| Wing Nut Grady and his mom, Lila, tend to drift, not spending too much time in one place. They find themselves living with and working for 85-yr-old Charlie, lover of birds and fixer of cars. Grady wonders how long they will stay. |
Auch, Mary Jane |
| Poppy Poppy is a field mouse whose family lives under the watchful eye of Mr. Ocax, the local horned owl. Mr. Ocax is far from friendly and threatens Poppy and her family as they try to move to a larger home. |
Avi |
| Becca at Sea Becca’s mother is expecting a new baby, and so this summer she will spend with her grandmother on the Island. Her adventures run from a leak in their boat, to a bossy cousin who gets them lost, to a magnificent discovery. |
Baker, Deirdre |
| The Manny Files Keats is the only boy in a family of girls, that is, until his mother hires a manny to take care of the children. Can a man do just a good of a job as a woman taking care of children? |
Burch, Christian |
| Moving Day (Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls series) Allie has decided that it would be a good idea to keep a list of rules for girls. The list is put to the test after her parents announce they are moving. A new house, a new school, and new friends….will the list still make sense? |
Cabot, Meg |
| The Mouse and the Motorcycle Meet Ralph S. Mouse. This clever and kind mouse lives in a hotel. One of the hotel guests, a boy named Keith, lets Ralph ride his toy motorcycle and a whole new world opens to him. |
Cleary, Beverly |
| Hey Batta Batta Swing! Learn about the “wild old days of baseball” in this fast paced book of interesting facts. Did you know that long ago a player’s uniform was determined by his position, not his team? If you want to try to turn a ‘gopher ball’ into a ‘tater’, try this book. |
Cook, Sally |
| The Great Brain John’s brother Tom is a more than a little mischievous. He uses his brains to earn money through schemes like charging the neighborhood kids a penny to watch their new indoor toilet flush. |
Fitzgerald, John |
| The Hatmaker’s Sign: A Story of Ben Franklin When the Continental Congress wants to pick apart the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson is worried. Ben Franklin tells him this tale to help him understand how the opinions of others are worked into public policy. | Fleming, Candace |
| Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure Joey, who loves baseball, finds a valuable 1909 Honus Wagner card and travels back in time to meet Honus. |
Gutman, Dan |
| Running Out of Time When an epidemic hits her 1840 village, Jessie discovers the village is actually a tourist site under unseen observation by scientists. |
Haddix, Margaret |
| Any Small Goodness Arturo and his friends live in L.A. The noise, the trash, and the threat of crime do not drown out the love of Arturo’s family, the joy of his friendships, or the light in his understanding that goodness does exist. | Johnston, Tony |
| The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great There once was a valiant knight named Lancelot. He served in King Arthur’s court fighting recreants and rescuing damsels in distress. This is the first in a series of “The Knights Tales.” |
Morris, Gerald |
| Surviving Brick Johnson Alex fears the school bully until he starts karate classes. But it not the fighting skills that help him face the bully, it is the concept of Respect. Alex starts to see this boy as more than a bully and in the end they have a lot more in common than he ever imagined they could. |
Myers, Laurie |
| Owly How does a bird make friends with a worm?This nearly wordless graphic novel tells the story of Owly, a nature loving woodland creature. Owly meets his best friend Wormy in this book, the first of 5 volumes. |
Runton, Andy |
| The Ink Drinker (series) A boy discovers an ink-drinking vampire in his father’s bookshop. |
Sanvoison, Eric |
| How Ben Franklin Stole the Lighting Ben Franklin was always thinking about how he could make life easier. He invented many, many useful machines and gadgets. One invention that saved many lives was the lighting rod which directed dangerous energy from the sky safely to the ground. |
Schanzer, Rosalyn |
| The Bad Beginning (Series of Unfortunate Events series) After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children are sent to live with a distant relative who is determined to get the children’s fortune. |
Snicket, Lemony |
| Oggie Cooder Meet Oggie, a fourth grader who can “charve” cheese. His special talent brings him a level of fame although he is not quite sure what to do with it. |
Weeks, Sarah |
