well.
Operation, dump the chump
By Park, Barbara. - Fiction -
Eleven year-old Oscar devises an elaborate plan to get
rid
Peter and the Starcatchers
By Barry, Dave. - Fiction -
Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off
thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away
from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate
Mister Grin.
Philip Hall likes me. I reckon maybe.
By Greene, Bette, 1934- - Fiction -
Eleven-year-old Beth thinks that Philip Hall likes her,
but their on-again, off-again relationship sometimes
makes her wonder.
Poppy
By Avi, - Fiction -
Poppy, a deer mouse, urges her family to move next to a
field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr.
Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
The reptile room (Series of Unfortunate Events Book
2)
By Snicket, Lemony. - Fiction -
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the
Sadako and the thousand paper cranes
By Coerr, Eleanor. Non-Fiction
Sadako, hospitalized with leukemia, races against time
to fold one thousand paper cranes in an attempt to verify
the legend that by doing so a sick person will become
healthy.
The secret school
By Avi, - Fiction -
In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over
as the teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her
remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly.
The secret soldier : the story of Deborah Sampson
By McGovern, Ann. Non-Fiction
A brief biography of the woman who disguised herself
as a man and joined the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War.
Shakespeare's secret
By Broach, Elise. - Fiction - 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.

Shelter dogs : amazing stories of adopted strays
By Kehret, Peg. Non-Fiction
Tells the stories of eight stray dogs that were adopted
from animal shelters and went on to become service
dogs, actors, and heroes.
Shiloh
By Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. - Fiction -
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.
Shoeless Joe & me : a baseball card adventure
By Gutman, Dan. - Fiction -
Joe Stoshack travels back to 1919, where he meets
Shoeless Joe Jackson and tries to prevent the fixing of
the World Series in which Jackson was wrongly
implicated.
Stuart Little
By White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899- Fiction -
After being adopted by a human family, a tiny mouse
sets out to win over his resentful new brother and the
family feline while fending off a gang of cats who want
him out of the house.
Superfudge
By Blume, Judy - Fiction -
Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his
younger brother, Fudge.
Time for Andrew : a ghost story
By Hahn, Mary Downing. - Fiction -
When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt
in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn
eighty years into the past to trade places with his greatgreat-uncle
who is dying of diptheria.
Tuck everlasting
By Babbitt, Natalie. - Fiction -
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.
The whipping boy
By Fleischman, Sid, - Fiction -
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many
adventures when they inadvertently trade places after
becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
Whittington
By Armstrong, Alan W., - Fiction -
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.
A wrinkle in time
By L'Engle, Madeleine - Fiction -
Three extraterrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to
another world.
You wouldn't want to explore with Sir Francis
Drake! : a pirate you'd rather not know
By Stewart, David (David Evelyn), Non- Fiction
Presents a humorous account of what it might have been
like to sail with Sir Francis Drake on a voyage to find
the North West Passage to the Spice Islands in 1577-and
raid a few Spanish ships along the way.