Book 14 of the Redwall series. A young otter, kidnapped in his infancy and raised as a warrior-thief by a band of vermin, leaves the tribe and goes off to seek adventures of his own.
448 pages, Grades 4 and up
related subjects:  Talking Animals

Book 1 of the Emily Windsnap series. The first time twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap goes swimming, she makes a startling discovery - she's a mermaid!
209 pages, Grades 3-6
related subjects:  Mermaids & Selkies

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.
272 pages, Grades 3-6
related subjects:  Princesses, Talking Animals

Sequel to Clementine.
144 pages, Grades 3-4
related subjects:  Best Friends, Funny

Though legally blind, Paul Fisher can see that his parents' praise of his brother, Erik, the football star, is to cover up something terribly wrong. But no one listens--until his family moves to Tangerine where weird is normal: lightning strikes at the same time every day, a sinkhole swallows the school, and Paul finds himself adopted into the toughest group around: the soccer team at his middle school.
324 pages, Grades 7 and up
related subjects:  Brothers, Soccer

Eleven-year-old Silver sets out to find the Timekeeper, a clock that controls time, and to protect it from falling into the hands of two people who want to use it for their own evil ends.
415 pages, Grades 5 and up
related subjects:  Evil Scientists, Parallel Universe, Time Travel

Fifteen-year-old Spencer falls in love with Lilly, a mermaid who rescues him from drowning and who returns to land to find him.
150 pages, Grades 5-7
related subjects:  High School, Love, Mermaids & Selkies

Sofia's tales of growing up in Texas, full of family traditions: Easter cascarones, her best friend's quinceanera, the Christmas nacimiento, and eating the tequila worm. When Sofia receives a scholarship to boarding school, she longs to explore life beyond the barrio, even though it means leaving her family for a strange world of rich kids.
199 pages, Grades 5-8
related subjects:  Mexico

When terrorist violence in London tears an American family apart, sixteen-year-old Laura becomes obsessed with finding her brother's killer.
208 pages, Grades 5-7
related subjects:  Terrorism

Theodosia must reverse the black magic that only she can see in the ancient artifacts her archaeologist parents bring back from Egypt.
344 pages, Grades 4-7
related subjects:  Museum Mysteries, Magic

High school senior Karen is frightened at first when a young policeman asks her to use her psychic powers to help the police locate missing children.
224 pages, Grades 6 and up
related subjects:  ESP, Detectives

Book 3 in the Fairy Realm series. When her home is threatened by fire, Jessie returns to the magical world of the Realm and visits the mermaids of Under-Sea to search for a wish-stone.
128 pages , Grades 3-4
related subjects:  Mermaids & Selkies

To save his own skin, private eye Chet Gecko sets out to solve the mystery of Emerson Hicky Elementary School's disappearing football players.
144 pages, Grades 3-5
related subjects:  Detectives, Funny

Book 1 in the Thora series. Thora's a half-mermaid. And as mermaid law commands, Thora must spend ten years at sea and ten years on land. In a houseboat called the Loki, Thora sails the seas with her mermaid mother, Halla. But following her tenth birthday, Thora heads to the seaside town of Grimli, where her father grew up.
256 pages , Grades 3-5
related subjects:  Mermaids & Selkies

Book 2 in the Thora series.
Grades 3-5
related subjects:  Mermaids & Selkies

Nineteen-year-old Thura kept a diary during the conflict in Iraq, which documents the days leading up to the bombings, the war itself, and the lawless aftermath. As Thura describes her life and that of her two younger sisters, she shows the many small details that illuminate the reality of war for Iraqi families, and especially for Iraqi children.
160 pages, Grades 7 and up
related subjects:  Middle East

A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love.
224 pages, Grades 7 and up
related subjects:  High School, Funny, Love, Mythology

Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper-class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.
160 pages, Grades 7 and up
related subjects:  China

Book 3 of the Sally Lockhart Trilogy. In London in 1881, twenty-four-year-old Sally finds her young daughter assailed by an unknown enemy, while a shadowy figure known as the Tzaddik involves her in his plot to exploit the hordes of Jewish immigrants pouring into the country.
416 pages, Grades 8 and up
related subjects:  19th Century, Detectives

As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy.
64 pages, Grades 3-5
related subjects:  Dogs, Tornadoes

Book 3 in the Water trilogy. Nia and Corwin are joined together to face their most dangerous enemy yet: Ma'el, the evil Avatar. In order to defeat Ma'el, they must retrieve a magical sword from Atlantis. As Nia and Corwin search for the sword, they realize that the people of Atlantis are now enslaved by Ma'el. Worse still, Ma'el plans the same for Corwin's native land of Wales. Nia and Corwin must find the sword and stop Ma'el -- before it's too late.
235 pages, Grades 6-8
related subjects:  Mermaids & Selkies

Twelve-year-old Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court--but don't tell him that. Because no one plays with more heart or court sense. But none of that matters when he is cut from his local travel team, the very same team his father led to national prominence as a boy.
288 pages, Grades 5-7
related subjects:  Basketball, Fathers

Book 15 of the Redwall series. Triss, Shogg, and Welfo escape from slavery at Riftgard and are pursued across the sea toward Redwall by Princess Kurdah, Prince Bladd, and a band of freebooters who seek the rumored treasure of Brockhall.
400 pages, Grades 4 and up
related subjects:  Talking Animals

Chet Gecko and his partner Natalie blow the lid off a cheating ring in Mr. Ratnose's classroom.
132 pages, Grades 3-5
related subjects:  Detectives, Funny

Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up.
352 pages, Grades 8 and up
related subjects:  Ancient Greece, Love, Mythology, Sisters

As the only passenger, and the only female, on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte finds herself accused of murder.
240 pages, Grades 5-7
related subjects:  Sea Adventures, 19th Century, Murder Mysteries

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 older.
144 pages, Grades 4-6
related subjects:  Dystopia

In the months leading up to the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, a young dancer with the Kirov Ballet struggles to decide whether to defect while on an upcoming trip to Paris.
224 pages, Grades 5 and up
related subjects:  Russia, Poverty, Dancing

Part of the Time Warp Trio series. The Time Warp Trio ends up in Ancient Egypt.
80 pages, Grades 3-5
related subjects:  Funny, Ancient Egypt, Time Travel

Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced between desire and danger.
512 pages, Grades 8 and up
related subjects:  High School, Love, Vampires

With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from the Gray Death, meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.
272 pages, Grades 4-7
related subjects:  Princesses, Sisters

A retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Ugly Duckling".
192 pages, Grades 3-6
related subjects:  Fairy Tales

During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmah, a young refugee from Afghanaistan, and Nustrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her husband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Pakistan.
288 pages, Grades 6 and up
related subjects:  Middle East, Refugees

Book 2 of the Mistmantle Chronicles.
Grades 3-6
related subjects:  Foundlings, Talking Animals

Book 1 of the Mistmantle Chronicles. Orphaned as a baby squirrel, Urchin is raised by the kind animals on the island of Mistmantle, but treachery and murder are about to change Urchin's destiny.
288 pages, Grades 3-6
related subjects:  Foundlings, Talking Animals

It doesn't take long for Cody Elliot to realize that his new high school is a little different. The other students are supernaturally strong, don't like the sunlight, and are always placing orders at the local blood bank. These kids are vampires! As Cody struggles to fit in, he disrupts centuries of human-vampire segregation, with some serious and some funny consequences.
240 pages, Grades 6 and up
related subjects:  Funny, High School, Vampires

When an "Instant Commuter" transports him to Mt. Saint Helens during its eruption in 1980, twelve-year-old Warren cannot get himself back to his own time.
136 pages, Grade 3-5
related subjects:  Time Travel, Volcanoes

Part of the Zack Files series. Zack and his father go to Hawai'i where Zack has an unfortunate encounter with an angry volcano goddess.
57 pages, Grade 3
related subjects:  Funny, Volcanoes

Molly and Michael dislike their spooky new stepsister Heather but realize that they must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost child to her doom.
192 pages, Grades 4-7
related subjects:  Ghosts

Presents the story of Odysseus's epic journey through the eyes of his faithful wife Penelope, the sorceress Circe, the goddess Athena, and his old nanny Eurycleia.
160 pages, Grades 6 and up
related subjects:  Ancient Greece, Mythology

A retelling of the adventures of Odysseus on his long voyage home from the Trojan War.
119 pages, Grades 5 and up
related subjects:  Ancient Greece, Mythology

Book 1 of the Warriors: Power of Three series.
384 pages, Grades 4-6
related subjects:  Cats, Talking Animals

Warriors: The New Prophesy: Twilight

Book 5 of the Warriors: The New Prophesy series.
336 pages, Grades 4-6
related subjects:  Cats, Talking Animals

Warriors: The New Prophesy: Starlight

Book 4 of the Warriors: The New Prophesy series. The Clans have finally arrived in their new home, following the prophecies of their warrior ancestors. The future seems uncertain, and more than one cat is harboring sinister plans that could lead to violence and darkness. As all the warriors wait for a sign, some of them begin to realize that the threats they face in the forest may not be as perilous as the threats they face from within.
336 pages, Grades 4-6
related subjects:  Cats, Talking Animals

Warriors: The New Prophesy: Dawn

Book 3 of the Warriors: The New Prophesy series. 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 cats who set off on a quest many moons ago have returned with a chilling message: The Clans must move to a new home, or risk extermination.
352 pages, Grades 4-6
related subjects:  Cats, Talking Animals

Warriors: The New Prophesy: Moonrise

Book 2 of the Warriors: The New Prophesy series. Several moons have passed since six cats set out from the forest on an urgent journey to save all their Clans. Now those six are traveling home again, but on their way through the mountains, they meet a tribe of wild cats who seem to have their own set of warrior ancestors . . . and their own mysterious prophecy to fulfill.
320 pages, Grades 4-6
related subjects:  Cats, Talking Animals

Warriors: The New Prophesy: Midnight

Book 1 of the Warriors: The New Prophesy series. The wild cat Clans have lived in peace and harmony for many moons -- but now, strange messages from their warrior ancestors speak of terrifying new prophecies and a mysterious danger.
336 pages, Grades 4-6
related subjects:  Cats, Talking Animals

Holling's 7th grade year is off to a bad start when he realizes that his teacher hates him - for no reason.
272 pages, Grades 4-7
related subjects:  Funny

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
192 pages, Grades 4-7
related subjects:  Murder Mysteries, Secret Codes

Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, is descended from Kahutia Te Rangi, the legendary "whale rider." In every generation, a male heir has inherited the title of chief. Kahu is the chief's only great-grandchild, but he has no use for a girl. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves, Kahu reveals that she has the whale rider's ancient gift of communicating with whales.
168 pages, Grades 7 and up
related subjects:  New Zealand, Whales

Fourteen-year-old Clara is invited to Mexico to meet her grandparents for the first time. When she gets there, she's stunned by their life: they live in a simple shack in a small mountain village, very different from suburban Maryland.
272 pages, Grades 6 and up
related subjects:  Mexico, Grandparents

With national pride and also fear, a brother and sister face the oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.
208 pages, Grades 5 and up
related subjects:  Japan, Korea, World War II

Deciding that he must sire a child to carry on his tradition of Loathing Light and Blighting the Beautiful, the Great Wizard Arriman announces a competition among the witches of Todcaster, one of whom will marry him.
249 pages, Grades 3-6
related subjects:  Funny, Witches

The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
272 pages, Grades 4 and up
related subjects:  Talking Animals, Best Friends

Abandoned by both her parents, nine-year-old Wise Child goes to live with the witch woman Juniper, who begins to train her in the ways of herbs and magic.
228 pages, Grades 4 and up
related subjects:  Orphans, Witches

When beggar girl, Animah appeals to the princess for help, the black-hearted wife of Aladdin throws an old lamp at her head. The lamp holds a jinni who informs Aminah that she can make three wishes after each full moon. With the jinni's magic, Aminah regains security and comfort. But the power-hungry princess hunts down Aminah and the lamp.
272 pages, Grades 4-7
related subjects:  Genies (or Djinn), Middle East, Poverty

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
208 pages, Grades 3-5
related subjects:  Funny, Witches

In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.
261 pages, Grades 7 and up
related subjects:  17th Century, Witches

In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.
256 pages, Grades 4 and up
related subjects:  17th century, Witches

Free-verse poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town.
272 pages, Grades 4-8
related subjects:  Racism

Roy Tucker, the Kid from Tomkinsville, joins the rest of his Dodger teammates in a come-from-behind battle for the series title.
272 pages, Grades 4-7
related subjects:  Baseball

Book 1 of the High Seas Trilogy. Shipwrecked after a storm, fourteen-year-old John attempts to save his father and himself from the murderous community who lure storm-tossed ships to crash on rocks of their shore so they can steal their loot.
224 pages, Grades 5-8
related subjects:  18th Century, Pirates, Sea Adventures

Petra and Calder are drawn into another mystery when unexplainable accidents and ghostly happenings throw a spotlight on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, and it's up to the two junior sleuths to piece together the clues. Together with Calder's friend Tommy the kids hunt for a coded message left behind by Wright.
318 pages, Grades 3-6
related subjects:  Museum Mysteries, Secret Codes

Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?
256 pages, Grades 4-7
related subjects:  Parallel Universe

Katie and Michaela are sisters and best friends, but their relationship changes when they move from the city to a small town in upstate New York.
384 pages, Grades 8 and up
related subjects:  High School, Popularity, Sisters

Smart, practical, and fun things you can do to make your home, school, neighborhood, and planet more environmentally friendly.
112 pages, Grades 4-6
related subjects:  Pollution

Part of the Time Warp Trio series. Join Joe, Fred, and Sam as they travel back in time to meet a young Genghis Khan and explore the Mongolian Empire. Will the Time Warp Trio find The Book in time, or will they be stuck in the thirteenth century forever?
80 pages, Grades 3-5
related subjects:  9th-13th Century, Funny, Time Travel

A thirteen-year-old Vietnamese orphan raised in rural France by her aging "Grand-Pierre" falls in love for the first time, and discovers old family secrets from World War II.
224 pages, Grades 7 and up
related subjects:  World War II, Love, Grandparents

Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the nobleman who pursues her, and delves into the psychological motivations of each of the characters.
227 pages, Grades 7 and up
related subjects:  Fairy Tales, Love, Mothers, Witches

When eighth-grader San Lee moves to a new town and a new school, he doesn't try to make new friends or be cool. Instead he devises a plan to be totally different.
272 pages, Grades 7 and up
related subjects:  Popularity