Horns & Wrinkles

Author: Joseph Helgerson


Along a magic-saturated stretch of the Mississippi River near Blue Wing, Minnesota, twelve-year-old Claire and her bullying cousin Duke are drawn into an adventure involving Bodacious Deepthink the Great Rock Troll, a helpful fairy, and a group of trolls searching for their fathers.

Alabama Moon

Author: Watt Key
Call number: F KEY

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.

Escape Under the Forever Sky

Author: Eve Yohalem

Call number: F YOH

Lucy's mother, the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, keeps Lucy confined to the embassy, but Lucy's desire to see what is beyond the compound walls gets her kidnapped and she must rely upon her knowledge and courage in order to escape.

Surviving Jamestown

Author: Gail Langer Karwoski
Call Number: F KAR

Sam Collier, a twelve-year-old, serves as page to John Smith during the relentless hardship experienced by the founders at the first permanent English settlement in the New World.

The Summit

By: Gordon Korman
Call Number: F KOR

Four climbers, making a final push to be the youngest people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, must deal with low supplies, extreme conditions, a storm, and possible sabotage by one of their companions.

The Climb

By: Gordon Korman

Call Number: F KOR

The climbing contest to see who will be the youngest person to climb Mount Everest turns into a life or death mission.

The Contest

By: Gordan Korman
Call Number: F KOR

Four climbers, winners of an American Junior Alpine Association contest, vie to become the youngest person ever to reach the peak of Mount Everest.

Sent

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Call Number: F HAD

Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, and discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by Richard III; but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging.

Hatchet

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.

The Last Olympian

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.