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1.
The Underneath
By: Kathi Appelt
Cover By: David Small / Illustrated by: David Small
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: May 6, 2008
Ages: above 10
There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road.A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters...
2.
The Higher Power of Lucky
By: Susan Patron
Cover By: Matt Phelan / Illustrated by: Matt Phelan
This edition: Hardcover, 144 pages
Publication date: November 7, 2006
Ages: 9 - 11
Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom only choice she has.It's all...
3.
Kira-Kira
By: Cynthia Kadohata
Cover By: Julia Kuskin
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: February 10, 2004
Ages: 10 - 14
kira-kira (kee ra kee ra): glittering; shiningGlittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira...
4.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By: E.L. Konigsburg
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: November 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere she wants to run to somewhere--to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and preferably elegant. She chooses the...
5.
The Slave Dancer
By: Paula Fox
Illustrated by: Eros Keith
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: February 1, 2001
Ages: 10 - 14
One day, thirteen-year-old jessie Bollier is earning pennies playing his fife on the docks of New Orleans; the next, he is kidnapped and thrown aboard a slave ship, where his job is to provide music while shackled slaves...
6.
Hitty Her First Hundred Years
By: Rachel Field
Illustrated by: Dorothy P. Lathrop
This edition: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publication date: September 1, 1998
Ages: 8 - 12
Hitty is a doll of great charm and character. It is indeed a privilege to publish her memoirs, which, besides being full of the most thrilling adventures on land and sea, also reveal her delightful personality. One glance at...
Other Formats: eBook
7.
The View From Saturday
By: E.L. Konigsburg
This edition: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publication date: September 1, 1996
Ages: 8 - 12
HOW HAD MRS. OLINSKI CHOSEN her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team?It...
8.
Smoky the Cow Horse
By: Will James
Illustrated by: Will James
This edition: Trade Paperback, 324 pages
Publication date: April 1, 1993
Ages: 8 - 12
9.
The Trumpeter of Krakow
By: Eric P. Kelly
Illustrated by: Janina Domanska
This edition: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publication date: April 1, 1992
Ages: 8 - 12
Other Formats: eBook
10.
Shiloh
By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
This edition: Hardcover, 144 pages
Publication date: September 30, 1991
Ages: 8 - 12
MARTY WILL DO ANYTHING TO SAVE SHILOHWhen Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sight -- and also big trouble. It turns out the dog, which Marty names Shiloh, belongs to...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
