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Ailynn Collins, 35 pages . Soon after moving to California, Syretia's mom enrolls her and her brother, Sean, in a Mars or Bust summer camp. Stung by the recent move-and unimpressed by the camp's focus on the upcoming landing of...

by Dave Rudden, 415 pages . Denizen Hardwick is an orphan, and his life is, well, normal. Sure, in storybooks orphans are rescued from drudgery when they discover they are a wizard or a warrior or a prophesied king. But this is ...

by Dave Rudden, 461 pages . The second book in the brilliant "Knights of the Borrowed Dark" trilogy, perfect for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant. Life is returning to normal for Denizen Hardwick. Well, the new normal, where he h...

by Linwood Barclay, 255 pages . "The Incredible Journey" meets Gordon Korman's "On the Run" in this exciting middle-grade thriller. Chipper is a very special dog. He's part of a multi-million dollar experiment at a secret organiz...

by Linwood Barclay, 263 pages . Twelve-year-old Jeff and genetically engineered spy dog Chipper are on the run from the mysterious and sinister organization known only as The Institute, with help from Harry, the summer guest at Jeff...

by Georgie Adams, 45 pages . A piglet has escaped from Fairweather's Farm Park, on the run from an angry dog! Wisher, the smallest of the Longears family, is determined to help, and sets off in search of the piglet. But it's a da...

by Jame Kelly, 31 pages . Zing, zong, zing. Brain flash! A pirate hook. Underground tunnels. Brains in jars. It's time for an Escapade! Clint McCool always has a lot of great ideas. Thats what makes him such a great hero. B...

by Bruce Coville, 181 pages . Discover this shivery treat (Booklist), a funny, fantastical adventure. Toad-in-a-Cage Castle was filled with secrets. Secrets such as the hidden passages that led to every room, the long stairway ...

by Bruce Coville, 267 pages . The stone toad is back! This follow-up to the bestselling "Goblins in the Castle" blends laugh-out-loud humor with fantasy and edge-of-your-seat adventure. In the year since William and Fauna freed...

by Lisa Glatt, 105 pages . Readers of all kinds will fall in love with the precocious, adorable Abigail Iris! Abigail Iris is sick of being One-of-Many—brothers and sisters, that is. She'd rather be an Only, like all her best f...

by Ilene Cooper, 43 pages . Bobby Quinn is shy. In fact, he's so shy, he has trouble making friends. But that changes when he gets a squirmy little puppy for his birthday. Unlike Bobby, Lucy isn't shy at all. And to his surprise...

by Matt Christopher, 39 pages . Bus Mercer, shortstop for the Peach Street Mudders, wants desperately to be picked for the county all-star team, but he breaks his parents' rules for riding his new bike, and feelings of guilt affect ...

by Matt Christopher, 55 pages . Jose Mendez wants to be a great batter just like his father was when he played in the minor leagues. But every time Jose picks up the bat, disaster strikes. Will Jose ever be able to match his dad's ....

by Matt Christopher, 33 pages . Marty loses his lucky baseball bat (and his confidence along with it) and wonders if he will recover both in time to help the Tigers win the championship. For ages 7 to 9....

by Matt Christopher, 37 pages . A third baseman is sick with anxiety about whether or not to help his team by using his knack for knowing where the batter is going to hit the ball. For ages 7 to 9....

by Stephen Manes, 45 pages . Milo is tired of problems with his sister, parents, and classmates. So when he finds a book in the library that promises to make him a perfect person in just three days, he's really excited. The only ...

by Alice Dalgliesh, 27 pages . "Jonathan was a strong eight-year-old boy who lived at the bottom of Hemlock Mountain. He had a rather large family with lots of cousins, aunts and uncles. In order to feed this large family for a spe...

by Jessie Haas, 27 pages . Jane loves ponies. Luckily her Grandma Aggie has two. SweetPea is old and gentle. Jane learns how to ride on her. Popcorn - who was born on the same day as Jane - is young and energetic. Popcorn lo...

by Patricia Reilly Giff, 55 pages . It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Rooney's desk ge...

by Ursula K. LeGuin, 15 pages . "Down an alley in a dumpster, Mrs. Jane Tabby gives birth to four kittens. But these are no ordinary offspring - each has a pair of wings. Although Mrs. Tabby is unperturbed by her kittens' appeara...

by Ursula K. LeGuin, 25 pages . Mrs. Jane Tabby's kittens assume they are the only cats with wings in the world ... Until they discover a little kitten with wings of her own living in an abandoned building that is about to be demoli...

by Ursula K. LeGuin, 21 pages . "Alexander Furby is a wonderful kitten, afraid of nothing. One day he goes exploring, and wanders a little too far. He ends up stuck in a tree, finally afraid. Eventually Alexander is rescued by Ja...

by Ursula K. LeGuin, 17 pages . Jane is the youngest of the five Catwings (cats who have wings and can fly). She lives on a farm with her brothers and sisters, but while they are content, she is restless and longs for adventure. Her...

by Jeanne Betancourt, 53 pages . When the circus comes to town, Anna gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance to perform with her pony Acorn. Will Anna join the circus, or stay with the Pony Pals? For ages 7 to 10....

by Jeanne Betancourt, 59 pages . Snow White misses her stable mate. And Tongo keeps escaping from his paddock - he's lonely, too. What will the Pony Pals do? For ages 9 to 12....

by David Lubar, 41 pages . "In this short, gracefully-told novel, Larry is spending the summer playing baseball with his buddies and hanging out. But he also is supporting three stray dogs that his parents let him keep if he pr...

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, 43 pages . "Sarah Simpson tries to be anything but ordinary. Her dad affectionately calls her the "Idea Girl" because of all her clever thoughts. She hangs out with an eclectic group of friends of different ages...

By Daniel Manus Pinkwater, 45 pages . William had a one-in-a-million tooth that received radio programs. His parents wanted the dentist to fix the tooth until William began to receive bulletins about an invasion from outer space. Thous...

by Jeff Brown, 23 pages . Stanley Lambchop is just a normal, healthy boy. True, there was that business about the bulletin board falling on him. But boys will have accidents, and Stanley is just like any other boy, even if he ...

by Paula Danziger, 57 pages . Just when Amber Brown thinks everything is settling down, life changes again. She's finally used to fourth grade, her new best friend is really terrific, and her school pictures even look good enough ...

by Judy Blume, 21 pages . Nicky has freckles - they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. Sitting behind him in class, Andrew once counted eighty-six of them, and that was just a start! If Andrew had freckl...

by Lesley Choyce, 55 pages . More than anything else, Carrie wants to roller-blade. Her big brother and his friend just laugh at her. But Carrie knows she can do it if she just keeps trying. For ages 6 to 9....

by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, 169 pages . An extraordinary robot signs up for an ordinary fifth grade class ... And elementary school will never be the same! It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in, so he's dreading the day w...

by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, 195 pages . In book two of the House of Robots series, it's "bot brains" vs. "bot brawn" in an all-out war! Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez and his "bro-bot" E are making new friends every day as E works as his bedridde...

by Kate Banks, 55 pages . It's hard for Howie Bowles when his family moves to a new town - what if the kids at school don't like him? "Just be yourself" is his mother's advice, but wouldn't it be easier to be somebody else?

by Thomas Rockwell, 99 pages . "Alan bets Billy fifty dollars that he can't eat fifteen worms in fifteen days. Billy decides he is up to the challenge, so he begins a long process to get down fifteen worms. The first few are hard f...

by Patricia Brennan Demuth, 31 pages . "Though good at writing and art (and a star baseball player to boot), Montgomery is anxious about this Friday's spelling test. He does not spell well, did not study, and is sure he will be scolded by ...

by Mary Jane Auch, 71 pages . "Josh is paired with Brian, the class brain, for the annual science project. Brian's idea is to hypnotize his dog, Arful, into believing he is a cat. Things get complicated when Mrs. Metz adds a third...

by Mary Quattlebaum, 85 pages . Jackson Jones can't get away from roses. First his mother got him a plot at Rooter's, a community garden, where Jackson planted a rosebush with thorns but no blooms. Now Mr. K., a fellow gardener, enl...

by Mary Quattlebaum, 79 pages . Rooter's was going to be shut down. Plowed up. Developed. Jackson Jones can't believe the news: the community garden where he's spent months watering, weeding, and waiting for his thorny rose...

by Mary Quattlebaum, 83 pages . Nothing but a big mess of trouble and weeds ... That's what Jackson Jones thinks of the garden plot his mother gives him for his tenth birthday. What happened to the basketball he's hoped and prayed f...

by Mordecai Richler, 131 pages . Top Secret. For Your Eyes Only. Read and Destroy. Jacob Two-Two has four older brothers and sisters, which makes him the youngest person in his family. Although he still has to say everything twice...

by Ann Cameron, 45 pages . "Julian, his younger brother, and their friend Gloria read the wanted posters in the post office and decide to search their town for criminals. The plot is well-developed, and the story-line moves alo...

by Natalie Honeycutt, 107 pages . "Juliet Fisher is a motivated third grader. Her clothing, manners, and schoolwork are always perfect, and since her mother is the dietician for the hospital, her diet is as well. She loves all of the ...

by Charise Mericle Harper, 73 pages . When Grace Stewart, called Just Grace by her third-grade teacher, tries to help her neighbor Mrs. Luther feel better about wearing an arm cast that scares her cat Crinkles, Grace's good intentions bac...

by Charise Mericle Harper, 77 pages . When a struggling student teacher assigns a group project, third-grader Just Grace gets so involved with Grace W. and Grace F. that she fails to understand why she and her best friend, Mimi, are drift...

by Brenda Bellingham, 21 pages . "More than anything, Lilly wants a best friend. She hopes that her neighbor Minna will want the job, and sets out to prove her loyalty by protecting Minna and Kendall (another neighbor) from the schoo...

by Jean Little, 65 pages . Lonely in a new town, Lucy finds a little dog and wants to keep him but her parents insist that she try to find the dog's owners. For ages 7 to 10....

by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, 55 pages . To Ruby, her log-riding lumberjack pa is the most wonderful person in the world. There's nothing she'd rather do than follow in his footprints, but a lumber camp is no place for an eight-year-old girl...

by James Thurber, 15 pages . Princess Lenore is ill from eating too many raspberry tarts. She believes that possessing the moon is the only thing that will cure her. Despite a command from the King, neither the Lord High Chamb...

by Patricia Reilly Giff, 65 pages . Matthew can't understand why his family had to leave New York and the Polk Street School for Ohio, but he knows he hates it. His new room - an unfinished attic - is awfully far away from everyone else...

by Sadie Chesterfield, 77 pages . The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving th...

by Beverly Cleary, 35 pages . What's all the fuss about? At first, Maggie is just being contrary when she tells her parents she doesn't need to learn cursive. Then her teacher, Mrs. Leeper, says Maggie's cursive is so untidy he...

by Gilles Gauthier, 15 pages . Carl and his best friend, Mooch, are nine. But Mooch is a dog, which makes her sixty-three! She has some problems and gets Carl into lots of trouble, but Carl still thinks she's the best dog that ever...

by Maggie Lewis, 63 pages . Morgy hates being the new kid in a new school in a new town in a new state. He wishes he were back in California. Here in Massachusetts he has to cope with Ferguson, who's older and seems to have sing...

by Maggie Lewis, 87 pages . Morgy thinks Outlook Music Camp is a long way to go to get good at the trumpet. It's almost Canada! But Colonel Profundo gave him a "promising beginner" scholarship. His friends Byron and Clara are...

by Maggie Lewis, 125 pages . Morgy has been used to life in Puckett Corner, Massachusetts. Sure, he misses California and his best friend, Keith, but it's hard to stay focused on that when there are loud baby twins at your house,...

by Johanna Hurwitz, 55 pages . Eight-year-old animal-loving Aldo is horrified by the implications of his classroom project on the food chain. So he decides to stop eating meat - in this "serious, funny book with character." - Kirku...

by Alfred Slote, 51 pages . On Jack's tenth birthday, his parents give him just what he wants--a robot. The robot's name is Danny One, and he looks just like Jack, except for his stiff-in-the-knees ro- bot walk. He can do everyt...

by Johanna Hurwitz, 73 pages . For a shy fourth-grader like Aldo Sossi, making friends is very difficult. This is a superb story about the trauma of moving, written by an author who truly understands children. For ages 7 to 10....

by Johanna Hurwitz, 73 pages . Nine-year-old Aldo discovers the pleasures of doing volunteer work to help the older citizens of the community - and also the satisfactions of earning his first money on his own for unselfish reasons....

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Craig Sharmat, 11 pages . Annie's dog is unhappy. When Fang is unhappy, everyone is unhappy. Especially Nate the Great. So Nate agrees to sniff out Fang's mysteriously missing Christmas mail. It's cold and snowy. But Nate t...

by Daniel Pinkwater, 63 pages . The noise came from the cabinet under the kitchen sink. Right away, I knew that something alive had made the noise. It was the sound of something moving. When Ned Feldman hears that noise, he think...

by Constance C. Greene, 41 pages . "To her impressive gallery of inimitable characters, Greene adds Oliver: desperate to be a hero, but never quite making the grade. Something always seems to go awry and Oliver causes more harm than go...

by Beverly Cleary, 135 pages . There was nothing Otis Spofford liked better than stirring up a little excitement, particularly at school. A less resourceful teacher than Mrs. Gitler would have found him pretty hard to take. But eve...

by Beverly Cleary, 115 pages . Ellen was eight years old and wore bands on her teeth. Her best friend had just moved away and she missed her. Still, as she walked to the Spofford School of the Dance one Saturday, she was almost gla...

by Stephanie Greene, 73 pages . Owen Foote wants to be a real scientist with a white lab coat. He'd like to spend the next school year in Mr. Wozniak's fourth-grade class, where science is king. Owen figures that Mr. Wozniak will...

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, 47 pages . Sarah Simpson likes to come up with big ideas that will solve problems. But her best friend, Peter, presents her with a problem that seems impossible to solve. He wants a dog, but Granny Belle won't l...

by Robert Lawson, 105 pages . "New Folks coming, Mother - Father, new Folks coming into the Big House!" shouted Little Georgie the rabbit. All the animals of the Hill were very excited about the news and wondered how things would ...

by Ron Roy, 53 pages . Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga. For ages 7 to 10....

by Wendelin van Draanen, 93 pages . Tired of putting up with the classroom bully, Nolan fights back with humor and evidence posted to his anonymous website. For ages 8 to 11....

by Earl W. Thomas, 29 pages . When the Watson Furniture Company has to close for the summer, Carlos and P.J. decide to go to Bermuda. They want to find out why so many ships and planes vanish in the mysterious Devil's Triangle.

by George Edward Stanley, 19 pages . When Stevie Marsh leaves for his stay at Camp Viper, he believes it is a camp to learn about "Viper" computer software. But before the bus comes to a stop, he realizes he was badly mistaken. For ag...

by Dick King-Smith, 55 pages . "Set in Great Britain, this delightful story relates the daily antics of a lively four-year-old girl. Sophie likes cornflakes, sunglasses, card games and great-great-aunt Alice. She is less fond of dr...

by Anne Cassidy, 49 pages . Jack loves little creatures that scuddle and scamper across the floor. Especially spiders. He has pictures of spiders, books about spiders - he and his friend have even written a dictionary of differe...

by Gina Willner-Pardo, 25 pages . "Joey (Spider) Storch is an eight-year-old with a guilty conscience in this humor-filled chapter book. He believes that his behavior - trying to set a classmate's hair on fire with a magnifying glass,...

by Barthe DeClements, 29 pages . "Scott, the third of four children, and Andy, an only child, are friends and next-door neighbors. During their first grade year, Andy's mother taught him at home while their house was being built; as ...

by Lisa Moser, 39 pages . Squirrel is a very, very, very good helper! He helps his tree grow, he helps the river flow, and he helps his three best friends, Mouse, Turtle, and Rabbit. He is such a good helper, in fact, that he ...

by Pamela F. Service, 119 pages . When the crash of his spaceship in Midwestern America results in mortal injury to his current body, alien Tsynq yr must make a quick switch, and the only immediately available host seems to be a skunk...

by Pamela F. Service, 135 pages . Fans of Stinker from Space will recall the endearing alien who inhabited the body of a skunk after his crash landing on Earth. Befriended by space freaks Karen and Jonathan, Stinker used his computer ...

by E. B. White, 97 pages . The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird that stayed for a few days in his family's garden. Beloved by generations, ...

by Nancy Hayashi, 71 pages . Jesse Beeman is always involving his best friend, Walter Fujikawa, in his crazy ideas. But things get out of hand when they try to catch shoplifters at the mall - with Jesse's pet parrot! For ages ...

by Dr. Seuss, 21 pages . Each time Bartholomew Cubbins attempts to obey the King's order to take off his hat, he finds there is another one on his head! For ages 5 to 8....

by Dr. Seuss, 17 pages . The King of Didd loved to look into the sky. But he was increasingly unhappy with what he saw - only rain, snow, fog, and sunshine. As a powerful king, he decided to change things so he could get more...

by Dav Pilkey, 45 pages . George and Harold have created the greatest superhero in the history of their elementary school - and now they're going to bring him to life! Meet Captain Underpants! His true identity is so secret...

by Ross Venokur, 135 pages . Nicholas Bells has tons of freckles. He has 5,792, to be exact. His classmates think he's a freak--nobody normal has that many freckles. When their teasing gets too bad, Nicholas makes a deal with a m...

by P. J. Petersen, 55 pages . "Here's a real charmer for the chapter book set. The words are well within the grasp of new readers; the leading is generous enough to be attractive; and the chapters aren't too long. But more than th...

by Laura Lee Hope, 213 pages . "All at once Bert's ankle turned and he went down. The others scrambled up over the wall. "Bert!" Nan screamed, suddenly realizing he had slipped behind. As her brother picked himself up he saw the bu...

by Budge Wilson, 33 pages . When Stephanie Henderson moves from Peterborough to Halifax, she has to say goodbye to old friends and she has no idea of what will lie ahead. To help her adjust, her parents give her a cat. Stephanie...

by Patrick Skene Catling, 61 pages . This funny moral tale about a greedy boy's comeuppance has been beloved by children since its first appearance in 1952. Inspired by the legend of the avaricious king whose touch turned all to gold, Mr...

by Katherine Paterson, 55 pages . It was all so unfair. Josh hadn't wanted to move with his mother to Vermont. Now, on top of a new stepfather and new baby brother, Josh is faced with a new school, and worse: a menacing bully. Then...

by Susan Shreve, 71 pages . Liam may be the best ball player on his team, but he's no good at keeping his perfect family from splitting up. When his parents suddenly announce that they're separating, he decides not to tell anyon...

by Susan Richards Shreve, 65 pages . Joshua is devastated to learn that he must repeat third grade. But he manages to survive the taunts of former classmates, learn something important about himself, and make it through the year with the...

by Susan Richards Shreve, 103 pages . Tommy Wilhelm and his gang of bullies have never let fifth-grader Joshua forget that he was held back in the third grade. Now Tommy has started picking on a dorky new kid and Joshua must choose betwee...

by Sid Fleischman, 25 pages . A madcap tale of fog and phantoms. Opie and Aunt Etta think there's something funny going on when Professor Pepper announces that he's going to raise the ghost of a dead outlaw - live on stage. Can Op...

by Dick King-Smith, 37 pages . "King-Smith produces another winner with this latest animal yarn starring a lovable little girl with a jumbo-sized dream. Rupert, the family dog, has long been in his grave when Janie discovers his co...

by Dr. Seuss, 17 pages . Every afternoon, King Birtram raced around the palace on a pair of old red stilts, until they were stolen. An uproarious tale. For ages 5 to 8....

by John Peterson, 57 pages . The Littles are a family of tiny, people-like creatures, who live in the walls of a "big people's" house. They've lived there ever since anyone can remember, and they're pretty much free to do what th...

by Roald Dahl, 21 pages . When an irate eight-year-old girl puts the "magic finger" on the people who live on the neighboring farm, exciting things begin to happen. "This is witches' work!" cries Mr. Gregg when he wakes up the...

by Elizabeth Levy, 21 pages . Chip, an invisible boy, and his friends have mysteries to solve at their school ... For ages 5 to 8....

by David Kherdian, 95 pages . When Sam and Howie discover a stash of diamond rings in a hollow tree, they forget the squirrel they were tracking and decide to become crime busters. Certain they have stumbled onto a big-time heist,...

by Elizabeth Levy, 21 pages . The invisible boy, Chip, intends to enter his invisible dog Max in the dog show, but then Max goes missing ... For ages 5 to 8....

by Judy Cox, 59 pages . The good news is that the third grade can buy a class pet. The bad news for Rosemary is that the kids want a rat! How gross! There's no way Rosemary's mother will let her take a turn as ratkeeper f...

by Judy Delton, 43 pages . Halloween is here. Parties, costumes, pumpkins. The Pee Wee Scouts listen to Mrs. Peters, their troop leader, tell them all about the holiday plans. First, a trip to Mr. Riley's pumpkin farm. Next, ca...