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Abduction!

Peg Kehret

Matt is missing. Bonnie's brother left his classroom to use the bathroom --and disappeared. A police dog traces his scent to the curb, where he apparently got into a vehicle. But why would Matt go anywhere with a stranger? Overwhelmed with fear, Bonnie discovers that her dog is gone,...
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Book Scavenger

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Book

Delightedly moving to San Francisco, 12-year-old Emily longs to meet a favorite author who lives nearby and who is savagely attacked just before the release of his latest online puzzle series.
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library

Chris Grabenstein - Random House
Format: Print book

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets A Night in the Museum in this action-packed New York Times Bestseller from Chris Grabenstein, coauthor of I Funny, Treasure Hunters and other bestselling series with James Patterson!Kyle Keeley is the class clown...
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Five Ancestors Out of the Ashes #1: Phoenix

Jeff Stone - Random House
Format: Print book

It is 350 years after the events of The Five Ancestors. Phoenix Collns lives in Indiana with his grandfather who is teaching him kung fu. But Phoenix's real love is mountain bike racing. When unsettling events reveal that his grandfather is not only one of the legendary five Cangzhen monks,...
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Getting Air

Dan Gutman - Aladdin Paperbacks
Format: Print book

They can rule the half-pipe, but can they survive this? Jimmy, David, and Henry are psyched. It's summer, school's out, and they are on their way to California, where they will be able to do some major skating. But on the plane, the unthinkable happens: They are hijacked by terrorists....
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Go Big or Go Home

Will Hobbs - Harper
Format: Paperback

A meteorite is hurtling toward the Black Hills of South Dakota. . . . Brady Steele's love for all things extreme is given a boost when a fireball crashes through the roof of his house. It turns out that Brady's space rock is one of the rarest meteorites ever found. In fact, a professor...
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Hatchet

Gary Paulsen - ALADDIN
Format: Paperback(Reissue)

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The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins - Scholastic Inc.
Format: eBook

Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . . In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts...
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Independence Hall

Roland Smith
Format: Hardcover

"Step-siblings Q (Quest) and Angela are thrust into the work of the U.S. Secret Service and the Israeli Mossad when Angela realizes she's being followed, and Q learns the secret about Angela's real mother--a former Secret Service agent who was supposedly killed by a terrorist...
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Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark

Ridley Pearson - Disney/Hyperion Books
Format: Paperback

Finn Whitman and his fellow DHIs, teenagers chosen to serve as actors for a new technology, investigate strange occurrences at Disney theme park attractions, racing to uncover a supernatural force that could destroy the world.Book Details:Format: HardcoverPublication Date: 9/1/2009Pages:...
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Loot How To Steal A Fortune

Jude Watson - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

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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Millions (BCCB Blue Ribbon Fiction Books (Awards))

Frank Cottrell Boyce
Format: Print book

It was a one-in-a-million chance. A bag crammed with cash comes tumbling out of the air and lands right at Damian's feet. Suddenly the Cunningham brothers are rich. Very rich. They can buy anything they want. There's just one problem -- they have only seventeen days to spend all the money...
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Steel Trapp: The Challenge

Ridley Pearson
Format: Paperback

In this riveting thriller, 14-year-old Steven "Steel" Trapp sets off with his mom and their dog, Cairo, on a 2-day Amtrak journey to compete in the National Science Competition in Washington, DC. Steel is both blessed and cursed with a remarkable photographic memory--just one look and whatever...
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STORM: The Infinity Code

Emma Young - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

STORM is a gadget-packed, high-adrenaline adventure?a middlegrade spy novel sure to leave readers white-knuckled and breathless. It?s also the name of the ambitious organization formed by the story?s three brainiac kids Will, the loner, inventive genius, and creator of cutting-edge gadgets....
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Stormbreaker

Anthony Horowitz - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

They told him his uncle died in an accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they said. But when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission....
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Tiger (The Five Ancestors, Book 1)

Jeff Stone
Format: Paperback

Twelve-year-old Fu and his temple brothers Malao, Seh, Hok, and Long dont know who their parents were. Raised from infancy by their grandmaster, they think of their temple as their home and their fellow warrior monkstheir temple brothersas their family. Then one terrible night, the temple...
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Treasure hunters

James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life and I Funny comes a brilliantly original new adventure series, jam-packed with action, humor, and heart!The Kidd siblings have grown up diving down to shipwrecks and traveling...
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Tunnels

Roderick Gordon - Paw Prints
Format: Print book

The international sensation! The story of an outcast boy, his eccentric dad, and the scary underground world they discover through secret TUNNELS.14-year-old Will Burrows has little in common with his strange, dysfunctional family. In fact, the only bond he shares with his eccentric father...
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Squirrel Meets World

Shannon Hale - Marvel Press
Format: Hardcover

WHO RUNS THE WORLD? SQUIRRELS! Fourteen-year-old Doreen Green moved from sunny California to the suburbs of New Jersey. She must start at a new school, make new friends, and continue to hide her tail. Yep, Doreen has the powers of . . . a squirrel! After failing at several attempts to find...
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Warcross

Marie Lu - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu - when a game called Warcross takes the world by storm, one girl hacks her way into its dangerous depths. For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game - it's a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base...
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The Wild Robot

Peter Brown - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

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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