Ten-year-old Opal describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen because of her big, ugly dog, Winn-Dixie.
Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world.
A courageous young Afghan girl pretends to be a boy in order to support her family.
When the villagers of Bophelong are forced to leave their houses and resettle in a barren "homeland," thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother join in a school demonstration and learn that the South African government treats even children who dissent with brutality.
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl wishes she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
As Coraline explores her new apartment, she discovers some truly weird and creepy things.
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian must survive in the wilderness with only his hatchet.
Stanley Yelnats is sent to a horrible correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the 17th century Spanish painter, developed a relationship of friendship and equality.
Meggie lives a quiet life with her father, a bookbinder. But her father has a deep secret. He possesses an extraordinary --and dangerous--magical power.
Jarrett doesn't trust Kevon, but he's got to share a room with him anyway. It was one thing when Jarrett's mom took care of foster babies who needed help, but this time it's different. Will they be able to get past their differences?
Anthony and his younger sister discover that the monster figures he got in an unusual box at an estate sale are alive, but they have no way of knowing that the "monsters" will lead them on fantastical adventures to other worlds in an effort to try to save Earth.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
If you love mystery and humor, this is a perfect pick. Thirteen-year-old Moxie is a total rule follower until she finds herself involved in Boston’s biggest unsolved mystery.
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Nzinzha, First Daughter of Kiluanji, was a Mbundu, one of a powerful people who are free and unarfraid to fight for their beloved homeland of Ndongo in the Kwanza River Valley.
Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep up her emotional walls, but the day she becomes a foster child, and moves in with the Murphys, she's blindsided. This loving, bustling family shows Carley the stable family life she never thought existed.
An African-American family living in the South during the 1930’s is faced with prejudice and discrimination that its children do not understand.
In turbulent sixteenth-century Japan, orphaned Taro is taken in by a general serving the great warlord Takeda Shingen and grows up to become a samurai fighting for the enemies of his dead family.
This series is about the adventures of Sophie and Agatha who have been selected to enter the prestigious School for Good and Evil and find themselves living in the fairy tales they’ve known since childhood.
An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his Inca ancestors.
A great book for those who enjoy stories about princesses, love, and glittering balls. In this dystopian romance, the world is divided into “castes” and a group of girls are given the chance to move up in their rank and marry the prince. Most girls see this as the chance of a lifetime, but for America it sounds like a nightmare since it would take her away from her secret love, Aspen.
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader, but one night she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.
Roan's dream is to leave home and attend Pilot Academy. Just as Roan is mysteriously denied entrance to Pilot School, he is invited to attend Jedi Academy - a school that he didn't apply to!
After Suzy's best friend dies, she develops a theory that Frannie’s death must have been caused by a jellyfish. It’s a story about friendship, change, and dealing with hard things in life.
Ada is a ten-year-old girl with a twisted foot. She has never left her apartment in London because her abusive mother is too embarrassed to let her go outside because of her twisted foot. When World War II starts, she and her brother escape to the countryside and find a new, kinder life.
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
The adventures of a ten-year-old boy and the two dogs he bought with money he had earned.
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
August "Auggie" Pullman is a 10-year-old who has a rare facial deformity. Due to numerous surgeries, Auggie had been home-schooled by his mother, but his parents decide to enroll him in middle school in the fall.