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Nation

by Pratchett, Terry

After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of...

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Alexie, Sherman

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 t...

Larklight

A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space

by Reeve, Philip

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Ask Me No Questions

by Budhos, Marina

Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of their visas and the events of September 11, 2...

Skybreaker

by Oppel, Kenneth

Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumor...

The Year of Secret Assignments

by Moriarty, Jaclyn

Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High as part of a pen pal program, leading to romance, humiliation, ...

Revenge of the Whale

The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the autho...

Cheating Lessons

by Cappo, Nan Willard

When her team is announced as finalists in the state Classics Bowl contest, Bernadette suspects that cheating may have been involved.

Lucy the Giant

by Smith, Sherri L.

Fifteen-year-old Lucy, the largest girl in her school, leaves her small Alaska town and her alcoholic father and discovers hardship--and friendship--posing as ...