Books Boys Will Like
Susan Hunter, Librarian
Riverside Middle School
Springfield, VT
May 2010
Almond, David – The savage – Candlewick Press, 2008, 79p
After his father dies and the town bully Hooper begins to target him, Blue starts to write and illustrate a graphic novel full of blood, guts, and adventures; but after one of Blue's characters pays Hooper a nighttime visit, Blue wonders if the lines of reality have blurred.
Armstrong, Jennifer - Shipwreck at the bottom of the world : the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance -- Crown, 2000, c1998., RL 6.5, 134p
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey to reach inhabited land.
Auch, Mary Jane. - One-handed catch --Holt, 2006, RL 5.3, 248 p
After losing his hand in an accident in his father's butcher shop in 1946, sixth-grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, art, and other activities.
Bauer, Marion Dane. - Runt - Clarion Books, c2002., RL 5.8, 138p
Runt, the smallest wolf cub in the litter, seeks to prove himself to his father King and the rest of the pack and to earn a new name.
Bissinger, H. G. - Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream -- Da Capo Press, 2000., RL , 367p
Follows the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, exploring the lives of the players and the impact of the championship team on the small town.
Bruchac, Joseph, - Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two -- Dial Books, c2005., RL 5.7, 231p
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
Bruchac, Joseph, - Skeleton man -- HarperTrophy, 2003, c2001., RL 5.3, 114p
After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety and maybe even for her life.
Choldenko, Gennifer, - Al Capone does my shirts -- Putnam's, c2004., RL 6.5, 225p
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Choldenko, Gennifer, - Al Capone shines my shoes -- Dial Books, c2009., 274p
Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with this family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
Colfer, Eoin. - Artemis Fowl -- Hyperion, c2001., RL 6.7, 277p
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Colfer, Eoin. - Artemis Fowl : the Arctic incident -- Hyperion , c2002., RL 7.1, 277p
Thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must join forces with his nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police, in order to save his father--one of the few people in the world Artemis loves--who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya.
Colfer, Eoin. - Artemis Fowl : the eternity code -- Hyperion, c2003., RL 7.1, 309p
Artemis Fowl creates an extraordinarily powerful computer with stolen fairy technology, but his business deal hopes go sour when a Chicago businessman steals his invention and mortally wounds Artemis's loyal bodyguard.
Colfer, Eoin. - Artemis Fowl : the lost colony -- Hyperion, c2006., 385p
Teenager Artemis Fowl solves a temporal equation that helps him and Captain Holly Short track fairy demons who are appearing from another dimension, but there is another person who has figured out the formula and abducts one of the beings.
Colfer, Eoin. - Artemis Fowl : the opal deception -- Hyperion, c2005., RL 6.2, 342p
Artemis Fowl, having reverted to his criminal lifestyle following his last run-in with the fairies, travels to Berlin intending to steal a famous painting from a German bank, not realizing his old rival, Opal Koboi, has been just waiting for a chance to destroy him.
Collins, Suzanne. - Catching fire – Scholastic Press, c2009, 391p
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
Collins, Suzanne. - Gregor and the curse of the warmbloods -- Scholastic, 2005., RL 6, 358p
Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the life of their mother, as well as the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the underworld.
Collins, Suzanne. - Gregor and the marks of secret -- Scholastic Press, 2006., RL 5.7, 343p
Twelve-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City, where he joins forces with Princess Lexa and Ripred the rat to defend the Underlanders and the Nibblers from the army led by the adolescent rat king, the Bane.
Collins, Suzanne. - Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane -- Scholastic, 2004., RL 5.5, 312p
In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the underworld.
Collins, Suzanne. - Gregor the Overlander -- Scholastic Press, 2003., RL 6, 311p
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving humans, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
Collins, Suzanne. – The Hunger Games -- Scholastic Press, 2008., 374p
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, who will emerge as the lone survivor?
Cormier, Robert. - The chocolate war -- Bantam Doubleday Dell Books , 1986, c1974., RL 6.7, 191p
A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies.
Crowe, Chris. - Getting away with murder : the true story of the Emmett Till case -- Phyllis Fogelman Books, c2003., RL , 128p
Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
De Guzman, Michael. - The bamboozlers -- Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2005., RL 4.9, 167p
Twelve-year-old Albert Rosegarden meets his grandfather for the first time as they travel to Seattle, Washington, where Albert becomes a partner in his grandfather's elaborate scheme to "con a con man."
De Guzman, Michael. – Finding Stinko – Farrar, c2007,136p
Having spent his life trying to escape the foster care system, eventually becoming mute to keep out of trouble, twelve-year-old Newboy finally hits the streets, where a discarded ventriloquist's dummy gives him back his voice and his hope.
Delaney, Joseph. – Curse of the bane – Greenwillow, c2005, 455p
The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have been successful in ridding the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts, but they face a much more formidable task when they travel to Priestown to confront the Bane and the Quisitor.
Delaney, Joseph. – Night of the soul stealer – Greenwillow, c2006, 489p
Tom is dismayed when his master the Spook decrees that they will be spending the winter on gloomy and forbidding Anglezarke Moor but soon discovers the reason for his master's decision, as they tangle with two dangerous witches and struggle to keep a dark mage from resurrecting an ancient evil.
Delaney, Joseph. – Revenge of the witch – Greenwillow, c2005, 344p
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties."
Denenberg, Barry. - All shook up : the life and death of Elvis Presley -- Scholastic, 2003, c2001., RL 7.4, 176p
A biography of Elvis Presley, discussing his childhood, his entry into the music business, the early years of his career, the impact of success on his life, his drug use, and his death.
Deuker, Carl. - High heat -- HarperTrophy, 2005., RL , 345p
High school sophomore and star pitcher Shane Hunter's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart when his father, owner of a Lexus dealership, is arrested for money laundering.
Deuker, Carl. - Night hoops -- HarperTrophy, 2001, c2000., RL , 250p
While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
Dowell, Frances O'Roark. - Chicken boy -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2005., RL 6.8, 201p
Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place.
Fisher, Antwone Quenton. - Finding Fish -- HarperTorch, 2002, c2001., RL , 369p
Antwone Fisher tells the story of his life, from his birth to a prison inmate to his success as a screenwriter in Hollywood, discussing his childhood and teen years in foster homes, his stint in the Navy, his attempts to find his mother and father, and the determination that led him to create the life of his dreams.
Flanagan, John. – The battle for Skandia – Philomel, c2006, 294p
After escaping slavery, Evanlyn is taken captive by a Temujai warrior, leaving Will to use his Ranger training to find her, despite being outnumbered by an enemy scouting party and the entire Temujai army.
Flanagan, John. – The burning bridge –Philomel, c2005, 262p
Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel warlord Morgarath, as Araluen's army prepares to battle Morgarath's forces.
Flanagan, John. – Erak’s ransom – Philomel, c2007, 373p
On a mission to pay the ransom of a new ally, apprentice Will and his friends find themselves in a desert wasteland awash with enemies.
Flanagan, John. – The icebound land – Philomel, c2006, 266p
Chasing the Skandian slave-traders who kidnapped Will and Evanlyn, Ranger Halt and warrior student Horace find themselves in the frozen northern islands, where they battle a ruthless black-clad knight as they attempt to rescue their friends.
Flanagan, John. – The ruins of Gorlan – Philomel, c2005, 294p
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
Flanagan, John. – The siege of Macindaw – Philomel, c2008, 293p
Will, who has become a protector of his first fief after many years as a Ranger's apprentice, is faced with many challenges when Keren, a renegade knight, takes over Castle Macindaw and forges a secret alliance with Scotti.
Flanagan, John. – The sorcerer of the north – Philomel, c2008, 295p
Now a full-fledged Ranger responsible for a sleepy fief, Will finds a new adventure seeking the traitors who poisoned the king, investigating rumors of sorcery, and trying to rescue his friend Alyss, who is taken hostage.
Fleischman, Sid. - Escape! the story of the great Houdini -- Greenwillow, 2006, RL 5.8, 210 p
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926.
Flinn, Alex. - Breaking point -- HarperTempest, 2003, c2002., RL 5.1, 240p
Fifteen-year-old Paul enters an exclusive private school and falls under the spell of a charismatic boy who may be using him.
Flinn, Alex. - Breathing underwater -- HarperTempest, 2002, c2001., RL , 263p
Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father.
Gantos, Jack. - Hole in my life -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004, c2002., RL 5.2, 199p
The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
Gantos, Jack. - Joey Pigza loses control -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000., RL 5.9, 195p
Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.
Gantos, Jack. - Joey Pigza swallowed the key -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998., RL 5.2, 153p
To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired.
Gantos, Jack. - What would Joey do? -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002., RL 6.2, 229p
Joey tries to keep his life from degenerating into total chaos when his mother sends him to be home-schooled with a hostile blind girl, his divorced parents cannot stop fighting, and his grandmother is dying of emphysema.
Gavalda, Anna, - 95 pounds of hope -- Viking, 2003., RL 6, 90p
From his first day, school had been torture for Gregory and it got progressively worse, until he was expelled in eighth grade, but through all his difficulties, Gregory could count on support from his grandfather, until his grandfather became ill and needed support from Gregory.
Hautman, Pete, - Invisible -- Simon & Schuster, c2005., RL , 149p
Doug and Andy are unlikely best friends--one a loner obsessed by his model trains, the other a popular student involved in football and theater--who grew up together and share a bond that nothing can sever.
Hiaasen, Carl. - Flush -- Alfred A. Knopf, c2005., RL 5.9, 263p
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
Hiaasen, Carl. - Hoot -- Alfred A. Knopf, 2004, c2002., RL 6.1, 292p
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Hobbs, Will. - Crossing the wire -- HarperCollins, 2006, RL 4.4, 216 p
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.
Hobbs, Will. - Down the Yukon -- HarperTrophy, 2002, c2001., RL 4.7, 193p
In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, sixteen-year-old Jason and his girlfriend Jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska in an epic race from Canada's Klondike to the new gold fields at Cape Nome.
Hobbs, Will. - Downriver -- Dell, 1996, c1991., RL 6, 204p
Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader and try to run the dangerous white water of the Grand Canyon.
Hobbs, Will. - Far North -- Avon, 1997, c1996., RL 6.8, 216p
After the destruction of their floatplane, sixteen-year-old Gabe and his Dene friend, Raymond, struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Hobbs, Will. - Ghost canoe -- Morrow, c1997., RL 5.5, 195p
Fourteen-year-old Nathan, fishing with the Makah in the Pacific Northwest, finds himself holding a vital clue when a mysterious stranger comes to town looking for Spanish treasure.
Hokenson, Terry, - The winter road -- Front Street, c2006., RL , 175p
Seventeen-year-old Willa, still grieving over the death of her older brother and the neglect of her father, decides to fly a small plane to fetch her mother from Northern Ontario, but when the plane crashes she is all alone in the snowy wilderness.
Hoobler, Dorothy. - The demon in the teahouse -- Philomel Books, c2001., RL 5, 181p
In eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old Seikei, a merchant's son in training to be a samurai, helps his patron investigate a series of murders and arson in the capital city of Edo, each of which is associated in some way with a popular geisha.
Hoobler, Dorothy. - The ghost in the Tokaido Inn -- Philomel Books, c1999., RL 6.5, 214p
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.
Hoobler, Dorothy. - In darkness, death -- Philomel Books, c2004., RL 6.4, 195p
In eighteenth-century Japan, young Seikei becomes involved with a ninja as he helps Judge Ooka, his foster father, investigate the murder of a samurai.
Hoobler, Dorothy. - The sword that cut the burning grass : a samurai mystery -- Sleuth Philomel, c2005., RL 6.4, 211p
In his latest adventure in eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old samurai apprentice Seikei, with the help of a servant girl and an imperious old man, sets out to rescue the young Emperor Yasuhito from his kidnappers.
Horowitz, Anthony. - Ark angel -- Philomel Books, c2006., RL 5.9, 326p
After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel.
Horowitz, Anthony. - Eagle Strike -- Philomel Books, 2004,RL 6.9, 256p
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade.
Horowitz, Anthony. - Horowitz horror --Philomel, 2006, RL 5.1, 217 p
Nine horror stories set in England focus on everyday items that have sinister qualities.
Horowitz, Anthony. - Point blank -- Philomel Books, 2002, RL 8.3, 215p
Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.
Horowitz, Anthony, - Skeleton Key -- Philomel Books, 2003, RL 5.4, 264p
Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.
Horowitz, Anthony. - Stormbreaker -- Philomel Books, 2001, RL 8.5, 192p
After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
Key, Watt. - Alabama Moon -- Farrar, 2006, RL 5.3, 294 p
After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon Blake is removed from the Alabama forest where he was raised and sent to a boy's home, where, for the first time, he has contact with the outside world and learns about friendship, love, and humanity.
Kimmel, Eric A. - Sword of the samurai: adventure stories from Japan -- HarperTrophy, 2000, RL 5.5, 112p
Seven short stories about samurai warriors, their way of life, courage, wit, and foolishness.
Klass, David. - You don't know me -- HarperTempest, 2002, RL , 344p
Fourteen-year-old John creates alternative realities in his mind as he tries to deal with his mother's abusive boyfriend, his crush on a beautiful, but shallow classmate and other problems at school.
Koertge, Ronald. - Stoner & Spaz -- Candlewick Press, 2002., RL 5.9, 169p
A troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young woman.
Lisle, Janet Taylor. - Black Duck -- Philomel, 2006, RL 5.0, 252 p
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
Lupica, Mike. – The batboy – Philomel, c2010, 237p
Even though his mother feels baseball ruined her marriage to his father, she allows fourteen-year-old Brian to become a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers, who have just drafted his favorite player back onto the team.
Lupica, Mike. – Heat – Philomel, c2006, 220p
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
Lupica, Mike. – Summer ball – Philomel, c2007, 244p
Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.
Lupica, Mike. – Travel team – Philomel, c2004, 274p
After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.
Lynch, Chris. - Gold dust -- HarperTrophy, 2002, c2000., RL 6.2, 196p
In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napolean, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school, hoping that Napolean will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.
McCormick, Patricia, - My brother's keeper -- Hyperion, c2005., RL 6.7, 187p
Thirteen-year-old Toby Malone struggles to keep his family together after his father leaves; however, keeping his older brother Jake's drug habit from their mother is getting harder and harder.
Mikaelsen, Ben, - Touching Spirit Bear -- HarperTrophy, 2002, c2001, RL 6.7, 241p
After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
Myers, Walter Dean. – Game – HarperCollins, c2008, 218p
Drew Lawson, counting on basketball to get him into college and out of Harlem, struggles to keep his cool when the coach brings in two white players and puts them in positions that clearly threaten Drew's game.
Myers, Walter Dean, - Monster -- HarperCollins, c1999., RL 5.1, 281p
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
Myers, Walter Dean, - Scorpions -- HarperCollins, c1988., RL 7.1, 216p
After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs.
Myers, Walter Dean, - Slam! -- Scholastic, c1996., RL 5.8, 266p
Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
Nelson, Blake. – Gender blender – Delacorte, c2006, 182p
When the students in health class at George Wilson Middle School are assigned girl/boy partners to discuss gender issues, no one could image that two students would actually switch bodies.
Nelson, Blake. – Paranoid Park – Viking, c2006, 180p
A sixteen-year-old Portland Oregon skateboarder, whose parents are going through a difficult divorce, is engulfed by guilt and confusion when he accidently kills a security guard at a train yard.
Nimmo, Jenny. - Charlie Bone and the castle of mirrors -- Orchard Books, 2005., RL 6, 410p
Charlie and his magically gifted friends and relatives work together to rescue Billy Raven, a young orphan, from a mysterious and dangerous couple who have adopted him.
Nimmo, Jenny. - Charlie Bone and the hidden king -- Orchard Books, 2006., 441p
When an ancient enchanter is released from the grounds of Bloor's Academy, threatening both of Charlie Bone's parents, the only way Charlie and his friends can defeat him is by finding the red king himself.
Nimmo, Jenny. - Charlie Bone and the invisible boy -- Orchard Books, 2004., RL 3.2, 408p
Charlie Bone and his friends find Ollie Sparks, an invisible boy living in the academy's attic, and promise to make him visible again with the help of his older brother, Mr. Boldova.
Nimmo, Jenny. - Charlie Bone and the time twister -- Orchard Books, 2003., RL 5.9, 402p
While at Bloor's Academy, Charlie Bone gets a surprise when Henry Yewbeam arrives from the year 1916 and needs Charlie's help to stay alive.
Nimmo, Jenny. - Midnight for Charlie Bone -- Orchard Books, 2003, c2002., RL 4.3, 401p
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.
Nuzum, K.A. - A small white scar -- Joanna Cotler Books, 2006, RL 4.5, 180 p
Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon leaves his family and begins life as a cowboy, but his mentally retarded twin brother follows him and joins the journey.
O’Connor, George. – Zeus, king of the gods – First Second, c2010, 78p
An illustrated retelling of the Greek myth that details the story of Zeus, describing his boyhood through his reign as the ruler of the Olympian Pantheon.
Paulsen, Gary. - Brian's hunt -- Wendy Lamb Books, c2003., RL 5.9, 103p
Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.
Paulsen, Gary. - Brian's return -- Delacorte Press, c1999., RL 5.3, 117p
After his experiences surviving alone in the Canadian wilderness, sixteen-year-old Brian finds it increasingly difficult to live as a normal high school student and begins planning to return to the place where he feels he really belongs.
Paulsen, Gary. - Brian's winter -- Delacorte Press, 1996., RL 6.2, 133p
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
Paulsen, Gary. - The car -- Harcourt Brace, c1994., RL 6.3, 180p
A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.
Paulsen, Gary. - Dogsong -- Aladdin Paperbacks, 1995, RL 5.8, 177p
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1,400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
Paulsen, Gary. - The foxman -- Puffin Books, 1990., 119p
A town boy sent to live on a remote wilderness farm forms a friendship with an elderly, disfigured man who teaches him many things.
Paulsen, Gary. - Guts : the true stories behind Hatchet and the Brian books -- Delacorte, c2001., RL 5.4, 148p
The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.
Paulsen, Gary. - Harris and me : a summer remembered -- Harcourt Brace., 1993., RL 5.2, 157p
Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.
Paulsen, Gary. - Hatchet -- Atheneum, c1987., RL 6.3, 195p
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Paulsen, Gary. - How Angel Peterson got his name : and other outrageous tales about extreme sports -- Wendy Lamb Books, c2003., RL 6.3, 111p
Author Gary Paulsen relates tales from his youth in a small town in northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel.
Paulsen, Gary. - My life in dog years -- Delacorte Press, c1998., RL 5.2, 137p
The author describes how dogs have impacted his life from childhood through the present day, recounting the stories of his first dog, Snowball, in the Philippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life.
Paulsen, Gary. - Nightjohn -- Delacorte Press, c1993., RL 4.2, 92p
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.
Paulsen, Gary. - The rifle -- Harcourt Brace, c1995., RL , 105p
A priceless, handcrafted rifle, carried throughout the American Revolution, is passed down through the years until it fires on the fateful Christmas Eve of 1994.
Paulsen, Gary. - The river -- Delacorte Press, c1991., RL 6.3, 132p
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival. Sequel to "Hatchet."
Paulsen, Gary. - Sarny : a life remembered -- Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1999, c1997., RL 6.1, 180p
Continues the adventures of Sarny, the slave girl whom Nightjohn taught to read, through the aftermath of the Civil War during which time she taught other African-Americans and lived a full life until age ninety-four.
Paulsen, Gary. - The Schernoff discoveries -- Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998, c1997., RL 6, 103p
Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team, and other dangers of junior high school.
Paulsen, Gary. - Soldier's heart : being the story of the enlistment and due service of the boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers : a novel of the Civil War -- Delacorte, c1998., RL , 106p
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.
Paulsen, Gary. - Tucket's gold -- Dell Yearling, 2001, c1999., RL 5.5, 97p
Fifteen-year-old Francis and the two children he has adopted travel across the Old West, evade Comancheros, discover a treasure, and wind up rich beyond their wildest dreams.
Paulsen, Gary. - Tucket's home -- DellYearling, 2002, RL 5.8, 93p
Francis, Lottie and Billy survive a series of hair-raising adventures while on their way west to the Oregon Trail, where they hope to find the Tucket family.
Paulsen, Gary. - Tucket's ride -- Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998, c1997., RL 6, 86p
When fifteen-year-old Francis and two younger children lose their way in the wilderness of the Southwest, they face capture at the hands of dangerous men.
Paulsen, Gary. – Woods runner – Wendy Lamb Books, c2010, 164p
From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Native Americans who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community.
Peck, Richard, 1934- - A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories -- Puffin, 2000, c1998., RL 4.2, 148p
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Peck, Richard, 1934- - A year down yonder -- Puffin, 2002, RL 5.2, 130p
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Philbrick, Nat. - Revenge of the whale : the true story of the whaleship Essex -- Puffin, 2004, c2002., RL 6.1, 164p
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 author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea."
Philbrick, Rodman. - Max the Mighty -- Scholastic, c1998., RL 6.4, 166p
Max, an oversized fourteen-year-old, embarks on a cross-country mission with a young girl nicknamed Worm in an attempt to save her from her abusive stepfather.
Philbrick, Rodman - Freak the Mighty -- Scholastic Signature, 2001, c1993., RL 6.3, 169p
At the beginning of eighth grade, Max, who has a learning disability, and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
Philbrick, Rodman - The young man and the sea -- Scholastic, 2005,RL 5.6, 192p
After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.
Reeve, Philip. - Infernal devices -- Eos, 2005, 358p
In the distant future, when fifteen-year-old Wren Natsworthy, bored with life in Anchorage, steals an Old-Tech book for a Lost Boy, she sets off a sequence of events that leads her parents, Tom and Hester, back into battle with old enemies and new.
Reeve, Philip. - Mortal engines -- Eos, 2003, c2001, RL 6.1, 310 p
Tom, a third class apprentice in a distant future in which technology has been lost and tiered cities move about the Earth on caterpillar tracks, often absorbing smaller locales, has many dangerous adventures after being pushed off London by Thaddeus Valentine, a historian who is trying to resurrect an ancient atomic weapon.
Reeve, Philip. - Predator’s gold -- Eos, 2003, RL 6.5, 325 p
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, Tom and Hester hope that the ice city of Anchorage will reach the rumored haven of the Dead Continent--America--before the savage Hunstmen of Arkangel find them.
Riordan, Rick. – The battle of the Labyrinth -- Hyperion, c2008, 361p
When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
Riordan, Rick. – The last Olympian – Hyperion, c2009, 381p
The long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy Jackson's sixteenth birthday unfolds as he leads an army of young demigods to stop Kronos in his advance on New York City, while the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster, Typhon.
Riordan, Rick. – The lightning thief -- Hyperion, c2005, 377 p
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Riordan, Rick. – The sea of monsters – Hyperion, c2006, 279p
Demi-god Percy Jackson and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their camp. But first Percy will discover a secret that makes him wonder whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or a cruel joke.
Riordan, Rick. – The Titan’s curse – Hyperion, c2007, 312p
The disappearance of the goddess Artemis while out hunting a rare, ancient monster, prompts a group of her followers to join 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.
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -- Scholastic, 2002, c1999., RL 7, 433p
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
Rowling, J,K,. – Harry Potter and the deathly hallows –Scholastic, 2007, 759p
Follows the journey of the series' protagonist Harry Potter as he attempts to bring an end to his archenemy, Lord Voldemort.
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the goblet of fire -- Scholastic, 2002, c2000., RL 7.2, 734p
Harry Potter, a fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, longs to escape his hateful relatives, the Dursleys, and live as a normal fourteen-year-old wizard, but what Harry does not yet realize is that he is not a normal wizard, and in his case, different can be deadly.
Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter and the half-blood prince. – Scholastic, 2005, 652p
Novice wizard Harry Potter, now sixteen years old, begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the midst of the battle between good and evil which has heated up with the return of the Dark Lord Voldemort.
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix -- Scholastic, 2004, c2003., RL 6.9, 870p
Harry Potter, now a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, struggles with a threatening teacher, problematic house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams that hint toward his mysterious past.
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban -- Scholastic, 2001, c1999., RL 6.9, 435p
During his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone-- Scholastic, 1999, c1997., RL 5.3, 312p
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Runyon, Brent. - The burn journals -- Knopf , c2004., RL , 374p
Presents the true story of Brent Runyon, who at fourteen set himself on fire and sustained burns over eighty percent of his body and describes the months of physical and mental rehabilitation that followed as he attempted to pull his life together.
Sachar, Louis, - Holes -- Dell Yearling, 2003, c1998., 233p
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Schwartz, Alvin, - More scary stories to tell in the dark-- HarperCollins, c1984., RL 5.8, 99p
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
Schwartz, Alvin, - Scary stories 3 : more tales to chill your bones -- HarperCollins, c1991., RL 5.8, 115p
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, haunts, superstitions, monsters, and horrible scary things.
Schwartz, Alvin, - Scary stories to tell in the dark -- HarperCollins, c1981., RL 4.5, 111p
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Shakur, Tupac, - The rose that grew from concrete -- Pocket Books, c1999., RL , 149p
A collection of poems written by rap artist and actor Tupac Shakur at the age of nineteen.
Shan, Darren. - Cirque du freak -- Little, Brown, 2002, c2000., RL 7.1, 266p
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
Shan, Darren. - Cirque du freak : allies of the night -- Little, Brown, 2005, c2002., RL 8.4, 246p
Algebra class, two old friends, and a creature with deadly hands test Darren's determination as he travels to Mr. Crepsley's home town to search for the murderous vampaneze.
Shan, Darren. - Cirque du freak : hunters of the dusk -- Little, Brown, 2005., 240p
Darren Shan leaves Vampire Mountain as part of an elite force on a life-and-death mission to find the newly-risen Vampaneze Lord, who is set to lead the vampaneze into war against the vampires.
Shan, Darren. - Cirque du freak : killers of the dawn -- Little, Brown, 2006, c2003., RL 6.6, 208p
Vampire prince Darren Shan, working with old friends to solve the mystery of a series of murders, finds himself pursued by the purple-skinned vampaneze, the police, and an angry mob after he is framed for the killings.
Shan, Darren. - Cirque du freak : the Lake of Souls -- Little, Brown, 2005, c2003., 292p
The lives of Darren and Harkat are at risk as they face monstrous obstacles on a desperate quest to the Lake of Souls.
Shan, Darren. - Cirque du freak : the vampire prince -- Little, Brown, 2005, c2002., 197p
After being branded as a traitor and betrayed by his closest friend, Vampire Assistant Darren Shan tries to outwit a vampire prince and escape with his life.
Shan, Darren. - Cirque du freak : trials of death -- Little, Brown, 2004., 207p
Darren begins the Trials of Initiation to prove himself worthy of being a half-vampire, even as the clan's blood foes, the vampaneze, gather near Vampire Mountain.
Shan, Darren. - Cirque du freak : trials of death-- Little, Brown, 2003, RL 6.4, 207p
Darren begins the Trials of Initiation to prove himself worthy of being a half-vampire, even as the clan's blood foes, the vampaneze, gather near Vampire Mountain.
Shaw, Susan. - The boy from the basement -- Dutton Children's Books, c2004., RL 3.8, 198p
Charlie, a twelve-year-old boy who has been confined to his basement by his abusive, psychotic father, is accidently locked out after sneaking outside one night, and ends up in the hospital where he gets the attention he needs and a new start in life.
Shusterman, Neal. – Everlost – Simon & Schuster, c2006, 313p
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.
Slade, Arthur G.-- Dust -- Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2004, c2003., RL 4.9, 183p
Eleven-year-old Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives, performing tricks and promising to bring rain, at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s.
Sleator, William. - The boy who couldn't die -- Amulet, 2004., RL 6.4, 162p
When his best friend dies in a plane crash, sixteen-year-old Ken has a ritual performed that will make him invulnerable, but soon learns that he had good reason to be suspicious of the woman he paid to lock his soul away.
Sleator, William. - The boy who reversed himself -- Puffin Books, 1998, c1986., RL 6.5, 167p
When Laura discovers that the unpopular boy living next door to her has the ability to go into the fourth dimension, she makes the dangerous decision to accompany him on his journeys there.
Sleator, William. - Interstellar pig -- Puffin Books, 1995, c1984., RL 5, 197p
Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call "Interstellar Pig."
Snicket, Lemony. - The austere academy -- HarperCollins, 2000., RL 6.2, 221p
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf.
Snicket, Lemony. - The bad beginning -- HarperCollins, 1999., RL 6, 162p
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
Snicket, Lemony. - The carnivorous carnival -- HarperCollins, 2002., RL 6.9, 286p
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are taken to the Caligari Carnival where they disguise themselves as freaks while Count Olaf seeks the help of Madame Lulu to locate the children and find out the truth concerning their parents' death.
Snicket, Lemony. - The end --HarperCollins, 2006, RL 6.9, 324 p
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.
Snicket, Lemony. - The ersatz elevator -- HarperCollins, 2001., RL 7, 259p
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esme Gigi Geniveve Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
Snicket, Lemony. - The grim grotto -- HarperCollins, c2004., RL 6.2, 323p
The Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach an important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in an old submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of a sugar bowl.
Snicket, Lemony. - The hostile hospital -- HarperCollins, 2001., RL 6.9, 255p
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny disguise themselves as cheerful hospital volunteers after they are falsely accused of murder in order to find clues concerning their parents' deaths and are pursued by Count Olaf who is after their fortune.
Snicket, Lemony. - The miserable mill -- HarperCollins, 2000., RL 6.9, 194p
Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Beaudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.
Snicket, Lemony. - The penultimate peril -- HarperCollins, c2005., RL 7.2, 353p
The Baudelaire orphans begin their journey in a cab with a distraught pregnant woman named Kit Snicket while on route to the Hotel Denouement and must pose as concierges while trying to ferret out the secrets of the elusive sugar bowl.
Snicket, Lemony. - The reptile room -- HarperCollins, 1999., RL 5.8, 190p
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.
Snicket, Lemony. - The slippery slope -- HarperCollins, 2003., RL 6.8, 337p
In the perilous Mortmain mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."
Snicket, Lemony. - The vile village --HarperCollins, 2001., RL 5.9, 256p
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are wisked off to the village of V.F.D. where a council of elders have enacted thousands of rules about the thousands of crows that inhabit the town and are protected by handyman Hector against Count Olaf, who is after the children's fortune.
Snicket, Lemony. - The wide window -- HarperCollins, c2000., RL 6.8, 214p
Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans after they are sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine who offers little protection against Count Olaf's treachery.
Somper, Justin. – Demons of the ocean -- Little, Brown, c2005, 330p
Connor, who was rescued by pirates after his ship was wrecked, believes his twin sister, Grace, was abducted by the Vampirates and is determined to find her.
Somper, Justin. – Tide of terror -- Little, Brown, c2006, 459p
Connor's time aboard the pirate ship "Diablo" has him longing to be a part of the pirate life, while his twin sister Grace prefers he choose the less dangerous path of attending the distinguished Pirate Academy.
Spinelli, Jerry. - Crash -- Dell Yearling, 2000, c1996., RL 4.8, 162p
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
Spinelli, Jerry. - Maniac Magee : a novel -- Little, Brown, c1990., RL 5.4, 184p
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
Spinelli, Jerry. - Wringer -- HarperTrophy, 1998, c1997., RL 5.5, 228p
As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.
Stone, Jeff. – Tiger – Random House, c2005, 196p
Five young warrior-monk brothers survive an insurrection and must use the ancient arts to avenge their Grandmaster.
Sweeney, Joyce. - Players -- Marshall Cavendish, 2005, c2000., RL , 220p
Eighteen-year-old Corey sees a threat to his dream of winning the basketball championship when he discovers that the new player on his team is a girl-stealing, friend-framing, team-destroying force of evil.
Stewart, Paul & Chris Riddell. – Beyond the Deepwoods –David Fickling Books, c1998, 277p
Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs.
Stewart, Paul & Chris Riddell. – Stormchaser – David Fickling Books, c1999, 386p
In his continuing adventures, Twig, now sixteen years old, joins the crew of his father's sky pirate ship and embarks on a dangerous mission to collect the powerful stromphrax, a substance that purifies water and also prevents the city of Sanctaphrax from floating away.
Trueman, Terry. - Cruise control -- HarperTempest, c2004., RL , 149p
A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family.
Trueman, Terry. - Inside out -- HarperTempest, c2003., RL , 117p
A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.
Trueman, Terry. - No right turn -- HarperTempest, c2005., RL , 165p
After three years of wanting only to be invisible, sixteen-year-old Jordan begins to recover from his father's suicide and start living again when a neighbor's vintage Corvette Stingray opens up new possibilities for him.
Trueman, Terry. - Stuck in neutral -- HarperTempest, 2001, c2000., RL 6.7, 114p
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him.
Turner, Megan Whalen. - The thief -- Greenwillow, 1996, RL 5.5, 219 p
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
Turner, Megan Whalen. - The Queen of Attolia -- Greenwillow, 2000, 362 p
Forsaken by the gods and left to his own devices, Eugenides, Royal Thief of Eddis, summons all his wit and wiles in an attempt to conquer the rival Queen of Attolia.
Turner, Megan Whalen. - The King of Attolia -- Greenwillow, 2006, RL 6.3, 387 p
Eugenides, still known as a Thief of Eddis, faces palace intrigue and assassins as he strives to prove himself both to the people of Attolia and to his new bride, their queen.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. - Swear to howdy -- Knopf, c2003., RL 5.6, 126p
Two thirteen-year-old boys share neighborhood adventures, complaints about their older sisters, family secrets, and even guilt that bind them together in a special friendship.
Volponi, Paul. - Black and white -- Viking, 2005., RL , 185p
Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.
Wallace, Rich. - Double fake -- Viking, 2005., RL 5.2, 119p
Two friends look forward to a season of soccer with the YMCA summer league.
Wallace, Rich. - Emergency quarterback -- Viking, 2005., RL 6, 113p
When the Hornets lose their quarterback for the season and the replacement lacks the talent to take charge, the coach picks a solid receiver as emergency quarterback.
Wallace, Rich. - Fast company -- Viking, 2005., RL 3.7, 119p
When sixth-grader Manny Ramos, one of the fastest runners on the youth football team, joins the new track club, he hopes that his light weight will be a benefit in racing against more experienced guys.
Wallace, Rich. - The roar of the crowd -- Viking, 2004., RL 4.6, 103p
After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson City, New Jersey, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for being small and inexperienced.
Wallace, Rich. - Southpaw -- Viking, 2006., RL 5.3, 112p
After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team while also trying cope with his new life and dealing with his overly-competitive father.
Wallace, Rich. - Technical foul -- Viking, 2004., RL 6.1, 118p
Jared, a high-scoring member of the Hudson City Middle School basketball team, gets angry when the point guard accuses him of being responsible for their string of losses, but finally realizes they can win only if he becomes a team player.
Weaver, Will. – Saturday night dirt – Farrar, c2008, 163p
In a small town in northern Minnesota, the much-anticipated Saturday night dirt-track race at the old-fashioned, barely viable Headwaters Speedway becomes, in many ways, an important life-changing event for all the participants on and off the track.
White, Robb, 1909- - Deathwatch -- Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1973, c1972., RL 6, 220p
Needing money for school, a college student accepts a job as a guide on a desert hunting trip and nearly loses his life.
Wulffson, Don L. - Soldier X -- Viking, 2001., RL 6.7, 226p
In 1943 sixteen-year-old Erik experiences the horrors of war when he is drafted into the German army and sent to fight on the Russian front.
Zindel, Paul. - The doom stone -- Hyperion Paperbacks, 2004, c1995., 173p
Jackson and his new friend Alma investigate the mysterious attacks upon a young man and Jackson's Aunt Sarah at Stonehenge in England.
Zindel, Paul. - The gadget -- Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2003, c2001., RL 5.8, 184p
In 1945, having joined his father at Los Alamos, where he and other scientists are working on a secret project to end World War II, thirteen-year-old Stephen becomes caught in a web of secrecy and intrigue.
Zindel, Paul. - Loch -- Hyperion Paperbacks, 2004, c1994., 209p
Fifteen-year-old Loch and his younger sister join their father on a scientific expedition searching for enormous prehistoric creatures sighted in a Vermont lake, but it soon becomes obvious that the expedition's leaders aren't interested in preserving the creatures.
Zindel, Paul. - Raptor -- Hyperion Paperbacks, 1999, c1998., RL 4.8, 170p
Zack and his Native American friend Uta embark on a dangerous investigation when they find a dinosaur egg thathatches into a baby raptor, and set out to explore the mine shafts and tunnelsof Silver Mountain in search of the raptor herd.
Zindel, Paul. - Rats -- Hyperion Paperbacks, 2000, c1999.,RL 5, 204p
When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which hasbecome a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Miketry to figure out how to stop them.
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