Farmer, Nancy. A Girl Named Disaster.  Y FIC Farmer
While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

Hayes, Daniel. Flyers.  Y FIC Hayes
While filming a movie for a school project, Gabe and his friends discover mysterious activities at a supposedly vacant house.

Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot.   Y FIC Hiaasen
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

Holt, Kimberly Willis. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Y FIC Holt
During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world.

Hoobler, Dorothy. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn. Y FIC Hoobler
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.

Koertge, Ron.  Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright : a novel.  Y FIC Koertge
Worried that his mother will send his beloved grandfather to a nursing home "for his own good," Jesse and some of his eighth-grade classmates accompany Pappy into the mountains near their small California town to look for the tiger tracks he claims to have seen.

Paulsen, Gary. The Haymeadow. Y FIC Paulsen
Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during the summer he spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his father's herd of sheep.

Temple, Frances. The Ramsay Scallop.  Y FIC Temple
At the turn of the fourteenth century in England, fourteen-year-old Elenor finds her betrothal to an ambitious lord's son launching her on a memorable pilgrimage to far-off Spain.

Whelan, Gloria. Homeless Bird. Y FIC Whelan
When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it.

3/26/04