| 50 results - showing 1 - 25 |
Ordering
|
| 1 2 | |
Books » Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| Title | A Bone From a Dry Sea |
| Author | Peter Dickinson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • adventure • Africa • girl power • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • inventions • older readers • problem-solving • self-reliance • society • paleontology |
When a team of anthropologists finds a dolphin's scapula on a dig in Africa, the lives of two girls separated in time by millions of years will connect. This...
Books » Science Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| Title | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • being different • being yourself • books that make a difference • character • classic • family • fathers • identity • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • journeys • mature readers • middle readers • older readers • science fiction • society • space • struggle • time travel • values • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
"You were a star once, weren't you?" Charles Wallace asks Mrs. Whatsit and that line alone will give you the sense that this book takes you to a new place....
Books » Science Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Alien Secrets |
| Author | Annette Curtis Klause |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • aliens • friendship • girl power • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • middle reader • mystery • older reader • science fiction • Belonger/Connector |
Fast forward to the future, and join Puck, who feels she will never be as smart as her brilliant research scientist parents, and who is now speeding along on board...
Books » Science Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| 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 » Mystery
0
0
Book Information
| 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 » Mystery
0
0
Book Information
| 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 » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Edge Chronicles, Book 1: Beyond the Deepwoods |
| Author | Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell (The Edge Chronicles) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • coming of age • fiction • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • journeys • middle reader • older reader • pirates • series • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Meet Twig who lives at The Edge with a family of wood trolls. He has always believed he is one of them, and he aches for kind words from his...
Books » Science Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| Title | First Light |
| Author | Rebecca Stead |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • experiments • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • science fiction • society • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
The mystery of the world of scientists who are researching global warming in the silent, frozen world of Greenland is suspended over the mystery of the world of an entire...
Books » Action / Adventure
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Flight of the Silver Turtle |
| Author | John Fardell |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • adventure • boys • espionage • experiments • fiction • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • inventions • middle readers • science fiction • self-reliance • sequel • Belonger/Connector |
One minute Sam, Zara, Ben and Marcia are spending their summer with the very eccentric Professors Ampersand and Hartleigh-Broadbeam, working on an experimental airplane. They have no idea that someone...
Books » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Ice Fire |
| Author | Chris D'Lacey |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • dragons • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • magic • nature • squirrels • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Sequel to The Fire Within. The third book in the series is Fire Star.
Books » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Island of the Aunts |
| Author | Eva Ibbotson |
| Illustrator | Kevin Hawkes |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • girls • boys/girls • adventure • boys • ecology • fiction • If You Liked City of Ember • If You Liked Secrets of Droon • middle reader • mythical creatures • older reader • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Yearning to get away? Love the books where the children are on their own? This is a tale of three caring aunts who go in search of children to help...
Books » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Keys to the Kingdom, Book 2: Grim Tuesday |
| Author | Garth Nix |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • boys • ecology • futuristic • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • magic • middle reader • mythical creatures • older reader • part of a series • science fiction • series • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is Book Two in the Keys to the Kingdom series. See Mister Monday for a description.
Books » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3: Drowned Wednesday |
| Author | Garth Nix |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • boys • futuristic • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • magic • middle reader • older reader • part of a series • science fiction • series • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is Book Three in the Keys to the Kingdom series. See Mister Monday for a description.
Books » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Keys to the Kingdom, Book 4: Sir Thursday |
| Author | Garth Nix |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • futuristic • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • magic • middle reader • older reader • science fiction • series • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is Book Four in the Keys to the Kingdom series. See Mister Monday for a description.
Books » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Keys to the Kingdom, Book 5: Lady Friday |
| Author | Garth Nix |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • boys • futuristic • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • magic • middle reader • older reader • part of a series • science fiction • series • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is Book Five in the Keys to the Kingdom series. See Mister Monday for a description.
Books » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Keys to the Kingdom, Book 6: Superior Saturday |
| Author | Garth Nix |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • boys • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • magic • middle reader • older reader • part of a series • science fiction • series • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
The Keys to the Kingdom series continues in this Book Six. This series is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy. See Mister Monday to get a feel for the...
Books » Science Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Lost Time |
| Author | Susan Maupin Schmid |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • courage • danger • futuristic • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • scientist • time travel • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Twelve-year-old Violynne's parents have disappeared from the planet. No one can find them, even when they search the lunar grid. During the night, an intruder steals a violin from her...
Books » Action / Adventure
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Maximum Ride, Book 1: The Angel Experiment |
| Author | James Patterson (Maximum Ride, Book 1) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • experiments • flying • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked City of Ember • If You Liked Hunger Games • mature readers • older readers • reluctant reader • science fiction • series • superpowers • teamwork • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Take six kids who are the product of human engineering, and pit them against a set of scientists who have decided to rid the world of millions of...
Books » Action / Adventure
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Maximum Ride, Book 3: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports |
| Author | James Patterson (Maximum Ride Series, Book 3) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • experiments • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked City of Ember • If You Liked Hunger Games • mature reader • older reader • reluctant reader • science fiction • series • superpowers • teamwork • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel are a flock of DNA engineered beings. They can fly. Throw in Total, the dog who can talk, and you have quite a...
Books » Science Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Mysterious Benedict Society |
| Author | Trenton Lee Stewart |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • experiments • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • middle reader • mystery • older reader • orphans • puzzles • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Reynie Muldoon is an orphan - a gifted orphan - and he has decided to see what special opportunities are possible through the ad he's seen in the newspaper. He...
Books » Science Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey |
| Author | Trenton Lee Stewart |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • middle reader • older reader • puzzles • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
This is the sequel to The Mysterious Benedict Society. See that annotation to get a feel for the storyline.
Books » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5: The Last Olympian |
| Author | Rick Riordan |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • courage • danger • gods and goddesses • Greek mythology • identity • If You Liked City of Ember • If You Liked Hunger Games • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • mature readers • mythology • older readers • superpowers • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and...
Books » Science Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Phoenix Rising |
| Author | Karen Hesse |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • death • disasters • If You Liked City of Ember • loss • nuclear power • older readers • science fiction • thoughtful • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
The back bedroom is a symbol of pain and loss for Nyle Sumner and her grandmother. That's where Nyle's mother and grandfather both passed on. Now, following an accident...
Books » Science Fiction
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Power of Un |
| Author | Nancy Etchemendy |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • choices • guilt • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • If You LIked Naruto • reluctant reader • risk • science fiction • siblings • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Walking out in the woods behind his house one day, Gib Finney meets a stranger who offers him a gift. The gift is a unique tool that can un-do time...
Books » Fantasy
0
0
Book Information
| Title | Ranger's Apprentice, Book 1: Ruins of Gorlan |
| Author | John Flanagan |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • apprenticeship • coming of age • fiction • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked City of Ember • knights • mature readers • older readers • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Flanagan, John
boys, action/adventure, apprenticeship, coming of age, middle reader, Seeker/Leader, fiction
Fifteen-year old Will has been a ward at Castle Redmount his entire life; and the only one...
| 50 results - showing 1 - 25 | Results per page: |
| 1 2 | |
Powered by jReviews