After her parents decide to get a divorce, Sirena gets sent off on a plane to stay with her aunt for the summer. She usually spends her summers at camp with her best friend, so along with the sadness …
Written by the prolific James Patterson in conjunction with Chris Tebbetts, Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life jumps on the band wagon spawned by Diary of a Wimpy Kid and continued in the serie…
Calico Joe by John Grisham is a wonderful story of fathers, sons, and forgiveness. Centered around an imaginary baseball player, the author leads the reader on a fantastic journey that is sometimes d…
Written for junior high/high school students, this short read teaches the consequences of following the "in" crowd. Molly struggles in her relationship with the most popular girl in school and questio…
This year's Newbery Award Winner is a strange, quirky adventure in the sleepy 1960s town of Norvelt, Pensylvannia—a dying "Eleanor Roosevelt" town created decades before by the former First Lady as a …
Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary is a classic for a reason. Ralph, the protaganist, may be a mouse, but he has sentiments and feelings that young children can easily relate to. Under that mouse skin,…
New York Times Bestselling author Markus Zusak delivers another touching and powerful work in I am the Messenger. Set in suburban Australia, readers are instantly introduced to nineteen year-old …
Life as she knows it is about to change completely for 13-year-old Irene. While most teenagers have to deal with the frustration of having little control of their lives, Irene has even less control th…
Breaking Stalin's Nose is a brief story, simply told, but still absolutely chilling. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Sasha Zaichik, we see the senseless brutality of the early days of the communist S…
In 2008 there was a little flutter criticizing the Newbery Award Winners for being out of touch with what children want to read these days. At first glance, Inside Out and Back Again seems a poster-c…
Eva Ibbotson is famous for her classic children's stories filled with adventure, fantastic characters, terrible (but hilarious!) villains, and droll humor. One Dog and His Boy does not disappoint…
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler is a 2012 Michael L. Prinz Honor Book. Author Daniel Handler is probably best known under his pen name, Lemony Snicket, the author of A Series of Unfortunate Events.…
