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The Last Kids on Earth (series)

The Last Kids on Earth is about a boy and his friends surviving a monster-zombie apocalypse.

by Max Brallier

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

My Father's Dragon (series)

"My Father's Dragon" is about Elmer Elevator's magical adventures as he runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby dragon.

by Ruth Stiles

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

Dragon Masters (series)

A magical Dragon Stone chooses a few lucky kids to live at King Rowland's castle as dragon trainers, then carefully matches the right dragon to each trainer. But as the dragon masters discover, that match is just the beginning.

by Tracey West

Recommended for: 1st GRADE AND UP

Wings of Fire (series)

the tales of seven dragon tribes who have been at war for generations over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy -- a foretelling that calls for great sacrifice. Five dragonets are collected to fulfill the prophecy, raised in a hidden cave and enlisted, against their will, to end the terrible war.

by Tui T. Sutherland

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

Pax (series)

A moving story of the extraordinary friendship between a boy and his fox, and their epic journey to be reunited.

by Sara Pennypacker

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

Dragon Slayers' Academy (series)

The story centers around a school where children are taught to become dragon slayers.

by Kate McMullan

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

The Unwanteds (series)

The story centers around a school where children are taught to become dragon slayers.

by Kate McMullan

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

The Books of Elsewhere (series)

When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.

by Jacqueline West

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

Keeper of the List Cities (series)

In Keeper of the Lost Cities, an ordinary girl named Sophie Foster learns she's really an elf from the Lost Cities. Leaving the human world behind, she embarks on an incredible journey to find where she truly belongs — discovering new abilities, making new friends, and above all, realising the extraordinary person she was always meant to be. But the secrets of Sophie's past were buried for a reason and the truth she uncovers could put all of the worlds in danger.

by Shannon Messenger

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

One of Us is Lying (series)

Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon’s dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.

by Karen M. McManus

Recommended for: 6TH GRADE AND UP

Olympians (series)

The strong, larger-than-life heroes of the Olympians can summon lightning, control the sea, turn invisible, or transform themselves into any animal they choose. Superheroes? No! Greek gods. The ancient pantheon comes to explosive life in this new series where myth meets comic books. Epic battles, daring quests, and terrible monsters await readers within the pages of these books.

by George O'Connor

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

City of Ghosts (series)

From #1 NYT bestselling author Victoria Schwab comes a sweeping, spooky, evocative adventure.

Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn't like to think about it), she can pull back the Veil that separates the living from the dead . . . and enter the world of spirits. Her best friend is even a ghost.

So things are already pretty strange. But they're about to get much stranger.

When Cass's parents start hosting a TV show about the world's most haunted places, the family heads off to Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, graveyards, castles, and secret passageways teem with restless phantoms. And when Cass meets a girl who shares her "gift," she realizes how much she still has to learn about the Veil -- and herself.

by Victoria Schwab

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

The Nameless City (series)

Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives it is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive.

by Faith Erin Hicks

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

Emmy & Friends (series)

Middle school is full of challenges. Everyone knows how much brainy Bri likes the spotlight (not). So why did she ever agree to something that forces her to learn a new language, give a speech, help organize a party, and juggle drama at school and home?! As the big event inches closer, Bri wonders if it's all worth it. . . .

by Terri Libenson

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

Middle School (series)

Rafe has an epic imagination...and a slight problem with authority. Both collide when he transfers to an oppressive, rule-crazy middle school. Drowning in do's and don'ts, Rafe and his scheming best friend Leo hatch a plan to break every rule in the school's Code of Conduct. It's Ferris Bueller meets Home Alone as their battle with Principal Dwight explodes into chaos both real and imagined..

by James Patterson

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

Track (series)

Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. A fast but fiery group of kids from wildly different backgrounds, chosen to compete on an elite track team. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.

by Jason REynolds

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

I Survived (series)

Each book in this series tells a terrifying and thrilling story from history, through the eyes of a kid who lived to tell the tale.

by Lauren Tarshis

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

Theodore Boone (series)

A perfect murder. A faceless witness. A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he’s only thirteen years old

Meet Theodore Boone

by Lauren Tarshis

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

Funjungle (series)

Teddy Fitzroy is in over his head. Living at FunJungle, America's newest theme park, was supposed to be nothing but fun. But now Henry the Hippo, the park's mascot, has turned up dead, and Teddy suspects foul play. Unfortunately, plenty of people wanted Henry gone – and the list keeps growing

by Stuart Gibbs

Recommended for: 5TH GRADE AND UP

Wonder

by R.J. Palacio

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

Terrible Two (series)

When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local, mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.

by Mac Barnett

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series)

by Rick Riordan

Recommended for: 5th GRADE AND UP

Granted

Fantasy

by John David Anderson

Recommended for: 5th GRADE AND UP

In a magical land called the Haven lives a young fairy named Ophelia Delphinium Fidgets. Ophelia is no ordinary fairy--she is a Granter: one of the select fairies whose job it is to venture out into the world and grant the wishes of unsuspecting humans every day. It's the work of the Granters that generates the magic that allows the fairies to do what they do, and to keep the Haven hidden and safe. But with worldwide magic levels at an all-time low, this is not as easy as it sounds

Goosebumps (series)

Pick a scare any scare!

by R.L. Stine

Recommended for: 5th GRADE AND UP

I Survived (series)

Historical Fiction. Each chapter book puts an ordinary kid in the middle of a terrifying event, from a devastating hurricane to an infamous shipwreck.

by Lauren Tarshis

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

Treasure Hunters (series)

Adventure

by James Patterson

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

Cleopatra in Space

A funny, action-packed graphic novel featuring a young Cleopatra who's transported to the future and learns it's up to her to save the galaxy.

by Mike Maihack

Recommended for: 3rd GRADE AND UP

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate

Recommended for: JK AND UP

The Spiderwick Chronicles

by Tony DiTerlizzi

Recommended for: 3RD GRADE AND UP

Magic Tree House

by Mary Pope Osborne

Recommended for: 3RD GRADE AND UP

Adventure!

Cam Jansen

by David Adler

Recommended for: 3RD GRADE AND UP

Mystery!

Ivy and Bean - SERIES

by Annie Barrows

Recommended for: 1ST GRADE AND UP

The Familiars - SERIES

Three young wizards-in-training are kidnapped by an evil queen and their familiars--Aldwyn the alley cat, Skylar, a know-it-all blue jay, and Gilbert a tree frog who can see the future--set out on a dangerous journey to rescue the boys.

by Adam Jay Epstein

Recommended for: 3RD GRADE AND UP

Dragons in a Bag

When his mother goes to court to challenge an eviction notice, she leaves Jaxon with a strange lady called Ma. The miserable old woman clearly doesn’t want Jax around, and she tries to hide a curious package mailed to her from Africa. Jax soon learns that Ma is keeping secrets. She isn’t actually his grandmother—she’s a witch! Ma’s last task before retirement is to transport three dragons from Madagascar to another realm where magic still thrives. Though his mother long ago rejected the chance to apprentice with Ma, Jax decides to help the old woman get the dragons back where they belong. But what does a boy from Brooklyn know about magic?

by Zetta Elliott

Recommended for: 3RD GRADE AND UP