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Closed for the season: a mystery story
Par Mary Downing Hahn. 2009
Thirteen-year-old Logan Forbes and his family move into an old house that has been vacant for three years. Arthur, the…
boy next door, tells Logan about the murder of the former occupant, and the two of them set out to solve the mystery. For grades 5-8. 2009Mudville
Par Kurtis Scaletta. 2009
The rain that started twenty-two years ago during a baseball game that Moundsville was losing to rival Sinister Bend suddenly…
stops when Sturgis, a foster kid, moves into Roy's home. The boys resolve to form a new baseball team and break the supposed weather curse forever. For grades 4-7. 2009Rescuing Seneca Crane (A Kari and Lucas Mystery)
Par Susan Runholt. 2009
Edinburgh, Scotland. Fourteen-year-old American girls Kari and Lucas befriend lonely teenage piano prodigy Seneca Crane. When Seneca disappears after a…
concert, Kari and Lucas follow a clue and their own instincts to find Seneca and attempt a rescue. For grades 5-8. 2009Umbrella summer
Par Lisa Graff. 2009
After her eleven-year-old brother Jared dies suddenly from a rare heart condition, ten-year-old Annie worries about everything being dangerous, from…
bug bites to riding her bike. A new neighbor, Mrs. Finch, and some of her friends help Annie cope with her sadness and honor Jared's life. For grades 4-7. 2009The morgue and me
Par John C. Ford. 2009
Eighteen-year-old Christopher Newell gets a summer job at the morgue hoping to learn about forensic pathology for his future career…
as a spy. But when examining a corpse leads Christopher to suspect a police cover-up, he investigates the case himself. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2009Raven summer
Par David Almond. 2009
Northumberland, England. Young Liam and his friend Max follow the call of a raven to an abandoned baby. When Liam…
visits the baby in foster care, he bonds with two other foster children--Crystal, a wild child, and Oliver, a refugee from war-torn Liberia. For senior high readers. 2008Leon and the champion chip
Par Allen Kurzweil, Bret Bertholf. 2005
Employing scientific methods learned in Mr. Sparks's class, fifth-grader Leon competes in a potato-chip-tasting contest and takes revenge against Lumpkin…
the bully. Sequel to Leon and the Spitting Image (RC 59875). For grades 3-6. 2005Pearl and Wagner: one funny day (Pearl and Wagner #1)
Par R. W. Alley, Kate McMullan. 2009
Wagner the mouse does not enjoy April Fools' Day because everyone at school keeps tricking him, including his best friend…
Pearl. Then finally Wagner gets the last laugh. Three short chapters. For grades K-3. 2009Charlie Bone and the shadow: children of the red king (Children of the Red King Ser. #7)
Par Jenny Nimmo. 2008
The enchanter Count Harken seeks revenge on the Red King's heirs by imprisoning Charlie Bone's ancestors in the forbidding land…
of Badlock. Traveling through a painting, Charlie and his friend's dog, Runner Bean, head to the rescue. Sequel to Charlie Bone and the Beast (RC 70223). For grades 5-8. 2008The brilliant fall of Gianna Z
Par Kate Messner. 2009
A science project will determine who runs in the cross-country sectionals: Gianna or her alternate Bianca. Gianna contends with procrastination,…
faces sabotage from Bianca, and appreciates her mother and friend Zig's help, but realizes that she must complete the assignment in her own artistic way. For grades 4-7. 2009Goof-off goalie (Gym Shorts)
Par Betty Hicks, Adam McCauley. 2008
Best known as a goof-off, Goose dreams of playing goalie on the soccer team. His athletic friend Henry helps Goose…
with special practice sessions to improve his skills, but then Henry is grounded for getting bad grades. For grades 2-4. 2008The small adventure of Popeye and Elvis
Par Barbara O'Connor. 2009
Fayette, South Carolina. Popeye faces a boring summer spent learning vocabulary words provided by his grandmother. Then one morning Popeye…
finds a motor home stuck in the mud but overflowing with kids--the oldest being Elvis, who suggests they find a small adventure. For grades 4-7. 2009Mr. Putter & Tabby spill the beans (Mr. Putter & Tabby #18)
Par Cynthia Rylant, Arthur Howard. 2009
A class on how to cook beans one hundred different ways doesn't quite work out as planned. As Mr. Putter…
suspected, Zeke--Mrs. Teaberry's dog--has trouble staying quietly under a classroom table that's loaded with beans. Seven short chapters. For grades K-3. 2009Hush, hush (The Hush, Hush Saga #Bk. 1)
Par Becca Fitzpatrick. 2009
Studious Nora Grey, a school newspaper columnist, is partnered in biology class with the mysterious new student Patch and scoffs…
at his flirtation attempts. Then Nora begins having strange visions and receives warnings to stay away from Patch. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2009Strawberry Hill
Par Mary Ann Hoberman, Wendy Anderson Halperin. 2009
During the Great Depression, Allie's father moves the family to Stamford, Connecticut, for a job. Allie likes the name of…
her new street--Strawberry Hill--and hopes to find a new best friend, which is complicated by being Jewish in a Catholic neighborhood. For grades 3-6. 2009Extra credit
Par Andrew Clements, Mark Elliott. 2009
In danger of failing sixth grade, Abby Carson agrees to do a pen-pal project for extra credit. In Afghanistan, Sadeed…
Bayat is selected for his excellent English to correspond with Abby, but posing as his sister Amira and writing girl to girl--as their Muslim culture dictates. For grades 3-6. 2009Franny Parker
Par Hannah Roberts McKinnon. 2009
Thirteen-year-old Franny expects a quiet Oklahoma summer of treating animals at her makeshift hospital and attending her grandmother's quilting bees.…
But when a secretive mother and her teenage son move into the neighboring cottage, Franny gets a glimpse of the world beyond that of her family's. For grades 5-8. 2009Chasing the bear: a young Spenser novel
Par Robert B. Parker. 2009
Boston detective Spenser reminisces with Susan, the girl of his dreams, about his teenage escapades. He recalls helping his best…
friend Jeannie when she was abducted by her abusive father. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2009Stage fright (Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls #4)
Par Meg Cabot. 2009
Allie and most of the girls in Mrs. Hunter's fourth-grade class decide to audition for the role of Penelope in…
the play "Princess Penelope in the Realm of Recycling." When Allie's best friend wins the part, Allie examines her feelings about following the rules of friendship. For grades 3-6. 2009After the parade: A Novel
Par Lori Ostlund. 2015
Aaron Englund long ago escaped his hometown of 400 people but he still feels like an outcast. After twenty years…
of being taken care of by an older partner, he decides to take control of his own life and he moves to San Francisco. Aaron's sense of rejection runs deep: when he was seventeen, his mother vanished one night. Now years later, a new friend in San Francisco offers Aaron a way to find his lost mother, forcing Aaron to rethink his place in the world. Unrated