Heroes: a novel of Pearl Harbor (Feb 2024)

Author: Gratz, Alan, 1972-

Illustrator: Tondora, Judit - ill.

Description: Aboard the battleship the USS Utah with their Navy pilot fathers during WWII when the ship is attacked by the Japanese, Frank and Stanley find their friendship — and dreams — in jeopardy when Stanley is seen as the “enemy” because his mother is Japanese American. 

Ages 9-12 Fiction

The Body June 5, 2018

by Stephen King 

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s timeless novella “The Body”—originally published in his short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into the film classic Stand by Me—is now available as a stand-alone publication.

It’s 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Ray Brower, a boy from a nearby town, has disappeared, and twelve-year-old Gordie Lachance and his three friends set out on a quest to find his body along the railroad tracks. During the course of their journey, Gordie, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio come to terms with death and the harsh truths of growing up in a small factory town that doesn’t offer much in the way of a future.

A timeless exploration of the loneliness and isolation of young adulthood, Stephen King’s The Body is an iconic, unforgettable, coming-of-age story.

Grade 7-9 Fiction

House Arrest (Oct 2015)

By: Holt, K. A.

Young Timothy is sentenced to house arrest after impulsively stealing a wallet, and he is forced to keep a journal into which he pours all his thoughts, fears, and frustrations.

Lexile:  610 Lexile:  610      Accelerated Reader:  IL: MG+, BL: 4, AR Pts: 4    Ages 9-12   Fiction   

The Lost Year (Jan 2023)

Author: Marsh, Katherine

Description: When his great-grandmother comes to stay with them during the pandemic, 13-year-old Matthew discovers a photo in her belongings that reveals a life-shattering family secret, in this brilliant survival story set in alternating timelines that connects the present day to 1930s Soviet Ukraine. 

Ages 9-12 Fiction

The Agathas (May 2022)

Author: Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969-

Series: Agathas mysteries, 1

Description: To claim the hefty reward for information about Brooke Donovan's disappearance, Iris and Alice use the complete works of Agatha Christie to teach them how to solve a mystery, but they don't realize the danger they are about to face.

Teen Fiction

The Bletchley Riddle (Oct 2024)

Author: Sepetys, Ruta

Description: A stunning collaboration between two award-winning and best-selling authors follows siblings Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie as they find themselves at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers working to decrypt the Nazi's Enigma cipher, where the two struggle to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother's disappearance against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain and Hitler's feared invasion. 

Ages 9-12 Fiction

Bloom (Mar 2020)

Author: Oppel, Kenneth, 1967-

Series: Overthrow, 1

Description: The invasion begins--but not as you'd expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds that sprout--overnight, everywhere. These new plants take over crop fields, twine up houses, and burrow below streets. They bloom--and release toxic pollens. They bloom--and form Venus flytrap-like pods that swallow animals and people. They bloom--everywhere, unstoppable. Or are they? Three kids on a remote island seem immune to the toxic plants. Anaya, Petra, Seth. They each have strange allergies--and yet not to these plants. What's their secret? Can they somehow be the key to beating back this invasion? They'd better figure it out fast, because it's starting to rain again.... 

Teen Fiction