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Undercover (Laura Geringer Bks.)
Par Beth Kephart. 2007
Sophomore loner Elisa has a talent for observing the world and operates a business ghostwriting love letters for guys. As…
her parents' marriage disintegrates, Elisa escapes by ice-skating on the local pond. Theo, a client, begins joining her and they fall in love. For senior high readers. 2007Yellow flag
Par Robert Lipsyte. 2009
Seventeen-year-old Kyle comes from a family of NASCAR drivers. Kyle prefers playing the trumpet in a brass quintet, but when…
his racer brother Kris is injured, Kyle steps in. While helping his kin, Kyle becomes torn between racing and music--and two potential girlfriends. For junior and senior high readers. 2007Heat
Par Mike Lupica. 2006
Star pitcher Michael Arroyo is banned from Little League baseball because rival coaches don't believe he's only twelve years old.…
An orphan whose birth certificate is back in Cuba, Michael is on the run from social services because he fears separation from his seventeen-year-old brother, Carlos. For grades 5-8. 2006Stumptown kid
Par Carol Gorman. 2007
Holden, Iowa; 1952. Eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, improves his baseball game with the help…
of Luther Peale, who played in the Negro Leagues. Charlie also learns the meaning of both racism and heroism. For grades 5-8. 2005Peak (A Peak Marcello Adventure)
Par Roland Smith. 2007
A New York City SWAT team arrests fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello for scaling a skyscraper. A judge places Peak on probation…
and allows him to accompany his father, a famous mountain climber, to Tibet, where Peak hopes to be the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. For grades 6-9. 2007The missing manatee: A Mystery About Fishing And Family
Par Cynthia C DeFelice. 2008
While coping with his parents' separation, eleven-year-old Skeet goes out in his skiff along Florida's coastal channels, where he finds…
a manatee killed by a bullet. When he returns with a deputy sheriff, the manatee's body is gone. But Skeet works to unravel the mystery. For grades 5-8. 2005The stupendous dodgeball fiasco
Par Janice Repka. 2004
Eleven-year-old Phillip's dream of running away from the circus, where his father is a clown and his mother is the…
fat lady, comes true. He moves in with relatives in Hardingtown, Pennsylvania, unofficial dodgeball capital of the world--but life is far from normal. For grades 4-7. 2004Another kind of cowboy
Par Susan Juby. 2007
Sixteen-year-old Alex, a champion western rider, switches to riding dressage. At the stables he meets Cleo, a girl banished to…
boarding school by her Hollywood parents. Becoming friends, the teens search for identity--neglected Cleo by partying and closeted Alex by experimenting sexually. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007Game
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2008
Harlem. African American high school senior Drew Lawson aims to go to college and play basketball for the NBA despite…
his mediocre grades. Rivalry begins when Drew's coach favors Tomas, a new white teammate from Prague. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Baseball crazy: ten short stories that cover all the bases
Par Nancy Mercado, Nancy E. Mercado. 2008
Ten authors write about hometown baseball and its players--good, mediocre, and bad. In Joseph Bruchac's "Ball Hawk," Mitchell, whose deceased…
father was a Native American and a great ball player, heeds his uncle's lessons and finally hits a long, high ball to an unusual catcher. For grades 4-7. 2008Six innings: a game in the life
Par James Preller. 2008
Twelve-year-old Sam Reiser loved being on a baseball team. Even though cancer has forced him to use a wheelchair now,…
Sam still participates in the Little League championship as the game's announcer. With his best friend Mike Tyree playing, Sam becomes caught up in the action. For grades 5-8. 2008Morgy's musical summer
Par Maggie Lewis. 2008
Morgy and his friend Byron attend Outlook Music Camp in Maine on promising-beginner scholarships. Morgy enjoys three weeks of trumpet…
playing, canoeing, swimming, and soccer but dislikes Damian, who is an oboe prodigy and a bully. Sequel to Morgy Coast to Coast (BR 16386). For grades 2-4. 2008Night of the howling dogs
Par Graham Salisbury. 2007
Hawaii, 1975. A Boy Scout campout on a remote beach goes terrifyingly wrong when an earthquake hits in the night.…
The boys and their leaders are separated during the resulting tsunami. But eighth-grader Dylan finds an unexpected ally as he and fifteen-year-old Louie rescue the group. For grades 5-8. 2007The Wanderer
Par Sharon Creech, David Diaz. 2000
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic voyage by sailboat to visit Bompie, their grandfather in England. Also…
on board are three uncles and another cousin. The journey of discovery for all five becomes especially important for Sophie, who was adopted into the family only three years ago. For grades 5-8. 2000We didn't mean to go to sea (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1994
While on board a yacht, John, Roger, Susan, and Titty Walker--who have only rowed dinghies--find themselves adrift in the fog,…
heading out to the North Sea. John takes charge when a gale blows them toward Holland. Sequel to Pigeon Post (DB 35331, BR 17525). For grades 4-7. 1937Missee Lee: the Swallows and Amazons in the China Seas (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 2001
The Walker and Blackett children and Uncle Jim are shipwrecked during their voyage around the world. Cast ashore on the…
China coast, they become captives of Miss Lee, a Chinese pirate's daughter. Sequel to The Big Six (DB 32695, BR 17528). For grades 4-7. 1941Peter Duck: a treasure hunt in the Caribbees (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1987
The imaginary Peter Duck takes the Walker and Blackett children onto the high seas in search of hidden treasure. Under…
the command of Captain Flint--the Blackett's uncle Jim--they brave fog, sharks, a pirate, and ravenous crabs. Sequel to Swallowdale (RC 30556, BR 17521). For grades 4-7. 1932Coot club (Swallows and Amazons)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1990
Dorothea and Dick, Tom Dodgeon, Port and Starboard, and other friends form the Bird Protection Society or "Coot Club." When…
a group of rude holiday boaters disturbs one of the coot's nests, trouble begins. Calamitous boat collisions, frantic chases, and near drownings ensue. For grades 4-7The Picts & the martyrs: or, Not welcome at all (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 2002
Nancy and Peggy have their hopes for a glorious holiday-without-parents dashed when their stern great-aunt arrives, uninvited, to supervise them.…
The girls hide their houseguests, Dick and his sister Dorothea, in a cabin in the woods. Sequel to Missee Lee (DB 32694, BR 17529). For grades 4-7. 1943Swallowdale (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1985
Follows the adventures on Wild Cat Island of the Walker children--captain John, mate Susan, able seaman Titty, and ship's boy…
Roger. They experience a shipwreck, camp on the mainland, find a cave, and trek through the mountains. Sequel to Swallows and Amazons (RC 22220, BR 13904). For grades 4-7. 1931