Cooper, Susan. The Boggart.  J Fic Cooper/ JPB A
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.

Bellairs, John.  The Ghost in the Mirror. J FIC Bellairs
Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann are transported back to 1828 to save the Weiss family from being destroyed by a wicked wizard.

Blume, Judy. Blubber. JPB B/ J FIC Blume
Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it's like when she, too, becomes a target.

Butler, Dori Hillestad.  Tank Talbott's Guide to Girls. J Fic Butler
Having agreed to get math tutoring and to practice writing over the summer to avoid flunking fifth grade, Tank learns some important lessons about both family and fighting while writing a boy's guide to understanding girls.

Byars, Betsy Cromer. The Summer of the Swans. J PB B/ J FIC Byars
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.

Christopher, Matt. Soccer Halfback. J PB C/J FIC Christopher
A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.

Clements, Andrew.  The School Story. J FIC Clements
After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor.

Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach. J PB D / J FIC Dahl
Wonderful adventures abound after James escapes from his fearful aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach.

Dana, Barbara.  Zucchini out West.  J FIC Dana
Ten-year-old Billy suspects that his pet ferret Zucchini may be a black-footed ferret, one of the rarest mammals in the world, and takes him on a trip through the West to meet the handful of black-footed ferrets known to exist.

Danziger, Paula.  The Cat Ate My Gymsuit.  J FIC Danziger/ J PB D
When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, a junior high student uses her new found courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement.

Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy.  J FIC Fitzhugh
Eleven year old Harriet, who is a spy and plans to be an author keeps a secret notebook filled with thoughts and notes on her schoolmates and people she observes on her afterschool spy route, but when some of her classmates read the notebook, they seek revenge.

George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain. J FIC George/JPB G
Young Sam Gribley spends a winter alone in the Catskills by living off the land.

Graff, Keir.  The Other Felix.  J FIC Graff
Worrying about his father losing his job and the bully at school, fourth-grader Felix has terrifying dreams of the same monster-filled place every night until he meets someone there who looks and sounds strangely familiar.

Graff, Lisa.  Double Dog Dare.  J FIC Graff
When Kansas Bloom moves to California and joins the Media Club at school, he soon finds himself trying to outdo one of the other fourth-grade students in a "dare war" while vying for the job of on-air video homeroom announcer.

Grindley, Sally.  Bravo, Max!  J Fic Grindley
As he turns eleven years old, Max continues to exchange letters with his favorite author, from whom he receives some advice about writing a play and about coping with his mother's new boyfriend.

L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. J FIC L'Engle/  Y FIC L'Engle / Y PB L
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.

Paterson, Katherine.  Jip : His Story.  JPB P/Y Fic Paterson
While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place.

Pevsner, Stella.  Would My Fortune Cookie Lie?  JPB P
While worrying that her mom is plotting to move the family from their Chicago home, thirteen-year-old Alexis also wonders about the mysterious young man who seems to be shadowing her and her friend.

Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.  J FIC Raskin/ J PB R
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.

Regan, Dian Curtis.  Monster of the Month Club. J PB R
Thirteen-year-old Rilla's life becomes chaotic when someone anonymously enrolls her in the Monster of the Month Club and little living monsters start to arrive in the mail.

Rylant, Cynthia.  The Islander.  J FIC Rylant
Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, orphaned ten-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid whose identity he tries to learn.

Schnur, Steven.  The Koufax Dilemma.  J FIC Schnur
Angry when he cannot pitch in the season's opening game because of Passover, Danny finally makes some important decisions about loyalty to his divorced parents, his team, his heritage, and himself.

Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw.  Love From Your Friend, Hannah.  J Fic Skolsky/ J PB S
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.

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. The Egypt Game. JPB S / J FIC Snyder
When eleven-year-old April and her friend Melanie invent a game about ancient Egypt, strange things start happening, and the girls worry that their game has gone too far.

Taylor, Sydney. All-Of-A-Kind Family. J Fic Taylor
The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century.

Van Draanen, Wendelin.  Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief.  J FIC Van Draanen
Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.

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