| Author |
Title |
Level |
Points |
Description |
Pages |
Have
copy |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Agony of Alice, The |
5.3 |
5 |
Eleven-year-old, motherless Alice, decides she needs a gorgeous
role model until she discovers what really makes someone beautiful. |
131 |
|
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Shiloh |
4.4 |
4 |
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West
Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real
owner. The owner is a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season
and to mistreat his dogs. |
144 |
Y |
|
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Jade Green: A Ghost Story |
5.8 |
5 |
While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings. |
168 |
Y |
|
Neville, Emily Cheney |
It's Like This, Cat |
4.7 |
5 |
A teenage boy in New York City gets a cat instead of a dog simply to annoy his father, then begins to learn that his father is a caring human being, not just a strict parent. |
180 |
Y |
|
Neville, Emily Cheney |
Berries Goodman |
4.4 |
5 |
A city boy's move to the suburbs includes a painful experience in anti-Semitism. |
178 |
|
|
Nhuong, Huynh Quang |
Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam, The |
6.1 |
4 |
Fifteen true stories of the author's childhood in Vietnam. |
127 |
|
|
Nilsson, Ulf |
If You Didn't Have Me |
4.2 |
3 |
A small Swedish boy spends the summer on his grandmother's farm while his parents build a new house. |
113 |
|
|
Nixon, Joan Lowery |
Maggie, Too |
4.7 |
4 |
A defensive twelve-year-old comes to understand her father, a busy Hollywood director planning to re-marry, after she is exiled for the summer to the everyday life of her grandmother's house in Houston. |
101 |
|
|
Nixon, Joan Lowery |
Nobody's There |
5 |
7 |
Following an act of vandalism against her father's girlfriend, a seventeen-year-old girl is paired by the court with an eccentric senior citizen whose hobby as a sleuth turns deadly. |
200 |
Y |
|
Norton, Mary |
Borrowers, The |
5.3 |
5 |
There are not many Borrowers left, as they like to live in quiet places. This is the story of the mysterious tiny people who live in old houses everywhere,... |
180 |
Y |
|
Norton, Mary |
Borrowers Afloat, The |
6 |
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 |
Y |
|
O'Dell, Scott |
Sing down the Moon |
4.9 |
4 |
The forced migration of Navahos from their homeland, is described from the Native American point of view. |
121 |
Y |
|
O'Dell, Scott |
Island of the Blue Dolphins |
5.4 |
6 |
An Indian girl is left alone on an island for ten years. |
181 |
Y |
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Knight at Dawn, The |
2.9 |
1 |
Jack and Annie time travel back to medieval England via a magic tree house. |
65 |
Y |
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Twister on Tuesday |
3.2 |
1 |
When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado. |
70 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Tonight on the Titanic |
3.1 |
1 |
The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie to the deck of the Titanic to find a mysterious gift that will free their puppy from a terrible magic spell. |
71 |
Y |
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Buffalo Before Breakfast |
3.3 |
1 |
The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains, where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians. |
72 |
Y |
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Dingoes at Dinnertime |
3.2 |
1 |
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia, where they must save some animals from a wildfire. |
75 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Sunset of the Sabertooth |
3 |
1 |
The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie on a mission to the Ice Age where they encounter Cro-Magnons, cave bears, sabertooth tigers, and woolly mammoths. |
68 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Earthquake in the Early Morning |
3.3 |
1 |
The Magic Tree House takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known. |
72 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Tigers at Twilight |
3 |
1 |
Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals. |
72 |
Y |
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Night of the Ninjas |
2.7 |
1 |
Jack and Annie travel back to ancient Japan in search of an enchantress. |
69 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Adaline Falling Star |
4.6 |
4 |
After her mother dies, Adaline is sent to live in St. Louis while her father, the famous scout Kit Carson, explores the West. |
170 |
Y |
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Ghost Town at Sundown |
3 |
1 |
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to the wild west, where they experience excitement and danger and try to solve a riddle. |
73 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Hour of the Olympics |
3.3 |
1 |
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games. |
70 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Dolphins at Daybreak |
3.1 |
1 |
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle. |
67 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Civil War on Sunday |
3.4 |
1 |
Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War, where they meet Clara Barton. |
74 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Afternoon on the Amazon |
2.6 |
1 |
Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forest, where they encounter flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars. |
67 |
Y |
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Revolutionary War on Wednesday |
3.5 |
1 |
Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River. |
69 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Lions at Lunchtime |
3 |
1 |
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa, where they meet up with some wonderful animals and where they even solve a mystery. |
70 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Day of the Dragon King |
3.3 |
1 |
The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie back 2000 years to ancient China, where they must find the original copy of an old legend before the Imperial Library is burned down by the evil Dragon King. |
68 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Dinosaurs Before Dark |
2.6 |
1 |
A time-travel fantasy in which two children encounter dinosaurs in their tree house. |
68 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Midnight on the Moon |
2.8 |
1 |
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to a moon base in the future where they continue to search for the fourth thing they need to free their friend Morgan from the magic spell. |
70 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Mummies in the Morning |
2.7 |
1 |
Jack and his younger sister take a trip in their tree house back to ancient Egypt, where they help a queen's mummy continue her voyage to the Next Life. |
65 |
Y |
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Kate and the Beanstalk |
3.6 |
0.5 |
A girl climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and make her and her mother's fortune. |
31 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Viking Ships at Sunrise |
3.3 |
1 |
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders. |
71 |
|
|
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Polar Bears Past Bedtime |
3.3 |
1 |
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to the Arctic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin ice. |
74 |
|
|
Osborne, Will/Mary |
Mummies and Pyramids |
4.9 |
1 |
This book discusses mummies and pyramids and researches the facts behind the fiction. |
119 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus |
2.9 |
1 |
Junie goes off to kindergarten and gets locked in the school. |
69 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime |
2.9 |
1 |
When Junie B. Jones receives a mushy gushy "valentime" on Valentine's Day, she tries to find out who her secret admirer is. |
69 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth |
3 |
1 |
Junie creates the strangest job description for career day at school. |
69 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy |
2.8 |
1 |
After her first trip to a beauty parlor Junie decides she wants to work there, and she practices on her bunny slippers, her dog, and herself with disastrous results. |
67 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones Is Almost a Flower Girl |
2.7 |
1 |
Six-year-old Junie B. is disappointed to find out that her aunt has asked someone else to be the flower girl at her wedding. |
68 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Almost Starring Skinnybones |
4 |
3 |
Irrepressible twelve-year-old Alex is convinced that he will be a star and impress his schoolmates when, as the winner of a cat food essay contest, he is asked to make a commercial for national television. |
108 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business |
2.9 |
1 |
Junie is pretty upset about her new baby brother; but when she finally sees him, she goes ape. |
68 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl |
3 |
1 |
Junie B. Jones has just turned six and is looking forward to her kindergarten graduation, but when grape juice stains the white gown, she is afraid graduation is ruined. |
69 |
|
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying |
2.9 |
1 |
Junie spies on her teacher and gets into real trouble. |
66 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day |
2.8 |
1 |
As captain of Room Nine's field day team, Junie B. Jones tries to rally her troops after they lose several events. |
66 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket |
2.9 |
1 |
When Junie B. learns that her kindergarten class is going on a field trip to a farm, she worries about being attacked by a rooster. |
67 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday |
2.8 |
1 |
Junie B. is very upset when a boy in her class plans to invite everyone except her to his birthday party, but her grandfather helps her deal with the situation. |
85 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake |
2.7 |
1 |
Junie, a spunky, sometimes exasperating, kindergartner, looks forward to winning lots of prizes at the school carnival; but a fruitcake was not exactly what she had in mind. |
71 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Skinnybones |
4.1 |
3 |
Life looks hopeless when Alex's losing team has to play baseball against T.J.'s winning team. But Alex has a hidden talent that could save the day -- unless it ruins his life first. |
111 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed |
2.7 |
1 |
After hearing from a classmate at kindergarten that people have monsters under their beds, Junie B. Jones is afraid to go to sleep. |
69 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal |
2.8 |
1 |
Lucille invites Junie B. and her friend Grace to sleep over at her rich nanna's house, where everything is beautiful and breakable. |
71 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook |
3 |
1 |
Junie B. Jones experiences glee while showing off her new, furry mittens in kindergarten, but disaster strikes when her mittens disappear. |
67 |
Y |
|
Park, Barbara |
Kid in the Red Jacket, The |
3.9 |
3 |
When ten-year-old Howard has to move with his family to a distant state, he is forced to live on a street named Chester Pewe, adjust to a new school, and get used to being shadowed by the little girl in a nearby house. |
113 |
|
|
Park, Linda Sue |
Single Shard, A |
6.6 |
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 |
Y |
|
Paterson, Katherine |
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo |
4.7 |
8 |
Young James is a singing star on stage, but his offstage world is coming apart. |
178 |
Y |
|
Paterson, Katherine |
Bridge to Terabithia |
4.6 |
5 |
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer, who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. |
128 |
Y |
|
Paulsen, Gary |
Brian's Winter |
5.9 |
5 |
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet. |
133 |
Y |
|
Paulsen, Gary |
Harris and Me |
5.7 |
5 |
Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world. |
157 |
Y |
|
Paulsen, Gary |
Soldier's Heart |
5.7 |
2 |
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat. |
104 |
Y |
|
Peck, Richard |
Long Way from Chicago, A |
5 |
5 |
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother. |
148 |
Y |
|
Peck, Robert Newton |
Soup for President |
4 |
3 |
Soup is running against Rob's girlfriend for class president, and with Rob as his campaign manager, life for Soup and Rob gets pretty interesting. |
108 |
Y |
|
Peck, Robert Newton |
Soup on Ice |
4.7 |
3 |
Rob and Soup engineer an incredible appearance by Santa and his sleigh in their small Vermont town. |
112 |
Y |
|
Peck, Robert Newton |
Soup and Me |
4.3 |
3 |
From their crisp Vermont spring to the chill of winter, Soup and Rob learn about many things: Untended clothes, runaway pumpkins, marigolds, fighting turkeys, and Miss Kelly's Christmas. |
115 |
|
|
Peck, Robert Newton |
Soup's Hoop |
4.4 |
3 |
Soup's crazy plan to help his town's basketball team to victory includes constructing a musical instrument called a spitzentootle and snaring the evil Janice Riker in an unpleasant trap. |
130 |
Y |
|
Peck, Robert Newton |
Soup |
4.4 |
2 |
Rural Vermont during the 1920s is the setting of this nostalgic account of episodes in the lives of young Rob Peck and his pal, Soup. |
96 |
Y |
|
Peterson, John |
Littles Give a Party, The |
3.6 |
1 |
The Littles give Granny a birthday party. |
96 |
Y |
|
Peterson, John |
Littles Go Exploring, The |
3.5 |
1 |
The Littles venture into the unknown land beyond the Dark Woods. |
94 |
Y |
|
Peterson, John |
Littles Have a Wedding, The |
3.4 |
1 |
More fantasy-adventure with the Lilliputian Little family, when cousin Dinky gets married and Tom and Lucy want to give a special gift. |
95 |
|
|
Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story |
5.4 |
7 |
In 1862, eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War. |
218 |
|
|
Pinkwater, Daniel |
Blue Moose |
4.4 |
0.5 |
The adventures of a talking blue moose who moves in with Mr. Breton and helps him run his restaurant on the edge of the big north woods. |
47 |
Y |
|
Pinkwater, Daniel |
Lizard Music |
4.9 |
5 |
When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little-known invasion from outer space. |
136 |
|
|
Pitts, Paul |
Racing the Sun |
4.4 |
5 |
When twelve-year-old Brandon's Navajo grandfather comes to live with him, Brandon is forced to consider his heritage and his father's rejection of the old ways. |
148 |
Y |
|
Porter, Connie |
Happy Birthday, Addy |
4.3 |
1 |
Addy makes a new friend, who encourages her to claim a birthday and helps her face prejudice. |
61 |
Y |
|
Porter, Connie |
Changes for Addy |
4.1 |
1 |
The long struggle to reunite Addy's family finally ends, but there is heartache along with the happiness. |
61 |
Y |
|
Propp, Vera W. |
When the Soldiers Were Gone |
3.5 |
2 |
After the German occupation of the Netherlands, Benjamin leaves the Christian family with whom he had been living and reunites with his real parents who returned from hiding. |
101 |
Y |
|
Reed, Teresa |
Keisha to the Rescue |
4.9 |
2 |
Keisha's thrilled to be a lifeguard at an exclusive country club. But some of the other lifeguards seem more interested in acting cool than guarding lives. |
76 |
|
|
Renne |
Animals That Live in Water (Animals Up Close) |
4.9 |
0.5 |
This book discusses animals that live in water. |
338 |
Y |
|
Renne |
Animals and Their Eggs (Animals Up Close) |
3.4 |
0.5 |
This book discusses animals and their eggs. |
38 |
Y |
|
Renne |
Animal Males and Females (Animals Up Close) |
5.2 |
0.5 |
This book discusses the difference between the males and females in the animal world. |
38 |
Y |
|
Renne |
Animal Trails and Tracks (Animals Up Close) |
5.1 |
0.5 |
This book discusses animal trails and tracks. |
38 |
Y |
|
Renne |
Young Animals and Their Parents (Animals Up Close) |
4.9 |
0.5 |
This book discusses young animals and their parents. |
38 |
Y |
|
Renne |
Why Animals Have Tails (Animals Up Close) |
4.1 |
0.5 |
This book discusses why some animals have tails. |
38 |
Y |
|
Richler, Mordecai |
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang |
5.2 |
2 |
Delightful fantasy about a little boy condemned to prison for insulting an adult, and how he escapes. |
87 |
Y |
|
Ritchie/Henckel |
Wonder of Wild Horses, The |
3.8 |
0.5 |
Text and illustrations provide an introduction to the wild horses that still run free in the American West and on islands off the Atlantic coast. |
48 |
|
|
Ritchie/Matteson |
Wonder of Hawks, The |
3.7 |
0.5 |
Text and photographs introduce members of the hawk family, with emphasis on the Cooper's Hawk. |
48 |
|
|
Ritter, John H. |
Choosing Up Sides |
4.2 |
5 |
In 1921, thirteen-year-old Luke finds himself torn between accepting his left handedness or conforming to the belief of his preacher-father that such a condition is evil and must be overcome. |
166 |
Y |
|
Roberts, Willo Davis |
Baby-sitting Is a Dangerous Job |
5.3 |
6 |
Thirteen-year-old Darcy thought she was being followed for some strange reason, and then the children she baby-sat for were kidnapped. |
139 |
Y |
|
Roberts, Willo Davis |
Pet-Sitting Peril, The |
5.8 |
7 |
When Nick took on his pet-sitting job, he had no idea of the mysterious adventures that would come his way. |
167 |
Y |
|
Robertson, Keith |
Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service |
5.1 |
6 |
Back in Grover's Corners, N.J. for the summer, Henry and his partner Midge establish a baby sitting service and find a disappearing child and a peacock among their charges. |
204 |
Y |
|
Robertson, Keith |
Henry Reed, Inc. |
5.5 |
8 |
Fourteen-year-old Henry Reed and his friend Midge Glass turn Grover's Corner, New Jersey, upside down when they open a research business. |
239 |
Y |
|
Robertson, Keith |
Henry Reed's Think Tank |
5.6 |
7 |
Henry and Midge have a terrific new scheme. It all started when they found that the people of Grover's Corner had all sorts of weird and wacky problems to solve. Henry and Midge form a think tank to help their friends out of trouble. |
182 |
|
|
Robinson, Barbara |
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The |
5.1 |
2 |
The Herdman children, given to horrible pranks, take over the Sunday school Christmas pageant but eventually learn the true meaning of Christmas. |
80 |
Y |
|
Rockwell, Thomas |
How to Eat Fried Worms |
3.5 |
2 |
Billy accepts the challenge to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days when his friend bets fifty dollars that he cannot do it. |
115 |
Y |
|
Rockwood, Joyce |
Groundhog's Horse |
4.3 |
3 |
An eleven-year-old Cherokee sets off on a one-boy raid of a Creek town to rescue his "unusual" horse. |
115 |
|
|
Rowling, J.K. |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
6.7 |
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 |
Y |
|
Rowling, J.K. |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
6.8 |
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 |
Y |
|
Rowling, J.K. |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
5.5 |
12 |
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. |
309 |
Y |
|
Rowling, J.K. |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
6.7 |
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 |
Y |
|
Ruckman, Ivy |
Night of the Twisters |
4.7 |
4 |
A twelve-year-old relates an account of the night that freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska. |
153 |
Y |
|
Rudeen, Kenneth |
Jackie Robinson |
4.6 |
1 |
The dramatic story of Jackie Robinson's triumph on the baseball field. |
53 |
|
|
Rudeen, Kenneth |
Roberto Clemente |
4.4 |
0.5 |
When Roberto Clemente began playing baseball in Puerto Rico, he couldn't hit very hard or throw very fast, but he practiced. |
53 |
|
|
Ryan, Pam Mu±Clemente began playing baseball in Puerto Rico, he couldn't hit very hard or throw very fast, but he practiced. |
Esperanza Rising |
5.3 |
6 |
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California on the eve of the Great Depression. |
262 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom |
3.4 |
5 |
An eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit, too. |
195 |
|
|
Sachar, Louis |
Sixth Grade Secrets |
3.7 |
5 |
When Laurie Sibbie starts a club called Pig City, she incites a near-war among her sixth-grade classmates and generates the creation of a rival club that has designs on Pig City's precious box of secrets. |
201 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Marvin Redpost: A Flying Birthday Cake? |
3.2 |
1 |
Two days after Marvin sees a glowing green thing that looks like a flying birthday cake in the night sky, his third-grade class is joined by a mysterious new boy with peculiar behavior. |
76 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger |
3.3 |
3 |
Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. |
168 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Marvin Redpost: Alone in His Teacher's House |
2.9 |
1 |
Marvin dog-sits his teacher's pet. |
83 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Sideways Stories from Wayside School |
3.3 |
3 |
Humorous episodes take place in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. |
124 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me? |
2.7 |
1 |
Marvin is picked on by the class bully--and everyone else as well. |
64 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes |
3.8 |
5 |
Twelve-year-old Gary, known as Goon because of his constant clowning and joke-telling, tries to change his image and make new friends at school. |
209 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Marvin Redpost: Class President |
3.4 |
1 |
Even though they have all come to school in holey clothes, Marvin and his third grade class manage to impress their surprise visitor, the President of the United States. |
67 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Wayside School Is Falling Down |
3.4 |
4 |
More humorous episodes from the classroom on the 13th floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom Surprise, and study a hobo during Show and Tell. Sequel to Sideways Stories from Wayside School. |
179 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Holes |
4.6 |
7 |
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert. |
233 |
Y |
|
Sachar, Louis |
Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth? |
2.8 |
1 |
Marvin believes he's really a lost prince who was kidnapped at birth. |
68 |
Y |
|
Sachs, Marilyn |
Veronica Ganz |
4.9 |
4 |
Peter tries to get even with bossy Veronica. |
156 |
Y |
|
Sachs, Marilyn |
Peter and Veronica |
4.6 |
5 |
Peter and Veronica haven't been friends for long. They used to be enemies, but Peter ended their feud by giving Veronica a fat lip and a black eye, and ever since then they've done everything together. |
174 |
Y |
|
Sachs, Marilyn |
Bears' House, The |
4.1 |
2 |
Although she sucks her thumb, smells bad, and loses herself in the make-believe world of the three bears' dollhouse, ten-year-old Fran knows how to take care of her baby sister better than anybody else. |
67 |
Y |
|
Salten, Felix |
Bambi |
4.9 |
6 |
Bambi learns much about life and about people as he grows into a beautiful stag. |
190 |
Y |
|
Sauer, Julia |
Fog Magic |
6.1 |
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 |
Y |
|
Scieszka, Jon |
2095 |
3.8 |
1 |
While on a field trip to New York's Museum of Natural History, Joe, Sam, and Fred travel 100 years into the future, where they encounter robots, anti-gravity disks, and their own grandchildren. |
72 |
Y |
|
Scieszka, Jon |
See You Later, Gladiator |
4.2 |
2 |
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their professional wrestling moves, when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum. |
87 |
Y |
|
Scieszka, Jon |
It's All Greek to Me |
3.7 |
1 |
As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play. |
73 |
Y |
|
Scieszka, Jon |
Not-So-Jolly Roger, The |
3.8 |
1 |
Joe receives a mysterious book from his uncle, and soon Joe and his friends travel back in time to a pirate adventure on the high seas. |
57 |
Y |
|
Scieszka, Jon |
Knights of the Kitchen Table |
3.8 |
1 |
When Joe, Fred, and Sam are sent back in time by a magic book, they find themselves face to face with giants, dragons, wizards, King Arthur, and the Knights of the Round Table. |
55 |
Y |
|
Scieszka, Jon |
Tut, Tut |
4.2 |
2 |
Because of a magical time travel book, the kids are dodging crocodiles and trying to outwit the evil high priest. |
73 |
Y |
|
Scieszka, Jon |
Your Mother Was a Neanderthal |
3.7 |
1 |
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, where cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning. |
76 |
Y |
|
Scieszka, Jon |
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The |
3.4 |
0.5 |
Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales, including 'Jack and the Bean Soup,' 'Goldilocks and the Three Elephants,' and 'Cinderumplestilskin.' |
49 |
Y |
|
Scieszka, Jon |
Summer Reading Is Killing Me! |
3.9 |
1 |
At the beginning of summer vacation Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between good and evil characters from well-known children's books. |
69 |
|
|
Scieszka, Jon |
Good, the Bad, and the Goofy, The |
3.8 |
1 |
Joe, Sam, and Fred are cowboys who find the Wild West just a bit too wild. |
70 |
Y |
|
Selden, George |
Cricket in Times Square, The |
4.9 |
4 |
Chester the cricket resides in a newsstand in Times Square. He has many adventures, climaxing with the rescue of the newsstand owner from financial disaster. |
151 |
Y |
|
Selden, George |
Tucker's Countryside |
4.9 |
5 |
Children and animals allied in an effort to keep bulldozers and high-rise apartments from spoiling their wilderness playground. |
166 |
|
|
Seredy, Kate |
Good Master, The |
4.4 |
5 |
Two cousins spend an adventurous year on a ranch in the Hungarian plains. |
196 |
Y |
|
Sewell, Anna |
Black Beauty (Unabridged) |
7.7 |
11 |
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. |
240 |
Y |
|
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman |
Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail |
3 |
0.5 |
Nate the Great, super sleuth, has his work cut out for him when Rosamond loses his birthday present. |
48 |
Y |
|
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman |
Nate the Great and the Sticky Case |
2.7 |
0.5 |
At first even Nate the Great is stumped when Claude's stegosaurus stamp disappears. |
47 |
|
|
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman |
Nate the Great and the Lost List |
2.6 |
0.5 |
Nate the Great interrupts his backyard vacation to find his friend's lost grocery list--before lunch. |
48 |
Y |
|
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman |
Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize |
3.1 |
0.5 |
Nate the Great is about to enter his dog Sludge in the smartest pet contest. But when the prize disappears, it looks as if the contest will flop. |
47 |
Y |
|
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman |
Getting Something on Maggie Marmelstein |
4.2 |
2 |
After Thad embarrasses Maggie and she retaliates by embarrassing him even more, he plots revenge. |
101 |
|
|
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman |
Dog-Gone Hollywood |
2.8 |
1 |
Now a major movie star, Genghis Khan, also known as Duz, finds himself in serious competition for the Oscar in the category of best male actor. |
71 |
|
|
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman |
Rich Mitch |
3.5 |
2 |
Mitchell thought winning the sweepstakes would make all his dreams come true. But so far, it's only made one thing--trouble! |
136 |
Y |
|
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman |
Nate the Great |
2 |
0.5 |
Super-detective Nate tracks down Annie's missing picture and finds a lost cat in the bargain. |
50 |
Y |
|
Shaw, Janet |
Happy Birthday, Kirsten! |
4 |
1 |
On a Minnesota farm in the mid-1800s, the hard-working members of the Larson family find time to celebrate Kirsten's tenth birthday. |
52 |
Y |
|
Shaw, Janet |
Kirsten's Surprise |
3.9 |
1 |
Kirsten and her family celebrate their first Christmas in their new home on Uncle Olav's farm, in mid-nineteenth-century Minnesota. |
62 |
Y |
|
Shaw, Janet |
Changes for Kirsten |
3.9 |
1 |
After their home is destroyed by fire, Kirsten makes an important discovery that means better times for her family. |
65 |
Y |
|
Shaw, Janet |
Kirsten Learns a Lesson |
4 |
1 |
After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl. |
69 |
Y |
|
Shaw, Janet |
Kirsten Saves the Day |
3.7 |
1 |
Kirsten is excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself. |
67 |
Y |
|
Shemin, Margaretha |
Little Riders, The |
5.4 |
2 |
An American girl living in Nazi-occupied Holland resents the presence of a German soldier quartered in her grandparents' home, until the night she tries to hide part of the town's treasured clock mechanism. |
76 |
|
|
Shreve, Susan |
Flunking of Joshua T. Bates, The |
5.1 |
2 |
Joshua thinks he will be in the third grade forever, until he meets Mrs. Goodwin, a very surprising teacher. |
90 |
Y |
|
Shura, Mary Francis |
Don't Call Me Toad! |
4.9 |
3 |
It only took a minute for me to decide I didn't want to be friends with Dinah Dobbins. First she jumped out of the shadows, scaring me half to death, then she had the nerve to call me "Toad"! I hoped I'd never see her again. |
124 |
Y |
|
Shura, Mary Francis |
Search for Grissi, The |
5 |
4 |
Eleven-year-old Peter feels uncomfortable at home and school after his family moves to Brooklyn, until his search for his sister's missing cat opens up a new life for him. |
126 |
Y |
|
Shura, Mary Francis |
Polly Panic |
4.7 |
4 |
When disastrous things happen as Polly enters sixth grade, she finds that in dealing with untrustworthy friends, bullies, and family problems, she has overcome her natural fearfulness. |
127 |
|
|
Simon, Seymour |
Einstein Anderson, Science Sleuth |
4.4 |
2 |
Adam "Einstein" Anderson uses his knowledge to discover the cause of a shrinking table, win a bet with Pat the Brat, uncover a UFO hoax, and solve other scientific riddles. |
73 |
|
|
Sinykin, Sheri Cooper |
Alison Walks the Wire |
4.7 |
1 |
With the help of her new friends, Allison learns to walk the wire, which is much harder than it looks. |
78 |
|
|
Sinykin, Sheri Cooper |
Viva Heather! |
4.4 |
1 |
Heather travels to Spain in 1492 and finds herself in danger. |
70 |
|
|
Sleator, William |
Into the Dream |
4.9 |
4 |
When two youngsters realize they are having the same frightening dream, they begin searching for an explanation for this mysterious coincidence. |
137 |
|
|
Slote, Alfred |
Friend Like That, A |
3.3 |
4 |
When eleven-year-old Robby takes drastic steps to stop his widowed father from developing a new love interest, his friend Beth has to step in and help him come to terms with the situation. |
152 |
|
|
Slote, Alfred |
My Robot Buddy |
3.6 |
1 |
When an evil robotnapper starts lurking around the neighborhood, Jack needs all the help he can get from his look-alike robot friend, Danny One. |
70 |
Y |
|
Slote, Alfred |
My Trip to Alpha I |
4.3 |
1 |
Voya-code is the most sophisticated form of interplanetary travel, but a young boy finds it is not without dangers. |
96 |
Y |
|
Smith, Dodie |
Hundred and One Dalmatians, The |
5.4 |
7 |
All over England, Dalmatian puppies are disappearing. It is up to Pongo and Missis, "a young married couple of Dalmatians," to save their own missing puppies. Fortunately, they have Mr. and Mrs. Dearly and all the country's dogs to aid their search. |
199 |
|
|
Smith, Doris Buchanan |
Taste of Blackberries, A |
4 |
2 |
A little boy confronts grief and wrestles with the pain of loss when his best friend dies. |
85 |
Y |
|
Smith, Janice Lee |
Nelson in Love |
5 |
1 |
Valentine's Day becomes truly terrifying when Adam Joshua gets a secret admirer of his own. And when he finds out who it is, there's only one thing to do: Keep it a secret. |
70 |
|
|
Smith, Robert Kimmel |
Bobby Baseball |
3.9 |
5 |
Ten-year-old Bobby is passionate about baseball and convinced that he is a great player. The only problem is getting the chance to prove his skill, especially to his father. |
165 |
Y |
|
Smith, Robert Kimmel |
Chocolate Fever |
4.2 |
1 |
Henry eats so much chocolate that he makes medical history by getting the first recorded case of Chocolate Fever. |
93 |
Y |
|
Smith, Robert Kimmel |
Jelly Belly |
4.1 |
4 |
It's tough for eleven-year-old Ned to stop eating. At 4 feet 8 inches tall, he weighs 109 pounds and keeps growing wider. |
155 |
Y |
|
Smith, Robert Kimmel |
Mostly Michael |
4.2 |
6 |
Michael's diary reflects the ups and downs of his 11th year, as he copes with braces, troublesome relatives, a little sister not yet potty-trained, the school play, and a big spelling bee. |
184 |
Y |
|
Smith, Robert Kimmel |
War with Grandpa, The |
3.9 |
3 |
Peter is thrilled to hear that Grandpa is coming to live with him, until he finds out that he will have to give up his room. Peter decides that it will take a war to regain his room, but Grandpa has ideas of his own for retaining the room. |
140 |
|
|
Smith, Roland |
Sasquatch |
4.5 |
5 |
In an attempt to protect the resident Sasquatch from ruthless hunters, thirteen-year-old Dylan follows his father into the woods on the slopes of Mount Saint Helens, which is on the brink of another eruption. |
188 |
Y |
|
Snicket, Lemony |
Austere Academy, The |
6.7 |
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 |
Y |
|
Snicket, Lemony |
Bad Beginning, The |
6.4 |
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 |
Y |
|
Snicket, Lemony |
Vile Village, The |
6.7 |
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 |
|
|
Snicket, Lemony |
Miserable Mill, The |
6.2 |
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 |
Y |
|
Snicket, Lemony |
Ersatz Elevator, The |
6.6 |
7 |
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at EsmT Squalor's seventy-one-bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune. |
259 |
Y |
|
Snicket, Lemony |
Hostile Hospital, The |
6.9 |
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 |
Y |
|
Snicket, Lemony |
Reptile Room, The |
6.3 |
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 |
Y |
|
Snicket, Lemony |
Wide Window, The |
6.3 |
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 |
Y |
|
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley |
Gib and the Gray Ghost |
6.4 |
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 |
Y |
|
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley |
Libby on Wednesday |
6.3 |
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 |
|
|
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley |
Egypt Game, The |
6.4 |
7 |
It is only a game for six children, until an oracle tells the truth and a murderer appears. |
215 |
Y |
|
Sobol, Donald J. |
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers |
4 |
1 |
America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers continues his war on crime in ten more cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book. |
92 |
|
|
Sobol, Donald J. |
Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective |
4.1 |
1 |
Presents ten baffling mysteries for the boy detective and the reader, with Encyclopedia's solutions included at the end of the book. |
111 |
Y |
|
Sommer-Bodenburg, Angela |
My Friend the Vampire |
4.2 |
4 |
Tony thinks his new friend is great, except that he's a vampire; and to make matters worse, Tony's parents want to meet his new friend. |
155 |
|
|
Speare, Elizabeth George |
Bronze Bow, The |
5 |
10 |
Eighteen-year-old Daniel, an Israeli, is consumed by hatred of the Romans who killed his father, until he learns from listening to Jesus that love is the answer. |
254 |
Y |
|
Sperry, Armstrong |
Call It Courage |
6.2 |
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. |
116 |
Y |
|
Spinelli, Jerry |
Crash |
3.6 |
4 |
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan is comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with a Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family. |
162 |
Y |
|
Spinelli, Jerry |
Fourth Grade Rats |
2.6 |
2 |
Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You don't have to be a tough guy, a 'rat,' to be a grown-up fourth-grader. |
84 |
|
|
Spinelli, Jerry |
Wringer |
4.5 |
5 |
As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. |
228 |
Y |
|
Sß Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. |
Elephants: Gentle Land Giants |
5.5 |
0.5 |
Describes the physical characteristics, habits, diet, enemies, ancestors, and life in a herd for elephants. |
32 |
Y |
|
Steele, Mary |
Journey Outside |
5.7 |
5 |
Young Dilar of the Raft People lives on a subterranean river. Then he sets out on a quest and discovers Outside. |
127 |
Y |
|
Steig, William |
Real Thief, The |
6.1 |
1 |
Gawain the Goose is guard to the Royal Treasury, and only he and the king have keys. When money and jewels start disappearing, he is fired. Eventually he is exonerated and welcomed back by the king. |
58 |
|
|
Steiner, Barbara |
Oliver Dibbs to the Rescue! |
4 |
4 |
Beginning by painting his dog with tiger stripes, ten-year-old Ollie embarks on a series of sometimes disastrous moneymaking ventures to raise funds, on behalf of wildlife preservation. |
122 |
Y |
|
Steiner, Barbara |
Oliver Dibbs and the Dinosaur Cause |
4.3 |
5 |
Immersed in studying his favorite topic, dinosaurs, Oliver involves his fifth grade in a campaign to make the stegosaurus the Colorado state fossil and runs afoul with an interesting bully. |
156 |
Y |
|
Steptoe, John |
Story of Jumping Mouse, The |
3.8 |
0.5 |
The gifts of Magic Frog and his own hopeful and unselfish spirit bring Jumping Mouse to the Far-Off Land where no mouse goes hungry. |
36 |
|
|
Steptoe, John |
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters |
4.3 |
0.5 |
Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a bride. |
25 |
Y |
|
Stevens, Carla |
Trouble for Lucy |
3.8 |
1 |
Based on actual journals of the pioneer's journey to Oregon, the story combines with Ronald Himler's striking illustrations, to bring an exciting time in American history warmly to life. |
77 |
Y |
|
Stickland, Paul |
Places (Working) |
1.9 |
0.5 |
This book tells about different kinds of work and work places. |
16 |
Y |
|
Stickland, Paul |
People (Working) |
3 |
0.5 |
The author describes the work of people in various occupations. |
16 |
Y |
|
Stickland, Paul |
Planes (On the Move) |
2.3 |
0.5 |
This book introduces, in brief text and illustrations, various types of airplanes and their uses. |
16 |
Y |
|
Stickland, Paul |
Cars (On the Move) |
1.9 |
0.5 |
This book introduces, in brief text and illustrations, various types of automobiles and their uses. |
16 |
Y |
|
Stickland, Paul |
Tools (Working) |
2 |
0.5 |
This book presents a group of tools and a situation in which they might be used such as a spade to plant a tree, scissors to cut the fabric for a dress, and a wrench to tighten a nut on a bicycle wheel. |
16 |
Y |
|
Stickland, Paul |
Boats (On the Move) |
2.3 |
0.5 |
Illustrations and brief text present various types of boats: ferries, rowboats, sailing ships, oil tankers, and more. |
16 |
Y |
|
Stickland, Paul |
Trains (On the Move) |
2.6 |
0.5 |
This book introduces, in brief text and illustrations, various types of trains and their uses. |
16 |
Y |
|
Stickland, Paul |
Animals (Working) |
2.1 |
0.5 |
This brief text and illustrations enumerate several animals that help humans, including guide dogs, camels, elephants, bees, and donkeys. |
16 |
Y |
|
Stolz, Mary |
Noonday Friends, The |
4.8 |
6 |
Two young friends stop speaking to each other, even though they can't remember why they argued in the first place. This is just one more thing on top of the other problems that each has with her own family. |
182 |
Y |
|
Stolz, Mary |
Dog on Barkham Street, A |
4.6 |
5 |
For Edward Frost, getting a dog and getting rid of the bully, Martin Hastings, seem equally unlikely. |
184 |
Y |
|
Streatfeild, Noel |
Ballet Shoes |
5.7 |
9 |
Three self-sufficient orphans set out to make their names in show business. |
294 |
Y |
|
Tate, Eleanora E. |
Secret of Gumbo Grove, The |
4.6 |
7 |
While helping restore the cemetery of the old Baptist church, eleven-year-old Raisin solves the mystery surrounding the founding of her home town and gains pride in her family's past. |
199 |
Y |
|
Taylor, Mildred D. |
Mississippi Bridge |
4.2 |
1 |
During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee Creek. |
62 |
|
|
Taylor, Mildred D. |
Let the Circle Be Unbroken |
5.7 |
15 |
This inspiring story of a loving, close-knit black family confronted with racial injustice contributes to a deeper understanding of what it means to be black today. |
339 |
Y |
|
Taylor, Mildred D. |
Gold Cadillac, The |
4.1 |
1 |
Two Black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac, until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time. |
43 |
Y |
|
Taylor, Mildred D. |
Song of the Trees |
3.8 |
1 |
Every day when Cassie opened her windows, the trees would greet her; now her mother has been forced to sell the trees. This story begins the chronicle of the Logan family that is continued in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and Let the Circle Be Unbroken. |
48 |
|
|
Taylor, Mildred D. |
Friendship, The |
4.1 |
1 |
Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s. |
53 |
Y |
|
Taylor, Sydney |
All-of-a-Kind Family |
4.9 |
5 |
Five girls have simple but happy times, with parents rich in kindness but poor in money. |
189 |
Y |
|
Taylor, Theodore |
Maldonado Miracle, The |
4.5 |
5 |
A wonderful and moving story of a poor Mexican boy trying to find his father, who has gone north for work, and the world of the illegal alien. |
121 |
Y |
|
Taylor, Theodore |
Trouble with Tuck, The |
5.5 |
4 |
From an award-winning author comes a compelling story of a young girl who works against all odds to provide her blind dog with a guide dog of his own. |
110 |
Y |
|
Thomas, Jane Resh |
Comeback Dog, The |
4.9 |
1 |
The heartwarming story of a special dog, a very special boy, and how they learn to live with each other. |
62 |
Y |
|
Tibbitts, Christiane Kump |
Seashells, Crabs, and Sea Stars |
4.3 |
1 |
Explores the world of seashells, crabs, sea stars, sand dollars, and other things to be discovered at the seashore. |
40 |
|
|
Tripp, Valerie |
Happy Birthday, Felicity! |
4.2 |
1 |
As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg. |
69 |
Y |
|
Tripp, Valerie |
Molly Learns a Lesson |
3.7 |
1 |
During World War II, nine-year-old Molly goes to school and with her friends tries to aid the war effort. |
67 |
Y |
|
Tripp, Valerie |
Changes for Samantha |
3.9 |
1 |
When Samantha moves to New York, she plans a daring rescue to free a servant friend from an orphanage. |
67 |
Y |
|
Tripp, Valerie |
Changes for Molly |
3.7 |
1 |
Nothing seems to go right for Molly as she tries for the lead role in the big Red Cross show. |
67 |
Y |
|
Tripp, Valerie |
Changes for Josefina |
4.3 |
1 |
When Tia Dolores, the beloved aunt who has cared for the Montoya family since the death of their mother, announces that she is planning to leave, Josefina and her sisters try to find a way to change her mind. |
67 |
Y |
|
Tripp, Valerie |
Happy Birthday, Josefina! |
4.3 |
1 |
Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tia Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite. |
67 |
|
|
Tripp, Valerie |
Felicity Learns a Lesson |
4.3 |
1 |
Shortly before the Revolutionary War, nine-year-old Felicity, who lives in Williamsburg, is torn between supporting the tariff-induced tea boycott and saving her friendship with Elizabeth, a young loyalist from England. |
69 |
Y |
|
Tripp, Valerie |
Happy Birthday, Samantha! |
3.7 |
1 |
A ten-year-old girl discovers the modern delights of turn-of-the-century New York City when she travels there with her grandmother. |
56 |
Y |
|
Tripp, Valerie |
Happy Birthday, Molly! |
3.5 |
1 |
When an English girl comes to stay at Molly's during World War II, she and Molly learn to bridge their differences and ultimately enjoy a wonderful, mutual birthday party. |
57 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
First Book About Bodies, A |
2.8 |
0.5 |
Photographs and simple text introduce different parts of the body, how they work, and how they are used. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
Baby Animals (Pictures & Words) |
1 |
0.5 |
Simple text and photographs present various baby animals, including a chick, piglet, and kitten. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
First Book About Growing, A |
1.7 |
0.5 |
Simple text and photographs depict the growth of young people, ducks, cats, horses, and other living things into older, larger organisms. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
Food (Pictures & Words) |
0.9 |
0.5 |
Simple text and photographs show babies and young children serving, eating, and even preparing a variety of foods. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
First Book About Mixing and Matching, A |
2.1 |
0.5 |
Asks the reader to sort objects into different groups, such as same colors, like shapes, and similar patterns or sizes. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
Wild Animals (Pictures & Words) |
2.2 |
0.5 |
Simple text and photographs present the characteristics and behavior of such wild animals as the lion, chimpanzee, and giraffe. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
First Book About Patterns, A |
3.1 |
0.5 |
Points out stripes, dots, wiggles, spirals, and other patterns found in nature, clothes, food, and objects around us. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
Hop, Skip, Jump (Pictures & Words) |
1 |
0.5 |
Photographs and simple text show a group of young children hopping, skipping, jumping, playing catch, and enjoying other activities. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
First Book About Colors, A |
1.8 |
0.5 |
Presents pictures of objects that represent colors familiar to young children. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
Splish, Splash (Pictures & Words) |
1.1 |
0.5 |
Photographs and simple text describe many ways a group of young children use and have fun with water. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
Puppies (Pictures & Words) |
0.9 |
0.5 |
Photographs and simple text present puppies engaged in a variety of activities. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
Machines at Work (Pictures & Words) |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Simple text and photographs of children playing with toys present such useful vehicles as the tractor, dump truck and fire engine. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
Farm Animals (Pictures & Words) |
1.4 |
0.5 |
Simple text and photographs present farm animals and their young, including cows, horses, and goats. |
24 |
Y |
|
Tuxworth, Nicola |
First Book About Animal Homes, A |
2.1 |
0.5 |
Photographs and simple text describe where such animals as chickens, cows, rabbits, fish, bees, hamsters, and dogs are kept. |
24 |
Y |
|
Uchida, Yoshiko |
Jar of Dreams, A |
5 |
4 |
Growing up in depression-era California, Rinko feels left out because she is Japanese. |
131 |
Y |
|
Ullman, James Ramsey |
Banner in the Sky |
5.1 |
11 |
Rudi's father had been killed trying to climb the Citadel, a dangerous Swiss mountain. Now it is Rudi's dream to make that climb. |
285 |
Y |
|
VanDeWetering, Jan |
Hugh Pine |
4.8 |
2 |
A clever porcupine saves his forest friends from speeding cars. |
83 |
Y |
|
Various |
Animals in the Water (First Book About) |
2 |
0.5 |
This book briefly discusses different animals that live near water. |
16 |
|
|
Various |
Animals of the Forest (First Book About) |
1.9 |
0.5 |
This book briefly describes different animals that live in forests throughout the world. |
16 |
|
|
Various |
Animals of the Plains (First Book About) |
1.7 |
0.5 |
This book briefly discusses different animals that live in the plains. |
16 |
|
|
Various |
Animals of the Polar Regions (First Book About) |
1.8 |
0.5 |
This book briefly discusses the different animals that live in the polar region. |
16 |
|
|
Vaughan, Jenny |
Ants (The New Creepy Crawly Collection) |
5.1 |
0.5 |
Examines the anatomy, behavior, and colony life of ants, as well as unusual facts about them and their nests. |
23 |
Y |
|
Wagner, Jane |
J. T. |
4.6 |
1 |
J.T., the kid everyone said had 'gone bad,' finds an alley cat to love. |
124 |
|
|
Wallace, Bill |
Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge |
4.4 |
4 |
Liz fears that all the animals her zoologist father keeps in the house could prevent her from becoming class president. |
132 |
|
|
Wallace, Bill |
Eye of the Great Bear |
4.3 |
5 |
After moving to Montana, Bailey Trumbull's whole life changes and he must face his fears head on. |
161 |
Y |
|
Walsh, Jill Paton |
Gaffer Samson's Luck |
4.7 |
4 |
James' difficulty in adjusting to a new school and life in the Fens, is further complicated by the request of an elderly neighbor to find his lucky piece, a task which puts James in some danger. |
118 |
|
|
Walsh, Jill Paton |
Green Book, The |
5.5 |
2 |
When a group of Britons depart a dying Earth, it is the children who do not give up hope when they arrive at a new planet. |
69 |
Y |
|
Walter, Mildred Pitts |
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World |
3.9 |
3 |
Suffering in a family full of females, Justin learns real lessons in what "women's work" is, when he spends time on his beloved grandfather's ranch. |
122 |
|
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Schoolhouse Mystery |
3.3 |
3 |
Benny's curiosity while staying in a fishing village leads to the capture of a swindler. |
128 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Caboose Mystery |
3.2 |
2 |
A trip in a caboose leads to an old clown and a search. |
128 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Houseboat Mystery |
3.4 |
3 |
Floating down a lazy river, Benny finds a blackmail scheme in progress. |
128 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Benny Uncovers a Mystery |
3.8 |
2 |
Two brothers take summer jobs at a department store, where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion. |
128 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mountain Top Mystery |
3.6 |
2 |
Marooned on a mountain, the Aldens survive a landslide and find an Indian secret. |
128 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Tree House Mystery |
3.3 |
2 |
From a high perch, Benny discovers a clue to a hidden room with contents that surprise everyone. |
127 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Bicycle Mystery |
3.2 |
2 |
Many complications follow when a dog attaches himself to the Aldens on a bicycle trip. |
127 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mystery in the Sand |
3.7 |
3 |
Living in a seaside mobile home, the Aldens unravel the secret of two secluded women. |
127 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mystery Behind the Wall |
3.5 |
2 |
A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection. |
127 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Bus Station Mystery |
3.6 |
2 |
The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river. |
127 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Lighthouse Mystery, The |
3.2 |
2 |
Renting a lighthouse is unusual, but even more so is an unfriendly boy's peculiar behavior. |
128 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Boxcar Children, The |
3.9 |
2 |
The resourceful Alden children survive without adult supervision and make a home for themselves in an abandoned boxcar. |
154 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Surprise Island |
4.2 |
3 |
Summer vacation on an almost-private island gives the Aldens a challenge. |
178 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Snowbound Mystery |
3.4 |
3 |
A freak snowstorm traps the Aldens in a cabin, where they find a coded message. |
128 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mystery at the Fair, The |
3.9 |
2 |
The Aldens are so excited about entering the competitions at the fair, but it seems that someone is trying to ruin every event at the fair. |
120 |
|
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Haunted Cabin Mystery |
4 |
2 |
The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house. |
121 |
|
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Yellow House Mystery, The |
3.2 |
3 |
A spooky old house on Surprise Island intrigues Benny. |
191 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mystery Ranch |
3.3 |
2 |
When an eccentric old aunt needs help on her ranch, the Aldens overturn a plot against her. |
127 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mike's Mystery |
3 |
2 |
Benny and Mike get into trouble when they get curious about a uranium mine. |
128 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Blue Bay Mystery |
2.9 |
2 |
The Aldens find a castaway on a South Sea Island. |
157 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Woodshed Mystery, The |
4.3 |
5 |
A double puzzle involves an old friend of Aunt Jane's, romance, discovering the truth behind rumors about the house Grandfather and Aunt Jane lived in as children. |
159 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mystery Cruise, The |
3.9 |
2 |
Someone tries to delay the cruise ship the Boxcar Children are on so that Max Greene won't be in time to inherit his great aunt's estate. |
118 |
|
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mystery Girl, The |
3.5 |
2 |
The Boxcar Children notice some peculiar things about the girl who works in Jerry Taylor's general store. |
121 |
|
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Amusement Park Mystery, The |
3.8 |
2 |
The Boxcar Children investigate the theft of antique carousel horses from the amusement park. |
119 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Camp-Out Mystery, The |
3.3 |
2 |
While on a camping trip with their grandfather, the Alden children try to find out about the loud music and missing food that threaten to scare away other campers. |
120 |
|
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mystery of the Mixed-up Zoo |
4.1 |
2 |
The Boxcar Children must find out who's responsible for the trouble at the zoo, or it will be closed down. |
120 |
|
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Old Motel Mystery, The |
4 |
2 |
The Boxcar Children help Aunt Jane fix a dilapidated motel, but someone sabotages their work. |
121 |
|
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Mystery of the Hidden Painting, The |
3.8 |
2 |
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny spot what looks like a necklace that was given to their grandmother when she was married, but later was stolen. |
117 |
|
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Deserted Library Mystery |
3.7 |
2 |
At an old library, the Alden children discover a boy who needs their help and a stranger who is after a valuable object they found in the library. |
121 |
Y |
|
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Animal Shelter Mystery, The |
4.2 |
3 |
The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors. |
121 |
Y |
|
Weil, Ann |
Red Sails to Capri |
3.4 |
4 |
When three strangers arrive on Capri and discover the secret of the Blue Grotto, it could change the way of life for the entire island. |
156 |
|
|
Whelan, Gloria |
Homeless Bird |
5.3 |
5 |
When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it. |
216 |
Y |
|
White, E.B. |
Stuart Little |
6 |
3 |
Stuart, an inventive and debonair mouse, has a great adventure. |
131 |
Y |
|
White, E.B. |
Charlotte's Web |
4.4 |
5 |
In this endearing story, a little girl and Charlotte, a beautiful grey spider, struggle to save Wilbur the pig from being butchered. |
184 |
Y |
|
Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
These Happy Golden Years |
5.6 |
10 |
Fifteen-year-old Laura begins teaching and is courted by her future husband, Almanzo. |
289 |
Y |
|
Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
By the Shores of Silver Lake |
5.3 |
9 |
The Ingalls family leaves Minnesota, travels to the Dakota Territory, and lives at a railroad camp until Pa can file their claim to a homestead near Silver Lake. |
290 |
Y |
|
Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
Little House in the Big Woods |
5.3 |
5 |
The Ingalls family is snug in their Wisconsin house in spite of blizzards, wolves, and the lonely forest. |
238 |
Y |
|
Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
Little Town on the Prairie |
5.4 |
9 |
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school but becomes a certified schoolteacher. |
307 |
Y |
|
Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
First Four Years, The |
5.8 |
4 |
Frontier homesteading is a rough but rewarding experience, as the hardy Wilder family can testify. |
135 |
Y |
|
Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
Farmer Boy |
5.2 |
9 |
Almanzo Wilder's boyhood on his father's farm in upper New York state, a century ago. |
372 |
Y |
|
Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
On the Way Home |
5.3 |
3 |
The diary of a trip from South Dakota to Missouri in 1894. |
101 |
Y |
|
Williams, Barbara |
Mitzi's Honeymoon with Nana Potts |
4 |
3 |
When Mitzi McAllister's mother decides to marry Walter Potts, Mitzi finds herself spending her parents' honeymoon with Nana Potts and some other new family members. |
104 |
|
|
Wilson, Johnniece |
Oh, Brother |
3.9 |
4 |
Alex and Andrew, two black brothers, did not get along very well as it was, then they were forced to share a room so that their new sister had a place to live. |
121 |
|
|
Winthrop, Elizabeth |
Castle in the Attic, The |
4.9 |
6 |
William has a fantastic present in the attic that is able to transport him to another land and another time for a challenging and exciting adventure. |
179 |
Y |
|
Woodruff, Elvira |
Orphan of Ellis Island, The |
4.9 |
5 |
During a school trip to Ellis Island, Dominic Cantori, a ten-year-old foster child, travels back in time to 1908 Italy and accompanies two young emigrants to America. |
174 |
Y |
|
Woodson, Jacqueline |
Miracle's Boys |
4.3 |
3 |
Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother. |
133 |
Y |
|
Wright, Betty Ren |
Dollhouse Murders, The |
4.3 |
5 |
Amy thinks the dolls in her aunt's dollhouse are trying to tell her something about the unsolved murder of her great-grandparents. |
149 |
Y |
|
Wright, Betty Ren |
Christina's Ghost |
4.1 |
3 |
Christina's summer in a spooky, isolated Victorian house with her grumpy uncle turns into a ghostly adventure. |
105 |
Y |
|
Wright, Betty Ren |
Secret Window, The |
4.4 |
4 |
Meg has a secret that she does not tell anyone--she has weird dreams and they come true. After a series of traumatic events, Meg feels more different than ever. Following a near tragedy, Meg realizes that sometimes being different is a good thing. |
149 |
|
|
Wright, Betty Ren |
Ghost in the Window, A |
5.5 |
5 |
A man who died in a car crash after allegedly stealing $50,000 from a bank tries to communicate with the family through Meg's dreams. Sequel to A Secret Window. |
152 |
Y |
|
Yates, Elizabeth |
Amos Fortune, Free Man |
6.5 |
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 |
Y |
