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Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Arabus Family Saga: Jump Ship to Freedom |
| Author | James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier (Arabus Family Saga) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • American Revolution • Arabus Family Saga • courage • historical fiction • journeys • mature reader • older reader • racial differences • series • slavery • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • If You Liked My Brother Sam Is Dead • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Fourteen-year-old Daniel and his mother are slaves owned by an evil man named Captain Ives. Daniel learns that his father had earned enough revolutionary notes to buy their freedom when...
Books » Science Fiction
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| Title | Atherton: House of Power |
| Author | Patrick Carman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • danger • If You Liked City of Ember • If You Liked Hunger Games • suspense • Seeker/Leader • earthquakes |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
The year is 2085 in Atherton, a new world created by Dr. Harding who directed the migration from the Dark Planet years ago. Atherton is divided into the Flatlands, a...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Babylonne |
| Author | Catherine Jinks |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • abandonment • adventure • coming of age • finding yourself • French • journeys • medieval times • religion • self-reliance • war |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Coming of age storyset during the Middle Ages, sixteen-year-old Babylonne runs away from her auntand abusive grandmother. Disguisedas a boy, feisty, independent and resourceful, Babylonne would rather seek alife...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Backtracked |
| Author | Pedro de Alcantara |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • adventure • history • mature reader • older readers • time travel • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Sixteen year old Tommy Latrella has a difficult time living up to the reputation of his older brother, a firefighter who died during the collapse of the World...
Books » Fantasy
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| Title | Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1: Amulet of Samarkand |
| Author | Jonathan Stroud |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • genie • humor • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • intrigue • magic • mature reader • older reader • power • rivalry • self-reliance • series • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Britain is ruled by magicians in this first book of a trilogy, and eleven-year-old Nathaniel is an obedient apprentice to a cold, weak, mid-level magician named Arthur Underwood. Nathaniel has...
Books » Fantasy
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| Title | Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 2: Golem's Eye |
| Author | Jonathan Stroud |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • genie • humor • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • magic • mature reader • middle readers • older readers • self-reliance • series • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is Book Two of the Bartimaeus Trilogy. To read a description read the Amulet of Samarkand annotation. Ptolemy's Gate is the third in the series.
Books » Fantasy
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| Title | Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3: Ptolemy's Gate |
| Author | Jonathan Stroud |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • genie • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • magic • mature reader • older reader • series • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is Book Three in the Bartimaeus Trilogy and one of my favorite fantasy series for kids. See The Amulet of Samarkand to get a sense of the series.
Books » Poetry
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| Title | Becoming Billie Holiday |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Illustrator | Floyd Cooper |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • biography • coming of age • drug abuse • fathers/daughters • finding your voice • finding yourself • grandmother • jazz • mature issues • mature reader • mothers/daughters • poems • poetry |
In ninety-seven poems using the titles from Billie Holiday's song list, the first twenty-five years of Billie Holiday's life are celebrated. It wasn't always an easy life and she grew...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Behind You |
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | African American • coming of age • death • grief • mature reader • older reader • realistic fiction |
In this powerful, somber sequel to If You Come Softly, Jeremiah is dead, and Ellie is grieving. So are Miah's mom, his friend, Kennedy, and his friend, Carlton. Everyone is...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Best Bad Luck I Ever Had |
| Author | Kristin Levine |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • coming of age • courage • discrimination • fears • friendship • If You Liked Tangerine • injustice • prejudice • Belonger/Connector |
It's 1917 in Moundville, Alabama and Dit Sims is looking forward to making friends with the son of the new town postmaster. Well, that is until the new son turns...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Best Foot Forward |
| Author | Joan Bauer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | girls • acceptance • accepting others • adventure • character • ethics • family • girl power • honesty • identity • mature reader • mature readers • middle reader • older reader • older readers • realistic fiction • self-reliance • trust • values • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • faith |
Jenna Boller is on the job at Gladstone Shoes the day Tanner Cobb walks in and tries to steal from the store. Mrs. Gladstone decides to hire Tanner to work...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Billy Baggs Trilogy: Farm Team |
| Author | Will Weaver |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • baseball • being yourself • change • coming of age • death • family • fathers • fathers/sons • feelings • hope • identity • If You Liked Tangerine • loss • mature readers • older readers • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • sports • Belonger/Connector |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is Book Two in the Billy Baggs Trilogy. In this book Billy's father is still struggling with his feelings about losing his older son five years previously. At the...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Billy Baggs Trilogy: Hard Ball |
| Author | Will Weaver |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • baseball • change • character • choices • competition • courage • death • family • fathers • fathers/sons • hope • identity • If You Liked Tangerine • mature reader • mature readers • older reader • older readers • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • self-reliance • sports • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Both boys are ballplayers. Both boys have struggles with their fathers. Baseball can be a great tool to find yourself and to figure out your relationship with your dad. This...
Books » Sports
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| Title | Billy Baggs Trilogy: Striking Out |
| Author | Will Weaver |
| Illustrator | Michael Koelsch |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • baseball • being yourself • coming of age • family • farm • fathers • fathers/sons • grief • If You Liked Tangerine • journeys • loss • mature readers • overcoming obstacles • realistic fiction • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • self-reliance • sports • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
When the older brother is killed in a tractor accident, the Baggs family has to find ways to go on. They set off in their own directions. Mother decides to...
Books » Mystery
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| Title | Black Book of Secrets |
| Author | F. E. Higgins |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | adventure • death • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • intrigue • macabre • mature reader • mystery • older reader • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
rows="5" class="fullWidthLargeArea wysiwyg_editor">Ludlow Fitch escapes his parents and runs for his life, eventually finding himself in the village of Pagus Parvus. He is taken on as an apprentice by...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Black Box |
| Author | Julie Schumacher |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | depression |
Oh wow! How do you say, 'What a great book about depression!'? As the author says in her notes, depression is about shame and isolation. This book...
Books » Mystery
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| Title | Bloodwater Mysteries: Doppelganger |
| Author | Pete Hautman and Mary Logue |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • friendship • intrigue • mature readers • middle reader • mystery • older readers • series • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • If You Liked Wolf Rider |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is the third book in the Bloodwater Mysteries series. The main characters, Roni and Brian, are about to be faced with a mystery that actually affects their own lives....
Books » Mystery
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| Title | Bloodwater Mysteries: Skullduggery |
| Author | Pate Hautman and Mary Logue (Bloodwater Mysteries) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • archaeology • mature readers • mystery • older readers • series • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • If You Liked Wolf Rider |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Roni Delicata and Brian Bain find themselves in the thick of a town mystery when they stumble on Dr. Andrew Dart, a local archaeologist, lying unconscious in a cave. Who...
Books » Mystery
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| Title | Bloodwater Mysteries: Snatched |
| Author | Pete Hautman and Mary Logue |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • detective • intrigue • mature readers • mystery • older readers • teamwork • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • If You Liked Wolf Rider • If You Liked Encyclopedia Brown |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
What is really going on here? Roni Delicata is just trying to get to the bottom of a good story. That's what any good 16-year-old reporter for the high school...
Books » Mystery
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| Title | Bone Magician |
| Author | F. E. Higgins |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • death • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • macabre • mature reader • mystery • older reader • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
This paraquel to The Black Book of Secrets, takes place in Urbs Umida and centers on the life of one boy, Pin Carpue. As Pin awakens from a drug-induced stupor,...
Books » Suspense / Thriller
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| Title | Bonechiller |
| Author | Graham McNamee |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • Boxing • coming of age • courage • danger • grief • If You Liked Hunger Games • intrigue • loss • love • mature readers • monsters • risk • supernatural • Survival • suspense • suspense thriller • teamwork • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Danny first has a feeling that he's experienced something strange when he's walking home on a cold, snowy night in Canada. He's pretty sure it was a large animal. But,...
Books » Fantasy
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| Title | Books of Bayern: Enna Burning |
| Author | Shannon Hale |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • adventure • being different • being yourself • coming of age • fears • If You Liked Ella Enchanted • injustice • intrigue • jealousy • magic • mature readers • older readers • princesses • risk • rivalry • romance • self-confidence • self-esteem • self-reliance • shallowness • superpowers • war |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Enna, true friend of Princess Ani, has returned to live in the Forest with her brother, Leifer. As Enna tends to the chores at home, Leifer finds the ability to...
Books » Fantasy
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| Title | Books of Bayern: Goose Girl |
| Author | Shannon Hale |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • coming of age • fairy tales • fears • feelings • friendship • identity • If You Liked Ella Enchanted • If You Liked Robin McKinley • If You Liked Tamora Pierce • injustice • intrigue • journeys • magic • mature readers • older readers • princesses • risk • rivalry • romance • self-confidence • self-esteem • self-reliance • superpowers • trust • war |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Ani is a princess blessed with the gift of nature-speaking. Born to a queen who has the power of people-speaking, Ani spends her early years in the care of...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Bound |
| Author | Donna Jo Napoli |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • ancient history • Asian culture • Cinderella • family • freedom • injustice • journeys • loss • love • mature readers • older readers • stepfamilies • traditions • women • women's rights |
Bound to her late father's second wife and daughter. Bound to a life of servitude as a young girl in ancient China, where a woman is valued less...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots |
| Author | Abby McDonald |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • adventure • character • consequences • environment • finding yourself • friendship • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • mature readers • outdoors • relationships • standing up for yourself • travel • understanding others • vacations • very mature readers • Belonger/Connector • Answerman |
Jenna is a Green Teen for environmental awareness at her high school, so when she can choose between spending the summer in the Canadian woods with her godmother Susie...
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