Bauer, Joan. Rules of the Road. Y Fic Bauer
Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire. Along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.

Cochrane, Mick.  The Girl who Threw Butterflies.  Y FIC Cochrane
Eighth-grader Molly's ability to throw a knuckleball earns her a spot on the baseball team, which not only helps her feel connected to her recently deceased father, who loved baseball, it helps in other aspects of her life, as well.

Cooney, Caroline. Driver's Ed. Y Fic Cooney // Y PB C
Three teenagers' lives are changed forever when they thoughtlessly steal a stop sign from a dangerous intersection and a young mother is killed in an automobile accident there.

Cooper, Susan. Dark is Rising. Y 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.

Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons. Y FIC Creech  // LT Y FIC Creech
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.

Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks. Y Fic Fleischman // J FIC Fleischman
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.

Giff, Reilly Patricia.  Pictures of Hollis Woods.  Y FIC Giff
A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.

Haas, Jessie. Unbroken. Y Fic Haas
Following her mother's death in the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Harry lives on Aunt Sarah's farm where an accident with her spirited colt leaves her a changed young woman.

Haddix, Margaret. Running Out Of Time. Y Fic Haddix // Y PB H
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.

Hesse, Karen. The Music of Dolphins. Y PB H
After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world.

Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust. Y FIC Hesse // Y PB H
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

Lawrence, Ian. The Wreckers. Y Fic Lawrence
Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded.

Magorian, Michelle.  Good night, Mr. Tom . Y PB M
A battered child learns to embrace life when he is adopted by an old man in the English countryside during the Second World War.

Matas, Carol. Sworn Enemies. Y Fic Matas
In nineteenth-century Russia, betrayed by a fellow Jew, sixteen-year-old Aaron is taken by officers of the Czar and forced into military service.

Morris, Gerald. The Squire's Tale. Y Fic Morris
In medieval England, fourteen-year-old Terence finds his tranquil existence suddenly changed when he becomes the squire of the young Gawain of Orkney and accompanies him on a long quest, proving Gawain's worth as a knight and revealing an important secret about his own true identity.

Nixon, Joan Lowery. Search for the Shadowman. YPB N
While working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade history class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve the
mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune.

Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard.  Y FIC Park
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. Y Fic Paulsen/ Y PB P
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Reisman, Michael.  Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper.  Y FIC Reisman
Nerdy sixth-grader Simon Bloom finds a book that enables him to control the laws of physics, but when two thugs come after him, he needs the formulas in the book to save himself.

Rutkoski, Marie.  The Cabinet of Wonders.  J FIC Rutkoski
Twelve-year-old Petra, accompanied by her magical tin spider, goes to Prague hoping to retrieve the enchanted eyes the Prince of Bohemia took from her father, and is aided in her quest by a Roma boy and his sister.

Sanderson, Brandon.  Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians.  J FIC Sanderon
On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.

Schur, Maxine. The Circlemaker. Y Fic Schur  // Y PB S
In mid-nineteenth century Russia, Mendel Cholinsky, a twelve-year-old Jewish boy tries to escape to America to avoid being taken into the Czar's army for twenty-five years of military service.

Skye, Obert.  Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret.  J FIC Skye
While Leven, Winter, and sidekicks Geth and Clover battle fantastical creatures in Foo, contrary forces in Reality plan to reconstruct the destroyed gateway between the mythical Foo and their own land.

Sorrells, Walter.  Erratum.  J FIC Sorrells
When Jessica finds--and then loses--an unfinished book about her life, she learns that if she cannot keep it from falling into the wrong hands, the balance of the universe is in peril.

Springer, Nancy. I Am Mordred. Y Fic Springer
When Mordred learns the identity of his father, he struggles with feelings of hatred, but also fights the fate which determines that he kill the good and gracious king.

Stevenson, Robert Louis.  Treasure Island.  YPB Stevenson
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, Jim Hawkins and his innkeeper mother find a treasure map that may lead them to a pirate's fortune.

Taylor, Theodore.  The Cay.  Y PB T
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

Taylor, Theodore. The Weirdo. Y Fic Taylor
Seventeen-year-old Chip Clewt fights to save the black bears in the Powhaten National Wildlife Refuge.

Thesman, Jean.  Calling the Swan.  Y FIC Thesman
When Skylar goes to summer school and tentatively begins to make some friends, she finally starts to get over the loss of her older sister and its terrible effects on the whole family.

Townley, Rod.  The Great Good Thing.  Y FIC Townley
Twelve-year-old Princess Sylvie's storybook kingdom really is a storybook, where nothing ever changes, even the character's mad scramble to reach their places whenever the book is opened, until Sylvie discovers she can enter new worlds with the Reader, and find new adventures.

Voigt, Cynthia.  The Callender Papers.  J FIC Voigt
In nineteenth-century Massachusetts, orphan Jean, employed to sort out the family papers of a reclusive artist, becomes curious about the mysterious, long-ago death of his wife and the subsequent disappearance of their young child.

White, Andrea.  Surviving Antarctica : Reality TV 2083.  Y FIC White
In the year 2083, five fourteen-year-olds who were deprived by chance of the opportunity to continue their educations reenact Scott's 1910-1913 expedition to the South Pole as contestants on a reality television show, secretly aided by a Department of Entertainment employee.

White, Ruth. Belle Prater's Boy. Y Fic White
When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.

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