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J THE WORD EATER
Ama Amato, Mary
Lerner Chanse, a new student at Cleveland Park Middle School, finds
a worm that magically makes things disappear, and she hopes it will
help her fit in, or get revenge, at her hated school.
J THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA
Ang Angleberger, Tom
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with
a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate
Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can
really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami
Yoda.
Series ORIGAMI YODA Book 1
J WHITTINGTON
Arm Armstrong, Alan
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with
Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat
of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats
and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.
J ODIN’S RAVENS
Arm Armstrong, Kelley L.
When Ragnarok--the apocalypse--threatens, the human descendants of
the gods band together to fight monsters, and Matt Thorsen and his
friends must journey to the underworld to save a descendant.
Series THE BLACKWELL PAGES Book 2
J SOUNDER
Arm Armstrong, William H.
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for
stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage
and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship
with his devoted dog Sounder.
J THE SECRET SCHOOL
Avi Avi
In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the
teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area
closes unexpectedly.
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J SOMETHING UPSTAIRS
Avi Avi
When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny
discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a Black
slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth
century and prevent his murder by slave traders.
J THE MAGIC HALF
Bar Barrows, Annie
Eleven-year-old Miri Gill feels left out in her family, which has
two sets of twins and her, until she travels back in time to 1935
and discovers Molly, her own lost twin, and brings her back to the
present day.
J TUMTUM & NUTMEG: ADVENTURES BEYOND NUTMOUSE HALL
Bea Bearn, Emily
Wealthy, married mice Tumtum and Nutmeg find adventure when they
secretly try to help two human siblings who live in a tumbledown
cottage with their absent-minded inventor father.
J KATE THE GREAT: EXCEPT WHEN SHE’S NOT
Bec Becker, Suzy
Fifth-grader Kate faces a challenge when her mother asks her to be
especially nice to Nora, a classmate and fellow flute player who is
sometimes mean.
J TANGO: THE TALE OF AN ISLAND DOG
Beh Beha, Eileen
Lost at sea while sailing with his wealthy owners, a Yorkshire
terrier washes up, nearly dead, in a village on Prince Edward
Island where he is nursed back to health by a lonely widow and is
befriended by a fox and an abandoned waif who is also struggling to
find a home for herself somewhere.
J THE PENDERWICKS: A SUMMER TALE OF FOUR SISTERS, TWO RABBITS, AND A
VERY INTERESTING BOY
Bir Birdsall, Jeanne
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire
Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share
adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish
mother.
Series PENDERWICKS Book 1
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J THE PENDERWICKS AT POINT MOUETTE
Bir Birdsall, Jeanne
When the three younger Penderwick sisters go to Maine with Aunt
Claire and are separated from oldest sister Rosalind for the first
time in their lives, an uncertain Skye is left in charge as the
OAP--oldest available Penderwick.
Series PENDERWICKS Book 3
J THE PENDERWICKS IN SPRING
Bir Birdsall, Jeanne
As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store
for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return
from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to
use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go
astray.
Series PENDERWICKS Book 4
J THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET
Bir Birdsall, Jeanne
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable
prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to
stop him.
Series PENDERWICKS Book 2
J ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
Blu Blume, Judy
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion,
a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private
God.
J BLUBBER
Blu Blume, Judy
Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in
tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it's like when she,
too, becomes a target.
J FRECKLE JUICE
Blu Blume, Judy
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe
for fifty cents.
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J A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON
Bon Bond, Michael
A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington station
becomes one of the family.
J AN ENEMY AT GREEN KNOWE
Bos Boston, Lucy Maria
A strange friendship develops between a young Chinese refugee who
is spending the summer at Green Knowe and a gorilla who has escaped
from the London Zoo.
Series THE GREEN KNOWE CHRONICLES Book 5
J A STRANGER AT GREEN KNOWE
Bos Boston, Lucy Maria
The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with black magic
when a modern-day witch attempts to find books of witchcraft
supposedly hidden in the old house by a mad seventeenth-century
alchemist.
Series THE GREEN KNOWE CHRONICLES Book 4
J THE RIVER AT GREEN KNOWE
Bos Boston, Lucy Maria
An English girl, a Polish refugee, and a displaced boy from the
Orient explore an island-strewn river flowing past the ancient
manor house of Green Knowe..
Series THE GREEN KNOWE CHRONICLES Book 3
J THE TREASURE OF GREEN KNOWE
Bos Boston, Lucy Maria
A young boy listens to his great-grandmother's tales of Green Knowe
as it used to be and, gradually, as past and present blend, he
shares the strange adventures of the former inhabitants.
Series THE GREEN KNOWE CHRONICLES Book 2
J THE WISH GIVER: THREE TALES OF COVEN TREE
Bri Brittain, Bill
When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social
promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young
believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most
unexpected way.
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J SLIDING INTO HOME
But Butler, Dori
When thirteen-year-old Joelle, a star baseball player, moves to a
new town where the only option for girls is softball, she starts an
all-girl baseball league against the wishes of her school coaches
and others in the town.
J NOTES FROM A LIAR AND HER DOG
Cho Choldenko, Gennifer
Eleven-year-old Ant, stuck in a family that she does not like,
copes by pretending that her "real" parents are coming to rescue
her, by loving her dog Pistachio, by volunteering at the zoo, and
by bending the truth and telling lies.
J SNOWBOARD CHAMP
Chr Christopher, Matt
When Matt Harper steps off the plane, he knows his life is about to
change. For one thing, he'll be living with his uncle for a year.
For another, compared to Chicago, Dragon Valley is tiny. But so
long as Matt can hit the slopes with his snowboard, he figures
he'll get along okay.
J TIGHT END
Chr Christopher, Matt
A high school football player believes the harassment he is
experiencing on and off the field is due to his father's prison
record.
J A WEEK IN THE WOODS
Cle Clements, Andrew
The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's
survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems
out to get him.
J DIARY OF A FAIRY GODMOTHER
Cod Codell, Esme Raji
Hunky Dory is at the top of her class in charm school. She can make
flowers wilt like wet spaghetti. She can make thunder rumble like a
whale's bellyache. And she can turn any prince into a frog-but she
always changes them back. That's when she knows there'll be a
problem.
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J WHAT JAMIE SAW
Com Coman, Carolyn
Having fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his
mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall,
nine-year-old Jamie finds himself living an existence full of
uncertainty and fear.
J UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE
Con Conlon-McKenna, Martia
During the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, three children are
left alone and in danger of being sent to the workhouse, so they
set out to find the great-aunts they remember from their mother's
stories.
J FREE BASEBALL
Cor Corbett, Sue
Angry with his mother for having too little time for him, eleven-
year-old Felix takes advantage of an opportunity to become bat boy
for a minor league baseball team, hoping to someday be like his
father, a famous Cuban outfielder.
J QUAKE!: A NOVEL
Cot Cottonwood, Joe
With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old
Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the
frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home
on Loma Prieta mountain.
J THE SKULL OF TRUTH
Cov Coville, Bruce
Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a
mysterious skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth,
causing some awkward moments before he understands its power.
J A HERO’S GUIDE TO DEADLY DRAGONS
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
It's Hiccups birthday, but he must save his dragon, Toothless, from
being banished. He sneaks into the Meathead Public Library to steal
the Vikings' sacred book, but must brave the Hairy Scary Librarian,
the army of Meathead Warriors, and the Driller Dragons.
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 6
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J HOW TO BE A PIRATE
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup
Horrendous Haddock the Third as his Viking training continues and
his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of
Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure.
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 2
J HOW TO BETRAY A DRAGON’S HERO
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
Hiccup is in hiding in the Murderous Mountains with the Company of
the Dragonmark, but he is determined to become King of the
Wilderwest by defeating the witch's Vampire Spydragons and steal
back the King's Things from Alvin the Treacherou.
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 11
J HOW TO BREAK A DRAGON’S HEART
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
Stranded on the exceptionally dangerous, and possibly haunted,
Beach of the Broken Heart, Hiccup must face Ug the Uglithug and
complete the Impossible Task--or die trying. Along the way, he'll
have to battle Berserks, dodge Scarers, and save Fishlegs from
being fed to the Beast, all while being hunted down by an old enemy
with a dark secret about the mysterious Lost Throne. With Toothless
by his side, and time to stage his rescue running out, what's a
Hero to do?
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 8
J HOW TO CHEAT A DRAGON’S CURSE
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
Reluctant hero Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III must rescue his best
friend, Fishlegs, from the deadly disease Vorpentitis. The only
cure is rare and almost impossible to find ... a potato. But where
will Hiccup find such a thing?
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 4
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J HOW TO FIGHT A DRAGON’S FURY
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
With the Doomsday of Yule and the future of dragonkind in Hiccup's
hands, he must prove himself to be king and end the rebellion in
order to save the dragons.
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 12
J HOW TO RIDE A DRAGON’S STORM
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
Hiccup, the reluctant Viking hero, has three months, five days, and
six hours to discover America, return to Berk, save his father,
battle Polarserpents, and win the annual Inter-Tribal Friendly
Swimming Race.
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 7
J HOW TO SEIZE A DRAGON’S JEWEL
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
In exile, and hunted by dragons and humans alike, can Hiccup the
Viking find the dragon's jewel and save the world from destruction?
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 10
J HOW TO SPEAK DRAGONESE
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
In this hilarious sequel to How to Train Your Dragon, Hiccup
Horrendous Haddock III must rescue his faithful dragon Toothless
from a dastardly kidnapper, while contending with Sharkworms and
the Tribe of the Hairy Hoolians.
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 3
J HOW TO STEAL A DRAGON’S SWORD
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
When an uprising of nasty dragons begins, it becomes clear that
their main target is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, leaving the
scrawny Viking no choice but to fight to defend his archipelago.
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 9
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J HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous
Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test
of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching
and training a dragon.
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 1
J HOW TO TWIST A DRAGON’S TALE
Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III
translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside
Someone has stolen the Fire Egg. Now the volcano on Volcano Island
is active and the tremors are hatching the eggs of the exterminator
dragons! Can Hiccup return the Fire Egg to the volcano, stop the
volcano from erupting, and save the Tribes from being wiped out by
the terrible sword-claws of the Exterminators.
Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 5
J HATE THAT CAT
Cre Creech, Sharon
Jack is studying poetry again in school, and he continues to write
poems reflecting his understanding of famous poems and how they
relate to his life.
J LOVE THAT DOG
Cre Creech, Sharon
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal
understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises
himself by writing his own inspired poem.
J REPLAY
Cre Creech, Sharon
While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo
finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and
ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text
for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch."
J DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
Dah Dahl, Roald
A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and
the special adventure they share together.
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J WILD LIFE
DeF DeFelice, Cynthia
When twelve-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes
to live with grandparents he hardly knows in small-town North
Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing
the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs away.
J JACK THE CASTAWAY
Doa Doan, Lisa
Upon the death of his Aunt Julia, twelve-year-old Jack is whisked
by his scheming and dreaming parents from Pennsylvania to a small
Caribbean island, Compano, and soon finds himself alone on a
deserted island.
J THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE
Erd Erdrich, Louise
Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa
tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on
an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
J THE MIDDLE MOFFAT
Est Estes, Eleanor
Follows the adventures and misadventures of ten-year-old Jane
Moffat living with her widowed mother and three siblings in their
new home in Cranbury, Connecticut, in the early twentieth century.
J THE MOFFATS
Est Estes, Eleanor
Relates the adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat
children living with their widowed mother in a yellow house on New
Dollar Street in the small town of Cranbury, Connecticut.
J THE BLACK STALLION
Far Farley, Walter
Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse
destined to play an important part in his life. Following their
rescue their adventure continues in America.
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J THE ISLAND STALLION
Far Farley, Walter
A boy and his archeologist friend spend two weeks on a desolate
Caribbean island where they discover a hidden valley, underground
tunnels built by Spanish Conquistadors, and a wild flame-colored
stallion.
J THE MAN IN THE CEILING
Fei Feiffer, Jules
Although not very good at sports or in his schoolwork, Jimmy can
draw and dreams of being a great cartoonist; that dream seems
within reach when star athlete Charley Beemer.
J MORE ADVENTURES OF THE GREAT BRAIN
Fit Fitzgerald, John D.
In 1896 the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, is almost twelve years
old and more mischievous than ever in his practical jokes and
schemes against everyone in town.
J HARRIET, THE SPY
Fit Fitzhugh, Louise
Eleven-year-old Harriet keeps notes on her classmates and neighbors
in a secret notebook, but when some of the students read the
notebook, they seek revenge.
Series HARRIET Book 1
J OPHELIA AND THE MARVELOUS BOY
Fox Foxiee, Karen
Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl grieving her mother, suspends
her disbelief in things non-scientific when a boy locked in the
museum where her father is working asks her to help him complete an
age-old mission.
J RAISING RUFUS
Ful Fulk, David
A lonely 11-year-old science nerd named Martin discovers an ancient
egg and soon finds himself "surrogate mom" to a very outlandish
pet--a T. rex. But when his secret gets too big to keep from the
world, Martin must find his inner hero to save the one thing he's
come to really care about.
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J JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL
Gan Gantos, Jack
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.
Series JOEY PIGZA Book 2
J JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY
Gan Gantos, Jack
To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey
has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when
his prescription medications wear off and he starts getting worked
up and acting wired.
Series JOEY PIGZA Book 1
J WHAT WOULD JOEY DO
Gan Gantos, Jack
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.
Series JOEY PIGZA Book 3
J NORY RYAN’S SONG
Gif Giff, Patricia Reilly
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845,
twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family
and neighbors survive..
Series NORY RYAN Book 1
J WINTER SKY
Gif Giff, Patricia Reilly
Almost twelve-year-old Siria, who chases firetrucks in the middle
of the night to ensure her fire fighter dad's safety, learns about
bravery one winter as she tries to mend a broken friendship.
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J ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY
Gra Grabenstein, Chris
Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town
library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi
Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he
must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape.
Series MR. LEMONCELLO Book 1
J THE ISLAND OF DR. LIBRIS
Gra Grabenstein, Chris
A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce,
discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is
spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr.
Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books
come alive.
J CAT’S EYE CORNER
Gri Griggs, Terry
When Oliver visits his grandfather in his mansion of changing rooms
and secret doors, he begins a scavenger hunt that introduces him to
wild charaters, poetic cats, and word altering fairies.
J JACKIE AND ME
Gut Gutman, Dan
With his ability to travel through time by using baseball cards,
Joe goes back to 1947 to meet Jackie Robinson, turning into a black
boy in the proces.
Series A BASEBALL CARD ADVENTURE Book 2
J THE KID WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT
Gut Gutman, Dan
With his friend as campaign manager and his former babysitter as
running mate, twelve-year-old Judson Moon sets out to become
President of the United States.
J MICKEY AND ME
Gut Gutman, Dan
When Joe travels back in time to 1944, he meets the Milwaukee
Chicks, one of the only all-female professional baseball teams in
the history of the game.
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J RAY AND ME
Gut Gutman, Dan
After recovering from being hit in the head during a baseball game,
Stosh travels back in time to try to save Ray Chapman, a batter who
was killed by a pitch in New York in 1920.
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J SHOELESS JOE AND ME
Gut Gutman, Dan
Joe Stoshack travels back to 1919, where he meets Shoeless Joe
Jackson and tries to prevent the fixing of the World Series in
which Jackson was wrongly implicated.
Series A BASEBALL CARD ADVENTURE Book 4
J IDA B: --AND HER PLANS TO MAXIMIZE FUN, AVOID DISASTER, AND
(POSSIBLY) SAVE THE WORLD
Han Hannigan, Katherine
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-
schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her
mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell
part of the orchard and send her to public school.
J TRUE (…SORT OF)
Han Hannigan, Katherine
For most of her eleven years, Delly has been in trouble without
knowing why, until her little brother, R.B., and a strange, silent
new friend, Ferris, help her find a way to be good--and happy--
again.
J THE SUMMER OF MOONLIGHT SECRETS
Haw Haworth, Danette
Welcome to The Meriwether, Florida's once-grand hotel built on Hope
Springs, where nothing is quite as it seems. Hidden staircases give
way to shadowy servants' quarters, and old-fashioned speakeasies
make for the perfect hide-and-seek spot. ? Allie Jo Jackson knows
every nook and cranny of The Meriwether - she's lived there her
whole life - and nothing surprises her, until the first time she
spots the beautiful Tara emerging from the water of the springs.
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J VIOLET RAINES ALMOST GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Haw Haworth, Danette
In 1970s Florida, eleven-year-old Violet's world is upturned by the
arrival of a girl from Detroit who seems bent on stealing Violet's
best friends.
J A LIGHT IN THE STORM: THE CIVIL WAR DIARY OF AMELIA MARTIN
Hes Hess, Karen
In 1860 and 1861, while working in her father's lighthouse on an
island off the coast of Delaware, fifteen-year-old Amelia records
in her diary how the Civil War is beginning to devastate her
divided state.
J NIGHTBIRD
Hof Hoffman, Alice
Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other
residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just
her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until
descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door
and want to be her friends.
J PENNY FROM HEAVEN
Hol Holm, Jennifer L.
As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new
insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret
about her father's death.
J DARK WATERS
Hot Holt, Christopher
Canine heroes Max, Rocky, and Gizmo meet a friendly new community
of dogs--and these new dogs have seen humans, who Max, Rocky, and
Gizmo thought had disappeared without a trace.
J THE VANISHING
Hot Holt, Christopher
When all humans in his world disappear, Max, a yellow Labrador
Retriever, searches for Madame Curie who, he knows, will help find
his people but as he and friends Rocky and Gizmo search, they face
angry wolves, a gang of subway rats, and the Corporation, a
supposed "perfect" society for dogs.
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J THE RABBI’S GIRLS
Hur Hurwitz, Johanna
Moving to a new town, the birth of a sister, and the death of her
rabbi father make 1923 a bittersweet year for eleven-year-old
Carrie Levin.
J POPULARITY PAPERS: THE LONG-DISTANCE DISPATCH BETWEEN LYDIA
GOLDBLATT & JULIE GRAHAM-CHANG
Ign Ignatow, Amy
Best friends Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang are as ready as
they'll ever be to start junior high. But before they can try out
the lessons they've learned about friendship and popularity,
tragedy strikes: Lydia's mom is moving her family to London for six
months. Separated for the first time, each of the girls must face
bullies, secrets, and the challenge of standing up for herself.
With the help of their trusty notebook, they try to keep in touch
and keep their spirits up, even while facing the strange and new.
Series POPULARITY PAPERS Book 2
J RESEARCH FOR THE SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND GENERAL BETTERMENT OF LYDIA
GOLDBLATT & JULIE GRAHAM-CHANG
Ign Ignatow, Amy
Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and
taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by
the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right
crowd and record their findings in the form of a scrapbook.
Series POPULARITY PAPERS Book 1
J WORDS OF (QUESTIONABLE) WISDOM FROM LYDIA GOLDBLATT & JULIE GRAHAM-
CHANG
Ign Ignatow, Amy
Twelve-year-old best friends Julie and Lydia are reunited after six
months apart, but the news that their friend Sukie's mother has
died after a long illness causes them to reevaluate their goals and
focus on being supportive of the friends they already have.
Series POPULARITY PAPERS Book 3
J SLEEPER, WAKE
Jac Jacobs, Paul Samuel
Dody, a space pioneer of the future, wakes long before anyone else
during his ship's journey and grows old while his family continues
to sleep.
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J EMMY AND THE HOME FOR TROUBLED GIRLS
Jon Jonell, Lynne
Ten-year-old Emmy wants to be an ordinary girl, but the evil nanny
Miss Barmy, now a rat, has trapped five of her former charges and
when she uses them to steal jewels belonging to Emmy's parents, it
is up to Emmy, Joe, and their rodent friends to stop her.
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J EMMY AND THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING RAT
Jon Jonell, Lynne
When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are
being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can
change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must
try everything possible to return things to normal.
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J EMMY AND THE RATS IN THE BELFRY
Jon Jonell, Lynne
Ten-year-old Emmy and her rodent friends must fend off the evil
former nanny, Miss Barmy, as they search for Ratty's missing
mother.
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J QUAKE!: DISASTER IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1906
Kar Karwoski, Gail Langer
Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen
through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives
in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.
J CABIN FEVER
Kin Kinney, Jeff
Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged,
and Greg is the prime suspect. But he's innocent--sort of. The
authorities are closing in, but when a blizzard hits, the Heffley
family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's
going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse
than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?
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J RODRICK RULES
Kin Kinney, Jeff
Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to
steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries
to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about
Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
Series DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Book 2
J ABOUT THE B’NAI BAGELS
Kon Konigsburg, E. L.
Mark Setzer tells about his troubles in general and in particular
his misfortunes on the little league team managed by his mother and
coached by his brother.
J THE SECOND MRS. GIACONDA
Kon Konigsburg, E. L.
Relates, from the point of view of his servant Salai, how Leonardo
da Vinci came to paint the Mona Lisa.
J UPSIDE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
Lam Lamana, Julie T.
At the end of August 2005, ten-year-old Armani is looking forward
to her birthday party in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where
she and her extended family live, but Hurricane Katrina is on the
way, bringing destruction and tragedy in its wake.
J THE NIGHT JOURNEY
Las Lasky, Kathryn
Rache ignores her parents' wishes and persuades her great-
grandmother to relate the story of her escape from czarist Russia.
J ADDIE’S DAKOTA WINTER
Law Lawlor, Laurie
In her new pioneer home of Dakota, ten-year-old Addie finds an
unlikely friend and, stranded alone during a blizzard, learns about
courage.
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J THE HORSE AND HIS BOY
Lew Lewis, C. S.
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous
journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
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J THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE
Lew Lewis, C. S.
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a
wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden
lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with
eternal winter.
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J THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW
Lew Lewis, C. S.
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her
own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia
where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.
Series CHRONICLES OF NARNIA Book 1
J STARRY RIVER OF THE SKY
Lin Lin, Grace
An innkeeper's chore boy discovers that a visitor's stories hold
the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky.
J A SUMMER TO DIE
Low Lowry, Lois
Thirteen-year-old Meg envys her sister's beauty and popularity. Her
feelings don't make it any easier for her to cope with Molly's
strange illness and eventual death.
J BABY
Mac MacLachlan, Patricia
Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist
season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own
infant son. Larkin's family welcomes Sophie into their home, caring
for her and teaching her games and new words. They come to love
this baby as their own, all the while knowing that eventually
Sophie's mother will return one day to take her from them.
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J NEIL ARMSTRONG IS MY UNCLE AND OTHER LIES MUSCLE MAN MCGINITY TOLD
ME
Mar Marino, Nan
Frustrated with ten-year-old Muscle Man McGinty constantly telling
lies, Tamara dreams of the day when it all catches up to him and
the entire town sees him for who he is, but when an incredible
event takes place in the summer of 1969, Tamara gains a new sense
of spirit towards her fellow man that alters her outlook on life in
the most surprising way.
J A PICTURE OF FREEDOM: THE DIARY OF CLOTEE, A SLAVE GIRL
McK McKissack, Patricia C.
In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the
fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her
experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to
freedom.
J THE TOOTHPASTE MILLIONAIRE
McK McKissack, Patricia C.
A young girl describes how her school friend made over a million
dollars by creating and marketing a cheaper and better toothpaste.
J ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Mon Montgomery, L. M.
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a
lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island
farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone
around her.
J FLUTTER: THE STORY OF FOUR SISTERS AND AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Mou Moulton, Erin E.
Nine-and-a-half-year-old Maple and her older sister, Dawn, must
work together to face treacherous terrain, wild animals, and
poachers as they trek through Vermont's Green Mountains seeking a
miracle for their prematurely-born sister.
J ESCAPE BY NIGHT: A CIVIL WAR ADVENTURE
Mye Myers, Laurie
Tommy, the son of a Presbyterian minister in Augusta, Georgia,
during the Civil War, must search his conscience to decide whether
he should help a Yankee soldier escape and return home. Inspired by
the early life of Woodrow Wilson.
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J ELEVEN
Myr Myracle, Lauren
The year between turning eleven and turning twelve bring many
changes for Winnie and her friends.
J NEXT TO MEXICO
Nai Nails, Jennifer
Outspoken, impulsive Lylice has skipped fifth grade, but she finds
that getting along at Susan B. Anthony Middle School is more
difficult than she expected, until she befriends another newcomer
to the sixth grade.
J THE LEANIN’ DOG
Nuz Nuzumm K. A.
In wintry Colorado during the 1930s, eleven-year-old Dessa Dean
mourns the death of her beloved mother, but the arrival of an
injured dog and the friendship they form is just what they need to
change their lives forever.
J HOW TO STEAL A DOG: A NOVEL
OCo O’Conner, Barbara
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after
their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate
to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked
mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help
her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then
claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offe.
J AGNES PARKER… GIRL IN PROGRESS
ODe O’Dell, Kathleen
As she starts in the sixth grade, Agnes faces challenges with her
old best friend, a longtime bully, a wonderful new classmate and
neighbor, and herself.
J SING DOWN THE MOON
ODe O’Dell, Scott
A young Navaho girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was
forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.
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J PROJECT MULBERRY
Par Park, Linda Sue
While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a
Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about
silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship,
patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues
between the author and main character about the writing of the
book.
J THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Pat Paterson, Ketherine
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he
becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely
death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
J PREACHER’S BOY
Pat Paterson, Ketherine
In 1899, ten-year-old Robbie, son of a preacher in a small Vermont
town, gets himself into all kinds of trouble when he decides to
give up being Christian in order to make the most of his life
before the end of the world.
J TREASURE HUNTERS
Pat Patterson, James and Chris Grabenstein
Following clues left by their missing father, twelve-year-old twins
Bickford and Rebecca Kidd sail from the Caribbean to New York City
with their siblings to finish the dangerous quest of their world-
famous treasure-hunting parents.
J THE HAYMEADOW
Pau Paulsen, Gary
Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during
the summer he spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his
father's herd of sheep.
J THE RIFLE
Pau Paulsen, Gary
A priceless, handcrafted rifle, fired throughout the American
Revolution, is passed down through the years until it fires on a
fateful Christmas Eve of 1994.
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J THE SCHERNOFF DISCOVERIES
Pau Paulsen, Gary
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.
J MY 13TH SEASON
Rob Roberts, Kristi
Already downhearted due to the loss of her mother and her father's
overwhelming grief, thirteen-year-old Fran decides to give up her
dream of becoming the first female in professional baseball after a
coach attacks her just for being a girl.
J BAMBI: A LIFE IN THE WOODS
Sal Salten, Fellix
The growing to maturity of an Austrian deer. The Prince of the
Forest Bambi's life in the woods begins happily. There are forest
animals to play with -- Friend Hare, the chattery squirrel, the
noisy screech owl, and Bambi's twin cousins, frail Gobo and
beautiful Faline. But winter comes, and Bambi learns that the woods
hold danger -- and things he doesn't understand. The first snowfall
makes food hard to find. Bambi's father, a handsome stag, roams the
forest, but leaves Bambi and his mother alone. Then there is Man.
He comes to the forest with weapons that can wound an animal. He
does terrible things to Gobo, to Bambi's mother, and even to Bambi.
But he can't keep Bambi from growing into a handsome stag himself,
and becoming...the Prince of the Forest.
J THE WHIZZ POP CHOCOLATE SHOP
Sau Saunders, Kate
Eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily are recruited by a talking cat to
assist her and M16 in foiling the dastardly plans of their great-
great-uncle, a chocolatier who used magic to make a candy that
bestows immortality.
SCIENCE FICTION
J ALIEN EXPEDITION
Ser Service, Pamela F.
Young alien agent Zack joins an archaeological dig in Mongolia to
ensure that there is no trouble from the dinosaur-like scientists
from Vraj's home planet who are on a similar dig nearby.
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J CAMP ALIEN
Ser Service, Pamela F.
Young alien agent Zack, surly Galactic Patrol Cadet Vraj, and shy
human camper Opal team up to find some Duthwi eggs before they
hatch and cause a planetwide disaster, while the Gnairt who were
smuggling the eggs try to retrieve them.
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J MY COUSIN, THE ALIEN
Ser Service, Pamela F.
While at a resort on a vacation trip his uncle won, Zack begins
wondering if his cousin has been telling the truth for years--that
he really is an alien prince sent to Earth for protection, and who
is now being chased by enemy aliens disguised as bald, fat men.
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J ALIEN FEAST
Sim Simmons, Michael
In 2017, human-eating aliens have kidnapped two scientists who
might cure the disease that is destroying them, and twelve-year-old
William Aitkin, his elderly, ailing Uncle Maynard, and the
scientists' daughter, Sophie, set out to rescue them.
J THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER
Spe Spear, Elizabeth Geogre
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-
century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians
teach him their skills.
J ABEL’S ISLAND
Ste Steig, William
Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse,
finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he
struggles to survive and return to his home.
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J THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Ste Stewart, Trent Lee
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are
selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover
at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only
rule is that there are no rules.
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J DOLPHIN SONG
St. St. John, Lauren
A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for
eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has
mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to
study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.
J DEEP DOWN POPULAR
Sto Stone, Phoebe
In a small, Virginia town, sixth-grader Jessie Lou Ferguson has a
crush on the hugely popular Conrad Parker Smith, and when he
suddenly develops a medical problem and the teacher asks Jessie Lou
to help him, they become friends, to her surprise
J THE WELL: DAVID’S STORY
Tay Taylor, Mildred D.
In Mississippi in the early 1900s ten-year-old David Logan's family
generously shares their well water with both white and black
neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence.
J SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES
Tol Tolan, Stephanie
Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to
the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where
he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.
J FROGGED
Van Vande Velde, Vivian
When almost-thirteen-year-old Princess Imogene is turned into a
frog, she puts into practice lessons from the book, The Art of
Being a Princess, as she tries to become her less-than-perfect self
again.
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J THE FIZZY WHIZ KID
Wil Williams, Maiya
Moving to Hollywood with his academic parents, eleven-year-old
Mitch feels like an outsider in his school where everyone has
connections to the powerful and famous in the entertainment
industry, until he is cast in a soda commercial that launches a
popular catchphrase.
J GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SOCKS
Woo Woodruff, Elvira
In the midst of a backyard campout, ten-year-old Matt and four
other children find themselves transported back into the time of
George Washington and the American Revolution, where they begin to
live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities
of war.
J GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SPY: A TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE
Woo Woodruff, Elvira
Ten-year-old Matt and six other children travel to 1776 Boston,
living out American history as they meet Benjamin Franklin, learn
about colonial medicine, and become part of a rebel spy ring.
J THE TIGER’S APPRENTICE
Yep Yep, Laurence
A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American
boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who
would use its power to destroy the world.
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J THE TIGER’S BLOOD
Yep Yep, Laurence
A Chinese-American boy and his friends--a monkey, a dragon, a rat,
and a tiger--must ensure that a magical phoenix egg does not fall
into evil hands in the underwater dragon kingdom.
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