FIC Barby Susan Bartoletti

In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hu¨bener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.

TAGS: historical fiction, wwii, holocaust

FIC Kinby Jeff Kinney

Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.

TAGS: humor, journal, cartoons

FIC Colby Eoin Colfer

In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.

TAGS: adventure, prison, escape

FIC Fleby Sid Fleischman

A struggling American ventriloquist in post-World War II Europe is possessed by the mischievous spirit of a young Jewish boy killed in the Holocaust. Author's note details the murder of over one million children by the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s.

TAGS: historical fiction, holocaust, ventriloquism

FIC Harby Jane Harrington

As a class assignment, Delia keeps a journal and records her life and her dreams about the Italian exchange student Giulio, who also happens to be Brady's boyfriend. And, oh, by the way, Brady is Delia's best friend.

TAGS: friendship, love

FIC Hunby Erin Hunter

As Hollypaw, Lionpaw and Jaypaw, grandchildren of the legendary Firestar, continue their training to be warrior cats, each is haunted by a different internal struggle that could lead to trouble for all Clans.

TAGS: adventure, fantasy, warriors, cats

FIC Murby Pat Murphy

When thirteen-year-old Joan moves to California in 1972, she becomes friends with Sarah, who is timid at school but an imaginative leader when they play in the woods, and after winning a writing contest together they are recruited for an exclusive summer writing class that gives them new insights into themselves and others.

TAGS: friendship, creative writing

FIC Kosby Conor Kostick

On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik pursuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.

TAGS: science fiction, video games, virtual reality

FIC Peaby Shane Peacock

A woman is found stabbed to death in London. A young boy is drawn to the scene to investigate the murder and becomes a suspect himself.

TAGS: mystery, detective, young sherlock holmes

FIC Sagby Angie Sage

Pulled through a glass that brings him back in time, Septimus Heap becomes the apprentice of an alchemist.

TAGS: fantasy, magic, wizards

FIC Macby D.J. MacHale

Bobby meets the Jakills, a group of kids who form a tribe outside of the main societal group who are determined to discover the truth behind Ibarra.

TAGS: fantasy, adventure, Pendragon

FIC Abrby Peter Abrahams

Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, eighth-grader Ingrid Levin-Hill uses her intellect to solve a murder case in her hometown of Echo Falls.

TAGS: mystery, soccer

FIC Hunby Erin Hunter

Fireheart, a full-fledged warrior cat, must confront questions of loyalty and identity as he faces the possibility of betrayal from within his own forest clan.

TAGS: fantasy, cats, Warriors

FIC Lawby Iain Lawrence

Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies.

TAGS: adventure, seafaring

FIC Geoby Jessica Day George

Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom.

TAGS: fantasy, adventure, dragons

FIC Rioby Rick Riordan

When the goddess Artemis disappears while hunting a rare, ancient monster, a group of her followers joins Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans.

TAGS: fantasy, adventure, mythology

FIC Appby Katherine Applegate

Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.

TAGS: immigrants, cows, hope

FIC Corby Autumn Cornwell

Sixteen-year-old Vassar Spore's detailed plans for the next twenty years of her life are derailed when her bohemian grandmother insists that she join her in Southeast Asia for the summer, but as she writes a novel about her experiences, Vassar discovers new possibilities.

TAGS: adventure, travel, humor

FIC Draby Sharon M. Draper

In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites.

TAGS: historical fiction, racism, segregation

FIC Horby Anthony Horowitz

While working with the Australian Secret Service on a dangerous mission, teenaged spy Alex Rider uncovers information about his parents.

TAGS: mystery, suspense, spies

FIC Andby Jodi Lynn Anderson

Three years after her return from the Ever After, May Bird, now thirteen, draws her scattered friends--Pumpkin, Fabbio, Beatrice, and Lucius--out of hiding to take a final stand against Evil Bo Cleevil, as May herself makes ready to live up to the prophecy that placed the fate of the Ever After, and her own world, in her hands.

TAGS: fantasy, future, ghosts

FIC Aleby Sherman Alexie

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

TAGS: native american, friendship, identity

510 Mckby Danica McKellar

In MATH DOESN'T SUCK, internationally known actress and mathematician Danica McKellar - called a "math superstar" by the New York Times - rips the lid off the myth that math "sucks," helping to show that math can be easy, relevant, and even glamorous, and providing readers with the tools to ace their next test.

TAGS: math, tutor, tricks, tips

GN Smiby Jeff Smith

Fone Bone and Smiley Bone strike out into the wilderness to return a lost rat creature cub to the mountains. It doesn´t take long before they run smack into Rock Jaw, "Master of the Eastern Border," an enormous mountain lion with a none-to-friendly disposition.

TAGS: graphic novel, Bone, adventure, humor

FIC Halby Shannon Hale

Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.

TAGS: fantasy, fairy tale, identity

FIC Selby Brian Selznick

When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

TAGS: historical fiction, Paris, orphan, movies, robots

FIC Jacby Brian Jacques

On his way to invade Redwall Abbey, vicious and tyrannical Captain Vizka Longtooth captures Gorath, the brave young badger whose predicted destiny is to become the next Badger Lord.

TAGS: fantasy, animals, badgers, foxes

FIC Shuby Brian Jacques

When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free.

TAGS: fantasy, afterlife, ghosts, friendship

FIC Wesby Scott Westerfeld

Now that the world is in a complete cultural renaissance, fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse, an Extra, just wants to lay low, so when she discovers the secret lives of the Sly Girls, she wants to report their story, but Aya knows that would propel her into celebrity--a status she's not prepared for.

TAGS: science fiction, vampires, dystopia

FIC Macby D.J. MacHale

Taking advantage of a severe drought and the long-standing distrust between two tribes, the demonic Saint Dane attempts to take over Loor's home planet of Zadaa, opposed once again by the teenaged Pendragon and other Travelers.

TAGS: science fiction, fantasy, adventure, time/space travel

FIC Holby Jennifer L. Holm

The first year of middle school can be exciting, or scarey, just ask Ginny.

TAGS: realistic, school, scrapbook

FIC Curby Christopher Paul Curtis

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family´s freedom.

TAGS: historical fiction, underground railroad, slavery

FIC Ganby Jack Gantos

Joey's father returns, calling himself Charles Heinz and apologizing for his past bad behavior, and he swears that once Joey and his mother change their names and help him fix up the old diner he has bought, their lives will change for the better.

TAGS: realistic, dysfunctional, family

FIC Rowby J.K. Rowling

Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.

TAGS: fantasy, magic, wizards

743 Rowby Damon J. Reinagle

Offers step-by-step instructions for drawing dragons, castles, and other objects of the medieval world; covers basic skills as well as advanced drawing techniques.

TAGS: art, drawing, dragons, fantasy

FIC Potby Ellen Potter

While preparing for her participation in the princepessa's wedding, adjusting to being a student at a school for the arts, and dealing with surprise visitors at home, twelve-year-old Olivia ventures into the New York City subway tunnels in search of a man who might help her friend Frannie.

TAGS: ghosts, subway, New York City

FIC Hicby Betty Hicks

Anxious to distract his "overly" strict mother, twelve-year-old Stuart and his best friend, a girl named Mack, determine to fix her up with Mack's Uncle Joe.

TAGS: humor, funny, mother

FIC Breby Michael Brennan

This book collects the stories from issues 9 and 10 of the "Electric Girl" comic book and new comics stories by Eisner-nominated cartoonist Mike Brennan

TAGS: science fiction, girls, comics