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Umbrella Summer

by Graff, Lisa

After her brother Jared dies, ten-year-old Annie worries about the hidden dangers of everything, from bug bites to bicycle riding, until she is befriended by a...

Blue Mountain Trouble

by Mordecai, Martin

After being saved from a disastrous landslide by a goat that blocks their usual way to school, twins Pollyread and Jackson, living with their parents in the mo...

Julia Gillian (and the Quest for Joy)

by McGhee, Alison

Ten-year-old Julia Gillian's best friend is keeping secrets, their beloved lunch lady was replaced by a tyrant, and trumpet lessons prove difficult, making it ...

Lyonesse

The Well Between the Worlds

by Llewellyn, Sam

Eleven-year-old Idris Limpet, living with his family in the once noble but now evil and corrupt island country of Lyonesse, finds his life taking a dramatic tu...

Alien Feast

Chronicles of the First Invasion, Book One

by Simmons, Michael

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS MEETS DOUGLAS ADAMS as two kids and one old man prepare to save the world.Things are getting better with the alien invasion. Sure it’s ...

Hannah's Winter

by Meehan, Kierin

Hannah would much rather be back in Australia, starting high school with her friends. But Japan turns out to be nothing like she d imagined, and when Hannah an...

Heart of a Shepherd

by Parry, Rosanne

Ignatius "Brother" Alderman, nearly twelve, promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his fathe...

Toby Alone

by Fombelle, Timothée de

This book presents an awards-laden adventure of heroism, friendship and survival - with a powerful ecological message - set in a captivating miniature world. T...

Food for Thought

The Stories Behind the Things We Eat

by Robbins, Ken

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Happenstance Found

The Books of Umber

by Catanese, P. W.

Twelve-year-old Happenstance awakens in a cave with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. Soon a mysterious trio arrives to take him away: the exp...