Adam, Paul.  Max Cassidy : Escape from Shadow Island.  J FIC Adam
British fourteen-year-old Max Cassidy calls on his skills and training as a professional escape artist when he attempts to clear his mother of murdering his father, who disapeared two years earlier in the Central American country of Santo Domingo.

Alexander, Lloyd. Westmark. J FIC Alexander
A boy fleeing from criminal charges falls in with a charlatan, his dwarf attendant, and an urchin girl, travels with them about the kingdom of Westmark, and ultimately arrives at the palace where the king is grieving over the loss of his daughter.

Appelbaum, Susannah.  The Hollow Bettle.  J FIC Appelbaum
Eleven-year-old Ivy Manx sets out with her new friend, a young "taster," to find her missing uncle, an outlawed healer, in the dangerous kingdom of Caux where magic, herbs, and poisons rule.

Arrington, Aileen.Paper Heart. J Fic Arrington
Sixth-grader Nadia begins to defy her overprotective mother, hoping to be seen as more than the "poor sick girl" who cannot participate in school activities, form friendships, or even be outside in the cold for fear she has inherited her father's heart trouble.

Birney, Betty G.  The Princess and the Peabodys. J Fic Birney
When a medieval princess appears out of a rusty box bought at a yard sale, fourteen-year-old tomboy Casey Peabody and her family are stuck with her royal snobbiness until the young wizard who had trapped her there figures out the spell to send her home.

Bosch, Pseudonymous. The Name of this Book is Secret. J Fic Bosch
Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality. This is the story of a secret, and also a secret story. This is the story of Cass and Max-Ernest, two friendless 11-year olds who come together to solve the mystery surrounding a dead magician and the clues he left behind.

Cooper, Rose.  Gossip rfom the Girls' Room: A Blogtastic! Novel.  J FIC Cooper
Sixth-grader Sofia Becker writes a blog about everything she overhears in the girls' bathroom, especially mean things about the super-popular Mia, but comes to realize that gossip has consequences and popularity is hard to achieve.

Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is Rising.  J PB C
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.

Corbett, Scott. Grave Doubts.  J FIC Corbett
Two sixteen-year-old boys, suspicious of the sudden death of an eccentric millionaire, look for a clue to the mystery in the last crossword puzzle the old man worked on.

DeClements, Barthe. Five Finger Discount.  J FIC DeClements
Ten-year-old Jerry's attempts to adjust to his new school and make new friends are complicated by his determination to keep secret the fact that his father is serving time in the local prison for being a thief.

Dee, Barbara.  Solving Zoe.  J FIC Dee
Zoe's sixth-grade year at a Brooklyn school for gifted students is marked by changing relationships with her fellow students and teachers, recognition of her talent for cryptography, and a greater awareness of her passion.

Deriso, Christine Hurley. Do-over. J Fic Deriso
Seventh-grader Elsa moves to a new town and starts a new school where, with the help of her recently deceased mother and a magic locket that allows her to redo the last ten seconds in any situation, she attempts to become popular.

Ferber, Brenda A.  Julia's Kitchen. J Fic Ferber
When her mother and younger sister are killed in a house fire, eleven-year-old Cara struggles to find a way to deal with her emotions and to reach out to her grieving father.

Freeman, Martha. The Year My Parents Ruined My Life. J Fic Freeman
Twelve-year-old Kate has her entire world turned upside-down when she has to move from California to snowy Pennsylvania, where she tries to adjust to a new climate, a new school, and new friends.

Gosselink, John.  The Denfense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter.  J FIC Gosselink
Twelve-year-old Thaddeus A. Ledbetter, who considers it a duty to share his knowledge and talent with others, refutes each of the charges which have sent him to "In-School-Suspension" for the remainder of the seventh grade.

Green, Tim.  Rivals. J FIC Green
Twelve-year-old Josh looks forward to facing a true rival in the Baseball Hall of Fame tournament, but first he and his friends Jaden and Benji put themselves at great risk trying to expose the truth about a conspiracy to bribe the head umpire.

Hahn, Mary Downing. Wait Till Helen Comes : A Ghost Story. J FIC Hahn / J PB H
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.

Harness, Cheryl. Just For You to Know. J Fic Harness
Carmen, a 13 year old, feels embarrassed and trapped by her family. She dreams of becoming a famous artist and getting away from them all.

Haven, Paul.  Two Hot Dogs with Everything . J Fic Haven
Although everyone credits him and his superstitions for the Slugger's first winning streak in 108 baseball seasons, eleven-year-old Danny Gurkin believes that his discovery of a secret from the team's past may be the real reason behind the ball club's success.

Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean.  J Fic Henkes
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.

Holman, Felice.  Slake's Limbo.  J FIC Holman
Thirteen year-old Aremis Slake, hounded by his fears and misfortunes, flees them into New York City's subway tunnels, never again--he believes--to emerge.

Hulme, John. The Glitch in Sleep. J Fic Hulme
When twelve-year-old Becker Drane is recruited by The Seems, a parallel universe that runs everything in The World, he must fix a disastrous glitch in the Department of Sleep that threatens everyone's ability to ever fall asleep again.

Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.  J FIC Kelly
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.

Korman, Gordon.  Schooled. J Fic Korman
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.

Lai, Thanhha.  Inside Out & Back Again.  J FIC Lai
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.

Levy, Elizabeth.  Cheater, Cheater.  J FIC Levy
When Lucy enters junior high school, she finds the hard way that putting herself on the line to impress new friends is a bad idea and can lead to suspension from school.

Monson, A. M. The Secret of Sanctuary Island.  J FIC Monson
While still becoming accustomed to his father's remarriage, thirteen-year-old Todd and a friend set out to prove they observed a burglary no one believes happened.

Morgenstern, Susie. Sixth Grade.  J Fic Morgenstern
Follows the disappointments and exhilarations of a French girl and her sixth grade classmates as they exhaust their teachers, host a poetry competition, play spin the bottle, and travel to Rome on a class trip.

O'Connell, Rebecca.Penina Levine is a hard-boiled egg. J Fic O'Connell
With only her best friend to lean on, forthright Penina celebrates Passover while she contends with a bratty younger sister and a seemingly unsympathetic sixth-grade teacher.

Orlev, Uri. The Island on Bird Street.  J FIC Orlev
During World War II a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening conditions.

Parry, Rosanne. Heart of a Shepherd.  J FIC Parry
Ignatius "Brother" Alderman, nearly twelve, promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his father is deployed to Iraq, but as he comes to accept the inevitability of change, he also sees the man he is meant to be.

Philbrick, Rodman. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg. J FIC Philbrick
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.

Repka.  Janice.  The Clueless Girl's Guide to being a Genius.  J FIC Repka
When Aphrodite Wigglesmith, a thirteen-year-old, Harvard-educated mathematics genius, returns home to teach remedial math to middle school students, both she and her students end up getting unexpected lessons.

Roberts, Willo Davis. The Girl With the Silver Eyes.  J Fic Roberts
A 10-year-old girl, who has always looked different from other children, discovers that she not only has unusual powers but that there are others like her.

Runholt, Susan.  Rescuing Seneca.  J FIC Runholt
While accompanying her mother on a business trip to Scotland, fourteen-year-old Kari and her best friend Lucas attempt to solve the kidnapping mystery of a 15-year-old piano prodigy.

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. The Treasures of Weatherby. J Fic Snyder
Determined to be as strong and powerful as the first Harleigh, who built the rambling Weatherby Hall, twelve-year-old Harleigh Fourth and an equally diminutive new friend try to foil the plans of a distant relative who is seeking the long-lost Weatherby fortune.

Somper, Justin.  Vampirates: Demons of the ocean. J Fic Somper
When twins Connor and Grace's ship is wrecked in a storm and Connor is rescued by pirates, he believes that Grace has been taken aboard the mythical Vampirate's ship, and he is determined to find her.

Stead, Rebecca.  When You Reach me.  J FIC Stead
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

Summy, Barrie.  I so Don't do Spooky.  J FIC Summy (SERIES)
Thirteen-year-old Sherry helps her mother, a ghost, to investigate who is stalking Sherry's stepmother, but Sherry is also very busy with school and friends, while her mother is also striving for a gold medal in the Ghostlympics.

Teague, Mark. The Doom Machine.  J FIC Teague
When a spaceship lands in the small town of Vern Hollow in 1956, juvenile delinquent Jack Creedle and prim, studious Isadora Shumway form an unexpected alliance as they try to keep a group of extraterrestrials from stealing eccentric Uncle Bud's space travel machine.

Warner, Sally. Bad Girl Blues. J Fic Warner
At the beginning of the sixth grade, twelve-year-old Quinney starts volunteering at a shelter for stray animals and tackles some tough issues about loyalty and friendship when her former best friend Marguerite appears to be turning into a "bad girl."

Williams, Dar.  Lights, camera, Amalee.  J Fic Williams
When seventh-grader Amalee uses an inheritance to make a movie about endangered species, she discovers a link with the mother she never knew.

Williams, Maiya. The Fizzy Whiz Kid.  J FIC Williams
Moving to Hollywood with his academic parents, eleven-year-old Mitch feels like an outsider in his school where everyone has connections to the powerful and famous in the entertainment industry, until he is cast in a soda commercial that launches a popular catchphrase.

Winerip, Michael. Adam Canfield of the Slash. J FIC Winerip
While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government.

Yohalem, Eve. Escape Under the Forever Sky.  J FIC Yohalem
As a future conservation zoologist whose mother is the United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, thirteen-year-old Lucy uses her knowledge for survival when she is kidnapped and subsequently escapes.

Yolen, Jane.  Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons.  J FIC Yolen
Thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, a princess of the Amazons, fights to save her people from destruction when her mother the Queen refuses to sacrifice her second-born male child.

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