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The Copernicus Legacy: The Forbidden Stone
Tony Abbott - Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: Book
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Bestselling author Tony Abbott's epic new middle grade series, the Copernicus Legacy, begins with The Forbidden Stone, a thrilling adventure packed with puzzles, intrigue, and action. Fans of Rick Riordan and Ridley Pearson will love this first book in an exciting series that takes... |
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If You Find This
Matthew Baker - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Mixing mystery and adventure in the tradition of Louis Sachar, Avi, and E.L. Konigsburg, If You Find This is the story of unlikely friendships, unexpected bravery and eleven-year-old Nicholas Funes's quest to prove his grandfather's treasure is real. |
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The Worst Class Trip Ever
Dave Barry - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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In this hilarious novel, written in the voice of eighth-grader Wyatt Palmer, Dave Barry takes us on a class trip to Washington, DC. Wyatt, his best friend, Matt, and a few kids from Culver Middle School find themselves in a heap of trouble-not just with their teachers, who have long lost... |
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The Magnificent Glass Globe
N R BERGESON - Month9Books, LLC
Format: Paperback
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Eleven-year-old Mary Tucker dreams of visiting the Amazon. But if her father, a museum curator, has his way, she might be a grandmother before she ever gets the chance. One day, while mischievously exploring the museum's warehouse with her brother Ike and best friend Helen, Mary stumbles... |
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Bridget Wilder: Spy-in-Training
Jonathan Bernstein - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Book
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Middle school meets Mission Impossible in this hilarious spy series for fans of Chris Rylander, Stuart Gibbs, and Ally Carter about a girl whose life is turned upside down when she discovers her father is a superspy.Up until Bridget's birthday the most exciting moment in her life was when... |
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The Wild Robot
Peter Brown - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping... |
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The Whipping Boy
Sid Fleischman
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Award-winning author Sid Fleischman blends the broadly comic with the deeply compassionate in this memorable novel, winner of the Newbery Medal.A Prince and a Pauper . . . Prince Brat and his whipping boy inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous |
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Secrets of the Book
Erin Fry - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover
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You don't choose the book - the book chooses you. Sixth grader Spencer Lemon has a degenerative eye disease - and he's rapidly losing his eyesight. So he has no idea why he was chosen to guard Pandora's Book. When Ed, the old guy at the nursing home, hands over the book, he doesn't... |
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The Doldrums
Nicholas Gannon - Greenwillow Books; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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"A dreamy charmer of a book, full of clever wordplay that practically demands it be read out loud." - New York Times Have you ever wanted to hold a little piece of the impossible? The... |
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My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George - Puffin; 1 edition
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Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude-and danger-of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew. |
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Viminy Crowe's Comic Book
Marthe Jocelyn - Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover
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When chubby, geeky Wylder Wallace spills lunch on cool and aloof Addy Crowe at Toronto's Comicon, she dashes to the bathroom, leaving behind the latest issue of her uncle's steampunk comic hit: FLYNN GOSTER in GOLD RUSH TRAIN. Wylder, a fan of the Flynn comics, opens this new one eagerly,... |
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Earthquake Terror
Peg Kehret
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When Jonathan and his family go camping on Magpie Island, they look forward to a fun, relaxing weekend. But their fun quickly vanishes when Jonathan, his sister, Abby, and their dog, Moose, find themselves in the middle of a natural disaster. A devastating earthquake has hit, dest |
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E L Konigsburg - Aladdin Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere she wants to run to somewhere--to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and preferably elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing that... |
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Masterminds
Gordon Korman - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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The first book in the action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman is perfect for young fans of James Patterson and John Grisham. Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico. Honesty and integrity are valued above all else.... |
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Seven Wonders Book 1: The Colossus Rises
Peter Lerangis - HarperCollins
Format: Print book
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Percy Jackson meets Indiana Jones in the New York Times bestselling epic adventure Seven Wonders! The Colossus Rises is the first book in a seven-book series. This first installment chronicles the story of Jack McKinley, an ordinary kid with an extraordinary problem. In a few months, he's... |
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Jungle of Bones
Ben Mikaelsen - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book
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Lost and alone in the jungle, one boy will have to let go of his assumptions and anger, or be dragged down with them.Dylan Barstow has finally crossed the line. After getting caught on a late-night joyride in a stolen car, Dylan is shipped off to live with his ex-Marine uncle for the summer.... |
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The Boy Who Spoke Dog
Clay Morgan - Dutton Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Jack, a storm-snatched cabin boy, washes up on a mysterious island. He finds sheep, sheep dogs, and wild dogs called fangos, but strangely, no people. Jack struggles to survive, to understand the dogs, and to befriend a little Border collie named Moxie. She and the other sheep dogs are mystified... |
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Billionaire's Curse, The
Richard Newsome - WaldenPond; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Gerald Wilkins never considered himself a particularly exceptional thirteen-year-old. But that was before he inherited twenty billion pounds, a Caribbean island, a yacht, and three estates from a great-aunt he never knew. With this fortune, however, comes a letter. One from his great-aunt... |
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Book of the Dead
Michael Northrop - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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From the team that brought you The 39 Clues and Spirit Animals comes a brand new epic Egyptian adventure!Nothing can save Alex Sennefer's life. That's what all the doctors say, but his mother knows it's not true. She knows that the Lost Spells of the Egyptian Book of the Dead... |
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Omega City
Diana Peterfreund - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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The first middle grade novel in an exciting new series from acclaimed author Diana Peterfreund, perfect for fans of The Goonies and The City of Ember.Gillian Seagret doesn't listen to people who say her father's a crackpot. His conspiracy theories about the lost technology of Cold War-era... |
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The Junkyard Bot: Robots Rule, Book 1
C. J. Richards - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Worker robots keep the high-tech town of Terabyte Heights humming, but ten-year-old George Gearing is the only one who has a robot for a best friend. When his scrappy but beloved pal Jackbot is hit by a car, the whiz kid re-engineers him with fancy parts from state-of-the-art TinkerTech... |
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Half Upon a Time (1)
James Riley - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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Jack lives in a fantasy world. Really. Hes the son of the infamous Jack who stole the magic beans from the giant, and hes working hard to restore his familys reputation. He finds the perfect opportunity when a "princess" lands in front of him, apparently from the land of Punk,... |
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Lawless: Book 1
Jeffrey Salane - Scholastic Press
Format: Book
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The Lawless School provides the right education for kids on the wrong side of the law.M Freeman has been homeschooled her entire life. So M has no idea just how unusual her education has been - not until she leaves home to attend the prestigious and mysterious Lawless School.Suddenly, its very... |
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My Brother Is a Superhero
David Solomons - Viking
Format: Print book
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Behind every great superhero is a very angry younger brother.Luke Parker was just your average comic book fan until his boring, teacher's pet, helps-old-ladies-across-the-street brother Zack got turned into a superhero. Luke can't believe the unfairness of it all - he's the one with... |
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The Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare - HMH Books for Young Readers
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Although he faces responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself.... |
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Call It Courage
Armstrong Sperry - Macmillan
Format: Print book
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Maftu was afraid of the sea. It had taken his mother when he was a baby, and it seemed to him that the sea gods sought vengeance at having been cheated of Mafatu. So, though he was the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a race of Polynesians who worshipped courage, and he was named Stout... |
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First Light
Rebecca Stead - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Library Binding
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Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland, where his father studies global warming. Peter will get to skip school, drive a dogsled, and–finally–share in his dad’s adventures. But on the ice cap, Peter struggles to understand a series of visions... |
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The Emerald Atlas
John Stephens - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook
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"A strong . . . new trilogy, invoking just a little Harry Potter and Series of Unfortunate Events along the way." - Realms of FantasySiblings Kate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage.... |
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Loot How To Steal A Fortune
Jude Watson - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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On a foggy night in Amsterdam, a man falls from a rooftop to the wet pavement below. It's Alfie McQuinn, the notorious cat burglar, and he's dying. As sirens wail in the distance, Alfie manages to get out two last words to his young son, March: "Find jewels."But March learns that... |
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