| Level | Title | Author | Pts. | Description | Pages |
| 6 | Black Stallion's Blood Bay Colt, The | Farley, Walter | 12 | A young driver trains Bonfire with the hope of becoming a harness-racing champion. | 278 |
| 6 | Borrowers Afloat, The | Norton, Mary | 6 | Mary Norton's beloved family of miniature people set out on a voyage in a tea kettle in search of a new home. | 191 |
| 6 | Boy | Dahl, Roald | 6 | Tales of his childhood by the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. | 176 |
| 6 | Brothers of the Heart | Blos, Joan W. | 6 | Fourteen-year-old Shem, spends six months in the Michigan wilderness alone with a dying Indian woman, who helps him not only to survive but to mature to the point where he can return to his family and the difficulties of life as a cripple. | 161 |
| 6 | Caddie Woodlawn | Brink, Carol Ryrie | 8 | This is a story of a spirited pioneer girl's adventures on the Wisconsin frontier. | 242 |
| 6 | Calico Captive | Speare, Elizabeth George | 9 | In 1754, an Indian raid on her small New Hampshire town leaves Miriam Willard a prisoner of the Indians, forced to take part in a harrowing march north. | 274 |
| 6 | Castle (Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections) | Platt, Richard | 0.5 | Illustrated look inside a medieval fortress, describes types of weapons, lifestyle inside the castle walls, and elaborate possessions. | 27 |
| 6 | Centerburg Tales | McCloskey, Robert | 5 | The further adventures of Homer Price, including those in which a jukebox sets the whole town singing against its will and in which a mad scientist develops weeds that overrun the town. | 191 |
| 6 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Gilbreth, Ernestine/Frank | 10 | This true-life story chronicles the adventures of twelve wonderful redheaded rascals. | 180 |
| 6 | Dangerous Promise, A | Nixon, Joan Lowery | 7 | Two teenage boys join a Civil War regiment. | 148 |
| 6 | First Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers | Jenner, Caryn | 1 | Growing up in rural Ohio, Orville and Wilbur Wright were fascinated by all kinds of vehicles -- a toy helicopter, bicycles, and the first motorized cars, but what they dreamed of was flight. | 48 |
| 6 | Footprints at the Window | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 7 | Beset by too many uncertainties, Dan tries to settle his affairs with his gypsy friends only to find himself in medieval York, England, in the middle of the Black Death. | 175 |
| 6 | Ginger Pye | Estes, Eleanor | 9 | The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children. | 306 |
| 6 | Grand Canyon: Exploring a Natural Wonder | Minor, Wendell | 0.5 | Through personal observations and beautiful illustrations, the author celebrates nature and introduces readers to one of the world's greatest wonders. | 30 |
| 6 | Great Apes (First Book), The | Saign, Geoffrey C. | 1 | Describes and compares the four great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and gorillas through a discussion of their physical, intellectual, emotional, and social characteristics. | 63 |
| 6 | Greek Theater (Look Inside), A | Chrisp, Peter | 1 | This book describes typical features of theaters in Ancient Greece and many of the common objects used in them including armor, comic masks, papyrus rolls, and aulos. | 32 |
| 6 | Gutenberg | Fisher, Leonard Everett | 0.5 | A biography of the fifteenth-century German printer who revolutionized printing with the invention of movable type. | 32 |
| 6 | How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis & Clark | Schanzer, Rosalyn | 1 | Describes the Lewis and Clark expedition across the west. | 40 |
| 6 | Into the Land of the Unicorns | Coville, Bruce | 5 | In a fantastic adventure, a young girl leaps into the land of unicorns. | 159 |
| 6 | Jahanara: Princess of Princesses | Lasky, Kathryn | 5 | Beginning in 1627, Princess Jahanara, first daughter of Shah Jahan of India's Moghul Dynasty, writes in her diary about political intrigues, weddings, battles, and other experiences of her life. | 186 |
| 6 | Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, | Lasky, Kathryn | 4 | Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the "Mayflower" in 1620 and their first year in the New World. | 171 |
| 6 | Journey to Topaz | Uchida, Yoshiko | 5 | This is the story of 11-year-old Yuki and her family who, after Pearl Harbor, are forced from their home and made to live in Topaz, a concentration camp in the desert. | 149 |
| 6 | Landry News, The | Clements, Andrew | 4 | A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with an editorial that prompts her burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin teaching again, but he is later threatened with disciplinary action as a result. | 123 |
| 6 | Little Princess (Unabridged), A | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 11 | In this children's classic novel, the wealthy and gifted little girl Sara Crewe must adjust to a different life when her father dies penniless. | 312 |
| 6 | Long Patrol, The | Jacques, Brian | 15 | Tammo, a daring young hare hungry for adventure, is sent to join the Long Patrol and defend Salamandastron against the Rapscallion hordes. | 358 |
| 6 | Midwife's Apprentice, The | Cushman, Karen | 3 | In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world. | 122 |
| 6 | Orwell's Luck | Jennings, Richard | 5 | While caring for an injured rabbit which becomes her confidant, horoscope writer, and source of good luck, a thoughtful seventh grade girl learns to see things in more ways than one. | 146 |
| 6 | Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball! | Zindel, Paul | 11 | Compassionate and funny story of a troubled fifteen-year-old boy and the girl who helps him find himself. | 199 |
| 6 | Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight | Paterson, Katherine | 3 | A retelling of the Arthurian legend in which Parzival, unaware of his noble birth, comes of age through his quest for the Holy Grail. | 127 |
| 6 | Puppies, Dogs and Blue Northers | Paulsen, Gary | 2 | Dog-musher Gary Paulsen reflects on the growth--both his own and the puppies'--as man and animal discover the world. | 81 |
| 6 | Silver on the Tree | Cooper, Susan | 14 | In this conclusion of the tale begun in "Over Sea, Under Stone," Will Stanton, the Welsh boy Bran, and the Drew children try to locate the crystal sword that alone can vanquish the strong forces of Dark. | 274 |
| 6 | Slave Dancer, The | Fox, Paula | 6 | In this spellbinding novel of suspense and survival, young Jessie, a musician, is hired to play for the slaves aboard a ship bound for America. | 127 |
| 6 | Stuart Little | White, E.B. | 3 | Stuart, an inventive and debonair mouse, has a great adventure. | 131 |
| 6 | Thief, The | Turner, Megan Whalen | 11 | Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone. | 219 |
| 6 | Trial by Journal | Klise, Kate | 7 | Lily finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover investigation of the case. | 234 |
| 6 | Uninvited Guest and Other Jewish Holiday Tales, The | Jaffe, Nina | 2 | Includes background information and retellings of traditional tales from Jewish folklore and legend related to major holidays, such as Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hanukkah, and Purim. | 72 |
| 6 | Voyage of the Frog, The | Paulsen, Gary | 5 | When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own as he works out his feelings about life and his uncle. | 141 |
| 6.1 | Ancient One, The | Barron, T.A. | 14 | While helping her Great-Aunt Melanie try to protect an Oregon redwood forest from loggers, thirteen-year-old Kate goes back five centuries through a time tunnel and faces the evil creature Gashra, who is bent on destroying the same forest. | 367 |
| 6.1 | And Condors Danced | Snyder, Zilpha Keatley | 9 | The year Carly turns eleven, 1907, is filled with playing detective, watching condors, observing a fierce feud involving her family's Southern California ranch, and coping with unexpected tragedies. | 211 |
| 6.1 | Black Stallion Returns, The | Farley, Walter | 8 | When his rightful owner repossesses the Black Stallion, eighteen-year-old Alec travels across the deserts of Arabia to find the great stallion and helps to solve a tribal feud. | 199 |
| 6.1 | Boggart, The | Cooper, Susan | 8 | After visiting her family's castle in Scotland and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes. | 196 |
| 6.1 | Court of the Stone Children, The | Cameron, Eleanor | 8 | Aided by the journal of a young woman who lived in nineteenth-century France, Nina solves a murder mystery dormant since the time of Napoleon. | 191 |
| 6.1 | Destination: Antarctica | Swan, Robert | 1 | This book follows the British adventurer Robert Swan and two other explorers on an exciting and dangerous 900-mile trek to the South Pole. | 38 |
| 6.1 | Dominican Republic (Countries and Cultures) | Haberle, Susan E. | 1 | This book discusses the geography, history, economy, and culture of the Dominican Republic. | 64 |
| 6.1 | Emily's Runaway Imagination | Cleary, Beverly | 6 | Emily Bartlett is a fourth-grader growing up in the small town of Pitchfork, Oregon, in the days before cars and TV. | 221 |
| 6.1 | Farthest Shore, The | Le Guin, Ursula K. | 10 | Book Three of prize-winning Earthsea Trilogy, in which Ged sets out to see if magic still exists in Enlad. | 223 |
| 6.1 | Favorite Greek Myths | Osborne, Mary Pope | 2 | This book retells twelve tales from Greek mythology, including the stories of King Midas, Echo and Narcissus, the Golden Apples, and Cupid and Psyche. | 81 |
| 6.1 | Fellowship of the Ring, The | Tolkien, J.R.R. | 29 | It is up to Frodo and his faithful servant Sam with a small band of companions to carry the Ring of Power to the one place it could be destroyed, while avoiding the Ringwraiths. | 423 |
| 6.1 | Fog Magic | Sauer, Julia | 4 | Story of a Nova Scotia girl for whom the fog blowing in from the sea had the power to transport her to her own secret world. | 107 |
| 6.1 | Food Rules! The Stuff You Munch, Its Crunch, Its Punch, and Why Yo | Haduch, Bill | 3 | This comprehensive book on food and nutrition includes a supermarket of fascinating facts and information, plus zany pictures that explore food concepts and add to the fun. | 106 |
| 6.1 | Frankenstein (Great Illustrated Classics) | Shelley/Vogel | 3 | While trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control and sets into motion a long and tragic chain of events. | 238 |
| 6.1 | Going Solo | Dahl, Roald | 9 | A marvelous evocation of Roald Dahl's wartime exploits. | 210 |
| 6.1 | Gulliver's Travels (Great Illustrated Classics) | Swift/Vogel | 3 | Lemuel Gulliver, a doctor who longs for adventure, signs on board a sailing ship. Before he returns home, he experiences some of the most amazing adventures ever. | 240 |
| 6.1 | High King, The | Alexander, Lloyd | 11 | When the sword of Dyrnwyn falls into the hands of Arawn Death-Lord, Taran and his friends raise an army to march against him. | 248 |
| 6.1 | Insects (Make It Work!) | Haslam/Wyse | 1 | This book provides information about the physical characteristics and habits of a variety of insects with instructions for related projects. | 48 |
| 6.1 | Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam, The | Nhuong, Huynh Quang | 4 | Fifteen true stories of the author's childhood in Vietnam. | 127 |
| 6.1 | Mary Poppins | Travers, P.L. | 6 | A young boy and girl embark on a wonderful adventure with their nanny. | 206 |
| 6.1 | Mermaid Summer, The | Hunter, Mollie | 5 | With the help of her brother, Jon, nine-year-old Anna daringly seeks to discover the secret means to undo a mermaid's curse upon their grandfather. | 118 |
| 6.1 | Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty (Great Illustrated Classics), The | Bligh/Kestel | 3 | Captain William Bligh recorded the most famous mutiny in sea history when a group of his men, led by Fletcher Christian, forced him from his ship onto a small launch and cast him adrift into the sea. | 236 |
| 6.1 | Neptune (Isaac Asimov's 21st Century Library...Solar System) | Asimov/Hantula | 0.5 | This book introduces the fourth largest known planet in the solar system. | 32 |
| 6.1 | Pearls of Lutra | Jacques, Brian | 18 | Tansy, a young hedgehog living at Redwall Abbey, attempts to solve the riddle of the missing pearls, while at the same time the evil marten Mad Eyes desires them for himself. | 405 |
| 6.1 | Princess and the Goblin (Unabridged), The | MacDonald, George | 8 | A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the castle. | 241 |
| 6.1 | Red Pony, The | Steinbeck, John | 6 | Moving and beautiful story of a boy and his sorrel colt, and the sun-drenched California earth. | 120 |
| 6.1 | Rifles for Watie | Keith, Harold | 14 | Sixteen-year-old Jeff cannot wait to join the Union army and fight against Stand Watie, leader of the Cherokee Indian rebels. | 332 |
| 6.1 | Shakespeare's Scribe | Blackwood, Gary L. | 10 | In plague-ridden 1602 England, a fifteen-year-old orphan boy, who has become an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe and finds out more about his parent's along the way. | 265 |
| 6.1 | Son of the Black Stallion | Farley, Walter | 11 | The story of a spirited colt with a savage, killer instinct. | 282 |
| 6.1 | Stowaway | Hesse, Karen | 11 | This book relates in journal form, the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771, aboard the "Endeavour," which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook. | 319 |
| 6.1 | Tangle Box, The | Brooks, Terry | 17 | Ben finds himself imprisoned within the gloom of the Tangle Box, lost in its mists, along with a despairing lady, who might once have been the Witch Nightshade, and an unhappy gargoyle, that might once have been the dragon Strabo. | 334 |
| 6.1 | Titanic Sinks!, The | Conklin, Thomas | 3 | This book recounts the story of how the world's biggest, safest ship sank on its first trip. | 115 |
| 6.1 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Pearce, Philippa | 9 | Late at night, when the clock strikes 13, Tom tiptoes downstairs to find a lush garden which is not there during the day. | 229 |
| 6.1 | Traditional Crafts from the Caribbean | Temko, Florence | 1 | This book provides instructions for making traditional Caribbean crafts. | 62 |
| 6.1 | What Have You Lost? | Nye, Naomi Shihab | 3 | This is a collection of poems that explores all kinds of loss. | 205 |
| 6.1 | White Fang (Great Illustrated Classics) | London/Vogel | 3 | White Fang is an orphan cub of part wolf and part dog whose inborn instincts teach him to hunt, fight, and win. | 240 |
| 6.1 | Wintering | Durbin, William | 7 | In 1801, fourteen-year-old Pierre returns to work for the North West Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp, where he learns both from the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwa Indians whose land they share. | 191 |
| 6.1 | Wishsong of Shannara, The | Brooks, Terry | 29 | The conclusion to the bestselling fantasy trilogy in which Allanon and Brin confront the ultimate evil. | 504 |
| 6.2 | Adventures of the Greek Heroes | McLean/Wiseman | 4 | A collection of stories that the poets told the people at Olympia. | 174 |
| 6.2 | Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare | Stanley/Vennema | 1 | A brief biography of the world's most famous playwright, using only historically correct information. | 45 |
| 6.2 | Beauty | McKinley, Robin | 11 | A daughter gives her life to save her father and is doomed to live in a monster's castle. | 247 |
| 6.2 | Boggart and the Monster, The | Cooper, Susan | 7 | The invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of his few remaining friends. | 185 |
| 6.2 | Call It Courage | Sperry, Armstrong | 3 | This is the inspiring story of a youth who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe. | 95 |
| 6.2 | Cut from the Same Cloth | San Souci, Robert D. | 5 | Stories about the women of the United States who typify the strength, bravery, and humor of many regions and cultures in these folk pieces. | 128 |
| 6.2 | Dark Is Rising, The | Cooper, Susan | 13 | On his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark. | 244 |
| 6.2 | Dinotopia Lost | Foster, Alan Dean | 17 | When a storm-swollen breaker hurls the pirate ship "Condor" ashore, the peace of the Land Apart from Time will be shattered. | 326 |
| 6.2 | Dive Through the Wave | Towne, Mary | 4 | During her family's visits to the beach on Long Island, Ruth makes friends with a lifeguard who helps her handle her worries about the war, an outbreak of polio, and being the youngest girl in sixth grade. | 124 |
| 6.2 | Door in the Wall, The | De Angeli, Marguerite | 4 | A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the king. | 121 |
| 6.2 | Funny Fishes (Watts Library) | Miller, Sara Swan | 1 | This book portrays several species of fishes that have unusual appearances, habitats, or behaviors. | 63 |
| 6.2 | Gift of the Magi (Creative Education), The | Henry, O. | 0.5 | A husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions in order to buy each other Christmas presents. | 32 |
| 6.2 | Grey King, The | Cooper, Susan | 9 | Will Stanton is swept into a quest to find the golden harp and wake the Sleepers. | 165 |
| 6.2 | I, Houdini | Banks, Lynne Reid | 5 | A boastful hamster with exceptional talent as an escape artist, recounts his experiences chewing, wriggling, or squeezing his way out of various closed areas in his quest for the great outside. | 127 |
| 6.2 | In-Line Skating (Fantastic Book Of) | Chalmers, Aldie | 0.5 | This book discusses the history, techniques, and safety measures for in-line skating, with fold-out pages on skating events. | 40 |
| 6.2 | Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, The | Bruchac, Joseph | 6 | Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. | 202 |
| 6.2 | King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Great Illustrated | Pyle/Hanft | 3 | With King Arthur at the head of the Round Table, the most gallant men of the realm fought to bring peace, to perform outstanding deeds of strength and bravery, and to win honor. | 238 |
| 6.2 | Lacrosse: The National Game of the Iroquois | Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane | 1 | In this book, the author describes the sport of lacrosse, its origins, and connections to the Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, peoples. | 32 |
| 6.2 | Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles | Lasky, Kathryn | 7 | In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France. | 236 |
| 6.2 | Miserable Mill, The | Snicket, Lemony | 5 | Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumbermill. | 194 |
| 6.2 | Mitch and Amy | Cleary, Beverly | 6 | Nine-year-old twins Mitch and Amy have a special gift for infuriating each other. | 222 |
| 6.2 | Paddington at Work (Revised Edition) | Bond, Michael | 4 | In this book, Paddington dabbles a bit in the stock market, takes a stab at barbering, and even has a fling at the ballet. | 134 |
| 6.2 | Return of the King, The | Tolkien, J.R.R. | 22 | Sam and Frodo must make their way deep into Mordor to destroy the Ring of Power in the fires of Mount Doom. | 507 |
| 6.2 | Romans (Look into the Past), The | Hicks, Peter | 0.5 | Illustrates the culture and history of ancient Rome. | 32 |
| 6.2 | Rosa Parks, My Story | Parks/Haskins | 6 | Biography of the woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus sparked a nationwide civil rights movement. | 192 |
| 6.2 | Spiders and Their Web Sites | Facklam, Margery | 1 | This book provides a close-up look at the physical characteristics and habits of twelve different spiders and of daddy longlegs. | 32 |
| 6.2 | Subtle Knife, The | Pullman, Philip | 16 | As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife. | 326 |
| 6.2 | Taran Wanderer | Alexander, Lloyd | 9 | Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, who wants to be a hero, goes questing for his parentage. | 222 |
| 6.2 | Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia | Kirwan, Anna | 6 | This is a fictionalized account of young Queen Victoria's life in the early nineteenth century. | 219 |
| 6.2 | Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Discovering Science) | Hunter, Rebecca | 0.5 | This book gives a simple explanation of volcanoes and earthquakes. | 32 |
| 6.2 | Watership Down | Adams, Richard | 25 | Picaresque saga of a maverick band of rabbits who set out against all odds on a quest for a new society. | 478 |
| 6.2 | Which Witch? | Ibbotson, Eva | 7 | Deciding that he must sire a child to carry on his tradition of Loathing Light and Blighting the Beautiful, the Great Wizard Arriman announces a competition among the witches of Todcaster, one of whom will marry him. | 249 |
| 6.2 | White Mountains, The | Christopher, John | 7 | Giant Tripods control men's minds and rule the future world. | 214 |
| 6.3 | Anne of the Island (Unabridged) | Montgomery, L.M. | 12 | Eighteen-year-old Anne leaves Prince Edward Island to attend Redmond College instead of getting married as some of her friends have done. | 298 |
| 6.3 | Balto and the Great Race | Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody | 2 | This is the story of Balto, the sled dog that saved Nome, Alaska, in 1925 from a diptheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm. | 94 |
| 6.3 | Buffalo Soldiers | Willard, Tom | 13 | This book depicts the trials and tribulations that African-American soldiers endured while fighting for the freedom of white settlers. | 331 |
| 6.3 | Charles Dickens: The Man Who Had Great Expectations | Stanley/Vennema | 1 | Illustrated biography of the English novelist Charles Dickens. | 43 |
| 6.3 | Dinosaur Ghosts: The Mystery of Coelophysis | Gillette, J. Lynett | 0.5 | Explores the different scenarios put forth by scientists to explain the remarkable Coelophysis. | 32 |
| 6.3 | Endless Steppe, The | Hautzig, Esther | 10 | A true story of courage about a family exiled to Siberia. | 243 |
| 6.3 | Fire in Their Eyes | Beil, Karen Magnuson | 1 | This book depicts in text and photographs the training, equipment, and real-life experiences of people who risk their lives to battle wildfires. It also details people who use fire for ecological reasons. | 64 |
| 6.3 | Forbidden City | Bell, William | 9 | A seventeen-year-old boy accompanies his reporter father to China during the student uprising. | 199 |
| 6.3 | Ghosts, Hauntings and Mysterious Happenings | Emert, Phyllis | 3 | Contains dozens of true tales whose unanswered questions have baffled people for years. | 117 |
| 6.3 | Gib Rides Home | Snyder, Zilpha Keatley | 9 | Despite the harsh treatment he has endured at the Lovell House orphanage, ten-year-old Gib Whittaker manages to maintain his hopeful outlook when he is "farmed out" to help with the horses of a wealthy banker in 1908. | 246 |
| 6.3 | Golden Goblet, The | McGraw, Eloise Jarvis | 11 | A young Egyptian boy struggles to reveal a hideous crime and reshape his own destiny. | 248 |
| 6.3 | Hunting for Hidden Gold | Dixon, Franklin W. | 6 | Frank and Joe uncover the clues in this case that they seem to have been led to by mysterious happenings. | 177 |
| 6.3 | In the Huddle with...Steve Young | Christopher, Matt | 4 | This book reviews the life and career of Steve Young, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. | 131 |
| 6.3 | John Muir: Wilderness Prophet | Anderson, Peter | 1 | John Muir blazed a trail for other Americans who would go on to defend the value of national parks and wildlands. | 62 |
| 6.3 | Libby on Wednesday | Snyder, Zilpha Keatley | 8 | Having been put ahead in an accelerated eighth-grade program by her bizarre and creative family, precocious eleven-year-old Libby hates her "socialization" process until she makes some highly original friends in a writing workshop. | 196 |
| 6.3 | Littlest Angel, The | Tazewell, Charles | 0.5 | An earth-sick little angel newly arrived in the celestial kingdom finds his recent transition from boy to cherub a difficult one. | 27 |
| 6.3 | Natural, The | Malamud, Bernard | 12 | Roy Hobbs returns to the Major Leagues at age 34. Still a tremendous player, he carries his team into the race for the National League pennant. However, he is plagued with romantic indecision and the temptation to fix games. | 223 |
| 6.3 | Outcast of Redwall | Jacques, Brian | 15 | The destinies of the badger lord dubbed Sunflash and his mortal enemy, the ferret warlord Swartt Sixclaw, are entwined with those of many creatures, particularly the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey. | 356 |
| 6.3 | Reluctant God, The | Service, Pamela F. | 9 | He is a pharaoh's young son in ancient Egypt. She is the daughter of a modern archaeologist. Their worlds collide when Lorna walks in the hills near her father's digs. | 182 |
| 6.3 | Reptile Room, The | Snicket, Lemony | 5 | After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time. | 190 |
| 6.3 | Roller Skates | Sawyer, Ruth | 8 | Ten-year-old Lucinda makes friends of all social classes in New York City while her wealthy parents spend the year in Europe. | 186 |
| 6.3 | Samurai's Tale, The | Haugaard, Erik Christian | 10 | 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. | 234 |
| 6.3 | Secret Garden, The | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 13 | Mary moves to a huge estate to live with her mysterious uncle, his ailing son, the servants--and a secret garden. | 343 |
| 6.3 | Two Towers, The | Tolkien, J.R.R. | 23 | The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. | 447 |
| 6.3 | USS Arizona, The | Stein, R. Conrad | 1 | Discusses the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, with an emphasis on the fate of the USS Arizona. | 29 |
| 6.3 | Wide Window, The | Snicket, Lemony | 5 | Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans after they are sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine, who offers little protection against Count Olaf's treachery. | 214 |
| 6.3 | Witch's Brew | Hitchcock, Alfred | 8 | An anthology of eleven short stories about magic, witchcraft, and the supernatural. | 183 |
| 6.3 | Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, The | Cameron, Eleanor | 6 | Two boys and the mysterious Tyco Bass, a mushroom grower, collaborate in the making of a space ship and plans for a wonderful space adventure. | 214 |
| 6.4 | Anastasia's Album | Brewster, Hugh | 1 | The last Tsar's youngest daughter tells her own story. | 64 |
| 6.4 | Bad Beginning, The | Snicket, Lemony | 4 | After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. | 162 |
| 6.4 | Borrowers Afield, The | Norton, Mary | 7 | These are the further adventures of the family of miniature people who, after losing their home under the kitchen floor of an old English house, are forced to move out to the fields. | 238 |
| 6.4 | Catherine, Called Birdy | Cushman, Karen | 8 | The daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off. | 169 |
| 6.4 | Dear Benjamin Banneker | Pinkney, Andrea Davis | 0.5 | The story of Benjamin Banneker, the first African American scientist. | 29 |
| 6.4 | Egypt Game, The | Snyder, Zilpha Keatley | 7 | It is only a game for six children, until an oracle tells the truth and a murderer appears. | 215 |
| 6.4 | Elfstones of Shannara, The | Brooks, Terry | 31 | The sequel to The Sword of Shannara, in which the elves Wil Ohmsford and Amberle must share a long and fantastic journey while trying to avoid the Reaper. | 564 |
| 6.4 | Exploding Ants: Amazing Facts About How Animals Adapt | Settel, Joanne | 1 | This book describes examples of animal behavior that may strike humans as disgusting, including the "gross" ways animals find food, shelter, and safety in the natural world. | 39 |
| 6.4 | First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane | Busby, Peter | 1 | With an inspiring text, original paintings, period photographs, and detailed diagrams, this book recreates the story of the Wright Brothers, from their earliest challenges to their final triumph. | 32 |
| 6.4 | Gib and the Gray Ghost | Snyder, Zilpha Keatley | 9 | In 1909, after spending several months back at the Lovell House Home for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys, eleven-year-old Gib returns to live on the Thornton ranch, where his natural way with horses helps to make him feel at home. | 230 |
| 6.4 | Golden Road, The | Montgomery, L.M. | 12 | Fun-loving Sara spends the winter with the King family, and together they work on publishing a magazine. | 213 |
| 6.4 | Great Wall, The | Mann, Elizabeth | 1 | This book examines the centuries of conflict with the Mongols that led to the building of the Great Wall of China as a means of defense. | 48 |
| 6.4 | How I Came to Be a Writer | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 3 | This story details the career of one writer from stories composed in grade school through first published pieces to novels written to date. | 121 |
| 6.4 | Iceberg Hermit, The | Roth, Arthur | 8 | Shipwrecked in 1757 on an iceberg in the Arctic seas with only an orphaned polar bear cub for companionship, seventeen-year-old Allan begins a seemingly hopeless struggle for survival. | 219 |
| 6.4 | Just So Stories (Unabridged) | Kipling, Rudyard | 5 | This book creates the magical enchantment of the dawn of the world, when animals could talk and think like people. | 180 |
| 6.4 | Ordinary Princess, The | Kaye, M.M. | 4 | Princess Amy runs away to a neighboring kingdom, where she meets and falls in love with her own special prince--someone just like herself. | 112 |
| 6.4 | Quinceanera: Celebrating Fifteen | King, Elizabeth | 1 | This book describes the Quinceanera, a rite of passage, of two Latina girls. | 40 |
| 6.4 | Rabbit Hill | Lawson, Robert | 3 | The Animals of the Hill prepare for the "new Folk" moving into the Big House. | 128 |
| 6.4 | Snake Scientist, The | Montgomery, Sy | 1 | This book discusses the work of Bob Mason and his efforts to study and protect snakes, particularly red-sided garter snakes. | 48 |
| 6.4 | Story Girl, The | Montgomery, L.M. | 14 | In the old-fashioned town of Carlisle, children and adults come from miles around to hear Sara, the Story Girl, weave her spellbinding tales. | 258 |
| 6.4 | Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards | Janke, Katelan | 6 | A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences in the Texas Panhandle, part of the "Dust Bowl," during the Great Depression. | 189 |
| 6.4 | Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam | Nhuong, Huynh Quang | 3 | The author describes his close relationship to two water buffalo that were part of his family when he was growing up in a village of the central highlands of Vietnam. | 117 |
| 6.4 | What Do We Know About the Aztecs? | Defrates, Joanna | 0.5 | The day-to-day life of the Aztecs in ancient Mexico. | 43 |
| 6.4 | What Do We Know About the Egyptians? | Defrates, Joanna | 1 | Everyday life in ancient Egypt is described in annotated photographs and drawings. | 43 |
| 6.4 | You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? | Fritz, Jean | 3 | The story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her fight for voting rights for women as well as equality for all. | 76 |
| 6.4 | Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze | Lewis, Elizabeth | 10 | The story of a young Chinese boy's life begins during the turmoil after the empress of China dies. | 267 |
| 6.5 | Adam of the Road | Gray, Elizabeth Janet | 9 | This story, set in thirteenth-century England, is about a boy's search for his father and lost dog. | 317 |
| 6.5 | After the Spill: The Exxon Valdez Disaster, Then and Now | Markle, Sandra | 0.5 | This book examines the impact of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill on the environment and people of Prince William Sound. | 32 |
| 6.5 | Amos Fortune, Free Man | Yates, Elizabeth | 5 | This true story details the life of an African prince who was captured by slave traders at age fifteen and brought to America. At age sixty, he bought his freedom, then married and started his own tannery business. | 181 |
| 6.5 | Blue Willow | Gates, Doris | 6 | A family forced to become migratory workers finally finds a permanent home again. | 172 |
| 6.5 | Boston Red Sox Baseball Team, The | Grabowski, John | 1 | This book surveys the history of the legendary Boston Red Sox, covering some of the key players and coaches and some of the best games the team has played. | 48 |
| 6.5 | City of Gold and Lead, The | Christopher, John | 8 | Three teenage boys compete to gain entry to an extraterrestrial city. | 218 |
| 6.5 | Diary of a Young Girl, The | Frank, Anne | 14 | A precocious young girl is obliged by encroaching Nazi regime to live in enforced seclusion with family and friends. | 285 |
| 6.5 | Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon | Mukerji, Dhan Gopal | 6 | Gay-Neck, a carrier pigeon, is trained by his owner and has many courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayas, and finally on the French battlefield on World War I. | 191 |
| 6.5 | I, Juan de Pareja | Borton de Treviñier pigeon, is trained by his owner and has many courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayas, and finally on the French battlefield on World War I. | 7 | After the slave Juan de Pareja is willed to the great Spanish painter Velás and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayas, and finally on the French battlefield on World War I. | 180 |
| 6.5 | Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian, The | Alexander, Lloyd | 8 | When fourth fiddler Sebastian loses his place in the Baron's orchestra, he takes to the highway and soon finds himself dealing with disaster after disaster. | 204 |
| 6.5 | Mission from Mount Yoda | Davids, Paul/Hollace | 3 | The struggle for control of the Empire continues as Luke must choose a side. | 87 |
| 6.5 | Pushcart War, The | Merrill, Jean | 6 | This is the laugh-out-loud saga of the fierce war waged by pushcart peddlers and the city's children against the menacing bully trucks. | 222 |
| 6.5 | Reluctant Dragon, The | Grahame, Kenneth | 1 | A young boy and St. George find a way to calm frightened townspeople and spare the life of a harmless dragon. | 55 |
| 6.5 | Shadow Academy | Anderson/Moesta | 7 | Brakiss has been given a great task to undertake, he must kidnap the heirs to the skywalker bloodline, and turn them to the dark side of the force. | 225 |
| 6.5 | Smoky the Cow Horse | James, Will | 13 | This is the story of the cow horse Smoky, and Clint, the man who trained and loved him. | 310 |
| 6.5 | Space Travel (Spinning Through Space) | Goldsmith, Mike | 0.5 | This book is an introduction to space travel. | 32 |
| 6.5 | Tin Princess, The | Pullman, Philip | 14 | In 1882, Becky applies for a tutoring job in London and becomes embroiled in assassination, intrigue, and dangerous politics in the small European kingdom of Razkavia. | 299 |
| 6.5 | Twelfth Angel, The | Mandino, Og | 7 | A special story of old friendships, life changes, love and courage, that help John recover from the loss of his wife and son. | 164 |
| 6.5 | Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The | Aiken, Joan | 7 | After two children are chased by wolves and their parents are lost at sea, they escape and travel four hundred miles to London. | 168 |
| 6.6 | Across Five Aprils | Hunt, Irene | 10 | A moving story of the Civil War and one boy who grew up at home. | 190 |
| 6.6 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Unabridged), The | Twain, Mark | 18 | Huck and Jim encounter life on the Mississippi in one of the great works of American Literature. | 279 |
| 6.6 | Alien Secrets | Klause, Annette Curtis | 8 | On her journey to the distant planet where her parents are working, twelve-year-old Puck befriends a troubled alien and becomes involved in a dangerous mystery involving a precious artifact. | 227 |
| 6.6 | Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, The | Giblin, James Cross | 1 | This book is a biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventer, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States. | 48 |
| 6.6 | Carnivorous Carnival, The | Snicket, Lemony | 7 | On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf. | 286 |
| 6.6 | Cars and How They Work | Cruickshank, Gordon | 1 | Presents a history of car design and development. | 64 |
| 6.6 | Ersatz Elevator, The | Snicket, Lemony | 7 | The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at EsméCarnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf. | 259 |
| 6.6 | Graveyards Of The Dinosaurs: What It's Like To Discover Prehistori | Tanaka, Shelley | 1 | This book discusses the work of paleontologists who have found dinosaur bones and fossils in Canada, Argentina, and the Gobi Desert. | 48 |
| 6.6 | Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad | Petry, Ann | 9 | Courageous Black woman leads slaves to Freedom. | 221 |
| 6.6 | History of Counting, The | Schmandt-Besserat, Denise | 1 | This book describes the evolution of counting and the many ways to count and write numbers. | 45 |
| 6.6 | History of the Denver Nuggets, The | Frisch, Aaron | 0.5 | This book is about the history of the Denver Nuggets. | 32 |
| 6.6 | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The | Adams, Douglas | 8 | The insanely funny, satiric bestseller about the end of the world and the days that follow it. Authur Dent must find a new home after the world is destroyed, to make way for the new hyperspatial express route. | 215 |
| 6.6 | Hobbit, The | Tolkien, J.R.R. | 16 | This stirring adventure is a fantasy that introduces the far-wandering hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. | 330 |
| 6.6 | Homer Price | McCloskey, Robert | 4 | Ingenious young Homer Price captures thieves, solves mysteries, and helps people in trouble. | 149 |
| 6.6 | Isabel: Jewel of Castilla | Meyer, Carolyn | 5 | While waiting anxiously for others to choose a husband for her, Isabel, the future Queen of Spain, keeps a diary account of her life as a member of the royal family. | 204 |
| 6.6 | Kristi Yamaguchi: Artist on Ice | Donohue, Shiobhan | 1 | A biography of the figure skater who won the National, Olympic, and World Championships in 1992. | 60 |
| 6.6 | Maps (Make It Work!) | Haslam/Taylor | 1 | This book explains what maps are, and how they help us investigate the world we live in. It is also accompanied by a variety of related craft projects. | 48 |
| 6.6 | Max and Me and the Time Machine | Greer/Ruddick | 4 | Steve buys a time machine at a garage sale and takes his friend Max to the year 1250 and the middle of a jousting match. An SLJ Best Book of the Year. | 114 |
| 6.6 | Mouse and His Child, The | Hoban, Russell | 8 | Once they are bought and leave the safety of the toy shop, the clockwork mouse and his child begin their search for the beautiful doll's house they had once known. Except, always on their track, determined to destroy them, is the evil Manny Rat. | 244 |
| 6.6 | Rip Van Winkle | Irving/Moses | 1 | This is a retelling of the tale in which a man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world. | 40 |
| 6.6 | Single Shard, A | Park, Linda Sue | 6 | Tree-ear, an orphan in Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the celadon ceramics himself. | 152 |
| 6.6 | Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars | Holman, Sheri | 5 | In a series of messages placed in her grandmother's ancestral jar, a sixth-century princess and future ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla vents her frustration at not being permitted to study astronomy because she is a girl. | 187 |
| 6.6 | Space Mysteries (Spinning Through Space) | Goldsmith, Mike | 0.5 | This book is about some of the solved and unsolved mysteries of space. | 32 |
| 6.6 | Survival! In the Mountains | McMurty, Ken | 4 | A true story of how three young people in southern California survived a raging blizzard while mountain climbing. Plus survival tips and techniques. | 118 |
| 6.6 | Under the Royal Palms | Ada, Alma Flor | 3 | In this book, the author recalls her life and impressions of growing up in Cuba. | 88 |
| 6.6 | Up a Road Slowly | Hunt, Irene | 8 | Julie lives with Aunt Cordelia and forms an attachment with both her aunt and her new home. | 186 |
| 6.6 | Vikings (Discovering Canada), The | Livesey, Robert | 1 | This book discusses the lives of the daring men and women who first discovered Canada. | 90 |
| 6.6 | When Will This Cruel War Be Over? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simp | Denenberg, Barry | 3 | The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War. | 152 |
| 6.6 | White Stag, The | Seredy, Kate | 2 | The Huns and Magyars migrate from Asia to Europe, where they hope to find a permanent home. | 94 |
| 6.7 | Amber Spyglass, The | Pullman, Philip | 26 | Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel. | 518 |
| 6.7 | Apeman's Secret, The | Dixon, Franklin W. | 6 | What started out as a prank is now something much more sinister. | 178 |
| 6.7 | Austere Academy, The | Snicket, Lemony | 6 | As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf. | 221 |
| 6.7 | Christmas Carol (Unabridged), A | Dickens, Charles | 5 | In this classic story, Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas after being visited by three ghosts. | 102 |
| 6.7 | Dark Frigate, The | Hawes, Charles Boardman | 12 | A terrible accident forces orphaned Phillip to flee London in fear for his life. | 246 |
| 6.7 | G Is for Grand Canyon: An Arizona Alphabet | Gowan, Barbara | 1 | People, places, animals, and characteristic things of Arizona are represented by the letters of the alphabet, with information about them presented in rhyme and explanatory notes. | 40 |
| 6.7 | Gathering of Days, A | Blos, Joan W. | 5 | When Catherine's mother dies in childbirth and her father decides to remarry, Catherine must face painful changes. | 144 |
| 6.7 | Hail to the Chief: The American Presidency | Robb, Don | 0.5 | This book explains and describes the powers and duties of the presidency, including highlights of the accomplishments of individual presidents. | 31 |
| 6.7 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Rowling, J.K. | 14 | When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school. | 341 |
| 6.7 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Rowling, J.K. | 18 | When Harry and his best friends go back for their third year at Hogwarts, an escaped mass murderer is on the loose, and the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school. | 433 |
| 6.7 | Heirs of the Force | Anderson/Moesta | 7 | While exploring the jungle outside the academy, the twins make a startling discovery, the remains of a TIE fighter that had crashed years ago. | 217 |
| 6.7 | M Is for Mayflower: A Massachusetts Alphabet | Raven, Margot Theis | 1 | This book presents information about the state of Massachusetts in an alphabetical arrangement. | 40 |
| 6.7 | Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Can, Th | Lasky, Kathryn | 1 | Describes the work of Meg Lowman in the rainforest canopy, an area unexplored until the last ten years and home to previously unknown species of plants and animals. | 44 |
| 6.7 | Oceans (Make It Work!) | Haslam/Taylor | 2 | This book explains the characteristics of oceans and the forces and principles which act upon them, demonstrating with experiments and models. | 48 |
| 6.7 | Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille | Freedman, Russell | 2 | A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchmen who, having been blind himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper which enabled the blind to read. | 79 |
| 6.7 | Phantom Tollbooth, The | Juster, Norton | 7 | In this wise and witty fantasy, a boy travels through time and space to the Lands Beyond. | 256 |
| 6.7 | Vile Village, The | Snicket, Lemony | 7 | Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results. | 256 |
| 6.8 | All Creatures Great and Small | Herriot, James | 26 | Recounting the problems and joys of the life of a countryside veterinary surgeon. | 437 |
| 6.8 | Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary | VanDerRol/Verhoeven | 3 | Photographs, illustrations, and maps accompany historical essays, diary excerpts, and interviews, providing an insight ot Anne Frank and the massive upheaval which tore apart her world. | 113 |
| 6.8 | Arctic Animals | Kalman, Bobbie | 2 | Describes the land, climate, and the animals that make the Arctic their home. | 56 |
| 6.8 | Blue Sword, The | McKinley, Robin | 17 | Harry, bored with her sheltered life on the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers. | 272 |
| 6.8 | Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! | Fritz, Jean | 4 | Follows the life of the dynamic twenty-sixth President, discussing his conservation work, hunting expeditions, family life, and political career. | 121 |
| 6.8 | Dragonsong | McCaffrey, Anne | 9 | Enchanting fantasy-adventure as the girl Menolly becomes the first female Harper, rediscovers the legendary fire lizards, and teaches her friends the fire lizards how to sing. | 176 |
| 6.8 | Egyptian Tomb (Look Inside), An | Moses, Brian | 0.5 | This book describes the amazing life and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians through the mysterious treasures that were buried in a pharaoh's tomb. | 32 |
| 6.8 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rowling, J.K. | 32 | In this fourth novel of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age, Harry wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately, he is not normal -- even by wizardry standards. In his case, different can be deadly. | 734 |
| 6.8 | Leonardo da Vinci | Stanley, Diane | 1 | The biography of the artist and scientist Leonardo daVinci. | 45 |
| 6.8 | Native Peoples (Discovering Canada) | Livesey, Robert | 1 | This book provides information about the life of the original native peoples who lived in Canada before the white European settlers "discovered" it. | 90 |
| 6.8 | Rifle, The | Paulsen, Gary | 3 | A priceless, handcrafted rifle carried throughout the American Revolution is passed down through the years until it fires on a fateful Christmas Eve of 1994. | 105 |
| 6.8 | Story of My Life, The | Keller, Helen | 12 | This is the story of Helen Keller's triumph over deafness and blindness. | 225 |
| 6.8 | Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions | Wulffson, Don L. | 3 | This book describes the creation of a variety of toys and games, from seesaws to Silly Putty and toy soldiers to Trivial Pursuit. | 137 |
| 6.8 | Twenty-One Balloons, The | du Bois, William Pée | 6 | This tale relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who in 1883 journeys in a balloon across the Pacific Ocean, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually rescued in the Atlantic Ocean. | 180 |
| 6.9 | Ben and Me | Lawson, Robert | 3 | Amos the mouse observes and records the life of his great friend, Benjamin Franklin. | 113 |
| 6.9 | Black Horses for the King | McCaffrey, Anne | 8 | Galwyn, son of a Roman Celt, escapes from his tyrannical uncle and joins Lord Artos, later known as King Arthur. He uses his talent with languages and way with horses to help secure and care for the Libyan horses that Artos hopes to use in battle. | 217 |
| 6.9 | Book of the Lion, The | Cadnum, Michael | 8 | In twelfth-century England, seventeen-year-old Edmund finds himself traveling to the Holy Land as squire to a knight crusader on his way to join the forces of Richard Lionheart. | 204 |
| 6.9 | Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time | Gurney, James | 3 | A biologist and his young son are shipwrecked on the lost island of Dinotopia, where dinosaurs and humans live together in peaceful interdependence. | 159 |
| 6.9 | Firefighting: Behind the Scenes | Ruth, Maria Mudd | 2 | This book explains the challenging and dangerous work performed by firefighters, the clothing they wear, and the special gear they use. | 61 |
| 6.9 | First King of Shannara | Brooks, Terry | 30 | The Druids come across a plot to destroy their world and need to use their own knowledge of magic to prevent a tragedy. | 439 |
| 6.9 | Fur Traders (Discovering Canada), The | Livesey, Robert | 2 | This book describes the world of Indians and fur traders when the quest for beaver pelts was opening up the Canadian frontier. | 92 |
| 6.9 | Hostile Hospital, The | Snicket, Lemony | 6 | On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit. | 255 |
| 6.9 | Into the Mummy's Tomb | Reeves, Nicholas | 2 | An account of Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun, descriptions of the artifacts inside and their importance, the discovery in 1988 of more artifacts, and theories about the curse associated with the tomb. | 64 |
| 6.9 | Joan of Arc | Stanley, Diane | 1 | This is a biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English and was burned at the stake for witchcraft. | 42 |
| 6.9 | Lives of the Musicians | Krull, Kathleen | 3 | The inside stories of 20 famous musicians are presented in fascinating and humorous detail. | 96 |
| 6.9 | Many Thousand Gone | Hamilton, Virginia | 3 | The companion volume to People Could Fly traces the history of slavery in the U. S. and chronicles the route of the underground railroad that led many African Americans to freedom. | 151 |