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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The 10 P.M. Question De Goldi, Kate 140797 EN MG+ 5.5 11.0 F 71994 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has a head full of questions that he shares with his mother each night, but when free-spirited Sydney arrives at school with questions of her own, Frankie is forced to face the ultimate ten p.m. question. 10th Grade Weisberg, Joseph 68630 EN UG 5.7 11.0 F 68198 N N - - - Jeremiah Reskin has big plans for tenth grade -- he wants to make some friends and he wants to take a girl's shirt off. It's not going too well at first, but when he meets a group of semi-bohemian outcasts, things start to change. 13 Little Blue Envelopes Johnson, Maureen 101453 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 63156 N N - - - When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life. 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture Howe, James 74604 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 60786 N N - - N In this book, thirteen stories capture the the Agony and Ecstasy of Being agony and ecstasy of being thirteen. Thirteen 145th Street: Short Stories Myers, Walter Dean 39863 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 36430 N N - - N This book contains ten stories that portray life on a block in Harlem. 16 1/2 On the Block Daniels, Babygirl 135667 EN UG 5.3 4.0 F 25457 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Latina Smith, who has risen to the forefront of her group of friends, lives a glamorous lifestyle with Gena and Asia while dealing with problems at home, including her mother's drug addiction and life in Detroit's projects. Book #2 16 On the Block Daniels, Babygirl 135669 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 34007 N N - - - When sixteen-year-old Summer Flynt's older sister Trish gets in over her head after taking something that doesn't belong to her, Summer finds that she is expected to make things right and pay her sister's debts while trying to stay alive. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description 17: A Novel in Prose Poems Rosenberg, Liz 66779 EN UG 5.0 4.0 F 24644 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Stephanie journeys from fall to spring and from childhood to womanhood as she experiences first love and deals with her fear of inheriting her mother's mental illness. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of Nye, Naomi Shihab 80002 EN UG 5.8 2.0 F 14957 N N - - - This book contains several poems about the Middle East the Middle East. 26a Evans, Diana 106120 EN UG 5.5 14.0 F 87725 N N - - - This book presents a story of childhood fantasy, African religion, nightmares, pop mythology, and the intense inner world of identical twins Georgia and Bessi Hunter. 3 Days Off Morgenstern, Susie 55093 EN UG 5.0 3.0 F 18542 N N - - - During a three-day suspension for insulting a teacher, an apathetic French high school student meets diverse people who give him new insights into education and life. 33 Snowfish Rapp, Adam 68825 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 37417 N N - - - A homeless boy has a chance to make a better life for himself while running from the police with a fifteen-year-old, drug-addicted prostitute, her boyfriend, who just killed his own parents, and a baby. 47 Mosley, Walter 87689 EN MG+ 5.3 8.0 F 54854 N N - - - Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom. 6-321 Laser, Michael 46278 EN MG 5.6 4.0 F 25393 N N - - - Sixth grade in a public school in Queens brings many changes into the life of Marc Chaikin, as he falls in love, deals with class bullies, overcomes his fear of school, and faces his parents' divorce. Abarat Barker, Clive 64593 EN MG 5.5 15.0 F 98039 N N - - - Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, one day finds herself on the edge of a foreign world that is populated by strange creatures, and her life is forever changed.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Abel's Island Steig, William 101 EN MG 5.9 3.0 F 17610 N N - N N Stranded on a deserted island, a lovable young mouse discovers inner resources he did not know he possessed. The Abernathy Boys Hunt, L.J. 76357 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 41202 N N - - N This book provides a fictionalized account of the adventurous 1909 journey of nine-year-old Bud Abernathy and his five-year-old brother, Temp, who traveled alone from their home in Oklahoma to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and back home again. An Abundance of Katherines Green, John 108588 EN UG 5.6 10.0 F 61412 N N - - N Having been dumped for the nineteenth time by yet another girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life. Across the Nightingale Floor Hearn, Lian 66870 EN UG 5.9 14.0 F 86764 N N - - - In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it. Across the Wide and Lonesome Gregory, Kristiana 17602 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 28726 N N - - N In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hatti Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of chronicles her family's arduous 1847 Hattie Campbell journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail. Adam Canfield of the Slash Winerip, Michael 86533 EN MG 5.4 9.0 F 59049 N N - - N While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government. Addie on the Inside Howe, James 145072 EN MG 5.0 3.0 F 20771 N N - - - Narrating her life via poems, activist Addie wonders why her classmates can't accept her staunch belief that everyone deserves respect and compassion.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Adiós to My Old Life Ferrer, Caridad 130254 EN UG 5.8 11.0 F 70781 N N - - - As a talented singer-guitarist with a dream of going pro, Ali is fed up with the endless quinceañeras and other family parties. She's longing for something bigger, and a new reality TV show, is definitely that. The plot contains sexual situation. The Adventures of High John the Sanfield, Steve 49127 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 12693 N N - - - This book is a collection of sixteen tales Conqueror about High John the Conqueror, the trickster hero of blacks during and after the time of slavery. The Adventures of Sir Gawain the Morris, Gerald 143319 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 13714 N N - - - Sir Gawain, the only undefeated knight True in King Arthur's court, learns the value of friendship, courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge from the Green Knight. Book #3 After Prose, Francine 68888 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 55707 N N - - - In the aftermath of a nearby school shooting, a grief and crisis counselor takes over Central High School and enacts increasingly harsh measures to control students, while those who do not comply disappear. After Ever After Sonnenblick, Jordan 135012 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 45586 N N - - - Although Jeff and Tad make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa. After the Train Whelan, Gloria 128798 EN MG+ 5.3 5.0 F 34425 N N - - - Ten years after WWII, the town of Rolfen, West Germany, looks just as peaceful as ever, until young Peter discovers a secret about his past that leads him to question everything, including the town's calm facade and his sense of comfort and belonging.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Afterlife Soto, Gary 71140 EN UG 5.2 5.0 F 35211 N N - - N A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he has gone to dance. Against All Odds: The Lucy Scott Riefe, Barbara 68844 EN UG 5.5 11.0 F 73543 N N - - - Lucy Scott Mitchum isn't sure how she Mitchum Story feels about California, but that is where she and her family are going. Before they arrive, there will be endless miles of prairie, mountains, swollen rivers, hostile Indians, disease, and madness.

Agent Q, or The Smell of Danger! Anderson, M.T. 140625 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 40244 N N - - - It is time for Lily, Katie, and Jasper to head home from their exciting Delaware adventure, but the Awful Autarch's spies and goons are everywhere, and it is clear that they have other plans for the three intrepid heroes. Book #4 Ahmek Watson, Patrick 41262 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 40295 N N - - - This is the story of Ahmek, a young beaver, going about the business of living in his natural habitat. Airborn Oppel, Kenneth 77198 EN MG+ 5.1 15.0 F 101042 N N - - N Matt, a cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface. Book #1 Airfield Ingold, Jeanette 32914 EN UG 5.2 5.0 F 35001 N N - - - In 1933, fifteen-year-old Beatty hangs around a small Texas airport waiting for visits from her pilot-father from whom she longs to learn about her deceased mother. Airhead Cabot, Meg 122978 EN MG+ 5.3 11.0 F 74494 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds herself transformed into one of the world's most famous teen supermodels. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Airman Colfer, Eoin 119440 EN MG 5.8 16.0 F 101119 N N - - N In the late nineteenth century, when Conor discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while planning a daring escape by way of a flying machine. Aldabra, or, The Tortoise Who Gandolfi, Silvana 77379 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 35185 N N - - - In Venice, Italy, ten-year-old Elisa's Loved Shakespeare beloved, but eccentric, grandmother is unexpectedly transformed into a giant Aldabra tortoise. Aleutian Sparrow Hesse, Karen 73207 EN MG 5.7 2.0 F 10459 N N - - N In this book, an Aleutian Islander recounts her suffering during World War II in American internment camps designed to "protect" the population from the invading Japanese. Alice Alone Naylor, Phyllis 49815 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 49415 N N - - N Alice's first year in high school gets off Reynolds to a difficult start when her boyfriend becomes interested in someone else. Book #13 Alice Rose & Sam Lasky, Kathryn 29359 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 44400 N N - - - Alice Rose, an irrepressible twelve-year- old, shares adventures with Mark Twain, an outlandish reporter on her father's newspaper in Virginia City. Alida's Song Paulsen, Gary 31159 EN MG 5.3 2.0 F 13977 N N - - N A fourteen-year-old boy who has been neglected by irresponsible parents spends a wonderful summer on a farm where his grandmother cooks for two elderly brothers. All of the Above Pearsall, Shelley 109071 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 32911 N N - - - Five urban middle school students, their teacher, and other community members relate how a school project to build the world's largest tetrahedron affects the lives of everyone involved. All Quiet on the Orient Express Mills, Magnus 67372 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 60236 N N - - - A young man accepts a series of odd jobs in the hopes of earning enough money to travel to the Orient.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description All Shook Up Pearsall, Shelley 122279 EN MG 5.7 8.0 F 49802 N N - - - When thirteen-year-old Josh goes to stay with his father in Chicago for a few months, he discovers to his horror that his dad has become an Elvis impersonator. All Souls Schutt, Christine 122476 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 42144 N N - - - Astra Dell is stricken with a devastating illness, leaving the students and teachers at her distinguished New York prep school reeling as they try to cope with their friend's impending death and their own longings and attachments. All That Remains Brooks, Bruce 50401 EN UG 5.5 5.0 F 29087 N N - - - This book contains three novellas that explore the effects of death on young lives. All Their Names Were Courage Denslow, Sharon 72375 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 19733 N N - - - In 1862, as William Burd fights in the Phillips Civil War, he exchanges letters with his sister, Sallie, who is also writing to Confederate and Union generals asking about their horses in order to write a book. All's Fair in Love, War, and High Rallison, Janette 74678 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 48825 N N - - - When head cheerleader Samantha School Taylor does poorly on the SAT exam, her only hope for college admission is to win the election for student body president. But, her razor wit and acid tongue make her better suited to dishing out insults than winning votes. All-American Girl Cabot, Meg 62974 EN UG 5.9 11.0 F 71648 N N - - N A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed teen ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son. Alma Bell, William 82575 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 32789 N N - - - A quiet girl named Alma makes a surprising discovery after building a friendship with a reclusive stranger. Almost Home Blank, Jessica 119212 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 68308 N N - - - This gritty book follows a group of teenagers living on the streets of Los Angeles as they deal with the hardships of being homeless.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Alone In An Untamed Land: The Trottier, Maxine 67720 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 42689 N N - - - This book recounts the story of a young Diary of Héléne St. Onge girl struggling to survive in the new world after her sister, one of the les filles du roi, dies on their journey from France to New France. Alphabet of Dreams Fletcher, Susan 107898 EN UG 5.0 12.0 F 79137 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Mitra and her brother Babak, whose dreams foretell the future, flee for their lives in the company of the three Zoroastrian priests, traveling through Persia as they follow star signs leading to a newly born king in Bethlehem. Also Known as Harper Leal, Ann Haywood 130979 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 47302 N N - - - Writing poetry helps fifth-grader Harper cope with her father's absence, being evicted, and having to skip school to care for her brother while their mother works, and things look even brighter after she befriends a mute girl and a kindly disabled woman. Always a Witch MacCullough, 130955 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 63607 N N - - - Tamsin, haunted by her grandmother's Carolyn prophecy, follows her enemy, Alistair Knight, back in time to Victorian-era New York where he has traveled on a mission to destroy her family. Am I Blue? Coming out from the Bauer, Marion Dane 68890 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 55652 N N - - - This collection features short stories Silence about homosexuality by such authors as Bruce Coville, M.E. Kerr, William Sleator, and Jane Yolen. Amber: The Story of a Red Fox Woods, Shirley 77932 EN MG 5.8 2.0 F 14686 N N - - - This book is about the life of a young fox. America at War Hopkins, Lee Bennett 121522 EN MG 5.7 1.0 F 6553 N N - - - This collection of more than fifty poems and paintings reflect Americans' views on and response to warfare from the American Revolution through the Iraq War.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Amethyst Road Spiegler, Louise 100110 EN MG+ 5.0 15.0 F 101162 N N - - - Having fled the city of Oestia after attacking an official, sixteen-year-old Serena, an outcast as well as a mixed- race child of a Gorgio father and Yulang mother, seeks to reunite her family and regain her honor. The Amulet of Samarkand Stroud, Jonathan 73958 EN MG+ 5.9 19.0 F 122300 N N - - N Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour Matson, Morgan 137843 EN UG 5.2 14.0 F 91590 N N - - - After the death of her father, Amy and Roger, the son of an old family friend, set out on a carefully planned road trip but wind up taking many detours, forcing Amy to face her worst fears and come to terms with her grief. Amy's Eyes Kennedy, Richard 8505 EN MG 5.8 17.0 F 106100 N N - - - A girl who has changed into a doll and a doll who has changed into a sea captain sail the pirate-ridden high seas with a crew of Mother Goose animals, in search of gold treasure. Amy's Promise Hunter, Bernice 35773 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 35540 N N - - - Amy Phair's world fell apart when her Thurman mother died and her baby sister was taken away. Still, Amy can dream: dreams of beautiful music, of having a sister, and of a father who can love his children again. Anansi Boys Gaiman, Neil 101798 EN UG 5.2 16.0 F 107972 N N - - - Fat Charlie Nancy can't shake the embarrassing name his father bestowed on him twenty years ago. Mr. Nancy also left him other things, such as a brother Charlie never knew about and who wants to show Charlie how to lighten up and have a little fun.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Anastasia: The Last Grand Meyer, Carolyn 44806 EN MG 5.8 5.0 F 30832 N N - - N This novel written in diary form, tells the Duchess story of the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and describes the privileged life in her family, up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them. And Then Things Fall Apart Tibensky, Arlaina 145073 EN UG 5.9 9.0 F 54196 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Keek has an adulterous dad, an unstable mom, and the chickenpox. She's stuck in bed with no TV or Internet, just a typewriter and plenty of paper. The plot contains sexual references. Angel on the Square Whelan, Gloria 53467 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 48359 N N - - N In 1913 Russia, twelve-year-old Katya eagerly anticipates leaving her St. Petersburg home to join her mother, a lady-in-waiting in the household of Tsar Nicholas II. The ensuing years bring world war, revolution, and undreamed of changes to her life. Angelique: The Long Way Home Taylor, Cora 86741 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 14642 N N - - - When horse thieves take Papa's prize horse, Michif, and others, Angelique, Joseph, and François set out to bring them back. Book #2 Angels & Demons Brown, Dan 76135 EN UG 5.6 23.0 F 148768 N N - - - Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murder victim. There he discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient brotherhood with a vendetta against the Catholic Church. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Rennison, Louise 41551 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 41958 N N - - N This book presents the humorous Snogging journal of a year in the life of a fourteen- year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Animal Dreams Kingsolver, Barbara 70076 EN UG 5.7 17.0 F 107696 N N - - - Codi returns to her hometown to confront her past and face her ailing father. What she finds is a town threatened by an environmental catastrophe and a man who could change her life. Annie Henry and the Mysterious Olasky, Susan 27725 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 31972 N N - - - Ten-year-old Annie Henry encounters Stranger conflicting values during the year she lives with her father in the Governor's Mansion in Williamsburg. Annie John Kincaid, Jamaica 43274 EN UG 5.9 7.0 F 41905 N N - - - Annie John loves her father and idolizes her mother. When she is almost twelve, however, the idyll ends and she falls into deep disfavor with her mother. This inexplicable loss mars both lives, as each grows adept at public falsity and silent betrayal. Annie, Between the States Elliott, L.M. 82151 EN UG 5.5 16.0 F 100110 N N - - - Instead of spending her teen years at parties and balls, Annie, an idealistic, poetry-loving patriot, finds herself nursing soldiers, hiding valuables, and running the household as the Civil War rages around her family's Virginia home. The Annunciation of Francesca Hallowell, Janis 84498 EN UG 5.3 12.0 F 75649 N N - - - Francesca is serving meals in a shelter Dunn when Chester, a homeless man, begins worshipping her because of a vision he had, now she must deal with hordes of followers, a greedy friend, her scientist mother, and Chester, who believes he is her protector. Another Kind of Cowboy Juby, Susan 119755 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 61913 N N - - - In Vancouver, B.C., two teenage dressage riders, one a spoiled rich girl and the other a closeted gay sixteen- year-old boy, come to terms with their identities and learn to accept themselves. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Another Whole Nother Story Soup, Cuthbert 140713 EN MG 5.9 10.0 F 65877 N N - - - Ethan Cheeseman takes his children, ages 8, 12, and 14, and Captain Jibby and crew to the year 1668 to end an ancient family curse and save the children's mother, but damage to the time machine and the arrival of Mr. 5 complicate their return. The Antelope Wife Erdrich, Louise 73470 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 74517 N N - - - A cavalry soldier leaves his post during a raid on a peaceful Ojibwa village to chase after a dog carrying a baby strapped to its back. His story begins this tale, spanning a century, of a mysterious and graceful woman known as the Antelope Wife Antigone Sophocles 43275 EN UG 5.2 2.0 F 11061 N N - - N This translastion by Richard Emil, concerns that part of the Oedipus story that occurs after Eteocles and Polyneices have killed each other over the succession to the throne of Thebes. Antigone's uncle Kreon succeeds to the throne. Antsy Does Time Shusterman, Neal 124686 EN MG+ 5.8 10.0 F 60376 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Anthony "Antsy" Bonano learns about life, death, and a lot more when he tries to help a friend with a terminal illness feel hopeful about the future. Any Which Wall Snyder, Laurel 130071 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 47468 N N - - - In the middle of an Iowa cornfield, four children find a magic wall that enables them to travel through time and space. Ape House Gruen, Sara 142843 EN UG 5.8 15.0 F 94561 N N - - - Isabel, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab and reporter John Thigpen try to rescue a family of bonobos that escaped from her lab and have been cast on a reality television program. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Aphrodite's Blessings: Love Stories McLaren, Clemence 55094 EN UG 5.8 5.0 F 33399 N N - - - Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche, from the Greek Myths three female characters in Greek mythology, tell the stories of their marriages. Apples and Angel Ladders Morck, Irene 51939 EN MG 5.8 1.0 F 5855 N N - - - This book follows a family through their most memorable Christmases. The Apprentice Llorente, Pilar Molina 21961 EN MG 5.0 3.0 F 20022 N N - - N The young apprentice to a famous artist discovers a secret in the artist's attic. The Apprenticeship of Lucas DeFelice, Cynthia 15810 EN UG 5.2 5.0 F 31115 N N - N N Twelve-year-old Lucas Whitaker, Whitaker orphaned in 1849 when his entire family is claimed by consumption, takes a job as an apprentice with Doc Beecher, and learns the truth about the difference between superstition and science. April and the Dragon Lady Namioka, Lensey 14452 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 39684 N N - - - Feeling confined by the traditional family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year- old April Chen fights for her independence. Aria of the Sea Calhoun, Dia 43462 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 57424 N N - - - In the magical kingdom of Windward, thirteen-year-old Cerinthe arrives at the Royal Dancing School, where she finds herself torn between the two careers of dancer or healer. Ariel Tiffany, Grace 102168 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 44749 N N - - - This book is a magical retelling of William Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST from the point of view of Ariel, the mischievous air spirit. Ark Angel Horowitz, Anthony 106408 EN MG+ 5.0 12.0 F 78466 N N - - N 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 construction of the first outer space hotel. Book #6

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Armageddon Summer Yolen, Jane 29539 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 59720 N N - - N Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen- year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they themselves believe. The coauthor is Bruce Coville. Around the World in 100 Days Blackwood, Gary 140626 EN MG 5.6 11.0 F 73596 N N - - - When seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, he puts to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechanical that have caused him trouble in Victorian England. The Arrow over the Door Bruchac, Joseph 18752 EN MG 5.2 2.0 F 13548 N N - - N In the year 1777, a group of Quakers and a party of Indians have a memorable meeting. Art Geeks and Prom Queens Noël, Alyson 104231 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 70180 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Rio struggles to fit in at her new private school in southern California until she meets the very popular Kristi; however, the deeper she becomes immersed in her new crowd, the more she realizes Kristi is not to be messed with. The Art of Keeping Cool Lisle, Janet Taylor 42449 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 47438 N N - - N In 1942, Robert and his cousin, Elliot, uncover long-hidden family secrets while staying in their grandparents' Rhode Island town, where they also become involved with a German artist who is suspected of being a spy. The Art of Racing in the Rain Stein, Garth 129630 EN UG 5.7 11.0 F 69306 N N - - - Enzo, the dog of professional race car driver Denny Swift, recalls the memories of his life and shares his insight into the human condition that he learned from observing his owner. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Artemis Fowl Colfer, Eoin 54675 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 56684 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind, but even he does not know what he has taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These fairies are armed and they are dangerous. Book #1 Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident Colfer, Eoin 59973 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 58517 N N - - N $V$UWHPLVUXVKHVWRKLVNLGQDSSHG IDWKHU VUHVFXHKHLVVWRSSHGE\D IDPLOLDUQHPHVLV&DSWDLQ+ROO\6KRUWRI WKH/(3UHFRQIDLU\SROLFH7KLVWLPH KRZHYHUKHLVJRLQJWRKDYHWRMRLQ IRUFHVZLWKWKHPLIKHZDQWVWRVDYHKLV IDWKHU %RRN Arthur Conan Doyle: Graphic Pomplun, Tom 106735 EN UG 5.4 3.0 F 17978 N N - - - This book contains adaptations of eight Classics Volume Two (Second stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edition) creator of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, presented in black- and-white cartoon form. Artichoke's Heart Supplee, Suzanne 123005 EN MG+ 5.1 10.0 F 68204 N N - - - When Rosemary is almost sixteen years old, she decides she is sick of being overweight, mocked at school and at her mother's beauty salon, and feeling out of control, she slowly loses weight and realizes that she is able to cope. As Easy as Falling Off the Face of Perkins, Lynne Rae 137460 EN MG+ 5.0 9.0 F 61463 N N - - - A teenaged boy encounters one the Earth comedic calamity after another when his train strands him in the middle of nowhere, and everything comes down to luck. As I Lay Dying Faulkner, William 16704 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 56695 N N - N N This novel portrays the story of Addie Bundren of Mississippi, her sons, and the family trip to bury her. As Long as There Are Mountains Kinsey-Warnock, 17754 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 36793 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Iris dreams of one day Natalie running the family farm in northern Vermont, but the summer of 1956 holds many shocking changes that threaten the life Iris loves.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description As Simple as It Seems Weeks, Sarah 137461 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 34864 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Verbena gets through a difficult summer of turbulent emotions and the revelation of a disturbing family secret with the help of an odd new friend who mistakes Verbena for the ghost of a girl who drowned many years before. As Simple as Snow Galloway, Gregory 88429 EN UG 5.3 13.0 F 82903 N N - - - After his eccentric girlfriend mysteriously disappears, a young man must unravel the puzzle she left behind in her cryptic, riddle-filled letters, and in the obituaries she created for every living person in town. Ascension Dalkey, Kara 57586 EN UG 5.8 8.0 F 48114 N N - - - Nia, a young mermyd of the Bluefin clan, has had one wish all her life -- to be an Avatar in her beloved home of Atlantis. To be an Avatar is an honor and a great responsibility, and Nia dreams of taking her place among the noble ten. The Assistant Malamud, Bernard 68899 EN UG 5.9 13.0 F 80698 N N - - - This is the story of a young Gentile hoodlum who works at a family-owned Jewish grocery store in exchange for a place to stay. What the family doesn't know, is that he was one of the boys responsible for a previous robbery of their store. At the Sign of the Star Sturtevant, Katherine 43276 EN UG 5.6 5.0 F 34729 N N - - N In seventeenth-century London, Meg, who has little interest in cooking, needlework, or other homemaking classes for girls, dreams of becoming a bookseller and someday inheriting her father's bookstore. Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast Yolen, Jane 66270 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 50497 N N - - - Atalanta seeks revenge on the creature that killed her adoptive father, and with the help of her bear friend Urso, goes hunting for the beast, meets the legendary hunter Orion, and discovers the truth of her parentage. The coauthor is Robert J. Harris.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Austenland Hale, Shannon 129359 EN UG 5.6 8.0 F 52538 N N - - - Jane Hayes, who is obsessed with Mr. Darcy from the novel PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, is gifted a vacation to an estate where fans are transported back in time and actors pretend to be characters from Austen novels. The plot contains sexual situations. Avalon High Cabot, Meg 103834 EN MG+ 5.1 10.0 F 65913 N N - - N Having moved to Annapolis, Maryland, with her medievalist parents, high school junior Ellie enrolls at Avalon High School where several students may or may not be reincarnations of King Arthur and his court. The Awakening Boyd, Donna 76691 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 55175 N N - - - Paul and Penny Mason become caught up in a frightening mystery when they go to their family lake house for the summer in an effort to patch up their marriage and help Elsie, their teenage daughter, recover from a past trauma. Babe, the Gallant Pig King-Smith, Dick 205 EN MG 5.6 3.0 F 16565 N N - N N Babe, the piglet won by Farmer Hogget at a fair, learns to be a sheep-pig. Baby Be-Bop Block, Francesca Lia 13795 EN UG 5.8 4.0 F 22904 N N - - - Dirk McDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations, The Back Door of Midnight Chandler, Elizabeth 139121 EN UG 5.0 10.0 F 66170 N N - - - When Anna starts feeling an inexplicable pull to the site of her uncle's murder, she begins to believe that her family's supernatural gifts are real. Book #5 Backfield Package Dygard, Thomas J. 9997 EN UG 5.8 6.0 F 40951 N N - - - Joe is torn between loyalty to his college friends and the promise of a pro football career.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Backwater Bauer, Joan 32219 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 40684 N N - - N While compiling a genealogy of her family of successful attorneys, Ivy Breedlove treks into the mountain wilderness to interview a reclusive aunt with whom she identifies and who in turn helps her to truly know herself and her family. Bad Kitty Jaffe, Michele 105689 EN UG 5.0 10.0 F 68977 N N - - - While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Cushman, Karen 14989 EN MG 5.8 7.0 F 42089 N N - N N In 1849, twelve-year-old Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town. Lucy helps run a rough boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to get "home". The Ballad of Sir Dinadan Morris, Gerald 66893 EN MG 5.3 8.0 F 52867 N N - - - Though he would rather pursue his talent as a musician, eighteen-year-old Dinadan is forced to follow his older brother Tristram's path and become a knight. Book #5 The Ballad of the Pirate Queens Yolen, Jane 14401 EN MG 5.0 0.5 F 1016 N N - - - Two women who sailed with "Calico Jack" Rackham and his pirates in the early 1700s do their best to defend their ship while the men on board are busy drinking. Banished from Our Home: The Stewart, Sharon 82576 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 36938 N N - - - Angélique Richard's family struggles to Acadian Diary of Angélique survive before and after they are forced Richard from their Acadian home. Banner in the Sky Ullman, James 207 EN MG 5.1 11.0 F 69628 N N - N N Rudi's father had been killed trying to Ramsey climb the Citadel, a dangerous Swiss mountain. Now it is Rudi's dream to make that climb.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Bar Code Tattoo Weyn, Suzanne 82286 EN MG+ 5.0 8.0 F 50688 N N - - - Kayla is ostracized at school because she refused to get the required tattooed bar code and now she must run to avoid the authorities and fight for her freedom. The Barefoot Book of Father and Evetts-Secker, 35043 EN MG 5.9 2.0 F 13806 N N - - - This book is a collection of ten stories Son Tales Josephine about the relationship between fathers and sons. The Barefoot Book of Mother and Evetts-Secker, 35044 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 14339 N N - - - This is a collection of ten stories about Son Tales Josephine the relationship between mothers and sons. The Barefoot Book of Princesses Matthews, Caitlín 35381 EN MG 5.6 1.0 F 9204 N N - - - This is a collection of folktales about princesses from all over the world. The Bark of the Bog Owl Rogers, Jonathan 100191 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 56861 N N - - - In this tale based on the Bible story of David, Aidan Errolson, a twelve-year-old noble son who yearns for adventure, learns from a prophet that he is the Wilderking, the "wild man" destined to restore his kingdom's lost glory. Barking at a Fox-Fur Coat Davis, Donald 68828 EN UG 5.9 9.0 F 56031 N N - - - This book presents a collection of stories from the author's North Carolina family. Baseball in April and Other Stories Soto, Gary 5931 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 27521 N N - - N A collection of 11 short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California. Bat Six Wolff, Virginia Euwer 29497 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 54948 N N - - N In small-town post-World War II Oregon, twenty-one 6th grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl's bigotry comes to the surface. The Batboy Lupica, Mike 135539 EN MG 5.7 8.0 F 50167 N N - - - Even though his mother feels baseball ruined her marriage to his father, she allows fourteen-year-old Brian to become a batboy for the Detroit Tigers, who have just drafted his favorite player back onto the team.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Battle for Carnillo Tate, Nikki 72405 EN MG 5.8 13.0 F 83451 N N - - - Dominique's quest continues as he reaches the great port city of Carnillo. Arrested and imprisoned, Dominique receives help from an unexpected ally and is drawn into a confusing conspiracy of constantly shifting alliances. Battle Scars Wilson, John 86697 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 36036 N N - - - This sequel to THE FLAGS OF WAR continues the adventures of two cousins, Walt and Nate McGregor, and of Sunday, the former slave on Nate's father's plantation. They have survived the carnage at Shiloh, but the war rages on. Be Afraid! Tales of Horror van Belkom, Edo 51707 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 45723 N N - - - These short stories of the creepy, the chilling, and the horrible will send shivers up your spine. Beacon Hill Boys Mochizuki, Ken 68444 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 38468 N N - - - In 1972 in Seattle, a teenager in a Japanese American family struggles for his own identity, along with a group of three friends who share his anger and confusion. The Bean Trees Kingsolver, Barbara 52268 EN UG 5.6 13.0 F 82575 N N - - - Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with two goals: to avoid pregnancy and to get away. She succeeds on both counts when she buys a 1955 Volkswagen and heads west. A Bear Named Trouble Bauer, Marion Dane 87378 EN MG 5.0 3.0 F 17833 N N - - N In Anchorage, Alaska, two lonely youngsters make a connection. One is a brown bear injured just after his mother sends him out on his own and the other a human whose father is a new keeper at the Alaska Zoo.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Beardance Hobbs, Will 9632 EN MG 5.7 8.0 F 48974 N N - - N While accompanying an elderly rancher on a trip into the San Juan Mountains, Cloyd, a Ute Indian boy, tries to help two orphaned grizzly cubs survive the winter and, at the same time, completes his spirit mission. Bearstone Hobbs, Will 5057 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 37440 N N - N N A troubled Native American boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man. Bearwalker Bruchac, Joseph 116006 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 38783 N N - - - Although the littlest student in his class, thirteen-year-old Baron Braun calls upon the strength and wisdom of his Mohawk ancestors to face both man and beast when he tries to get help for his classmates, who are being terrorized during a school trip. Beatle Meets Destiny Williams, Gabrielle 140691 EN UG 5.3 9.0 F 61178 N N - - - When superstitious eighteen-year-old John "Beatle" Lennon, who is dating the best friend of his twin sister, meets Destiny McCartney, their instant rapport and shared quirkiness make it seem that their fate is written in the stars. Beatnik Rutabagas from Beyond Dodd, Quentin 53558 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 46123 N N - - N Whisked away on space ships to serve the Stars as generals of opposing armies, Walter and Yselle soon convince the aliens they must work together against the real menaces, Space Mice from Galaxy Four and their leader, The Boss. Beautiful Dreamer Bigsby, Christopher 110757 EN UG 5.5 10.0 F 65359 N N - - - In a small southern town, a white man tries to prevent a lynching and finds himself branded by the mob and sheltering the dead man's son. When the killers come to finish the job, the two men are forced to flee across the country to escape the avengers. Beauty Queen Glovach, Linda 29365 EN UG 5.5 6.0 F 37406 N N - - - This book chronicles the hardships that Sam encounters when she tries to escape her life by using drugs.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Because I Am Furniture Chaltas, Thalia 129805 EN UG 5.3 3.0 F 18547 N N - - - The youngest of three siblings, fourteen- year-old Anke feels relieved and neglected because her father abuses her brother and sister but ignores her, but when he attacks her friend, she becomes angry enough to take action. The plot contains adult themes. Becoming Billie Holiday Weatherford, Carole 124496 EN UG 5.8 2.0 F 11397 N N - - - In a series of free-verse poems and Boston bluesy lyrics headed by song titles, jazz vocalist Billie Holiday looks back on her early years in this fictional memoir. The plot contains some mature themes and language. Becoming Joe Dimaggio Testa, Maria 72230 EN MG 5.0 0.5 F 2238 N N - - - Joseph Paul grows up following the career of baseball great Joe DiMaggio and learns the rules of the game from his grandfather. Becoming Naomi Leon Ryan, Pam Muñoz 82864 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 41686 N N - - N When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great- grandmother and younger brother in search of her father. Before I Fall Oliver, Lauren 136739 EN UG 5.4 18.0 F 117295 N N - - - After teenage Samantha dies in a car crash, she relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself. The plot contains profanity and sexual references. Before We Were Free Alvarez, Julia 60706 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 48212 N N - - N In the early 1960s, in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo. Before Wings Goobie, Beth 42401 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 46736 N N - - - Adrien struggles to understand the message delivered by the spirits of five young women that only she sees. The message seems to hold the key to the dark secret that haunts her aunt.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Behemoth Westerfeld, Scott 139477 EN MG+ 5.4 13.0 F 86699 N N - - - Austrian Prince Alek, in an alternate 1914 Europe, eludes the Germans by traveling in the "Leviathan" to Constantinople, where he faces a whole new set of challenges. Book #2 Behind the Mountains: The Diary of Danticat, Edwidge 65424 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 29329 N N - - - Writing in the notebook her teacher Celiane Esperance gave her, thirteen-year-old Celiane describes life with her mother and brother in Haiti as well as her experiences in Brooklyn after the family finally immigrates there to be reunited with her father. Being Dead Vande Velde, Vivian 53421 EN UG 5.3 6.0 F 41886 N N - - - This is a collection of seven supernatural stories, all having to do with death. Belle of Batoche Guest, Jacqueline 83341 EN MG 5.5 3.0 F 21114 N N - - - Belle must put aside her struggle to become the church bell ringer when those she loves are threatened during the battle of Batoche, part of the Riel Rebellion. Benjamin Dove Erlings, Fridrik 121274 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 29727 N N - - - Benjamin Dove recalls the summer that changed his life when his friend taught him how to stand up for himself and others. They formed the Order of the Red Dragon that helped them survive a terrible tragedy. Benny Bensky and the Giant Borsky, Mary 65147 EN MG 5.0 3.0 F 17260 N N - - - Rosie and Fran are growing a giant Pumpkin Heist pumpkin for the Giant Pumpkin Weigh- off and it looks like first prize is within their reach. But soon Benny and the girls are involved in solving a nefarious crime: someone is stealing the pumpkins.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Berlin Boxing Club Sharenow, Robert 143700 EN MG+ 5.7 13.0 F 83308 N N - - - In 1936 Berlin, 14-yr-old Karl, considered Jewish despite a non- religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust. The plot contains mild profanity, sexual references and violence. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Robinson, Barbara 253 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 14996 N N - N N The Herdman children, given to horrible pranks, take over the Sunday school Christmas pageant but eventually learn the true meaning of Christmas. The Best School Year Ever Robinson, Barbara 10212 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 21821 N N - N N The terrible kids at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School return with more wild behavior and outrageous lies. Betrayed: A House of Night Novel Cast, P.C. 121403 EN UG 5.4 14.0 F 91380 N N - - N Zoey Redbird, new Leader of the Dark Daughters, is coming to terms with the powers the vampyre goddess, Nyx, has given her. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. The coauthor is Kristin Cast. Book #2 Better off Famous? Mendle, Jane 120779 EN MG+ 5.0 9.0 F 59548 N N - - - Tired of being average, sixteen-year-old Annie auditions for a television show while visiting her great-aunt in New York and soon finds her life turned upside down, as the benefits of fame are overcome by temptations and the ever present paparazzi. Beyond Providence Schnur, Steven 24912 EN UG 5.4 8.0 F 49408 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Nathan comes of age on a beloved yet dilapidated farm as he struggles to understand the death of his mother amidst the anger and violence of his father and brother. Beyond the Burning Time Lasky, Kathryn 10932 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 53904 N N - - N When in the winter of 1692, accusations of witchcraft surface in her small New England village, twelve-year-old Mary Chase fights to save her mother from execution.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Big Burn Ingold, Jeanette 59174 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 55125 N N - - - Three teenagers battle the flames of the Big Burn of 1910, one of the century's biggest wildfires. The Big Empty Stephens, J.B. 83040 EN MG+ 5.2 6.0 F 42187 N N - - - After half of the world's population is killed by a plague, seven teenagers seek a better life in a nightmarish future by deciphering coded messages and trying to avoid the Slashers. Big Fat Manifesto Vaught, Susan 122162 EN UG 5.0 10.0 F 66734 N N - - - Overweight, self-assured, high-school senior Jamie Carcaterra writes in the school newspaper about her own attitude to being fat, her boyfriend's bariatric surgery, and her struggles to be taken seriously in a very thin world. The Big Field Lupica, Mike 120560 EN MG 5.3 8.0 F 55494 N N - - N Hutch feels threatened when Darryl becomes the shortstop and Hutch is relegated to second base. He tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too. The Big House Coman, Carolyn 101335 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 33599 N N - - N When Ivy and Ray's parents are sent to jail and they are left in the custody of their parents' accusers, they decide to look for evidence that will "spring" their parents. Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Oates, Joyce Carol 59202 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 54902 N N - - N When sixteen-year-old Matt is falsely accused of threatening to blow up his high school and his friends turn against him, an unlikely classmate comes to his aid. The Billion Dollar Boy Sheffield, Charles 75354 EN UG 5.2 11.0 F 69297 N N - - - Shelby is a bored, spoiled brat. Deciding he needs some interstellar action, he is taken in by a mining ship where he must learn how to cooperate with his crewmates. When he becomes the target of a hostage scheme, he'll need all the help he can get.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Billy Boy Shrake, Bud 65059 EN UG 5.2 10.0 F 63918 N N - - - After his mother dies, Billy goes to Fort Worth with his father, whose drinking and gambling leave them all but penniless. Billy gets work as a caddie at the prestigious Colonial Country Club, where he finds much more than he bargained for. Billy Creekmore Porter, Tracey 115803 EN MG 5.4 9.0 F 57201 N N - - N In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and uncle he never knew. He enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coal mine and union brings trouble, and he joins a circus to hide from danger. Birth of a Killer Shan, Darren 140149 EN MG+ 5.9 8.0 F 48560 N N - - - When his cousin is murdered at the factory where they both work as child laborers, Larten Crepsley commits a horrific act and lives on the run until he meets a vampire named Seba, who offers him protection and training as a vampire's assistant. Book #1 The Birthday Ball Lowry, Lois 136400 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 27878 N N - - - When bored Princess Patricia Priscilla makes her chambermaid switch identities with her so she can attend the village school, her attitude changes and she plans a new way to celebrate her sixteenth birthday. The Birthday Room Henkes, Kevin 36567 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 30642 N N - - N When twelve-year-old Ben visits his uncle in Oregon, he feels caught in the strained relationship between his mother and her brother while he also begins to accept himself as an artist. Birthmarked O'Brien, Caragh M 136279 EN UG 5.4 16.0 F 104491 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone and her mother faithfully deliver their quota of three infants every month, but when Gaia's mother is brutally taken away, Gaia questions whether the Enclave deserves such loyalty. The plot contains violence. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Blabber Mouth Gleitzman, Morris 23495 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 21638 N N - - - An Australian girl who is unable to speak is embarrassed by her father's outlandish dress and behavior. Black & White and Dead All Over Darnton, John 127511 EN UG 5.6 19.0 F 121463 N N - - - When an editor is found murdered in the newsroom at the struggling NEW YORK GLOBE, a female New York police department detective teams up with reporter Jude Hurley and must contend with the problem of too many suspects as more people turn up dead. Black and Blue Quindlen, Anna 19893 EN UG 5.8 14.0 F 88246 N N - - - Fran escapes to Florida with her ten- year-old son to escape abuse. Black Angels Murphy, Rita 61381 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 36181 N N - - - The summer of 1961 brings change to eleven-year-old Celli and her town of Mystic, Georgia, when her beloved Sophie becomes involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Celli learns a secret about the father who left her and her family long ago. The Black Book of Secrets Higgins, F.E. 117989 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 54738 N N - - - When Ludlow runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and he takes Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of Pagus Parvus. Black Juice Lanagan, Margo 86546 EN UG 5.7 8.0 F 48665 N N - - - This book provides glimpses of the dark side of civilization and the beauty of the human spirit through ten short stories that explore significant moments in people's lives, events leading to them, and their consequences. Black Nell: The Adventures of a Woods, Shirley 44090 EN MG 5.7 2.0 F 12606 N N - - - The young coyote Nell prepares for the Coyote day she will leave her family home and make a life for herself. The Black Pearl O'Dell, Scott 104 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 23678 N N N N N In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil that legend says is its owner.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Black Stallion Farley, Walter 105 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 49003 N N - N N The understanding and love between Alec Ramsay and a magnificent wild horse endure through shared adventures and dangers. Book #1 Black Storm Comin' Wilson, Diane Lee 88999 EN MG 5.5 13.0 F 81536 N N - - N Colton, son of a black mother and a white father, takes a job with the Pony Express after his father abandons the family on their way to California, and risks his life to deliver a letter that may affect the growing conflict between the North and South. Black-Eyed Susan Armstrong, Jennifer 13767 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 15199 N N - - N Ten-year-old Susie and her father love living on the South Dakota prairie with its vast, uninterrupted views of land and sky; but Susie's mother greatly misses their old life in Ohio. Blackbringer Taylor, Laini 115265 EN MG 5.6 14.0 F 92634 N N - - - Magpie Windwitch, faerie, devil hunter, and granddaughter of the West Wind, must defeat an ancient evil creature, the Blackbringer, who has escaped from his bottle and threatens to unmake all of creation. Book #1 Blackjack: Dreaming of a Morgan Feld, Ellen F. 56476 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 53219 N N - - - This is this story of a beautiful, black Horse Morgan horse and of Heather Richardson, the fifteen-year-old girl who forms a very special bond with him. Book #1 Bleachers Grisham, John 74752 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 40646 N N - - N When his old coach dies, high school football star Neely Crenshaw returns to his hometown after fifteen years, reunites with his former teammates, and struggles to resolve his mixed feelings about the man. Bless Me, Ultima Anaya, Rudolfo 64624 EN UG 5.4 14.0 F 88421 N N - - - Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a "curandera," one who cures with herbs and magic.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Blessing of the Animals Rosen, Michael J. 42814 EN MG 5.3 2.0 F 12893 N N - - - Jared must decide if it would be all right for him to take his dog to the annual St. Francis Festival at the Catholic Church, even though he is Jewish. Blister Shreve, Susan 54094 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 27133 N N - - N When a family tragedy occurs, Alyssa Reed changes schools and moves to an apartment with her depressed mother, while her father gets his own place. A Blizzard Year Ehrlich, Gretel 36570 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 20173 N N - - - For one year, thirteen-year-old Timmy records in her journal the changes she sees in the natural world and her family's activities on their Wyoming ranch as they fight to save it from financial ruin. Blizzard's Wake Naylor, Phyllis 63020 EN MG 5.9 8.0 F 51477 N N - - N In March of 1941, when a severe Reynolds blizzard suddenly hits Grand Forks, North Dakota, a girl trying to save her stranded father and brother inadvertently helps the man who killed her mother four years before. Blood on the River: James Town Carbone, Elisa 106127 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 47770 N N - - N Traveling to the New World in 1606 as 1607 the page to Captain John Smith, twelve- year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe. Blood Secret Lasky, Kathryn 80632 EN MG+ 5.2 9.0 F 56146 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Jerry de Luna, mute since her mother's disappearance, is sent to her great-great-aunt Constanza's house, where she discovers a trunk that draws her into the world of her ancestors during the Spanish Inquisition. Bloodline Cary, Kate 101948 EN MG+ 5.4 10.0 F 65491 N N - - - In this story told primarily through journal entries, a British soldier in World War I makes the horrifying discovery that his regiment commander is descended from Count Dracula. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Bloodlines Mead, Richelle 145499 EN UG 5.0 17.0 F 115068 N N - - - When Alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Mastrano, the last place Sydney expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California, where the drama is only just beginning. Book #1 Bloodsong Burgess, Melvin 117432 EN UG 5.2 15.0 F 98637 N N - - - In this sequel to BLOODTIDE, the only remaining member of the Volson clan, fifteen-year-old Sigurd, takes a sword forged from a knife given to his father by the god Odin and embarks on a mission to reunite his country. Bloodtide Burgess, Melvin 55097 EN UG 5.1 17.0 F 111725 N N - - - In an effort to create peace between two warring families of ganglords, a marriage is arranged. Signy rebels against her father's decision and sets in motion a series of events, both horrifying and tragic, that will change her life forever. Bloody Jack: Being an Account of Meyer, L.A. 61382 EN MG+ 5.6 11.0 F 72568 N N - - - Reduced to begging and thievery in the the Curious Adventures of Mary streets of London, a thirteen-year-old "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates. Book #1 Bloomability Creech, Sharon 34713 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 45170 N N - N N When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen- year-old Dinnie discovers an expanding world and her place in it. Blue Bloods de la Cruz, Melissa 106893 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 60918 N N - - - Schuyler Van Alen, a loner at a prestigious New York City private school, sets out to learn the secrets of the Blue Bloods, an ancient group of vampires. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Blue Fingers: A Ninja's Tale Whitesel, Cheryl 76587 EN MG 5.2 8.0 F 53303 N N - - N Having failed apprenticeship as a dye Aylward maker, Koji is captured and forced to train as a ninja, where he remains disloyal until he discovers samurai have burned his former village. Blue Moon Bird, Isobel 51774 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 51882 N N - - - The blue moon is a time when powers are heightened. When Annie attempts the channeling practice, called aspecting, she changes into someone Cooper and Kate hardly recognize. The Blue Roan Child Findlay, Jamieson D. 61335 EN MG 5.4 13.0 F 81794 N N - - - A brave young girl in a fantasy land of horses (and people who are sensitive to horses) helps a wild mare rescue her two colts, in spite of the obstacles that the powerful Lord Ran has placed in their path. Blue Star Rapture Bennett, James W. 32911 EN UG 5.2 5.0 F 34138 N N - - - While attending a high-profile basketball camp, T.J. begins to re-think both his motivations and his actions in guiding his learning-disabled but athletically gifted friend through the college recruitment process. Blue True Dream of Sky Maynard, Meredy 78414 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 24227 N N - - - In an effort to reach her brother and reconcile with her community, Nickie embarks on a journey to a place where no easy answers exist, and where the big picture is more complex than anyone cares to admit. The Bluest Eye Morrison, Toni 36938 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 52125 N N - - - This is a story of a young black girl, abused by her drunken father, who wishes to have blue eyes so she can be beautiful. Body and Soul Conroy, Frank 69658 EN UG 5.0 25.0 F 165971 N N - - - Claude Rawlings, a poverty-stricken young man, feels stymied by life, until he finds an old piano and embarks on a musical odyssey that takes him into a world of wealth, power, and fame.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Body of Christopher Creed Plum-Ucci, Carol 43267 EN UG 5.3 11.0 F 70627 N N - - - Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast. The Bomb Taylor, Theodore 14454 EN UG 5.6 6.0 F 35752 N N - - N In 1944, when the Americans liberate Bikini Atoll from the Japanese, fourteen- year-old Sorry Rinamu does not realize that in two years he will lead a desperate effort to save his island home from a much more deadly threat. Bone Beds of the Badlands: A Peacock, Shane 57936 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 42592 N N - - - Dylan and his friends, no parents this Dylan Maples Adventure time around, are off to the Badlands of Alberta and the excavation site of dinosaur remains from millions of years ago. Book of a Thousand Days Hale, Shannon 117766 EN MG+ 5.3 9.0 F 61954 N N - - N Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, but then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as maids. A Book of Coupons Morgenstern, Susie 49766 EN MG 5.6 1.0 F 5930 N N - - N An unconventional fifth-grade teacher gives coupon books for such things as dancing in class and sleeping late. The Book of Dreams Melling, O.R. 74087 EN MG 5.1 23.0 F 152822 N N - - - From Cape Breton to Vancouver, from Baffin Island to southern Ontario, Dana discovers the spirits of her new land and finds that Canada is home to magic as frightening and wondrous as anything she left behind in Ireland. Book of Enchantments Wrede, Patricia C. 70368 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 51495 N N - - - This is a collection of ten stories of wizards, princesses, unicorns, enchanted roses, and other people and things that exist in the realm of magic.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Book of Fred Bardi, Abby 68852 EN UG 5.6 15.0 F 95914 N N - - - A sheltered fifteen-year-old girl is removed from her home in a fundamentalist sect and placed in foster care in a Washington, D.C. suburb, where a violent act upon her new family has an indelible impact on her, making her reexamine her beliefs. The Book of Mordred Vande Velde, Vivian 101042 EN MG 5.7 16.0 F 100471 N N - - - As the peaceful King Arthur reigns, the five-year-old daughter of Lady Alayna, newly widowed of the village-wizard Toland, is abducted by knights who leave their barn burning and their only servant dead. The Book of Ruth Hamilton, Jane 18434 EN UG 5.9 19.0 F 119508 N N - N N Young Ruth grows up in poverty and in the shadow of her brilliant brother. With few options of her own, she clings to her semi-crazy mother and marries and supports one of Honey Creek's losers. Book of Shadows Tiernan, Cate 64211 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 43739 N N - - - Morgan and best friend Bree go to a meeting of the Cirrus Coven. During a ceremony led by Cal, Morgan's crush, Morgan feels a shock. Everything looks clearer. Morgan doesn't want to get involved but she feels like witchcraft is choosing her. Book #1 The Book of the Flame Asai, Carrie 75586 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 46607 N N - - - Heaven has never felt less safe. She's back in L.A., filled with new and old friends. Which ones can she trust? The Book of Three Alexander, Lloyd 6658 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 46928 N N - N N Taran sets out with some strangely assorted companions to save his beloved land. The Book of Time Prévost, Guillaume 116761 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 55859 N N - - - Sam Faulkner travels back in time to medieval Ireland, ancient Egypt, and Renaissance Bruges in search of his missing father. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Book of Tomorrow Ahern, Cecelia 146185 EN UG 5.2 14.0 F 90018 N N - - - At age sixteen, Tamara's father dies and she moves with her mother to the Irish countryside, where she discovers a strange leather-bound book that contains handwritten entries, in her own script, that predict future events. The plot contains profanity. The Book Thief Zusak, Markus 106101 EN UG 5.1 18.0 F 118933 N N - - N Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel, a young German girl whose book -stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding. Born Confused Hidier, Tanuja Desai 66081 EN UG 5.9 23.0 F 146625 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, as she sees her best friend taking possession of her heritage and the boy she likes. Born to Rock Korman, Gordon 105987 EN MG+ 5.3 8.0 F 49239 N N - - - High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a punk rock legend. Born Under a Million Shadows Busfield, Andrea 136615 EN UG 5.9 13.0 F 83857 N N - - - Fawad, an 11-year-old boy growing up with his widowed mother in Afghanistan, grieves the loss of his family and country until he meets a group of foreigners who give him hope for a better life. The plot contains pervasive profanity and graphic violence. The Borrowers Norton, Mary 10 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 34792 N N - N N Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Bound Napoli, Donna Jo 82027 EN MG+ 5.4 6.0 F 36064 N N - - N In this novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Boyne, John 109203 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 46778 N N - - N Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. Boy Kills Man Whyman, Matt 86340 EN UG 5.6 6.0 F 37530 N N - - - Two thirteen-year-old boys, blood brothers and best friends, get drawn into a dangerous, violent world on the streets of a troubled Colombian city. The Boy Next Door Cabot, Meggin 75489 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 77804 N N - - - After finding her elderly neighbor in a coma, Melissa Fuller contacts the woman's nephew Max, who despite a reputation as a womanizer turns out to be very lovable. The bond between them is broken when Melissa discovers he is not who he says he is. Boy of the Painted Cave Denzel, Justin 11457 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 32802 N N - - N Forbidden to make images, fourteen- year-old Tao, the boy with the bad foot, yearns to be a cave painter, recording the figures of the mammals, rhinos, bison, and other animals of his prehistoric times. The Boy Who Couldn't Die Sleator, William 78198 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 50606 N N - - - When his best friend dies suddenly, sixteen-year-old Ken has a ritual performed that will make him immortal, but he soon learns that he has good reason to distrust the person he paid to lock his soul away.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Pierson, DC 135967 EN UG 5.9 11.0 F 68451 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Darren, a social misfit Never Had To who spends his time trying not to be noticed, befriends Eric, another outcast who reveals that he never sleeps. The plot contains profanity, violence, and drug use. The Boy Who Howled Power, Timothy 140505 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 59835 N N - - - A boy who has been raised by wolves from a young age unexpectedly finds himself back in human society, trying to figure out how to fit in. Boy2girl Blacker, Terence 85980 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 61139 N N - - - After the death of his mother, thirteen- year-old Sam comes to live with his cousin and as a prank, dresses up as a girl for school, but it soon gets out of hand. The Boys from St. Petri Reuter, Bjarne 15099 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 47947 N N - - - In 1942, a group of young men begin a series of increasingly dangerous protests against the German invaders of their Danish homeland. The Brain Full of Holes Chatterton, Martin 136413 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 55098 N N - - - Having moved to Switzerland, thirteen- year-old Sheldon and his new stepbrother, Theo (a.k.a. "The Brain") Brain, investigate a mystery involving particle physics, Swiss cheese, a missing truck driver, and a carnivorous cuckoo clock. Brain Jack Falkner, Brian 139478 EN MG+ 5.6 12.0 F 77988 N N - - - In a near-future New York City, seventeen-year-old computer genius Sam Wilson manages to hack into the Telecomerica network and sets off events that have a profound effect on human activity throughout the world. Braving the Fire Severance, John B. 65425 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 40074 N N - - - Jem joins the Union Army but is not sure of his motives or what he hopes to accomplish, particularly since the Civil War has divided his family and caused much violence and confusion in his life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Bravo, Grace! Hoffman, Mary 107257 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 16493 N N - - - Grace has mixed feelings when she finds out that her mom and stepdad are going to have a baby and confides those feelings to her grandmother. Breaking Through Jiménez, Francisco 54159 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 43806 N N - - N Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education. Breakout Fleischman, Paul 70392 EN UG 5.4 4.0 F 28475 N N N - N Seventeen-year-old Del, tired of being bounced between foster homes, is thwarted in her decision to run away by an all-day Los Angeles traffic jam, which serves as the basis of the one-woman show she writes and performs eight years later. Brian's Hunt Paulsen, Gary 76894 EN MG+ 5.9 3.0 F 21890 N N - - N 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. The plot contains violence. Brian's Return Paulsen, Gary 25297 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 23780 N N - N N After living alone in the wilderness on the edge of death, Brian dreams of returning to the woods where he is more comfortable than in civilization. The plot contains mild profanity. Brian's Winter Paulsen, Gary 11704 EN MG 5.9 5.0 F 31140 N N - N N 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. Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 8554 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 50341 N N - - - Linking a fairy tale with the Holocaust, Yolen creates a powerful novel about a young woman's discovery of her grandmother's past.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Brides of Eden Crew, Linda 45701 EN UG 5.2 7.0 F 42780 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Eva and her female friends become obsessed with a charismatic, young man who comes to Corvallis, Oregon, in 1903, claiming to be a Christian prophet. The Brideship Weir, Joan 35372 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 46620 N N - - - Seeking a better life, fifteen-year-old Sarah and her cousin, Maud, board a ship bound for Canada unaware that they are intended as brides for the gold rush prospectors. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Reinhardt, Dana 106039 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 57293 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old atheist Simone Turner- Life Bloom's life changes in unexpected ways when her parents convince her to make contact with her biological mother, an agnostic from a Jewish family who is losing her battle with cancer. Bright Freedom's Song Houston, Gloria 34702 EN MG 5.7 6.0 F 35429 N N - - N In the years before and during the Civil War, Bright discovers that her parents are providing a safe house for the Underground Railroad and helps to save many runaway slaves. Brimstone Preston, Douglas J. 88473 EN UG 5.6 26.0 F 165094 N N - - - FBI Special Agent Pendergast follows a trail from New York to the Italian countryside where he learns a shocking secret. The coauthor is Lincoln Child. Bringing Up the Bones Zeises, Lara M. 65580 EN UG 5.6 7.0 F 46381 N N - - - Bridget Edelstein mourns the loss of her high school boyfriend who died in a car crash, and rebounds with a new love. The Broken Blade Durbin, William 14753 EN UG 5.8 5.0 F 33678 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Pierre must take over his father's job as a voyager so his family can survive the winter. Broken China Williams, Lori Aurelia 86299 EN MG+ 5.0 14.0 F 91854 N N - - - China Cup Cameron, a fourteen-year- old single mother with only her paralyzed Uncle Simon for support, takes on tremendous personal debt in hopes of a beautiful funeral after her daughter dies.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Broken Chords Gilbert, Barbara 45026 EN UG 5.4 6.0 F 40370 N N - - - While practicing relentlessly for an Snow important competition, seventeen-year- old Clara wonders if she has the dedication to pursue a career as a concert pianist. Broken Memory: A Novel of Combres, Elisabeth 134414 EN UG 5.9 2.0 F 14100 N N - - - Five-year-old Emma witnesses the Rwanda brutal murder of her mother during the 1994 genocide massacres in Rwanda and seeks shelter with an aging Hutu woman; but when war ends, Emma's fears continue to haunt her as she finds the courage to begin her healing. Broken Promises Lee, Darrien 135670 EN UG 5.3 6.0 F 38352 N N - - - Levar asks Denim for help when his twelve-year-old sister, Tiffany, gives up her favorite pastime of jumping double- dutch right before a big competition and begins acting strange. The plot contains sexual situations and violence. Book #4 The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Krishnaswami, Uma 60718 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 14780 N N - - - This is a collection of stories about the Hindu God Ganesha pantheon of Hindu gods, centering on the sometimes greedy, sometimes impulsive, but always generous, elephant-headed Ganesha. The Brontë Project: A Novel of Vandever, Jennifer 105355 EN UG 5.8 10.0 F 61455 N N - - - After her fiancé leaves her, scholar Sara Passion, Desire, and Good PR Frost is forced to re-examine her views on love and romance and question her life's work--searching for the lost love letters of Charlotte Brontë. The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Gratz, Alan 128147 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 62404 N N - - - The fortunes of a German immigrant Innings family are followed through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball. Brothers Chen, Da 111318 EN UG 5.9 21.0 F 133350 N N - - - Half brothers Tan and Shento grow up in different parts of China without knowing about the existence of the other until their desires and love for the same woman bring them together.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Brothers Far from Home: The Little, Jean 76296 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 49724 N N - - - It has been two years since Eliza's World War I Diary of Eliza Bates beloved older brother, Hugo, went away to war. Now that her other brother, Jack, has also enlisted, she yearns for the safe return of both brothers. If only she had a friend that she could talk to about her feelings. Brothers on Ice Danakas, John 60326 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 32195 N N - - - Brothers Troy and Trent find themselves in competition with each other for the position of goalie on their hockey team. Brown Girl in the Ring Hopkinson, Nalo 45468 EN UG 5.0 10.0 F 63665 N N - - - The rich and the privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. A young woman must bargain with evil gods. The Buccaneers Lawrence, Iain 52618 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 60887 N N - - - This is the third book in the High Seas Trilogy. John Spencer sails from England in his schooner, the Dragon, to the Caribbean, where he and the crew encounter pirates, storms, fever, and a strange man who some fear may be cursed. Book #3 Bucking the Sarge Curtis, Christopher 80633 EN MG 5.8 10.0 F 66051 N N - - N Deeply involved in his cold and Paul manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen- year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college. Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher 29554 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 52179 N N N N N Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy Paul living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Buddha Boy Koja, Kathe 69789 EN UG 5.6 4.0 F 24217 N N N - N Justin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school. Buddy Concrackle's Amazing McMahen, Chris 41759 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 29948 N N - - - In this book, Buddy journals the family Adventure trip to Oregon. Buddy Is a Stupid Name for a Girl Roberts, Willo Davis 46302 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 47183 N N - - N When her father disappears mysteriously on a trucking job, Buddy moves in with relatives she hardly knows and finds herself in a dysfunctional family. Buffalo Bill Wanted! Simmons, Alex 110626 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 34738 N N - - - A policeman is attacked and the clues point to Buffalo Bill and one of his troupe, a Sioux warrior. It's up to the Raven League to prove the Americans are innocent. The coauthor is Bill McCay. Book #2 Bull Run Fleischman, Paul 8455 EN UG 5.3 2.0 F 13507 N N - - N Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War. Buried Onions Soto, Gary 19051 EN UG 5.3 6.0 F 39728 N N - - - When Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican-American living in a violence- infested neighborhood of Fresno, California. Burn My Heart Naidoo, Beverley 128426 EN MG+ 5.2 6.0 F 39245 N N - - - Two boys, one white, one black, share a friendship in Kenya in the 1950s. They are friends in the face of the growing Mau Mau rebellion, which threatens British settlers with violence as black Kenyans struggle to win back their land. Burndive Lowachee, Karin 77532 EN UG 5.2 18.0 F 120512 N N - - - Ryan becomes the target of an assassin when his father takes controversial action in a long interstellar conflict.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Burning for Revenge Marsden, John 33506 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 78200 N N - - - Having been separated from the New Zealand rescue troops they were guiding, five Australian teenagers continue their resistance against the unknown enemy invading their homeland. Book #5 Burning Up Cooney, Caroline B. 25296 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 53665 N N - N N When a girl she had met at an inner-city church is murdered, fifteen-year-old Macey channels her grief into a school project that leads her to uncover prejudice she had not imagined in her grandparents and their wealthy Connecticut community. A Bushel of Light Harrison, Troon 49506 EN MG 5.0 10.0 F 63574 N N - - - Maggie, an orphan living with the Howard family, struggles to find a way to save both herself and Lizzy, the four- year-old child she cares for, from a falling-apart family. The Busybody Buddha Rutledge, Margie 68189 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 30961 N N - - - The Lawrence children again embark on a mysterious adventure, but this adventure is initiated by a small blue stone buddha which Ernest has discovered in a mysterious shop. The little buddha has a way of showing Ernest the unhappiness of others. By the Great Horn Spoon! Fleischman, Sid 10759 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 38805 N N - N N The book follows the adventures of young Jack and his aunt's butler Praiseworthy, as they stow away on a ship and head for their place in the Gold Rush of 1849. By the River Herrick, Steven 113348 EN UG 5.4 2.0 F 14750 N N - - - A fourteen-year-old describes, through prose poems, his life in a small Australian town in 1962, where, since their mother's death, he and his brother have been mainly on their own to learn about life, death, and love.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description By the Standing Stone Trottier, Maxine 49508 EN MG 5.4 10.0 F 63290 N N - - - Mack and Jamie, kidnapped by evil trapper Ben Sparks, are saved from being sold as slaves through the intervention of British soldiers and camp followers, but their adventures continue when Owela, arrives to lead them back to their guardian. By These Ten Bones Dunkle, Clare B. 102531 EN MG+ 5.3 7.0 F 42985 N N - - - After a mysterious young wood carver with a horrifying secret arrives in her small Scottish town, Maddie gains his trust--and his heart--and seeks a way to save both him and her townspeople from an ancient evil. Cage of Stars Mitchard, Jacquelyn 109789 EN UG 5.6 14.0 F 87285 N N - - - Veronica Swan, a sixteen-year-old Mormon, attempts to avenge the deaths of her younger sisters, who were brutally killed four years before by a deranged man her parents have forgiven. The Calder Game Balliett, Blue 122452 EN MG 5.8 8.0 F 52971 N N - - N When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village, along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he feels strangely drawn, his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him. Call Me Maria Cofer, Judith Ortiz 83118 EN MG+ 5.6 4.0 F 24502 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Maria leaves her mother and their Puerto Rican home to live in the barrio of New York with her father, and feels torn between the two cultures in which she has been raised. Cam's Quest: The Continuing Story Regan, Dian Curtis 112400 EN MG 5.9 11.0 F 68681 N N - - N Seventeen-year-old Cam has been of Princess Nevermore and the Melikar's apprentice since he can Wizard's Apprentice remember. When the wizard releases him from his duties, Cam is determined to discover the truth of his birth and to seek his past so he can find his future.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Camel Bookmobile Hamilton, Masha 114703 EN UG 5.9 12.0 F 72930 N N - - - When Fiona Sweeney tells her family she wants to do something that matters, they do not expect her to go to Africa to help start a traveling library. But that is where Fiona chooses to make her mark. Can't Stop the Shine Davis, Joyce E. 129684 EN UG 5.3 13.0 F 85833 N N - - - When a singing competition based on AMERICAN IDOL is announced, sisters Kalia and Mariama know Kalia should enter, not realizing the strain the contest is going to put on everyone involved. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and alcohol use. Candles Kositsky, Lynne 43354 EN MG 5.1 3.0 F 17970 N N - - - This is a story of Anya, a young girl who receives on old Menorah which takes her back in time each time a new candle is lit. The Canine Connection: Stories Hearne, Betsy 67226 EN MG 5.7 4.0 F 22306 N N - - N This book contains twelve short stories About Dogs and People that reflect the varied ways that dogs and humans relate. The Cannibals: Starring Tiffany Grant, Cynthia D. 69572 EN UG 5.3 6.0 F 36014 N N - - - In her journal, the relentlessly superficial Spratt Tiffany, head of the cheerleading group called the Cannibals, describes the excitement and turmoil of her senior year in high school. The Canning Season Horvath, Polly 68190 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 51689 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.

The Canterbury Tales: A Selection Hastings, Selina 57418 EN MG 5.8 2.0 F 12611 N N - - - THE CANTERBURY TALES is one of the greatest narrative poems in the English language. Selina Hastings has selected seven of the tales and retold them for young readers in modern prose.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Captives Pow, Tom 115810 EN MG+ 5.6 6.0 F 40232 N N - - - When two families are kidnapped while vacationing in the Caribbean, they come to understand something of the island's political backdrop and the events that fuel their captors' actions. Caramelo Cisneros, Sandra 64625 EN UG 5.7 23.0 F 145111 N N - - - Told through the eyes of young Lala Reyes, this is the story of her multi- generational Mexican-American family. The Cardturner: A Novel About a Sachar, Louis 137056 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 62410 N N - - - When his wealthy uncle, a champion King, a Queen, and a Joker bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Carl Sandburg: Adventures of a Niven, Penelope 69595 EN MG 5.9 1.0 F 4953 N N - - - This book traces the life of the American Poet poet, journalist, and historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize for History. Carpe Jugulum Pratchett, Terry 43804 EN UG 5.0 15.0 F 97509 N N - - - King Verence, in a fit of enlightened democracy and ebullient goodwill, unthinkingly invites Uberwald's undead into Lancre to celebrate the birth of his daughter. Carver: A Life in Poems Nelson, Marilyn 59113 EN UG 5.9 1.0 F 9377 N N - - N This is a collection of poems depicting the life of George Washington Carver. Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Thayer, Ernest 46279 EN MG 5.3 0.5 F 551 N N - - - Christopher Bing's illustrations highlight Republic Sung in the Year 1888 Lawrence the telling of this classic poem. Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Platt, Richard 2130 EN UG 5.8 2.0 F 10090 N N - - - This book is the chronicle of the Burgess, Page adventures of eleven-year-old Toby Burgess, as he discovers the triumphs and occasional tribulations of life as a page in his uncle's castle. Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Etchemendy, Nancy 75341 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 49327 N N - - - The eight stories in this collection Unnatural feature some horror, some science fiction, and one folk tale.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Cat Master Pemberton, Bonnie 115062 EN MG 5.1 9.0 F 57991 N N - - - Buddy and Jett, two cat brothers, vie for the title of Cat Master as a retinue of dogs, cats, a possum, bird, and lizard help restore a monarch to his rightful throne. Cat Running Snyder, Zilpha 11458 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 43505 N N - N N When eleven-year-old Cat Kinsey builds Keatley a secret hideout to escape her unhappy homelife, she slowly gets to know a poor family who have come to California after losing their home in Texas to the dust storms of the 1930's. The Cat Who Sniffed Glue Braun, Lilian Jackson 9865 EN MG 5.8 8.0 F 52137 N N - - - Jim Qwilleran and his two sleuthing companions, Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum, attempt to solve a series of murders that have rocked the town of Pickax. Book #8 Cat's Eye Corner Griggs, Terry 55569 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 35591 N N - - - When Olivier visits his grandfather, retired to Cat's Eye Corner with his new bride - Sylvia de Whosit of Whatsit, a reported witch - the situation calls for a little spying. Catching Fire Collins, Suzanne 132824 EN MG+ 5.3 16.0 F 101564 N N - - N By winning the Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss and Peeta have secured a life of safety, but by defying the rules, they become the faces of an impending rebellion. The plot contains graphic descriptions of violence. Book #2 The Cats of Roxville Station George, Jean 129830 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 27075 N N - - - Thrown into a river by a cruel human, a Craighead young tiger-striped cat fights to survive amid feral cats and other creatures near Roxville train station, aided by Mike, an eleven-year-old foster boy who is not allowed to have a pet.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Cave of Departure Tate, Nikki 56802 EN MG 5.4 8.0 F 50768 N N - - - In this first book of the Estorian Chronicles, Dominique is banished from his tribe and he battles with mythic creatures and his own fears during a dangerous quest to find the voice he has always longed for. The Cay Taylor, Theodore 108 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 26145 N N - N N After the freighter on which Phillip and his mother were traveling from wartime Curacao to the U.S. is torpedoed, the boy finds himself dependent on an old West Indian for survival. Cecil in Space Hite, Sid 29946 EN MG 5.7 6.0 F 37042 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Cecil tries to help his best friend, Isaac, who is under suspicion of having vandalized the welcome sign at the edge of their small Virginia town, and pursues his interest in Isaac's sister, Isabel. The Celebutantes: On the Avenue Pagliarulo, Antonio 115098 EN UG 5.5 11.0 F 70698 N N - - - When wealthy 16-year-old triplets Lexington, Park, and Madison Hamilton appear to be involved in the murder of a magazine editor, they decide to investigate on their own before the police and paparazzi completely ruin their lives. Book #1 The Center of Everything Moriarty, Laura 75517 EN UG 5.0 18.0 F 117959 N N - - - Evelyn is happy living with her single mother, Tina, in a small apartment outside Kerrville, Kansas, until Tina's failed romance with her married boss leaves her jobless and desperate, forcing Evelyn to turn to her conventional grandmother for help. A Certain Slant of Light Whitcomb, Laura 101650 EN UG 5.0 12.0 F 77604 N N - - - After benignly haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her, and together, they unlock the mysteries of their pasts.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Ch`i-lin Purse: A Collection of Fang, Linda 88481 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 19834 N N - - N Nine folktales from ancient China are Ancient Chinese Stories dramatically retold, including the story of a Miracle Doctor who can cure all illnesses except one, and a shopkeeper who learns the hard way about the true meaning of justice. Chains Anderson, Laurie 125530 EN MG 5.2 11.0 F 75475 N N - - - After being sold to a cruel couple in New Halse York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War. The plot contains graphic descriptions of violence. A Chalice of Wind Tiernan, Cate 101903 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 58072 N N - - - Separated since birth, seventeen-year- old twins Thais and Clio unexpectedly meet in New Orleans where they are pursued by a coven of witches who want to harness the twins' magickal powers for their own ends. Book #1. The Challenge Box Bird, Isobel 57149 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 55453 N N - - - Of her circle, Kate has always struggled the most in learning the ways of the Craft. As her Wiccan initiation approaches, a final challenge threatens to overcome her at last. Change-Up: Mystery at the World Feinstein, John 131623 EN MG 5.0 10.0 F 69881 N N - - - While covering baseball's World Series Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions. Chasing Redbird Creech, Sharon 17762 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 45689 N N - N N Thirteen-year-old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self-truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family's farm in Kentucky.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Chasing Vermeer Balliett, Blue 78186 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 39699 N N - - N When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven- year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. Cheater Laser, Michael 120722 EN UG 5.4 8.0 F 54890 N N - - - When brilliant high school student Karl Petrofsky decides to participate in an elaborate cheating operation at his school, he ends up involved in a bigger problem than he ever anticipated. Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys Block, Francesca Lia 11582 EN UG 5.0 3.0 F 17078 N N - - - This "punk" fairy tale is about four young people who form a rock band in L.A. and are immersed in a corrupting pop culture. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Chicks Ahoy Sandoval, Lynda 106700 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 47833 N N - - - Camille and Jiggy's parents decide they need parental supervision during the summer between senior and junior year, so they are being sent to work on the cruise ship Camille's father captains. Chicks with Sticks (It's a Purl Lenhard, Elizabeth 102691 EN MG 5.0 11.0 F 71477 N N - - - Four teenage girls from very different Thing) social cliques at their progressive Chicago high school become friends after forming a knitting club. Book #1 Chief Sunrise, John McGraw, and Tocher, Timothy 80700 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 36496 N N - - N In 1919, fifteen-year-old Hank escapes Me an abusive father and goes looking for a chance to become a baseball player, accompanied by a man who calls himself Chief Sunrise and claims to be a full-blooded Seminole. Chig and the Second Spread Swain, Gwenyth 75345 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 40548 N N - - - Despite her small stature, eight-year-old Chig makes large contributions to her southern Indiana community during the Great Depression. Child of the Owl Yep, Laurence 358 EN MG+ 5.5 10.0 F 61477 N N - - N A savvy street kid finds her roots in the maze of San Francisco's Chinatown.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Child's Christmas in Scarborough Engel, Howard 56601 EN MG 5.8 0.5 F 1022 N N - - - This book is not the stuff of candy canes, sugar plums and quiet times. But it is about families, laughter and the true meaning of a childhood Christmas - diving with outspread arms to make angels in the snow and skiing down everlasting slopes of snow. Children of the Longhouse Bruchac, Joseph 16739 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 33289 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Ohkwa'ri and his twin sister must make peace with a hostile gang of older boys in their Mohawk village during the late 1400's. The Children's War Charlesworth, 82055 EN UG 5.3 22.0 F 144521 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Ilse is the daughter of Monique an Aryan mother and a Jewish father. After being sent to Morocco, she makes her way to France, where she lives a secret life throughout World War II. Chill Wind McDonald, Janet 67346 EN UG 5.2 4.0 F 29312 N N - - - Afraid that she will have no where to go when her welfare checks are stopped, nineteen-year-old high school dropout Aisha tries to figure out how she can support herself and her two young children in New York City. The Chocolate War Cormier, Robert 5260 EN UG 5.4 8.0 F 51115 N N - N N This powerful novel is about a young high school student who refuses to be intimidated by society and the people around him. The Choice Skurzynski, Gloria 109093 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 58317 N N - - - Tired and disillusioned, Corgan tries living a more peaceful life on Nuku Hiva, but he soon must confront his nemesis, Brigand, for the last time. Book #4 Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Rice, Anne 105400 EN UG 5.1 13.0 F 87535 N N - - - A seven-year old Jesus recounts his Novel journey from Egypt to his birthplace in Nazareth, as the various aspects of his spiritual life are slowly revealed to him.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Christmas After All: The Diary of Lasky, Kathryn 55193 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 33065 N N - - N In her fictionalized journal, eleven-year- Minnie Swift old Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932. Christmas at Wapos Bay Wheeler, Jordan 102837 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 29876 N N - - - Everyone is looking forward to Christmas. But after a terrible forest fire, hunting is poor, and there may not be enough food for Christmas. The kids want to help by going hunting all by themselves. The coauthor is Dennis Jackson. The Christopher Killer: A Forensic Ferguson, Alane 106140 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 61976 N N - - - On the payroll as an assistant to her Mystery coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney puts herself in danger as she uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend. Chu Ju's House Whelan, Gloria 78021 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 36761 N N - - N In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China. Cinderella Perrault, Charles 12707 EN MG 5.5 0.5 F 2392 N N - - - Classic fairy tale of Cinderella, her trip to the ball, and the loss of her glass slipper. Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Ensor, Barbara 107307 EN MG 5.5 1.0 F 6623 N N - - - In this updated version of the Cinderella Know the Story) story, Cinderella writes letters to her dead mother apologizing for not being more assertive, which she remedies soon after marrying the prince. The Circlemaker Schur, Maxine Rose 12689 EN UG 5.3 5.0 F 35528 N N - - - In mid-nineteenth-century Russia, Mendel Cholinsky, a twelve-year-old Jewish boy, tries to escape to America to avoid being taken into the czar's army for 25 years of military service. The Circuit Jiménez, Francisco 2485 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 27007 N N - - N This book is a collection of stories from the life of a migrant child, Francisco Jimenez.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Circulatory Story Corcoran, Mary K. 135906 EN MG 5.4 0.5 F 2979 N N - - - Text and comic illustrations explain the basics of the circulatory system and the systemic, pulmonary, and coronary circuits. Readers follow a red blood cell on its journey through the body and learn how the body combats disease and fights plaque. City of Ashes Clare, Cassandra 121970 EN UG 5.0 18.0 F 120608 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the changes in her life as she becomes more involved with the Shadowhunters and discovers some terrifying truths about her family and her boyfriend, Simon. Book #2 City of Dogs Michael, Livi 117939 EN MG 5.9 12.0 F 74487 N N - - - Jenny, a mysterious dog, shows up on Sam's birthday and pulls many of the other dogs in the neighborhood into her quest to prevent the destruction of the world. The City of Ember DuPrau, Jeanne 69274 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 59937 N N - - N In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a messenger, to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. City of Glass Clare, Cassandra 130798 EN UG 5.3 23.0 F 150516 N N - - - Still pursuing a cure for her mother's enchantment, Clary uses all her powers and ingenuity to get into Idris, the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, where she uncovers important truths about her family's past. Book #3 City of Thieves Benioff, David 129922 EN UG 5.9 13.0 F 83392 N N - - - After being arrested, seventeen-year-old Lev is given the opportunity for release if he can complete a harrowing task that includes traversing the dangerous streets of Leningrad. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description City of Time McNamee, Eoin 123306 EN MG+ 5.0 10.0 F 69296 N N - - - When he receives the cryptic message that "time is running out," Owen, known as "The Navigator," summons Cati and Dr. Diamond and together they journey to the City of Time to discover what has gone wrong. Clara's War Kacer, Kathy 51710 EN MG 5.8 7.0 F 42574 N N - - - In the midst of the horror of Terezin, a ghetto built by the Nazis to show the world how well they were treating the Jews, Clara becomes friends with Hanna, a girl from home, and Jacob, an older boy who helps her learn about life in the ghetto. A Clash of Kings Martin, George R.R. 146645 EN UG 5.5 49.0 F 318903 N N - - - Joffrey holds the Iron Throne after the death of Robert Baratheon, The Usurper, and chaos reigns as four factions struggle for control of the kingdom. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and graphic violence. Book #2 The Clay Marble Ho, Minfong 36017 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 40531 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Dara joins a refugee camp in war-torn Cambodia and becomes separated from her family. Clean Reed, Amy 144845 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 50679 N N - - - Teens in a rehabilitation center become friends as they focus less on their own problems with drugs and alcohol and reach out to help a new member, who seems to have even deeper issues to resolve. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Clem's Chances Levitin, Sonia 54678 EN MG 5.2 10.0 F 67197 N N - - - In 1860, fourteen-year-old Clem Fontayne learns from fellow travelers about important topics of the day, including the Mormon migration, slavery, and the Pony Express, as he journeys from Missouri to California in search of his father.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer Petty, J.T. 87140 EN MG 5.7 3.0 F 17791 N N - - - Clever and resourceful Clemency must travel the world to reanimate fairies she has accidentally killed. Book #1 Cleopatra's Moon Shecter, Vicky Alvear 145074 EN UG 5.1 17.0 F 110165 N N - - - Cleopatra Selene, the only surviving daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, recalls her life of pomp and splendor in Egypt and, after her parents' deaths, captivity and treachery in Rome. The plot contains mild profanity, sexual references and violence. Cloaked in Red Vande Velde, Vivian 140864 EN MG+ 5.9 4.0 F 26771 N N - - - This collection of eight short stories retells the tale of Little Red Riding Hood from different viewpoints. Clockwork Angel Clare, Cassandra 139502 EN UG 5.6 21.0 F 131487 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray travels to Victorian England to find her brother, but this is a London filled with vampires, warlocks, and other paranormal creatures. The plot contains violence. Book #1 Clockwork or All Wound Up Pullman, Philip 18531 EN MG 5.7 2.0 F 12443 N N - - - A mechanical prince, a sinister doctor, a deadly knight in armour, and a tormented apprentice clock-maker are the main characters of this story. The Clones Skurzynski, Gloria 59344 EN UG 5.7 7.0 F 45582 N N - - - Having won the Virtual War for the Western Hemisphere Federation, fifteen -year-old Corgan finds himself raising a clone of the young mutant genius who helped him win before dying. Book #2 Close Kin Dunkle, Clare B. 82267 EN MG+ 5.4 10.0 F 66402 N N - - - The mostly human Emily rejects the elvish Seylin's marriage proposal, and both undertake separate quests to learn about their true natures and discover a royal elf and orphaned goblin to bring to the goblin kingdom. Book #2 A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Bartoletti, Susan 42429 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 41226 N N - - N This book is a diary account of thirteen- Anetka Kaminska Campbell year-old Anetka, life in Poland in 1896, immigration to America, marriage to a coal miner, widowhood, and happiness in finally finding her true love.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Cold Fire Pierce, Tamora 59204 EN UG 5.6 13.0 F 84594 N N - - N While studying with her teacher Frostpine in the northern land of Namorn, Daja helps the twin daughters of her host family discover their own magic and uses her powers to track a deadly arsonist. Cold Sassy Tree Burns, Olive 7106 EN UG 5.3 22.0 F 145265 N N - N N Grandpa Blakeslee marries a young milliner just three weeks after Granny Blakeslee has gone to her reward. Young Will is boggled by this act but becomes the newlyweds' conspirator and confidant, meanwhile he does some growing up on his own. The Color of My Words Joseph, Lynn 42817 EN MG 5.1 3.0 F 19427 N N - - N When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better--until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday. Colt Springer, Nancy 7043 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 27565 N N - - - A young boy with a crippling disease learns through a horseback-riding program to overcome his own anxieties and to help others in dealing with their own problems. A Company of Fools Ellis, Deborah 67719 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 37961 N N - - - The life of Henri, a quiet, sickly boy who has grown up behind abbey walls, changes forever when he is befriended by Micah, a joyful, undisciplined street urchin who joins the choir at St. Luc's in 1348, just before France is stricken by the Plague. Company: A Novel Barry, Max 108733 EN UG 5.0 12.0 F 80034 N N - - - Stephen Jones, a young recruit, reports to the Zephyr Holding Building on his first day of training to find a building numbered in reverse, an invisible CEO, and a crisis over the theft of a donut.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Complicated Kindness Toews, Miriam 102717 EN UG 5.5 12.0 F 76590 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Nomi struggles not to give in to despair when her mother and sister flee their home in East Village, a Mennonite community in Manitoba, leaving her in the care of her increasingly depressed father. Confessions of a Closet Catholic Littman, Sarah 86349 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 43738 N N - - - To be more like her best friend, eleven- year-old Justine decides to give up Judaism and become Catholic. But after her beloved, religious grandmother dies, she realizes that she needs to seek her own way of being Jewish. Confessions of a Not It Girl Kantor, Melissa 76895 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 58770 N N - - - In spite of feeling that the forces of the universe have it in for her, Jan's about to learn that in life and romance, being a Not It Girl has some major rewards. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Sheldon, Dyan 34776 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 60746 N N - - N In her first year at a suburban New Queen Jersey high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl in school. Copper Sun Draper, Sharon M. 104029 EN UG 5.2 11.0 F 70243 N N - - N This poignant story of two fifteen-year- old girls describes the shocking realities of the slave trade and plantation life of 18th century America. Amari, a slave, and Polly, and indentured servant, escape a cruel life and try to reach safety in Florida. Coraline Gaiman, Neil 60645 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 30640 N N - - N Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Counterfeit Princess Thomas, Jane Resh 101207 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 46287 N N - - - Vowing revenge when her parents are executed in 1553 by the Duke of Northumberland, teenaged Iris becomes a messenger, spy, and stand-in for Princess Elizabeth during the volatile political times surrounding Edward VI's death. Counterfeit Son Alphin, Elaine Marie 43256 EN UG 5.6 7.0 F 42981 N N - - - When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son, Cameron, adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life. Courtin' Jayd Divine, L. 131306 EN UG 5.5 10.0 F 62617 N N - - - Drama is the name of the game in Jayd's life, from fighting uncles on the home front to her friend Mickey's possible pregnancy to a vengeful plan being plotted by Misty, Jayd's nemesis. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence. Book #6 Cowboys Don't Cry Halvorson, Marilyn 35374 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 43315 N N - - - Still suffering from his mother's death and the subsequent alcoholism and estrangement of his father, a rodeo clown, Shane hopes things will be better when they go to live on a farm in Alberta. The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales Datlow, Ellen 115399 EN UG 5.6 22.0 F 141369 N N - - - A variety of authors have written these stories and poems about tricksters in all parts of the world. The coauthor is Terri Windling. Crazy Beautiful Baratz-Logsted, 133570 EN MG+ 5.6 7.0 F 45191 N N - - - In this contemporary retelling of Lauren BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, a teenaged boy whose hands were amputated in an explosion and a gorgeous girl whose mother has recently died form an instant connection when they meet on their first day as new students.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Crazy Loco Rice, David 60556 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 33717 N N - - - This book is a collection of nine stories about Mexican American kids growing up in the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas. The Crimes and Punishments of Jonsberg, Barry 87839 EN UG 5.3 9.0 F 60609 N N - - - Calma, who is smart and an excellent Miss Payne writer, and her unlikely friend, Kiffo, a seemingly all-around failure, undertake a dangerous project when they follow an abusive teacher whom they suspect of dealing drugs. The Crimson Cap Howard, Ellen 133727 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 42763 N N - - - In 1684, wearing his father's faded cap, eleven-year-old Pierre Talon joins explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier on an ill- fated expedition to seek the Mississippi River, but after the expedition falls apart Pierre, deathly ill, is taken in by Hasinai Indians. Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi 58513 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 48194 N N - - N Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth- century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret. Book #1 Criss Cross Perkins, Lynne Rae 101361 EN MG+ 5.5 7.0 F 48221 N N - - N Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love. Crooked McNeal, Laura 34768 EN UG 5.2 13.0 F 85759 N N - - N Two ninth graders, Clara and Amos, suddenly find their lives turned upside down by their families, by each other, and by two of the meanest brothers in town. The coauthor is Tom McNeal. Crooked River Pearsall, Shelley 89142 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 43799 N N - - N When thirteen-year-old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio settlement town, Rebecca, witnessing the town's reaction to the Indian, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Crossing Paulsen, Gary 11706 EN UG 5.8 3.0 F 21935 N N - N N Thirteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border. Crossing Stones Frost, Helen 134204 EN MG+ 5.3 4.0 F 24736 N N - - - In their own voices, four young people, Muriel, Frank, Emma, and Ollie, tell of their experiences during the first World War, as the boys enlist and are sent overseas, Emma finishes school, and Muriel fights for peace and women's suffrage. The Crow-Girl Bredsdorff, Bodil 76666 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 26532 N N - - N After the death of her grandmother, an orphaned young girl leaves her house by the cove and begins a journey which leads her to people and experiences that exemplify the wisdom her grandmother had shared with her. Book #1 The Crowfield Curse Walsh, Pat 138720 EN MG 5.8 10.0 F 62158 N N - - - In 1347, fourteen-year-old orphan William Paynel, an impoverished servant at Crowfield Abbey, finds a magical creature caught in a trap and becomes embroiled in a strange mystery involving Old Magic, a bitter feud, and ancient secrets. Cruise Control Trueman, Terry 82886 EN UG 5.1 4.0 F 25852 N N - - - 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.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Cry of the Giraffe: Based on a True Oron, Judie 140981 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 46849 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Wuditu, separated Story from her family when soldiers take her and others from a refugee camp in Sudan, keeps alive her dream of being reunited with her loved ones as she deals with the humiliation and fear of slavery. Cry Wolf Van Belkom, Edo 128557 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 38525 N N - - - Maria Abruzzo threatens to expose the four teenage werewolves, even though they set out to look for her younger sister, who went missing. Book #3 Culture Clash Divine, L. 136273 EN UG 5.9 10.0 F 62713 N N - - - Jayd and her friends form their school's first African Student Union, despite the objections of some other students, and Jayd struggles to cope with the racial tensions. The plot contains pervasive profanity and sexual references. Book #10 The Cup of the World Dickinson, John 85919 EN UG 5.5 18.0 F 113641 N N - - - Phaedra, the willful daughter of a baron, sets off an unforeseeable chain of events and a battle between good and evil when she announces her intention to marry for love. Book #1 The Curious Incident of the Dog in Haddon, Mark 72354 EN UG 5.4 10.0 F 62005 N N - - - Despite his overwhelming fear of the Night-Time interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically gifted, autistic fifteen- year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother. A Curse Dark As Gold Bunce, Elizabeth C. 121466 EN MG 5.9 17.0 F 105878 N N - - - Upon the death of her father, seventeen -year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse. The Curse of the Ancient Mask and Cheshire, Simon 129831 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 23963 N N - - - Saxby Smart is no ordinary ten-year-old. Other Case Files He's the best detective in the world, or at least the best one who also happens to be in elementary school. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Meyer, L.A. 78252 EN MG+ 5.7 21.0 F 135172 N N - - N After being exposed as a girl and forced Account of the Misadventures of to leave her ship, Jacky Faber finds Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine herself attending school in Boston. Book Lady #2 Curses, Inc. and Other Stories Vande Velde, Vivian 20799 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 41636 N N - - - Ten short stories about spells, hauntings, and curses. The Da Vinci Mole: A Philosophical Browne, Ian 108970 EN UG 5.7 3.0 F 21748 N N - - - When Eric San Leté, visiting curator of Parody the Whitney Museum, is found dead, having left only a cryptic message as a clue to his death, Hank Thomas, professor of modern art, and Saphie Paradise, French exchange student, are sent on a whirlwind adventure. Daedalus and the Minotaur Galloway, Priscilla 35342 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 24594 N N - - - Accused of murder, Daedalus the Inventor flees from Athens with his young son Icarus, only to be plunged into dangerous intrigue at the royal court of Crete. Dairy Queen Murdock, Catherine 106282 EN MG+ 5.3 10.0 F 65934 N N - - N After spending her summer running the Gilbert family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her. Book #1 Dance Hall of the Dead Hillerman, Tony 25853 EN UG 5.6 8.0 F 51056 N N - - - Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal police is assigned to track down a missing Navajo boy who might hold a clue to the brutal murder of a friend. A Dance of Sisters Porter, Tracey 65231 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 40895 N N - - - Although almost totally consumed by her ballet training and her obsession with controlling her weight, thirteen-year -old Delia finds time to worry about her strange and rebellious older sister Pearl, who has been sent away to a private school.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dancing at the Odinochka Hill, Kirkpatrick 101232 EN MG 5.5 8.0 F 52137 N N - - N In the 1860s, Erinia Pavaloff's life at a trading post in Russian America gets more complicated when the region is annexed to the United States and members of the small community become American Alaskans. Dancing in Cadillac Light Holt, Kimberly Willis 45118 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 37886 N N - - N In 1968, eleven-year-old Jaynell's life in the town of Moon, Texas, is enlivened when her eccentric Grandpap comes to live with her family. Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You Cirrone, Dorian 85829 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 44509 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Kayla, a ballet dancer with large breasts, and her sister Paterson, an artist, are both helped and hindered by classmates as they confront sexism, conformity, and censorship at their high school for the arts. Danger Along the Ohio Willis, Patricia 17766 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 37312 N N - - N Lost in the Ohio River Valley in May 1793, twelve-year-old Clare and her two brothers struggle to survive in the wilderness and to avoid capture by the Shawnee Indians. The Danger Box Balliett, Blue 138721 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 47067 N N - - - A sight-impaired young boy in a small town becomes involved in a mystery involving a mischievous girl, a strange, scientific notebook, a fire, and a death. Danger in Disguise Downie, Mary Alice 43356 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 40542 N N - - - After being press-ganged to serve in the British navy while spending his life living in secret in Normandy, Jamie is accused of being a spy for the French. Now he must decide whose side he is on, English or French. The coauthor is John Downie. Danger Zone Klass, David 14298 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 56399 N N - N N When Jimmy Doyle joins a predominantly black "Teen Dream Team" that will be representing the United States in an international basketball tournament in Rome, he makes some unexpected discoveries about prejudice, racism, and politics.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dangerous Skies Staples, Suzanne 19198 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 54187 N N - - - Buck a descendent from English Fisher settlers, and his best friend Tunes, a slave brought to America to work on the farm, are terrified by events that take place and change their world forever. Daniel Half Human: And the Good Chotjewitz, David 83161 EN MG+ 5.0 9.0 F 58803 N N - - - In 1933, best friends Daniel and Armin Nazi admire Hitler, but as anti-Semitism buoys Hitler to power, Daniel learns he is half Jewish, threatening the friendship even as life in their beloved Hamburg, Germany, is becoming nightmarish. Dante's Equation Jensen, Jane 76682 EN UG 5.4 33.0 F 212006 N N - - - Rabbi Aharon Handalman has uncovered a man's name, hidden in the Bible, and begins an investigation, which leads him to what may be the most important lost work in human history. The Dark Curley, Marianne 75434 EN UG 5.1 13.0 F 85147 N N - - - When their 600-year-old mentor Arkarian is captured by the evil Marduke and banished to the underworld, sixteen -year-old Ethan, his apprentice Isabel, and Isabel's brother, Matt, risk everything to save him. Dark Angel Klass, David 102558 EN UG 5.0 12.0 F 80429 N N - - - When his older brother is released from prison, seventeen-year-old Jeff's family secret is revealed, causing upheaval in his home, school, and love life. Dark Dude Hijuelos, Oscar 128677 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 77517 N N - - - In the 1960s, Rico, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for Wisconsin, only to discover violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. The Dark Light Newth, Mette 36210 EN MG 5.9 8.0 F 52928 N N - - - While enduring a bleak existence in a hospital for lepers in Norway during the early 1800s, thirteen-year-old Tora tries to find meaning in a life surrounded by death.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dark Lord of Derkholm Jones, Diana Wynne 35400 EN UG 5.5 18.0 F 118147 N N - - - Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family, become involved in a plan to put a stop to the devastating tours of their world arranged by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney. The Dark Portal Jarvis, Robin 43476 EN MG 5.3 10.0 F 64296 N N - - - This is the first novel in The Deptford Mice trilogy. In the sewers of Deptford, there lurks a dark presence that fills the tunnels with fear. The rats worship it in the blackness and name it "Jupiter, Lord of All."

The Dark Side of Nowhere Shusterman, Neal 24982 EN UG 5.8 8.0 F 48339 N N - - - Fourteen year-old Jason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he is the son of aliens who stayed on Earth following a botched invasion mission. The Darkangel Pierce, Meredith Ann 40320 EN UG 5.8 9.0 F 56264 N N - - - The servant girl, Aeriel, must choose between destroying her vampire master for his evil deeds or saving him for the sake of his beauty and the spark of goodness she has seen in him. The Darkest Corner Herschler, Mildred 46320 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 54984 N N - - - Her relationship with the black woman Barger who works for her family and her friendship with two black neighbors in the small Mississippi town in the 1950s and 1960s, brings Teddy into conflict with her racist father, a member of the local Ku Klux Klan. The Darkest Evening Durbin, William 80704 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 40854 N N - - N In the 1930s, a young Finnish-American boy reluctantly moves with his family to Karelia, a communist-Finnish state founded in Russia, where his idealistic father soon realizes that his conception of a communist utopia is flawed.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Darkside Becker, Tom 119935 EN MG+ 5.4 8.0 F 54822 N N - - - Jonathan's father is in an asylum and his home attacked. While running away from kidnappers, he stumbles upon Darkside, a terrifying and hidden part of London ruled by the descendents of Jack the Ripper, where Jonathan is in mortal danger. Book #1 Darkwing Oppel, Kenneth 116705 EN MG 5.0 14.0 F 96383 N N - - - Dusk, one of the world's first bats, must lead his colony to safety in a time of changing species. The Darlings Are Forever Kantor, Melissa 142173 EN MG+ 5.2 11.0 F 75386 N N - - - Best friends Jane, Victoria, and Natalya, who call themselves the Darlings, find their relationship tested when they start their freshman year at three very different high schools. The plot contains mild sexual references. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares Cohn, Rachel 140591 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 64963 N N - - - This story is told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen- year-olds who carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmastime in New York, neither knowing quite what, or who, they will find. The coauthor is David Levithan. Dateline: Troy Fleischman, Paul 14913 EN UG 5.6 1.0 F 7471 N N - - - A retelling of the story of the Trojan War illustrated with collages featuring newspaper clippings of modern events from World War I through the Persian Gulf war. Dating Hamlet: Ophelia's Story Fiedler, Lisa 65350 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 38436 N N - - - In a story based on Shakespeare's play, Ophelia describes her relationship with Hamlet, learns the truth about her own father, and recounts the complicated events following the murder of Hamlet's father.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Daughter of Smoke and Bone Taylor, Laini 146487 EN UG 5.8 16.0 F 99472 N N - - - Karou, a lovely, enigmatic, 17-yr-old art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters, the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known. The plot contains sexual situations and violence. Book #1 Daughter of Suqua Hamm, Diane 43399 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 25405 N N - - - In the early 1900s, as change comes to Johnston the village on Puget Sound where she lives, ten-year-old Ida Bowen worries about what is ahead for herself, her parents, beloved Little Grandma, and other members of the Suquamish tribe. David & the Mighty Eighth: A Parker, Marjorie 135407 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 26410 N N - - - During the London Blitz, a young British Boy and a Texas Airman in Hodgson English boy is evacuated to live on his World War II grandparents' East Anglia farm, where he finds it difficult to adjust until the arrival of the pilots and crews of the U.S. Eighth Air Force at a nearby airfield. Dawn Wiesel, Elie 16709 EN UG 5.4 4.0 F 23321 N N - - - This is the hour-by-hour narrative of Elisha, a young Israeli freedom fighter and Holocaust survivor, and John Dawson, a captured English officer waiting for his execution at dawn. Day of the Assassins: A Jack O'Brien, Johnny 133141 EN MG+ 5.7 10.0 F 61801 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Jack is sent to 1914 Christie Novel Europe as a pawn in the battle between his long-lost father, who has built a time machine, and a secret network of scientists, who want to prevent him from trying to use it to change history for the better. The Daybreakers L'Amour, Louis 7059 EN UG 5.4 10.0 F 64575 N N - - - Tyrel and Orrin Sackett travel west to bring law and order from Santa Fe to Montana.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Dead Boys Buckingham, Royce 138722 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 30924 N N - - - Timid twelve-year-old Teddy Mathews and his mother move to a small, remote desert town in eastern Washington, where the tree next door, mutated by nuclear waste, uses children for energy and the friends Teddy makes turn out to be its life source. Dead End in Norvelt Gantos, Jack 146010 EN MG 5.7 12.0 F 73597 N N - - - In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore. Dead Girl in Love Singleton, Linda Joy 135745 EN UG 5.2 10.0 F 66745 N N - - - Temp Lifer Amber's third assignment takes her into the body of her best friend, Alyce, who is involved in some secret project involving cemeteries. While investigating, Amber encounters Dark Lifer Gabe, who wants to make a deal with her. Dead Man's Gold and Other Yee, Paul 62218 EN MG 5.9 3.0 F 22011 N N - - - These ten ghost stories dramatize the Stories tumultuous history of 140 years of Chinese immigration to North America - from the poor village men who searched for gold in the 1850s to the new immigrants who arrived in the wake of the communist victory in China. The Dead of Night Marsden, John 25568 EN UG 5.5 12.0 F 79251 N N - - - Six determined Australian teenagers try to find their missing friends while continuing to resist the enemies who have invaded their country. Book #2 Dead Reckoning Burtinshaw, Julie 55570 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 25477 N N - - - Retelling the tale of a marine disaster rivaled only by the "Titanic", this book is a white-knuckle spellbinder that offers a lifeboat seat to everyone who's wondered what it feels like to go down with the ship.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Deadline Crutcher, Chris 118240 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 63487 N N - - - Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos." Dealing with Dragons Wrede, Patricia C. 5917 EN MG 5.5 8.0 F 50540 N N - N N Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom. Dear Emma Hurwitz, Johanna 63655 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 25202 N N - - - In her letters to a Vermont friend, Dossi, a Russian, Jewish immigrant living in the Lower East Side of New York City in 1910, shares her thoughts about her new brother-in law, the diphtheria epidemic, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Dear Zoe: A Novel Beard, Philip 86817 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 50626 N N - - - In the year following her little sister Zoe's accidental death, 15-year-old Tess DeNunzio writes therapeutic, diarylike letters to her. Because Zoe died on 9/11, her death is both compounded and compromised by the larger national tragedy. Death and the Arrow Priestley, Chris 74754 EN UG 5.2 5.0 F 32821 N N - - - After his friend Will, a pickpocket in London in 1715, is murdered as part of a series of mysterious deaths, fifteen- year-old Tom Marlowe asks his friend Dr. Harker to help find the killer. Death at Devil's Bridge DeFelice, Cynthia 43400 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 36337 N N - - N Despite a great summer job as a first mate on a fishing boat out of Martha's vineyard, thirteen-year-old Ben gets caught up with illegal drugs and possible murder.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Death Cure Dashner, James 146928 EN MG+ 5.3 13.0 F 87385 N N - - - In a final effort to complete the blueprint for the cure, WICKED promises to restore the Gladers' memories, but Thomas does not trust WICKED, and he remembers much more than they realize. The plot contains mild profanity and graphic violence. Book #3 Death Down Under MacGregor, Roy 51711 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 25077 N N - - - The Screech Owls are flying around the world to Sydney, Australia, site of the spectacular 2000 Olympics, for an exhibition tournament to promote ice hockey in the sports-mad land down under.

Death on the Nile Christie, Agatha 8864 EN UG 5.9 12.0 F 76450 N N - - - Linnet and her new husband take a cruise on the Nile, where they meet the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. It should be an idyllic trip, yet Poirot has a vague, uneasy feeling that something is dangerously amiss. December Stillness Hahn, Mary Downing 560 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 42215 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Kelly tries to befriend Mr. Weems, a disturbed, homeless Vietnam veteran who spends his days in the library, though he makes it clear he wants to be left alone. Deep Vance, Susanna 74755 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 60221 N N - - - Somewhere in the Caribbean, seventeen-year-old Morgan and thirteen -year-old Birdie, two girls whose lives are worlds apart, are brought together. Deep Down Popular Stone, Phoebe 121722 EN MG 5.3 8.0 F 52953 N N - - - In a small Virginia town, sixth-grader Jessie Lou Ferguson has a crush on the hugely popular Conrad Parker Smith. When Conrad suddenly develops a medical problem and the teacher asks Jessie Lou to help him, they become friends.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Deep End of the Ocean Mitchard, Jacquelyn 18428 EN UG 5.5 22.0 F 140984 N N - - - Ben disappears while his older brother is watching him while their mother is checking into a class reunion. Despite a nationwide search, Ben is not found. The Deep Freeze of Bartholomew Williams, Alex 125936 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 56352 N N - - - In a land of never-ending snow, Rufus Tullock and his mother must protect the family home from being seized by Bartholomew Tullock, while sister Madeline and her father join forces with a ne'er-do-well adventurer, hoping to make some money. Deep Secret Jones, Diana Wynne 63640 EN UG 5.5 20.0 F 130175 N N - - - Rupert must search the Earth for an appropriate new Magid, while helping part-time to prevent the descent of the Empire into chaos. The Demon in the Teahouse Hoobler, Dorothy 48145 EN MG+ 5.3 6.0 F 38868 N N - - N In eighteenth-century Japan, 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. This book was coauthored by Thomas Hoobler. Book #2 The Demon King Chima, Cinda 134468 EN MG+ 5.3 20.0 F 128920 N N - - - The fates of former street gang leader Williams Han Alister and headstrong Princess Raisa intertwine as Han takes possession of an amulet that once belonged to an evil wizard and Raisa uncovers a conspiracy in the Gray Wolf court. Book #1 The Demon's Lexicon Brennan, Sarah Rees 132031 EN UG 5.9 14.0 F 90298 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Nick and his family have battled magicians and demons for most of his life, but when his brother is marked for death while helping friends, Nick's determination to save Alan leads him to uncover a devastating secret. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Demonglass Hawkins, Rachel 142167 EN MG+ 5.4 12.0 F 75407 N N - - - After learning that she is capable of dangerous magic, Sophie Mercer goes to England hoping to have her powers removed, but she soon learns she is being hunted by the Eye and haunted by Elodie. The plot contains sexual references and violence. Book #2 Demonkeeper Buckingham, Royce 114764 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 35672 N N - - - When Nat, the weirdest boy in Seattle, leaves for a date with the plainest girl in town, chaos breaks out in the houseful of demons of which he is the sole guardian. Den of the White Fox Namioka, Lensey 46112 EN UG 5.9 7.0 F 44009 N N - - - In medieval Japan, two out-of-work samurai warriors must use their fighting skills when they join a group of local boys, led by the mysterious White Fox, in resistance to a cruel occupying force. Derby Girl/Whip It Cross, Shauna 119782 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 42927 N N - - - When 16-yr-old Bliss, who is miserable living in a small Texas town with her beauty-pageant-obsessed mother, secretly joins a roller derby team, her life gets infinitely more confusing. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence. Desperate Journey Murphy, Jim 109861 EN MG 5.5 9.0 F 55784 N N - - - In the mid-1800s, with both her father and her uncle in jail on an assault charge, Maggie, her brother, and her ailing mother rush their barge along the Erie Canal to deliver their heavy cargo or lose everything. Devil's Footsteps Richardson, E.E. 102200 EN MG+ 5.5 7.0 F 45687 N N - - - After the disappearance of his brother Adam, thirteen-year-old Bryan faces a shadowy, centuries-old evil presence known as the Dark Man that, taking the form of its victims' worst fears, stalks the town's children. The Devil's Storybook Babbitt, Natalie 53434 EN MG 5.5 2.0 F 12075 N N - - - This is a book of stories about the Devil, who is full of vanity and other human failings.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dial-a-Ghost Ibbotson, Eva 23305 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 37954 N N - - N A family of nice ghosts protect a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians. Diamond Dogs Watt, Alan 66155 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 52949 N N - - - Emotionally deadened and wrestling with the mystery of his mother's disappearance years ago, Neil must somehow find his way out of his prison of fear and discover the one thing that can set him free. The Diamond of Darkhold DuPrau, Jeanne 125598 EN MG 5.2 10.0 F 62576 N N - - N After obtaining an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember seeking the device described in the book that might be able to aid their new community, Sparks, through the winter. Book #4 Diamondback Dog Bowering, George 43358 EN UG 5.8 9.0 F 57963 N N - - - In her quest to return a stray diamondback dog to the future, Coriander a.k.a. Feet leads the zany PARENTS FROM SPACE foursome into an exploration of time's dimensions. Diamonds in the Shadow Cooney, Caroline B. 117767 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 53213 N N - - N The Finches, a Connecticut family, sponsor an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Kinney, Jeff 113950 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 19784 N N - - N Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a school where he and his friend Rowley hope to survive as undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily. And when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take measures to save their friendship. #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Kinney, Jeff 133167 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 19591 N N - - N In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas. Book #4 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Kinney, Jeff 119441 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 20165 N N - - N Greg Heffley tells about his summer Rules 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. Book #2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Kinney, Jeff 127979 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 21084 N N - - N Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly Straw sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school. Book #3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Kinney, Jeff 140879 EN MG 5.5 3.0 F 18979 N N - - N While trying to find a new best friend Truth after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future. Book #5 The Diary of Pelly D Adlington, L.J. 86746 EN MG+ 5.2 7.0 F 44421 N N - - - When Toni, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been scarred by holocaust-like events, he begins to question his own beliefs. The plot contains themes more appropriate for mature MG readers. Dicey's Song Voigt, Cynthia 110 EN MG 5.0 11.0 F 73519 N N - N N Left without their mother, Dicey shepherds her young siblings from Provincetown to Chesapeake Bay for a new beginning with their grandmother.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Digging to America: A Novel Tyler, Anne 107849 EN UG 5.8 13.0 F 85081 N N - - - A chance encounter between two families, the Donaldsons and the Iranian -born Yasdans, at the Baltimore airport prompts an examination about what it means to be an American. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Tyler, Anne 73925 EN UG 5.3 16.0 F 102260 N N - - - In 1944, Pearl Tull becomes the matriarchal head of the Tull family when she is abandoned by her husband and is left to bring up their three children alone. Now, thirty-five years later, the children gather together to share their story. Dinosaur Hideout Silverthorne, Judith 70208 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 37896 N N - - - Daniel makes an exciting discovery in a hollowed-out cave in the hillside -- a dinosaur fossil never seen before in the area. But he has to watch our for the scary old Pederson on the neighbouring land, and for Pederson's enormous dog. Book #1 Dirty Little Secrets Omololu, C.J. 135873 EN MG+ 5.5 10.0 F 61557 N N - - - When her unstable mother dies unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Lucy must take control and find a way to keep the long-held secret of her mother's compulsive hoarding from being revealed to friends, neighbors, and especially the media. Dirty Magic Hughes, Carol 110353 EN MG 5.1 13.0 F 85891 N N - - - After his sister Hannah becomes ill, Joe follows a shadowy figure to a war-torn, mysterious world where he entrusts himself to a clever guide, encounters ruthless killing machines, and discovers truths about himself. The Disappeared Whelan, Gloria 122759 EN UG 5.3 4.0 F 28201 N N - - - Teenaged Silvia tries to save her brother, Eduardo, after he is captured by the military government in 1970s Argentina. Discovering Emily Pearce, Jacqueline 83342 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 13935 N N - - - At the age of eight, Emily Carr struggles to develop her artistic ability within a strict family and in a conservative time.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Discovery at Flint Springs Erickson, John R. 83171 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 33853 N N - - - When Dr. Montrose visits their Texas ranch in the summer of 1927, fourteen- year-old Riley and his twelve-year-old brother, Coy, are drawn into an archaeological adventure. The Disreputable History of Frankie Lockhart, E. 121946 EN MG+ 5.5 9.0 F 59635 N N - - - Frankie Landau-Banks attempts to take Landau-Banks over a secret, all-male society at her exclusive prep school, and her antics with the group soon draw some unlikely attention and have unexpected consequences that could change her life forever. A Distant Enemy Vanasse, Deb 21635 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 46436 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Joseph, part Eskimo and part white, struggles to maintain his people's culture as the western world encroaches on his Alaskan village. Dive Griffin, Adele 35281 EN UG 5.3 4.0 F 23563 N N - - - Young Ben finds that he is happy in the stable life provided by his stepfather despite his uncertain relationship with his moody and troubled stepbrother and his mother's growing restlessness in her new marriage. The Divine Wind Disher, Garry 60416 EN UG 5.8 5.0 F 30630 N N - - - On the eve of World War II, Hart, an Australian boy, and Mitsy, a Japanese- Australian girl, fall in love but are driven apart. Do Not Pass Go Hill, Kirkpatrick 109807 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 41001 N N - - N When Deet's father is jailed for using drugs, Deet learns that prison is not what he expected nor are other people necessarily the way he thought they were. A Dog for Life Matthews, L.S. 109548 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 35811 N N - - N When John, who has a special ability to communicate with animals, finds that his dog Mouse is scheduled to go to the pound, he and Mouse decide to run away and find his uncle, who may be able to help them.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of Martin, Ann M. 101885 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 36247 N N - - N Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life a Stray story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal. Dogboy Kelleher, Victor 113351 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 55413 N N - - - Given to the Great Father on the night of his birth, Boy is reared by a dog in a village whose people barely tolerate him, despite signs that he is special. He travels far striving to find his rightful place in the brutal world of humans. A Doll's House Ibsen, Henrik 10028 EN UG 5.9 4.0 F 26215 N N - N N The story of Nora and her husband, Torvald, is told just as the secret Nora has been hiding for years is finally revealed. In the process, Nora discovers her importance as a person. Dominic Steig, William 6411 EN MG 5.6 3.0 F 21709 N N - - N Dominic the dog finds many exciting adventures and great danger fighting the Doomsday Gang after he decides to see the world. Don't Call Me Ishmael Bauer, Michael 117750 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 58742 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Ishmael Leseur is Gerard certain that his name is the cause of his unhappy school life as the victim of the worst bully in his class, but when a new boy arrives, he shows Ishmael that things could be different. Don't Tell Chandler, Elizabeth 60038 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 47323 N N - - - Lauren is coming home, seven years after her famous mother's mysterious drowning. A series of nasty accidents make Lauren realize someone wants her dead, and this time there is no place to run. Book #2 The Doom Stone Zindel, Paul 14537 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 33207 N N - - N When fifteen-year-old Jackson visits his aunt in England, he becomes caught up in a chase to capture an unknown creature who is stalking and killing people on the plains surrounding ancient Stonehenge.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Doomsday Peel, John 41553 EN UG 5.4 5.0 F 35155 N N - - - Doomsday is coming. The world is about to fall apart. Devon is the evil genius, Tristan is the normal kid, and Genia is the hard-hearted thief whose fate is caught in the balance. Welcome to 2099. The end is near. Doomsday Book Willis, Connie 78258 EN UG 5.4 32.0 F 205382 N N - - - Kivrin Engle becomes stranded in the fourteenth century after a time-travel expedition goes wrong. The Doomsday Box: A Shadow Brennan, Herbie 141590 EN MG+ 5.6 10.0 F 63529 N N - - - Working on a highly classified Project Adventure espionage project, four English teenagers go back in time to the Cold War in 1962 to prevent a global outbreak of a deadly plague in the twenty-first century. The plot contains mild profanity and violence. Book #2 A Door Near Here Quarles, Heather 28285 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 65085 N N - - - Siblings struggle to maintain a normal home life when their single mother's alcoholism becomes debilitating. The Door of No Return Mussi, Sarah 124049 EN MG+ 5.2 14.0 F 88822 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Zac never believed his grandfather's tales about their ancestors being descended from an African king, but when his grandfather is murdered, he sets out for Ghana to find King Baktu's long-lost treasure before the murderers do. The Door Within Batson, Wayne 101931 EN MG+ 5.8 13.0 F 79190 N N - - - Three ancient scrolls beckon high Thomas schooler Aidan to enter a realm of knights, kings, and unusual creatures, but he must rely on instinct and his latent athletic ability to deal with the terror, tempest, and treason offered by this new world. Book #1. Double Cross McClintock, Norah 65012 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 58670 N N - - - Chloe finally pieces together what actually happened the day Jonah's mother died. The trouble is, the closer she gets to who really did murder Mary Shackleton - the closer she gets to danger.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Double Helix Werlin, Nancy 77858 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 58173 N N - - N Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about himself and his family while working for a famous scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering. Double Identity Haddix, Margaret 101056 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 53099 N N - - N Bethany's parents have always been Peterson overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself. Double Spell Lunn, Janet 8060 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 31193 N N - - - Strangely attracted to an antique doll, twelve-year-old twins buy the toy and soon find themselves haunted by powerful and tragic memories of an ancestor who had previously owned the doll. Dough Boy Marino, Peter 102547 EN MG+ 5.0 6.0 F 42391 N N - - - Tristan, who lives happily with his divorced mom and her boyfriend Frank, suddenly finds that he must deal with intensified criticism about his weight and other aspects of his life when Frank's popular but troubled, nutrition-obsessed daughter moves in. Dovey Coe Dowell, Frances 41622 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 37055 N N - - N When accused of murder in her North O'Roark Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a strong-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother. Dr. Franklin's Island Halam, Ann 62975 EN UG 5.0 10.0 F 63491 N N - - N When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctor who is performing horrifying experiments on humans involving the transfer of animal genes.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dragon and Thief: The First Zahn, Timothy 67374 EN MG+ 5.4 9.0 F 58942 N N - - - After his first host is killed in battle, Dragonback Adventure Draycos, a warrior from a dragon-like, symbiotic race, is forced to latch onto teenager Jack Morgan to survive, whereupon the two join forces--literally-- to find those who have wronged them. Dragon Road Yep, Laurence 124996 EN MG+ 5.5 10.0 F 63865 N N - - - Cal and Barney, Chinese Americans, are trapped in a world of racial prejudice in 1939 with no jobs and no future until a barnstorming basketball team, the Dragons, invites them to join the team. Dragon's Bait Vande Velde, Vivian 10271 EN UG 5.9 5.0 F 33520 N N - - - A fantasy about a young girl who is unjustly condemned as a witch. Dragon's Blood Yolen, Jane 14458 EN MG+ 5.8 8.0 F 51193 N N - - - Jakkin, a bond boy who works as a Keeper in a dragon nursery on the planet Austar IV, secretly trains a fighting pit dragon of his own in hopes of winning his freedom. The plot contains mild sexual references. Book #1 Dragon's Gate Yep, Laurence 10113 EN MG+ 5.3 10.0 F 66348 N N - - N A young immigrant boy from China joins his father and uncle in helping to build the transcontinental railroad. Dragon's Keep Carey, Janet Lee 113815 EN MG+ 5.2 11.0 F 72204 N N - - - In 1145 A.D., fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny while hiding the dragon's claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets. The Dragon's Son Weis, Margaret 84577 EN UG 5.7 15.0 F 94182 N N - - - The uneasy relationship between dragons and humans is further exacerbated by the birth of twin sons to a high priestess, one fully human in form but blessed with dragon magic, and one half-man and half-dragon.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Dragon's Son Thomson, Sarah L. 48146 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 58435 N N - - - This book is based on the Mabinogion, a collection of medieval Welsh tales, as well as later legends, and tells of family members and servants important in the life of King Arthur. Dragonheart McCaffrey, Todd 134246 EN UG 5.8 28.0 F 176404 N N - - - An illness plagues the fire-lizards of Pern and poses a threat to their dragon cousins who protect the planet. As the enemy approaches, the weyrfolk search the archives of their past for clues to solving the plague. Dragons of Silk Yep, Laurence 146323 EN MG 5.7 11.0 F 66901 N N - - - Four generations of Chinese and Chinese American girls, beginning in 1835, are tied together by the tradition of raising silkworms and the legacy of the legendary Weaving Maid. Dragonwings Yep, Laurence 111 EN MG+ 5.3 10.0 F 68278 N N - N N This beautiful story is of Moon Shadow and his father Windrider, a Chinese immigrant who makes a flying machine in 1909. The Dream Carvers Clark, Joan 43164 EN MG 5.7 8.0 F 52283 N N - - - This is the story of Thrand, a Norse boy in the 11th century, who is captured by the Beothuk. He struggles with his new land but in time learns to adjust. Dream Freedom Levitin, Sonia 43401 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 39471 N N - - - Marcus and his classmates learn about the terrible problem of slavery in present -day Sudan and raise money to help buy the freedom of some of the slaves. Alternate chapters tell the stories of the slaves. The Dream-Maker's Magic Shinn, Sharon 107172 EN MG 5.4 10.0 F 65396 N N - - - The fast friendship and budding romance between Kellen, a girl raised as a boy by her disturbed mother, and Gryffin, a smart, loyal boy with damaged legs, is threatened when Gryffin is discovered to be the kingdom's new Dream-Maker.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dreamhunter: Book One of the Knox, Elizabeth 105197 EN MG+ 5.9 16.0 F 98476 N N - - - In a world where select people can enter Dreamhunter Duet "The Place" and find dreams of every kind to share with others, a fifteen-year- old girl is training to be a dreamhunter when her father disappears, leaving her to carry on his mysterious mission. Dreamland Dessen, Sarah 41467 EN UG 5.8 12.0 F 74604 N N - - N After her older sister runs away, sixteen- year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous. Dreamquake: Book Two of the Knox, Elizabeth 113528 EN MG+ 5.7 18.0 F 114663 N N - - - Aided by her family and her creation, Dreamhunter Duet Nown, Laura investigates the powerful Regulatory Body's involvement in mysterious disappearances and activities and learns, in the process, the true nature of the Place in which dreams are found. The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan Armstrong, Jennifer 17809 EN UG 5.7 4.0 F 25875 N N - - - Mairhe, who lives in an Irish slum in Washington, D.C. in the 1860s, struggles to come to grips with the impact of the Civil War on her family. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Packer, ZZ 84285 EN UG 5.9 11.0 F 68410 N N - - - This book presents eight short stories revolving around young African Americans, from little girls in a Brownie troop to a young man who accompanies his father to the Million Man March. Drown Díaz, Junot 88921 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 44399 N N - - - This collection of ten stories focuses on the frustrations and joys of people living in poverty and uncertainty in places such as the barrios of the Dominican Republic and the urban communities of New Jersey. Drowning Ruth Schwarz, Christina 45203 EN UG 5.8 16.0 F 103315 N N - - - Set in 1919, this is the story of the ties that bind sisters together and the forces that tear them apart.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg Wisler, G. Clifton 20383 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 32933 N N - - N In this fact-based story, fourteen-year- old drummer boy Orion Howe displays great bravery during a Civil War battle at Vicksburg. Drummers of Jericho Meyer, Carolyn 14459 EN MG 5.5 9.0 F 55161 N N - - - A fourteen-year-old Jewish girl goes to live with her father and stepmother in a small town and soon finds herself the center of a civil rights battle when she objects to the high school band marching in the formation of a cross. Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie Sonnenblick, Jordan 100187 EN MG+ 5.9 8.0 F 49066 N N - - N The life of eighth-grader Steven Alper, already complicated by his friendship with two girls and a prodigious talent for drumming, is turned upside down when his five-year-old brother Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia. A Dry White Season Brink, André 71290 EN UG 5.9 17.0 F 104918 N N - - - In his quest for truth into the suicide of a black friend, a white schoolteacher finds officially condoned murder in Johannesburg, South Africa. Duel: A Mystery Grossman, David 82865 EN MG 5.9 3.0 F 17448 N N - - N David, a twelve-year-old boy living in Jerusalem, must do some fast investigating in order to save his seventy-year-old friend, Heinrich Rosenthal, who has been challenged to a duel by an old rival. The Dulcimer Boy Seidler, Tor 69603 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 17390 N N - - - Twin brothers are abandoned on their uncle's doorstep in early twentieth- century New England with nothing but a silver-stringed dulcimer. Dune Herbert, Frank 18556 EN UG 5.7 28.0 F 181493 N N - - - The story of a young prince and his great journey from boy to warrior to ruler to the very dying planet destined to be reborn.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Dungeon Banks, Lynne Reid 62572 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 44487 N N - - - Driven by his grief over the loss of his family and by his longing for adventure, Bruce MacLennan sets out from Scotland for China, where he buys a young girl, who tries to ease his pain but instead is caught up in his desire for vengeance. The Dust of 100 Dogs King, A.S. 129059 EN UG 5.3 11.0 F 72783 N N - - - Cursed to live the lives of 100 dogs, a 17th-century pirate returns to life as a human and has only one thing on her mind: to recover the treasure she had buried three hundred years before. The plot contains profanity and explicit sexual situations. Eager Fox, Helen 78560 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 62367 N N - - N Unlike Grumps, their old-fashioned robot, the Bell family's new robot, Eager, is programmed not to merely obey but to question, reason, and exercise free will. Eagle Strike Horowitz, Anthony 78075 EN MG+ 5.1 10.0 F 65662 N N - - N Teenage spy Alex Rider investigates an international pop star and philanthropist, whose new video game venture hides sinister motives which involve Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and international drug trade. Book #4 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Mackler, Carolyn 70914 EN UG 5.3 8.0 F 55083 N N - - - Feeling like she does not fit in with the Round Things other members of her family, fifteen- year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her. Earthly Astonishments Jocelyn, Marthe 39867 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 37859 N N - - - In 1884, after being sold as a servant by her parents to a harsh schoolmistress, tiny twelve-year-old Josephine, who stands less than twenty-nine inches tall, finds refuge in the Museum of Earthly Astonishments in New York City.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description An Earthly Knight McNaughton, Janet 68173 EN MG 5.1 10.0 F 66580 N N - - - In medieval Scotland, sixteen-year-old Jenny Avenel is chosen as a potential bride for the king's brother and must navigate the tides of tradition and the power of ancient magic to define her own destiny. Earthquake at Dawn Gregory, Kristiana 28279 EN MG+ 5.5 5.0 F 32055 N N - - - This book is a novelization of twenty-two -year old photographer Edith Irvin's experiences in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; seen through the eye's of fifteen-year-old Daisy, a fictitious traveling companion. East of Eden Steinbeck, John 58698 EN UG 5.3 34.0 F 225395 N N - - - This is the story of two families -- the Trasks and Hamiltons. The families are traced through three generations, in a retelling of the Biblical story of Adam and of Cain and Abel. Easy Avenue Doyle, Brian 8062 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 30014 N N - - - Hubbo O'Driscoll learns an important lesson about the moral dilemmas money can bring. Echo Block, Francesca Lia 53473 EN UG 5.6 4.0 F 27833 N N - - - Jealous of her perfect brother and ignored by her artist father, Echo seeks attention and healing from a variety of people living in beautiful Los Angeles. The plot contains profanity. Eddie: The Lost Youth of Edgar Gustafson, Scott 145501 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 23218 N N - - - Edgar Poe, aided by the imp McCobber, Allan Poe has twenty-four hours to prove himself innocent of an act of mischief committed at the home of the judge who lives beside Galt Allan, uncle of the orphaned author-to-be. The Edge Bo, Ben 41120 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 31157 N N - - N A teenaged gang member accused of various crimes finds redemption working and snowboarding at a ski lodge in the mountains surrounding Canada's Glacier National Park.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Education of Robert Nifkin Pinkwater, Daniel 87377 EN MG+ 5.6 5.0 F 29335 N N - - - Set in the 1950s in Chicago, Robert Nifkin tells his highly unorthodox high school experiences in the form of a college application essay. Egyptian Diary: The Journal of Platt, Richard 103250 EN MG 5.9 2.0 F 13836 N N - - N In ancient Egypt, Nakht and his family Nakht move from small town Esna to the big, exciting city of Memphis, where he studies to be a scribe and helps discover who has been robbing graves. It also includes nonfiction information about Egyptian culture. Eidi Bredsdorff, Bodil 132409 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 23539 N N - - - Eidi leaves her mother and stepfather in Crow Cove to live in a nearby village, where she meets the much younger Tink and rescues him from the abusive man he has been living with. Book #2 Eighth Grade Bites Brewer, Heather 116596 EN MG+ 5.4 7.0 F 42383 N N - - N For thirteen years, Vlad has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed. Elephant Run Smith, Roland 117768 EN MG 5.0 10.0 F 64434 N N - - - Nick endures servitude and beatings after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941. When his father and others are taken prisoner, Nick, stranded with his friend Mya, plans a daring escape and rescue on elephants. Elijah of Buxton Curtis, Christopher 117751 EN MG 5.4 12.0 F 77916 N N - - N In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah, the first Paul free-born child in Buxton, Canada, a haven for slaves fleeing the American South, uses his wits to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House Lasky, Kathryn 32239 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 39990 N N - - N In a series of diary entries, Princess of Tudor Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health. Emily Ever After Dayton, Anne 105189 EN UG 5.0 15.0 F 99366 N N - - - When small-town CA native Emily lands an editorial position at a NY publishing house, she hangs a Bible verse in her cubicle, vows not to get drunk on weekends, and begins her quest to build a glamorous and Christian life. The coauthor is May Vanderbilt. Emily the Strange: The Lost Days Reger, Rob 131206 EN MG+ 5.5 7.0 F 44397 N N - - - Emily the Strange has lost her memory and finds herself in the town of Blackrock with nothing more than her notebook, a pencil, her slingshot, and the clothes on her back. The coauthor is Jessica Gruner. Book #1 Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love Tarshis, Lauren 129822 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 24037 N N - - - Seventh-grader Emma-Jean Lazarus uses her logical, scientific mind to navigate the mysteries of the upcoming Spring Fling, her friend Colleen's secret admirer, and other love-related dilemmas. Book #2 Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell out of a Tarshis, Lauren 113689 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 29252 N N - - N A quirky and utterly logical seventh- Tree grade girl named Emma-Jean Lazarus discovers some interesting results when she gets involved in the messy everyday problems of her peers. Book #1 Emmy and the Home for Troubled Jonell, Lynne 126598 EN MG 5.1 10.0 F 64784 N N - - - Ten-year-old Emmy wants to be an Girls ordinary girl, but evil nanny Miss Barmy, now a rat, has trapped five of her former charges and plans to use them to steal jewels belonging to Emmy's parents. It's up to Emmy, Joe, and their rodent friends to stop her.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Empire of the Wolves: A Novel Grangé, Jean- 89338 EN UG 5.8 18.0 F 114377 N N - - - Anna Heymes, the wife of a top-ranking Christophe Parisian official, meets with a psychiatrist in the hopes of learning the origins of her amnesia and hallucinations, and when she learns that she has undergone drastic cosmetic surgery, she sets out to learn why. Enchanted Glass Jones, Diana Wynne 136409 EN MG 5.2 11.0 F 71022 N N - - - After his grandfather dies, Andrew inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when Aidan shows up and, suddenly, a host of magical townsfolk and interlopers start intruding on their lives. Enchanted, Inc. Swendson, Shanna 120723 EN UG 5.8 16.0 F 100148 N N - - - Katie Chandler moves to New York to make her mark in the business world but is unprepared for the adventures she encounters when she is approached by MSI, a company that deals in magic, spells, and illusions. Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Sobol, Donald J. 145116 EN MG 5.0 3.0 F 18744 N N - - - Detective Encyclopedia Brown solves Cake! THE CASE OF THE MISSING GARLIC BREAD and other food-related mysteries. Text includes menus and recipes for a Fourth of July party, a birthday brunch, and other occasions. Ender's Game Card, Orson Scott 28441 EN UG 5.5 16.0 F 100609 N N - N N Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer games. But in reality he is being trained to be the military genius that the planet needs in its all-out war with an alien enemy. Ender's Shadow Card, Orson Scott 32282 EN UG 5.9 22.0 F 140695 N N - - N This is a chilling race between Earth and the "Buggers," an insect-like alien race. Enthusiasm Shulman, Polly 105009 EN MG+ 5.4 8.0 F 51923 N N - - - Julie and Ashleigh, high school sophomores and Jane Austen fans, seem to fall for the same Mr. Darcy-like boy and struggle to hide their true feelings from one another while rehearsing for a school musical.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Eon: Dragoneye Reborn Goodman, Alison 126998 EN UG 5.5 21.0 F 134943 N N - - - In an ancient kingdom, twelve dragons rule the energy world, and twelve Dragoneyes rule the dragons. Every year, twelve boys compete to become a Dragoneye. This year, however, a girl, Eon, formerly Eona, secretly competes among them. Eona: The Last Dragoneye Goodman, Alison 143199 EN UG 5.4 25.0 F 161828 N N - - - Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years, joins fellow rebels Ryko and Lady Dela on a quest to find the black folio and help the young Pearl Emperor win back his throne. The plot contains sexual situations and graphic violence. Eragon Paolini, Christopher 74404 EN UG 5.6 25.0 F 157220 N N - - N In Alagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon, finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. Book #1 Escape Plans Posesorski, Sherie 56228 EN MG 5.5 11.0 F 67836 N N - - - It's 1962, and Becky's class is studying current affairs. The US and Russia are angry with each other - maybe angry enough to start a nuclear war. What can Becky do? What can anyone do? Escape to West Berlin Dahlberg, Maurine F. 84350 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 38215 N N - - - In 1961 East Berlin, thirteen-year-old Heidi copes with the stress of a crisis with her best friend, government pressure on her father to leave his West Berlin job, her mother's pregnancy, and the ever-present threat of the closing of the border. Esperanza Rising Ryan, Pam Muñoz 44286 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 41905 N N - N N Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to work in the labor camps of Southern California on the eve of the Great Depression.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Esperanza's Box of Saints Escandón, María 70907 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 63351 N N - - - Esperanza, told that her daughter has Amparo died and not allowed to view the body, refuses to believe the child is dead, and embarks upon a quest -- spurred by the words of a saint who appeared to her in the oven door -- that challenges her faith. Espresso Tales McCall Smith, 112158 EN UG 5.6 18.0 F 117830 N N - - - Six-year-old Bertie is enrolled in Alexander kindergarten and has to wear pink overalls his first day. Bruce has lost his job and is contemplating becoming a wine merchant. Pat is embarking on a new life at university and perhaps a new relationship. Book #2 Eve Carey, Anna 147340 EN UG 5.2 10.0 F 63220 N N - - - In 2032, sixteen years after a virus has wiped out most of the population, Eve discovers the terrible fate that awaits students when they graduate from an all -girls school, and she sets off on a treacherous journey into the wilds of The New America. Everlost Shusterman, Neal 109454 EN MG+ 5.6 12.0 F 75471 N N - - - 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. Book #1 Every Crooked Pot Rosen, Renée 117434 EN UG 5.5 12.0 F 74258 N N - - - Nina Goldman, growing up in Akron, Ohio, in the 1970s, struggles to overcome the feelings of inferiority caused by the birthmark that covers one of her eyes, but she is helped along by her loving mom and larger-than-life father. Every Last One Quindlen, Anna 137221 EN UG 5.6 14.0 F 90205 N N - - - Mary Beth Latham, a loving mother and wife, puts everything else aside when one of her teenaged sons begins to suffer from severe depression. As she struggles to help him, she is blind-sided by a shocking act of violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Every Little Thing in the World Gramont, Nina de 136961 EN UG 5.9 12.0 F 73146 N N - - - Before she can decide what to do about her newly discovered pregnancy, sixteen-year-old Sydney is punished for "borrowing" a car and sent to a six-week wilderness camp in Canada. The plot contains themes of sexual situations and abortion. Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel Foer, Jonathan 102140 EN UG 5.7 16.0 F 101407 N N - - - American college student Jonathan Foer Safran sets out, along with travel agent Alex Perchov, Alex's depressive grandfather, and the family dog, in an attempt to find the village where a Ukranian woman might or might not have saved Jonathan's grandfather. Everything on a Waffle Horvath, Polly 48071 EN MG 5.8 5.0 F 32159 N N - - N Eleven-year-old Primrose, living in a small fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea. Everywhere Brooks, Bruce 6358 EN MG 5.2 2.0 F 12627 N N - - N Afraid that his beloved grandfather will die after suffering a heart attack, a nine- year-old boy agrees to join ten-year-old Dooley in performing a mysterious ritual called soul switching. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Kelly, Jacqueline 130075 EN MG 5.3 12.0 F 80972 N N - - - In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year- old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather. Evvy's Civil War Brenaman, Miriam 57909 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 52768 N N - - - In Virginia in 1860, on the verge of the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Evvy chafes at the restrictions that her society places on both women and slaves.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Exes Kennedy, Pagan 85920 EN UG 5.4 8.0 F 48920 N N - - - After Hank and Lily decide to break up, they start a rock band together and come up with a unique gimmick: it will be made up of ex-girlfriends and boyfriends, but as soon as The Exes go on tour, the band finds out it's not easy. Exit Wounds Jance, J.A. 77443 EN UG 5.5 15.0 F 97576 N N - - - Sheriff Joanna Brady's investigation of a murder is complicated by a brutal reelection campaign. Exodus Bertagna, Julie 124651 EN UG 5.6 14.0 F 89204 N N - - - As the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters and convinces her people to travel to these cities in order to save themselves. Exposed: Week 2 Wallens, Scott 65273 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 44087 N N - - - Jeremy, a running back on the football team and boyfriend of one of the most beautiful girls in school, is thrown into turmoil when he finds himself attracted to Josh. Exposure Peet, Mal 132846 EN UG 5.0 13.0 F 89506 N N - - - In this novel loosely based on OTHELLO, Paul Faustino, South America's best soccer journalist, reports on the events that hurl Otello from the heights of being a beloved soccer star, happily married to the pop singer Desmerelda, into a downward spiral. Extra Credit Clements, Andrew 130571 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 29843 N N - - N As letters flow back and forth, between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides, sixth-grader Abby, ten- year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Eye of the Crow Peacock, Shane 118145 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 60121 N N - - - In 1867, Sherlock Holmes, an impoverished young outcast with a Jewish father and a highborn mother, visits the scene of a woman's brutal murder, where he meets a wrongly accused young Arab and later becomes a suspect himself. Case #1 The Eye of the World Jordan, Robert 32815 EN UG 5.9 49.0 F 310874 N N - - - Set in a fantasy world, this is an epic tale of the struggle between good and evil. Eyes Like Willy's Havill, Juanita 78852 EN MG 5.0 3.0 F 23225 N N - - - While vacationing over the course of several summers in Austria, French siblings Guy and Sarah Masson become best friends with an Austrian boy, until the outbreak of World War I puts them on opposing sides. The Eyre Affair Fforde, Jasper 69795 EN UG 5.8 16.0 F 100772 N N - - - Literary detective Thursday Next is pursuing the world's most evil man, who has kidnapped Jane Eyre in a display of literary vandalism. She must also assist her time-travelling father, marry the man she loves, and discover the truth about bananas. A Face in Every Window Nolan, Han 32271 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 71520 N N - - - After the death of his grandmother, JP feels everything sliding out of control when he is left with a mentally challenged father and a mother who seems ineffectual and constantly sick. Facing the Dark Harrison, Michael 43257 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 36813 N N - - - When his father is arrested for the murder of a rival cab driver, Simon joins forces with the victim's daughter, Charley, to find out what really happened. Facts of Life: Stories Soto, Gary 122063 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 35039 N N - - - This book is a collection of short stories that capture the humor and poignancy of growing up.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Faerie Wars Brennan, Herbie 71752 EN MG+ 5.2 14.0 F 93337 N N - - - Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night. Book #1 Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray 736 EN UG 5.2 7.0 F 45910 N N - N N In this futuristic novel, the main character struggles with excessive controls on individual liberty, especially the banning and burning of books. Fall on Your Knees MacDonald, Ann- 59121 EN UG 5.6 26.0 F 168326 N N - - - Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Marie Nova Scotia, the Piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives -- even destroy them. The Fallen Thomson, Celia 78765 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 52051 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Cloe's fall from San Francisco's highest tower should have killed her, but she is still alive. Her life, however, is anything but normal, guys are prowling around her, she's growing claws, and someone's trying to kill her. Fallen Maine, David 104233 EN UG 5.7 11.0 F 69672 N N - - - After being thrown out of the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve struggle to find their way in a harsh world while understanding God's motives. Falling In Dowell, Frances 135335 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 38655 N N - - - Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a O'Roark mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for years. Fame, Glory, and Other Things on Rallison, Janette 103038 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 53052 N N - - - High school junior Jessica uses the My To Do List arrival of a new boy to further her schemes of winning her ex-boyfriend back and becoming the next big Hollywood movie star.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Family Apart Nixon, Joan Lowery 610 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 42880 N N - N N When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860. The Family Tree Cadwalladr, Carole 105552 EN UG 5.2 16.0 F 106466 N N - - - This novel, narrated by pop-culture researcher Rebecca Monroe, tells of her marriage to a behavioral geneticist, her childhood, her mother's suicide, her grandmother's biracial love affair, and all the other family secrets. Fanny for Change Feather, Jean Hayes 41760 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 19696 N N - - - Sixth grade brings changes for Fanny and her special friend, Millie, in the small community of Famish Gut. Far North Hobbs, Will 17813 EN UG 5.3 9.0 F 58502 N N - N N Gabe Rogers and his roommate from boarding school find themselves stranded in Canada's Northwest Territories and need to learn to depend on each other for survival. The Fastest Game on Two Feet: Low, Alice 131537 EN MG 5.4 1.0 F 4300 N N - - - Ancient runners ran to escape predators And Other Poems About How and footballers once kicked the skull of Sports Began a man. This book describes how these and other games began.

Fat Boy Swim Forde, Catherine 81576 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 40604 N N - - - Teased and abused for being grossly overweight, Jimmy, a fourteen-year-old Scottish teenager who dreams mysterious dreams and secretly aspires to become a chef, decides to turn his self-loathing life around by learning how to swim. Fat Chance Newman, Lesléa 14817 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 54580 N N - - - In a series of diary entries, thirteen-year- old Judi recounts her struggles to lose weight, hide her bulimia from her mother, find a boyfriend, and decide on a profession.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Fat Hoochie Prom Queen Medina, Nico 122571 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 68722 N N - - - Margarita Diaz's feud with Bridget Benson reaches a new high as both girls run for prom queen, but as their campaigns turn dirty, the girls learn some surprising truths about one another. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Fateful Gray, Claudia 146324 EN UG 5.3 13.0 F 86737 N N - - - When 17-year-old Tess Davies meets handsome Alec Marlow aboard the RMS "Titanic," she becomes entangled in the secrets of his past, but her growing love puts her in mortal peril even before fate steps in. The plot contains sexual references. Fault Line Tashjian, Janet 73386 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 42390 N N - - - Seveteen-year-old Becky Martin, an aspiring comic, must find the courage to get the help she needs when her boyfriend Kip, a rising star in the San Francisco comedy club scene, becomes emotionally and physically abusive. Fear Itself Clements, Andrew 139112 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 33655 N N - - - Ben and Jill have to decode the clues left by past Keepers of the School and stay a step ahead of an evil janitor. Book #2 Fearless Lott, Tim 119772 EN MG+ 5.8 8.0 F 53695 N N - - - Girls labeled "juvies" or "mindcrips" are taken from their families and imprisoned at the City Community Faith School, but Little Fearless decides to break out and embarks on a mission to free the girls from their captivity. Fearless Pascal, Francine 40470 EN UG 5.4 5.0 F 35341 N N - - - This is the first book in the series about a girl named Gaia who is born without the fear gene.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Feeling Sorry for Celia Moriarty, Jaclyn 58251 EN MG+ 5.7 9.0 F 55593 N N - - - Elizabeth copes with having a best friend, Celia, who has run off to join the circus and a possible boyfriend who become Celia's boyfriend after they rescue her. Elizabeth discovers that her penpal, Christina, is really her best friend. Fiddle Fever Doucet, Sharon Arms 43467 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 36443 N N - - - Félix feels stifled by life on his family's farm in Louisiana, and after hearing his uncle play the fiddle, he decides that he wants to play the fiddle too. Field Study Seiffert, Rachel 86505 EN UG 5.7 8.0 F 49146 N N - - - This book is a collection of stories by Rachel Seiffert that explore the themes of guilt, love, and sacrifice. The Fifth of March Rinaldi, Ann 14461 EN MG+ 5.7 10.0 F 64208 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh, an indentured servant in the Boston household of John and Abigail Adams, is caught up in the colonists' unrest that eventually escalates into the massacre of March 5, 1770. Figgs & Phantoms Raskin, Ellen 74068 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 24179 N N - - N This story chronicles the adventures of the unusual Figg family after they left show business and settled in the town of Pineapple. The Fight Divine, L. 126701 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 51187 N N - - - It is the start of a new term at Drama High, and Jayd Jackson is learning that life in the 'hood is nothing compared to life in high school. The plot contains mild profanity and sexual references. Book #1 Fighting the Current Waldorf, Heather 85373 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 57443 N N - - - Theresa struggles but learns to accept and deal with the changes in her life after her father is hit by a drunk driver and suffers a head injury. The Final Journey Pausewang, Gudrun 21607 EN UG 5.3 6.0 F 42052 N N - - - The story of a young girl's ordeal and horrors of Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Finder Bull, Emma 70393 EN UG 5.5 13.0 F 86873 N N - - - Orient is a finder, a young man with the gift for locating missing things, or knowing where they belong. Like other runaways, he left the world and came to Bordertown to find the magic that was missing in his own harsh life. Finding Alice Carlson, Melody 109939 EN UG 5.2 15.0 F 101371 N N - - - On the outside, Alice Laxton appears to be a normal college student, but as her senior year becomes more stressful, her schizophrenia progresses, disrupting her life and forcing her to seek experimental treatment. Finding Lubchenko Simmons, Michael 87398 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 68273 N N - - - When his father is framed for murder and bioterrorism, high-school junior Evan, using clues from a stolen laptop, travels from Seattle to Paris with two friends to find the real culprit. Finding Moon Hillerman, Tony 25854 EN UG 5.0 13.0 F 87051 N N - - - Moon considers searching for his dead brother's daughter in the aftermath of the war. A Fine Balance Mistry, Rohinton 56456 EN UG 5.8 36.0 F 228831 N N - - - In India in 1975, the government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future. Fine Feathered Friends: Poems for Yolen, Jane 79700 EN MG 5.1 0.5 F 1695 N N - - - Fourteen original poems explore a flock Young People of birds with skillful wordplay that inspires the reader to look at some common feathered friends in uncommon ways. The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman Wolitzer, Meg 145773 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 59346 N N - - - Twelve-year-olds Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano meet at the Youth Scrabble Tournament where, although each has a different reason for attending, they realize that something more important is at stake than the grand prize.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Finnikin of the Rock Marchetta, Melina 136563 EN UG 5.8 18.0 F 113382 N N - - - Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was murdered and replaced by an imposter, reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will lead them to a way to regain the throne. Fire and Hemlock Jones, Diana Wynne 59247 EN UG 5.5 17.0 F 108155 N N - - - At nineteen, Polly has two sets of sometimes overlapping, sometimes conflicting memories, the real-life ones of school days and her parents' divorce, and the heroic adventure ones that began the day she accidentally gate- crashed a funeral. Fire Will Fall Plum-Ucci, Carol 136549 EN UG 5.3 20.0 F 127482 N N - - - Moved to a mansion in the South Jersey Pine Barrens, four teenagers, trying to recover from being poisoned by terrorists, struggle with health issues, personal demons, and supernatural events as operatives try to track down the terror cell. Fire, Bed & Bone Branford, Henrietta 21737 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 26226 N N - - - In 1381 in England, a hunting dog recounts what happens to her beloved master Rufus and his family when they are arrested on suspicion of being part of the peasants' rebellion led by Wat Tyler and the preacher John Ball. Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of November, Sharyn 104749 EN MG+ 5.0 20.0 F 135767 N N - - - This collection of sixteen original stories Original Science Fiction and by some of today's finest writers of Fantasy fantasy and science fiction takes readers from deep space to Faerie to just around the corner. It is full of magic, humor, adventure, and best of all, the unexpected. Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of November, Sharyn 128932 EN UG 5.4 22.0 F 143670 N N - - - A collection of nineteen fantasy and Original Speculative Fiction science fiction stories by a variety of authors, including Nancy Farmer, Jane Yolen, Ellen Klages, and others.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Firebirds: An Anthology of Original November, Sharyn 104750 EN MG+ 5.5 16.0 F 103710 N N - - - These sixteen original stories showcase Fantasy and Science Fiction some of the genre's most admired authors. Here you will find a sparkling range of writing, from dark humor to high sword and sorcery to traditional ballads. Firedrake Ewan, Ann 79344 EN UG 5.4 15.0 F 99396 N N - - - Although Shan cannot see well and is barely an adult, she teams up with her unlikely companions, a madman (a handsome but depressed warrior) and a wizard (a well-intentioned ineffective magician), to destroy the Firedrake and free the Perin people.

The Firefighter Hunter, Bernice 43165 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 29191 N N - - - When life becomes impossible at home, Thurman Terry runs away. He roams the streets for a few days and then mesmerised by leaping flames, he is caught at a late- night fire - and finds himself under suspicion of arson. Firegold Calhoun, Dia 32909 EN UG 5.0 11.0 F 74966 N N - - - After fleeing to the mountains to escape from being blamed for something he didn't do, thirteen-year-old Jonathon must survive the most dangerous test of his life. Firehorse Wilson, Diane Lee 110133 EN MG 5.9 13.0 F 81137 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old horse lover Rachel is determined to become a veterinarian despite the opposition of her father and mother and the norms of Boston in 1872. The Fires Beneath the Sea Millet, Lydia 145083 EN MG 5.1 9.0 F 57572 N N - - - Cara, her brother Max, and her best friend Haley embark on a quest for answers after Cara's mother disappears and their search reveals that Cara's mother had discovered proof that the world has much stranger, much older inhabitants than anyone imagined.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Firesong Nicholson, William 63437 EN MG+ 5.2 13.0 F 85910 N N - - - Bowman and Kestrel have saved their family and the Manth people from slavery. Now, led by their mother, a prophetess, they are free to seek their promised land. Each of the travelers is preoccupied with his or her own worries. Book #3 Firewing Oppel, Kenneth 63237 EN MG 5.0 12.0 F 76874 N N - - N Griffin, a Silverwing newborn, is sucked into a fissure deep below the earth. Shade, Griffin's father, soon realizes that his son has been drawn into the Underworld, and embarks on the most dangerous of journeys to rescue him. The Firework-Maker's Daughter Pullman, Philip 23667 EN MG 5.3 2.0 F 14900 N N - - N More than anything else in the world, Lila wants to be a Firework-Maker. But Lila knows that every Firework-Maker must make a perilous journey to face the terrifying Fire-Friend. Firmament Bowler, Tim 78111 EN UG 5.0 14.0 F 93666 N N - - - While fourteen-year-old Luke is struggling to cope with the death of his father, he must also deal with a bully who wants him to help steal from a lonely old lady, and the musical talents he inherited from his father. First Boy Schmidt, Gary 102141 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 41673 N N - - N Dragged into the political turmoil of a presidential election year, fourteen-year- old Cooper Jewett, who runs a New Hampshire dairy farm after his grandfather's death, stands up for himself and makes it clear whose first boy he really is. First Crossing: Stories About Teen Gallo, Donald R. 81837 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 52278 N N - - N Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Immigrants Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description First Daughter: Extreme American Perkins, Mitali 115266 EN MG+ 5.7 10.0 F 62243 N N - - - During her father's presidential Makeover campaign, sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, who was adopted from Pakistan at the age of three, struggles with campaign staffers who want to give her a more "all-American" image & create a fake weblog in her name. Book #1 First Descent Withers, Pam 146038 EN MG+ 5.6 11.0 F 67449 N N - - - When 17-yr-old Rex meets Myriam while vacationing in southwest Colombia, they find themselves caught in the middle of a clash between paramilitaries and guerillas who are supposed to be there to protect the poor. The plot contains violence. First French Kiss and Other Bagdasarian, Adam 69790 EN UG 5.9 5.0 F 29930 N N - - - In this book, the author recounts Traumas humorous, sad, traumatic, romantic, and confusing episodes from his childhood. The First Stone Aker, Don 70902 EN UG 5.7 10.0 F 61457 N N - - - After months of rehabilitation to cure her damaged body and spirit, Leeza learns that the hospital volunteer who helped her so dramatically is the young man who caused her accident. First Strike Higgins, Jack 137048 EN MG 5.2 8.0 F 52002 N N - - - Rich and Jade try to help their spy father save the president from a radical group holding the White House hostage and attempting to steal the nation's nuclear launch codes. The coauthor is Justin Richards. Book #4 The First Wave: A Billy Boyle Benn, James R. 124859 EN UG 5.5 16.0 F 105266 N N - - - Investigator Billy Boyle goes ashore with World War II Mystery American troops on the Beer Green invasion beach, where he encounters SOE Agent Diana Seaton, who steals his heart and complicates his investigation. The plot contains profanity and graphic violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Fish Matthews, L.S. 79068 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 33197 N N - - N As fighting closes in on the village where Tiger's parents have been working, the three of them and a mysterious guide set out on a difficult journey to safety. The Five Paths Bird, Isobel 54105 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 52395 N N - - - The five-pointed star is the Wiccan symbol of the Spirit, and that is how Cooper wears it. Those not versed in the ways of the Craft find it unsettling. Will Cooper, Annie, and Kate be able to withstand the tide of controversy bearing down upon them? The Flags of War Wilson, John 85629 EN MG 5.8 5.0 F 32998 N N - - - Two fifteen-year-old cousins, Nate in South Carolina and Walt in Canada, know nothing of each other until they are united by the Civil War and a runaway slave from Nate's plantation. Flames of the Tiger Wilson, John 73374 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 34256 N N - - N With most of his family dead, Berlin in Alexander ruins and the Russian army closing in, Dieter can no longer naively cling to his childhood beliefs. The world he is facing is brutal, dirty and unforgiving, and the most he can hope for is the chance to survive. Flight to Freedom Veciana-Suarez, Ana 64502 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 40474 N N - - N Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967, as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives. Flip Bedford, Martyn 143201 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 67132 N N - - - A teenager wakes up inside another boy's body and faces a life-or-death quest to return to his true self or be trapped forever in the wrong existence. The plot contains profanity. Flowers for Algernon Keyes, Daniel 738 EN UG 5.8 13.0 F 82873 N N - N N Is superior intelligence the answer to all of Charlie's problems? If so, he gains more than he had bargained for.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Flush Hiaasen, Carl 101038 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 59559 N N - - N With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of the floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home. Flute's Journey: The Life of a Wood Cherry, Lynne 14412 EN MG 5.5 0.5 F 2315 N N - - - A young wood thrush makes his first Thrush migration from his nesting ground in a forest preserve in Maryland to his winter home in Costa Rica and back again. Flyers Hayes, Daniel 17814 EN UG 5.8 10.0 F 60760 N N - - - While filming a movie for a school project, Gabe and his friends discover mysterious activities at a supposedly vacant house. The Folk Keeper Billingsley, Franny 32731 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 40119 N N - - - Orphan Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea. Follow the Leader Winslow, Vicki 70199 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 52362 N N - - - In 1971, in a small North Carolina town, eleven-year-old Amanda must deal with being bussed to a newly integrated, formerly all-black school and being separated from her best friend, who has chosen a private school. Folly Jocelyn, Marthe 137049 EN UG 5.2 7.0 F 48133 N N - - - In a parallel narrative set in late 19th- century England, teenaged country girl Mary relates the unhappy conclusion to her experiences as a servant while, years later, young James describes how he became educated at London's famous Foundling Hospital.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Football Champ Green, Tim 131137 EN MG 5.3 8.0 F 50609 N N - - N 12-year-old Troy's gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway. Book #3 Football Hero Green, Tim 121938 EN MG 5.1 9.0 F 57412 N N - - N When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the FBI. Book #2 Footsteps in the Snow: The Red Matas, Carol 63238 EN MG 5.8 5.0 F 32606 N N - - - Isobel's family and the other Selkirk River Diary of Isobel Scott Settlers are caught in the fur-trading rivalry between the Hudson's Bay Co. and the North West Co. Only through help from the local Cree band is her family able to put down roots in the Red River Valley. For the Life of Laetitia Hodge, Merle 8565 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 41313 N N - - - A Caribbean school girl rejoices when she is accepted at a secondary school, but her success comes at great emotional cost. For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest 12783 EN UG 5.8 28.0 F 174106 N N - N N This timeless epic of the Spanish Civil War portrays every facet of human emotions. Foreign Exchange: A Mystery in Glenn, Mel 42962 EN UG 5.1 3.0 F 19043 N N - - - This book is a series of poems that Poems reflect the thoughts of various people, caught up in the events surrounding the murder of a high school student. A Foreign Field Chan, Gillian 61282 EN UG 5.6 7.0 F 42354 N N - - - As Ellen and Stephen are forced to grow up before their time, their friendship deepens and together they discover that sometimes falling apart is only steps away from falling in love.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Forest Born Hale, Shannon 132134 EN MG+ 5.4 14.0 F 88849 N N - - - When her beloved Forest no longer gives her comfort and her brother Razo invites Rinna to the city to be one of Queen Isi's waiting women, she happily accepts. She discovers her own strength comes from places both expected and unexpected. Book #4 The Forest of Hands and Teeth Ryan, Carrie 128926 EN UG 5.8 14.0 F 86485 N N - - - Through violent twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead, now live. Book #1 Forests of the Heart de Lint, Charles 74897 EN UG 5.6 29.0 F 183877 N N - - - Newford residents are forced to band together when the Gentry, ancient amoral spirits that followed Irish immigrants to North America years earlier, decide to make a move to gain land and power. Forever Stiefvater, Maggie 138365 EN UG 5.3 17.0 F 109899 N N - - - As the werewolves are hunted by those intent on destroying them, Sam and Grace risk everything to be together. The plot contains violence. Book #3 Forge Anderson, Laurie 140499 EN MG 5.4 10.0 F 64682 N N - - - Separated from his friend Isabel after Halse their daring escape from slavery, fifteen- year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge, until he and Isabel are thrown together again as slaves once more. Forged in the Fire Turnbull, Ann 114139 EN UG 5.8 9.0 F 59518 N N - - - After spending three years apart, eighteen-year-old Susanna is eager to be reunited with her fiancé Will, who is to arrive from London so that they can be married, but unbeknownst to Susanna, the plague is beginning to spread throughout the city.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Forgotten Beasts of Eld McKillip, Patricia A. 14463 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 59191 N N - - - Raised on Eld Mountain with only her father's magical menagerie for company, a young wizard is drawn irrevocably into the human world with all its sorrows and delights when a baby comes into her care. Forgotten Fire Bagdasarian, Adam 45120 EN UG 5.7 9.0 F 56474 N N - - N Set during the Armenian Holocaust, this is the story of a boy who becomes an orphan, a prisoner, a beggar, a servant, and a stowaway in order to survive. Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Nelson, Marilyn 85474 EN MG 5.6 0.5 F 2125 N N - - N This book is a series of poems on the Requiem life of Fortune, an eighteenth-century African-American slave in New England, whose skeleton came to be an exhibit at Connecticut's Mattatuck Museum. Fortune's Fool Karr, Kathleen 122280 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 41715 N N - - - In medieval Germany, fifteen-year-old Conrad, a court jester, and his beloved Christa, a servant girl, escape from a cruel master and journey through the countryside on a quest to find a kind lord who will give them sanctuary. Foster's War Reeder, Carolyn 34517 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 56221 N N - - N When his older brother joins the army during World War II in order to escape the rages of an authoritarian father, eleven-year-old Foster fights his battles on the home front. Found Haddix, Margaret 121302 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 59017 N N - N N Thirteen-year-old Jonah, his friend Chip, Peterson and Jonah's sister, Katherine, are plunged into a mystery that involves the FBI, a vast smuggling operation, an airplane that appeared out of nowhere, and people who seem to appear and disappear at will. Book #1 The Foundling and Other Tales of Alexander, Lloyd 62200 EN MG 5.9 3.0 F 20552 N N - - - The short stories in this book deal with Prydain events that preceded the birth of Taran, a key figure in the five works on the Kingdom of Prydain.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Four Spirits Naslund, Sena Jeter 78112 EN UG 5.3 26.0 F 170620 N N - - - Set in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s, this book brings to life this tumultuous time, by weaving together the lives of blacks and whites, civil rights advocates and racists, and the events of peaceful protest and violent repression. Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a- Harrington, Jane 103228 EN MG 5.6 4.0 F 26423 N N - - N Written in the form of letters to her best Best-Friend Must Do in Europe friend, Delia, Brady tells of her adventures while on a Mediterranean cruise with her mother and of her progress on Delia's list of things she must do, including the search for a "code-red Euro-hottie." Fractures: Family Stories Wilson, Budge 64876 EN MG 5.3 8.0 F 49250 N N - - - This is a collection of twelve deeply affecting stories that address contemporary family relationships and dynamics through a child's or teenager's eyes. Framed Korman, Gordon 138136 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 39402 N N - - N Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle school's display case, replaced by Griffin's retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes. Book #3 Framed! Rose, Malcolm 85983 EN MG+ 5.0 6.0 F 43331 N N - - - A fellow student has been mysteriously shot dead with an arrow. Two more grisly on-campus murders follow, and all the evidence points to Luke himself. The stakes are high as Luke sets out to prove his innocence. Book #1 Freak the Mighty/The Mighty Philbrick, Rodman 5331 EN UG 5.5 5.0 F 35442 N N - N N At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max 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.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Freaks: Alive, on the Inside! Klause, Annette 104676 EN UG 5.4 14.0 F 90004 N N - - - After leaving home in search of Curtis adventure, romance, and riches, seventeen-year-old Abel, the "normal" son of freak show entertainers, is haunted by a mysterious spirit. Free Throw Guest, Jacqueline 40386 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 37685 N N - - - This is a story of how Matthew returns to the basketball court - with a little help from his friends. Frenemies Divine, L. 131307 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 59119 N N - - - Jayd is concerned when Nellie is named homecoming princess and begins acting like Mickey and falling in deeper with Tania and her crew. The plot contains pervasive profanity, sexual situations, and drug use. Book #4 Fresh off the Boat de la Cruz, Melissa 86850 EN MG+ 5.0 7.0 F 48905 N N - - - When her family emigrates from the Philippines to San Francisco, California, fourteen-year-old Vicenza Arambullo struggles to fit in at her exclusive, all-girl private school. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Flagg, Fannie 8658 EN UG 5.6 15.0 F 94540 N N - - - A novel about the sustaining power of Whistle Stop Cafe friendship amid the violence and racial hate in a small Alabama town. Friends and Enemies Gaeddert, LouAnn 34238 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 41504 N N - - - In 1941 in Kansas, as America enters World War II, fourteen-year-old William finds himself alienated from his friend Jim, a Mennonite who does not believe in fighting for any reason and refuses to support the war effort in any way. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate McCall Smith, 105401 EN UG 5.8 11.0 F 72425 N N - - - Isabel is asked to fill in at her niece's Alexander gourmet delicatessen where she meets Ian, who is haunted by visions of a man he comes to believe must be the murdered donor of his transplanted heart. Book #2. Friends: Stories about New Martin, Ann M. 89259 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 37819 N N - - - This book is a collection of stories Friends, Old Friends, and dealing with friendship and the effects Unexpectedly True Friends that it can have on the lives of the people involved. The coeditor is David Levithan.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Friendship Doll Larson, Kirby 143789 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 45653 N N - - - This story follows the adventures of Miss Kanagawa, a doll made to serve as an ambassador from Japan to the United States, as she makes friends and learns about love during the twentieth century. Frindle Clements, Andrew 16637 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 16232 N N - N N When Nick Allen decides to turn his fifth- grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, he cleverly invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control. Front and Center Murdock, Catherine 133142 EN UG 5.5 10.0 F 62284 N N - - - D.J. Schwenk finds her life taking an Gilbert unexpected turn just as she was thinking things were finally calming down. As she tries to make important decisions about her future, she discovers romance and adventure in the unlikeliest places. Book #3 Frozen in Time Sparkes, Ali 137467 EN MG 5.1 10.0 F 66261 N N - - - In present-day England, thirteen-year- old Ben and his twelve-year-old sister Rachel find two children who have been cryogenically frozen in a bomb shelter since 1956 and must prevent them from being discovered while helping them adjust to modern life. Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Whelan, Gloria 63659 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 23264 N N - - - In this story, fictional diary entries Perfect recount the true-life efforts of Louisa May Alcott's family to establish a utopian community known as Fruitlands in Massachusetts in 1845. Full Tilt Shusterman, Neal 69057 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 49998 N N - - N When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful Cassandra.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Gabriel's Journey Hart, Alison 121468 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 36780 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Gabriel, a former slave, leaves behind his life as a professional jockey and joins his father in the Fifth U.S. Colored Cavalry at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. Book #3 Galen: My Life in Imperial Rome Moss, Marissa 64603 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 11694 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Galen describes his life as a slave in Rome under the Emperor Augustus. The Game of Silence Erdrich, Louise 87336 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 53684 N N - - - Nine-year-old Omakayas of the Ojibwe tribe moves west with her family in 1849. Gap Creek: The Story of a Morgan, Robert 35658 EN UG 5.5 17.0 F 109136 N N - - - Scratching out a life for themselves in Marriage the Appalachian high country, Julie and Hank don't know what to fear most--the floods or the flesh-and-blood grifters who insinuate themselves into their lives. The Gate in the Wall Howard, Ellen 29340 EN MG 5.7 5.0 F 34051 N N - - N In nineteenth century England, ten-year- old Emma finds her life completely changed when she inadvertently gets a job on a canal boat carrying cargoes between several northern towns. Gathering Blue Lowry, Lois 44063 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 47893 N N - - N Lamed and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians. The Gawgon and The Boy Alexander, Lloyd 48340 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 42722 N N - - N In Depression-era Philadelphia, when eleven-year-old David is too ill to attend school, he is tutored by the unique and adventurous Aunt Annie, whose teaching combines with his imagination to greatly enrich his life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Generation Dead Waters, Daniel 121939 EN UG 5.4 14.0 F 90541 N N - - - When dead teenagers who have come back to life start showing up at her high school, Phoebe, a goth girl, becomes interested in the phenomenon, and when she starts dating a "living impaired" boy, they encounter prejudice, fear, and hatred. Book #1 Gentlehands Kerr, M.E. 8567 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 39999 N N - - - A teenage boy falls in love with an "upperclass" girl and gets to know his estranged grandfather in one heartbreaking summer which climaxes in a shattering search for Nazi war criminals. Gentlemen Northrop, Michael 129940 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 58358 N N - - - Three friends suspect that their teacher is involved in their friend's disappearance and through a maze of clues, fraying friendships, and Dostoevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, they learn the shocking truth. The dark plot contains profanity and violence. The Geography of Girlhood: A Smith, Kirsten 104843 EN UG 5.5 3.0 F 16363 N N - - - Written in verse, this novel follows a girl Novel from ages 14 to 18, exploring first crushes, first dances, first kisses, and the many other dangers of growing up. George Washington's Socks Woodruff, Elvira 12477 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 36816 N N - N N 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. The Georges and the Jewels Smiley, Jane 132419 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 60775 N N - - - Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Geronimo Bruchac, Joseph 105856 EN MG 5.8 13.0 F 84688 N N - - - Geronimo's grandson narrates a fictional account of the story of the Native American leader's life after his last surrender. Get Well Soon Halpern, Julie 119214 EN UG 5.4 8.0 F 51454 N N - - - When her parents confine her to a mental hospital, an overweight teenage girl, who suffers from panic attacks, describes her experiences in a series of letters to a friend. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Getting in the Game FitzGerald, Dawn 103553 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 34451 N N - - - When everyone, including Ben, her friend from kindergarten, tries to get thirteen-year-old Joanna off the boys' ice hockey team, she resolves to deal with the problems caused by her participation. Getting Near to Baby Couloumbis, Audrey 32742 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 41096 N N - N N Thirteen-year-old Willa Jo and her younger sister come to terms with the death of their family's baby while staying with their Aunt Patty and Uncle Hob. The Ghost Behind the Wall Burgess, Melvin 68167 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 33244 N N - - N Twelve-year-old David sneaks through the ventilation shafts in his London apartment building pulling pranks on his neighbors, and meets the ghost of a boy with a grudge against the lonely, senile old man who lives upstairs. The Ghost Belonged to Me Peck, Richard 30654 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 41093 N N - - N In 1913 in the Midwest, a quartet of characters share adventures from exploding steamboats to "exorcising" a ghost. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Hoobler, Dorothy 31178 EN MG+ 5.1 7.0 F 45861 N N - - N 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. This book was coauthored by Thomas Hoobler. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Ghost of a Hanged Man Vande Velde, Vivian 29388 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 16133 N N - - - An outlaw condemned to be hanged threatens to wreak vengeance from the grave on those responsible for his death. The Ghost of Cutler Creek DeFelice, Cynthia 75917 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 36378 N N - - N When Allie is contacted by the ghost of a dog, she and Dub investigate the surly new boy at school and his father to see if they are involved. Ghost Soldier Alphin, Elaine Marie 52128 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 48812 N N - - N Alexander, in North Carolina while his father decides whether to remarry and move there, meets the ghost of a Confederate soldier and helps him look for his family. The Ghost's Grave Kehret, Peg 101953 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 41966 N N - - N Apprehensive about spending the summer in Washington State with his Aunt Ethel when his parents get an overseas job, twelve-year-old Josh soon finds adventure when he meets the ghost of a coal miner. Gideon's People Meyer, Carolyn 14464 EN MG 5.4 8.0 F 49073 N N - - - Torn between youthful rebellion and their traditional heritages, two boys from very different cultures--one Amish, one Orthodox Jew--discover just how similar they really are. The Gift Steel, Danielle 83334 EN UG 5.5 11.0 F 70460 N N - - - A pregnant teenager changes the lives of a grief-stricken family in a small Midwestern town during the 1950s. A Gift for Ampato Vande Griek, Susan 32718 EN MG 5.1 1.0 F 9862 N N - - - Timta must choose between the path she wants to follow and the path that has been selected for her. Gifts Le Guin, Ursula K. 80490 EN MG+ 5.6 9.0 F 57846 N N - - N When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking," a violent talent shared by members of his family, he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Gilgamesh the Hero McCaughrean, 70880 EN MG 5.1 3.0 F 21033 N N - - - The legend of Gilgamesh is the oldest Geraldine known written story, pre-dating both The Bible and The Iliad. An epic story about a quest for immortality, it also includes a legend of the flood that is remarkably similar to the story of Noah. A Girl Called Boy Hurmence, Belinda 29789 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 42958 N N - - - A pampered young black girl who has been mysteriously transported back to the days of slavery, struggles to escape her bondage. The Girl from Charnelle: A Novel Cook, K.L. 109795 EN UG 5.4 20.0 F 131639 N N - - - In 1960 Texas, sixteen-year-old Laura Tate struggles to care for her father and three brothers and deal with the complicated repercussions of her chance encounter with a married man. The Girl from Chimel Menchú, Rigoberta 102844 EN MG 5.2 1.0 F 7968 N N - - - This collection of illustrated stories describes the world of the Mayan people of Guatemala before the time of the Conquest. Girl in Blue Rinaldi, Ann 50151 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 61489 N N - - N To escape an abusive father and an arranged marriage, 14-yr-old Sarah, dressed as a boy, leaves her Michigan home to enlist in the Union Army and becomes a soldier on the battlefields of Virginia as well as a Union spy working in Washington, D.C. Girl In the Arena Haines, Lise 133319 EN UG 5.9 12.0 F 76686 N N - - - Eighteen-year-old Lyn, who has grown up in the public eye as the daughter of 7 gladiators, wants to follow her mother's path, but her only way of avoiding marriage to the warrior who killed her last stepfather may be to face him in the arena.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Girl in Translation Kwok, Jean 143894 EN UG 5.7 13.0 F 85303 N N - - - Ah-Kim Chang and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn, where they work for Aunt Paula in a Chinatown clothing factory. Kim's hard work earns her a place at an elite private school, where she is befriended by Annette, who helps her adjust to America. A Girl Named Disaster Farmer, Nancy 15809 EN UG 5.1 14.0 F 90379 N N - N N While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven- year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits. Girl of the Shining Mountains: Roop, Peter 43258 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 37712 N N - - - In this fictionalized account, Sacagawea Sacagawea's Story/Sacagawea: tells her son about her life & the Girl of the Shining Mountains remarkable expedition of Lewis & Clark. Also published as SACAGAWEA'S STORY: GIRL OF THE SHINING MOUNTAINS. The coauthor is Connie Roop. The Girl Who Threw Butterflies Cochrane, Mick 128825 EN MG+ 5.1 7.0 F 43359 N N - - - Eighth-grader Molly's ability to throw a knuckleball earns her a spot on the baseball team, which not only helps her feel connected to her recently deceased father, who loved baseball, it helps in other aspects of her life as well. The Girl Who Would Speak for the Elwork, Paul 143895 EN UG 5.7 12.0 F 75620 N N - - - Emily and Michael, 13-yr-old twins, Dead convince others that Emily can communicate with the dead through "spirit knockings," and they soon find themselves in the midst of family secrets. The plot contains sexual references and violence. Girl with a Pearl Earring Chevalier, Tracy 49824 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 68445 N N - - N Griet, the maid, is fascinated with her master's paintings and is drawn into his world. Their growing intimacy sparks whispers, and when Vermeer paints her wearing his wife's pearl earrings, the gossip escalates into a full-blown scandal.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Girl, 15, Charming but Insane Limb, Sue 81218 EN MG+ 5.1 8.0 F 53906 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Jess, living with her mum, separated from her father in Cornwall, and with a best friend who seems to do everything perfectly, finds her own assets through humor. The Girl-Son Neuberger, Anne E. 17251 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 24331 N N - N N The story is based on the life of Induk Pahk, whose widowed mother disguised her as a boy at the age of eight in order for her to attend school, a choice forbidden to girls in early twentieth century Korea. Girlfriend Material Kantor, Melissa 129941 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 57632 N N - - - Kate's hopes for a summer romance are dashed when her mother announces plans to stay with wealthy friends in Cape Cod as a ploy to make Kate's father jealous, but when Kate is introduced to Adam, things begin to look brighter. Girls Dinner Club Elliot, Jessie 88055 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 59253 N N - - - Junie, Celia, and Danielle, three ethnically diverse high schoolers in Brooklyn, form a friendship while cooking dinners together and helping one another sort through their romantic entanglements. Girls for Breakfast Yoo, David 87968 EN UG 5.7 12.0 F 75453 N N - - - On his high school graduation day, Nick Park reflects back on his life in upscale Renfield, Connecticut, and wonders how much being the only Asian American in school affected his thwarted quest for popularity and a girlfriend. Girls Got Game: Sports Stories & Macy, Sue 50631 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 37097 N N - - - This book is a collection of short stories Poems and poems written by and about young women in sports.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Girlwood Dean, Claire 122081 EN MG+ 5.6 8.0 F 51234 N N - - - When Bree runs away, her sister Polly and her eccentric grandmother believe she is hiding in the neighboring Idaho woods. When they discover a hidden grove, Polly and her friends build a shelter for Bree and try to save the land from developers. Give a Boy a Gun Strasser, Todd 47260 EN UG 5.3 4.0 F 26728 N N - - N Taken from current events, this work of fiction tells interweaving stories of classmates held hostage at a high school dance. The Giver Lowry, Lois 8568 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 43617 N N N N N The Elders of the Committee choose Jonas to be the person responsible for receiving and keeping all the memories of the past--a huge task for this exceptional boy. The Glass Café Paulsen, Gary 74760 EN UG 5.6 2.0 F 11581 N N - - - When twelve-year-old Tony, a talented artist, begins sketching the dancers at the Kitty Kat Club where his mother is an exotic dancer, it sparks the attention of social services. The Glass Harmonica Marley, Louise 111894 EN UG 5.4 17.0 F 109937 N N - - - Two women, one from the eighteenth century, the other from the twenty-first, are haunted by visions of each other as they play their instrument, the glass harmonica. The Glass Menagerie Williams, Tennessee 5982 EN UG 5.3 3.0 F 20698 N N - N N This play is a tender, despairing portrait of two women, one lost in the past, the other in herself. Glitter Daniels, Babygirl 135671 EN UG 5.3 6.0 F 36415 N N - - - Asia Smith's life is turned upside down when her indulgent father dies unexpectedly, leaving Asia in the care of her aunt Joy and attending a new school, where she joins the wrong crowd and soon winds up pregnant and forced to grow up too fast. Book #4

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Go Ask Alice Anonymous 7108 EN UG 5.6 7.0 F 46854 N N - N N This is the real story of drug addiction, drug slavery, and drug death, as told by an actual teenage victim in her own intimate words. A Goal in Sight Guest, Jacqueline 69543 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 30943 N N - - - When Aiden has to perform one hundred hours of community service, he is assigned to help a blind hockey player whose team is Calgary's Seeing Ice Dogs.

The Goalie Shreve, Susan 25241 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 19188 N N - - - Julie MacNeil feels threatened both in the family and on the soccer field when her widower father begins to date the mother of her arch-rival Benji True. The Goblin Wood Bell, Hilari 69394 EN MG 5.5 11.0 F 68650 N N - - N A young Hedgewitch, an idealistic knight, and an army of clever goblins fight against the ruling hierarchy that is trying to rid the land of all magical creatures. God and I Broke Up Mazetti, Katarina 84612 EN MG+ 5.9 4.0 F 24108 N N - - - For all of her sixteen years, Linnea has been a thinker. She thinks about everything from boys to why parents get divorced to whether or not God really exists and what happens when you die. When she and Pia become friends, Linnea becomes a talker. God of Beer Keizer, Garret 58059 EN UG 5.9 8.0 F 48702 N N - - - Inspired by a class assignment at his high school in rural Vermont, Kyle and his friends Quake and Diana do a social protest project involving alcohol. Goddess of Yesterday Cooney, Caroline B. 59378 EN MG 5.1 11.0 F 71123 N N - - N In this epic tale of courage and will to survive, Anaxandra learns that home is where you make it and identity goes deeper than just your name.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Going Postal Pratchett, Terry 83330 EN UG 5.3 18.0 F 116380 N N - - - Moist von Lipwig, alias Alfred Spangler, is given a choice of either reviving the Ankh-Morpork Post Office or death, but getting the system up and running again proves to be a near-impossible task. Gold Rush Fever: A Story of the Greenwood, Barbara 53354 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 32405 N N - - - Although Aunt Rachel isn't happy about Klondike Tim and Roy heading off to the Klondike Gold Rush, the possibility of striking it rich is hard to resist. Little do they suspect the harsh realities they'll have to face. The Golden Bracelet Kherdian, David 59482 EN MG 5.9 0.5 F 2141 N N - - - This is a retelling of an Armenian folktale about a carefree prince that must learn a useful skill in order to win his true love. The Golden Bull Cowley, Marjorie 123416 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 33157 N N - - - During a severe drought in Mesopotamia in 2600 B.C., Jomar and his sister Zefa are sent to the city of Ur, where Jomar is apprenticed to a goldsmith and Zefa must try to find a way to keep from becoming a slave. Golden Girl and Other Stories Chan, Gillian 47872 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 30738 N N - - - This book contains short stories about different students in a high school, with details on their pleasures, pains, & concerns. The Golden Goose King-Smith, Dick 85601 EN MG 5.0 1.0 F 9100 N N - - N Farmer Skint and his family on Woebegone Farm have fallen on hard times, but their luck changes with the arrival of a special golden goose. Goliath Westerfeld, Scott 146327 EN MG+ 5.3 14.0 F 94171 N N - - - Alek and Deryn encounter obstacles on the last leg of their round-the-world quest to end World War I, reclaim Alek's throne as prince of Austria, and finally fall in love. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Good Horse Smiley, Jane 140428 EN MG 5.3 10.0 F 66310 N N - - - On her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt faces the possibility of giving up her beloved colt, Jack, when it comes to light that his dam might have been stolen. Book #2 The Good Liar Maguire, Gregory 30833 EN MG 5.1 3.0 F 20145 N N - - - Now an old man living in the United States, Marcel recalls his childhood in German-occupied France, especially the summer that he and his older brother Rene befriended a young German soldier. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Schlitz, Laura Amy 115900 EN MG 5.6 2.0 F 12495 N N - - N This book is a collection of short one- Voices from a Medieval Village person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor. Good Omens Gaiman, Neil 75581 EN UG 5.8 17.0 F 106936 N N - - - When Agnes Nutter predicts that the end of the world is days away, the demon Crowley and his angel friend, Aziraphale, team up to save humankind. The coauthor is Terry Pratchett. The Good Thief Tinti, Hannah 134250 EN UG 5.4 14.0 F 91956 N N - - - In nineteenth-century New England, young Ren is glad to be rescued from the orphanage by Benjamin Nab but wonders if Benjamin really is his brother. Goodbye to Atlantis Harrison, Troon 55584 EN MG 5.5 9.0 F 58161 N N - - - Stella has always been plagued by questions about her deceased mother, and hopes that a trip to England might help her find some answers. The Goose Girl Hale, Shannon 73116 EN MG+ 5.9 14.0 F 91163 N N - - N Princess Anidori, on her way to marry a prince she has never met, is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Gospel According to Larry Tashjian, Janet 54129 EN UG 5.6 5.0 F 32820 N N - - N Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner- philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a Web site that is receiving national attention. Gossip Girl: A Novel von Ziegesar, Cecily 67628 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 51339 N N - - - Gossip Girl shares the explicit details of the lives her teenage friends and foes in a privileged private school in New York City, focusing on the return of the beautiful Serena van der Woodson. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Book #1 Gossip Girl: Psycho Killer von Ziegesar, Cecily 147214 EN UG 5.5 12.0 F 77880 N N - - - After "dispatching" several classmates, Serena decides the only way to make amends with Blair is to eliminate Nate, even if that means killing him. The plot contains excessive profanity, sexual situations, and graphic violence and gore. Book #1 Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales Noyes, Deborah 79027 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 44704 N N - - - Enter the world of Gothic!, a celebration of the literary form made famous by such writers as Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe. Graceling Cashore, Kristin 124842 EN UG 5.3 18.0 F 115109 N N - - - In a world where some are born with often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa teams up with a young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king. The plot contains sexual situations and violence. A Grateful Harvest Gregory, Kristiana 74526 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 42279 N N - - - When a prairie fire whips across the landscape and heads for the schoolhouse, Nessa knows there isn't much time and she won't get a second chance. She will need to find the courage to save her students from the massive blaze.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Grave Heneghan, James 44872 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 55968 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Tom, an unhappy foster child in Liverpool, falls into a massive open grave and is transported to Ireland in 1847, where he finds himself in the midst of the deadly potato famine. Graven Images Fleischman, Paul 72381 EN MG 5.5 2.0 F 15884 N N - - - In this book, three stories, from chilling to comic, show what happens when people put their faith in graven images. The Graveyard Book Gaiman, Neil 125535 EN MG+ 5.1 10.0 F 67380 N N - - N Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard. A Great and Terrible Beauty Bray, Libba 75342 EN UG 5.1 14.0 F 95605 N N - - - After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world. Book #1 The Great Brain Fitzgerald, John D. 115 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 47205 N N - N N The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money. Greek Gods and Goddesses McCaughrean, 67753 EN MG 5.6 3.0 F 17315 N N - - - This collection is a retelling of fifteen of Geraldine Greek myths. Green Angel Hoffman, Alice 67494 EN UG 5.2 3.0 F 17363 N N - - N Haunted by grief and by her past after losing her family, fifteen-year-old Green retreats into her ruined garden as she struggles to survive emotionally and physically on her own. The Green Dog: A Mostly True Staples, Suzanne 73961 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 27925 N N - - N During the summer before fifth grade, Story Fisher Suzanne, a daydreaming loner who likes to fish and walk through the woods, acquires a canine companion.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Green Man: Tales from the Datlow, Ellen 60664 EN UG 5.9 16.0 F 101697 N N - - - This is a collection of stories and poems Mythic Forest by a variety of authors relating to the Green Man and other myths of the forest. The editors are Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. The Greenstone Grail Hemingway, Amanda 104675 EN UG 5.9 18.0 F 111781 N N - - - Nathan Ward begins having dreams of a magical world known as Eos and of a greenish stone cup set with jewels, and his life becomes a dangerous adventure when pieces of his dreams begin to materialize in real life. Book #1. Grendel Gardner, John 66937 EN UG 5.9 6.0 F 38360 N N - - - Grendel, the monster, tells his side of the Beowulf story, and compares his values with the chief values of human beings. Guardian Lester, Julius 126982 EN UG 5.2 3.0 F 20418 N N - - - In a rural southern town in 1946, a white man and his son witness the lynching of an innocent black man. The Guardian of Isis Hughes, Monica 51716 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 56035 N N - - - Years have passed on Isis, but life has gone backward, not forward. Upper Isis is now a forbidden zone and the history from Earth has been replaced by myth. But one inquiring young man yearns to know the truth, and soon he gets the chance to find it. Guardian of the Dead Healey, Karen 136280 EN UG 5.3 13.0 F 82513 N N - - - Eighteen-year-old New Zealand boarding school student Ellie must use her tae kwon do skills and newfound magic to try to stop fairylike creatures from Maori myth and legend that are plotting to kill millions of humans to regain their lost immortality. Guests Dorris, Michael 11467 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 21638 N N - - N A native American boy discovers the inevitability of change as he grows up.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Gully's Travels Seidler, Tor 123730 EN MG 5.6 4.0 F 27929 N N - - - A well-bred Lhasa apso named Gulliver is forced to leave his master and finds a new one named Carlos, the doorman of a Manhattan apartment building, who takes the dog to his place in Queens, where Gully meets low-life mutts and boisterous humans. Guy Time Weeks, Sarah 41392 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 23942 N N - - N This a is humorous account of thirteen- year-old Guy's dealing with the separation, and possible divorce, of his eccentric parents, and with his own newfound interest in girls. Guyaholic: A Story of Finding, Mackler, Carolyn 119127 EN UG 5.4 6.0 F 39516 N N - - - V has been with Sam for a long time, Flirting, Forgetting...and the Boy but when she panics after graduation Who Changes Everything and messes everything up, it takes a solo driving trip from New York to visit her irresponsible mom in Texas before she learns enough about herself to know what she really wants. Gypsy Rizka Alexander, Lloyd 35637 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 39744 N N - - N Living alone in her wagon while waiting for her father's return, Rizka, a Gypsy and a trickster, exposes the ridiculous foibles of some of the townspeople. Habibi Nye, Naomi Shihab 17816 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 50259 N N - - - When fourteen-year-old Liyana and her younger brother move from St. Louis to a new home in Jerusalem where her father was born, they must face many changes. Hairstyles of the Damned Meno, Joe 86116 EN UG 5.9 14.0 F 88568 N N - - - Brian Oswald and his best friend, Gretchen, get involved in the punk scene on Chicago's south side. Experimenting with drugs, drinking, and relationships, they align themselves with various outcast groups in order to fit in. Half and Half Namioka, Lensey 74981 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 33363 N N - - - At Seattle's annual Folk Fest, twelve- year-old Fiona and her older brother are torn between trying to please their Chinese grandmother and making their Scottish grandparents happy.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Half-Human Coville, Bruce 76589 EN UG 5.2 7.0 F 45286 N N - - - This is a collection of stories about such creatures as mermaids and centaurs, who are part-human and part-animal, and their struggles to understand their true identities. The Hand You're Dealt Volponi, Paul 125004 EN UG 5.3 5.0 F 30701 N N - - - When seventeen-year-old Huck's math teacher wins the town poker tournament and takes the winner's watch away from Huck's father, Huck vows to get even with him no matter what it takes. The plot contains adult themes and profanity. The Handmaid's Tale Atwood, Margaret 8109 EN UG 5.4 14.0 F 90240 N N - N N It is the future world, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant, because only then will she be valued. Hangman's Curse Peretti, Frank E. 46172 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 56129 N N - - - When several students at Baker High School are stricken by an alleged curse of the school's ghost, Elijah and Elisha Springfield and their parents, undercover investigators, are sent to uncover the truth behind the events. Hannah Vazquez, Diana 36501 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 24307 N N - - - Hannah fights to work in the mines to support the family after her fathers' death and mothers' illness. Hannah's Garden Snyder, Midora 65220 EN UG 5.4 10.0 F 62731 N N - - - When Cassie's grandfather falls ill, she and her mother return to his farm, where Cassie discovers a wonderful, terrible secret about her family. Hannah, Divided Griffin, Adele 64607 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 36982 N N - - - In 1934, a thirteen-year-old with a gift for numbers is offered the chance to leave her family's dairy farm to spend one term at an exclusive Philadelphia girls' school preparing for a scholarship exam.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Happenings Cobb, Katie 59123 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 45554 N N - - - A high school girl faces pressure from her older brother, who is also her guardian, when she and her peers peacefully protest a teacher who they believe has stopped doing her job. Harlem Summer Myers, Walter Dean 114458 EN MG+ 5.1 5.0 F 34383 N N - - - In 1920s Harlem, sixteen-year-old saxophonist Mark Purvis struggles to advance his jazz career while working as a gopher for the new Africa American magazine, THE CRISIS, and becoming involved with mobster Dutch Schultz. Harmless Reinhardt, Dana 112938 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 53867 N N - - - To replace their parents' anger with concern, Anna, Emma, and Mariah concoct a story about why they're late getting home one night. Suddenly the police are involved, and a man is arrested and accused of a crime that never happened. Harmony Murphy, Rita 62558 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 24347 N N - - N Found as a baby by an old farm couple in the Tennessee mountains, Harmony has always been different, but when she begins developing special powers, she wants nothing more than to be ordinary. Harris and Me: A Summer Paulsen, Gary 5332 EN MG+ 5.7 5.0 F 33240 N N - - N Sent to live with relatives on their farm Remembered 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. Harrowing the Dragon McKillip, Patricia A. 108523 EN UG 5.3 13.0 F 85458 N N - - - This book presents fifteen previously uncollected stories, including STAR- CROSSED, THE SNOW QUEEN, LADY OF THE SKULLS, and THE HARROWING OF THE DRAGON OF HOARSBREATH. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Rowling, J.K. 26759 EN MG 5.5 12.0 F 77508 N N - N N Rescued from the outrageous neglect of Stone his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Hat Full of Sky Pratchett, Terry 78873 EN UG 5.3 12.0 F 79291 N N - - - Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in- training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world. Hat Trick Guest, Jacqueline 40389 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 25696 N N - - - This story is about a young female hockey player who learns the hard way about leading a double life. Hatchet Paulsen, Gary 367 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 42328 N N N N N After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends 54 days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given to him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Hawksmaid: The Untold Story of Lasky, Kathryn 137267 EN MG 5.2 8.0 F 50765 N N - - - In twelfth-century England, Matty grows Robin Hood and Maid Marian up to be a master falconer able to communicate with the devoted birds who later help her and Fynn, also known as Robin Hood, to foil Prince John's plot to steal the crown. The Haymeadow Paulsen, Gary 7044 EN UG 5.4 6.0 F 36952 N N - N N 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. Hazing Meri Sugarman Apostolina, M. 104677 EN UG 5.2 11.0 F 73226 N N - - - When Cindy crosses into Meri-only territory, a new scary Meri emerges, and Cindy realizes that behind all that beauty is an evil beast that must be stopped. Book #1 Heads Up! Hunter, Dawn 54096 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 24619 N N - - - Glen and Jacob are best friends and both on the same soccer team. Danny, a new kid, joins the team. With his hotshot skills, he wins Glen over, but Jacob is not convinced Danny plays for anyone but himself. The coauthor is Karen Hunter.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Healer's Keep Hanley, Victoria 65227 EN UG 5.2 13.0 F 86724 N N - - - In this companion book to "The Seer and the Sword", the Healer's Keep is attacked by dark forces, and Princess Sara and the foreigner Dorjan join forces with the slave girl Maeve and freeman Jasper to defend it. The Heart Is Not a Size Kephart, Beth 137892 EN MG+ 5.3 7.0 F 42827 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Georgia learns about herself and her troubled best friend Riley when they travel to Anapra, a squatters village in the border town of Juárez, Mexico, to undertake a community construction project. The plot contains profanity. Heart on My Sleeve Wittlinger, Ellen 79345 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 53238 N N - - - From the end of high school to the beginning of college, Chloe and Julian deal with major changes in their families and friendships, and explore their feelings for each other, through emails, letters, and a visit. Heart-Shaped Box Hill, Joe 114032 EN UG 5.5 16.0 F 103938 N N - - - Judas Coyne, a collector of the macabre, pays a thousand dollars for a suit said to be inhabited by the owner's ghost and learns only after the angry spirit arrives that he has been set up by the family of his last young lover, who committed suicide. Heartbeat Creech, Sharon 77515 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 13157 N N - - N Everything in twelve-year-old Annie's life begins changing when her mother becomes pregnant. Her grandfather begins to falter, and her best friend becomes distant. Heartland Siebert, Diane 70405 EN MG 5.3 0.5 F 657 N N - - - This book is a lyrical celebration of the Midwest. Heat Lupica, Mike 106285 EN MG 5.3 9.0 F 58934 N N - - N 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.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Heavenly Village Rylant, Cynthia 64036 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 10117 N N - - - In this book, a series of touching vignettes paint a moving picture of the stopping place between heaven and Earth, and reminds us that life is an extraordinary gift and that those we love are never really far away. Heir Apparent Vande Velde, Vivian 62559 EN MG 5.6 11.0 F 72682 N N - - N While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself. Heist Society Carter, Ally 136305 EN MG+ 5.5 9.0 F 58905 N N - - - A group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year -old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector. Book #1 Help Wanted: Stories Soto, Gary 86938 EN MG+ 5.1 7.0 F 47458 N N - - - The ten stories in this book portray some of the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans. Her Daughter's Eyes Inclán, Jessica 75912 EN UG 5.8 13.0 F 81925 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Kate, feeling alone Barksdale in the wake of her mother's death and her father's preoccupation with his new girlfriend, gives birth to her baby in secret and deals with the consequences with the help of her younger sister. Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Myers, Walter Dean 83233 EN MG 5.9 1.0 F 9146 N N - - - This book presents fifty-four poems by Voices Walter Dean Myers, written in the voices of people living and working in Harlem, the author's beloved hometown. Here Lies Arthur Reeve, Philip 124690 EN MG 5.6 11.0 F 70627 N N - - - When her village is attacked and burned, Gwyna seeks protection from the bard Myrddin, who uses Gwyna in his plan to transform young Arthur into the heroic King Arthur.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Here Lies Linc Ray, Delia 145504 EN MG 5.2 11.0 F 70630 N N - - - While researching a rumored-to-be- haunted grave for a local history project, twelve-year-old Lincoln Crenshaw unearths some startling truths about his own family. Here Lies the Librarian Peck, Richard 106411 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 29762 N N - - N In 1914, fourteen-year-old Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath, a tomboy and automobile enthusiast, discovers new possibilities for her future after four young librarians arrive in her small Indiana town. Here There Be Angels Yolen, Jane 16962 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 18101 N N - - N An illustrated collection of the author's stories and poems about angels. Here There Be Witches Yolen, Jane 73835 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 29406 N N - - - This book presents an illustrated collection of seventeen stories and poems about witches, wizards, and warlocks. The Hermit Thrush Sings Butler, Susan 28591 EN MG 5.4 9.0 F 56210 N N - - - After a natural disaster has all but destroyed the earth, the orphaned and "defective" Leora, while searching for her sister, defies the oppressive laws of the land and joins a band of rebels trying to overthrow the government. The Hero of Ticonderoga Gauthier, Gail 47425 EN MG 5.5 9.0 F 55170 N N - - N When Thérèse is chosen to do the coveted oral report on Ethan Allen, she learns a great deal about the Vermont hero. Hero's Song: The First Song of Pattou, Edith 44862 EN UG 5.9 13.0 F 84129 N N - - - On a quest to rescue his kidnapped Eirren sister, Collun discovers that he is a key figure in the struggle to save the kingdom of Eirren from conquest by Medb, the Queen of Ghosts. Hero: A Novel Moore, Perry 118795 EN UG 5.9 18.0 F 114789 N N - - - Thom, the teenage son of a fallen superhero who seems to be linked to his mother's disappearance, joins the League and finds himself dealing with confusing sexual feelings for the hero Uberman while learning to use his powers.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Heroes Cormier, Robert 28548 EN UG 5.9 4.0 F 25086 N N - - - An eighteen-year-old awarded the Silver Star for bravery has just returned home from World War II. He lost most of his face when he fell on a grenade in France. Now he has a personal mission to hunt down the man he feels destroyed his life. Heroes of the Valley Stroud, Jonathan 129417 EN MG 5.6 17.0 F 109249 N N - - - Halli Sveinsson plays a trick on Ragnor that goes too far, forcing him to embark on a hero's quest in which he will face highway robbers, monsters, an intriguing girl, and truths about his family and the legends he grew up with. Hex Hall Hawkins, Rachel 135901 EN MG+ 5.2 10.0 F 66528 N N - - - Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong. Her dad decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters. Book #1 High Rhulain Jacques, Brian 102037 EN MG 5.5 15.0 F 99186 N N - - N Following a dream, the young ottermaid Tiria travels from Redwall to the Green Isle, where otters have long been enslaved by feral cats but fight back as they await the High Rhulain, a savior whose coming was foretold. Higher Education Sheffield, Charles 76256 EN UG 5.5 11.0 F 73353 N N - - - Rick Luban gets expelled from school for pulling a prank on a visiting Congresswoman, but finds a whole new life when he signs up for a career in asteroid mining in outer space. The coauthor is Jerry Pournelle. The Higher Power of Lucky Patron, Susan 110101 EN MG 5.9 5.0 F 29977 N N - - N Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten- year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Highly Effective Detective Yancey, Richard 107708 EN UG 5.1 11.0 F 74363 N N - - - Following the death of his mother, Ruzak fulfills a long-held dream of setting up a private detective agency in his hometown, Knoxville. He soon gets his first case: Who drove the black SUV that mowed down a row of baby geese crossing the street? Highway Robbery Thompson, Kate 130120 EN MG 5.3 2.0 F 10065 N N - - - On a cold day in 18th-century England, a poor boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a highwayman. Highway to Hell Clement-Moore, 129064 EN UG 5.0 13.0 F 88065 N N - - - On their way to spend spring break on a Rosemary Texas beach, college freshmen Maggie and Lisa are stranded in a town where some believe a chupacabra is killing animals. The girls investigate, getting help from diverse and unexpected sources. Hippolyta and the Curse of the Yolen, Jane 56435 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 48823 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, a princess Amazons of the Amazons, fights to save her people from destruction when her mother the Queen refuses to sacrifice her second-born male child. The coauthor is Robert J. Harris. His Illegal Self Carey, Peter 124615 EN UG 5.2 11.0 F 72500 N N - - - Seven-year-old Che, raised in privilege by his grandmother, is kidnapped and brought to his mother, a former student radical who is wanted by the FBI. The plot contains profanity, crude language and violence. Hit the Road Cooney, Caroline B. 107303 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 48879 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Brittany acts as chauffeur for her grandmother and three other eighty-plus-year-old women going to what is supposedly their college reunion--a long drive that involves lies, theft, and kidnappings.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Hitler's Canary Toksvig, Sandi 118868 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 41579 N N - - - Ten-year-old Bamse and his Jewish friend Anton participate in the Danish Resistance during World War II. Holding up the Earth Gray, Dianne E. 44289 EN MG 5.9 7.0 F 46145 N N - - - Hope visits her new foster mother's Nebraska farm and, through old letters, a diary, and stories, gets a picture of the past. Holdup Fields, Terri 116028 EN UG 5.3 5.0 F 33102 N N - - - Diverse teens each react differently to a busy shift at a Phoenix, Arizona, Burger Heaven on a hectic Saturday night that culminates in a show-down with two armed robbers. Hole in the Sky Hautman, Pete 50410 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 45603 N N - - - In a future world ravaged by a mutant virus, sixteen-year-old Ceej and three other teenagers seek to save the Grand Canyon from being flooded, while trying to avoid capture by a band of renegade Survivors. The Hollow Kingdom Dunkle, Clare B. 73215 EN MG+ 5.6 11.0 F 70964 N N - - - In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to be his bride and queen. Book #1 The Hollow Tree Lunn, Janet 42451 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 59290 N N - - - It is 1777, and fifteen-year-old Phoebe Olcott is thrown headlong into the turmoil of war when her beloved cousin, Gideon, is hanged as a British spy. Home Child Haworth-Attard, 43365 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 25998 N N - - - This book explores how Home Children Barbara experienced being displaced, enslaved and ostracized. Homeboyz Sitomer, Alan 114779 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 55707 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Teddy Anderson, Lawrence known on the streets as T-Bear, decides to seek revenge on the person responsible for his little sister's death, which was caused by a stray bullet from a handgun. Plot contains sexual situations and profanity. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Homeless Bird Whelan, Gloria 35670 EN UG 5.3 5.0 F 34459 N N - - N When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it. Homesick, My Own Story Fritz, Jean 118 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 41707 N N - - N This fictionalized autobiography tells the heartwarming story of a little girl growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying their childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. Honey, Baby, Sweetheart Caletti, Deb 79095 EN UG 5.0 11.0 F 75946 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Ruby McQueen and her mother, both nursing broken hearts, set out on a journey to reunite an elderly woman with her long-lost love and in the process learn many things about "the real ties that bind" people to one another. Hoot Hiaasen, Carl 61464 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 61113 N N - N N 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. Hope and Other Dangerous Lalami, Laila 108069 EN UG 5.6 6.0 F 40624 N N - - - Two men and two women are brought Pursuits together as they risk their lives to travel across the Strait of Gibraltar in search of a new life in Spain. The Hope Chest Schwabach, Karen 120147 EN MG 5.4 9.0 F 59651 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Violet runs away from home and goes to New York City and Nashville to find her sister, Chloe, who is a suffragist fighting for the right of women to vote. Hope Was Here Bauer, Joan 44672 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 41673 N N - - N When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved in the political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Hormone Jungle: Coming of Age in Bagert, Brod 110568 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 14428 N N - - - College-bound Christina Curtis is Middle School creating a scrapbook of the Digital Poets, her middle-school poetry group, which interwoven with her narrative, reflects the hormonal angst of middle school. Hostage Roberts, Willo Davis 36254 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 30388 N N - - N When eleven-year-old Kaci interrupts burglars in the process of robbing her house, she and her nosy elderly neighbor, Mrs. Banducci, are kidnapped and held hostage by the desperate and ruthless criminals. Hot Fudge Sundae Blues: A Novel Marshall, Bev 109940 EN UG 5.7 16.0 F 99794 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Layla Jay finds her interest in religion piqued by a handsome visiting preacher staying in her family's home, but when the preacher falls for her mom, Layla is forced to acknowledge her disappointment with God and her reckless mother. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Ford, Jamie 145257 EN UG 5.7 15.0 F 92994 N N - - - After losing his wife to cancer, Chinese Sweet American Henry Lee recalls his youth with his Japanese American friend, Keiko, and deals with generational difficulties between himself, his father, and his college-age son. Hothead Ripken Jr., Cal 142574 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 30867 N N - - - Connor Sullivan, All-Star third baseman on his Babe Ruth League team, has a terrible temper and problems at home, but when the sports editor of the school paper threatens to publish an embarrassing story about his tantrums, Connor must make a change. Hothouse Lynch, Chris 139872 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 41246 N N - - - Teens DJ and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart, but when their firefighter fathers are both illed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The House of the Scorpion Farmer, Nancy 61393 EN UG 5.1 15.0 F 100214 N N - - N In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 140-year- old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. The House of Wisdom Heide, Florence 44594 EN MG 5.1 0.5 F 2093 N N - - - Ishaq, the son of the chief translator to Parry the Caliph of ancient Baghdad, travels the world in search of precious books and manuscripts and brings them back to the great library known as the House of Wisdom. The coauthor is Judith Heide Gilliland. House Rules Picoult, Jodi 138298 EN UG 5.8 27.0 F 173438 N N - - - Emma's son Jacob, who has Asperger's syndrome and occasionally tries helping the police with his unique forensic analysis abilities, falls under suspicion when a murder occurs. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. How I Paid for College: A Novel of Acito, Marc 105350 EN UG 5.9 15.0 F 96416 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni Sex, Theft, Friendship, & Musical enlists the help of his misfit friends to Theater steal tuition money after his father refuses to fund Edward's acting studies at Juilliard. How I Survived Being a Girl Van Draanen, 32166 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 31662 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Carolyn struggles with Wendelin being a girl when she really wants to be a boy. How They Met, and Other Stories Levithan, David 120159 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 60515 N N - - - This collection of eighteen stories share the emotions of love-from unrequited, to longing, to being smitten, to family love and friendship. How Tía Lola Learned to Teach Alvarez, Julia 140071 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 29848 N N - - - Juanita and Miguel's great-aunt Tía Lola comes from the Dominican to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description How to Take the Ex out of Ex- Rallison, Janette 115301 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 57210 N N - - - Giovanna rashly breaks up with her Boyfriend boyfriend, Jesse, when he refuses to help her twin brother with his campaign for student council president, but fixing her mistake may be more difficult for her than she realizes. Howl's Moving Castle Jones, Diana Wynne 29765 EN UG 5.4 12.0 F 75480 N N - - - Eldest of three sisters, in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared Wizard Howl. The Human Comedy Saroyan, William 16714 EN UG 5.8 8.0 F 48446 N N - N N This captivating novel tells the story of a gentle California community during World War II. The Humming of Numbers Sensel, Joni 122357 EN UG 5.9 8.0 F 50644 N N - - - Aiden, a novice about to take monastic vows in tenth century Ireland, meets Lana, a girl who understands his ability to hear the sounds of numbers humming from all living things, and the two of them are thrown together in a mission to save their village. Hummingbird Angle, Kimberly 123313 EN MG 5.8 8.0 F 50931 N N - - - In spite of a busy life on the family farm, Greene 12-year-old March Anne feels something is missing, and her grandmother, who has helped raise her since her mom died when she was three, also passes on. March Anne finds she must act on her feelings of loss. The Hundred Dresses Estes, Eleanor 42 EN MG 5.4 1.0 F 7329 N N - N N In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson. The Hunger Games Collins, Suzanne 123740 EN MG+ 5.3 15.0 F 99750 N N - - N In a future North America, where rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual survival competition, 16 year old Katniss's skills are tested when she voluntarily takes her sister's place. The plot contains graphic descriptions of violence. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Hunt Club Lott, Bret 75564 EN UG 5.3 12.0 F 79473 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Huger Dillard from the Lowcountry of South Carolina gets caught up in several mysteries when he and his blind uncle discover a headless corpse at the Hungry Neck Hunt Club. The Hunter's Moon Melling, O.R. 63934 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 45543 N N - - - Findabhair and her cousin Gwen have always believed in magic and the other world, and their dream is to find a way to enter it. Where better to begin than at royal Tara, seat of the High Kings of Ireland?

Hurricane Song: A Novel of New Volponi, Paul 123803 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 27609 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Miles Shaw goes to live Orleans in New Orleans with his father, a jazz musician, and together they survive the horrors of Hurricane Katrina in the Superdome, learning about each other and growing closer through their painful experiences. Hurt Go Happy Rorby, Ginny 108317 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 62361 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis has been deaf since the age of six, but her mother has never allowed her to learn sign language. Everything changes when she meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari. Hustlin' Divine, L. 131312 EN UG 5.7 10.0 F 61018 N N - - - Nellie tries to spill Mickey's secret, Laura attempts to upstage Jayd in the school play, Rah's baby's mama refuses to let him see his daughter, and Jayd's grandmother warns of more trouble. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Book #7 I Am Mordred: A Tale from Springer, Nancy 28291 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 44831 N N - - - When Mordred learns the identity of his Camelot father, he struggles with feelings of hatred, but also fights the fate which determines that he kill the good and gracious king.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description I Am the Clay Potok, Chaim 74159 EN UG 5.8 10.0 F 64562 N N - - - This book tells the story of an old man, his wife, and a young boy brought together by chance during the horror of the Korean War. I Capture the Castle Smith, Dodie 47666 EN UG 5.9 20.0 F 123857 N N - - - The romantic isolation ends for Cassandra and her sister when the wealthy and adventurous Cotton family takes over the nearby estate. I Had Seen Castles Rylant, Cynthia 11547 EN UG 5.7 3.0 F 17467 N N - - - The complexities of war seen by a man haunted by memories of World War II. I Have Been in Danger Foggo, Cheryl 56229 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 32568 N N - - - On a school camping trip, Jackie makes a terrible mistake and runs away. She's not dressed for a mountain hike, and nobody knows where she's gone. But Sidney has an idea where she is and she knows one thing for sure - she has to find her sister. I Love You, Beth Cooper Doyle, Larry 120410 EN UG 5.8 9.0 F 56194 N N - - - Denis Cooverman, captain of the debate team, stumbles into the most eventful night of high school when he decides to make his graduation speech a confession of love for Beth Cooper, head cheerleader. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Hansen, Joyce 17624 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 31831 N N - N N The young, former slave Patsy keeps a Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed diary of the confusing time following the Girl end of the Civil War. I Was a Rat! Pullman, Philip 35642 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 26228 N N - - N A little boy turns life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was a rat. I Was a Teenage Fairy Block, Francesca Lia 29366 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 33059 N N - - - A feisty fairy helps two young models heal traumas of their past. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend Harrison, Cora 139759 EN MG+ 5.6 12.0 F 78787 N N - - - In a series of journal entries, Jenny Cooper describes her stay with cousin Jane Austen in the 1790s and her entrance into Jane's world of beautiful dresses, dances, secrets, gossip, and romance. I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then Carter, Ally 106309 EN MG+ 5.9 10.0 F 66015 N N - - - As a sophomore at a secret spy school I'd Have to Kill You and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission. Book #1 I, Coriander Gardner, Sally 102130 EN MG 5.5 10.0 F 66497 N N - - - In 17th-century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born. Ida B...and Her Plans to Maximize Hannigan, Katherine 79913 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 35137 N N - - N In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) spends happy hours being home- Save the World 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. If Ever I Return Again Demas, Corinne 39872 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 42895 N N - - N Through letters to her cousin, Celia tells of her adventures at sea on her father's whale boat. If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Kantor, Melissa 101384 EN MG+ 5.2 10.0 F 63181 N N - - - When Lucy's father remarries, Lucy's life Where's My Prince? is turned upside down. They move from their West Coast home to a suburb on Long Island. With a wicked stepmother, bratty stepsisters, and countless chores, Lucy's life has all the makings of a Cinderella story.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description If I Stay Forman, Gayle 129747 EN UG 5.3 8.0 F 49653 N N - - - While in a coma following an horrific automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen -year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death. The plot contains profanity. Igraine the Brave Funke, Cornelia 77013 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 42262 N N - - N The daughter of two magicians, twelve- year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery. The Illyrian Adventure Alexander, Lloyd 8531 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 29975 N N - - N Vesper Holly sails to the tiny country of Illyria to search for the treasure and magical army of King Vartan by the author of the Prydain Chronicles. Imaginary Girls Suma, Nova Ren 145077 EN UG 5.4 12.0 F 78947 N N - - - Ruby's younger sister, Chloe, is sent away after a night at the reservoir ends with finding a classmate's body, and she returns two years later to find that deadly surprises await. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and drug use. The Impossible Journey Whelan, Gloria 67635 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 42701 N N - - - In 1934, thirteen-year-old Marya and her younger brother, Georgi, set out alone on a long and arduous journey into Siberia to find their mother after she and their father are exiled for opposing Stalin. In a Dark Wood Cadnum, Michael 35393 EN UG 5.8 8.0 F 53725 N N - - - On orders from the King, the Sheriff of Nottingham seeks to capture the outlaw Robin Hood, but he finds him to be a tricky and elusive foe.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description In Darkness, Death Hoobler, Dorothy 75428 EN MG+ 5.2 6.0 F 40180 N N - - - In eighteenth-century Japan, a young Seikei becomes involved with a ninja as he helps Judge Ooka, his foster father, investigate the murder of a samurai. This book was coauthored by Thomas Hoobler. Book #3 In Spite of Killer Bees Johnston, Julie 59450 EN MG 5.3 10.0 F 66541 N N - - N Aggie fights to keep her diminishing family together. By refusing to abandon those she loves and comes to love, she risks more than her happiness.

In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Meyer, L.A. 110103 EN MG+ 5.9 23.0 F 141802 N N - - - The adventures of Jacky Faber continue Being an Account of a Particularly as she and her classmates are Peculiar Adventure in the Life of kidnapped while on a school outing. Jacky Faber They find themselves captive on a slave ship bound for the slave markets of North Africa, but Jacky and the girls are a courageous group! Book #4 In the Coils of the Snake Dunkle, Clare B. 102533 EN MG 5.8 12.0 F 73260 N N - - - After learning that the new goblin king, her promised groom, plans to marry an elf instead, the human Miranda flees the goblin kingdom and is rescued from despair by a mysterious elf lord. Book #3 In the Country of Men Matar, Hisham 116029 EN UG 5.8 11.0 F 68620 N N - - - This book follows the love and relationship between nine-year-old Suleiman and his mother in the midst of the political turmoil of Libya under the dictatorship of Qaddafi in the 1970s. In the Dreaming Bird, Isobel 50411 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 48246 N N - - - Midsummer's eve finds Kate, Annie, and Cooper celebrating the most joyous sabbat with nature, and a few welcome strangers. In the Forests of the Night Atwater-Rhodes, 32149 EN MG+ 5.4 4.0 F 22879 N N - - - Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders Amelia back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description In the Time of the Butterflies Alvarez, Julia 21632 EN UG 5.8 18.0 F 111619 N N - - - The story of three sisters murdered in the Dominican Republic in the 1960s because of their religious and political beliefs. In War Times Goonan, Kathleen 115279 EN UG 5.8 22.0 F 136590 N N - - - In 1941, the night before his brother Ann dies in the attack on Pearl Harbor, American soldier Sam Dance receives instructions from a physics professor to make a machine that is supposed to change human nature and end war. Incantation Hoffman, Alice 110569 EN MG+ 5.0 4.0 F 27465 N N - - - During the Spanish Inquisition, sixteen- year-old Estrella, brought up a Catholic, discovers her family's true Jewish identity, and when their secret is betrayed by Estrella's best friend, the consequences are tragic. Indian Shoes Smith, Cynthia 58518 EN MG 5.2 1.0 F 7882 N N - - - Together with Grampa, Ray Halfmoon, a Leitich Seminole-Cherokee boy, finds creative and amusing solutions to life's challenges. Infield Hit Dygard, Thomas J. 12463 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 30710 N N - - - After transferring to a new high school during his junior year, Hal tries to make friends, gain a starting position on the baseball team, and hide the fact that his dad is a famous ex-major leaguer. Ingrid and the Wolf Alexis, Andre 103317 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 28822 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Ingrid Balazs travels to Hungary to visit her grandmother, the Countess Liliane, to learn more about her family's hidden past and connected histories. Initiation Bird, Isobel 59127 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 66320 N N - - - The joyful culmination of a year and a day's dedication, Kate, Annie, and Cooper's Wiccan initiation, brings celebration, an exhilarating ritual, and unexpected choices for the new witches.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Inkheart Funke, Cornelia 71683 EN MG 5.4 23.0 F 146809 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force them into service. Book #1 Inkspell Funke, Cornelia 100861 EN MG 5.6 29.0 F 184486 N N - - N Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of INKHEART, the book whose characters became real. But for Dustfinger, the fire- eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. Book #2 Inside Grandad Dickinson, Peter 76700 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 31452 N N - - N Gavin tries to enlist the help of selkies -- seal people -- to communicate with his comatose grandfather. Instead of Three Wishes: Magical Turner, Megan 109376 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 34777 N N - - - This collection of seven stories features Short Stories Whalen leprechauns, ghosts, time travel, and other extraordinary creatures and experiences. Into the Candlelit Room McKean, Thomas 32363 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 51836 N N - - - In a series of letters and diary entries, five young people describe their experiences with evil and the supernatural, including encounters with a demon, a ghost, and a fortuneteller. Into the Wild Nerd Yonder: My Life Halpern, Julie 134008 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 57450 N N - - - When high-school sophomore Jessie's on the Dork Side best friend transforms herself into a punk and goes after Jessie's crush, Jessie decides to visit "the wild nerd yonder" and seek true friends. The plot contains profanity and explicit sexual situations. The Intruders Richardson, E.E. 108557 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 44895 N N - - - When Joel and Tim, soon-to-be stepbrothers, start having the same nightmare after moving into an old house, they decide to investigate its source and the many other strange occurrences in their new home.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Inventing Elliot Gardner, Graham 77845 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 45606 N N - - N Fourteen-year-old Elliot is determined not to become a target of bullying at his new school. When he attracts attention from the Guardians, a group of older students who "maintain order" at his new school, Elliot faces some terrifying choices. The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Selznick, Brian 113692 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 25083 N N - - N When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan Novel in Words and Pictures living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized. Iqbal D'Adamo, Francesco 72762 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 25943 N N - - N This is a fictionalized account of a Pakistani child who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and went on to help liberate other children like him until his tragic death at the age of thirteen. Translator is Ann Lenori. The Iron King Kagawa, Julie 139747 EN UG 5.3 15.0 F 100530 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Meghan learns that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king, becomes involved in a deadly war, and tries to find love with a young prince. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and violence. Book #1 Is It Night or Day? Chapman, Fern 136281 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 45331 N N - - - In 1938, young German Jew Edith is Schumer sent by her parents to Chicago, where she tries to assimilate into American culture while worrying about her parents and mourning the loss of everything she has ever known. Based on true events. The Isis Pedlar Hughes, Monica 36507 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 39034 N N - - - David N'Kumo, great grandson of one of the original settlers and Moira, daughter of smooth-talking foreign visitor, strive to show her fathers' sorcery in a true light.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description An Island Like You: Stories of the Cofer, Judith Ortiz 21983 EN UG 5.4 8.0 F 51507 N N - - - Twelve stories about young people Barrio caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings. An Island of My Own Spalding, Andrea 43317 EN UG 5.2 3.0 F 22548 N N - - - Rowan spends the summer researching the progress of an endangered group of sea otters and learns valuable lessons about believing in herself and fighting for something worthwhile. Island of the Aunts Ibbotson, Eva 45121 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 57469 N N - - N As caretakers of the Island, the three aunts tend to an amazing assortment of creatures, including mermaids, selkies, and a couple of ghosts. However, they are getting old and they must kidnap some children who can take over the Island. The Islander Rylant, Cynthia 20791 EN MG 5.3 1.0 F 8609 N N - - N Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, ten-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid whose identity he tries to learn. It's a Mall World After All Rallison, Janette 111934 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 54431 N N - - - While working at the mall, organizing a school fundraiser, and trying to prove that her best friend's boyfriend is seeing another girl, high-school student Charlotte's best intentions always seem to backfire. It's a Matter of Trust Byalick, Marcia 14472 EN MG 5.5 8.0 F 50722 N N - - - A teenager's life is changed forever when her father is indicted on criminal charges. It's My Life, by Caitlin O'Conner Carlson, Melody 111935 EN MG+ 5.7 9.0 F 56685 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Caitlin struggles with her feelings about her best friend's pregnancy, boys who tempt her to break her vow not to date, non-Christian friends, and what God may be calling her to do with her life. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Jack of Kinrowan de Lint, Charles 76243 EN UG 5.2 21.0 F 136064 N N - - - Hurled into the mythical land of Faerie by a faceless gang of bikers, young Jacky Rowan is stunned when she is immediately hailed as the legendary hero, Jack of Kinrowan, and directed to save the land from a treacherous evil force. Jack Plank Tells Tales Babbitt, Natalie 115225 EN MG 5.1 3.0 F 18089 N N - - - Because he is too nice to be a pirate, Jack Plank looks for a new career, but each night he tells tales of why the one job he looked into that day is wrong. Jack Tumor McGowan, Anthony 129942 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 68519 N N - - - 14-year-old Hector is diagnosed with a brain tumor that speaks in his head. Calling itself Jack, it makes an effort to improve Hector's life and win him a girlfriend before the operation that will mean the end. The plot contains sexual references. Jackal in the Garden: An Ellis, Deborah 110099 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 44566 N N - - - Born deformed, Anubis is considered Encounter with Bihzad cursed and is left in the desert to die. She is rescued, raised in secret, and leads a nomadic life with a colony of artists, which includes Kamal al-Din Bihzad, the most famous master of Persian painting. Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Richler, Mordecai 271 EN MG 5.2 2.0 F 11132 N N - - N Unjustly imprisoned by the Hooded Fang Fang and other big people, Jacob Two- Two awaits the aid of the members of Child Power to free him and two hundred other children. Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case Richler, Mordecai 20469 EN MG 5.6 3.0 F 22109 N N - - - Jacob Two-Two returns in this adventure which takes him into the fascinating world of spycraft. Jade Green: A Ghost Story Naylor, Phyllis 41245 EN MG 5.8 5.0 F 33221 N N - - N While living with her uncle in a house Reynolds haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Jailbait Newman, Lesléa 108131 EN UG 5.4 10.0 F 63083 N N - - - In 1971, unpopular and lonely 10th- grader Andi, teased at her Long Island high school for her large breasts and ignored at home by her distant parents, builds a fantasy romantic life around her clandestine, sexual relationship with a man in his thirties. Jake's Orphan Brooke, Peggy 42436 EN MG 5.4 8.0 F 50645 N N - - N When taken from an orphanage to work on a farm in North Dakota in 1926, twelve-year-old Tree searches for a home not only for himself but also for his irrepressible younger brother. Jake, Reinvented Korman, Gordon 74086 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 40266 N N - - - Before Jake's first day at a new school, he has become the "buzz" of Fitz High. He acts like a member of the in-crowd, but Jake is a fake. He's reinvented himself from a big nerd to a big shot - but how long can he fool everyone, including himself? James Printer: A Novel of Jacobs, Paul Samuel 29484 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 42165 N N - - N $OWKRXJKKHKDVOLYHGDQGZRUNHGDVD Rebellion SULQWHU VDSSUHQWLFHZLWKWKH *UHHQIDPLO\LQ&DPEULGJH 0DVVDFKXVHWWVIRUPDQ\\HDUV-DPHV D1LSPXFN,QGLDQILQGVKLPVHOIFDXJKW XSLQWKHHYHQWVWKDWOHDGWRDKRUULEOH ZDU The Janitor's Boy Clements, Andrew 41791 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 27784 N N - - N Fifth grader, Jack, finds himself the target of ridicule at school when it becomes known that his father is one of the janitors, and he turns his anger onto his father. January, February, June or July Porter, Helen Fogwill 35500 EN UG 5.7 11.0 F 72155 N N - - - Heather Novak is a young woman at odds with her world, attempting to cope with the consequence of her first, brief love affair.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Jar of Dreams Uchida, Yoshiko 233 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 28276 N N - N N Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a close-knit Japanese American family in California during the Depression. A visit from Aunt Waka helps Rinko think about things in a different way. A Jar of Tiny Stars: Poems by Cullinan, Bernice E. 83546 EN MG 5.5 1.0 F 7412 N N - - - This book contains a sample of poems NCTE Award-Winning Poets by poets who have received the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Poetry for Children. Jason and the Gorgon's Blood Yolen, Jane 76138 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 50423 N N - - N Jason, who will grow up to become the head of the Argonauts, leads five other boys on a dangerous quest to save the kingdom of Iolcus, learning along the way what it means to be in command. The coauthor is Robert J. Harris. Jason's Gold Hobbs, Will 32529 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 52737 N N - - N When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon in 1897 reaches fifteen -year-old Jason, he embarks on a 5000- mile journey to strike it rich. Jayd's Legacy Divine, L. 126697 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 61231 N N - - - Jayd Jackson deals with her ex- boyfriend, and her best friend, who is causing all sorts of drama as she runs for junior class homecoming princess. The plot contains profanity and negative stereotypes. Book #3 Jayden's Rescue Tumanov, Vladimir 73419 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 27972 N N - - - The evil sorcerer-king is holding Queen Jayden captive in his castle, and only Alex, Vanessa and Sam can save her. Jazmin's Notebook Grimes, Nikki 27715 EN MG 5.8 3.0 F 18345 N N - - N Jazmin, an African-American teenager who lives with her sister in a small Harlem apartment in the 1960s, finds strength in writing poetry and keeping a record of the events in her sometimes difficult life. Jellicoe Road Marchetta, Melina 126984 EN UG 5.0 12.0 F 78189 N N - - - Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high-school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Jesse Soto, Gary 14473 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 36258 N N - - - Two Mexican-American brothers hope that junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor. Jewel Lott, Bret 32278 EN UG 5.9 26.0 F 164012 N N - - - This is a story of how quickly life can change; how an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compassion. Jimmy Coates, Assassin? Craig, Joe 88020 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 57731 N N - - - While escaping from the strange men that are after him in London, Jimmy discovers he possesses many unusual talents for an eleven-year-old boy. Book #1 Jip: His Story Paterson, Katherine 14992 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 46876 N N - N N While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place. John Riley's Daughter Matthews, Kezi 42437 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 30169 N N - - N Suspected of having caused her retarded aunt to walk away from their home in a small southern town in 1973, thirteen-year-old Memphis must deal with her past and her future. Johnny Got His Gun Trumbo, Dalton 12788 EN UG 5.9 11.0 F 68324 N N - - - Most shocking anti-war novel ever written. Johnny Tremain Forbes, Esther 47 EN MG 5.9 13.0 F 83124 N N - N N This book follows a young apprentice from a tragic accident in a silversmith's shop to his dramatic involvement as a patriot in the days just before the American Revolution. Joseph, Master of Dreams Waldron, Kathleen 48837 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 15095 N N - - - Spoiled by his father and envied by his Cook brothers, Joseph is forced to begin a harsh new life in Egypt. The Journal of James Edmond Murphy, Jim 27944 EN MG 5.7 6.0 F 36983 N N - - N James Edmond Pease, a sixteen-year- Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier old orphan, keeps a journal of his experiences and those of "G" Company, which he joined as a volunteer in the Union Army during the Civil War.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Durbin, William 32210 EN MG 5.9 5.0 F 32382 N N - - N In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean Transcontinental Railroad Worker experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Journal of William Thomas Denenberg, Barry 27945 EN MG 5.6 4.0 F 22668 N N - - N Will, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of Emerson: A Revolutionary War his experiences in pre-Revolutionary Patriot War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to British rule. Journey Home Uchida, Yoshiko 5073 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 26944 N N - - N After a Japanese American family is released from detention camp, they return to their town in California to build a new life. Journey to the River Sea Ibbotson, Eva 58234 EN MG 5.6 12.0 F 75226 N N - - N Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River. Journeys with Elijah: Eight Tales of Goldin, Barbara 31578 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 9848 N N - - - This book presents eight stories about the Prophet Diamond the Old Testament prophet Elijah, set in a variety of time periods and in places all over the world where Jews have lived. The Joy Luck Club Tan, Amy 7111 EN UG 5.7 14.0 F 91419 N N - N N This book chronicles the lives of four Chinese women, their forty-year friendship, and how the death of one brings her daughter into the fold and creates a new understanding for each. Jubilee Journey Meyer, Carolyn 17821 EN UG 5.4 8.0 F 54577 N N - - - Emily Rose has always felt comfortable growing up in Connecticut with her African-American mother and her French-American father; but when she spends some time with her grandmother in Texas, she learns more about her heritage.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Jude Morgenroth, Kate 82247 EN UG 5.2 13.0 F 87713 N N - - - After his drug-dealing father's murder, fifteen-year-old Jude moves in with the mother he never knew. After he is tricked into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit, he is imprisoned and must find the strength to clear his name. Julia Gillian (and the Art of McGhee, Alison 123049 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 26182 N N - - - Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot Knowing) about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer, and she seeks the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending. Book #1 Julie George, Jean 11720 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 42669 N N - N N Julie returns to live with her father and Craighead finds she must make choices between the old and the new in this sequel to Julie of the Wolves. Julie of the Wolves George, Jean 49 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 36049 N N - N N Common sense and courage enable a Craighead young Eskimo girl to survive when she becomes lost in the Arctic wild. Julie's Wolf Pack George, Jean 17778 EN MG 5.7 6.0 F 38797 N N - - N Continues the story of Julie and her Craighead wolves, in which Kapu protects his pack from famine and disease while uniting it under his new leadership. Juliet, Naked Hornby, Nick 133987 EN UG 5.8 13.0 F 84645 N N - - - After Duncan and Annie break up, Annie begins an e-mail correspondence with Tucker Crowe, Duncan's greatest obsession. Crowe, a reclusive singer- songwriter, re-evaluates his life during a trip to England, where he meets up with Annie. Jumping off the Planet Gerrold, David 48523 EN UG 5.2 13.0 F 86723 N N - - - Chigger and his two brothers are taken into space by their father, contrary to his divorce visitation rights. A custody battle ensues, which climaxes when the brothers divorce their parents.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Jumping the Scratch Weeks, Sarah 105951 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 30452 N N - - - After moving with his mother to a trailer park to care for an injured aunt, eleven- year-old Jamie Reardon struggles to cope with a deeply buried secret. The Jumping Tree Saldaña Jr., René 51864 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 40763 N N - - - Rey, a Mexican American living with his close-knit family in a Texas town near the Mexican border, describes his transition from boy to young man. The Jungle Book (The Whole Kipling, Rudyard 69991 EN MG 5.8 8.0 F 50647 N N - - - In this book, selected stories from two Story) JUNGLE BOOKS chronicle the adventures of Mowgli, the boy raised by a pack of wolves in the Indian jungle, and his clash with man. Jungle Islands: My South Sea Coffey, Maria 51349 EN MG 5.8 2.0 F 11547 N N - - - Embark on an unforgettable adventure Adventure as you join Maria Coffey on her trip through the Solomons, lush tropical islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The coauthor is Debora Pearson. Just Ella Haddix, Margaret 34884 EN UG 5.5 6.0 F 41514 N N - - - In this continuation of the Cinderella Peterson story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape. Just In Case Rosoff, Meg 107900 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 47082 N N - - - Convinced that fate is out to get him, fifteen-year-old David Case assumes a new identity, Justin Case, in the hope of avoiding what he believes is certain doom. Just Jane Lavender, William 63643 EN MG+ 5.3 10.0 F 67983 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Jane Prentice, orphaned daughter of an English earl, arrives in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1776 to find her loyalties divided over the question of American independence. Justin Case: School, Drool, and Vail, Rachel 137051 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 39555 N N - - - Nothing feels right for Justin at the start Other Daily Disasters of third grade. He's very nervous and to make things even worse, he has lost his favorite stuffed animal.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Justin Morgan Had a Horse Henry, Marguerite 235 EN MG 5.8 5.0 F 30779 N N - N N An unusual work horse raised in Vermont and known originally as "Little Bub" becomes the sire of a famous American breed and takes the name of his owner, Justin Morgan. Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain: An Currier, Katrina 108047 EN MG 5.0 1.0 F 5542 N N - - N In 1934, twelve-year-old Kai leaves Angel Island Story Saltonstall China to join his father in America, but first he must take a long sea voyage and then endure weeks of crowded conditions and harsh examinations on Angel Island, fearing that he or his new friend will be sent home. Kaleidoscope Eyes Bryant, Jen 129943 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 32346 N N - - - In 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, thirteen-year-old Lyza inherits a project from her deceased grandfather, who had been using his knowledge of maps and the geography of Lyza's New Jersey hometown to locate the lost treasure of Captain Kidd. Kampung Boy Lat 112302 EN MG 5.1 1.0 F 4890 N N - - - This book relates the life experiences, from birth to beginning boarding school, of a boy growing up on a rubber plantation in rural Malaysia. Karoo Boy Blacklaws, Troy 106316 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 53910 N N - - - After a freak accident, Douglas's twin brother is dead and his family's fragmentation begins. His mother packs up their home in Cape Town and takes him to a tiny backwater town in the semi -desert Karoo region, where she withdraws into her painting. Kate Sherrard, Valerie 79667 EN MG+ 5.5 8.0 F 50182 N N - - - Kate, a precocious teen, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Knowing that her time might be short, she lives her life with a curious spirit and an open mind.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Keep It Movin' Divine, L. 131313 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 62451 N N - - - Jayd is forced to deal with a variety of drama and take control of her own destiny as problems with her friends escalate and she focuses on developing her own unique hair-braiding technique. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Book #8 Keeper Appelt, Kathi 137052 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 53741 N N - - - Ten-year-old Keeper heads to a sandbar in a small boat along with her dog, BD, and a seagull named Captain to find her mother, who left her when Keeper was only three and whom she believes to be a mermaid. Keeper Peet, Mal 102145 EN MG+ 5.1 8.0 F 54893 N N - - N In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero, El Gato, describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star. The Keeper and the Crows Spalding, Andrea 41254 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 15308 N N - - - Misha's Aunt Dora is the Keeper, caretaker of an ancient box of great power. Now the evil crows are determined to find the box and claim it, along with all its power, for their own. The Keeper of the Isis Light Hughes, Monica 36506 EN MG 5.5 8.0 F 49681 N N - - - On the planet Isis, Olwen befriends a group of settlers from Earth and finds out that there is pleasure and sadness in human friendship. Keeping Score Park, Linda Sue 120832 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 46031 N N - - - Being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the early 1950s means season after season of near misses and year after year of dashed hopes, but Maggie goes on trying to help the Dodgers, and when she finds out that Jim needs help too, she's determined to provide it.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Keturah and Lord Death Leavitt, Martine 108318 EN MG+ 5.3 8.0 F 51513 N N - - - When sixteen-year-old Keturah follows a legendary hart into Lord Temsland's forest, she becomes lost. Lord Death comes to claim her, but she is able to charm him with a story and gains a reprieve of one day, but within that day, she must find true love. Keysha's Drama Sewell, Earl 128511 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 54157 N N - - - African American sixteen-year-old Keysha Kendall takes up with a bad crowd as she struggles to adjust to life in her affluent biological father's home after her mother is arrested. The plot contains adult themes, including bisexuality. Book #1 Kidnapped Book One: The Korman, Gordon 106864 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 24570 N N - - N Aiden Falconer and FBI Agent Harris Abduction close in on Aiden's sister's kidnappers. The only problem is Meg's attempts to free herself mean she's never where she's supposed to be. Book #1 Kidnapped Book Three: The Korman, Gordon 109862 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 26124 N N - - N Aiden Falconer and FBI agent Harris are Rescue closing in on the people who kidnapped Aiden's sister, Meg. As tension mounts and the net tightens, only one thing is clear, the kidnappers aren't going down without a fight. Book #3 Kidnapped Book Two: The Search Korman, Gordon 106865 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 24968 N N - - N Everybody wants to know where Meg is. Her brother Aiden, who saw her kidnapped and is now trying to track her down, wants to know. Even Meg's kidnappers want to know because, even though they caught her once doesn't mean they can keep her. Book #2 Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City Miller, Kirsten 108263 EN MG 5.7 16.0 F 100345 N N - - - Life becomes more interesting for Ananka when she discovers an underground room in the park across from her NYC apartment and meets a mysterious girl called Kiki Strike, who claims that she, too, wants to explore the subterranean world.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Killer's Tears Bondoux, Anne- 103589 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 33016 N N - - - A young boy, Paolo, and the man who Laure murdered his parents, Angel, gradually become like father and son as they live and work together on the remote Chilean farm where Paolo was born. Killing Britney Olin, Sean 88805 EN UG 5.3 8.0 F 51614 N N - - - Ever since Britney transformed herself from freak-&-geek status to popular at school, her life has been touched by tragedy. First, her mom dies, then her boyfriend Ricky is killed in a hit-and-run. As the deaths continue, everyone fears for Britney. A Killing Frost Marsden, John 25567 EN UG 5.8 13.0 F 79773 N N - - - Ellie and her friends, a small band of teenagers trying to survive in the Australian countryside, continue to resist the enemies who have invaded their country. Book #3 Kim: Empty Inside Sparks, Beatrice 64218 EN UG 5.5 6.0 F 37340 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Kim, feeling the pressure of maintaining an A average to stay on her college gymnastics team, becomes obsessive about her weight and develops an eating disorder. A Kind of Courage Heffernan, Colleen 102322 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 37508 N N - - - When a young conscientious objector arrives to work on her father's farm in 1916, Hattie learns that courage comes in many forms. The Kindling Armstrong, Jennifer 59175 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 54255 N N - - - In 2007, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus. The coauthor is Nancy Butcher. The King of Attolia Turner, Megan 103361 EN MG+ 5.7 14.0 F 87218 N N - - N Eugenides, still known as a Thief of Whalen 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. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The King of Dragons Fenner, Carol 27923 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 45465 N N - - N Having lost access to the old railroad station where they had been staying, homeless Ian and his father move into an unused city courthouse and try to avoid being discovered by the authorities. King of the Wind Henry, Marguerite 51 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 33035 N N - N N An Arab stable boy's love for a Sultan's horse begins the line from which Man o' War was sired. The Kingfisher's Gift Beckhorn, Susan 59357 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 43620 N N - - - After the sudden death of her father, Williams twelve-year-old Franny spends the summer with her grandmother in Wayland, Massachusetts, where she continues to care for the fairies her father knew as a boy. Kipling's Choice Spillebeen, Geert 87848 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 28463 N N - - - In 1915, mortally wounded in Loos, France, eighteen-year-old John Kipling, son of writer Rudyard Kipling, remembers his boyhood and the events leading to what is to be his first and last World War I battle. Kiss the Dust Laird, Elizabeth 7010 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 64812 N N - - N Her father's involvement with the Kurdish resistance movement in Iraq forces thirteen-year-old Tara to flee with her family over the border into Iran, where they face an unknown future. Kissing Tennessee and Other Appelt, Kathi 54121 EN UG 5.6 3.0 F 21799 N N - - - Graduating eighth graders relate their Stories from the Stardust Dance stories of love and heartbreak that have brought them to Dogwood Junior High's magical Stardust Dance. Kissing Vanessa Cheshire, Simon 82513 EN UG 5.2 5.0 F 30267 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Kevin has plans to do better in school, but when the next term begins he is smitten by his new classmate, Vanessa, and he focuses all his energy on getting close to her.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Kit: The Adventures of a Raccoon Woods, Shirley 35412 EN MG 5.2 2.0 F 13985 N N - - - Kit, the raccoon, and his sisters are taught by their mother to fish and forage, and learn the skills that raccoons need to survive. On his own, he survives many wild adventures, and eventually finds a mate. The Kitchen God's Wife Tan, Amy 68854 EN UG 5.2 24.0 F 159276 N N - - - Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything. The Kite Fighters Park, Linda Sue 39888 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 24202 N N - - N Eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother, Kee- sup, when he combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite- fighting competition. The Kite Runner Hosseini, Khaled 77450 EN UG 5.2 16.0 F 107052 N N - - - Amir, haunted by his betrayal of Hassan, the son of his father's servant and a childhood friend, returns to Kabul as an adult after he learns Hassan has been killed. The Klondike Ring Spalding, Andrea 76416 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 29350 N N - - - Rick and Willow travel to the Yukon and get involved in a mystery surrounding a Robert Service poem. The coauthor is David Spalding. Knights of the Hill Country Tharp, Tim 108711 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 64152 N N - - - In his senior year, high school star linebacker Hampton Greene finally begins to think for himself and discovers that he might be interested in more than just football. Kotuku Savage, Deborah 61175 EN UG 5.3 12.0 F 78680 N N - - - Still having difficulty facing the death of her best friend, Wim must deal with a difficult great-aunt while Maori visitors from New Zealand uncover a dark family secret. Krik? Krak! Danticat, Edwidge 78260 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 43625 N N - - - This book is a collection of nine stories that encompass both the cruelties and the high ideals of Haitian life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Lady and the Unicorn Chevalier, Tracy 77438 EN UG 5.0 11.0 F 74247 N N - - - This historical novel imagines the lives and intrigues of the men and women involved in the creation of a set of fifteenth-century tapestries depicting an elegant lady and a unicorn, which now hang in the Cluny Museum in Paris. Lady Ilena: Way of the Warrior Malone, Patricia 103319 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 45749 N N - - - Now chief of Dun Alyn, fifteen-year-old Ilena disgraces herself on the battlefield and, while subsequently exiled from her people, becomes involved in a plan to rescue King Arthur from his Saxon captors. Lady J Divine, L. 131309 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 59760 N N - - - Jayd must use her powers to help her deal with the drama at school as well as at home when a powerful rival comes to town, bringing trouble for Jayd and her family. The plot contains pervasive profanity, sexual situations, and drug use. Book #5 Lady Knight Pierce, Tamora 61332 EN MG+ 5.6 16.0 F 101390 N N - - N When she became a knight, eighteen- year-old Kel hoped to be given a combat post, but instead she finds herself named commander of an outpost of refugees, where she must face the unnatural forces of the evil Blayce. Book #4 The Lady of Shalott Tennyson, Alfred 100051 EN MG 5.7 0.5 F 962 N N - - - This illustrated edition shares the beauty Lord and mystery of Tennyson's poem, which describes Lady Shalott's journey of life. The illustrator is Geneviève Côté. Lamb: The Gospel According to Moore, Christopher 68446 EN UG 5.5 23.0 F 147312 N N - - - Levi bar Alphaeus, nicknamed Biff, is Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal resurrected by an angel at the bidding of Jesus who wants Biff, the childhood friend of the Messiah, to finally write his account of Jesus's life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Land Taylor, Mildred D. 54637 EN MG 5.0 18.0 F 118345 N N - - N Paul-Edward, son of a white plantation owner and a slave mother of African- Indian heritage, follows his dream of owning his own land through hard work and determination. The Landing Ibbitson, John 122762 EN MG 5.8 5.0 F 34655 N N - - - Ben Mercer dares to dream of having a life outside of Cook's Landing after playing the violin for Ruth Chapman, but he first must face both his own limitations and those of the people he loves. Larry and the Meaning of Life Tashjian, Janet 124998 EN UG 5.4 6.0 F 38862 N N - - - Larry, otherwise known as Josh, is in the doldrums, but after meeting a spiritual guru at Walden Pond who convinces him to join his study group, he starts to question his grasp of reality. The Last Book in the Universe Philbrick, Rodman 45221 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 43292 N N - - N After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth of a distant future. Last Dance on Holladay Street Carbone, Elisa 86279 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 43821 N N - - - In 1878, thirteen-year-old Eva seeks her birth mother in Colorado, only to find the city and her mother are not what she imagined. Last Days of Summer Kluger, Steve 48403 EN UG 5.7 9.0 F 59224 N N - - - Beginning in the early 1940s and continuing through the war, this is the story of Charlie Banks, as told through his abstract scrapbook, letters, postcards, news clippings, box scores, report cards, matchbook covers, dispatches from FDR, and telegrams. The Last Days: A Novel Westerfeld, Scott 107289 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 64356 N N - - - As an ancient evil stirs beneath the streets of New York City, infecting rats and people like a plague, five quirky teens come together to form a "New Sound" band whose music seems to have paranormal power.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Last Domino Meyer, Adam 88058 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 61004 N N - - - Vulnerable following his brother's suicide, a high school boy comes under the thrall of a darkly violent classmate, and events at home and at school go chillingly out of control. The Last Hero Pratchett, Terry 54941 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 39807 N N - - - It's time the Last Hero in the world returns what the first hero stole. The trouble is, that will mean the end of the world, if no one stops him in time. The Last Holiday Concert Clements, Andrew 82274 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 28656 N N - - N Life is usually easy for popular sixth grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must use all of his leadership skills to unite the other students. The Last Musketeer Gibbs, Stuart 146337 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 48835 N N - - - In Paris with his parents to sell family heirlooms, fourteen-year-old Greg Rich suddenly finds himself four hundred years in the past and is aided by boys who will one day be known as The Three Musketeers. The Last of the High Kings Thompson, Kate 122760 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 53852 N N - - - In turmoil over learning she is a changeling, eleven-year-old Jenny makes a deal with a devil creature and endangers the human race, but her own cleverness, her human and fairy fathers, and the last of Ireland's High Kings help to make things right. The Last Safe House: A Story of Greenwood, Barbara 31201 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 19539 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Eliza appears at the the Underground Railroad home of the Reid family, the last stop on the Underground Railroad. Twelve-year- old Johanna Reid develops a deep admiration and respect for her new friend when she hears of the horrors Eliza has had to endure. Last Summer in Louisbourg Mowat, Claire 56605 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 31525 N N - - - While on a summer job away from her family, Andrea makes great new friends, finds romance, and learns a family secret that will change her forever.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Last Warrior Ellison, Suzanne 53578 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 53944 N N - - - Based on the true story of Geronimo's Pierson Chiricahua Apaches, this is the coming- of-age story of Solito, a teenage brave, whose band surrenders to the U. S. Army before he can complete his warrior training. Laughs: Funny Stories Mackay, Claire 51713 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 37022 N N - - - This book is a collection of funny riddles, poems, and short stories. Laura Secord: A Story of Courage Lunn, Janet 58573 EN MG 5.4 0.5 F 3220 N N - - - This book recounts the tale of Laura Secord's journey to tell the British about an American plot to conquer them during the war between Great Britain and the United States in the early nineteenth century. The Leanin' Dog Nuzum, K.A. 126985 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 46016 N N - - - 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. The Leaves in October Ackerman, Karen 6048 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 19689 N N - - N After her mother leaves them, nine-year- old Livvy struggles to understand and forgive as her father loses his job and takes her and her younger brother to live in a shelter for homeless people. Leaving Fishers Haddix, Margaret 18817 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 51680 N N - - N After joining her new friends in the Peterson religious group called Fishers of Men, Dorry finds herself immersed in a cult from which she must struggle to extricate herself. Leaving Home Rochman, Hazel 19048 EN MG 5.7 8.0 F 52495 N N - - - An international anthology that reflects the thoughts and feelings of young people as they make their own ways into the world. Leaving Protection Hobbs, Will 78023 EN MG+ 5.2 6.0 F 39059 N N - - N When sixteen-year-old Robbie Daniels discovers what his mysterious captain is searching for, he finds himself in danger.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Left Behind LaHaye, Tim F. 27656 EN UG 5.5 17.0 F 107412 N N - - - Airline captain Rayford Steel searches for his family, for answers and for the truth as the world becomes a disappearing, dark and lonely place. The coauthor is Jerry B. Jenkins. Book #1 Legacy Sniegoski, Thomas 134972 EN UG 5.7 8.0 F 50241 N N - - - After his father reenters Lucas's life and E. mysterious warriors kill Lucas's mother, Lucas learns his dying superhero father may not be a true hero. Lucas must decide where he stands with his father and whether to defend a world that needs a superhero. The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being Paulsen, Gary 107902 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 35380 N N - - N Born into slavery, Bass Reeves became the True Account of the Most the most successful U.S. Marshal of the Valiant Marshal in the West Wild West and the most successful Federal Marshal in the U.S. in his day. True to the mythical code of the West, he never drew his gun first. The Legend of Jimmy Spoon Gregory, Kristiana 6328 EN MG+ 5.0 5.0 F 30959 N N - - N In the middle of the nineteenth century, twelve-year-old Jimmy leaves his Mormon family in Utah and ends up living with the Shoshoni Indians as the younger brother of Chief Washakie. The Legend of Luke Jacques, Brian 30337 EN MG 5.7 16.0 F 104414 N N - - N When Martin the Warrior leaves Redwall Abbey and embarks upon a journey to the place of his birth, he learns about the brave and noble deeds of his father Luke, a real Warrior Chieftain. Let My People Go: Bible Stories McKissack, Patricia 35391 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 30172 N N - - - The daughter of a free black man, who Told by a Freeman of Color worked as a blacksmith in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1800s recalls stories from the Bible that her father shared with her, relating them to African Americans. The coauthor is Fredrick McKissack.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Let the Circle Be Unbroken Taylor, Mildred D. 237 EN MG 5.7 15.0 F 97583 N N - N N Set in Mississippi during the 1930s, this inspiring story of a loving, close-knit black family confronted with racial injustice contributes to a deeper understanding of what it means to be black today. Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story Lyons, Mary E. 5970 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 28637 N N - N N A fictionalized version of the life of of Harriet Jacobs Harriet Jacobs is told in the form of letters that she might have written during her slavery in North Carolina and as she prepared for escape to the North in 1842. Letters from the Mountain Garland, Sherry 14475 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 41258 N N - - - A teenage boy, sent for the summer to relatives in the mountains in order to remove him from gang influences, discovers life's really important values through his unlikely friendship with a disadvantaged boy. Letters to Julia Holmes, Barbara 34764 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 43349 N N - - - In her journal, chapters of the novel she Ware is writing, and letters to a New York editor who has befriended her, a fifteen- year-old budding author reveals her journey of self-discovery in the midst of a dysfunctional family. Leviathan Westerfeld, Scott 132849 EN MG+ 5.3 12.0 F 77962 N N - - - In an alternate 1914 Europe, 15-year- old Austrian Prince Alek, running from the Clanker Powers who are trying to take over the globe, forms an alliance with Deryn, who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly. Book #1 Libyrinth North, Pearl 135484 EN UG 5.9 15.0 F 92325 N N - - - In a distant future where Libyrarians preserve and protect the ancient books that are housed in the fortress-like Libyrinth, Haly is imprisoned by Eradicants, who believe that the written word is evil, and she must try to mend the rift.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Life of Pi Martel, Yann 65915 EN UG 5.7 16.0 F 101027 N N - - - Pi survives a shipwreck with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a tiger. With intelligence, daring and inexpressible fear, Pi manages to keep his wits about him as the animals begin to assert their places in the foodchain.

Life on Mars: Tales from the New Strahan, Jonathan 143034 EN MG 5.9 15.0 F 94650 N N - - - For generations, people have wondered Frontier what it would be like to travel to Mars and even live there. This book brings together twelve original stories to explore the possibilities. You will never look at the fourth planet from the sun the same way again. Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Rallison, Janette 83609 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 46054 N N - - - High school freshmen Josie and Cami Throws try to remain best friends as they compete for basketball awards and boys.

Lifeblood Becker, Tom 124042 EN MG+ 5.6 8.0 F 50501 N N - - - As Jonathan searches London's Darkside for the same murderer that his mother was seeking when she disappeared twelve years earlier, it becomes clear that it is Jonathan who is being hunted. Book #2 A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Hesse, Karen 32207 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 29310 N N - N N In 1860 and 1861, while working in her Diary of Amelia Martin 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. The Likes of Me Platt, Randall Beth 49651 EN UG 5.6 10.0 F 63946 N N - - - In 1918, having run away from the Washington State lumber camp she calls home, a half-Chinese albino named Cordy makes her way to Seattle, and finds work in a carnival.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Linger Stiefvater, Maggie 137470 EN UG 5.4 14.0 F 91396 N N - - - Grace and Sam struggle to keep their relationship together, while Grace lies to her parents and keeps a secret from them and Sam copes with his werewolf past. Book #2 The Lion's Whiskers and Other Ashabranner, Brent 60721 EN MG 5.5 3.0 F 16654 N N - - - This is a collection of folktales from the Ethiopian Tales (Revised) nine main tribes of Ethiopia, along with two stories from Ethiopia's religious traditions. The Lion, the Witch and the Lewis, C.S. 52 EN MG 5.7 6.0 F 36363 N N - N N Aslan, the noble lion, frees Narnia from Wardrobe (Unabridged) the spell of the White Witch. Book #1 Lionboy: The Chase Corder, Zizou 82409 EN MG 5.4 11.0 F 69148 N N - - N After saving the lions from evil Maccomo, Charlie, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats, goes to Venice to search for his parents and solve the mystery of their kidnapping with help from Bulgarian King Boris. The Lioness and Her Knight Morris, Gerald 102023 EN MG 5.1 11.0 F 73963 N N - - N Headstrong sixteen-year-old Lady Luneta and her distant cousin, Sir Ywain, travel to Camelot and beyond, finding more adventure than they hoped for until, with the help of a fool, Luneta discovers what she really wants from life. Book #7 Listen! Tolan, Stephanie S. 106310 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 41727 N N - - - During her solitary convalescence from a crippling accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the arduous process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mother's death two years earlier. Listening for Leroy Hearne, Betsy 27924 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 51793 N N - - - Growing up in rural Alabama in the 1950s, eleven-year-old Alice has no one to talk to but Leroy, the black farm hand, but when Alice's doctor father moves the family to Tennessee, she has trouble fitting in and she sorely misses Leroy.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Listening for Lions Whelan, Gloria 89524 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 45280 N N - - N Left an orphan after the flu epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, thirteen-year- old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, when her dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital. Little Altars Everywhere Wells, Rebecca 63645 EN UG 5.3 14.0 F 88719 N N - - - This book tells the story about the Walker family of Thornton, Louisiana. Little Brother Doctorow, Cory 122449 EN UG 5.9 17.0 F 106188 N N - - - Interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on San Francisco, 17- year-old Marcus is released into what is now a police state and decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right. Little Guy Gardam, Heather 66590 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 34601 N N - - - Patti's parents agree to board an injured horse at the farm and it will be Patti's job to exercise Little Guy and help him get well. But what if he doesn't get better? And what happens when he does get better -- will his owners take him away? Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Yue, Guo 124730 EN MG 5.2 2.0 F 13555 N N - - - In Communist China in 1966, eight-year- Beijing old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his friend and trying to get a caged wild bird to sing and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. The coauthor is Clare Farrow. Little Little Kerr, M.E. 59212 EN UG 5.8 6.0 F 40548 N N - - - This is the tale of the shenanigans of two dwarfs as they compete for the heart of Little Little, a dwarf heiress who's tired of being treated like a pretty doll.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Little Piece of Ground Laird, Elizabeth 110896 EN MG+ 5.1 9.0 F 60282 N N - - - During the Israeli occupation of Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine, twelve-year-old Karim and his friends create a secret place for themselves where they can momentarily forget the horrors of war. The coauthor is Sonia Nimr. The Little Prince Saint-Exupery, 123 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 16534 N N - N N This enchanting fable tells the story of a Antoine de pilot downed in the Sahara and a boy from outer space who teaches him the meaning of life. The Little Soldier Ashley, Bernard 62189 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 49687 N N - - - Taken from Africa to a foster home in London after his family is killed by an enemy tribe, Kaninda discovers the meaning of hate and the value of not hating. Little Voice Slipperjack, Ruby 56230 EN MG 5.3 10.0 F 66046 N N - - - Ray gets the chance she's always wanted: to spend the summer with her grandma, an elder and healer in a northern Ontario community. While helping Grandma, canoeing, camping, fishing, berry-picking, Ray begins to learn a new way of life. Lives: Poems About Famous Hopkins, Lee Bennett 70865 EN MG 5.0 0.5 F 1545 N N - - - This book is a collection of poetic Americans portraits of sixteen famous Americans from Paul Revere to Neil Armstrong, by such authors as Jane Yolen, Nikki Grimes, and X. J. Kennedy. Living Freight Gaetz, Dayle 43369 EN MG 5.9 6.0 F 40474 N N - - - Orphaned, Emma trades the textile mills Campbell and grimy streets of late 19th century London for the hold of a "brideship" bound for colonial Victoria. But no amount of poverty has prepared her to face her new life. Lizzie at Last Mills, Claudia 41787 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 31163 N N - - N Lizzie, who has always been considered a nerd by the other kids, begins the seventh grade determined to change her image so that she can blend in better with the popular crowd.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Schmidt, Gary D. 78550 EN MG 5.9 10.0 F 63580 N N - - N It's 1911, and Turner Buckminster hates Boy his new home of Phippsburg, Maine. But things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright, a girl from a poor island community. Local News Soto, Gary 31564 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 33962 N N - - - This book is a compilation of short stories about the everyday life of Hispanic kids. Lock and Key Dessen, Sarah 121303 EN UG 5.3 17.0 F 113464 N N - - - When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, and how to allow people to help her when she needs it. Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 16741 EN UG 5.8 58.0 F 365712 N N - - - Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Long Journey Home: Stories from Lester, Julius 70565 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 34510 N N - - - This book presents six stories about Black History African-Americans who contributed to the movement for freedom from slavery. The Long Season of Rain Kim, Helen 17823 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 55125 N N - - - When the rainy season arrives, eleven- year-old Junehee resigns herself to long months cooped up with her sisters, her mother, and her grandmother. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a Park, Linda Sue 140710 EN MG+ 5.0 3.0 F 21221 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Salva becomes True Story separated from his family when the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, and he must walk with other Dinka tribe members in search of a safe haven. The plot contains violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Long Way Down Hornby, Nick 103440 EN UG 5.3 14.0 F 90997 N N - - - A former talk-show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother, each intending to commit suicide, find themselves together on the roof of a London building and begin to contemplate their individual choices and circumstances. A Long Way from Chicago Peck, Richard 27940 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 35226 N N - N N A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger- than-life grandmother. Looking for Alaska Green, John 86391 EN UG 5.8 11.0 F 69023 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Miles's first year at a prep school in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Lord Brocktree Jacques, Brian 43407 EN MG 5.5 16.0 F 103126 N N - - N The mountain of Salamandastron needs the help of Brocktree the Badger Lord when evil comes in the form of the Blue Hordes of Ungatt Trunn, the Earth Shaker. Lord of the Flies Golding, William 744 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 59900 N N - N N Shipwrecked English schoolboys set up their own civilization, but savagery finally emerges. Lord of the Kill Taylor, Theodore 68447 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 39865 N N - - N With his parents in India, sixteen-year- old Ben Jepson is in charge of Los Coyotes Preserve, a refuge for big cats near Los Angeles, when two powerful groups try to shut it down by intimidation, murder, and kidnapping the largest tiger in captivity. Loser/Queen Anderson, Jodi Lynn 141589 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 54005 N N - - - High-school nonentity Cammy has one friend, Gerdi, the Danish foreign exchange student. When someone starts sending her text messages with instructions that make her more noticeable and popular, she must decide what kind of life she wants.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Losers' Club Lekich, John 64089 EN UG 5.4 10.0 F 66621 N N - - - Alex Sherwood helps prove to his friends and the world that the losers are often winners in disguise. Losing Joe's Place Korman, Gordon 6049 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 52140 N N - - N Jason and his two friends move into Jason's brother's apartment and manage to wreak havoc in it during one funny and memorable summer. Lost & Found Tan, Shaun 142878 EN MG+ 5.6 0.5 F 2448 N N - - - Three stories explore how we lose and find what matters most to us. Lost and Found Clements, Andrew 123158 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 28170 N N - - N Twin brothers Jay and Ray Grayson learn about friendship, honesty, and themselves after taking advantage of a clerical oversight in which their new school thinks there is only one Grayson boy. Lost and Found Parkhurst, Carolyn 113830 EN UG 5.8 16.0 F 100282 N N - - - A competition in an international race on a reality show tests the relationships of a variety of contestants. What starts as a lark turns deadly serious as the number of players is whittled down and temptations beckon. Lost Bullet Rose, Malcolm 86061 EN MG+ 5.1 6.0 F 40473 N N - - - Recently qualified as a forensic investigator, Luke Harding is assigned to the slums of London, where he and Malc investigate a doctor's murder. Book #2 The Lost Flower Children Lisle, Janet Taylor 31515 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 19446 N N - - N After their mother's death, Olivia and Nellie go to live with their great aunt, where they slowly bring her overgrown and weedy old garden back to life, enabling them to adjust to a new life as well. The Lost Gate Card, Orson Scott 145261 EN UG 5.8 19.0 F 119551 N N - - - Danny believes he has no magical power, but when he is kidnapped from his high school by a rival family, he learns that he has the power to reopen the gates between Earth and the world of Westil. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Lost in a Good Book Fforde, Jasper 85252 EN UG 5.8 17.0 F 109134 N N - - - Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection in a time-altered Great Britain, where messing with the classics is a punishable offense, sets out to retrieve a foe in order to bring back her eradicated husband, Landen. Lost Light Connelly, Michael 69433 EN UG 5.0 14.0 F 96366 N N - - - Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch, working as a private investigator, becomes mired in a case linked with the cops, FBI, and an international terrorist when he decides to pursue the unsolved murder of a young Hollywood production assistant. The Lost Sketch Spalding, Andrea 46710 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 16277 N N - - - While Rick and Willow are at summer camp in Ontario, they find an old boxcar in the middle of the woods containing a mysterious painting. Rick thinks it's worthless but Willow has a hunch that it might be valuable. The coauthor is David Spalding. The Lost Years of Merlin Barron, T.A. 17998 EN MG 5.1 12.0 F 79769 N N - - N A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and find his true name after a series of fantastic adventures. Book #1 Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth Cart, Michael 57928 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 50188 N N - - - This is a collection of ten stories on the various aspects of love and sexuality. Love Among the Walnuts Ferris, Jean 29541 EN UG 5.7 8.0 F 49091 N N - - - Born and raised in isolation in a wealthy, eccentric family, Sandy is shocked when he, his parents, and their servants become victims of a vicious plot by his greedy uncles to incapacitate them and take their money.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Love and Other Four-Letter Words Mackler, Carolyn 56461 EN UG 5.7 7.0 F 45815 N N - - - When she and her mother move to an apartment in New York City after her parents separate, Sammie learns to deal with her mother's fragile mental state, her best friend's self- centeredness, new friendships, and her own budding sexuality. Lucky De Oliveira, Eddie 77005 EN UG 5.9 10.0 F 64618 N N - - - Sam is a teen boy who's attracted to both boys and girls. He doesn't know what to call himself or where he fits in. Then he meets Toby, another boy who likes both boys and girls. Are they destined to be just friends? Lucky T Brian, Kate 88807 EN MG+ 5.3 10.0 F 65428 N N - - - When her mother accidentally donates Carrie's lucky T-shirt to Help India, and Carrie's good luck starts running out, she does what any logical girl would do, she travels halfway around the world to get it back. Lucky: Maris, Mantle, and My Best Tooke, Wes 135903 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 44252 N N - - - Louis, who loves baseball despite being Summer Ever the worst stickball player in White Plains, New York, sees his opportunity to be batboy for the 1961 Yankees team as the perfect way to escape the problems of his father's remarriage and moving to the suburbs. Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Henderson, Kathy 103587 EN MG 5.1 1.0 F 5257 N N - - N This is an ancient Sumerian tale about Caught Up in a War the youngest and weakest of eight brothers who, caught up in an ill-advised war, uses his wits and courage and eventually becomes king. Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls Madison, Bennett 88327 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 61385 N N - - - When someone steals her purse and her identity, high-school junior and reluctant girl sleuth Lulu Dark investigates.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Lunch Money Clements, Andrew 88626 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 38550 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school. Lyddie Paterson, Katherine 6024 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 55187 N N - N N Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840's. M Is for Magic Gaiman, Neil 115814 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 46954 N N - - - This collection of ten short stories and poem includes favorites, such as "How to Talk to Girls at Parties," "Don't Ask Jack," and "How to Sell the Ponti Bridge." The texts contain profanity and sexual references. MacDonald Hall Goes Hollywood Korman, Gordon 5943 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 49608 N N - - - When a film crew shoots on-location at MacDonald Hall, best friends Bruno and Boots become friends with the star, who turns out to be a lot like them. Meanwhile, star-struck Bruno succeeds in getting everyone in trouble. The Maestro Wynne-Jones, Tim 17824 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 61910 N N - - N Fleeing from his brutal father, fourteen- year-old Burl arrives at the remote cabin of an eccentric genius who in just one day changes the young man's life forever. Maggie's Door Giff, Patricia Reilly 74694 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 30913 N N - - N In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America. The Magician's Elephant DiCamillo, Kate 133242 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 23335 N N - - N When ten-year-old orphan Peter encounters a fortuneteller in the marketplace, she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, so he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Mailbox Shafer, Audrey 109557 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 41033 N N - - N When twelve-year-old Gabe tries to hide his uncle's death from the local authorities, he is not prepared for what happens when this secret is discovered. Make Lemonade Wolff, Virginia Euwer 9466 EN UG 5.0 5.0 F 32030 N N - - N In this coming of age story, a seventeen -year-old unwed mother of two kids by two different, absent fathers hires fourteen-year-old Vera to help baby-sit her children. Book #1 Make Me Over: 11 Stories of Singer, Marilyn 102131 EN MG+ 5.5 9.0 F 54939 N N - - - This book presents a collection of Transformation eleven stories about change, makeover and the transformations of human experience, both inside and out. Includes stories by Joseph Bruchac, Joyce Sweeney, Margaret Peterson Haddix, and others. The Making of Dr. Truelove Barnes, Derrick 112943 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 56528 N N - - - When things cool between sixteen-year- old Diego and his girlfriend due to a bad sexual experience, he and his friend form an alter ego named Dr. Truelove, a love advice columnist. The plot contains graphic sexual innuendoes and situations. Man from Mundania Anthony, Piers 10864 EN UG 5.4 17.0 F 107523 N N - - - Ivy, a bored young princess of Xanth, uses the Heaven Cent to embark on a thrilling quest to Mundania, a world much like our own. The Man from the Other Side Orlev, Uri 6931 EN UG 5.6 8.0 F 48760 N N - - N Living on the outskirts of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, fourteen- year-old Marek and his grandparents shelter a Jewish man in the days before the Jewish uprising. The Mango Season Malladi, Amulya 76095 EN UG 5.7 10.0 F 66292 N N - - - After seven years of living in the United States, Priya Rao has run out of excuses for not returning to her native India, so she returns home, knowing that her parents will be disappointed in the choices she has made.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Many Stones Coman, Carolyn 45209 EN UG 5.0 5.0 F 35239 N N - - - After her sister, Laura, is murdered in South Africa, Berry and her estranged father travel to participate in the dedication of a memorial in her name. Mara's Stories: Glimmers in the Schmidt, Gary 57138 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 15495 N N - - - Each evening, in one of the barracks of Darkness a Nazi death camp, a woman shares stories that push back the darkness, cold, and fear, bringing hope to the women and children who listen. Margit: Home Free Kacer, Kathy 66591 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 12126 N N - - - As World War Two rages in Europe, Margit and her mother are forced to flee their home in Czechoslovakia and seek refuge in Canada. Book #1 Marie-Claire: Dark Spring Stinton, Kathy 55036 EN MG 5.0 1.0 F 8894 N N - - - Through Marie-Claire's story, we glimpse the difficulties faced by a family besieged by poverty and disease and witness one girl's struggle to persevere through the sickness and death of those closest to her. Can she retain her optimism for the future? Marine One Huston, James W. 132445 EN UG 5.4 18.0 F 119735 N N - - - After the president is killed in a helicopter crash, Mike Nolan, a Marine Corps reserve helicopter pilot and civilian trial attorney, is hired to defend the European company in court, but his only hope to win is to discover what really caused the crash. Marked: A House of Night Novel Cast, P.C. 114780 EN UG 5.4 13.0 F 84826 N N - - N Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampyre, if she makes it through the Change. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. The coauthor is Kristin Cast. Book #1 Marly's Ghost: A Remix of Charles Levithan, David 105089 EN MG+ 5.1 4.0 F 27071 N N - - - The spirit of Ben's girlfriend, Marly, Dickens's A Christmas Carol returns with three other ghosts to haunt him with a painful journey through Valentine's Days past, present, and future.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Maroo of the Winter Caves Turnbull, Ann 58963 EN MG 5.7 5.0 F 31047 N N - - - Maroo, a girl of the late Ice Age, must take charge after her father is killed, and lead her little brother, mother and newborn baby, and aged grandmother to the safety of the winter camp before the first blizzards strike. Marque and Reprisal Moon, Elizabeth 88848 EN UG 5.6 18.0 F 118294 N N - - - Kylara Vatta, captain of one of her family's commercial transport vessels, vows revenge when her family is killed and their vessels attacked, leaving Kylara alone to fight a faceless enemy that will stop at nothing to kill her. The Marshland Mystery Kenny, Kathryn 86075 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 51004 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Trixie Belden and her friend Honey make several trips to the local marsh in search of herbs and flowers to replace their teacher's plant specimen collection and to look for the pirate treasure that is rumored to be hidden there. Masquerade: A Blue Bloods Novel de la Cruz, Melissa 115800 EN UG 5.8 10.0 F 60426 N N - - - Schuyler Van Alen, growing comfortable with her newfound vampire powers, seeks her grandfather in Italy while back in New York plans are being completed for the fabulous Four Hundred Ball to be followed by an elite, teens-only event. Book #2 Massachusetts, California, Rosenfeld, Stephanie 82394 EN UG 5.1 21.0 F 141243 N N - - - Deciding that she has had enough of Timbuktu California, Colleen Hanley packs up, grabs her two daughters, and off they go. She promises the girls a new life, but as she slips into despondency, 12- year-old Justine realizes it's up to her to get them through. The Master Puppeteer Paterson, Katherine 55 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 47803 N N - N N Set in feudal Japan, this is the story of a young boy who is drawn into the magical and mysterious world of the puppet-theater.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Matilda Bone Cushman, Karen 43469 EN MG 5.7 5.0 F 32677 N N - - N Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine in a village in medieval England, tries to reconcile the various aspects of her life, both spiritual and practical. A Matter of Attitude Hayden 144595 EN UG 5.8 12.0 F 73988 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Angela Jenkins accepts Shayla Mercer's offer to make sure Angela wins the holiday fashion show competition, but she soon learns that the price of instant popularity can be very high. A Matter of Profit Bell, Hilari 53419 EN MG 5.5 10.0 F 65213 N N - - N Sick of the horrors of conquering beings on other planets, Ahvren will end his service as a soldier and save his sister from an unhappy marriage if he can discover who is behind a rumored plot to assassinate the emperor. Maude March on the Run! Or, Couloumbis, Audrey 109812 EN MG 5.2 11.0 F 73359 N N - - N Due to a misunderstanding over her Trouble Is Her Middle Name involvement in a botched robbery, Maude, with younger sister Sallie, hides out at the home of an uncle, but when she is discovered and arrested, the orphaned sisters flee, trying to clear Maude's name. The Maverick Room: Poems Ellis, Thomas Sayers 102155 EN UG 5.1 1.0 F 9531 N N - - - This book is a collection of poems by American poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, founder of The Dark Room Collective. May Bird and the Ever After Anderson, Jodi Lynn 101829 EN MG 5.1 12.0 F 77635 N N - - N Lonely and shy, ten-year-old May Ellen Bird has no idea what awaits her when she falls into the lake and enters the Ever After, home of ghosts and the Bogeyman. The Maze Hobbs, Will 28488 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 49545 N N - N N Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah, where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Maze Runner Dashner, James 133240 EN UG 5.3 15.0 F 101182 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape. The plot contains violence. Book #1 Me, the Missing, and the Dead Valentine, Jenny 124179 EN UG 5.7 6.0 F 36244 N N - - - In possession of an urn with ashes, sixteen-year-old Lucas becomes convinced that its occupant, Violet Park, is communicating with him, initiating a voyage of self-discovery that forces him to confront the events surrounding his father's disappearance. Meet the Austins L'Engle, Madeleine 10131 EN UG 5.3 8.0 F 54436 N N - - - An orphan plagued with gloom and insolence is introduced into a harmonious home and tries to spread her misery. But the warm, fun-loving Austin family redeem her. Mei Fuh: Memories from China Schaeffer, Edith 32719 EN MG 5.2 2.0 F 11126 N N - - - Mei Fuh, a little girl born to American parents in 1914, describes her experiences living in China and her journey to America. Mella and the N'anga: An African Nyoka, Gail 106724 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 37774 N N - - - When the Great N'anga tells her that the Tale only way to restore her father's health is to seek help from the much-feared Python Healer, Mella undertakes a dangerous journey to save her father, the King, as well as the kingdom. Meltdown: Week 4 Wallens, Scott 65275 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 46230 N N - - - Tired of trying to be the perfect daughter, Jane fails her SAT exam and refuses to apply for college. Mélusine Monette, Sarah 105980 EN UG 5.7 27.0 F 170040 N N - - - Felix, a court magician driven half mad by his former keeper, and Mildmay the Fox, a cat burglar assassin, are forced together on a trek through a dangerous, magic-filled foreign land when they discover their hitherto unknown blood bond.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Memories of Sun: Stories of Africa Kurtz, Jane 75832 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 43709 N N - - N This collection of short stories and and America poems by authors from both continents shares some experiences and impressions of Americans in Africa and Africans in America. Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffrey 116030 EN UG 5.8 31.0 F 194952 N N - - - When three generations of a Greek American family find themselves plagued by a mutant gene, a family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal is uncovered. The plot contains sexual situations and graphic language. Middleworld Voelkel, J&P 118495 EN MG 5.0 17.0 F 116426 N N - - - Fourteen year-old Max, along with a Mayan girl named Lola, search the rain forest for the ancient Jaguar Stones and clues about the disappearance of his parents, who were last seen working at an archaeological dig. Book #1 Midnight Hour Encores Brooks, Bruce 41473 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 57680 N N - - - A sixteen-year-old cellist and musical prodigy travels cross-country with her father to meet her mother, a product of the 1960s, who abandoned her as a baby. Mightier Than the Sword: World Yolen, Jane 66274 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 25341 N N - - - This is a collection of folktales from Folktales for Strong Boys around the world that demonstrate the triumph of brains over brawn. Miles from Nowhere Mun, Nami 135965 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 58776 N N - - - Joon, a teenage Korean immigrant living in the Bronx the 1980s, runs away after her parents' marriage falls apart and faces homelessness and addiction before finding some hope in her life. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence. Miles' Song McGill, Alice 42440 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 44777 N N - - - In 1851 in South Carolina, Miles, a twelve-year-old slave, is sent to a "breaking ground" to have his spirit broken, but he endures the experience by secretly taking reading lessons from another slave.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Million-Dollar Throw Lupica, Mike 133416 EN MG 5.4 8.0 F 54427 N N - - N Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, and he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed. Mimi Newman, John 145218 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 33173 N N - - - Mimi is determined not to give up on anyone or anything, but since Mammy died, her father never smiles, her sister Sally is in a bad mood, brother Conor keeps to himself, and even Sparkler the dog does not want to go for walks. Minaret Aboulela, Leila 114324 EN UG 5.0 11.0 F 73317 N N - - - Najwa finds herself orphaned and in exile in London cleaning houses for wealthy Arab families. When she meets Tamer, the younger brother of her employer, they find a common bond and begin to fall in love. A Mind with Wings: The Story of Hausman, Gerald 109946 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 26728 N N - - - This book is a fictional account of the life Henry David Thoreau of nineteenth-century philosopher and nature writer, Henry David Thoreau. The coauthor is Loretta Hausman. Minik's Story Dewey, Jennifer 69146 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 31529 N N - - - Minik, an adolescent Inuit girl, relates Owings the conflicts brought into her tribe by the arrival of a priest from a whaling ship in the late nineteenth century. The Minister's Daughter Hearn, Julie 87513 EN MG+ 5.6 11.0 F 68884 N N - - - In 1645 in England, the daughters of the town minister successfully accuse a local healer and her granddaughter of witchcraft to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. But years later, during the 1692 Salem trials, their lie has unexpected repercussions. The Minstrel's Melody Tate, Eleanora E. 52609 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 35341 N N - - N In 1904, twelve-year-old Orphelia follows her dream by running away from home to join an all-black minstrel show headed for the Saint Louis World's Fair.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Miracle Stealer Connelly, Neil 140507 EN UG 5.8 11.0 F 66880 N N - - - In small-town Pennsylvania, nineteen- year-old Andi Grant will do anything to protect her six-year-old brother, Daniel, from those who believe he has a God- given gift as a healer, including their own mother. Miranda's Last Stand Whelan, Gloria 34712 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 26422 N N - - - Because the Sioux had killed her papa at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, eleven -year-old Miranda struggles with her mama's prejudice and her own experiences with Indians in the Wild West Show. The Mirror of Merlin Barron, T.A. 32741 EN MG 5.4 9.0 F 59748 N N - - N Through adventures involving a haunted marsh, talking trees, and the creature called the ballymag, the young wizard Merlin continues to experience both his growing powers and his essential humanity. Book #4 The Misadventures of Maude Couloumbis, Audrey 101209 EN MG 5.1 11.0 F 72515 N N - - N After the death of the stern aunt who March, or, Trouble Rides a Fast raised them since they were orphaned, Horse eleven-year-old Sallie and her fifteen- year-old sister escape their self-serving guardians and begin an adventure resembling those in the dime novels Sallie loves to read. The Misfits Howe, James 54853 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 47443 N N - - N Four students who do not fit in at their small-town middle school decide to create a third party for the student council elections to represent all students who have ever been called names. Mismatch Namioka, Lensey 106055 EN MG+ 5.4 8.0 F 52550 N N - - - Their families clash when a Japanese American teenage boy starts dating a Chinese American teenage girl.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Miss Smithers Juby, Susan 78678 EN UG 5.8 10.0 F 63116 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Alice MacLeod's life as an outcast begins to change when she experiments with being friends with different sorts of people, tries drinking alcohol and eating meat, and competes in the Miss Smithers beauty pageant. Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Miller, Sarah 116359 EN MG 5.8 8.0 F 47782 N N - - - At age twenty-one, partially blind, lonely Keller but spirited Annie Sullivan travels from Massachusetts to Alabama to teach six- year-old Helen Keller, deaf and blind since age two, self-discipline and communication skills. The Missing Heir Barrett, Tracy 144177 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 30170 N N - - - Xena and Xander use clues from their ancestor Sherlock Holmes's casebook to help classmate Alice Banders, who goes missing following the announcement that she will be crowned queen of Borogovia after her thirteenth birthday. Book #4 Mission: In Search of the Time and Abela, Deborah 89001 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 35608 N N - - - An eleven-year-old, bored with her life, Space Machine imagines a more exciting one as a secret agent, but when she spends the summer on her aunt's farm, her stories become reality as she stumbles onto a real spy ring. Book #1. Mississippi Trial, 1955 Crowe, Chris 59706 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 58164 N N - - - In Mississippi in 1955, a white sixteen- year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen- year-old African American from Chicago. Missy Violet and Me Hathaway, Barbara 78034 EN MG 5.2 2.0 F 15396 N N - - - In the early 1900s, eleven-year-old Viney spends her summer working for the local midwife and learns about birth and death.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Mister Pip Jones, Lloyd 120291 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 64761 N N - - - On a remote tropical island where villages are overrun by rebel fighting, thirteen-year-old Matilda is introduced to the Charles Dickens classic GREAT EXPECTATIONS by her white schoolteacher and becomes enthralled with the story's main character. Misty of Chincoteague Henry, Marguerite 60 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 23416 N N - N N A breed of wild horses inhabit an island, and one is befriended and tamed by the love of two children. Mixed Magics Jones, Diana Wynne 48476 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 39451 N N - - - Four separate incidents test the power of the Chrestomanci, a powerful enchanter with nine lives, to control misuses of magic in various worlds. Moccasin Thunder: American Carlson, Lori Marie 102503 EN MG+ 5.2 6.0 F 41132 N N - - - These ten short stories are about Indian Stories for Today contemporary Native American teens by members of tribes of the United States and Canada. Mockingjay Collins, Suzanne 138972 EN MG+ 5.3 15.0 F 100269 N N - - N Katniss has survived, District 13 is plotting to overthrow the Capitol, and the rebellion's success hinges on Katniss's willingness to change the course of the future of Panem. The plot contains sexual references and violence. Book #3 Mojave Siebert, Diane 70407 EN MG 5.3 0.5 F 675 N N - - - This is a lyrical poem that describes the Mojave Desert, its history, and the animals that live in it. Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Paulsen, Gary 81644 EN MG 5.8 3.0 F 16911 N N - - N When supremely organized seventh- Day grader, Molly McGinty, loses the notebook she relies on to keep her life in order, she spends the day in chaos. Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time Travel Byng, Georgia 101040 EN MG 5.2 12.0 F 78679 N N - - N Molly Moon, reunited with her parents, is Adventure hypnotized by a mysterious turbaned gardener and eventually transported to India, where she meets not only a maharajah with a speech defect but also former versions of herself. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Byng, Georgia 69127 EN MG 5.5 12.0 F 79620 N N - - N Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living Hypnotism in a dreary orphanage in a small English town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom in New York City. Book #1 The Monkey Wrench Gang Abbey, Edward 76248 EN UG 5.5 20.0 F 131854 N N - - - A group of four individualists, including a mad doctor, a polygamist outdoorsman, a sexy revolutionary, and a burnt-out veteran, join forces in an attempt to stop the so-called progress destroying the natural environment of the American West. Monster Myers, Walter Dean 29945 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 32846 N N - N N 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. Monsters of Men Ness, Patrick 139117 EN UG 5.6 21.0 F 132040 N N - - - As a world-ending war surges around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions, questioning all they have known as they try to find the best way to achieve peace. The plot contains profanity and violence. Book #3 Montana 1948 Watson, Larry 10132 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 42005 N N - N N David's life is profoundly affected during the summer of 1948 when his father, the town sheriff, must choose between loyalty to his family, or seeking justice for Sioux women who claim to have been molested by David's uncle, a doctor and war hero. Moon over Manifest Vanderpool, Clare 140091 EN MG 5.3 12.0 F 81369 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is the daughter of a drifter who, in the summer of 1936, sends her to stay with an old friend in Manifest, Kansas, where he grew up and where she hopes to find out some things about his past.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Moonkid and Prometheus Kropp, Paul 35373 EN UG 5.6 10.0 F 61643 N N - - - Ian, a teenager who prides himself on being a misfit, meets a friend for a lifetime when he agrees to tutor a young student and is united with Prometheus, a hulking, tough-looking boy with a heart of gold. Moonlight Downs Hyland, Adrian 124858 EN UG 5.5 14.0 F 88975 N N - - - Emily Tempest returns to Moonlight Downs, the Aboriginal community in which she grew up, and finds trouble when she begins investigating the murder of one of her old friends. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Moonshiner's Son Reeder, Carolyn 10787 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 55000 N N - - - As he works with his father making moonshine in the remote hills of Virginia during Prohibition, twelve-year-old Tom learns about hard work and independent thinking. More Bones: Scary Stories from Olson, Arielle North 123734 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 29936 N N - - - This book is a collection of scary stories Around the World from civilizations around the globe and throughout history. The coauthor is Howard Schwartz. More Confessions of a Hollywood Douglas, Lola 110911 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 58758 N N - - - When her true identity as a Hollywood Starlet starlet is revealed, seventeen-year-old Morgan, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, must choose whether to return to her movie star existence or stick with the wholesome life and the new love she has found. More Minds Matas, Carol 63249 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 47329 N N - - - When a giant attacks the north countries, Lenora rushes off to the challenge and creates a double to leave behind. By the time Coren catches up with her, he has a double of his own. The coauthor is Perry Nodelman.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Moribito II: Guardian of the Uehashi, Nahoko 132215 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 56055 N N - - - The wandering female bodyguard Balsa Darkness returns to her native country of Kanbal, where she uncovers a conspiracy to frame her mentor and herself. The plot contains mild profanity and violence. Book #2 Most Wanted Thompson, Kate 141384 EN MG 5.7 2.0 F 9975 N N - - - In first century Rome, in the turmoil after a rumor circulates that mad Emperor "Little Boots" is dead, young Marcus brings home a horse that the emperor had proclaimed a consul and his family decides they must treat it as an honored guest. The Mostly True Adventures of Philbrick, Rodman 127487 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 45255 N N - - - Homer P. Figg escapes from his Homer P. Figg ruthless guardian's home in Pine Swamp, Maine, and sets out to find his beloved older brother, Harold, who has been illegally sold into the Union Army. A Mother's Gift Spears, Britney 69582 EN UG 5.5 5.0 F 30836 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Holly Fay Lovell leaves the small southern town where she lives with her mother, a seamstress, in order to pursue her dream of a singing career, not knowing the whole truth about her humble beginnings. The coauthor is Lynne Spears. The Mouse and the Motorcycle Cleary, Beverly 182 EN MG 5.1 3.0 F 22416 N N - N N A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling. A Mouse Called Wolf King-Smith, Dick 17579 EN MG 5.3 2.0 F 9822 N N - - N A mouse with an unusual name shares his musical gift with a widowed concert pianist. The Mouse of Amherst Spires, Elizabeth 34840 EN MG 5.3 1.0 F 5007 N N - - - When she moves into Emily Dickinson's bedroom, Emmaline the mouse discovers her own propensity for poetry.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Mouse Woman and the Vanished Harris, Christie 102841 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 31992 N N - - - Mouse Woman keeps a particularly Princesses close eye on the princesses of the great clans of the Northwest Coast, who carry the royal blood line. From them all future chiefs would descend. The Mousetrap and Other Plays Christie, Agatha 63417 EN UG 5.3 33.0 F 215142 N N - - - This is a collection of eight Agatha Christie plays. Moving Day Cabot, Meg 121665 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 39959 N N - - N Nine-year-old Allie has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules. #1 Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Gifford, Peggy 115048 EN MG 5.2 1.0 F 7613 N N - - - With summer coming to an end, about- Stuart Little to-be-fourth-grader Moxy Maxwell does a hundred different things to avoid reading her assigned summer reading book. Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Gifford, Peggy 125619 EN MG 5.3 2.0 F 12446 N N - - - Ten-year-old Moxy has promised to Writing Thank-You Notes write twelve thank-you notes by the day after Christmas so that she and her twin, Mark, can go to Hollywood to visit their dad, but all her brilliant ideas to help finish the task more efficiently end up creating chaos. The Mozart Question Morpurgo, Michael 119447 EN MG 5.0 1.0 F 7562 N N - - - A young journalist goes to Venice, Italy, to interview a famous violinist, who tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart. Mr. Chickee's Funny Money Curtis, Christopher 101363 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 32834 N N - - N Flint Future Detective Club members Paul Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's huge dog, Zoopy, solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission Curtis, Christopher 112464 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 50335 N N - - - Flint Future Detective Club members Paul Steven Carter and his friends Russell and Richelle follow Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, into a mural to rescue him, only to find Mr. Chickee on the other side, asking for their help in solving a mystery. Mr. Monster Wells, Dan 143630 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 74694 N N - - - Young John Wayne Cleaver, who associates his killer instincts with the persona he refers to as "Mr. Monster," has another monster to kill when his disposal of a demon draws its victims to the mortuary. The plot contains violence. Mr. Popper's Penguins Atwater, Richard 58 EN MG 5.6 3.0 F 16160 N N - N N Mr. Popper trains his band of penguins to star in a vaudeville tour. The coauthor is Florence Atwater. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of O'Brien, Robert C. 62 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 53752 N N - N N When Timothy, youngest of a family of NIMH/The Secret of NIMH field mice, becomes ill, his mother, Mrs. Frisby, enlists the aid of the Rats of NIMH to move their home from the path of the farmer's plow. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle MacDonald, Betty 63 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 22135 N N - - N Eight funny and instructive stories in which the magical Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle helps teach children how to behave. Muchacho Johnson, LouAnne 133600 EN UG 5.9 8.0 F 50904 N N - - - Living in a neighborhood of drug dealers and gangs in New Mexico, high-school junior Eddie Corazon, a juvenile delinquent-in-training, falls in love with a girl who inspires him to rethink his life and his choices. The plot contains profanity. Murder at Hockey Camp MacGregor, Roy 13672 EN MG 5.1 3.0 F 22251 N N - - - Travis, Nish, and the Screech Owls are spending a week at summer hockey camp in cottage country. The camp's owner is found dead and suspicion falls on Munro, the teams coach.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Murder at Union Station Truman, Margaret 87231 EN UG 5.5 14.0 F 89294 N N - - - Louis Russo, a former mob hit man and government informer, returns to Washington, D.C., to help Richard Marienthal finish a book about Russo's own life. But before he can meet with the author, Russo is gunned down in Union Station. A Murder for Her Majesty Hilgartner, Beth 376 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 53059 N N - - N Eleven-year-old Alice disguises herself as a choirboy in the Yorkshire Cathedral to hide from her father's murderers. Murder Must Advertise Sayers, Dorothy L. 65584 EN UG 5.8 17.0 F 108107 N N - - - Lord Peter Wimsey is called in to investigate a death at a respectable London advertising agency and finds cocaine, blackmail, wanton women, and a brutal succession of murders. The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie Moriarty, Jaclyn 109559 EN MG+ 5.5 14.0 F 93211 N N - - - Class brain Bindy Mackenzie has alienated her entire high school, but when she realizes someone is trying to kill her, she has to make friends in order to get help. The Music Thief Griffin, Peni R. 64156 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 28139 N N - - - Living in San Antonio, Texas, eleven- year-old Alma tries to cope with the drive-by-shooting death of her favorite Latina singer, as well as deal with the struggles of her various family members, and finds herself doing something she knows is wrong. My Almost Epic Summer Griffin, Adele 105479 EN MG+ 5.1 5.0 F 35348 N N - - N Stuck baby-sitting during the summer while her friends take glamorous vacations, fourteen-year-old Irene learns some lessons about life after meeting a beautiful, yet troubled, girl. My Blue Country Melling, O.R. 32222 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 54934 N N - - - Through the pages of Jesse McKinnock's diary, find out what happens when she leaves her small- town life in Ontario to discover the wide, wonderful world.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description My Bonny Light Horseman: Being Meyer, L.A. 124734 EN MG+ 5.9 18.0 F 115072 N N - - - While trying to run a respectable an Account of the Further shipping business in 1806, teenaged Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love Jacky Faber finds herself in France, and War spying for the British Crown in order to save her friends. Book #6 My Brother's Keeper McCormick, Patricia 88567 EN MG+ 5.3 6.0 F 39042 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Toby, a prematurely gray-haired Pittsburgh Pirates fan and baseball card collector, tries to cope with his brother's drug use, his father's absence, and his mother dating Stanley the Food King. My Brother's Keeper Woodson, Marion 55572 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 27678 N N - - - When fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger cousin James uncover the former lodge of Brother Twelve, a cult leader whose ghost still roams her uncle's cottage on Vancouver Island, they are suddenly spectators in one of the country's strangest stories. My Curious Uncle Dudley Yourgrau, Barry 104032 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 26869 N N - - - While under the temporary care of his "curious and marvelous" Uncle Dudley, eleven-year-old Duncan Peckle has a summer of adventures that include magic spells, goblins, and bubble-riding. My Fair Godmother Rallison, Janette 129341 EN MG+ 5.2 14.0 F 89942 N N - - - Savannah wants to find the perfect prom date after her boyfriend breaks up with her to date her older sister, but when a godmother who is only fair at what she does becomes involved, she finds herself in trouble in the Middle Ages. My Father Had a Daughter: Judith Tiffany, Grace 75514 EN UG 5.9 12.0 F 72690 N N - - - This is a fictionalized account of the life Shakespeare's Tale of Judith Shakespeare, in which she tries to cope with her famous father's life. My Grandmother's Stories: A Geras, Adèle 75169 EN MG 5.8 3.0 F 19942 N N - - - As a young girl spends time at her Collection of Jewish Folk Tales grandmother's apartment, she is treated to traditional Jewish tales.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description My Guardian Angel Weil, Sylvie 83017 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 38877 N N - - - In 11th-century France, Elvina, the granddaughter of renowned Jewish rabbi and who prefers studying and writing to activities considered respectable for girls, takes a risk by helping a young boy who has run away from a group of Christian Crusaders. My Life of Crime Jennings, Richard W. 62563 EN MG 5.7 5.0 F 31005 N N - - N A sixth-grader's discovery of a bedraggled classroom pet parrot sets him on an adventure with real ethical and legal implications. My Life, Take Two Many, Paul 39878 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 43089 N N - - - During the summer before his senior year, Neal, to prove he can be responsible, tries to figure out a way to keep from losing the memories of his dead father while completing a documentary film for class and deciding what he wants to do with his life. My Lost and Found Life Bowsher, Melodie 111556 EN MG+ 5.0 12.0 F 78317 N N - - - When her mother is accused of embezzling a million dollars and vanishes, spoiled, selfish Ashley must fend for herself by finding a job and a place to live. My Mother the Cheerleader Sharenow, Robert 114888 EN MG+ 5.1 6.0 F 41866 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the violent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and racism. My Name Is Henry Bibb: A Story of Cooper, Afua 132508 EN MG 5.6 4.0 F 28756 N N - - - This novel is based on the life of Henry Slavery and Freedom Bibb, an American slave who, after repeated attempts, escaped in 1841 to become an antislavery speaker, author, and founder of a Black newspaper. The plot contains sexual references and graphic violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description My Name Is Not Easy Edwardson, Debby 147222 EN MG+ 5.2 9.0 F 57107 N N - - - Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq Dahl share their experiences in the early 1960s when they are forced to attend a Catholic boarding school where, despite different tribal affiliations, they find family and home. The plot contains profanity and violence. My Not-So-Terrible Time at the Graham, Rosemary 71657 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 47124 N N - - - Forced to go with her father to a house Hippie Hotel on Cape Cod where divorced parents spend "Together Time" with their kids, teenaged Tracy finds the experience bearable after meeting a local boy named Kevin. My One Hundred Adventures Horvath, Polly 124693 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 50982 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother and siblings, has an eventful summer accompanying her pastor on Bible deliveries, meeting former boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced into baby-sitting. My Side of the Mountain George, Jean 64 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 40355 N N N N N Written in the form of a diary, this story Craighead relates the days of a young boy in the Catskill Mountains. My Sister's Keeper Picoult, Jodi 85374 EN UG 5.3 18.0 F 119529 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived to provide blood and bone marrow for her sister Kate who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at the age of two, decides to sue her parents for control of her body when her mother wants her to donate a kidney. The Mysterious Benedict Society Stewart, Trenton Lee 113801 EN MG 5.6 18.0 F 118460 N N - - - After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where their mission is to stop the plan of the evil Ledroptha Curtain. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Mysterious Case of the Stanley, Diane 120397 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 51902 N N - - - Eighth-grader Franny and her friends Allbright Academy investigate why most of the students at their exclusive boarding school are brilliant, beautiful, and perfectly behaved. The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic Konigsburg, E.L. 117773 EN MG 5.7 8.0 F 47773 N N - - - Amedeo and William find themselves World working together on a house sale for Amedeo's eccentric neighbor, Mrs. Zender, whose house is crammed with memorabilia and stories that date back to Nazi Germany. The Mysterious Visitor Campbell, Julie 74989 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 45457 N N - - - Not long after her family becomes wealthy, Diana Lynch's long-lost uncle appears and starts ruining her social life, causing Trixie Belden to investigate whether Uncle Monty is an impostor out to steal the Lynch fortune. The Mysterious Visitor Weir, Joan 55577 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 42820 N N - - - Dad is called to a suspicious case involving an old friend and a mysterious crop circle on his environmentally sensitive land. Lion and Bobbi join their Dad on his business, promising to stay out of trouble but of course, that doesn't last for long. Mystery in Arizona Campbell, Julie 80061 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 47767 N N - - - While spending Christmas break at an Arizona dude ranch, Trixie and the Bob- Whites work to solve several mysteries-- a phony cowboy, disappearing staff, and puzzling cries in the night. The Mystery of the Emeralds Kenny, Kathryn 105764 EN MG 5.8 8.0 F 52257 N N - - - Trixie is headed to Williamsburg, Virginia, to find an old plantation house, Rosewood Hall, that was the home to the Sunderland family during the Civil War. Rumor has it that a cursed emerald necklace is buried in a secret passageway there. Book #14.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Mystery off Glen Road Campbell, Julie 78555 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 47919 N N - - - After a storm blows through Sleepyside and damages the Bob-Whites' clubhouse, Trixie and Honey take a job patrolling the game preserve and find evidence of a poacher. The Mystery on Cobbett's Island Kenny, Kathryn 101954 EN MG 5.9 8.0 F 51291 N N - - - When the Bob-Whites, minus Dan, head to Cobbett's Island to spend ten days in a historic home on the beach, Trixie finds an old letter tucked away in a book and sets off on a long-delayed treasure hunt. Nailed Jones, Patrick 108280 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 57267 N N - - - An outcast in a school full of jocks, sixteen-year-old Bret struggles to keep his individuality through his interest in drama and music while trying to reconnect with his father. Name Me Nobody Yamanaka, Lois-Ann 29533 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 46539 N N - - - Emi-Lou struggles to come of age in her middle school years in Hawaii. The Name of the Game Was Nixon, Joan Lowery 15821 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 44521 N N - - - A mystery writer sets up a cunning Murder game at his mansion. The Named Curley, Marianne 67384 EN UG 5.3 13.0 F 82644 N N - - - Ethan, one of the Named, fights the Order of Chaos and its destruction in the present by traveling through time. The Naming of Tishkin Silk Millard, Glenda 132420 EN MG 5.3 2.0 F 12220 N N - - - Griffin Silk feels responsible for the absence of his mother and baby sister, but he and his new friend, Layla, find the perfect way to make everyone feel a little bit better. Naomi: The Strawberry Blonde of Schreyer, Karmel 70423 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 59685 N N - - - Naomi is happy living in Portage la Pippu Town Prairie, Manitoba with her family and friends. But when her parents divorce, everything changes. Her mother decides to move to Japan. Culture shock gives way to fascination and she comes to love Japan.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Nation Pratchett, Terry 125322 EN MG+ 5.2 16.0 F 103128 N N - - - In the aftermath of catasgrophe, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about building their community and question the things that are important in their lives in the process. The Navigator McNamee, Eoin 112889 EN MG+ 5.6 13.0 F 80280 N N - - - Owen has always been different, not only because his father committed suicide, but because he is not prepared for the knowledge that he has a mission to help the Wakeful, the custodians of time, stop the Harsh from reversing the flow of time. Necessary Noise: Stories About Cart, Michael 68984 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 38628 N N - - - This is a collection of ten stories from Our Families as They Really Are ten young adult authors. Nellie L. Crook, Connie 28271 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 58301 N N - - - Meet Nellie L. at the age of ten, plotting Brummel to run a race with the boys - absolutely unheard of in Canada in the 1880s. Then, follow her fight to overcome the criticism of her mother and the prejudices of society to help Canadian women. Nellie's Quest Crook, Connie 28272 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 47443 N N - - - Suffragette, reformer, legislator, and Brummel author Nellie McClung was Canada's most famous pioneer for women's rights. But how did a girl growing up in the late 1800's become such an advocate for equality? Never Mind the Goldbergs Roth, Matthue 86704 EN UG 5.2 15.0 F 96911 N N - - - A seventeen-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl leaves her home in New York for the summer to film a television show in California. Never So Green Johnston, Tim 65356 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 54027 N N - - - In Iowa in the 1970s, twelve-year-old Tex overcomes his self-consciousness about his deformed right hand to take baseball lessons from his stepfather and his tomboy stepsister, who harbors a dark secret.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Never Trust a Dead Man Vande Velde, Vivian 31648 EN UG 5.6 7.0 F 42858 N N - - N Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed in the tomb with the dead man, seventeen-year-old Selwyn enlists the help of a witch and the resurrected victim to find the true killer. Neverwhere Gaiman, Neil 43142 EN UG 5.4 15.0 F 98021 N N - - - Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart - and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. New Found Land: Lewis and Wolf, Allan 81082 EN UG 5.5 13.0 F 82649 N N - - N The letters and thoughts of Thomas Clark's Voyage of Discovery Jefferson, members of the Corps of Discovery, their guide Sacagawea, and Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog, all tell of the historic exploratory expedition to seek a water route to the Pacific Ocean. The New Policeman Thompson, Kate 112354 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 50702 N N - - - Irish teenager J.J. Liddy discovers that time is leaking from his world into the land of the fairies. When he attempts to stop the leak, he learns about his family history, music, and a crime his great- grandfather may or may not have committed. Newton and the Giant McGowan, Michael 73798 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 46695 N N - - - Desperate to escape his brothers clutches, Newton opens a mysterious door in his attic, only to find himself pulled through by something on the other side, something with very strong hands, very hairy nostrils, and absolutely disgusting breath! Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Cohn, Rachel 107291 EN UG 5.6 7.0 F 46641 N N - - - High school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college- bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart. The coauthor is David Levithan.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Night Crossing Ackerman, Karen 12492 EN MG 5.3 1.0 F 4082 N N - - N When the Nazis invade Austria, Clara's Jewish family flees to Switzerland. The Night Journey Lasky, Kathryn 5032 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 34904 N N - - N A young girl ignores her parents' wishes and persuades her great-grandmother to relate the story of her escape from Czarist Russia. The Night My Sister Went Missing Plum-Ucci, Carol 111446 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 50363 N N - - - When his sister goes missing under mysterious circumstances, seventeen- year-old Kurt spends a night at the local police station, overhearing statements from witnesses that reveal the deep prejudices and shocking secrets of his small beach community. Night of the Bat Zindel, Paul 57139 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 22718 N N - - N Teenage Jake joins his father on an expedition to study bats in the Brazilian rain forest and finds the project menaced by a giant brain-eating bat. Night of the Soul Stealer Delaney, Joseph 118249 EN MG 5.5 13.0 F 82880 N N - - - 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. Book #3 The Night Spies Kacer, Kathy 68960 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 42915 N N - - - Through their new roles as scouts for the partisans, Gabi and Max are thrown into a different kind of danger. Every trip into the woods brings new risks, but the chance to help fight the Nazis gives them strength and courage, and a sense of hope. The Night Voyagers Kushner, Donn 41705 EN UG 5.7 10.0 F 66646 N N - - - Manuel and his family flee from a small Central American village to Canada after their father's mysterious disappearance.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Night Wings Bruchac, Joseph 131140 EN MG+ 5.7 6.0 F 35823 N N - - - After being taken captive by a band of treasure seekers, thirteen-year-old Paul and his Abenaki grandfather must face a legendary Native American monster at the top of Mount Washington. The plot contains violence. Nightmare Academy Peretti, Frank E. 64953 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 60491 N N - - - Elijah and his sister Elisha go undercover to investigate a mysterious school that is sheltering runaway teenagers for a sinister purpose.

Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo Smith, Greg Leitich 71431 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 30718 N N - - N Honoria, Shohei, and Elias, who are "united together against That Which Is the Peshtigo School," face conflict over their budding romantic interest and a science project gone awry. Ninth Key Cabot, Meg 67029 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 55391 N N - - - The ghost of a dead woman causes Susannah Simon to track down her murderer. This author also writes under the name Jenny Carroll. No and Me Vigan, Delphine de 138570 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 50792 N N - - - Precocious thirteen-year-old Lou meets a homeless eighteen-year-old girl on the streets of Paris, and Lou's life is forever changed. No Cafés in Narnia Tate, Nikki 43470 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 45390 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Heather Blake has to make major adjustments after moving to Tarragon Island, including getting used to her youth writing group and dealing with a serious family illness. No Condition Is Permanent Kessler, Cristina 43409 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 40896 N N - - - When shy fourteen-year-old Jodie accompanies her anthropologist mother to live in Sierra Leone, she befriends a local girl but encounters a cultural divide that cannot be crossed. No Fixed Address Bayless, Maureen 35812 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 42071 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Sabie's Mom has just died and she is on the street. Sabie is determined to forge a family, any way she can.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description No More! Stories and Songs of Rappaport, Doreen 59485 EN MG 5.6 1.0 F 6417 N N - - N With stories and songs, this book Slave Resistance celebrates the deep strength and resilience of African American slaves over years of miserable oppression. This is the first book in a trilogy which includes FREE AT LAST! and NOBODY GONNA TURN ME 'ROUND. No Shame, No Fear Turnbull, Ann 103821 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 59440 N N - - - In England in 1662, a time of religious persecution, fifteen-year-old Susanna, a poor country girl and a Quaker, and seventeen-year-old William, a wealthy Anglican, meet and fall in love against all odds. No Signature Bell, William 58658 EN UG 5.3 6.0 F 38985 N N - - - Wick Chandler is obsessed with the past. When he sets out to find the father who abandoned him when he was seven years old, Wick begins a quest that brings revelations he never would have imagined, revelations that shatter the world he thought he knew. No Talking Clements, Andrew 115396 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 23704 N N - N N The noisy fifth-grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth-grade girls to a "no talking" contest. No Turning Back: A Novel of South Naidoo, Beverley 29343 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 39094 N N - - N When abuse at home becomes too Africa much for twelve year old Sipho, he runs away to the streets of Johannesburg and learns to survive in the post apartheid world. Nobody's Child Skrypuch, Marsha 79108 EN MG 5.7 9.0 F 56790 N N - - - In 1915 Turkey, two young teens Forchuk escape the Armenian Genocide and must choose between the security of an adopted home or the risk of death in search of family. The book is a sequel to the highly successful THE HUNGER.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Nobody's Son Stewart, Sean 36406 EN UG 5.5 12.0 F 78422 N N - - - After breaking a curse that has troubled the kingdom for years, Shielder's Mark is rewarded with the hand of a princess only to find married life to be as difficult as any magical foe he's ever faced. Not Exactly Normal Brown, Devin 101831 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 40866 N N - - - A sixth-grader at St. Luke's Episcopal School sets out to have a mystical experience and learns valuable lessons about himself and the world along the way. Not Just a Witch Ibbotson, Eva 67496 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 36253 N N - - N Determined to be more than just an ordinary witch, Heckie, whose specialty is changing people into animals, settles in a small town determined to use her powers for good purposes. Not One Damsel in Distress: World Yolen, Jane 66295 EN MG 5.7 4.0 F 25851 N N - - - This is a collection of thirteen traditional Folktales for Strong Girls tales from various parts of the world, each of whose main characters is a fearless, strong, heroic, and resourceful woman. Not Quite a Stranger Rodowsky, Colby 73393 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 37183 N N - - N After his mother dies, seventeen-year- old Zach travels from Ohio to Baltimore, Maryland, to find the father he has never met, and chapters alternating between Zach and his half-sister describe how the members of the family adjust. Not the End of the World McCaughrean, 88857 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 46495 N N - - - Noah's family and some of the animals Geraldine describe what it was like to be aboard the ark. Notes from the Midnight Driver Sonnenblick, Jordan 109864 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 45263 N N - - - After being assigned to perform community service at a nursing home, sixteen-year-old Alex befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to impart about jazz-guitar playing, love, and forgiveness.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Nowhere to Call Home DeFelice, Cynthia 39861 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 42628 N N - - N When her father kills himself after losing his money in the stock market crash, twelve-year-old Frances, now a penniless orphan, decides to hop aboard a freight train and live the life of a hobo. Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Vernon, Ursula 122281 EN MG 5.8 4.0 F 26436 N N - - - Nurk, a sort-of brave shrew, packs up a Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave few pairs of clean socks and sails off on Shrew an accidental adventure, guided by wisdom found in the journal of his famously brave and fierce grandmother, Lady Surka the warrior shrew. Nzingha: Warrior Queen of McKissack, Patricia 43740 EN MG 5.6 3.0 F 17619 N N - - N This book presents the diary of thirteen- Matamba C. year-old Nzingha, a sixteenth-century West African princess who loves to hunt and hopes to lead her kingdom one day against the invasion of the Portuguese slave traders. An Ocean Apart, a World Away Namioka, Lensey 59342 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 42017 N N - - - Set in China in 1921, ten years after the Revolution, sixteen-year-old Yanyan struggles to define a role for herself in two very different countries on either side of the Pacific, and helps to carve a new path for generations of women after her. The Ocean Between Edwards, Margaret 64075 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 35922 N N - - - The year is 1874. After her father is Bunel accused of being a traitor, Isabelle de Montigny, a fifteen-year-old French Huguenot girl, flees France with her family. She leaves behind a life of luxury and a young officer whom she loves. Odd and the Frost Giants Gaiman, Neil 132851 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 14445 N N - - - An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Odysseus in the Serpent Maze Yolen, Jane 46287 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 47689 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure. The coauthor is Robert J. Harris. The Odyssey Hinds, Gareth 139490 EN MG+ 5.1 3.0 F 16892 N N - - - This graphic novel retells Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War. Oedipus the King Sophocles 43295 EN UG 5.6 2.0 F 14943 N N - - - This Bernard Knox translation retells the classic about a king's struggle with pride, incest, and murder. Of Sound Mind Ferris, Jean 53475 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 47707 N N - - N Tired of interpreting for his deaf family and resentful of their reliance on him, high school senior Theo finds support and understanding from Ivy, a new student who also has a deaf parent. The Off Season Murdock, Catherine 115075 EN UG 5.8 11.0 F 67871 N N - - - High school junior D.J. staggers under Gilbert the weight of caring for her injured brother and other family responsibilities, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations. The plot contains sexual situations. Book #2 An Off Year Zulkey, Claire 134229 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 56581 N N - - - Eighteen-year-old Cecily decides to postpone her freshman year of college and return to her Chicago home, where she spends a year pondering what went wrong while forging new relationships with family and friends. The plot contains profanity. The Old African Lester, Julius 102134 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 10244 N N - - - An elderly slave uses the power of his mind to ease the suffering of his fellow slaves and eventually lead them back to Africa. Based on an actual incident from black history. The Old Brown Suitcase Boraks-Nemetz, 42291 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 45450 N N - - - Slava, a fourteen-year-old immigrant Lillian girl, comes to Canada from Poland after World War II.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Old Magic Curley, Marianne 59254 EN UG 5.3 12.0 F 80304 N N - - - Jarrod and Kate embark on a remarkable journey -- one which will unravel the mystery that has haunted Jarrod's family for generations, and pit the teens against immense forces in a battle to undo the past and reshape the future. Old Yeller Gipson, Fred 66 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 35968 N N - N N This is a heartwarming story of a boy and his dog and their many adventures in the Texas wilderness. Olivia Kidney and the Secret Potter, Ellen 113690 EN MG 5.3 12.0 F 78222 N N - - - While preparing for a wedding, adjusting Beneath the City to being a student at a school for the arts, and dealing with surprise visitors at home, twelve-year-old Olivia ventures into the New York City subway tunnels in search of a man who might help her friend Frannie. On the Edge: Stories at the Brink Duncan, Lois 39879 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 46154 N N - - N This book is a collection of twelve stories by different writers and in different genres in each of which a young person is physically and/or emotionally on the edge. On Wings of Evil Taylor, Cora 88792 EN MG+ 5.9 8.0 F 51433 N N - - - In this sequel to ON WINGS OF A DRAGON, a chilly wind is blowing through the skies of the flying ones, and once again the dragon Api'Naga and his companion Kour'el are on a mission: to find the source of the evil that is disturbing their land. Once a Witch MacCullough, 132413 EN UG 5.0 10.0 F 67072 N N - - - Born into a family of witches, seventeen- Carolyn year-old Tamsin is raised believing she alone lacks a magical Talent, but when her sister is taken by an age-old rival of the family in an attempt to change the balance of power, Tamsin discovers her true destiny.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Once Upon a Marigold Ferris, Jean 62564 EN UG 5.7 8.0 F 48980 N N - - N A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father. One Day in the Life of Ivan Solzhenitsyn, 12791 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 50263 N N - N N One man struggles to maintain his Denisovich Alexander dignity as a man in a Russian concentration camp. One for Day, One for Night: Based Watts, Irene N. 65156 EN MG 5.3 2.0 F 10469 N N - - - In this retelling of two beautiful stories, on the Stories by George this book presents a princess who is not MacDonald affected by the earth's gravitational pull, and a princess whose survival depends on the waxing and the waning of the moon. One Hot Second: Stories About Young, Cathy 67085 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 42895 N N - - - This is a collection of eleven stories of Desire teenage desire, including first crushes, first kisses, and first times. One More River Banks, Lynne Reid 24964 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 57043 N N - - - Lesley is in shock when her father moves the family to a kibbutz in Israel. One of Those Hideous Books Sones, Sonya 78317 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 30038 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken Where the Mother Dies reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father. Ruby leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston. One Sky Above Us Kimmel, E. Cody 65238 EN MG 5.7 6.0 F 37866 N N - - - Having settled on the Kansas frontier, young Bill Cody and his family try to make a home for themselves, coexist with their Kickapoo neighbors, and stand up as abolitionists in spite of their neighbors' proslavery beliefs. One Whole and Perfect Day Clarke, Judith 114142 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 61182 N N - - - As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description One-Eyed Cat Fox, Paula 241 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 47580 N N - N N Ned thinks he may have injured a wild cat when he recklessly fires a forbidden rifle into the dark shadows near the house. The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Newman, Sandra 78295 EN UG 5.8 12.0 F 76455 N N - - - When Chrysalis and her brother Eddie Ever Done inherit a mansion in California, Eddie hatches a plan to fleece Californians of their cash by starting the fraudulent Tibetan School of Miracles. The Only Outcast Johnston, Julie 32721 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 58650 N N - - - Fred Dickinson enjoys his last carefree summer before his father finds a job for him in the city. Ordinary Things: Poems from a Fletcher, Ralph 54683 EN MG 5.3 0.5 F 1851 N N - - - This is a collection of thirty-four poems Walk in Early Spring recalling the sights and feelings experienced on a springtime walk from home, through the woods, and back again. Ordinary Wolves Kantner, Seth 88822 EN UG 5.0 16.0 F 105976 N N - - - Cutuk Hawcly, a white boy living among the natives of the Alaskan Tundra, is torn between the culture of the modern cities where his father comes from and the Alaskan wilderness where he was born and raised. The Origin of Life on Earth: An Anderson, David A. 73100 EN MG 5.0 0.5 F 1498 N N - - - This book retells the Yoruba creation African Creation Myth myth in which the deity Obatala descends from the sky to create the world. Othello: A Novel Lester, Julius 10949 EN UG 5.2 5.0 F 31335 N N - - - A prose retelling of Shakespeare's play in which a jealous general is duped into thinking that his wife has been unfaithful, with tragic consequences. The Other Half of Life Whitney, Kim Ablon 130152 EN MG+ 5.0 8.0 F 51310 N N - - - In 1939, fifteen-year-old Thomas sails on a German ship bound for Cuba with more than nine hundred German Jews expecting to be granted safe haven in Cuba. The plot contains sexual references and racial slurs throughout.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Other Place Hughes, Monica 41774 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 46439 N N - - - Alison and her activist parents are taken to a penal colony in the anonymous Habitat W for crimes of subversion against the World Government. The Other Shepards Griffin, Adele 28543 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 42604 N N - - - Holland and her younger sister Geneva, having always lived under the shadow of siblings who died before they were born, struggle to establish separate identities. The Other Side of Dawn Marsden, John 61395 EN UG 5.7 16.0 F 99688 N N - - - Ellie and her friends, five Australian teenagers who survived the enemy invasion of their country, use guerrilla tactics to support a major counterattack by New Zealand troops. Book #7 The Other Side of Truth Naidoo, Beverley 53694 EN UG 5.3 9.0 F 57633 N N - - N Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London, when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport. Our Father Who Art in a Tree Pascoe, Judy 76093 EN UG 5.9 7.0 F 44124 N N - - - After Simone's father dies, Simone examines how her mother, brothers, neighbors, and community deal with his death, not realizing she is avoiding her own grief. Our House Conrad, Pam 105381 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 15296 N N - - - This book contains six stories, one from each decade from the 1940s to the 1990s, about children growing up in Levittown, New York. Our Lady of the Forest Guterson, David 80006 EN UG 5.9 18.0 F 115697 N N - - - Ann Holmes, a sixteen-year-old runaway living in a Washington forest, is visited by the Virgin Mary. The event sets off struggles of faith in her supporters and in a priest whose attempts to evaluate her claim are clouded by his attraction to her.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Naidoo, Beverley 65079 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 33736 N N - - N In this book, seven stories spanning the Conflict and Hope time period from 1948 to 2000, chronicle the experiences of young people from different races and ethnic groups as they try to cope with the restrictions placed on their lives by South Africa's apartheid laws. Out of Reach Jones, V.M. 124999 EN MG+ 5.2 9.0 F 62306 N N - - - Pressured by his aggressively competitive father to play soccer, teenaged Pip McLeod secretly pursues a sport that he truly enjoys, indoor rock climbing. Out of the Ashes Sherrard, Valerie 65157 EN MG+ 5.7 7.0 F 45541 N N - - - Shelby begins to suspect that Greg is responsible for the series of arsons that have occurred in her small New Brunswick town in recent weeks. Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen 18783 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 19756 N N - N N In a series of poems, fourteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm. The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place Konigsburg, E.L. 76086 EN MG 5.5 9.0 F 55901 N N - - N Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her great- uncles have been building in their backyard for more than forty years. Outlaw Davies, Stephen 147578 EN MG 5.2 8.0 F 50305 N N - - - Jake and his sister, Kas, are kidnapped and meet the outlaw Yakuuba Sor, and as the pair struggles to escape, they learn their kidnapper may not be as dangerous as he seems. Outrageously Alice Naylor, Phyllis 16933 EN UG 5.0 5.0 F 30085 N N - - - Alice is in the eighth grade, and while Reynolds she wants her life to be exciting and outrageous, she also wants to feel protected. Book #9

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Outside Valentine Ward, Liza 86508 EN UG 5.0 16.0 F 107532 N N - - - Based on the Starkweather and Fugate murders in Nebraska in the 1950s, this book examines the effects of violence and the power of love as the three voices interweave and show the lingering and devastating aftershocks of murder across three generations. The Outside World Mirvis, Tova 86338 EN UG 5.8 17.0 F 106334 N N - - - The courtship, wedding, and marriage of two Orthodox Jews, the daughter of a kosher caterer and the ultra- conservative son of an attorney, sets members of both families into an exploration of what it means to be Jewish. Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With Jansen, Hanna 111517 EN UG 5.2 12.0 F 81329 N N - - - Jeanne, the only member of her family You not murdered in the Rwandan genocide, struggles to start a new life without her family while coping with the violent memories that haunt her. Over Jordan Johnston, Norma 70568 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 46646 N N - - - In 1836, fourteen-year-old Roxana undertakes a dangerous journey up the Ohio River to help her beloved servant, Joss, and Joss's fiance, a runaway slave, escape to freedom, aided by Roxana's former teacher, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Over My Dead Body Klise, Kate 132414 EN MG 5.6 2.0 F 11967 N N - - - In this story told mostly through letters, busybody Dick Tater tries to ban Halloween and ghost stories, as well as to break up the popular writing team of I.B. Grumply, ghost Olive C. Spence, and eleven-year-old illustrator Seymour Hope. Book #2 Overboard Fama, Elizabeth 66872 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 37123 N N - - - Escaping from a sinking ferry in the waters off Sumatra, fourteen-year-old Emily fights for survival for herself and a young Indonesian boy, who draws courage from his quiet, but firm, Islamic faith.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Owl in Love Kindl, Patrice 5334 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 46601 N N - - - A fourteen-year-old girl who can transform into an owl has a crush on her science teacher, which leads her into interesting new relationships with both humans and owls. The Owl's Song Hale, Janet Campbell 29151 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 41167 N N - - - Billy White Hawk leaves his Idaho reservation in search of a better life in California, where instead he encounters hatred and hostility. The Pact Picoult, Jodi 45218 EN UG 5.9 24.0 F 148903 N N - - - When Emily dies at seventeen from a gunshot wound inflicted by her childhood soul mate as part of an apparent suicide pact, the families struggle with the question of whether they really knew their children. The plot contains sexual situations. Paint the Wind Ryan, Pam Muñoz 116832 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 40870 N N - - N After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode. Painting Caitlyn Peters, Kimberly Joy 115303 EN UG 5.5 6.0 F 35566 N N - - - Caitlyn, feeling left out when her mom and stepfather finally succeed in getting pregnant, becomes involved with Tyler, an older boy whose charm and good looks hide a jealous, controlling, and dangerous personality. Paper Towns Green, John 125323 EN UG 5.4 13.0 F 81739 N N - - - One month before graduating from high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until his beautiful and exciting classmate, Margo Roth Spiegelman, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Paperquake Reiss, Kathryn 31650 EN UG 5.3 12.0 F 75267 N N - - - Certain that she is being drawn by more than coincidences into the lives of people living nearly 100 years ago, Violet, who feels like the odd sister in a set of triplets, searches for clues to help her avert an imminent tragedy. Paradise Morrison, Toni 19891 EN UG 5.8 17.0 F 110712 N N - - - This is a story of people ever mindful of the relationship between their spectacular history and a void. Paradise City Stephens, J.B. 83165 EN MG+ 5.8 9.0 F 55161 N N - - - The secret community of Novo Mundum promised everything six teens craved when the world they knew crumbled around them. But soon they realize that Novo Mundum is far from perfect. In fact, someone inside has the power to create an even scarier crisis. Paradise of the Blind Duong, Thu Huong 68834 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 78486 N N - - - This book tells the story of three women fighting to maintain their dignity under a government that discards old values and tears families apart. This book was translated from the Vietnamese by Phan Huy Duong and Nina McPherson. Parasite Pig Sleator, William 65223 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 51434 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Barney, infected by an alien parasite, and his friend Katie are taken to the planet J'koot by extraterrestrials intent on playing the dangerous game known as Interstellar Pig. Parsifal's Page Morris, Gerald 46852 EN MG 5.5 8.0 F 50844 N N - - - In medieval England, eleven-year-old Piers's dream comes true when he becomes page to Parsifal, a peasant whose quest for knighthood reveals important secrets about both of their families. Book #4

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Particular Sadness of Lemon Bender, Aimee 144056 EN UG 5.1 11.0 F 69767 N N - - - Rose Edelstein, on the eve of her ninth Cake birthday, bites into her mother's lemon- chocolate cake and is immediately aware of the hidden secrets held by the members of her family. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. The Partner Grisham, John 18826 EN UG 5.6 17.0 F 110710 N N - - - Patrick Lanigan, a young law partner who faked his death and fled the country with millions of dollars stolen from his law firm, is found in Brazil after a four-year chase, but investigators are about to learn that the hunt is really just beginning. Passage Willis, Connie 129629 EN UG 5.1 40.0 F 264720 N N - - - Dr. Joanna Lander, a psychologist specializing in near-death experiences, is recruited to lend credibility to the work of young neurologist Dr. Richard Wright, who has come up with a way to manufacture a near-death experience using a psychoactive drug. Passager Yolen, Jane 14481 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 11930 N N - - - A foundling rediscovers his identity through the help of the falconer who adopts him. The Passion of Artemisia Vreeland, Susan 120982 EN UG 5.0 13.0 F 87718 N N - - - Eighteen-year-old Artemisia, having ruined her reputation by making a public accusation of rape against her art teacher, enters into an arranged marriage in post-Renaissance Italy and moves with her husband to Florence, where her talent blossoms. The Patron Saint of Red Chevys Sloan, Kay 85250 EN UG 5.2 10.0 F 67408 N N - - - After her mother is murdered, Jubilee Starling yearns to leave Biloxi, Mississippi, behind and head for a new life in Berkeley. Paul Revere's Ride Longfellow, Henry 61645 EN MG 5.6 0.5 F 974 N N - - - This is the story of Paul Revere's Wadsworth midnight ride in 1775 to warn the people of the Boston countryside that the British were coming. This book was illustrated by Ted Rand.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Paul Revere's Ride: The Landlord's Longfellow, Henry 68791 EN MG 5.7 0.5 F 979 N N - - - Vivid illustrations accompany a verse Tale Wadsworth narration of Paul Revere's famous ride at the start of the American Revolution. Pawn of Prophecy Eddings, David 60042 EN UG 5.9 14.0 F 88155 N N - - - Brought up on a quiet farm by his Aunt Pol, how could Garion know that the Apostate planned to wake dreaded Torak, or that he would be led on a quest of unparalleled magic and danger by those he loved but did not know? Book #1. Pay It Forward Hyde, Catherine 45545 EN UG 5.1 12.0 F 78162 N N - - N Trevor was given a class assignment, to Ryan come up with a plan to change the world for the better. He decides to do something good for three people. He asks them to "pay it forward" by doing a favor for three more people, who would then help three others. Payback Time Deuker, Carl 139118 EN MG+ 5.0 9.0 F 61208 N N - - - Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field. Peak Smith, Roland 114836 EN MG+ 5.0 9.0 F 63195 N N - - N A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest. Peeps: A Novel Westerfeld, Scott 87994 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 73497 N N - - - Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette Birdsall, Jeanne 143702 EN MG 5.6 10.0 F 64736 N N - - - When summer comes around, it's off to the beach for Rosalind, and off to Maine with Aunt Claire for the rest of the Penderwick girls, as well as their old friend, Jeffrey.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Penderwicks on Gardam Birdsall, Jeanne 121474 EN MG 5.3 10.0 F 63875 N N - - - The four Penderwick sisters are faced Street with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him. The Pepins and Their Problems Horvath, Polly 82157 EN MG 5.8 4.0 F 25393 N N - - - In this book, the reader is invited to help solve the Pepin family's unusual problems, which include having a cow who creates lemonade rather than milk and having to cope with a competitive neighbor. Perfect Fifths McCafferty, Megan 135976 EN UG 5.5 12.0 F 74404 N N - - - Jessica, now a young professional, runs into Marcus Flutie, the man she nearly married three years ago, and wonders if fate is taking a hand in her life once again. The plot contains profanity and explicit sexual situations. Peter and the Starcatchers Barry, Dave 83056 EN MG 5.2 13.0 F 83150 N N - - N Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe from the diabolical Black Stache. The coauthor is Ridley Pearson. Book #1 Petty Crimes Soto, Gary 32052 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 33557 N N - - - This collection of short stories tells about Mexican-American youth growing up in California's Central Valley. The Phantom Queen Begamudre, Ven 60551 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 58924 N N - - - An ancient storyteller tells the court of the Phantom Queen -- a fantastic tale of love, battle, and special powers. Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Lester, Julius 35664 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 41176 N N - - N This is a fictionalized account of a Ancient Egypt Biblical story in which an Egyptian princess raises a Hebrew infant in the palace, while she finds her true self as a priestess to the Egyptian gods. Phineas L. MacGuire...Gets Dowell, Frances 117264 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 18931 N N - - - When his new best friend, Ben, decides Slimed! O'Roark to run for class president, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire reluctantly agrees to be his campaign manager in exchange for help with his latest experiment, cultivating exhibits for a mold museum. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Phoenix Dance Calhoun, Dia 102526 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 59794 N N - - - Phoenix Dance battles an illness of her mind and emotions, realizes her dream of becoming shoemaker to the Royal Household, and attempts to discover what magic compels the twelve princesses of Windward to wear out their shoes each night. A Pickpocket's Tale Schwabach, Karen 111145 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 48715 N N - - - When Molly, a ten-year-old orphan, is arrested for picking pockets in London in 1731, she is banished to America and serves as an indentured servant for a New York City family who expects her to follow their Jewish traditions. Pictures, 1918 Ingold, Jeanette 35297 EN UG 5.0 5.0 F 30256 N N - - - Coming of age in a rural Texas community in 1918, fifteen-year-old Asia assists in the local war effort, contemplates romance with a local boy, and expands her horizons through her pursuit of photography. Pieces of Georgia Bryant, Jennifer 107292 EN MG 5.6 4.0 F 23633 N N - - - In journal entries to her mother, a gifted artist who died suddenly, thirteen-year- old Georgia McCoy reveals how her life changes after she receives an anonymous gift membership to a nearby art museum. Pigs in Heaven Kingsolver, Barbara 70083 EN UG 5.4 18.0 F 113778 N N - - - Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident drawing her and her mother into a conflict of historic proportions. The Pilot's Wife Shreve, Anita 31226 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 76353 N N - - - When Kathryn Lyons receives word that her husband's plane has exploded near the coast of Ireland, she confronts one startling revelation after another as she learns of her husband's secret life. The Pinhoe Egg Jones, Diana Wynne 110128 EN MG 5.2 13.0 F 87589 N N - - - Two powerful young enchanters, Cat and Marianne, work together as friends to try to end an illegal witches' war and, in the process, right some old wrongs.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Pinky Pye Estes, Eleanor 43410 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 55796 N N - - N While spending a bird-watching summer on Fire Island, the Pye family acquires a small black kitten that can use a typewriter. A Pioneer Christmas: Celebrating Greenwood, Barbara 69323 EN MG 5.1 1.0 F 7223 N N - - - This dramatic story set in the snowy In the Backwoods in 1841 backwoods follows the Robertson family as they prepare for Christmas in 1841. They are excitedly expecting visitors from afar but as a winter storm begins to rage, the family fears for the safety of the travellers. A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of Greenwood, Barbara 51052 EN MG 5.6 1.0 F 5812 N N - - - This sequel to "A Pioneer Story" weaves Harvest Celebrations in 1841 together stories, information and activities to create a tapestry of pioneer life. Pip: The Story of Olive Kane, Kim 130506 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 52027 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Olive, an only child who lives with her mother in Australia, doesn't fit in at the Joanne d'Arc School for Girls. Suddenly, after meeting her twin sister, the two girls embark on a journey to find their long-lost father. Piper Ghent, Natale 43160 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 32290 N N - - - This book tells the timeless story of a girl and her dog, and the ties that bind them together. Pippi Longstocking Lindgren, Astrid 69 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 26522 N N - N N This is the story of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village is involved in many escapades. The Pirate Princess and other Fairy Philip, Neil 104852 EN MG 5.8 2.0 F 14246 N N - - - This collection of seven Jewish fairy Tales tales by late eighteenth-century Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav includes "The Pirate Princess," "The Fixer," "The Turkey Prince," and others. The Pirate's Blood and Other Case Cheshire, Simon 143790 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 34818 N N - - - Saxby Smart, schoolboy private Files detective, follows the clues as he investigates three cases involving the ghost of a pirate and a mysterious arson attempt. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Pirates! Rees, Celia 75433 EN UG 5.4 14.0 F 89466 N N - - N In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy escapes with her slave friend Minerva, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure. Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Prelutsky, Jack 124180 EN MG 5.8 3.0 F 17641 N N - - - Children's Poet Laureate Jack Perlutsky Write a Poem explains how to write poems about everyday subjects from readers lives, such as experiences with their family, friends, and pets, providing tips, example poems, and exercises. The Place of Lions Campbell, Eric 5920 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 38703 N N - - N When the plane flying Chris and his father crashes on the Serengeti Plain, Chris sets out to find help and finds that his journey is paralleled by that of an aging lion. A Place to Call Home Koller, Jackie French 14890 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 47864 N N - - - Caring for her two younger siblings after their unreliable mother abandons them, fifteen-year-old Anna discovers the difficulties of trying to be a parent. A Place Where the Sea Benítez, Sandra 68827 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 44983 N N - - - This novel sympathetically explores the Remembers lives of Mexican women caught in a mystical, fatalistic world. Play Me a Story: Nine Tales About Adler, Naomi 59481 EN MG 5.7 2.0 F 14456 N N - - - This is a collection of tales originating in Musical Instruments countries around the world and featuring a musical instrument native to each country. Playing My Mother's Blues Wesley, Valerie 89336 EN UG 5.3 8.0 F 52781 N N - - - Dani Carter finds herself drawn to Wilson another man, dreaming of escape from her troubled marriage and past and wanting to find out more about the mother who abandoned her when she was only seven years old.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Pluto Project Haber, Melissa Glenn 106134 EN MG 5.5 10.0 F 61762 N N - - - As his home life spirals downward and hope for a romance sputters out, thirteen-year-old Alan Green tries to convince his friends that their spying game has uncovered a real conspiracy to assassinate the governor. Pobby and Dingan Rice, Ben 53898 EN UG 5.3 3.0 F 21097 N N - - - Kellyanne's imaginary friends disappear on the same day that her opal miner father is accused of a shameful crime, and her brother Ashmol organizes a town-wide search for the missing pair to try to comfort his ailing and grief-stricken sister. The Poison Eaters and Other Black, Holly 136283 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 53457 N N - - - This collection of short stories feature Stories fantasy elements and illustrations and includes "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," "Paper Cuts Scissors," and more. The plots contain profanity, sexual situations, and violence. Poison Ink Golden, Christopher 126276 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 66856 N N - - - A group of best friends decide to get tattoos as a sign of the special bond between them. When Sammi backs out, she realizes the group's friendship is thrown into jeopardy. The plot contains sexual situations, references to the occult and violence. Poison Ivy Koss, Amy Goldman 106425 EN MG 5.7 5.0 F 34282 N N - - - In a government class, three popular girls undergo a mock trial for ruthlessly bullying a classmate. Pop Korman, Gordon 131873 EN MG+ 5.1 8.0 F 52682 N N - - - Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker, who is great at training him but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Popular Vote Ostow, Micol 126679 EN MG+ 5.1 6.0 F 38454 N N - - - In an election year, sixteen-year-old Erin sets aside her familiar supporting role as daughter of the mayor and girlfriend of the student body president to stand up for what she believes and protect a historic park from being replaced by a gas station. The Porcupine Year Erdrich, Louise 124700 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 36882 N N - - - In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omakayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home. Postcards from No Man's Land Chambers, Aidan 59981 EN UG 5.4 16.0 F 103147 N N - - - This book alternates between two stories - contemporarily, Jacob visits Amsterdam at the request of his English grandmother - and historically, Geertrui relates her experience of British soldiers' attempts to liberate Holland from its German occupation. The Pot of Wisdom: Ananse Badoe, Adwoa 51971 EN MG 5.5 1.0 F 8519 N N - - - Drawing on the rich vein of the African Stories Ananse tradition, this book brings us a lively, witty and entertaining collection of ten tales about this spider trickster. Power Play in Washington MacGregor, Roy 70226 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 24221 N N - - - The Screech Owls are in Washington, D.C., for the International Goodwill Peewee Championship and Nish is about to become a news flash seen round the world! Literally. Because the craziest Owl ever has a brand-new plan: to streak the White House.

A Prairie Boy's Summer Kurelek, William 13695 EN MG 5.6 1.0 F 5578 N N - - - A narrative of children at work and play on the prairie during a Depression-era summer. Prairie Fire! Freeman, Bill 42409 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 59645 N N - - - This book is an exciting account of what homesteading was like in the 1870s.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Prairie Songs Conrad, Pam 490 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 33998 N N - - N Louisa's life in a loving pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie is altered by the arrival of a new doctor and his beautiful but tragically frail wife. Preacher's Boy Paterson, Katherine 34751 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 45943 N N - N N 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. The President's Daughter White, Ellen Emerson 124480 EN MG+ 5.1 13.0 F 87354 N N - - - 16-yr-old Meghan thought boys and grades were the most important things until her mother becomes the president of the United States. The plot contains mild profanity and sexual references and may be more appropriate for older MG readers. Book #1 Pretties Westerfeld, Scott 102674 EN MG+ 5.7 13.0 F 80363 N N - - N Tally has finally become pretty. But beneath all the fun is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops. Now she must choose. Book #2 Pretty Things Manning, Sarra 89087 EN UG 5.9 12.0 F 73413 N N - - - While rehearsing for a production of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, four English teenagers explore their relationships and sexuality, while also discovering some surprising truths about themselves. Prey for a Miracle Thurlo, Aimée 112940 EN UG 5.7 12.0 F 73393 N N - - - When an eight-year-old girl who is believed to perform miracles disappears, Sister Agatha is asked to find the girl and protect her from those who want to exploit her gift. The coauthor is David Thurlo. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Primrose Way Koller, Jackie French 12486 EN MG 5.5 10.0 F 62851 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Rebekah joins her missionary father in the New World in the 1630s and, after being introduced to Indian culture, begins to question whether these "savages" need saving after all. Prince Across the Water Yolen, Jane 80494 EN UG 5.1 11.0 F 75875 N N - - N In 1746, a year after the Scottish clans have rallied to take up arms against England's tyranny, fourteen-year-old epileptic Duncan MacDonald and his cousin, Ewan, run away to join the fight. The coauthor is Robert J. Harris. Book #3 The Princess & the Pauper Brian, Kate 71118 EN MG 5.1 10.0 F 64717 N N - - - When Carina, the Crown Princess of Vineland, offers her ten thousand dollars to switch places for one day, Julia can't say no. The Princess and the God Orgel, Doris 28484 EN UG 5.0 3.0 F 18832 N N - - - Princess Psyche's beauty incurs the wrath of the goddess Venus who sends her son Cupid to seek revenge. The Princess Bride Goldman, William 60420 EN UG 5.8 14.0 F 91426 N N - - - Westley goes off to seek his fortune after declaring his love for Buttercup, the most beautiful girl in the world, but their relationship is put to the test when his ship is captured by pirates and she is summoned to become the bride of the prince. The Princess Curse Haskell, Merrie 146044 EN MG 5.4 10.0 F 67199 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Reveka, an herbalist's apprentice in the Middle Ages, attempts to break the mysterious curse on the princesses of Sylvania and instead discovers a door to the Underworld. The Princess Diaries Cabot, Meg 44873 EN UG 5.7 9.0 F 58954 N N - - N Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Princess in Love Cabot, Meg 58064 EN UG 5.8 8.0 F 48851 N N - - N In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia. Book #3 Princess in the Spotlight Cabot, Meg 51782 EN UG 5.7 8.0 F 47832 N N - - N Mia is swept up in a whirlwind of royal intrigue when she receives an unexpected announcement from her mother and an exasperating letter from a secret admirer. Book #2 The Princess of Denmark: An Marston, Edward 112945 EN UG 5.5 12.0 F 77487 N N - - - Nicholas Bracewell and Westfield's Men Elizabethan Theater Mystery sail for Denmark with their widowed Featuring Nicholas Bracewell patron, Lord Westfield, who has been enticed into marriage with Sigbrit Olsen, and soon find themselves embroiled in political intrigue and religious dissension. A Princess of Roumania Park, Paul 113825 EN UG 5.6 22.0 F 140396 N N - - - Miranda Popescu and her two friends are transported to an alternate world where powerful forces are working to protect Miranda or to capture her. Princess of the Midnight Ball George, Jessica Day 129445 EN MG+ 5.6 10.0 F 64764 N N - - - This book retells the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every third night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse. The Princess, the Crone, and the Morris, Gerald 77350 EN MG 5.2 10.0 F 68854 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Sarah is determined to Dung-Cart Knight find the knight responsible for the deaths of her mother and the Jewish peddler who had given them a home. Book #6 Prisoners in the Palace: A Novel of MacColl, Michaela 140503 EN MG+ 5.0 12.0 F 82279 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Liza becomes a Intrigue and Romance lady's maid to Princess Victoria and finds that the gossipy world of the palace servants gives her the chance to determine her own fate and help Victoria become queen.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Private Captain: A Story of Crisp, Marty 46290 EN MG 5.4 10.0 F 68130 N N - - N In 1863 Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Gettysburg Ben and his dog, Captain, set off to find Ben's brother, Reuben, who is in the Union Army. Their father has died, and Ben wants Rueben to come home to help take care of things. Private Peaceful Morpurgo, Michael 81841 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 46316 N N - - N When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fifteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself. Probably the World's Best Story Smith, D. James 108555 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 44138 N N - - - This book describes the adventures of About a Dog and the Girl Who twelve-year-old Paolo, his six-year-old Loved Me brother Georgie, and their nine-year-old deaf cousin Billy as they try to find their missing dog, cope with a new paper route, and discover romance in their small town. The Problem with Murmur Lee: A Fowler, Connie May 100017 EN UG 5.7 11.0 F 72161 N N - - - Murmur Lee is suddenly drowned in the Novel Iris Haven River sending her circle of friends on a quest to discover what really happened to her; and in death, Murmur experiences her own journey as she is transported into her familial past. Promise Song Holeman, Linda 20481 EN MG 5.3 11.0 F 72025 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Rosetta faces unimagined hardships when she and her small sister Flora arrive in Canada after surviving a perilous journey across the sea, only to have their dreams of a family crushed. Promises to the Dead Hahn, Mary Downing 41248 EN MG 5.5 8.0 F 49222 N N - - - In the early days of the Civil War, twelve -year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Prophecy of the Sisters Zink, Michelle 131597 EN UG 5.4 13.0 F 82180 N N - - - In late nineteenth-century New York state, wealthy sixteen-year-old twin sisters Lia and Alice Milthorpe find they are on opposite sides of an ancient prophecy that has destroyed their parents and seeks to do even more harm. Book #1 A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Konigsburg, E.L. 6625 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 33819 N N - - N The story of Eleanor of Aquitane as she Miniver reflects on her life while waiting on a cloud in heaven for her husband King Henry II. Ptolemy's Gate Stroud, Jonathan 104013 EN MG+ 5.7 20.0 F 129610 N N - - N Dangerous adventures continue for the djinni Bartimaeus and his master, seventeen-year-old Nathaniel, a powerful magician who is serving as England's minister of information. Book #3. Purely Rosie Pearl Cochrane, Patricia A. 14143 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 35146 N N - - N In 1936 twelve-year-old Rosie Pearl Bush and her family of migrants endure the hardships of the Great Depression as they find work picking fruit in the California Valley. Purple Heart McCormick, Patricia 131874 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 40645 N N - - - While recuperating in a Baghdad hospital from a traumatic brain injury sustained during the Iraq War, eighteen- year-old soldier Matt Duffy struggles to recall what happened to him and how it relates to his ten-year-old friend, Ali. Purple Hibiscus Adichie, 75661 EN UG 5.8 13.0 F 83197 N N - - - A teenaged Nigerian girl and her older Chimamanda Ngozi brother struggle to cope with life in their tense, stifling household -- caused by their father's demands for perfection -- after getting a taste of freedom during a visit to their aunt's home.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy Wright, Bil 145080 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 58937 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Carlos is on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming a famous makeup artist, but first he must face his jealous boss at Macy's cosmetics counter, his sister's abusive boyfriend, and his crush on a punk- rocker at school. Queen of the Yard Lee, Darrien 135673 EN UG 5.7 7.0 F 46722 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Brianna leads a gang called B.G.R., but when she decides she wants to step down as B.G.R.'s leader, two of the sisters turn against her. Fortunately, Denim hears about the plot and decides to help. #3 The Queen of Water Resau, Laura 142772 EN UG 5.4 14.0 F 88058 N N - - - This story is based on the life story of María Virginia Farinango, a Quichua Indian girl sent to work as an indentured servant for an upper class "mestizo" family. The plot contains episodes of abuse. The coauthor is María Virginia Farinango. The Quest Begins Hunter, Erin 123127 EN MG 5.4 12.0 F 74929 N N - - N One black bear, one polar bear, and one grizzly bear travel on a perilous quest to the Northern Lights, escorting a shape-shifting grizzly cub whose destiny will affect them all. Book #1 The Quest of the Fair Unknown Morris, Gerald 110104 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 56749 N N - - - Having grown up in an isolated forest, Beaufils sets off for Camelot to find his father and winds up undertaking quests with Sirs Gawain and Galahad, visiting various hermits, and traveling to the World of Faeries. Book #8 The Quicksand Pony Lester, Alison 18590 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 27080 N N - - - Biddy is forced to go on without her pony when the pony becomes trapped, and so the mystery of what happened to the pony begins.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Quilt Paulsen, Gary 80081 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 14690 N N - - N During World War II, while his father is in Europe fighting and his mother is working in Chicago, a six-year-old boy goes to live with his grandmother in a rural Norwegian American community in Minnesota. Quiver Spinner, Stephanie 62566 EN UG 5.0 4.0 F 23450 N N - - - When her father commands that she produce an heir, the huntress Atalanta gives her suitors a seemingly impossible task in order to uphold her pledge of chastity, as the gods of ancient Greece look on. "R" Is for Ricochet Grafton, Sue 86594 EN UG 5.1 17.0 F 110995 N N - - - Nord Lafferty hires Kinsey Millhone to watch his daughter, thirty-two-year old Reba, who has just gotten out of jail, and make sure that she stays away from drinking, drugs, and gambling, but Reba is soon re-united with the ex-boss who got her into jail. Race for the Sky:The Kitty Hawk Gutman, Dan 74173 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 40225 N N - - - Ordered to practice his writing skills, Diaries of Johnny Moore fourteen-year-old Johnny would rather go fishing on North Carolina's Outer Banks and cannot think of anything important to write until two "dingbatters" from Ohio arrive in 1900 and try to build a flying machine. Rachel Field's Hitty: Her First Wells, Rosemary 35623 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 16263 N N - - - A doll named Hitty recounts her Hundred Years adventures as she moves through a continually changing string of owners. Rachel's Journal: The Story of a Moss, Marissa 32930 EN MG 5.6 2.0 F 9770 N N - - N In her journal, Rachel chronicles her Pioneer Girl family's adventures traveling by covered wagon on the Oregon Trail in 1850. Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining Kositsky, Lynne 55035 EN MG 5.1 1.0 F 8872 N N - - - It is 1783 and ten-year-old Rachel and her family have arrived in northern Nova Scotia after escaping slavery in South Carolina. Their joy of freedom is dashed as they face the challenges of life in a barren land and must fight against harsh winters.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Racing the Past Deans, Sis 51852 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 36500 N N - - N After the death of his abusive father, eleven-year-old Ricky tries to help his younger brother deal with his residual fears and discovers that running helps him deal with his own anger. The Rag and Bone Shop Cormier, Robert 53696 EN UG 5.7 4.0 F 24734 N N - - N Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted, innocent twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year- old friend. Rage Kessler, Jackie 143317 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 52128 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Missy copes with Morse stress at school and at home by cutting herself with a razor blade, until Death chooses her as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and offers her a new blade. The plot contains sexual situations and violence. The Raging Quiet Jordan, Sherryl 29949 EN UG 5.6 13.0 F 85506 N N - - - Suspicious of sixteen-year-old Marnie, a newcomer to their village, the residents accuse her of witchcraft when she discovers that the village madman is not crazy but deaf and she begins to communicate with him through hand gestures. A Raisin in the Sun Hansberry, Lorraine 56457 EN UG 5.5 5.0 F 31391 N N - - - This play is a drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working- class, black family living on the South Side of Chicago Ramona and Her Father Cleary, Beverly 72 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 20065 N N - N N In this adventure with Beezus and Ramona, Mr. Quimby loses his job, and the entire family learns to cope with hardship. Ramona the Pest Cleary, Beverly 492 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 27145 N N - N N A lovable five-year-old girl starts kindergarten with a hilarious series of misdeeds.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Ransom of Mercy Carter Cooney, Caroline B. 47668 EN UG 5.7 9.0 F 54910 N N - - N In 1704, in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Mercy, her family, and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada. The Rapture of Canaan Reynolds, Sheri 19883 EN UG 5.4 13.0 F 86158 N N - - - Ninah tries to resist her prayer partner James, but still finds herself pregnant. Rapture of the Deep: Being an Meyer, L.A. 133143 EN MG+ 5.9 18.0 F 113615 N N - - - On the very day that Jacky is to wed her Account of the Further Adventures true love, she is kidnapped by British of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Naval Intelligence and forced to embark Mermaid, Spy on yet another mission, this time to search for sunken Spanish gold, but for Jacky, things don't always go as planned. Book #7 Rat Boys: A Dating Experiment Eberhardt, Thom 64308 EN UG 5.6 6.0 F 39169 N N - - N Fourteen-year-olds Marci and Summer use a magic ring to turn two rats into cute boys so that they can have dates for the Spring Fling. Rats Zindel, Paul 43473 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 39389 N N - - N When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her brother try to figure out how to stop them. Rattlebone Clair, Maxine 70912 EN UG 5.6 8.0 F 53921 N N - - - These are stories of the citizens of Rattlebone, a "fictional" Black community north of Kansas City in the 1950s. Raven of the Waves Cadnum, Michael 63646 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 46020 N N - - - On his first Viking raid, seventeen-year- old Lidsmod sails on the ship Raven, joining his comrades as they destroy and plunder villages in medieval England and take an Anglo-Saxon boy as captive. The Ravenmaster's Secret: Escape Woodruff, Elvira 71264 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 42889 N N - - N The eleven-year-old son of the from the Tower of London Ravenmaster at the Tower of London befriends a Jacobite rebel being held prisoner there.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Reaching Dustin Grove, Vicki 27937 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 42360 N N - - N Sixth-grader Carly's assignment to interview a reclusive brooding classmate leads her to discover some of the events that have caused his antisocial behavior. Read for Your Life Read-Magazine- 28919 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 29613 N N - - - This book is a collection of tales of Editors survival and excerpts from longer works. Reading the Bones McMurchy-Barber, 141450 EN MG 5.7 6.0 F 38913 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Peggy is staying with Gina her aunt and uncle in Crescent Beach while her mom has gone job-hunting to Toronto. After her uncle discovers an ancient Salish burial site, Peggy learns a great deal about herself, relationships, and trust. Ready or Not: An All-American Girl Cabot, Meg 89525 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 55799 N N - - N Now a high school junior, Samantha Novel tries to decide whether she is ready to have sex with her boyfriend, who happens to be the President's son. Real Holman, Felice 19190 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 44382 N N - - - In 1932, while exploring the California desert, Colly finds a Cahuilla Indian boy and his grandmother who are trapped in a forever day. The Realm of Possibility Levithan, David 81223 EN UG 5.2 5.0 F 30603 N N - - - A variety of students at the same high school describe their ideas, experiences, and relationships in a series of interconnected free-verse stories. The Reapers Are the Angels Bell, Alden 146648 EN UG 5.9 11.0 F 70475 N N - - - A young girl named Temple is on the run from zombies as she tries to find her younger brother, hoping to be set free from the demons who enslave her. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, violence, and alcohol use. Rebel: A Tibetan Odyssey Whitesel, Cheryl 39880 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 39493 N N - - - Although he rebels against life in the Aylward Tibetan Buddist monastery where he had been sent, fourteen-year-old Thunder comes to some amazing realizations about himself.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Rebellion: A Novel of Upper Brandis, Marianne 45015 EN UG 5.9 12.0 F 73991 N N - - - This book presents a reliable picture of Canada Canadian history as seen through the eyes of an perceptive and frightened boy, considered at the start as little more than unwanted baggage, who matures at the end into the quiet confidence of adulthood. Rebound Mercer, Adrienne 78006 EN MG 5.0 3.0 F 20858 N N - - - When C.J.'s coach names her captain of the high school basketball team, Debbie, C.J.'s teammate, can't accept the decision. Reckless Funke, Cornelia 139119 EN MG 5.4 10.0 F 65034 N N - - - When Jacob discovers a magical mirror that transports him to a warring world populated by witches, giants, and ogres, he keeps it to himself until Will, his brother, follows him one day, with dire consequences. Red Cap Wisler, G. Clifton 7021 EN UG 5.4 6.0 F 40762 N N - - N A young Yankee drummer boy displays great courage when he's captured and sent to Andersonville Prison. The Red Necklace Gardner, Sally 122453 EN UG 5.8 14.0 F 85957 N N - - - In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a Gypsy orphan raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French Revolution. Red Sea Tullson, Diane 102328 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 41572 N N - - - After being attacked by Red Sea pirates, fourteen-year-old Libby is left alone on a hostile sea, far from home, to fight for survival. Red Sky at Morning Bradford, Richard 50415 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 73747 N N - - - Mr. Arnold moves his wife and son from Alabama to their summer home in the Southwest when he enlists in the army during World War II. Mrs. Arnold is desperately unhappy, and seventeen- year-old Josh has to learn to cope with the new environment.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Red Spikes Lanagan, Margo 117877 EN UG 5.4 6.0 F 38878 N N - - - This collection of ten short stories describes supernatural and interpersonal relationships, including how to live with what you have, yearning for more in life, and the imprint that love leaves on everyone. The Red Trailer Mystery Campbell, Julie 74990 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 53456 N N - - - While traveling by trailer in upstate New York to find a runaway, Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler investigate a case of mysterious trailer thefts. Redwall Jacques, Brian 7129 EN MG 5.6 16.0 F 101289 N N - N N The peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes. Matthias determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help destroy the enemy. The Reformed Vampire Support Jinks, Catherine 130004 EN MG+ 5.3 14.0 F 93244 N N - - - 15 yr-old vampire Nina has been stuck Group for 51 years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them, until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime. The plot contains graphic violence. Refugee Boy Zephaniah, Benjamin 59354 EN MG 5.6 10.0 F 62404 N N - - - Life is not safe for Alem. His father is Ethiopian, his mother Eritrian, and with both countries at war, he is welcome in neither place. So his father does the unthinkable, he leaves him in England, alone, in hope that he will find safety as a refugee. Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Klise, Kate 27919 EN MG 5.8 2.0 F 14632 N N - - N When the principal asks a fifth grader to Letters, of Liars, and Leaks write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Regarding the Trees: A Splintered Klise, Kate 103300 EN MG 5.9 3.0 F 19861 N N - - - In this story told primarily through Saga Rooted in Secrets letters, Principal Russ wants the middle school trees to be trimmed before his evaluation, but the project is interrupted by a town gender war, dueling chefs, student tree protests, and a surprise wedding. Remember the Bridge: Poems of a Weatherford, Carole 58187 EN MG 5.7 0.5 F 3057 N N - - - This is a collection of original poems People Boston celebrating the history and culture of African Americans. Remembering Mog Rodowsky, Colby 14966 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 35916 N N - - - At 17, Annie begins to cope with her older sister's murder two years before. Remembering Raquel Vande Velde, Vivian 118508 EN UG 5.8 3.0 F 19783 N N - - - Aspects of the life of Raquel Falcone, an unpopular overweight freshman at Quail Run High School, are recalled by various people, including classmates, her parents, and the driver who struck and killed her as she was walking home from a film festival. The Replacement Yovanoff, Brenna 140367 EN UG 5.2 12.0 F 82201 N N - - - Mackie Doyle, a 16-yr-old being from another world who was swapped with a human as a baby, struggles with his allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground and wants desperately to live like a normal teenager. Response Volponi, Paul 128118 EN MG+ 5.4 4.0 F 28033 N N - - - When an African American high-school student is beaten in a white neighborhood and three boys are charged with a hate crime, racial tensions reignite in a long-segregated town. The plot contains profanity, racial slurs, and violence. The Restless Dead: Ten Original Noyes, Deborah 115907 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 52217 N N - - - This book is a collection of ten horror Stories of the Supernatural stories edited by Deborah Noyes and written by authors such as Holly Black, Libba Bray, Herbie Brennan, and Marcus Sedgwick.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Return of Skeleton Man Bruchac, Joseph 109345 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 24898 N N - - - In this sequel to SKELETON MAN, when Molly and her parents attend a conference at Mohonk Mountain House, Molly begins to fear that she is being watched by the very man who kidnapped and tried to kill them all the previous year. Return to the Painted Cave Denzel, Justin 36043 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 43686 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Tao, a cave painter living in prehistoric times, sets out on an odyssey to bring healing to the blind girl, Deha, and the outcast children. Revenge of the Witch Delaney, Joseph 101692 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 59544 N N - - N 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." Book #1 The Revolt Skurzynski, Gloria 87996 EN UG 5.5 10.0 F 64804 N N - - N This book details Corgan's escape, with Sharla, Ananda, and Cyborg, from Brigand to outerspace. Book #3 Revolver Sedgwick, Marcus 136706 EN MG+ 5.2 5.0 F 32545 N N - - - In 1910, 14-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse: his father, who has fallen through the ice and frozen to death. Soon a stranger comes, claiming that Sig's father owes him a share of stolen gold, and his only protection is a hidden loaded Colt revolver. A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Lawson, Julie 63233 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 36719 N N - - - Kate keeps a diary of her life in Yale, Railway Diary of Kate Cameron British Columbia while the Canadian Pacific Railway is being completed. The Riddle of Penncroft Farm Jensen, Dorothea 5039 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 46468 N N - - N Lars Olafson's move to a farm near Valley Forge brings him friendship with the ghost of an eighteenth-century ancestor who recounts for him his adventures in that part of Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. A Riddle of Roses Mullin, Caryl Cude 41681 EN MG 5.8 10.0 F 62217 N N - - - Tree creatures Meryl and Halstattia embark on a quest to Avalon in search of a magical rose that blooms all year.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Riding Invisible Alonzo, Sandra 137303 EN MG+ 5.4 6.0 F 38611 N N - - - In this fictional journal reflecting on his relationships with his sibling and parents, fifteen-year-old Yancy Aparicio details his adventure in the wilderness after he runs away from home. The plot contains violence and racial slurs. The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Myers, Walter Dean 5951 EN UG 5.4 4.0 F 28823 N N - - N Fifteen-year-old Artemis journeys from Bonner New York City to Tombstone, Arizona, in 1882, to avenge the murder of his uncle. Rikers High Volponi, Paul 134839 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 46743 N N - - - Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island, as he waits for his case to go to court. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence. Ring of Light Bird, Isobel 54648 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 50827 N N - - - Disillusioned, Cooper abandons the Wiccan circle. However, when an illness threatens someone close to one of them, Cooper returns. Rink Rivals Guest, Jacqueline 60341 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 35220 N N - - - Twin brothers Evan and Brynley Selkirk find their lives changing when they move to Calgary where Bryn, usually more interested in music than sports, takes to the rink to impress a girl, and Evan falls in with a bad crowd. Rip Tide Falls, Kat 145219 EN MG 5.3 10.0 F 67475 N N - - - Ty and Gemma make a desperate alliance with the Seablite Gang to help Ty's parents, who face criminal charges of sedition, but teaming up with outlaws may pull them deeper into the underwater underworld than they intend to go. The Rise of Lubchenko Simmons, Michael 106287 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 49778 N N - - - When an anonymous caller warns Evan Macalister that his father's partner, Jim Richmond, has smuggled live smallpox virus into Europe, he and his best friend, Ruben, and his girlfriend, Erika, jet off to Europe to save the day.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Rise of the Wyrm Lord Batson, Wayne 105627 EN MG+ 5.0 13.0 F 86349 N N - - - Aidan's new friend Antoinette is called to Thomas the Realm, but when she arrives to rescue Robby through his Glimpse-twin, the place is in turmoil and she must decide whether to stay loyal to the one true king or join the evil side. Book #2. The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army- Feinstein, John 139491 EN MG 5.4 9.0 F 57242 N N - - - Teen sportswriters Stevie Thomas and Navy Game Susan Carol Anderson are assigned to cover the Army and Navy football game, and after noticing the actions of secret service agents, they suspect the president, who is going to attend the event, is in danger. Rivals Green, Tim 136235 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 48937 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Josh looks forward to facing a true rival in the Baseball Hall of Fame tournament, but first, he and his friends Jaden and Benji put themselves at great risk trying to expose the truth about a conspiracy to bribe the head umpire. Book #2 The River Paulsen, Gary 7023 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 27563 N N - N N Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for 54 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. River Boy Bowler, Tim 23326 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 39252 N N - - N Knowing that he is dying, Jess's grandfather insists on returning to the river he had known as a boy to finish a special painting and fulfill a lifelong dream. River Secrets Hale, Shannon 111557 EN MG+ 5.7 10.0 F 64123 N N - - - Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel suspicions, and Razo must spy out who's responsible before it's too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description River Thunder Hobbs, Will 18831 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 49338 N N - - N Despite some reservation, Jessie joins her companions from the previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. The Road to Chlifa Marineau, Michèle 43344 EN UG 5.4 5.0 F 35015 N N - - - Karim, now in a new country, is haunted by memories of his dangerous passage to freedom and faced with a troubling new challenge, not to forget but to start again. Road Trip Carlson, Melody 84406 EN MG+ 5.2 8.0 F 54170 N N - - - The success of Chloe's band leads to a concert tour, but the stresses of life on the road bring possible life-threatening behavior. Book #3 Robbie Packford - Alien Monster Sander, Heather 73799 EN MG 5.1 3.0 F 19446 N N - - - The Master of Ordinance has been changed and four billion robots with atomic blasters are poised to take over the universe. Only Robbie Packford, Earth boy and grade-six nerd, can stop them. Robot Dreams Asimov, Isaac 53687 EN UG 5.9 21.0 F 133246 N N - - - This is a collection of twenty-one of Asimov's short stories, most dating from the 1950s, plus one new tale and an essay. Rockbuster Skurzynski, Gloria 54939 EN UG 5.9 11.0 F 68049 N N - - - In 1915, after being asked to sing at the funeral of Joe Hill, executed songwriter and member of Industrial Workers of the World, eighteen-year-old Utah coal miner Tommy Quinlan begins to accept his past and make decisions about his future. The Rogues Yolen, Jane 116712 EN MG 5.5 12.0 F 75423 N N - - - After his family is evicted from their Scottish farm, 15-year-old Roddy forms a friendship with a rogue who helps him outwit a tyrant landlord in order to find a family treasure and make his way to America. The coauthor is Robert J. Harris. Book #4

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred D. 136 EN MG 5.7 10.0 F 65606 N N - N N Warmth, humor and hard times prevail as a black family struggles to maintain dignity and independence in Depression -era Mississippi. The Roman Conspiracy Mitchell, Jack 103216 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 39060 N N - - - Aulus Lucinus Spurinna becomes caught up in a tangle of conspiracies, mystery, and danger when he travels to the city of Rome in the last days of the Roman Republic in an effort to find someone who can help save his family's land. Romeo and Juliet Together (and Avi 494 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 18060 N N - - N In this sequel to S. O. R. Losers, Ed Alive) at Last masterminds a plan to bring Saltz and the girl of his dreams together on stage. Rooftop Volponi, Paul 106130 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 37793 N N - - - Still reeling from seeing police shoot his unarmed cousin to death on the roof of a New York City housing project, seventeen-year-old Clay is dragged into the whirlwind of political manipulation that follows. Rookie of the Year Tunis, John R. 5380 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 41568 N N - - N The seeming irresponsibility of a brilliant rookie pitcher becomes a threat to the team's chances for the pennant. Rookie Season Guest, Jacqueline 60343 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 33829 N N - - - Leigh Aberdeen, excited by the prospect of winning the hockey championship with a new all-girls team, is furious when the coach adds a know-it-all boy to the line-up, and things get worse when her best friend, the team goalie, starts skipping practice. Room One: A Mystery or Two Clements, Andrew 106750 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 27621 N N - - N Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. Rooster Weaver, Beth Nixon 52019 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 74154 N N - - - On a small Florida orange grove in the 1960s, fifteen-year-old Kady Palmer is burdened with housework and caring for her senile grandmother and mentally handicapped neighbor.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Root Cellar Lunn, Janet 5080 EN MG 5.2 10.0 F 67263 N N - - N For twelve-year-old Rose, the root cellar was a passage through which she could escape the present and travel back in time to the 1860s and the Civil War. Rootabaga Stories Sandburg, Carl 68143 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 27346 N N - - - This book is a newly-illustrated edition of Carl Sandburg's fanciful, humorous tales peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others. Rot & Ruin Maberry, Jonathan 139855 EN UG 5.0 17.0 F 111009 N N - - - In a post-apocalyptic world where fences and border patrols guard the few people left from the zombies that have overtaken civilization, fifteen-year-old Benny is convinced that he must follow in his older brother's footsteps and become a bounty hunter. Rough & Tumble Bavaro, Mark 137117 EN UG 5.3 15.0 F 99553 N N - - - Dominic, tight end for the Giants, runs into problems of his own, including troubles with his girlfriend and bad news from his doctor, before learning that the team's linebacker has been found beaten just before they go to the Super Bowl. Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Springer, Nancy 49788 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 33365 N N - - N In her quest to connect with Robin Sherwood Forest Hood, the father she has never met, Rosemary disguises herself as a boy and makes peace with her elfin heritage. Royally Jacked Burnham, Niki 76725 EN UG 5.4 6.0 F 41373 N N - - - When Valerie's parents divorce, she travels to a small European nation with her dad rather than stay in Virginia with her mom and her vegan girlfriend. When she falls for the nation's prince, Valerie learns about the ups and downs of dating royalty. The Ruby in the Smoke Pullman, Philip 25239 EN UG 5.3 9.0 F 58871 N N - - - In nineteenth-century London, sixteen- year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Ruby Tuesday Kogler, Jennifer Anne 86854 EN MG+ 5.2 10.0 F 65569 N N - - - The 1988 World Series win by the LA Dodgers sets off a chain of life-changing events for thirteen-year-old Ruby Tuesday as she travels to Las Vegas and learns some surprising truths about her family members and their careers as gamblers and musicians. Ruby: A Novel Block, Francesca Lia 109185 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 37999 N N - - - Ruby's gift of a sixth sense has given her the ability to know her own destiny and seek her soul mate, a British actor named Orion, whom she winds up nursing back to health after fate brings them together. The coauthor is Carmen Staton. Rucker Park Setup Volponi, Paul 114838 EN UG 5.0 5.0 F 30589 N N - - - While playing in a basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell what really happened. The plot contains profanity. The Rule of Four Caldwell, Ian 88270 EN UG 5.9 18.0 F 113499 N N - - - Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris are determined to unlock the centuries old mystery behind an ancient Renaissance text before their graduation from Princeton. The coauthor is Dustin Thomason. Rules of the Road Bauer, Joan 25068 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 41948 N N - N N Sixteen-year-old Jenna takes a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire. Run the Blockade Wisler, G. Clifton 42446 EN MG 5.8 5.0 F 30743 N N - - - During the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Henry finds adventure working as a ship's boy and lookout aboard the "Banshee," a new British ship attempting to get past the Yankee blockade of the Southern coast.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Runaway Charles, Norma 36499 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 40671 N N - - - After Toni is sent to live at a convent, she befriends runaway Jess and they turn out to be "sisters" in mischief. The Runaway Hunter, Bernice 65025 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 36537 N N - - - Graham runs away from the orphanage Thurman to look for his mother. Soon he finds himself on a quest that takes him into adulthood and leads to something wonderful. The Runaway Dragon Coombs, Kate 134494 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 60531 N N - - - When her beloved dragon, Laddy, runs away, Princess Meg and some of her friends embark on a quest to find him and bring him home. The Runaways Snyder, Zilpha 29337 EN MG 5.4 10.0 F 62111 N N - - N Twelve year old Dani hates living in the Keatley small desert town of Rattler Springs, Nevada, but her plans to run away get complicated when a pesty young boy and an imaginative new girl decide they want to go along. Running with the Demon Brooks, Terry 85313 EN UG 5.8 23.0 F 146996 N N - - - Nest Freemark, a fourteen-year-old girl who possesses magical powers, becomes the center of a battle between good and evil in the small town of Hopewell, Illinois. Runs with Horses Burks, Brian 14486 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 18262 N N - - N Sixteen years old in 1886, Runs With Horses trains to become a warrior with Geronimo's band of Apaches in the American Southwest. Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot Kurtz, Jane 72267 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 35041 N N - - - After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in 1846.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Sabotaged Haddix, Margaret 138718 EN MG 5.0 11.0 F 70466 N N - - N Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are Peterson summoned to help another missing child from history, this time Virginia Dare from the Roanoke Colony, but their journey is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving them in the wrong time period. Book #3 Sacajawea Bruchac, Joseph 35646 EN MG 5.7 8.0 F 51809 N N - - N Sacajawea, a Shoshone Indian interpreter, peacemaker, and guide, and William Clark alternate in describing their experiences on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest. Sacred Shadows Schur, Maxine Rose 18832 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 46688 N N - - - When her German hometown becomes part of Poland after World War I, Lena, a young German Jew, struggles to come to terms with the anti-Semitism and anti- German hatred growing around her. Saint Iggy Going, K.L. 108589 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 49446 N N - - - Iggy, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with a dangerous drug dealer. Salsa Stories Delacre, Lulu 54636 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 13479 N N - - - This is a collection of stories within the story of a family celebration where the guests relate their memories of growing up in various Latin American countries. Sam I Am Cooper, Ilene 83022 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 54088 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Sam, the son of a Jewish father and Christian mother, struggles to understand religion and its role in his family's life during the Hanukkah and Christmas holidays.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Samir and Yonatan Carmi, Daniella 60451 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 38440 N N - - - Samir is sent for surgery to an Israeli hospital where he has two otherworldly experiences, making friends with an Israeli boy and traveling with him to Mars, where Samir finds peace about his brother's death. Translation is done by Yael Lotan. Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Van Draanen, 32155 EN MG 5.2 8.0 F 54568 N N - - N Sammy is working off detentions by Mercy Wendelin helping out at St. Mary's, but finds herself in trouble there, too. Book #3 Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Van Draanen, 28508 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 44833 N N - - N On Halloween night Sammy stumbles Man Wendelin on to a mystery involving a ten-year-old family feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume. Book #2 A Samurai Never Fears Death Hoobler, Dorothy 113364 EN MG+ 5.2 6.0 F 38361 N N - - - Returning home to investigate the possible connection of his family's tea shop with smugglers, Seikei, now a samurai in 18th-century Japan, becomes involved in murder and saving the life of his sister's boyfriend. The coauthor is Thomas Hoobler. Book #5 Sandman: The Dream Hunters Gaiman, Neil 138621 EN UG 5.6 2.0 F 9932 N N - - - A fox, in the form of a woman, overhears a group of demons who have been dispatched to kidnap a solitary monk from his temple to steal his inner peace and begins her struggle to save him. The text contains nudity and sexual references. Sandstorm Rollins, James 85909 EN UG 5.2 24.0 F 160578 N N - - - Curator Safia al-Maaz and her friend and museum benefactor Lady Kara Kensington team up with archaeologist Omaha Dunn and government operative Painter Crowe on a perilous expedition to the Arabian desert in search of the lost city of Ubar.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Sandy Bottom Orchestra Keillor, Garrison 20133 EN UG 5.5 10.0 F 66856 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Rachel comes to terms with her eccentric family while taking refuge in her violin-playing. The coauthor is Jenny Lind Nilsson. Sang Spell Naylor, Phyllis 31174 EN UG 5.2 7.0 F 44705 N N - - N When his mother is killed in an Reynolds automobile accident, high-schooler Josh decides to hitchhike across the country. He soon finds himself trapped in a mysterious village somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains among a group of people called Melungeons. Sara's Face Burgess, Melvin 115096 EN UG 5.7 10.0 F 65474 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Sara wants so much to be famous that when a legendary, plastic-surgery-addicted rock star offers to take her under his wing and pay for her to have surgery too, she jumps at the chance despite her misgivings. The Saturdays Enright, Elizabeth 69686 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 38650 N N - - - Four New York City siblings decide to pool their resources so that each can do a special thing on the Saturday that is his or her turn to receive the combined allowance. The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf Morris, Gerald 39890 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 44477 N N - - - Lynet, a feisty young woman, journeys to King Arthur's court in order to find a champion to rescue her beautiful older sister. Book #3 Save Queen of Sheba Moeri, Louise 6438 EN MG 5.8 4.0 F 27486 N N - - N Twelve-year-old King David and his little sister Queen of Sheba are the only survivors of an Indian attack on their wagon train. A story of courage and survival on the American Frontier. Saving Lilly Kehret, Peg 55023 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 29896 N N - - N Erin and David are in big trouble because they refuse to go on a field trip to the Glitter Tent Circus. They wrote a report on the sad lives of the circus animals, and discovered that the Glitter Tent Circus is one of the worst animal abusers of all.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Saving the Planet and Stuff Gauthier, Gail 71090 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 55689 N N - - - After losing his summer job with his uncle, sixteen-year-old Michael agrees to go to work for an environmentalist magazine in Vermont run by friends of his grandparents. Say You're One of Them Akpan, Uwem 128867 EN UG 5.7 15.0 F 97374 N N - - - This collection of short stories by Uwem Akpan celebrates the resilience and wisdom of children in Third World countries. The stories contain profanity and graphic violence, including genocide and the sexual exploitation of children. The Scarecrow and His Servant Pullman, Philip 89887 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 37733 N N - - N A scarecrow and his boy servant, Jack, set off on a dangerous adventure as they try to outwit the crooked Buffaloni family and stake their claim to valuable Spring Valley. Scat Hiaasen, Carl 127433 EN MG 5.5 12.0 F 79109 N N - - N Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing. The Schernoff Discoveries Paulsen, Gary 17592 EN MG 5.6 3.0 F 18293 N N - - N Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and social misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments and other dangers of junior high. The Schwa Was Here Shusterman, Neal 80744 EN MG+ 5.0 9.0 F 57922 N N - - N A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible -ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone. The Scorch Trials Dashner, James 140107 EN UG 5.0 15.0 F 96869 N N - - - After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Scorpia Horowitz, Anthony 86813 EN MG+ 5.0 12.0 F 80243 N N - - N After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, fourteen-year-old Alex goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English schoolchildren. Book #5 The Scorpio Races Stiefvater, Maggie 147559 EN UG 5.5 17.0 F 110085 N N - - - Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Scranimals Prelutsky, Jack 63507 EN MG 5.9 0.5 F 1441 N N - - N This is an illustrated collection of poems about the mysterious creatures--jumbles of birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers --that populate Scranimal Island. Screen Test Klass, David 29355 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 56138 N N - - - While starring in her first feature film, sixteen-year-old Liz is dazzled by Los Angeles and a charming and handsome leading man and wonders what it will be like to return to normal life in New Jersey. Sea of the Dead Durango, Julia 131464 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 21212 N N - - - When thirteen-year-old Kehl, fifth son of the Warrior Prince Amatec, is kidnapped by the Fallen King and forced to map the entire Carillon Empire, he also discovers a secret about his own past. The Search for WondLa DiTerlizzi, Tony 139492 EN MG 5.2 11.0 F 74098 N N - - - Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others like herself. The plot contains violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Search of the Moon King's Holeman, Linda 72728 EN MG 5.5 12.0 F 75897 N N - - - Emmaline's idyllic country life in Daughter Victorian England comes to an abrupt end when her father dies of cholera. The family is forced to move to a mill town, where Emmaline's mother is dreadfully injured in a factory accident. The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Paul, Ann Whitford 14436 EN MG 5.9 0.5 F 3117 N N - - - Patchwork patterns for quilts from the Patchwork United States. Second Chance Divine, L. 126699 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 61451 N N - - - Jayd wants a drama-free year at South Bay, but what she gets is a hot new boyfriend from the right side of town - white, rich, Jewish, and unlike anything she's ever known growing up in Compton. The plot contains profanity and sexual references. Book #2 Second Sight Bird, Isobel 47246 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 48028 N N - - - Kate, Cooper, and Annie are Wiccans, joined by magic and bound to nature. Their dreams have turned to visions of a missing girl, calling to them for help. Second Sight: Stories for a New L'Engle, Madeleine 32744 EN UG 5.2 4.0 F 25029 N N - - - Offering their insight through voices of Millennium humor, fantasy, and realism, writers for young adults play the role of visionaries in this collection of short stories. Authors include Madeleine L'Engle, Richard Peck, Natalie Babbitt, and Avi. Second Stringer Dygard, Thomas J. 40661 EN UG 5.8 6.0 F 37547 N N - - - When Kevin replaces the quarterback and football hero who suffers a knee injury, the high school second stringer needs to prove that he can do the job and is not just a substitute. The Secret Country Johnson, Jane 106117 EN MG 5.7 9.0 F 55481 N N - - - Having learned from a talking cat that he and his sisters are the half-elfin royalty of a parallel world called Eidolon, twelve -year-old Ben attempts to stop his uncle from smuggling magical creatures between the two worlds. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Secret Fiend Peacock, Shane 137904 EN MG 5.3 9.0 F 59440 N N - - - Holmes is approached by the beautiful Beatrice to help locate her friend, who was abducted by the evil Spring Heeled Jack on Westminster Bridge. The plot contains mild sexual references and violence. Case #4 Secret in St. Something Wallace, Barbara 50387 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 45632 N N - - N Fleeing from a cruel stepfather, Robin Brooks takes his baby brother and finds shelter with street boys living in a church in a tenement area of New York City. The Secret Keeper Whelan, Gloria 9641 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 43702 N N - - - To sixteen-year-old Annie, the prospect of working at the Beaches for the summer seems idyllic. But soon after she's hired by the Larimers to care for their young grandson Matt, Annie learns about the dark side of this exclusive lake resort. Secret Letters from 0 to 10 Morgenstern, Susie 27748 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 24463 N N - - N Ten-year-old Ernest lives a boring existence in Paris with his grandmother until a lively girl named Victoria enters his class at school. The Secret Life of Bees Kidd, Sue Monk 68836 EN UG 5.7 15.0 F 93316 N N - - N Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African- American woman who has cared for Lily since her mother's death, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina. The Secret Life of Owen Skye Cumyn, Alan 62227 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 32024 N N - - - For Owen Skye, everyday life is full of danger and mystery. Thank goodness for Andy and Leonard. When life gets crazy, it's good to have brothers on your side. The Secret of Platform 13 Ibbotson, Eva 21572 EN MG 5.8 7.0 F 46046 N N - - N Odge and an old wizard travel through a magical tunnel from their island to London to rescue the son of the King and Queen who was stolen as an infant.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Secret of Sentinel Rock Silverthorne, Judith 31217 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 34460 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Emily has to find a way to come to terms with losing her grandmother and unravel the secrets that have brought a stranger into her life. The Secret of the Mansion Campbell, Julie 74991 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 50138 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Trixie Belden and her friends search for hidden treasure in a mysterious mansion owned by an old miser. The Secret of the Silver Mines: A Peacock, Shane 66600 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 41622 N N - - - A Toronto millionaire has hired Dylan's Dylan Maples Adventure dad, a lawyer, to try to win back a fortune in silver that was allegedly stolen from his grandfather back in the early days of the twentieth century. The Secret of the Swamp King Rogers, Jonathan 100192 EN MG 5.7 8.0 F 52592 N N - - - As book two opens, Aidan is living in the court of King Darrow. He has become best friends with Darrow's son Steren. But King Darrow's suspicion is growing, and his insecurity causes him to hate the young man who saved his kingdom. The Secret of Zoom Jonell, Lynne 132139 EN MG 5.1 10.0 F 67007 N N - - - Ten-year-old Christina lives a sheltered life until she discovers a secret tunnel, an evil plot to enslave orphans, and a mysterious source of energy known as zoom. The Secret Road Nordan, Robert 54692 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 47343 N N - - - Laura leaves her strict parents' Georgia plantation to spend the summer with her Quaker aunt and uncle. She discovers their home is a stop on the Underground Railroad and helps a slave escape to freedom. The Secret Story of Sonia Sitomer, Alan 126922 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 61246 N N - - - Tenth-grader Sonia reveals secrets Rodriguez Lawrence about her life and her Hispanic family as she studies to become the first Rodriguez to finish high school. The plot contains profanity, sexual situation and language, violence, and racial slurs.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Secret Wish of Nannerl Mozart Nickel, Barbara 41706 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 39148 N N - - - Nannerl Mozart, like her brother Kathleen Wolfgang, was a musical genius. This book tells about her struggle to promote her symphony. See Ya, Simon Hill, David 20790 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 35559 N N - - - Over the years, fourteen-year-old Nathan has learned a lot about muscular dystrophy from his best friend but is unprepared for Simon's rapid decline and approaching death. The Seer and the Sword Hanley, Victoria 48149 EN UG 5.1 12.0 F 79736 N N - - - Princess Torina, who has the ability to see the future, and her friend, who seeks a sword that belongs to his conquered kingdom, are separated when a murderer gains power. The Seer of Shadows Avi 121299 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 38755 N N - - N In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year- old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fake spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a scary turn. Sees Behind Trees Dorris, Michael 15808 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 24275 N N - - N A Native-American boy with a special gift to "see" beyond his poor eyesight journeys with an old warrior to a land of mystery and beauty. Seesaw Girl Park, Linda Sue 34882 EN MG 5.7 3.0 F 16442 N N - - N Impatient with the constraints put on her as an aristocratic girl living in Korea during the seventeenth century, twelve- year-old Jade Blossom determines to see beyond her small world. Seize the Day Bellow, Saul 71091 EN UG 5.6 7.0 F 43775 N N - - - This is a portrait of one day in the life of Tommy Wilhelm, a man on the brink of despair. Send Me down a Miracle Nolan, Han 14488 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 47695 N N - - - A sleepy, God-fearing Southern town erupts in chaos when a flamboyant artist from New York City returns to her birthplace for an artistic experiment.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Seneca Falls Inheritance Monfredo, Miriam 63180 EN UG 5.5 13.0 F 85420 N N - - - The town of Seneca Falls, New York, Grace has become the setting for the Women's Rights Convention of 1848. Town librarian Glynis Tyron has agreed to help organize the event. She expected there would be controversy. She didn't expect murder. Sent Haddix, Margaret 131852 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 59174 N N - - N Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex Peterson suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, Richard, who usurps the crown. Book #2 The Serpent Never Sleeps: A O'Dell, Scott 80500 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 48439 N N - - - In the early 17th century, Serena Lynn, Novel of Jamestown and determined to be with the man she has Pocahontas loved since childhood, travels to the New World where she meets John Smith. The Serpent Slayer and Other Tchana, Katrin 44304 EN MG 5.9 5.0 F 33300 N N - - - This is a collection of eighteen Stories of Strong Women traditional tales from various parts of the world, each of whose main character is a strong and resourceful woman. Seven for a Secret Sheppard, Mary C. 51964 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 58976 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Melinda is looking forward to spending another summer with her cousins Rebecca and Kate on Newfoundland's west coast. The Seven Songs of Merlin Barron, T.A. 28468 EN MG 5.2 12.0 F 77272 N N - - - Having stumbled upon his hidden powers, the young wizard Merlin voyages to the Otherworld in his quest to find himself and the way to the realm of the spirit. Book #2 Seven Tears into the Sea Farley, Terri 86782 EN MG+ 5.2 9.0 F 59726 N N - - - Gwen knows it's time to go back home. She longs for the sea. Perhaps the memory of the boy she had a strange encounter with when she was ten and his haunting words are drawing her back to the place they met. Perhaps it's time for her to face her destiny.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Seventh Son Card, Orson Scott 32825 EN UG 5.9 13.0 F 81055 N N - - - In an alternate frontier America, folk magic works, and has colored the entire history of the colonies. It is into this world, amid the deep wood where the Red Man still holds sway, that a very special child is born. Sexy Oates, Joyce Carol 86121 EN UG 5.3 5.0 F 34793 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Darren Flynn's life is changed forever after he finds out that his jock friends are planning revenge against their English teacher for failing a member of the swim team. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind Staples, Suzanne 7122 EN UG 5.9 9.0 F 57029 N N - N N When eleven-year-old Shabanu is Fisher pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the customary decision or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes. Shades of Gray Reeder, Carolyn 6028 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 42241 N N - - N At the end of the Civil War, twelve-year- old Will, having lost all his immediate family, reluctantly leaves his city home to live in the Virginia countryside with his aunt and uncle he considers "traitors" because they refused to take part in the war. The Shadow Club Shusterman, Neal 5293 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 42135 N N - - N A high school boy and his friends decide to form a club of "second bests" and play anonymous tricks on each other's arch rivals. When the harmless pranks become life-threatening, however, no one in the club will admit responsibility. The Shadow Club Rising Shusterman, Neal 57121 EN UG 5.7 7.0 F 45010 N N - - - Even though he has disbanded his Shadow Club, formed to play mean- spirited tricks on his enemies, fourteen- year-old Jared finds himself suspected when a popular boy at school becomes the target of new pranks.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Shadow of a Bull Wojciechowska, Maia 80 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 32720 N N - N N The son of a famous bullfighter resists the pressures that try to force him to become a bullfighter like his hero father. Shadow of the Dragon Garland, Sherry 10297 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 61652 N N - - - Two Vietnamese-American boys confront gangs in their high school. The Shadow Project Brennan, Herbie 135100 EN MG+ 5.2 10.0 F 65122 N N - - - A young English thief stumbles on, and subsequently is recruited for, a super- secret operation that trains teenagers in remote viewing and astral projection techniques in order to engage in spying. The plot contains mild profanity and violence. Book #1 Shadow-Catcher Levin, Betty 41249 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 35135 N N - - - Although he often fancied himself a detective, Jonathan must become a real sleuth when he attempts to solve a mystery while accompanying his grandfather, a Civil War veteran and traveling photographer in Maine. Shadowed Summer Mitchell, Saundra 128144 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 45250 N N - - - In the small town of Ondine, Louisiana, fourteen-year-old Iris uncovers family secrets when she conjures up the ghost of a boy missing for decades and decides to solve the mystery of his disappearance. The Shadowing: Hunted Slater, Adam 146052 EN MG+ 5.1 7.0 F 43672 N N - - - At a time called The Shadowing, the barrier between the netherworld and the human world breaks down, and as 14- year-old Callum sees his visions of murders coming true, he strives to fulfill his destiny. The plot contains violence. Book #1 The Shadows West, Jacqueline 137299 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 45569 N N - - - When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Shadows of Ghadames Stolz, Joëlle 81842 EN MG 5.9 4.0 F 24274 N N - - N At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things. Shadows on a Sword: The Second Bradford, Karleen 45275 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 55684 N N - - - This book is the exciting sequel to Book of the Crusades THERE WILL BE WOLVES. Theobald, a passionate young knight can't wait to embark on the Holy Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. The Shakeress Heuston, Kimberley 67385 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 47460 N N - - - While searching for her true self and for the way to meet the needs of her personal sense of spirituality, an orphaned teenaged girl joins a Shaker community in mid-nineteenth century New England and learns about a new religion called Mormonism. The Shakespeare Stealer Blackwood, Gary L. 28290 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 47688 N N - - - A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to transcribe the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty, after becoming part of the acting troupe. Shakespeare's Spy Blackwood, Gary 74074 EN MG 5.7 11.0 F 72819 N N - - - Widge, a young apprentice at London's Globe Theatre, becomes infatuated with Shakespeare's daughter, attempts to write a play, learns more about his past, endangers himself to help a friend, acquires a new identity, and finds a new purpose in life. The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale Cherry, Lynne 32179 EN MG 5.1 0.5 F 1149 N N - - - Kamanya believes in the shaman's of the Amazon Rain Forest wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and hopes one day to be a healer for his people. The coauthor is Mark Plotkin. Shane Schaefer, Jack 546 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 42909 N N - N N A mysterious drifting gunman helps the homesteaders break the power of the Wyoming cattlemen.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Shapeshifter's Quest Landon, Dena 101952 EN MG+ 5.6 7.0 F 45975 N N - - - To atone for the misdeed of an ancestor, teen-aged Syanthe, a shapeshifter, journeys outside the safety of the forest where she has always lived to learn the secret of the evil king's magic. The Shark Callers Campbell, Eric 14489 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 38634 N N - - - Two teenage boys, one on a shark hunt and the other traveling with his family, face the challenge of their lives when a volcano erupts, causing a massive tidal wave in the South Seas. Sharp Shot Higgins, Jack 132415 EN MG+ 5.2 8.0 F 52469 N N - - - British twins Rich and Jade Chance are back for a third adventure with their spy father as they try to save the Middle East and the president of the United States from a terrorist government coup. The coauthor is Justin Richards. Book #3 Sharp Teeth Barlow, Toby 124137 EN UG 5.6 10.0 F 61941 N N - - - Dogcatcher Anthony has no idea that his girlfriend is a werewolf who has abandoned her pack, but her efforts to keep her secret lead to murderous results. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and graphic violence. Shattered Mirror Atwater-Rhodes, 57931 EN MG+ 5.9 6.0 F 36246 N N - - - As seventeen-year-old Sarah, daughter Amelia of a powerful line of vampire-hunting witches, continues to pursue the ancient bloodsucker Nikolas, she finds herself in a dangerous friendship with two vampire siblings in her high school. Book #3 Shattered: Stories of Children and Armstrong, Jennifer 56465 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 37175 N N - - - This is a collection of twelve stories that War explore the complex ways young people are affected by war. The Shattering Healey, Karen 146045 EN UG 5.2 11.0 F 73133 N N - - - When a rash of suicides disturbs Summerton, the younger siblings of the dead boys become suspicious and begin an investigation that puts them in grave danger. The plot contains profanity and graphic violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The She Plum-Ucci, Carol 72768 EN UG 5.5 13.0 F 86384 N N - - - After his parents are lost at sea, Evan Barrett and his brother leave their seaside home in West Hook to escape bad memories, but years later even worse questions emerge when Evan is asked to help a fellow student deal with another sea-related tragedy. She's Come Undone Lamb, Wally 18429 EN UG 5.2 22.0 F 145710 N N - - - Delores, an overweight teenager who is struggling with life as she becomes an adult, is determined to rise above her challenges and meet them head on. Sherwood: Original Stories from Yolen et al., Jane 61010 EN MG 5.9 5.0 F 28346 N N - - - In this collection, eight authors weave the World of Robin Hood enchanting new stories about the legendary Robin Hood. Shield of Stars Bell, Hilari 113961 EN MG+ 5.6 10.0 F 61489 N N - - N When the justice he works for is condemned of treason, fourteen-year- old and semi-reformed pickpocket Weasel sets out to find a notorious bandit who may be able to help save his master's life. Book #1 Shine, Coconut Moon Meminger, Neesha 129458 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 61197 N N - - - In the days and weeks following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Samar, who is of Punjabi heritage but has been raised by her single mother with no knowledge of her past, wants to learn about her family's history. Shizuko's Daughter Mori, Kyoko 10289 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 58678 N N - - - A young Japanese girl struggles with the haunting memories of her mother, who committed suicide. Shock Point Henry, April 105014 EN MG+ 5.2 7.0 F 47488 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Cassie is determined to expose her stepfather after learning that he is giving a dangerous experimental drug to his teenaged psychiatric patients, but he sends her to a boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico to keep her quiet.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Shoot the Buffalo Briggs, Matt 106773 EN UG 5.3 18.0 F 118028 N N - - - The summer Aldous turns nine, his parents move to the woods near Snoqualmie, WA, "to reinvent the American family." Their makeshift paradise takes shape in a haze of pot smoke and good intentions and ultimately births a vortex of personal insecurity. Shooting Monarchs Halliday, John 67381 EN UG 5.8 5.0 F 30666 N N - - - Macy and Danny, two teenage boys who have both grown up under difficult circumstances, turn out very differently-- one becomes a hero, the other a murderer. Shooting Star Bates, Cynthia 52792 EN MG 5.8 4.0 F 27057 N N - - - Quyen is playing for the local bantam team and not sure she likes it. Some of the girls are stuck up, and one seems determined to make her an enemy. Shooting the Moon Dowell, Frances 119938 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 27372 N N - - N When her brother is sent to fight in O'Roark Vietnam, twelve-year-old Jamie begins to reconsider the army world that she has grown up in. Shoulder the Sky Choyce, Lesley 75978 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 43557 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Martin Emerson uses his popular website, where he gives advice and rants about any number of subjects, as an outlet for his grief and confusion after his mother's death as well as his feelings about his emotionally absent father. Shutout Halpin, Brendan 138719 EN MG 5.6 7.0 F 42807 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Amanda and her best friend start high school looking forward to playing on the varsity soccer team, but when Lena makes varsity and Amanda only makes junior varsity, their long friendship rapidly changes. The plot contains profanity.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Siberia Halam, Ann 88694 EN UG 5.5 11.0 F 70311 N N - - - After spending two years at a prison school, thirteen-year-old Sloe sets off on a trek across frozen wastelands, tending to the secret "seeds" of wild animals her mother left in her care, trying to reach a new life for all of them. Sights Vance, Susanna 48142 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 46810 N N - - - Despite years of abuse at the hands of her drunken father, Baby Girl has always believed that she was special, partly because of her "gift" of seeing the future, until she and her mother set out to begin a new life on their own. The Sign of the Chrysanthemum Paterson, Katherine 73399 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 28899 N N - - - A teenager comes to know himself through contacts with social ills and political unrest while searching for his father in Japan's capital, centuries ago. Signs & Wonders Collins, Pat Lowery 41561 EN UG 5.5 5.0 F 35323 N N - - - In a series of letters, a fourteen-year-old convent school student who never knew her mother and resents her father grapples with her belief that God has chosen her to give birth to a prophet. The Silent Storm Garland, Sherry 10251 EN MG 5.5 9.0 F 57118 N N - - N Alyssa is forced to confront the unspeakable memory of a tragic accident at sea. The Silent Stranger: A Kaya Shaw, Janet 88631 EN MG 5.5 3.0 F 19058 N N - - - In 1765, the arrival of an injured Mystery stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Perce village. Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story Pinkney, Andrea 36396 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 43001 N N - - N In 1862, eleven-year-old Summer and Davis her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Silent to the Bone Konigsburg, E.L. 44292 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 47795 N N - N N When he is wrongly accused of gravely injuring his baby half sister, Branwell loses his power of speech and only his friend, Connor, is able to reach him and uncover the truth about what really happened. Silk Umbrellas Marsden, Carolyn 74912 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 14946 N N - - N Eleven-year-old Noi worries that she will have to stop painting the silk umbrellas her family sells at the market near their Thai village and be forced to join her older sister in difficult work at a local factory instead. The Silver Crown O'Brien, Robert C. 5955 EN MG 5.2 10.0 F 65451 N N - - N Suspense-filled tale about a mysterious crown that proves to be a harbinger of evil, by the author of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. The Silver Donkey Hartnett, Sonya 107682 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 30239 N N - - - In France during World War I, four French children learn about honesty, loyalty, and courage from an English army deserter who tells them a series of stories related to his small, silver donkey charm. Silver Phoenix Pon, Cindy 130995 EN UG 5.5 12.0 F 78042 N N - - - With her father long overdue from his journey and a lecherous merchant blackmailing her into marriage, Ai Ling becomes aware of a strange power within her as she goes in search of her parent. The plot contains sexual situations and violence. SilverFin Higson, Charlie 88569 EN MG+ 5.9 14.0 F 89854 N N - - N This prequel to the adventures of James Bond, 007, introduces us to the young James when he's just started boarding school in England and is about to become involved in his first adventure. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Simon Says Alphin, Elaine Marie 59170 EN UG 5.7 10.0 F 66259 N N - - - An alienated, aspiring, young painter who attends high school at a boarding school for the arts discovers that being true to himself means opening the door to both pain and pleasure. Simply Alice Naylor, Phyllis 59216 EN UG 5.2 7.0 F 46665 N N - - - In her freshman year, fourteen-year-old Reynolds Alice experiences changes and challenges with friends, family, and school activities, which leave her feeling better about herself than ever before. Book #14 Singer Thesman, Jean 87564 EN MG 5.5 12.0 F 75540 N N - - - Imprisoned by her wicked and power- hungry mother, Lady Rhiamon, Gwenore escapes to a women's healing community, later changing her name and becoming nursemaid and protector to the children of the magical King of Lir, who is now married to Rhiamon. Singer in the Snow Marley, Louise 102731 EN MG+ 5.3 12.0 F 76743 N N - - - In a land where summer comes once every five years, two gifted young Singers are sent to a remote outpost where they struggle to refine their abilities to create heat and light using their psi energy. Singer of Souls Stemple, Adam 103257 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 65942 N N - - - Douglas flees his life of petty crime and drug abuse in Minneapolis to Edinburgh, Scotland, where Grandma McLaren hopes to offer him a fresh start, but as Douglas earns his living playing music, he learns that Edinburgh hides its own dangers. Singing Hands Ray, Delia 106303 EN MG 5.9 8.0 F 52713 N N - - - In the late 1940s, twelve-year-old Gussie learns the definition of integrity while helping with a celebration at the Alabama School for the Deaf, her punishment for misdeeds against her deaf parents and their boarders.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Sinister Pig Hillerman, Tony 76227 EN UG 5.4 8.0 F 52816 N N - - - The investigations of Navajo Tribal Police sergeant Jim Chee and his love interest border patrol officer Bernadette Manuelito converge when the murder of an ex-CIA agent turns out to be tied to an exotic game ranch near the Mexican border. Sister Light, Sister Dark Yolen, Jane 72351 EN UG 5.5 12.0 F 75920 N N - - - The great goddess Alta creates two sister queens to rule the forces of darkness and light on Earth and challenges them to work in harmony as perfect and opposing reflections of one another. Sister to the Wolf Trottier, Maxine 82147 EN MG 5.5 13.0 F 81963 N N - - - Cécile buys freedom for Lesharo, a Pawnee slave, and together they travel with Cécile's father to the new fort at Détroit. But Lesharo is again looked upon as a slave and they can only be free in the wild, where the wolf watches and waits. Sister, Sister Daniels, Babygirl 135674 EN UG 5.0 5.0 F 33294 N N - - - Teenager Tara, who has always been shy and jealous of her sister, has to step into the shoes of her twin, Mya, after a tragedy and learns her sibling's life is not as perfect as Tara thought it was. Book #3 Sisterhood Everlasting Brashares, Ann 145808 EN UG 5.1 14.0 F 92054 N N - - - Carmen, Tibby, Bridget, and Lena are now adults living far apart but still in need of one another. From Australia, Tibby facilitates a rendezvous on the Greek isle of Santorini, where a tragedy puts their friendship to a test. The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Buckley, Michael 104622 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 56907 N N - - N Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm Detectives are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother who they have always believed to be dead. Book #1.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Sisters Grimm: The Problem Buckley, Michael 106219 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 57432 N N - - N The sisters Grimm come face to face Child with their parents' kidnappers, the mysterious organization of Everafters who call themselves The Scarlet Hand. One turns out to be the most famous fairy-tale character and another an unstoppable killer. Book #3. The Sisters Grimm: The Unusual Buckley, Michael 105934 EN MG 5.4 9.0 F 57853 N N - - N Although filled with anger over her Suspects parents' disappearance, eleven-year-old Sabrina Grimm--along with her grandmother, sister, and several fairy- tale characters--tries to discover who has killed her teacher. Book #2. Sisters of the Sword Snow, Maya 122758 EN MG+ 5.9 9.0 F 56601 N N - - - After their family is betrayed, two aristocratic sisters in ancient Japan disguise themselves as boys to train at a school for samurai. Book #1 The Sixty-Eight Rooms Malone, Marianne 135908 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 60385 N N - - - When her sixth-grade class visits the Art Institute of Chicago, Ruthie and her best friend, Jack, discover a magic key that shrinks them to the size of gerbils and allows them to explore the Thorne Rooms, a collection of sixty-eight miniature rooms. Skater Stuntboys Withers, Pam 87851 EN MG+ 5.4 6.0 F 38511 N N - - - Fifteen-year-olds Jake and Peter land jobs as skateboarding stuntboys on a movie set. The boys couldn't be happier, but their dream job proves to be more trouble than they expected. Book #4 Skateway to Freedom Alma, Ann 42410 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 37288 N N - - - Josie must leave friends and everything behind as her family, fearing her dad's arrest, flee from East Germany to Canada. Skating for Power & Speed Rossiter, Sean 79150 EN MG 5.5 1.0 F 7773 N N - - - This book describes how young hockey players can enhance their skating skills by improving their strength, agility and balance, control, quickness, power and speed, and flexibility. The coauthor is Paul Carson.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Skeleton Man Hillerman, Tony 86236 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 60200 N N - - - Sergeant Jim Chee, Cowboy Dashee, and Bernie Manuelito try to prove the innocence of Dashee's cousin by finding the missing man with the diamonds. Two adversaries are also in the search for two opposite reasons. Skin and Other Stories Dahl, Roald 59217 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 60306 N N - - - How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out the tattoo on your back was worth ten million francs? Find out in these stories. Skullcrack Bo, Ben 44866 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 39144 N N - - - Jonah, a troubled boy who escapes from his dreary life with an alcoholic father by surfing on the coast of Ireland, discovers that he has a twin sister, with whom he has an unusual mental link. The Sky Is Everywhere Nelson, Jandy 135909 EN UG 5.2 10.0 F 68864 N N - - - In the months after her sister dies, seventeen-year-old Lennie falls into a love triangle and discovers the strength to follow her dream of becoming a musician. The plot contains profanity. The Sky Is Falling Pearson, Kit 5956 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 56757 N N - - N The experiences of a young girl and her small brother who are evacuated to Canada at the beginning of World War II and find that they will be staying with complete strangers. Skybreaker Oppel, Kenneth 101561 EN MG+ 5.0 16.0 F 105876 N N - - N Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain to find a long-lost airship rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Slam Dunk Barwin, Steven 31167 EN MG 5.6 4.0 F 23721 N N - - - The Raptors basketball team is going coed, but Mason and his friends aren't sure how they feel about it. Up until now, the team has always been successful. What will having girls on the Raptors mean? The coauthor is Gabriel David Tick. Slave Day Thomas, Rob 18835 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 64283 N N - - - Relates the events of a southern high school's "Slave Day" auction and fund- raiser, which leads students, teachers, and even community members to rethink their approaches to life. Slaves of the Mastery Nicholson, William 57116 EN MG+ 5.3 14.0 F 88839 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Bowman uses his newly discovered powers to join with his twin sister Kestrel in an attempt to liberate their people from the "beautiful but cruel" civilization which has enslaved them. Book #2 The Sledding Hill Crutcher, Chris 87630 EN MG+ 5.9 6.0 F 37650 N N - - - Billy, recently deceased, keeps an eye on his best friend, Eddie, who has added to his home and school problems by becoming mute, and helps him stand up to a conservative minister and English teacher who is orchestrating a censorship challenge. Slob Potter, Ellen 130007 EN MG+ 5.0 7.0 F 46467 N N - - - Picked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find out what happened the day his parents were killed. The plot contains mild profanity and violence, including bullying situations. Sloppy Firsts McCafferty, Megan 60663 EN UG 5.2 12.0 F 76846 N N - - - When her best friend moves away, hyper-observant sixteen-year-old Jessica is devastated. A fish out of water at school and a stranger at home, Jessica feels more lost than ever now that the only person with whom she could really communicate has gone.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Slow Way Home Morris, Michael 78293 EN UG 5.6 15.0 F 97834 N N - - - Eight-year-old Brandon Willard and his grandparents leave their farm for Florida and begin a new life with new names. Then Brandon's mother appears a year after abandoning him and wins custody. Sly Mongoose Buckell, Tobias S. 134807 EN UG 5.0 14.0 F 92874 N N - - - Teenager Timas and a former elite solider named Pepper must defend their floating city on the harsh planet Chilo from the Alien swarm and the looming threat of interplanetary war. A Small Free Kiss In the Dark Millard, Glenda 136423 EN MG+ 5.1 7.0 F 47714 N N - - - Skip, an 11-year-old runaway, becomes friends with Billy, a homeless man, and together they flee a war-torn Australian city with 6-year-old Max and camp out at a seaside amusement park, where they are joined by Tia, a 15-year-old ballerina, and her baby. Small Island: A Novel Levy, Andrea 105001 EN UG 5.1 23.0 F 149116 N N - - - Hortense arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero but finds his status as a black man second class. A Small White Scar Nuzum, K.A. 109339 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 32567 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon leaves his family and begins life as a cowboy, but his mentally challenged twin brother follows him and joins the journey. Snail Mail No More Danziger, Paula 43475 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 46419 N N - - N Now that they live in different cities, thirteen-year-old Tara and Elizabeth use e-mail to talk about everything that is occurring in their lives and to try to maintain their closeness as they face big changes. The coauthor is Ann M. Martin.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Snake Dreamer Galloway, Priscilla 28510 EN UG 5.1 9.0 F 60089 N N - - - Haunted by terrifying dreams of snakes, Dusa goes to a clinic in Greece, where two mysterious doctors, the Gordon sisters, promise to cure her of her nightmares. The Snow Goose Gallico, Paul 71758 EN MG 5.9 1.0 F 6783 N N - - - Against the backdrop of World War II, friendship develops between a lonely crippled painter and a village girl, when together they minister to an injured snow goose. So B. It Weeks, Sarah 78419 EN MG+ 5.0 6.0 F 41961 N N - - N After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is. So Mote It Be Bird, Isobel 47248 EN UG 5.4 8.0 F 51166 N N - - - Kate cast the love spell with unforeseen results. Now she needs the help of two strangers to stop it. So Yesterday Westerfeld, Scott 80126 EN UG 5.3 9.0 F 55703 N N - - N Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is paid by corporations to spot what is "cool," combines his analytical skills with girlfriend Jen's creative talents to find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy directed at the heart of consumer culture. So You Want to Be a Wizard Duane, Diane 14491 EN UG 5.9 11.0 F 66777 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension. Soccer Chick Rules FitzGerald, Dawn 108862 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 36434 N N - - - While trying to focus on a winning soccer season, thirteen-year-old Tess becomes involved in local politics when she learns that all sports programs at her school will be stopped unless a tax levy is passed.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Society of S Hubbard, Susan 135751 EN UG 5.2 13.0 F 82866 N N - - - When twelve-year-old Ariella Montero discovers that her father is a vampire and her estranged mother is a mortal, she has a choice to make and sets out on a quest that leads to her mother and an answer. The plot contains sexual situations and violence. Sold McCormick, Patricia 109091 EN UG 5.0 5.0 F 33702 N N - - - After monsoons wash away her family's rice crop, thirteen-year-old Lakshmi is sold into prostitution by her stepfather. Soldier Boy Burks, Brian 52021 EN UG 5.6 4.0 F 23640 N N - - - A boy who grew up in the slums of late nineteenth-century Chicago runs away, joins the cavalry, and fights with General Custer in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Soldier Boys Richards, David 46706 EN MG 5.4 9.0 F 57403 N N - - - A bugle boy stows away on a train, dreaming of glory, to help fight the Métis rebels. Soldier Boys Hughes, Dean 55204 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 45707 N N - - N Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge. Soldier X Wulffson, Don L. 46856 EN UG 5.7 7.0 F 47442 N N - - N 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. Soldier's Heart Paulsen, Gary 20135 EN MG 5.7 2.0 F 15206 N N - N N 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. Solstice Wood McKillip, Patricia A. 109684 EN UG 5.0 10.0 F 69028 N N - - - Sylvia is summoned to upstate New York to attend her grandfather's funeral and finds herself the center of a conflict between the Fiber Guild, who meet to sew a magical barrier, and the fay creatures of the forest, with whom she shares a secret heritage.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Some of Tim's Stories Hinton, S.E. 129807 EN UG 5.4 5.0 F 33758 N N - - - This collection of fourteen short stories explores the challenges and struggles of adults trapped in lives plagued by missed opportunities. Interviews with the author comprise the second half of the book. Somebody Everybody Listens To Supplee, Suzanne 137852 EN UG 5.3 9.0 F 60015 N N - - - After graduating from high school in the tiny town of Starling, Tennessee, aspiring country singer Retta Lee Jones goes to Nashville, where in spite of some bad luck and hard times, she pursues her dreams. Someone Like You Dessen, Sarah 28288 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 67826 N N - - N Halley's junior year of high school included the death of her best friend Scarlett's boyfriend, the discovery that Scarlett is pregnant, Halley's own first serious relationship, and increased tensions between herself and her mother. Someone Named Eva Wolf, Joan M. 115398 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 44432 N N - - N From her home in Czechoslovakia in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" for adoption by German families, but she remembers her true name and history. Someone to Love Lantz, Francess 25173 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 64378 N N - - - Sara has been an only child for years and has mixed feelings about her parents' plans to adopt. Something About America Testa, Maria 103512 EN MG+ 5.2 1.0 F 4034 N N - - N In poetic free verse, a 13-year-old narrator describes her life in America after having been horribly burned during the war in Kosova.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Sometimes We're Always Real Roesch, Mattox 135978 EN UG 5.7 14.0 F 87333 N N - - - Cesar Stone, a teenage gang member Same-Same from Los Angeles, moves with his mother to her native Alaska, where he bonds with his older cousin Go-boy and starts to feel hope for the future. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence. Song of Solomon Morrison, Toni 18432 EN UG 5.0 14.0 F 92400 N N - - - A literary masterpiece about four generations of black life in America. Song of the Buffalo Boy Garland, Sherry 5959 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 56549 N N - - N Shunned and mistreated because of her mixed heritage and determined to avoid an arranged marriage, seventeen-year- old Loi runs away to Ho Chi Minh City, hoping that she and the boy she loves will be able to go to the United States to find her father. The Song of the Molimo Cutler, Jane 44094 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 42616 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Harry comes from Kansas to visit the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, and meets an African Pygmy who is on display. Song of the Wanderer Coville, Bruce 32242 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 59998 N N - - N Having jumped into Luster, the land of unicorns, Cara makes a perilous journey to bring back her grandmother, the Wanderer, in order to release the Queen of the unicorns and allow her to die. Book #2 The Song Reader Tucker, Lisa 76667 EN UG 5.5 15.0 F 95521 N N - - - Mary Beth, trying to support herself and her young sister, supplements her income by interpreting the song lyrics people have stuck in their heads, but things go horribly wrong when her talent reveals a dark secret about her small southern hometown. Sons of Liberty Griffin, Adele 25060 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 38336 N N - - - When thirteen-year-old Rock helps his friend Liza run away from home, he wonders whether escaping from his own troubled family would be an act of patriotism or of treason.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Sorceress Rees, Celia 62982 EN UG 5.6 10.0 F 66774 N N - - - Eighteen-year-old Agnes, a Mohawk Indian who is descended from a line of shamanic healers, uses her own newly- discovered power to uncover the story of her ancestor, a seventeenth-century New England English healer who fled charges of witchcraft. Sorta Like a Rock Star Quick, Matthew 137041 EN MG+ 5.4 10.0 F 65579 N N - - - Although homeless and living in a bus with her unfit mother, Amber Appleton is a relentless optimist who finds ways to help others. When a fatal tragedy threatens Amber's outlook and her way of life, she struggles to retain her sense of hope. Soul Searching: Thirteen Stories Fraustino, Lisa Rowe 62569 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 70962 N N - - - This is a collection of thirteen stories About Faith and Belief about faith and belief. Sound the Jubilee Forrester, Sandra 14542 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 41655 N N - - N A slave and her family find refuge on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, during the Civil War. Sources of Light McMullan, Margaret 136605 EN MG+ 5.2 8.0 F 51883 N N - - - In 1962 after her father is killed in Vietnam, Samantha moves with her mother to Jackson, Mississippi. During the year they spend there, Sam encounters both love and hate as she witnesses the prejudice and violence of the segregationists of the South. South Beach Friedman, Aimee 86707 EN UG 5.5 10.0 F 67079 N N - - - In a place where anything can happen, and does, two ex-best friends discover that a chance encounter can lead to the chance of a lifetime. Sovay Rees, Celia 123738 EN MG+ 5.7 17.0 F 105265 N N - - - In 1794 England, the rich and beautiful Sovay, disguised as a highwayman, acquires papers that could lead to her father's arrest for treason, and soon her newly awakened political consciousness leads her and a compatriot to France during the Revolution.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Space Between Trees Williams, Katie 138081 EN UG 5.3 12.0 F 77337 N N - - - When the body of a classmate is discovered in the woods, sixteen-year- old Evie's lies wind up involving her with the girl's best friend, trying to track down the killer. The plot contains profanity and violence. Spanking Shakespeare Wizner, Jake 120412 EN UG 5.3 8.0 F 54623 N N - - - Shakespeare Shapiro navigates a senior year fraught with feelings of insecurity while writing the memoir of his embarrassing life, worrying about his younger brother being cooler than he is, and having no prospects of ever getting a girlfriend. Speechless Sherrard, Valerie 141451 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 34514 N N - - - From squaring off with the school bully to reading a teacher's private letters, Griffin Maxwell will have to face things he never imagined, and all without saying a word. Spellbound West, Jacqueline 144385 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 57936 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Olive finds herself drawn to the book of spells of the witches who built her house and tries to use its spells to uncover the house's magic and control the talking cats, but the book is more wicked than it seems. Book #2 Spelldown: The Big-Time Dreams Luddy, Karon 113494 EN MG 5.5 8.0 F 50146 N N - - - In 1969, the town of Red Clover, SC, led of a Small-Town Word Whiz by an enthusiastic new Latin teacher, supports thirteen-year-old Karlene as she wins her school spelling bee and strives to qualify for the National Bee despite family problems and a growing desire for romance. Spellfall Roberts, Katherine 62198 EN MG 5.0 11.0 F 74281 N N - - - No sooner does Natalie learn of her magic powers than she realizes she must put them to use. Earthaven is under siege by Hawk, the exile. Now Natalie must use her magic to foil his plot before he destroys the soultree, the very heart of Earthaven.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Spider's Voice Skurzynski, Gloria 29540 EN UG 5.8 8.0 F 52910 N N - - - Because he is a young mute person who can hear, Aran becomes involved in the adventures of Eloise and Abelard, France's most famous lovers, who lived during the twelfth century. Spiders in the Hairdo: Modern Holt, David 47269 EN UG 5.4 3.0 F 18645 N N - - - This book presents a collection of Urban Legends modern urban legends. The coauthor is Bill Mooney Spilled Water Grindley, Sally 83503 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 41840 N N - - - After her father's death, Lu Si-Yan's uncle sells her to a family of rich people who expect her to work as their servant until she is old enough to marry their son, but when she runs away things only get worse. Spite Fences Krisher, Trudy 14777 EN UG 5.3 11.0 F 70719 N N - - - Maggie Pugh has lived in Georgia all her life. Her first camera becomes a way for her to find independence and a different kind of truth. Sports Shorts: An Anthology of Bruchac, Joseph 101897 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 19317 N N - - N These eight semiautobiographical Short Stories stories from both boys' and girls' perspectives tell tales of dodgeball, wrestling, track, softball, and even ballet. Some are funny, some are serious, and some put their own twist on the whole "sports" concept. The Squad: Perfect Cover Barnes, Jennifer 122580 EN MG+ 5.9 11.0 F 67747 N N - - - High school sophomore Toby enjoys Lynn computer hacking and combat boots, so she thinks it's a joke when she is invited to join the cheerleading squad. She soon learns cheering is a cover for an elite group of government operatives known as The Squad. Book #1 Squire Pierce, Tamora 49790 EN MG+ 5.6 15.0 F 95520 N N - - - After becoming a squire to Lord Raoul, Kel of Mindelan must face a terrifying test in the Chamber of the Ordeal before she can be knight. The plot contains profanity and sexual references. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Squire, His Knight, & His Lady Morris, Gerald 31638 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 47282 N N - - N After several years at King Arthur's court, Terence, as Sir Gawain's squire and friend, accompanies him on a perilous quest that test all their skills and whose successful completion could mean certain death for Gawain. Book #2 St. Michael's Scales Connelly, Neil 59343 EN UG 5.7 11.0 F 73126 N N - - - Keegan Flannery, fleeing responsibility for his twin brother's death and his mother's mental illness, believes he must atone by committing suicide before his sixteenth birthday, but he gains new insight when he joins his school's wrestling team. Stained Glass Rose Brockett, D.A. 67032 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 46682 N N - - - Rose Padroni is the daughter of an abusive Italian immigrant. She befriends a brash, colorful woman who helps take the place of her dead mother. The Stand King, Stephen 18948 EN UG 5.7 72.0 F 458770 N N - - - Imagine America devastated by a vast killer plague and the group of men and women coming together to make a last stand against it. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, racial slurs, violence, and negative stereotypes. Standard Hero Behavior Anderson, John 118072 EN MG 5.6 12.0 F 76665 N N - - - When fifteen-year-old Mason Quayle David finds out that the town of Darlington is about to be attacked by orcs, goblins, ogres, and trolls, he goes in search of some heroes to save the day. Standing in the Light: The Captive Osborne, Mary Pope 25224 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 23339 N N - - N A Quaker girl's diary reflects her Diary of Catharine Carey Logan experiences growing up in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763. Star-Crossed Collison, Linda 112266 EN MG 5.5 14.0 F 93274 N N - - - Having been discovered as a stowaway as she tries to reach Barbados in 1760 to claim her father's estate, teenaged orphan Patricia Kelley struggles to survive by learning to be a ship's doctor's assistant and by disguising herself as a man.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Starcrossed Bunce, Elizabeth C. 140686 EN MG+ 5.5 18.0 F 115152 N N - - - In a kingdom dominated by religious intolerance, sixteen-year-old Digger, a street thief, has always avoided attention, but when she learns her friends are plotting against the throne, she must decide whether to join them or turn them in. The Starry Rift: Tales of New Strahan, Jonathan 121471 EN UG 5.9 24.0 F 147804 N N - - - Whether on spaceships, in suburbia, or Tomorrows in simulated gaming worlds, whether about cloning, battle tactics, or corporate politics, the sixteen stories of this anthology will give every reader something to consider. Stay with Me Freymann-Weyr, 105932 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 59931 N N - - - When her sister kills herself, sixteen- Garret year-old Leila goes looking for a reason and, instead, discovers great love, her family's true history, and what her own place in it is. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Crutcher, Chris 8588 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 62066 N N - - - The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide, and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help. Stepping out with Grandma Mac Grimes, Nikki 43526 EN MG 5.0 0.5 F 2326 N N - - - This book is a poetic story of a girl's relationship with her grandmother who has a powerful personality and a gruff manner but loves her granddaughter very much. The Steps Cohn, Rachel 68147 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 29737 N N - - N Over Christmas vacation, Annabel goes from her home in Manhattan to visit her father, his new wife, and her half and step-siblings in Sydney, Australia.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Sterkarm Kiss Price, Susan 82295 EN UG 5.7 14.0 F 91543 N N - - - When the Time Tube opens again between the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries, a wedding is arranged between the Sterkarms and the Grannams, and Andrea is caught up in the disastrous consequences. Stinker from Space Service, Pamela F. 582 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 16208 N N - - N An agent of the Sylon Confederacy fleeing from enemy ships crash-lands on Earth, transfers his mind to the body of a skunk, and enlists the aid of two children in getting back to his home planet. Stitches Huser, Glen 72899 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 38232 N N - - - Travis, a middle-school student who wants to become a professional puppeteer, has endured years of torment from a trio of bullies, but he finds himself fighting for his life when the harassment turns to violence just after the ninth-grade dance. The Stolen Thomson, Celia 81353 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 55369 N N - - - Chloe King is by no means your typical teenager. The girl can scale buildings and see in the dark. Sometimes, at night, she even likes to leap from rooftop to rooftop. Yes, Chloe has the instincts and ability of a cat. And that makes her unique indeed. Stolen Vande Velde, Vivian 125002 EN MG 5.6 5.0 F 32815 N N - - - A girl finds herself running through the forest at the edge of a village with no memory of anything, not even her own name, and later learns that she might be twelve-year-old Isabelle, believed to be stolen by a witch six years before. A Stolen Life Curry, Jane Louise 2113 EN UG 5.9 8.0 F 48740 N N - - - In 1758 in Scotland, teenaged Jamesina MacKensie finds her courage and resolution severely tested when she is abducted by "spiriters" and, after a harrowing voyage, sold as a bond slave to a Virginia planter.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Stone Water Gilbert, Barbara 16982 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 39268 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Grant confronts the Snow difficult decision of whether or not to cooperate with his grandfather's wish that he not be placed on life-support systems. Stones Bell, William 57939 EN MG 5.3 7.0 F 44965 N N - - - When a mysterious girl transfers to his school, Garnet thinks he has found the girl of his dreams. As Garnet struggles to win her, another woman is getting his attention; unfortunately she lived over 150 years ago. Storm Thief Wooding, Chris 109866 EN MG 5.8 13.0 F 81701 N N - - N With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants. Storm Warriors Carbone, Elisa 46293 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 36432 N N - - N In 1895, after his mother's death, twelve -year-old Nathan moves with his father and grandfather to Pea Island off the coast of North Carolina, where he hopes to join the all-black crew at the nearby lifesaving station, despite his father's objections. Stormbreaker Horowitz, Anthony 50390 EN MG+ 5.1 7.0 F 47510 N N - - N After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, Alex is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency. Book #1 The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Sepúlveda, Luis 71759 EN MG 5.5 3.0 F 16491 N N - - - A seagull, dying from the effects of an Who Taught Her to Fly oil spill, entrusts her egg to Zorba the cat, who promises to care for it until her chick hatches, then teach the chick to fly. The Story Sisters Hoffman, Alice 131611 EN UG 5.3 15.0 F 100989 N N - - - Three sisters deal with tragedy after the oldest, who was sexually abused as a child, succumbs to drug addiction, the middle sister is killed, and the youngest copes with guilt. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Strawberry Moon English, Karen 53790 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 26482 N N - - - While driving to Auntie Dot's house, Junie tells her children about spending fifth grade there during her parents' separation many years earlier, when finding a best friend seemed almost as important as seeing her mother again. Straydog Koja, Kathe 57219 EN UG 5.2 4.0 F 28549 N N - - - Rachel, a teenager with a healthy dose of both aptitude and attitude, begins to feel at home volunteering at an animal shelter. Streams of Babel Plum-Ucci, Carol 121713 EN UG 5.8 17.0 F 109193 N N - - - Six teens face a bioterrorist attack on American soil as four are infected with a mysterious disease affecting their neighborhood and two others, both brilliant computer hackers, assist the U.S. Intelligence Coalition in tracking the perpetrators. The Street Lawyer Grisham, John 35654 EN UG 5.7 15.0 F 97460 N N - - - When a homeless man takes nine lawyers, including Michael Brock, hostage, the event forces Michael to rediscover his conscience. He leaves the comforts of his big-time office only to find that a conspiracy involving his office has him in its grip. Street Love Myers, Walter Dean 111559 EN UG 5.4 2.0 F 13659 N N - - - This story, told in free verse, is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which seventeen-year-old African American Damian takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love will not be separated. A Streetcar Named Desire Williams, Tennessee 12798 EN UG 5.7 4.0 F 27844 N N - N N This Pulitzer Prize-winning play shows a woman's descent into oblivion following her inability to deal with desire and death. A String in the Harp Bond, Nancy 140 EN MG 5.2 17.0 F 111745 N N - - N When Peter and his sisters are forced to move to Wales, he finds a harp-tuning key that transports him back to the sixth century.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Stuck in Neutral Trueman, Terry 41632 EN MG 5.7 4.0 F 23940 N N - - N Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel has cerebral palsy and cannot walk or talk. He begins to suspect that his father may be planning to kill him to put him out of his torment. Shawn is happy, but he has no way of communicating this to his father. Summer Ball Lupica, Mike 113746 EN MG 5.3 10.0 F 64608 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp. Summer Boys Abbott, Hailey 83009 EN UG 5.3 8.0 F 54734 N N - - - Three cousin spend the summer at their family's beach house, and have a wild vacation when Ella becomes infatuated with her sister's boyfriend, Beth falls for her best friend, and Jamie gets her heart broken. The plot contains sexual situations. A Summer of Kings Nolan, Han 105482 EN MG+ 5.1 12.0 F 82245 N N - - - Over the course of the summer of 1963, fourteen-year-old Esther Young discovers the passion within her when eighteen-year-old King-Roy Johnson, accused of murdering a white man in Alabama, comes to live with her family. Summer of My German Soldier Greene, Bette 391 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 56781 N N - N N This extraordinary novel is about an unlikely friendship between a Jewish girl and a young German soldier during World War II. Summer Soldiers Lindquist, Susan Hart 32211 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 41900 N N - N N After his father goes off to war during the summer of 1918, eleven-year-old Joe, along with his friends, contends with the town bullies and tries to figure out the meaning of courage. The Summer We Got Saved Devoto, Pat 106320 EN UG 5.6 17.0 F 111674 N N - - - The residents of a small Southern town Cunningham find their lives forever changed as they face the issue of integration in the 1960s.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Summers at Castle Auburn Shinn, Sharon 68041 EN UG 5.9 20.0 F 122781 N N - - - Corie, the illegitimate daughter of a royal lord, looks forward to her summers at Castle Auburn, her father's family estate, but she realizes she is being groomed for marriage and becomes aware of the injustice of the enslavement of the mystical aliora. Summoned to Destiny Czerneda, Julie E. 83023 EN MG+ 5.6 13.0 F 81739 N N - - - This book is a collection of tales about magic and destiny, and how they weave themselves into the lives of the young men and women brave enough to venture beyond the world they know. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow George, Jessica Day 124107 EN MG+ 5.4 11.0 F 69445 N N - - - After agreeing to spend a year in the castle of a great white bear in exchange for riches for her family, a woodcutter's daughter finds herself on a journey east of the Sun and west of the Moon to free the man she loves from a magic spell. Sun Signs Hrdlitschka, Shelley 87607 EN MG+ 5.1 4.0 F 27703 N N - - - While taking online courses, fifteen-year -old Kaleigh learns that on the Internet, people are often not what they seem. The Sun, the Rain, and the Apple Durrant, Lynda 68148 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 37424 N N - - - In the 1790s, an eccentric young man Seed: A Novel of Johnny nicknamed Johnny Appleseed feels Appleseed's Life called by God to travel through the American West planting apple seeds that will feed the hungry and produce more seeds for planting and trading. The Sunbird Wein, Elizabeth E. 78328 EN UG 5.7 7.0 F 43853 N N - - - In the sixth century, the plague is spreading from Britain to Aksum. Ignoring the emperor's command, someone is spreading the plague with salt, and young Telemakos must travel to the salt mines to discover the identity of this traitor to the crown.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Sunburned Prayer Talbert, Marc 27929 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 27272 N N - - - As he makes a seventeen-mile pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo that he hopes will save his beloved grandmother from cancer, eleven-year- old Eloy is joined by a friendly dog that helps him keep going. The Sunita Experiment/The Not-So Perkins, Mitali 10904 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 35224 N N - - - When her grandparents come from India -Star Spangled Life of Sunita Sen to CA, thirteen-year-old Sunita finds herself resenting her Indian heritage and embarrassed by the differences between herself and her friends. Published in 2005 as The Not-So-Star- Spangled Life of Sunita Sen. Sunrise Over Fallujah Myers, Walter Dean 121470 EN UG 5.3 11.0 F 69153 N N - - - Robin Perry from Harlem is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him. Sunset Hunter, Erin 112311 EN MG 5.5 11.0 F 71139 N N - - N Amidst ongoing strife within and between the Clans of warrior cats, Brambleclaw is tempted by the dark plans of his father and brother, and the meaning of Leafpool's ominous visions becomes clear. Book #6 Sunwing Oppel, Kenneth 34239 EN MG 5.3 11.0 F 70855 N N - - N This book continues the adventures of Shade, a young bat, as he searches for his father and struggles to prevent the evil jungle bat Goth from wiping out the sun. Superpowers Schwartz, David J. 126299 EN UG 5.0 14.0 F 93150 N N - - - During the summer of 2001, five Wisconsin college students find out they have super powers and struggle to adjust to their new abilities while trying to help the world. The text contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Surprising Cecilia Abraham, Susan 108948 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 47372 N N - - - In the 1930s, teenaged Cecilia finds Gonzales herself challenged in unexpected ways as she ventures from her small and poor New Mexican farming community to go to high school in the city. The coauthor is Denise Gonzales Abraham. Surviving the Applewhites Tolan, Stephanie S. 60652 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 44825 N N - - N 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. Swallowing Stones McDonald, Joyce 24981 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 60265 N N - - N Dual Perspectives reveal the aftermath of seventeen-year-old Michael MacKenzie's birthday celebration when he discharges an antique rifle and unknowingly kills the father of a high school classmate. Sweet Friday Island Taylor, Theodore 14493 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 33598 N N - - - Vacationing on what they think is an uninhabited island, fifteen-year-old Peg and her father find their adventure turned into a fight for survival. Sweet Venom Childs, Tera Lynn 146041 EN MG+ 5.2 12.0 F 80413 N N - - - As monsters walk the streets of San Francisco, unseen by humans, three teenaged descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned in Greek mythology, must reunite and embrace their fates. Sweetgrass Basket Carvell, Marlene 102732 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 31627 N N - - - In alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (established in 1879 to educate Native Americans) as they try to assimilate into white culture, and one of them is falsely accused of stealing.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Sweetwater Creek: A Novel Siddons, Anne Rivers 104674 EN UG 5.8 18.0 F 111036 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Emily Parmenter, her young life marked by the disappearance of her mother and the death of a beloved brother, has withdrawn into a world of her own making on the family's faded plantation in South Carolina. A Swiftly Tilting Planet L'Engle, Madeleine 6398 EN UG 5.2 10.0 F 63606 N N - - N Third volume of classic trilogy in which 15-year-old Charles and the unicorn Gaudior thwart Madog Branzillo's plan to destroy the world. Swim to Me Carter, Betsy 118313 EN UG 5.8 13.0 F 83949 N N - - - Delores Walker is looking for a fresh start in Florida, joining a group of swimmers for a Florida tourist attraction, and discovers a life she never imagined. Swimming in the Monsoon Sea Selvadurai, Shyam 103446 EN UG 5.8 10.0 F 64346 N N - - - In 1980 Sri Lanka, fourteen-year-old Amrith's uneventful summer, filled with typing lessons and hopes of a part in his school's production of OTHELLO, is turned upside down when he falls in love with his boy cousin. Switchers Thompson, Kate 23420 EN UG 5.7 8.0 F 52256 N N - - - When Tess discovers she a switcher, someone who can change shape to become another creature, she promises herself she will never tell anyone. Then she meets Kevin, another switcher, and together they combine unimaginable powers. Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel Yolen, Jane 68293 EN MG 5.1 10.0 F 68004 N N - - N Merlinnus, the magician, devises a way of King Arthur for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England -- pulling a sword from a stone -- but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first. Sword of Waters Bell, Hilari 126273 EN MG+ 5.6 12.0 F 78576 N N - - - When fourteen-year-old Arisa, aided by Prince Edoran and Weasel, tries to find the long-lost sword, she faces betrayal of the worst kind. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Sword Quest Fan, Nancy Yi 120455 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 41652 N N - - - Wind-voice, a mixed-breed dove, seeks a sword made magical by the Great Spirit himself in order to save the world of birds from destroying themselves at war, but first he must confront an evil rival, archaeopteryx Maldeor. The Sword That Cut the Burning Hoobler, Dorothy 88044 EN MG+ 5.4 6.0 F 39861 N N - - - In eighteenth-century Japan, a fourteen- Grass: A Samurai Mystery 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. The coauthor is Thomas Hoobler. Book #4 Swordbird Fan, Nancy Yi 113310 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 29840 N N - - - Warring factions of blue jays and cardinals call on Swordbird, the heroic bird of peace, to rescue them from the evil machinations of Turnatt, the tyrant hawk lord who plans to enslave them. Sylvia & Aki Conkling, Winifred 144851 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 23537 N N - - - At the start of World War II, Japanese American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm. T-backs, T-shirts, Coat, and Suit Konigsburg, E.L. 8590 EN UG 5.4 6.0 F 37454 N N - - - Spending the summer in Florida with her stepfather's sister who operates a "meals-on-wheels" van, twelve-year-old Chloe and her aunt become involved in a controversy surrounding the wearing of T-back bathing suits. Taggerung: A Tale From Redwall Jacques, Brian 53575 EN MG 5.2 19.0 F 124276 N N - - N A young otter, kidnapped in his infancy and raised as a warrior-thief by a band of vermin, leaves the tribe and goes off to seek adventures on his own.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Take Me to the River Hobbs, Will 142581 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 43519 N N - - - When North Carolina fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands joins his fifteen-year-old cousin Rio in running the Rio Grande River, they face a tropical storm and a fugitive kidnapper. Talent Dean, Zoey 123879 EN MG+ 5.3 7.0 F 46995 N N - - - Eighth-grader Mac decides to make her mark at clique-ruled Bel Air Middle School by following in her top talent agent-mother's footsteps and catapulting a new student into stardom, which jeopardizes her relationships with her best friends. Book #1 Tales from Gold Mountain Yee, Paul 35344 EN MG 5.2 2.0 F 10224 N N - - N Drawing on the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, the author describes the frontier life of immigrants. Tales from the Brothers Grimm and Vande Velde, Vivian 14494 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 22204 N N - - - This book presents 13 twisted versions the Sisters Weird of such familiar fairy tales as Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel, and the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Tales of Don Quixote Nichol, Barbara 111542 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 39364 N N - - - Misguided gentleman Don Quixote, riding his rickety steed Rocinante and accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza, travels the Spanish countryside righting wrongs and comforting the afflicted. Tales of the Madman Underground Barnes, John 130996 EN UG 5.9 20.0 F 125047 N N - - - Karl Shoemaker, starting his senior year in Lightsburg, Ohio, in 1973, vows to break out of the therapy group he has been forced to attend during school hours and become "normal." The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Talk Koja, Kathe 86086 EN UG 5.3 4.0 F 29241 N N - - - Hoping to escape from himself for a while, Kit auditions for a controversial school play and discovers his talent for acting. Struggling with coming out, both he and his costar face crises in their view of themselves and in their close relationships. Talking Drums: A Selection of Tadjo, Véronique 104790 EN MG 5.6 1.0 F 8475 N N - - - This book presents traditional and Poems from Africa South of the twentieth-century poems from sub- Sahara Saharan Africa that reflect the spirit and history of the region, written in or translated into English. Tallgrass Dallas, Sandra 126300 EN UG 5.2 14.0 F 94263 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Rennie Stroud finds her hometown of Tallgrass, Colorado, changed forever when a Japanese internment camp in the rural area and the prisoners become the target of the townspeople who believe Japanese Americans are the enemy. Tamar Peet, Mal 112406 EN MG 5.1 17.0 F 113737 N N - - - In England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, begins to uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Tanglewreck Winterson, Jeanette 108273 EN MG 5.4 11.0 F 69465 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Silver sets out to find the Timekeeper, a clock that controls time, and protect it from falling into the hands of two people who want to use the device for their own nefarious ends. Teen Idol Cabot, Meg 80686 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 61353 N N - - N When teenage heartthrob Luke Striker shows up at a small-town Indiana high school to do research for a movie role, he persuades junior Jenny Greenley to use her considerable talents to try to change things at school for the better.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Teen, Inc. Petrucha, Stefan 117804 EN UG 5.0 8.0 F 55901 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Jaiden has been raised by NECorp. since his parents were killed. When he discovers that the corporation has been lying about producing illegal levels of mercury emissions, he and his two friends decide to do something about it. Teeth: Vampire Tales Datlow, Ellen 143204 EN UG 5.4 16.0 F 103107 N N - - - These 19 original stories of vampires and teenagers are written by authors Cassandra Clare, Holly Black, Neil Gaiman, Melissa Marr, Garth Nix, and others. The plots contain profanity, sexual references, and violence. The co -editor is Terri Windling. Tell Me a Riddle Olsen, Tillie 67382 EN UG 5.2 4.0 F 28277 N N - - - This is a collection of four short stories by award-winning author Tillie Olsen. Temping Fate Friesner, Esther M. 107190 EN MG+ 5.3 10.0 F 66663 N N - - - Ilana is temping for the extraordinary, life-controlling, Greek mythological goddesses, the Fates. Now her summer is going to be less about surviving a stuffy office and more about avoiding being turned into a pig, or worse! A Templar's Apprentice Black, Kat 128371 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 61975 N N - - - While trying to harness his power for prophetic visions, a fourteenth-century Scottish boy joins a Templar knight on his sacred quest to unearth an ancient relic. Book #1 Ten Little Indians Alexie, Sherman 76144 EN UG 5.7 12.0 F 74696 N N - - - This book contains nine short fiction stories about Native Americans struggling with personal and cultural challenges. Tennyson Blume, Lesley M.M. 120145 EN MG 5.1 7.0 F 45307 N N - - - After their mother abandons them during the Great Depression, eleven-year-old Tennyson Fontaine and her little sister, Hattie, are sent to live with their eccentric aunt Henrietta in a decaying plantation house outside of New Orleans.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Terrorist Cooney, Caroline B. 18838 EN MG+ 5.2 6.0 F 40777 N N - N N Sixteen-year-old Laura, an American living in London, tries to find the person responsible for the death of her younger brother, Billy, who was killed in a terrorist bombing. The Testament Grisham, John 35653 EN UG 5.6 20.0 F 127727 N N - - - When a rich, angry old man rewrites his will, leaving his entire estate to a surprise heir, the ensuing battle sends a disgraced corporate attorney into the wilds of the Brazilian jungle. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence. The Texicans Vida, Nina 124860 EN UG 5.8 15.0 F 94930 N N - - - This book follows four strangers who join forces during the lawless years of early statehood. The plot contains sexual situations and violence. That Girl Lucy Moon Timberlake, Amy 109041 EN MG 5.3 10.0 F 64032 N N - - - A young activist takes up a new cause for sledding rights on Wiggins Hill. Their Eyes Were Watching God Hurston, Zora Neale 19797 EN UG 5.6 10.0 F 63783 N N - - - This book is an American classic about a young black woman and her coming to an understanding about love and happiness. Theodosia and the Serpents of LaFevers, R.L. 113693 EN MG 5.2 11.0 F 70067 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Theo uses arcane Chaos knowledge and her own special talent when she encounters two secret societies, one sworn to protect the world from ancient Egyptian magic and one planning to harness it to bring chaos to the world. Book #1 There Will Be Wolves Bradford, Karleen 17845 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 45974 N N - - - Ursula, condemned as a witch because of her knowledge of healing, escapes being burned to death when she joins her father and thousands of others who follow Peter the Hermit. There's a Dead Person Following Vande Velde, Vivian 32361 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 30792 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Ted becomes My Sister Around concerned and intrigued when his five- year-old sister, Vicki, begins receiving visits from two female ghosts.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description There's a Hair in My Dirt Larson, Gary 32749 EN MG+ 5.2 0.5 F 3234 N N - - - A young worm finds a hair in his food which leads him to become depressed about being a worm. His father convinces him that being a worm isn't all that bad. They Came from the Bronx: How Waldman, Neil 53639 EN MG 5.8 0.5 F 1911 N N - - - A Comanche grandmother and her the Buffalo Were Saved from grandson wait for the arrival of a herd of Extinction buffalo in this story based on the efforts of the American Bison Society to reintroduce bison to Oklahoma. Thicker Than Water Snell, Gordon 47142 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 46419 N N - - - This book contains twelve coming-of- age stories dealing with romance, conflict, body image, and life changes. Thieves Like Us Cole, Stephen 108278 EN MG+ 5.1 12.0 F 80955 N N - - - A mysterious benefactor picks a group of teen geniuses to follow a set of clues leading to the secrets of everlasting life, secrets which they must steal and for which they risk being killed. The Thieves of Ostia Lawrence, Caroline 58242 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 37796 N N - - N In Rome, in the year A.D. 79, a group of children from very different backgrounds work together to discover who beheaded a pet dog -- and why. Book #1 Things I Know About Love le Vann, Kate 137905 EN UG 5.4 5.0 F 35597 N N - - - Cancer-free for over a year, British teenager Livia Stowe travels to America and starts a private blog devoted exclusively to the subject of love. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. The Things They Carried O'Brien, Tim 57010 EN UG 5.8 10.0 F 63105 N N - - - The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company and the character Tim O'Brien who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. The Third Eye Narsimhan, Mahtab 141456 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 50898 N N - - - Tara sets out to find her missing mother and grandfather, the true healer of the village, before Zarku destroys everyone in the village. The plot contains violence. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Third Eye Duncan, Lois 586 EN MG 5.5 9.0 F 55609 N N - - N Karen believes she has a special gift and can see where a missing child could be found, if she has the courage to use her gift. Thirteen Days to Midnight Carman, Patrick 136680 EN MG+ 5.0 9.0 F 62398 N N - - - After his foster father is killed, high- school student Jacob discovers he has the power of indestructibility and the more he learns about it, the more he realizes that it is a heavy burden. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and violence. This Full House Wolff, Virginia Euwer 128121 EN UG 5.7 10.0 F 62134 N N - - - High-school senior LaVaughn's perceptions and expectations of her life begin to change as she learns about the many unexpected connections between the people she loves best. Book #3 This Is Me Craig, Stephanie 63942 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 32908 N N - - - Shelagh's best friend, Tanya, comes up with a great idea: to pair up students with seniors who live in a retirement home. They name their club Match Made Before Heaven.

This Isn't About the Money Warner, Sally 61280 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 36065 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Janey tries to adjust in the aftermath of an automobile accident that kills her parents, severely injures her face, and forces her and her younger sister to move from Arizona to California to live with their grandfather and great-aunt. This Land: A Cross-Country Pearson, Kit 73807 EN MG 5.8 14.0 F 86491 N N - - - The stories and excerpts in this Anthology of Canadian Fiction for collection reflect the vast physical and Young Readers social landscape of Canada. This Lullaby Dessen, Sarah 59717 EN UG 5.4 15.0 F 94435 N N - - - Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description This Side of Paradise Layne, Steven L. 64310 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 54257 N N - - N After his father begins working for the mysterious Eden corporation, Jack uncovers a sinister plot that threatens the existence of his entire family. Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Graham, Rosemary 102697 EN MG+ 5.1 8.0 F 50885 N N - - - Having endured the vicious rumors Dude and Other Commandments I spread by her popular skateboarder ex- Have Broken boyfriend, high school sophomore Kelsey Wilcox tries to salvage her reputation while attempting to earn a place on her high school newspaper. A Thousand Never Evers Burg, Shana 122869 EN MG 5.1 11.0 F 70844 N N - - - As the civil rights movement in the South gains momentum in 1963 and violence against African Americans intensifies, the black residents in the small town of Kuckachoo, Mississippi, including seventh-grader Addie, begin their struggle for racial justice. A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 117933 EN UG 5.4 16.0 F 103556 N N - - - This novel is set against the three decades of Afghanistan's history shaped by Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban and tells the stories of two women, Mariam and Laila, who grow close despite the horrors they must endure. Three Bags Full: A Sheep Swann, Leonie 124194 EN UG 5.1 14.0 F 94890 N N - - - A flock of sheep living on a hillside near Detective Story the Irish village of Glennkill, regularly exposed to literature by their shepherd, George, feel well-equipped to investigate murder after they find George dead, pinned to the ground with a spade. Three Good Deeds Vande Velde, Vivian 102961 EN MG 5.3 3.0 F 17610 N N - - - Caught stealing some goose eggs from a witch, Howard is cursed for his heartlessness and turned into a goose himself, and he can only become human again by performing three good deeds.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Three Tales of Enchantment Helmer, Marilyn 53360 EN MG 5.8 1.0 F 4510 N N - - - The bewitching retellings of these enchanting tales -- Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast -- will whisk children away to imaginary lands where all is not as it seems, and magical spells can change the world in a wink.

Through the Veil Bird, Isobel 54108 EN UG 5.2 8.0 F 49802 N N - - - As Annie, Kate, and Cooper prepare for Samhain, or Halloween, they are filled with anticipation. It is a time when the veil between the worlds is thin, and those who have passed into the spirit world may be more easily contacted. Thud! Pratchett, Terry 102135 EN UG 5.1 16.0 F 109085 N N - - - Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh- Morpork City Watch must put a stop to the civil unrest that threatens Discworld on the anniversary of one of its most infamous, and bloody, historical events. Thunder Point Higgins, Jack 129631 EN UG 5.1 14.0 F 92613 N N - - - British agents search for the briefcase of Martin Bormann, which holds lists of British Nazi sympathizers and the Windsor Protocol. Thursday's Child Hartnett, Sonya 63652 EN UG 5.9 9.0 F 54911 N N - - - A young woman, looking back on her childhood, recounts her family's poverty, her father's cowardice, and her younger brother's obsession for digging tunnels and living underground. Thwonk Bauer, Joan 11741 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 42428 N N - - - Allison discovers that having a personal cupid has its limits in the realm of romance. Ties That Bind, Ties That Break Namioka, Lensey 32218 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 34358 N N - - N Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper-class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound. Tiger Stone, Jeff 86521 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 40198 N N - - - Five young warrior-monk brothers survive an insurrection and must use the ancient arts to avenge their Grandmaster.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Tiger Magic Yep, Laurence 110496 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 57415 N N - - - A Chinese American boy and his band of friends must protect the magical phoenix and fight a war to prevent the evil Vatten from taking over the world. Book #3 Tiger, Tiger Banks, Lynne Reid 89270 EN MG 5.4 7.0 F 43873 N N - - - Two tiger cub brothers are taken from the jungle to ancient Rome, where one becomes the pampered pet of Caesar's daughter and the other becomes a man- eating "entertainment act" at the Colosseum. Time and the Clock Mice, Etcetera Dickinson, Peter 70194 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 21143 N N - - - An old man who is called to fix the huge, elaborate Branton Town Hall Clock built by his grandfather nearly 100 years ago discovers an intelligent group of mice living inside the clock. A Time Apart Stanley, Diane 28863 EN MG 5.3 9.0 F 60833 N N - - - While her mother undergoes treatment for cancer, thirteen-year-old Ginny is sent to live with her father in England, where she becomes part of an archeological experiment to investigate life during the Iron Age. The Time Bike Langton, Jane 39892 EN MG 5.8 5.0 F 30950 N N - - N Eddy Hall receives a mysterious gift from India, an old-fashioned bike that transports its rider through time. Book #6 Time Bomb Hinton, Nigel 108951 EN MG 5.0 10.0 F 66126 N N - - - Andy tells the story of the summer of 1949 when, embittered after enduring injustice at their English school and disappointed by the adults in their lives, he and his friends wrestle with thoughts of revenge and deal with several life- changing secrets.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Time Stops for No Mouse: A Hoeye, Michael 54881 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 52685 N N - - N When Linka Perflinger, a jaunty mouse, Hermux Tantamoq Adventure brings a watch into his shop and then disappears, Hermux Tantamoq is caught up in a dangerous search for a formula for eternal youth as he tried to find out what happened to Linka. Book #1 A Time to Keep Silent Whelan, Gloria 54728 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 31409 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Clair's world is falling apart. Her mother has died and her father ignores her. In a desperate attempt to get her father's attention, Clair stops talking. Time's Chariot Jeapes, Ben 124702 EN UG 5.8 13.0 F 83056 N N - - - In an overcrowded future, Earth's surplus population is dispersed throughout history, but the system that makes this possible is about to collapse with deadly consequences. Time's Memory Lester, Julius 105991 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 56512 N N - - - Ekundayo, a Dogon spirit brought to America from Africa, inhabits the body of a young African American slave on a Virginia plantation, where he experiences loss, sorrow, and reconciliation in the months preceding the Civil War. Timeless Love O'Brien, Judith 59263 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 43071 N N - - - Samantha is swept back in time to sixteenth-century England by the powers of an antique charm necklace. She wants to save Edward VI, and by doing so she learns about life's delicate balance. Timeline Crichton, Michael 34817 EN UG 5.2 21.0 F 140376 N N - - N With the technology of the twenty-first century, a group of historians enter, literally, life in fourteenth-century feudal France.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Timothy of the Cay Taylor, Theodore 9469 EN MG 5.0 5.0 F 34179 N N - N N Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve- year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Tired of Being Teased: Obesity and Hunt, Jamie 141460 EN MG 5.2 1.0 F 4747 N N - - - This book teaches that a person is more Others than appearance and discusses how to deal with being teased about one's appearance. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale Black, Holly 66096 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 66069 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny. Tituba of Salem Village Petry, Ann 20098 EN MG 5.4 10.0 F 68124 N N - N N The story of a young woman sold into slavery and accused during the Salem witch trials. To Catch a Mermaid Selfors, Suzanne 116579 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 53723 N N - - - When twelve-year-old Boom Broom discovers a wish-granting baby mermaid, he takes her home and his little sister begs to keep her, with unexpected consequences. To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper 720 EN UG 5.6 15.0 F 99121 N N - N N Two children witness the effects of racial prejudice, as their father courageously defends an innocent black man who has been accused of raping a white woman. To the Edge of the World Torrey, Michele 67369 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 56674 N N - - - In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Macias becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a route to the fabled Spice Islands. Toads and Diamonds Tomlinson, Heather 136284 EN MG 5.8 12.0 F 73001 N N - - - This book is a retelling of the Perrault fairy tale set in pre-colonial India, in which two stepsisters receive gifts from a goddess and each walks her own path to find her gift's purpose, discovering romance along the way.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Together Apart Gray, Dianne E. 65438 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 42659 N N - - - In 1888, a few months after barely surviving a deadly blizzard that has killed two of her brothers, fifteen-year- old Hannah goes to work at the home of a wealthy widow whose progressive social ideas scandalize the town of Prairie Hill, Nebraska. The Tombs of Atuan Le Guin, Ursula K. 246 EN UG 5.9 7.0 F 45939 N N - - N $UKD VLVRODWHGH[LVWHQFHDVKLJK SULHVWHVVLQWKHWRPEVRI$WXDQLVMDUUHG E\DWKLHIZKRVHHNVDVSHFLDOWUHDVXUH %RRN The Tomorrow Code Falkner, Brian 125824 EN MG 5.7 13.0 F 81860 N N - - - Two New Zealand teenagers receive a desperate SOS from their future selves and set out on a quest to stop an impending ecological disaster that could mean the end of humanity. Tomorrowland: Ten Stories About Cart, Michael 52025 EN UG 5.5 6.0 F 41898 N N - - - This is a collection of ten stories about the Future the future. Too Many Curses Martinez, A. Lee 126024 EN UG 5.0 10.0 F 68705 N N - - - Housekeeper Nessy's duty is to tend the castle, but after her employer, Margle the Horrendous, dies, she must figure out how to deal with the evil but friendly beings Margle has imprisoned there. Torn Haddix, Margaret 145510 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 62090 N N - - - Jonah and Katherine do not remember Peterson their history that well, but they are pretty sure Henry Hudson never discovered a Northwest Passage. Book #4 Totally Joe Howe, James 101558 EN MG+ 5.1 5.0 F 34692 N N - - - As a school assignment, a thirteen-year- old boy writes an alphabiography, life from A to Z, and explores issues of friendship, family, school, and the challenges of being a gay teenager. Touching Snow Felin, M. Sindy 116394 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 58775 N N - - - After her stepfather is arrested for child abuse, thirteen-year-old Karina's home life improves, but the severity of her older sister's injuries tempt her to testify against him. The plot contains mature language and sexual situations.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Touching Spirit Bear Mikaelsen, Ben 45132 EN MG 5.3 9.0 F 56025 N N - - N After his anger erupts into violence and to avoid prison, Cole agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on Native American Circle Justice at a remote Alaskan Island, and encounters a huge Spirit Bear that changes his life. Town House: A Novel Cohen, Tish 116395 EN UG 5.0 13.0 F 86875 N N - - - The son of a legendary rock musician, Jack Madigan, an agoraphobe, has been living off his father's royalties for years, but things are looking dire as the money runs out. A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil 59830 EN UG 5.8 19.0 F 119542 N N - - - This book tells the story of a young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her even at the cost of his life. Toxic Love Holeman, Linda 72732 EN UG 5.2 7.0 F 43048 N N - - - This book is a collection of ten short stories depicting teenage responses to such issues as love, self-image, growing up, and the loss of a parent. Tracking Triple Seven Bastedo, Jamie 64713 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 55909 N N - - - Benji's adventures take off when he accidentally joins a team of grizzly bear biologists and the Inuk pilot. Traitor Pausewang, Gudrun 107750 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 54200 N N - - - During the closing months of World War II, a fifteen-year-old German girl must decide whether to help an escaped Russian prisoner of war, despite the serious consequences if she does so. Traitor McNab, Andy 102735 EN UG 5.3 10.0 F 66433 N N - - - A boy who believes his grandfather to be a traitor, a spy who turned against England and then disappeared, tracks down his grandfather and finds out the truth. The coauthor is Robert Rigby. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Traitors' Gate Avi 115400 EN MG 5.1 10.0 F 67965 N N - - N When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffam must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family. Trapped Kehret, Peg 109560 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 37454 N N - - N When his owner Alex finds an illegal animal trap in the woods, Pete the Cat faces grave danger as he tries to help his human friends find the culprit who set the trap. Trash Darrow, Sharon 107903 EN MG 5.3 1.0 F 9561 N N - - - For sixteen-year-old Sissy and her brother Boy, trash is a reminder of one too many sorry foster placements they've endured, a way of life they can't wait to escape. Trash Mulligan, Andy 140092 EN MG+ 5.1 8.0 F 49937 N N - - - Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a Third World country's dump. Travel Team Lupica, Mike 80501 EN MG 5.4 11.0 F 71695 N N - - N 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. Treacherous Love Sparks, Beatrice 41487 EN UG 5.4 6.0 F 40551 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Jennie's life is turning upside down. Her father has walked out, her anguished mother seeks solace in pills, and her friendship with the substitute math teacher moves far beyond the classroom. The Treasure of Dead Man's Lane Cheshire, Simon 137061 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 28376 N N - - - In three separate stories, boy detective and Other Case Files Saxby Smart exposes a comic-book counterfeiter, restores a slandered dead man's good name, and uncovers a massive case of identity theft. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Treasures in the Dust Porter, Tracey 17795 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 27948 N N - - N Eleven-year-old Annie and her friend Violet tell of the hardships endured by their families when dust storms, drought, and the Great Depression hit rural Oklahoma. Tree Girl Mikaelsen, Ben 78027 EN UG 5.7 6.0 F 40279 N N - - N Gabriela witnesses the destruction of a Mayan village and the murder of all its inhabitants. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Smith, Betty 548 EN UG 5.8 23.0 F 145092 N N - N N A young girl comes of age in the squalor and poverty of the Brooklyn slums. Trickster's Choice Pierce, Tamora 74765 EN MG+ 5.8 19.0 F 118720 N N - - N Alianne must call forth her mother's courage and her father's wit in order to survive on the Copper Isles in a royal court rife with political intrigue and murderous conspiracy. Tris's Book Pierce, Tamora 45717 EN UG 5.5 9.0 F 55940 N N - - N When Winding Circle comes under attack by Queen Pahua and her army, the four magicians-in-training unite in their powers to defeat the enemy. The Troll with No Heart in His Body Lunge-Larsen, Lise 34726 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 13027 N N - - - This is a collection of Norwegian folktales, all featuring trolls. Troll's Eye View: A Book of Datlow, Ellen 129256 EN MG 5.6 6.0 F 39813 N N - - - In this book, a number of fairy-tale Villainous Tales villains provide their versions of the stories in which they are depicted as evil. The content contains description of violent acts. The coeditor is Terri Windling. The Trolls Horvath, Polly 36568 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 29740 N N - - N Eccentric Aunt Sally comes from Canada to babysit the Anderson children while their parents are on a trip to Paris and every night the bedtime story adds another piece to a very suspect family history.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Trouble Schmidt, Gary D. 121472 EN MG+ 5.7 12.0 F 79230 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion, the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin. A Troubled Peace Elliott, L.M. 132882 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 59940 N N - - - Nineteen-year-old pilot Henry, having returned home after fighting in World War II, is consumed by worry over the well-being of the people who helped him escape Nazi-occupied Germany and returns to France, where he is shocked to see the ravages of war. Tru Confessions Tashjian, Janet 36563 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 22510 N N - - - When the local cable channel announces a teen video competition, Tru knows that this is her chance to show the world who Eddie really is and to prove her TV talent. A True and Faithful Narrative Sturtevant, Katherine 104747 EN MG+ 5.9 10.0 F 62622 N N - - - In London in the 1680s, sixteen-year-old Meg tries to decide whether to marry either of the two men who court her, taking into account both love and her writing ambitions. True Believer Wolff, Virginia Euwer 45718 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 39574 N N - - N Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it, an occasion to rise to. Book #2 True Blue Smiley, Jane 146492 EN MG 5.1 11.0 F 73431 N N - - - In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, the newest horse on her family's ranch. The beautiful dappled gray is so easily spooked, Abby wonders if he is haunted by the ghost of his deceased former owner. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description True Confessions of a Heartless Brooks, Martha 62229 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 43991 N N - - - In the midst of a summer storm, a young Girl stranger blows into a small prairie town. On the run after taking her latest boyfriend's truck, with a pocketful of stolen money and a heart full of pain, seventeen-year-old Noreen seems to invite trouble. True Confessions of a Hollywood Douglas, Lola 102872 EN UG 5.4 11.0 F 68857 N N - - - Teen movie star Morgan Carter retreats Starlet to a small midwestern town to recuperate anonymously after an overdose, recording her thoughts in a diary. The True Confessions of Charlotte Avi 5093 EN MG 5.3 8.0 F 52542 N N - N N As the lone "young lady" on a Doyle transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious. True North: A Novel of the Lasky, Kathryn 16983 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 44041 N N - N N Because of the strong influence that her Underground Railroad grandfather, an abolitionist, has in her life, fourteen-year-old Lucy assists a fugitive slave girl in her escape. Trust No One Hurwitz, Gregg 135980 EN UG 5.1 15.0 F 97637 N N - - - Years after making a deadly mistake, Nick is pulled from his home in the middle of the night by a SWAT team and brought to a nuclear power plant to face a terrorist who knows the truth. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence Truth & Lies: An Anthology of Vecchione, Patrice 45157 EN UG 5.9 1.0 F 8856 N N - - - This book gathers poetry from different Poems eras and cultures that reveal the many shades of being true and telling lies. The Truth-Teller's Tale Shinn, Sharon 100054 EN MG+ 5.8 11.0 F 70822 N N - - - Twins Eleda, who can tell only the truth, and Adele, who cannot reveal others' secrets, are sorely tested by a newly arrived pair of handsome dance instructors who seem to harbor a secret.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description TruthSinger Haworth-Attard, 43391 EN MG 5.3 4.0 F 27198 N N - - - Nathan is miserable at his new school. Barbara He has no friends and a bully is always shadowing him. He has given up on his beloved music, until he is drawn through a portal to another time stream and learns to embrace his gift. Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie 247 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 27848 N N - N N Winnie Foster discovers a magic spring that has given the Tuck family eternal life. She is faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to drink from it, and whether to tell all when a stranger wants to know the secret in order to sell the water. Tucket's Gold Paulsen, Gary 32262 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 17438 N N - N N 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. Tunes for Bears to Dance To Cormier, Robert 8594 EN UG 5.2 3.0 F 19609 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Henry escapes his family's problems by watching the woodcarving of Mr. Levine, an elderly Holocaust survivor; but when Henry is manipulated into betraying his friend, he comes to know true evil. Turn of the Century Jackson, Ellen 26742 EN MG 5.4 1.0 F 3334 N N - - N Children living in Great Britain and the United States at the beginning of each century between 1000 and 2000 A.D. describe their lifestyle at the time. Turnabout Haddix, Margaret 47143 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 45002 N N - - N Melly and Anny Beth both lived normal Peterson lives throughout the twentieth century. When they are old and ready to die, they are selected to participate in Project Turnabout and are given an injection to make them grow younger. The Turnabout Shop Rodowsky, Colby 26715 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 27878 N N - - - In conversations with her dead mother, fifth-grader Livvy records her adjustments to living in Baltimore with a woman she had never met before.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Turning Chan, Gillian 86702 EN MG+ 5.6 7.0 F 45928 N N - - - An ancient force is luring Ben into the woods nearby. Will the knowledge he finds there bring back order to his life or complicate it in ways unimaginable? Twelve McDonell, Nick 67947 EN UG 5.3 6.0 F 42345 N N - - - A young drug dealer chronicles a week in the lives of several bored, rich Manhattan teens who entertain themselves with drugs and sex while their parents vacation overseas, which culminates in a brutally violent New Year's Eve party. Twelve Impossible Things Before Yolen, Jane 47427 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 37348 N N - - N Alice grows tough in Wonderland, a Breakfast dead mother's homecoming, a bridge that longs for a goat-eating troll, and a mutiny among Peter Pan's troops are some of the stories that transform the impossible into the familiar and real. Twice Upon a Marigold Ferris, Jean 121714 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 53245 N N - - - After a quiet, happy year in a small town, Queen Olympia regains her memory and initiates new plots and manipulations as the residents of Zandelphia and Beaurivage, now ruled by Christian, Marigold, and Swithbert, feel the effects of her bad energy. Twilight Hunter, Erin 109322 EN MG 5.5 11.0 F 73678 N N - - N After the warrior cat Clans settle into their new homes, the harmony they once had disappears as the clans start fighting each other, until the day their common enemy, the badger, invades their territory. Book #5 Twisted Summer Roberts, Willo Davis 16748 EN UG 5.4 7.0 F 46416 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Twists and Turns McDonald, Janet 73774 EN UG 5.4 4.0 F 29052 N N - - - With the help of a couple of successful friends, Teesha and Keeba try to capitalize on their talents by opening a hair salon in the run-down Brooklyn housing project where they live. Two Girls of Gettysburg Klein, Lisa 126190 EN MG+ 5.8 17.0 F 110241 N N - - - When the Civil War breaks out, two cousins, Lizzie and Rosanna, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict until the war reunites them in the town of Gettysburg. Tyler on Prime Time Atinsky, Steve 58244 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 39462 N N - - - While visiting his uncle, a writer on the most popular show on television, twelve- year-old Tyler auditions for a part on the show. Uglies Westerfeld, Scott 86097 EN MG+ 5.2 13.0 F 87274 N N - - N In Tally's world, reaching 16 brings an operation that turns you from ugly to pretty and Tally's almost there, but when her friend runs away, Tally learns about a new side of pretty world and must choose between betrayal and never turning pretty. Book #1 Uncle Ronald Doyle, Brian 20493 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 31543 N N - - - Mickey can't remember what he had for lunch today, but he can remember what happened to him over one hundred years ago. Uncommon Faith Krisher, Trudy 73118 EN UG 5.9 12.0 F 72847 N N - - - In 1837-38, residents of Millbrook, Massachusetts, speak in their different voices of major issues of their day, including women's rights, slavery, religious differences, and one fiery girl named Faith. Under a Shooting Star Trottier, Maxine 55588 EN MG 5.4 8.0 F 53745 N N - - - Edward becomes a reluctant player in the Battle of Lake Erie, after he and two young American girls in his care are shipwrecked during a violent storm. Under a Stand Still Moon Creel, Ann Howard 102864 EN MG 5.9 7.0 F 46741 N N - - - Set in the American Southwest in about 900 A.D., this is the story of Echo, a young woman whose destiny as a wife and mother is suddenly changed.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Under the Domim Tree Almagor, Gila 70087 EN UG 5.3 7.0 F 42819 N N - - - This book is an autobiographical novel about young Holocaust survivors in an agricultural youth village in Israel in 1953. The translator is Hillel Schenker. Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Meyer, L.A. 88794 EN MG+ 5.7 23.0 F 144329 N N - - - In 1804, fifteen-year-old Jacky Faber Account of the Further Nautical heads back to sea where she gains Adventures of Jacky Faber control of a British warship and eventually becomes a privateer. Book #3 Under the Persimmon Tree Staples, Suzanne 100512 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 58225 N N - - N During the Taliban's reign in Fisher Afghanistan, the lives of Najmah, a young refugee from Kunduz, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Under the Wolf, Under the Dog Rapp, Adam 82595 EN UG 5.2 9.0 F 61976 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide. Under Town Ogden, Charles 81739 EN MG 5.5 3.0 F 20441 N N - - - Sinister twins, Edgar and Ellen, descend into Nod's Limbs' vast sewer system to uncover the mystery of a rival mischief- maker. Book #3 The Underdogs Lupica, Mike 145509 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 61744 N N - - - Small but fast twelve-year-old Will Tyler, an avid football player in the down-and- out town of Forbes, Pennsylvania, takes matters into his own hands to try and finance the city's football team, giving the whole community hope in the process. Underground Man Meltzer, Milton 53579 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 50436 N N - - - A courageous young white man aids slaves escaping from Kentucky prior to the Civil War. The Underneath Appelt, Kathi 122589 EN MG 5.2 9.0 F 56265 N N - - - An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack and two kittens born underneath the house endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations before they finally end up reunited and free.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Undiscovered Country Enger, Lin 128869 EN UG 5.7 13.0 F 83819 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Jesse, trying to cope with the fact that his father committed suicide while they were out hunting, begins to question whether the gunshot wound was actually self- inflicted, taking it upon himself to uncover the truth. Unfriended: A Top 8 Novel Finn, Katie 145086 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 78344 N N - - - Madison uses Friendverse's newest app, Constellation, to "check in" online from the beach. Madison's old nemesis, Isabel, uses it to ruin Madison's life. Book #3 The Unidentified Mariz, Rae 140508 EN MG+ 5.2 9.0 F 59984 N N - - - In a futuristic alternative school set in a shopping mall where video game- playing students are observed and used by corporate sponsors for market research, Katey "Kid" Dade struggles to figure out where she fits in and whether she even wants to. Unlucky for Some: A Novel of McGown, Jill 101660 EN UG 5.9 19.0 F 117790 N N - - - The quiet life of an English town Suspense scarcely hides the menace lurking around dark corners and within the human mind. An isolated crime has now become a twisted game of madness and logic, in which failure to outwit the murderer will mean even more deaths. Unseen Academicals Pratchett, Terry 133774 EN UG 5.7 21.0 F 134939 N N - - - The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are trying something new, football and romance. The Unseen: Scary Stories Lunn, Janet 49519 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 36283 N N - - - Whether or not you believe there is something unseen existing not too far from our own world, you will enjoy reading this spine-tingling collection.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Untamed: A House of Night Novel Cast, P.C. 126278 EN UG 5.2 15.0 F 97038 N N - - N Zoey's adventures at finishing school take a wild turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, and an ancient evil is awakened. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence. The coauthor is Kristin Cast. Book #4 The Untelling Jones, Tayari 106321 EN UG 5.1 12.0 F 81697 N N - - - Aria feels she has finally overcome the rage and grief that tore her family apart after a car accident killed her father and sister when she was just nine years old, but when she learns she is expecting a child of her own, old pain returns. Unwind Shusterman, Neal 120008 EN UG 5.0 14.0 F 95297 N N - - - In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs and, perhaps, save their own lives. Uprising Haddix, Margaret 117966 EN MG 5.6 14.0 F 89272 N N - - - In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one- Peterson year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a strike and the fire that took the lives of her friends. Upstate Buckhanon, Kalisha 102565 EN UG 5.2 10.0 F 65800 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha, find their love tested when Antonio takes the blame and is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Urchin of the Riding Stars McAllister, M.I. 102205 EN MG 5.4 10.0 F 66648 N N - - N A group of animals, led by an orphaned squirrel, learns about friendship and loyalty when they band together to defend their island kingdom against evil forces. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Useful Girl: A Novel Stevens, Marcus 108074 EN UG 5.6 14.0 F 92592 N N - - - After her mother's death, Erin Douglass finds purpose in her life by working with a young Native American boy to protect the burial site of a Cheyenne girl whose one-hundred-year-old remains were discovered in Erin's community. The Usual Rules Maynard, Joyce 67033 EN UG 5.1 20.0 F 129391 N N - - - This book is about a thirteen-year-old girl who finds herself living with her father, across the country from her native Brooklyn, coping with her mother's violent death in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie Black, Holly 87997 EN UG 5.2 10.0 F 63568 N N - - - After running from home, Val finds herself bound into service by a troll named Ravus, who is as hideous as he is honorable. As Val grows to know him, she finds herself torn between her affection for him and her fear of what her new friends are becoming. The Valley of the Wolves Gallego García, 106157 EN MG 5.5 9.0 F 55386 N N - - - Chosen to study at an academy of high Laura sorcery called the Tower, ten-year-old Dana finds herself, as her apprenticeship in magic progresses, growing increasingly curious about the history of the Tower and the true nature of her invisible best friend Kai. The Van Gogh Cafe Rylant, Cynthia 14851 EN MG 5.0 1.0 F 7211 N N - - N The Van Gogh Cafe, located in Flowers, Kansas, has magic in its walls, causing strange and mysterious events to occur there. Vanishing Act Taylor, Cora 29361 EN UG 5.2 10.0 F 68384 N N - - - Would-be detectives Samuel, Jennifer, and Maggie embark on the journey of their lives when they join their resourceful grandmother on a Greek cruise that could end with the rescue of their father, who mysteriously disappeared.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Vanishing Girl Peacock, Shane 133422 EN MG 5.5 11.0 F 71955 N N - - - In broad daylight, a girl of high society vanishes on a crowded street. Days pass, then weeks; the daring abduction remains an impenetrable mystery. The moment young Sherlock reads about it, he knows that it's the case that will make his name. Case #3 The Vanishing Point Hawes, Louise 82175 EN MG 5.5 8.0 F 52553 N N - - - This book presents the story of a young girl of Bologna who worked in her father's all-male painting studio and came to enjoy more fame than any female artist before her. Vegan Virgin Valentine Mackler, Carolyn 80471 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 49595 N N - - - Mara's niece, who is only one year younger, moves in bringing conflict between the two teenagers because of their opposite personalities. Very Funny, Elizabeth, 1775 Tripp, Valerie 106194 EN MG 5.3 2.0 F 11842 N N - - - Elizabeth Cole and her best friend Felicity are known as pranksters in colonial Virginia, and their favorite target is Elizabeth's older sister Annabelle. But when Annabelle becomes engaged, the girls get into big trouble. Victory Cooper, Susan 107239 EN MG 5.9 8.0 F 49788 N N - - N Alternating chapters follow the mysterious connection between a homesick English girl living in present- day America and an eleven-year-old boy pressed into service in the British Royal Navy in 1803 aboard the HMS "Victory" commanded by Admiral Nelson. The View from Saturday Konigsburg, E.L. 15098 EN MG 5.9 7.0 F 42685 N N - N N Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Violet & Claire Block, Francesca Lia 43312 EN UG 5.7 4.0 F 28203 N N - - - In search of material for a screenplay, seventeen-year-old Violet and her new friend, Claire, try to make life a movie as they chase their dreams through dangerously beautiful Los Angeles. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Violet on the Runway Walker, Melissa 123883 EN MG+ 5.4 10.0 F 63715 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Violet of Chapel Hill believes herself too tall and skinny until a top modeling agent gives her the royal treatment in New York City, and Vi suddenly finds herself facing fame, popularity, and the jealousy of her best friends. Virtual War Skurzynski, Gloria 25236 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 38878 N N - - - In a future world where global contamination has necessitated limited human contact, three young people with unique genetically engineered abilities are teamed up to wage a war in virtual reality. Book #1 A Virtuous Woman Gibbons, Kaye 19887 EN UG 5.3 6.0 F 38525 N N - - - Jack and Ruby didn't fall in love; they found each other and held tight. Vision Quest Davis, Terry 87842 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 57005 N N - - - Louden Swain trains excessively to drop almost 30 pounds and wrestle Brian Shute. During this time, he lives with his girlfriend and his father and tries to cope with his impending graduation while grappling with the true meaning of life. Vive la Paris Codell, Esmé Raji 109722 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 36788 N N - - - Paris has just come for piano lessons, not sandwiches or French lessons or free advice. But when old Mrs. Rosen gives her a little bit more than she can handle, it might be just what Paris needs to understand the bully in her brother's life. Voices from the Wild: An Animal Bouchard, David 43175 EN MG 5.0 1.0 F 5916 N N - - - This book is a collection of poems, each Sensagoria focusing on an animal in the wild and the sense most important to its survival.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Vote for Larry Tashjian, Janet 77861 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 45782 N N - - - Not yet eighteen-year-old, Josh, a.k.a. Larry, returns to public life to run for president in support of youth concerns and to encourage voter turnout. Waifs and Strays de Lint, Charles 65229 EN UG 5.6 16.0 F 103384 N N - - - This book is a collection of sixteen short fantasy stories about modern teenagers- -many of whom also appear in the author's novels--who feel ostracized and whose lives are changed when they encounter mysterious realms. Waiting for Anya Morpurgo, Michael 6994 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 43042 N N - - N Young Jo helps smuggle Jewish children to safety in the mountains of southern France. Waiting for Deliverance Urban, Betsy 45158 EN UG 5.7 9.0 F 57221 N N - - - In 1793 orphaned fourteen-year-old Livy and her cousin, Ephraim, are taken in by a backcountry farmer and his family, including a young Seneca man who changes Livy's attitudes toward the Indians she was raised to hate and fear. Waiting For Godot Beckett, Samuel 43313 EN UG 5.4 2.0 F 11194 N N - - - This is Beckett's "theatre of the absurd" play of Vladimir and Estragon, who are waiting for the arrival of the mysterious Godot. Waiting for Odysseus McLaren, Clemence 34237 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 36225 N N - - - This book presents the story of Odysseys's epic journey through the eyes of his faithful wife Penelope, the sorceress Circe, the goddess Athena, and his old nanny Eurycleia. Waiting for Sarah McBay, Bruce 70429 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 35043 N N - - - Mike's parents and sister are dead and his legs are gone. The accident that shattered his life continues to haunt him. When he returns to school and a life that he no longer understands, he is bitter and distant. The coauthor is James Heneghan.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Waiting to Disappear Fritz, April Young 65230 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 55684 N N - - - In a small southern town over the summer of 1960, two years after her older brother's death, thirteen-year-old Buddy tries to cope with the absence of her mother, who has been hospitalized after suffering a nervous breakdown. Walk the Wild Road: A Story of Hinton, Nigel 141593 EN MG 5.2 10.0 F 66066 N N - - - In war-torn Poland in 1870, ten-year-old Daring and Adventure Leo, the oldest of nine children of impoverished parents, sets out to earn a living, hoping one day to help his family by making his fortune in America. The plot contains profanity, violence, and alcohol use. Walker's Crossing Naylor, Phyllis 32449 EN MG 5.4 8.0 F 54672 N N - - N While living on his family's ranch in Reynolds Wyoming where he hopes to someday be a cowboy, Ryan faces conflicts with his older brother, who becomes involved in a militia movement. Walker's Runners Rayner, Robert 78008 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 31937 N N - - - Mr. Walker asks Toby to join his running team. Toby doesn't think it's a good idea because he is so overweight. Walks Alone Burks, Brian 24943 EN MG 5.4 3.0 F 21862 N N - - - After a surprise attack leaves many of her people dead, fifteen-year-old Walks Alone, an Apache girl wounded in the massacre, struggles to survive and rejoin the refugee band. The Walls of Cartagena Durango, Julia 123742 EN MG 5.6 4.0 F 23906 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Calepino, an African slave in the seventeenth-century Caribbean city of Cartagena, works with a Jewish doctor in a leper colony and after helping an Angolan boy and his mother escape, he realizes his true calling. Walter: The Story of a Rat Wersba, Barbara 115171 EN MG 5.7 2.0 F 9884 N N - - - Walter, namesake of Sir Walter Scott, is a rat that can read and lives in the home of Miss Amanda Pomeroy, a celebrated writer of children's books.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Wanderer Creech, Sharon 36678 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 39546 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard "The Wanderer," a forty-five-foot sailboat. The Wanigan: A Life on the River Whelan, Gloria 61279 EN MG 5.1 2.0 F 16541 N N - - - In 1878, eleven-year-old Annabel and her parents survive a year of adventure that includes floating downriver in two shacks along with a group of Michigan lumbermen moving logs. Wanted! Cooney, Caroline B. 16950 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 41452 N N - - - Alice is accused of the murder of her Father, and everyone is looking for her,including the real murderer, She must keep running until she can find a way to prove her innocence. War for the Oaks Bull, Emma 70637 EN UG 5.0 17.0 F 114365 N N - - - The people of modern Minneapolis go about their daily business unaware that an age-old war between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts is being fought in their midst. Only Eddi can see the battle and she has been drafted into the war. The War Within: A Novel of the Matas, Carol 50163 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 38043 N N - - N After Union forces expel Hannah's Civil War family from Holly Springs, Mississippi, because they are Jews, Hannah reexamines her views regarding slavery and the war. The Warded Man Brett, Peter V. 133085 EN UG 5.8 26.0 F 162470 N N - - - As the humans huddle behind their weakening magical wards, demons are determined to destroy humanity, but Arlen, Rojer, and Leesha choose to stand against the corelings. The plot contains profanity, explicit sexual situations, and graphic violence. The Warhorse Bolognese, Don 71120 EN MG 5.7 5.0 F 30966 N N - - - Lorenzo, fifteen year old son of the Duke's master armorer, longs to experience battle for himself, and thrusts himself into conflict when he learns of a planned attack against the Duke.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Warrior Heir Chima, Cinda 105945 EN MG+ 5.3 17.0 F 108066 N N - - - After learning about his magical Williams ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight in the Wizards' Game. Book #1 The Warriors Bruchac, Joseph 69955 EN MG 5.5 3.0 F 21618 N N - - N Others at Weltimore Academy love lacrosse, too, but not like Jake. Coach Scott trains them hard, offering violent stories about Indians that Jake knows are untrue. How can he make them understand the real game? The Water Horse King-Smith, Dick 31213 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 15906 N N - - - In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight- year-old Kirstie finds a large egg which hatches into an unusual sea creature, and as he grows her family must decide what to do with him. The Water Mirror Meyer, Kai 101832 EN MG+ 5.7 9.0 F 55709 N N - - - In a place similar to Venice, Italy, two teenaged orphans, apprenticed to a maker of magic mirrors, begin to realize that their fates are tied to the city's magical protector, known as the Flowing Queen, and to the ruler of Hell, respectively. The Waterstone Rupp, Rebecca 61330 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 60858 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Tad embarks on a quest to seek a powerful crystal that will restore balance to the world. The Watsons Go to Birmingham- Curtis, Christopher 11552 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 50225 N N - N N The ordinary interactions and everyday 1963 Paul routines of the Watsons, an African- American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963. The Way Bruchac, Joseph 116715 EN MG 5.2 5.0 F 33193 N N - - - Cody is the new kid at school and the target for the bullies. He's Abenaki, like most of the school, but still doesn't fit in. Things begin to change when his uncle comes to town for a martial arts competition, and he and Cody begin training together.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Way of the Wilderking Rogers, Jonathan 106227 EN MG 5.6 8.0 F 49604 N N - - - Aidan returns home from three years in Feechiefen Swamp to discover that a party known as the Aidanites has arisen among his fellow Corenwalders, and they believe he will overthrow the tyrant King Darrow. Book #3. We All Fall Down Cormier, Robert 7028 EN UG 5.7 10.0 F 60785 N N - - N Four young people trash a house and almost kill a young girl, but The Avenger has seen them. We the Children Clements, Andrew 136415 EN MG 5.2 3.0 F 22687 N N - - - Sixth-grader Ben's life is full of changes, but when the janitor for the school gives him a tarnished coin with old engravings and then dies, Ben is drawn into an effort to keep the school from being destroyed. Book #1 We Were Here Peña, Matt de la 133424 EN UG 5.0 16.0 F 105035 N N - - - Haunted by events that sentence him to time in a group home, Miguel breaks out with two unlikely companions and journeys down the California coast hoping to get to Mexico and a new life. The plot contains profanity, mild sexual references and violence. Weasel DeFelice, Cynthia 5297 EN MG 5.0 4.0 F 23960 N N - N N Alone in the frontier wilderness in the winter of 1839 while his father is recovering from an injury, eleven-year- old Nathan runs afoul of the renegade killer known as Weasel and makes a surprising discovery about the concept of revenge. The Wedding: An Encounter with Rees, Elizabeth M. 89423 EN MG 5.9 10.0 F 63857 N N - - - In 1433, Giovanna falls in love with a Jan van Eyck stranger employed by Flemish painter Jan van Eyck, but when she defies her father, refuses to marry a wealthy family friend, and elopes with her love, her reputation, family's honor, and her very life are at stake.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Wednesday Wars Schmidt, Gary D. 114653 EN MG 5.9 12.0 F 73675 N N - - N During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to religion classes, seventh-grader Holling stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of Shakespeare and he learns about the world he lives in. A Week in the Woods Clements, Andrew 63085 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 42195 N N - - N 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. Weetzie Bat Block, Francesca Lia 20145 EN UG 5.0 2.0 F 15009 N N - - - This story follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret- Agent-Lover-Man. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Welcome to the Monkey House Vonnegut, Kurt 74975 EN UG 5.7 16.0 F 99560 N N - - - This is a collection of short stories. Well of Lost Plots Fforde, Jasper 102892 EN UG 5.9 18.0 F 112185 N N - - - Thursday Next heads to the Character Exchange Program for a relaxing vacation, but when a murderer begins stalking the Program's guests, Thursday puts her detective cap back on to find the killer. Well Wished Billingsley, Franny 18900 EN MG 5.8 6.0 F 37568 N N - - N In a time of dire need, Nuria tries to outwit the magical wishing well in her mysterious mountain village. West of the Jordan Halaby, Laila 75918 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 59333 N N - - - Four cousins on the brink of maturity struggle with national, ethnic, and sexual identities. West Side Story: A Novelization Shulman, Irving 63420 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 38010 N N - - - Maria and Tony come together through love, but violence threatens to tear them apart. West to a Land of Plenty: The Murphy, Jim 18799 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 41123 N N - - N While traveling in 1883 with her Italian- Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi American family and other immigrant pioneers to Idaho, Theresa keeps a diary of her experiences.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Westing Game Raskin, Ellen 144 EN MG 5.3 8.0 F 50966 N N - N N Sixteen game players, heirs to Sam Westing's fabulous fortune, are all suspected of his murder. This book is part mystery story, part play-along game, and part do-it-yourself puzzle. Westmark Alexander, Lloyd 396 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 40348 N N - - N Falling in with a roguish doctor, his dwarf attendant, and an urchin girl, Theo embarks on an unforgettable adventure in the kingdom of Westmark. Whalesinger Katz, Welwyn Wilton 7882 EN UG 5.5 10.0 F 61477 N N - - - A scientific field trip on the California coast near the possible site of a sunken treasure ship brings together two teenagers, an emotionally isolated boy, and a girl who is discovering she shares an empathic bond with two gray whales in the area. What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on Armstrong, Jennifer 78567 EN MG 5.1 6.0 F 42409 N N - - - Twelve stories describe the power of the Power of Music music in young people's lives, from forming a community of individuals in a high school band, to helping a young man connect to his Indian heritage through ancient songs. What Girls Learn Cook, Karin 28464 EN UG 5.6 13.0 F 84300 N N - - - Tilden and her sister, Elizabeth are navigating a new household amidst the awkward and alluring terrain of adolescence. When their mother suddenly discovers a lump in her breast, they must confront the unpredictability of her illness. What Goes Around Millner, Denene 129460 EN UG 5.9 11.0 F 67758 N N - - - Wealthy and beautiful African American twin sisters Sydney and Lauren must solve a family mystery before their privileged life in Atlanta comes to an end. The coauthor is Mitzi Miller. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description What Happened to Lani Garver Plum-Ucci, Carol 63653 EN UG 5.1 15.0 F 96166 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Claire is unable to face her fears about a recurrence of her leukemia, her eating disorder, her need to fit in with the popular crowd on Hackett Island, and her mother's alcoholism until Lani Garver helps her get control of her life. What If...? Hughes, Monica 51719 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 52797 N N - - - This book is a book of endless possibilities. It is a chance to witness the most fantastical, the highly improbable, and the seemingly impossible, all by asking one question: What If...? What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know Sones, Sonya 116251 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 31937 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Robin Murphy is so unpopular at high school that his name is slang for loser, and so when he begins dating the beautiful and popular Sophie, her reputation plummets, but he finds acceptance as a student in a drawing class at Harvard. What My Mother Doesn't Know Sones, Sonya 53820 EN UG 5.3 3.0 F 18697 N N - - N Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right. What They Found: Love on 145th Myers, Walter Dean 117774 EN UG 5.1 8.0 F 54070 N N - - - Fifteen interrelated stories explore Street different aspects of love, such as a dying father's determination to help start a family business and the relationship of two teens who plan to remain celibate until they marry. What Would Joey Do? Gantos, Jack 63671 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 53435 N N - - N 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. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description What's Tuesday? Dale, Mitzi 68608 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 28579 N N - - - After Gramps is buried, all four members of Steph's family experience the same revelation: their lives are just too organized and confined. So they decide to break the mould and find adventure. Whatever Happened to My Dog Sander, Heather 83729 EN MG 5.1 4.0 F 28862 N N - - - In this third volume of the Robbie Cuddles? Packford series, Robbie's dog, Cuddles, joins in to help save the people of faraway planet Kerbosky from invasion by alien blobs. When Did You Stop Loving Chambers, Veronica 88718 EN UG 5.4 10.0 F 62952 N N - - - Angela goes to school one ordinary day Me?/Miss Black America and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Kerr, Judith 18846 EN UG 5.7 9.0 F 55838 N N - - - For nine-year-old Anna, being a German Jew in 1933 did not mean anything until her father disappeared and the rest of her family had to flee the country. When I Crossed No-Bob McMullan, Margaret 118706 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 43367 N N - - - Ten years after the Civil War's end, twelve-year-old Addy, abandoned by her parents, is taken from the town of No- Bob by schoolteacher Frank Russell and his bride, but when her father returns to claim her, she must find a way to leave her past behind. When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Williams, Lori Aurelia 34240 EN UG 5.3 12.0 F 79720 N N - - - This book tells a story of how Neptune complicated life can get when children are forced to grow up too quickly, while it also celebrates the bonds of a strong, loving family. When Pigs Fly Wood, June Rae 14852 EN MG 5.9 8.0 F 52725 N N - N N Thirteen-year-old Buddy Rae and her best friend Jiniwin do everything together--taking care of Buddy's slow, younger sister, "parenting" egg babies, and dealing with Buddy's family move to a farm outside Turnback, Missouri.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description When the Emperor Was Divine Otsuka, Julie 68644 EN UG 5.0 5.0 F 34199 N N - - - This novel portrays the members of a Japanese American family as they present their unique perspectives on the experience of being forced into an internment camp during World War II. When the King Comes Home Stevermer, Caroline 67353 EN UG 5.0 11.0 F 76388 N N - - - A regal-looking stranger looks strangely like Good King Julian, who has been gone from Aravis for two hundred years, and the people of Aravis, including artist Hail Rosmer, wonder if the hopes they have always placed upon his return will come true. When We Were Romans Kneale, Matthew 128520 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 73988 N N - - - Nine-year-old Lawrence travels with his mother and younger sister to Rome, fleeing Hannah's imagined torment from his estranged father. While there, Lawrence looks at his new life as an adventure, until Hannah convinces him their father is stalking them. When We Were Saints Nolan, Han 72771 EN UG 5.2 12.0 F 78342 N N - - - Inspired by his grandfather's last words and guided by a girl who believes they are saints, fourteen-year-old Archie sets out on a spiritual quest that takes him from southern Appalachia to the Cloisters Museum in New York City. Where I'd Like to Be Dowell, Frances 67232 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 40145 N N - - N A group of foster children build a home O'Roark of their own. Where in the World French, Simon 75303 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 37176 N N - - - When Ari and his mother leave their home in Germany for a new life and family in Australia, he parts from the grandfather who taught him to play the violin, but finds that his music and memories are intertwined. Where Soldiers Lie Wilson, John 119494 EN MG+ 5.9 8.0 F 48367 N N - - - For sixteen-year old Jack, India is an exotic place of wonder and mystery. But within a few days, Jack, his friends, and 1,000 soldiers, women, and children will be fighting for their lives in an inadequate entrenchment.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Where the Heart Is Letts, Billie 28454 EN UG 5.0 13.0 F 85376 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old, seven-months pregnant Novalee Nation finds herself stranded at a store in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in her pocket. She discovers hidden treasures in this small town of people willing to help a homeless, jobless stranger. Where the Mountain Meets the Lin, Grace 131480 EN MG 5.5 7.0 F 42634 N N - N N Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor Moon village, buys a magical goldfish and then joins a dragon on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of discovering how to change her family's fortune. While I Live Marsden, John 114499 EN UG 5.5 13.0 F 84659 N N - - - Officially the war is over, but Ellie can not seem to escape it and resume a normal life especially after her parents are murdered and she becomes the ward of an unscrupulous lawyer who wants to acquire her family's property. Book #1 While I Was Gone Miller, Sue 49892 EN UG 5.4 16.0 F 105973 N N - - - Despite having a loving family and satisfaction in her work, Jo Becker's mind is invaded by a persistent restlessness, a man from her past, and a horrible secret. Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Pearson, Kit 63262 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 41225 N N - - - Susanna hears the talk of war among Diary of Susanna Merritt her family and prays that her brother will not have to fight. She has lost two uncles to war and does not want to lose a brother also. Whistle Me Home Wersba, Barbara 29369 EN UG 5.1 4.0 F 23789 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Noli feels as if she has found her soul mate when handsome, sensitive TJ moves to Sag Harbor, but even as their feelings deepen, individual secrets threaten their relationship.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The White Darkness McCaughrean, 112409 EN MG+ 5.5 12.0 F 77520 N N - - - Taken to Antarctica by the man she Geraldine thinks of as an uncle for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone, a troubled fourteen-year-old, discovers that he is obsessed with seeking Symme's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center of Earth. The White Gates Ramthun, Bonnie 126600 EN MG 5.1 8.0 F 55552 N N - - - When his mother becomes the doctor in Snow Park, Colorado, twelve-year-old Tor learns of a curse placed on the town's doctors many years before by an eccentric Ute woman but suspects that a modern-day villain is hiding behind that curse. The White Horse Trick Thompson, Kate 138723 EN MG 5.7 11.0 F 68295 N N - - - In the late twenty-first century, dramatic climate change has made life in Ireland almost impossible, and soon T'ír na n'Og is faced with a refugee problem, partly because of a warlord who is a member of the Liddy family. White Is for Magic Stolarz, Laurie Faria 83328 EN UG 5.1 10.0 F 65017 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old hereditary witch Stacey Brown is having nightmares that predict death again, but this time the murderous stalker is after her. White Lilacs Meyer, Carolyn 10260 EN MG 5.5 8.0 F 48436 N N - - N Historical novel about a young black girl's response to the forced relocation of her family in 1921 Texas. White Tiger, Blue Serpent Tseng, Grace 29936 EN MG 5.1 0.5 F 1728 N N - - - When his mother's beautiful brocade is snatched away by a greedy goddess, a young Chinese boy faces many perils as he attempts to get it back. Whiteout Houston, James 45738 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 54448 N N - - - Jonathan, a rebellious seventeen-year- old city boy, is sent to live with his uncle at a remote Arctic settlement on Baffin Island, a world away from his passion: playing in a jazz group. Angry with his mother, he must come to terms with his new life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Who Is Jesse Flood? Doyle, Malachy 60018 EN MG 5.1 5.0 F 31815 N N - - - Striving to cope with the arguments of his parents and his feelings of not belonging, fourteen-year-old Jesse Flood struggles to find his place in a small town in Northern Ireland. Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? A Glenn, Mel 14917 EN UG 5.0 2.0 F 12961 N N - N N Free-verse poems describe the Mystery in Poems reactions of students, colleagues, and others when a high school teacher is shot to death as the school day begins. The text contains profanity and violence. A Whole Nother Story Soup, Cuthbert 134342 EN MG 5.6 9.0 F 57572 N N - - - Ethan Cheeseman and his children, ages eight, twelve, and fourteen, hope to settle in a nice small town, at least long enough to complete work on a time machine, but spies and government agents pursue them. Wide Awake Levithan, David 109206 EN UG 5.8 8.0 F 51352 N N - - - In the not-too-distant future, when a gay Jewish man is elected president of the United States, sixteen-year-old Duncan examines his feelings for his boyfriend, his political and religious beliefs, and tries to determine his rightful place in the world. Wild Life DeFelice, Cynthia 143793 EN MG 5.5 5.0 F 33890 N N - - - Being sent to stay with grandparents he hardly knows is hard enough for twelve- year-old Eric, whose parents are deployed to Iraq, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing the dog he rescues causes Eric to run away. Wild Man Island Hobbs, Will 59177 EN UG 5.1 7.0 F 44318 N N N - N After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Wild Orchid Brenna, Beverley 106993 EN UG 5.0 6.0 F 41134 N N - - - Eighteen-year-old Taylor would just as soon stay at home in Saskatoon rather than with her mother at the Prince Albert National Park, but because she suffers from an autistic condition called Asperger's Syndrome, she can't stay on her own. Wild Orchid: A Retelling of "The Dokey, Cameron 129363 EN UG 5.5 8.0 F 48867 N N - - - This book is a retelling of the ancient Ballad of Mulan" Chinese tale in which a young girl disguises herself as a man in order to fight in the Chinese army. Wild Roses Caletti, Deb 101458 EN UG 5.1 11.0 F 76085 N N - - - In Washington State, seventeen-year- old Cassie learns about the good and bad sides of both love and genius while living with her mother and brilliant, yet disturbed, violinist stepfather and falling in love with a gifted young musician. Wildside Gould, Steven 55313 EN UG 5.0 15.0 F 102891 N N - - - Just beyond the heavy wooden door is another Earth. It is a pristine world where mammoths and saber-toothed tigers roam, where there are no cities and no people. The door belongs to Charlie Newell. Wildwood Dancing Marillier, Juliet 112434 EN MG+ 5.4 17.0 F 111868 N N - - - Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into the Wildwood, a magical world. Will Grayson, Will Grayson Green, John 136568 EN UG 5.1 11.0 F 74277 N N - - - When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined. The plot contains profanity and sexual references. The coauthor is David Levithan. William Shakespeare's Hamlet Coville, Bruce 77929 EN MG 5.5 1.0 F 4702 N N - - - Shakespeare's play about a Prince of Denmark seeking revenge for his father's murder is retold in an enjoyable and accessible version.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Willie and the Rattlesnake King Clark, Clara Gillow 32910 EN UG 5.8 5.0 F 33716 N N - - - A thirteen-year-old boy learns life's lessons when he runs away from the farm to join a traveling medicine show. The Willoughbys Lowry, Lois 121315 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 23990 N N - - - In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure. Willow and Twig Little, Jean 63944 EN MG 5.0 8.0 F 55695 N N - - - Ten-year-old Willow and her four-year- old brother Twig find themselves on their own after their mother breaks parole and takes off. They are sent to live with their grandmother in her house called Stonecrop, where they must adjust to rural life. Willow Creek Summer Wiebe, Kathleen 42417 EN MG 5.4 8.0 F 51586 N N - - - Through a summer of hard, satisfying work in the garden and orchard at Tante Tina's, Tina begins to carve out her own identity and independence. Wilma Tenderfoot: The Case of the Kennedy, Emma 145777 EN MG 5.8 9.0 F 53969 N N - - - Wilma, a ten-year-old orphan at Cooper Frozen Hearts Island's Lowside Institute for Woeful Children, dreams of escape and becoming the apprentice of the world- famous detective Theodore P. Goodman, whose every case she follows devotedly in the newspaper. Book #1 The Wind Is Not a River Griese, Arnold A. 14528 EN MG 5.0 3.0 F 21989 N N - - - Two children on a Pacific island during World War II discover an injured Japanese soldier. Wind Rider Williams, Susan 110026 EN MG+ 5.6 10.0 F 67007 N N - - - Fern, a teenager living in 4000 B.C., defies the expectations of her people by displaying a unique and new ability to tame horses and by questioning many of the traditional activities of women.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Window Dorris, Michael 26721 EN UG 5.2 3.0 F 21946 N N - - - When ten year old Rayone's Native American mother enters a treatment facility, her estranged father introduces her to a side of his family who are not at all what she had expected. Window Boy White, Andrea 126676 EN MG 5.0 10.0 F 63363 N N - - - After his mother finally convinces the principal of Greenfield Junior High to admit him, twelve-year-old Sam arrives for his first day of school, along with his imaginary friend Winston Churchill, who encourages him to persevere with his cerebral palsy. The Winds of Mars Hoover, H.M. 14889 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 40067 N N - - - When rebel forces strike against her father, the all-powerful president of Mars, teenage Annalyn finds her comfortable existence turned upside down and her life threatened from unexpected sources. The Wings of Merlin Barron, T.A. 45219 EN MG 5.8 14.0 F 88109 N N - - N Merlin's fragile home on the isle of Fincayra is threatened by the attack of a mysterious warrior with swords for arms, and by the escape of Stangmar from his imprisonment. Book #5 Winners Collura, Mary-Ellen 31221 EN MG 5.0 6.0 F 37938 N N - - - After years in foster homes, Jordy Lang Threebears returns to live on a Blackfoot reservation with his grandfather whom he hardly knows, and finds his anger and resentment being overcome by the gift of a wild mare. The Winter People Bruchac, Joseph 59609 EN MG 5.5 6.0 F 37733 N N - - N Fourteen-year-old Saxso, a member of the Abenaki tribe in Canada, embarks on a dangerous rescue mission when his mother and two younger sisters are taken hostage during an attack by the British on their unprotected village in 1759.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Winter Road Hokenson, Terry 113388 EN UG 5.8 7.0 F 45774 N N - - - 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. The Winter War Durbin, William 120735 EN MG+ 5.0 7.0 F 45405 N N - - - When Russian troops invade Finland in November 1939, Marko, a young polio victim determined to keep his homeland free, joins the Finnish Army as a messenger boy. Winter's End Mourlevat, Jean- 133425 EN UG 5.2 15.0 F 96781 N N - - - Fleeing across icy mountains from a Claude pack of terrifying dog-men sent to hunt them down, four teenagers escape from their prisonlike boarding schools to take up the fight against the tyrannical government that murdered their parents fifteen years earlier. Wise Child Furlong, Monica 74992 EN MG 5.8 10.0 F 62701 N N - - - Abandoned by both her parents, nine- year-old Wise Child goes to live with the witch woman, Juniper, who begins to train her in the ways of herbs and magic. Wish Me Luck Heneghan, James 17798 EN MG 5.8 7.0 F 41895 N N - - N While on an ocean voyage to Canada to escape the air raids in his Liverpool home, twelve-year-old Jamie Monaghan faces another kind of life-threatening situation. Wishing for Tomorrow McKay, Hilary 135341 EN MG 5.2 8.0 F 51716 N N - - - This book relates what becomes of Ermengarde and the other girls left behind at Miss Minchin's School after Sara Crewe leaves to live with her guardian, the Indian gentleman.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Witch Baby Block, Francesca Lia 20149 EN UG 5.1 3.0 F 18070 N N - - - Witch Baby comes to live with Weetzie Bat and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man and has wild adventures in Los Angeles as she tries to understand where she belongs. The plot contains sexual situations. The Witch of Blackbird Pond Speare, Elizabeth 98 EN MG 5.7 9.0 F 60027 N N - N N Puritan neighbors regard Kit Tyler with George suspicion, fear, and anger when she befriends an old woman accused of witchcraft. The Witches of Willowmere Baird, Alison 63937 EN UG 5.9 9.0 F 59030 N N - - - As she struggles to uncover and understand the powers of both good and evil, Claire is drawn towards the past, to the witch trials of the 17th century, and must battle unexpected adversaries in the present. With Nothing but Our Courage: The Bradford, Karleen 63263 EN MG 5.2 6.0 F 41991 N N - - - When Mary's family sides with the Loyalist Diary of Mary McDonald British against the American rebels, they are branded traitors and forced to flee their home. All they have is what they can carry with them and their determination and courage when they head north toward Canada. Witness Hesse, Karen 54110 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 14825 N N - - N A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town. A Wizard Abroad Duane, Diane 18849 EN UG 5.6 12.0 F 79232 N N - - - Sent on vacation to her aunt's home in Ireland, Nita becomes entangled in a magic battle to save the country from the ghosts of its past. A Wizard Alone Duane, Diane 63635 EN UG 5.8 13.0 F 82794 N N - - - While Nita mourns her mother's death, teenage wizard Kit and his dog Ponch set out to find a young autistic boy who vanished in the middle of his Ordeal, pursued by the Lone Power.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Wizard of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 105986 EN UG 5.7 17.0 F 108128 N N - - - Captain Pausert, on a secret mission to stop the newly active Nanite plague from spreading, is forced to don a disguise and join the circus when it becomes clear someone is trying to stop him. The coauthors are Eric Flint and Dave Freer. The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Yolen, Jane 52333 EN MG 5.6 0.5 F 2438 N N - - - In 1920, a missionary brought two Mystery from History young girls to an orphanage in India and claimed they were raised by wolves. The coauthor is Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple. Wolf on the Fold Clarke, Judith 59396 EN MG 5.4 5.0 F 32784 N N - - - This book is a series of stories that follow members of an Australian family through several generations. Wolf Tower Lee, Tanith 41491 EN UG 5.0 7.0 F 49448 N N - - - When a stranger is captured by the Guards of the House and Garden where she has worked all her life as a slave and maid, sixteen-year-old Claidi helps him escape and sets out with him to journey to his home city through the dangerous Waste. Wolven Toft, Di 137472 EN MG 5.9 9.0 F 55831 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Nat, with help from family, friends, and his "pet" Woody, a wolf that turns into a boy, must face werewolves that have been altered as part of a dastardly plan. Book #1 Woman Hollering Creek and Other Cisneros, Sandra 57014 EN UG 5.5 7.0 F 45128 N N - - - This is a collection of stories whose Stories characters give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. The Woman in the Wall Kindl, Patrice 24991 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 38939 N N - - - Because she suffers from extreme shyness, Anna retreats into herself and her secret rooms where she attempts to remain hidden from the outside world. Wonder When You'll Miss Me Davis, Amanda 75519 EN UG 5.0 15.0 F 99650 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Faith Duckle embarks on a journey of discovery when she runs off with the circus after attacking one of the boys who raped her the year before.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Wonderstruck Selznick, Brian 146551 EN MG 5.4 4.0 F 26125 N N - - - Twelve-year old Ben, whose story is told in words, loses both his mother and his hearing, and leaves home to seek the father he never knew. While Rose, whose story is told in pictures, is also compelled to search for the something missing in her life. Woods Runner Paulsen, Gary 134843 EN MG+ 5.5 5.0 F 32659 N N - - N From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, 13-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 Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. A World Without Heroes Mull, Brandon 142617 EN MG+ 5.1 19.0 F 124250 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Jason Walker is transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins Rachel and a few rebels to piece together the Word that can destroy Maldor, the malicious wizard emperor. Book #1 Worlds Afire Janeczko, Paul B. 77184 EN MG 5.2 1.0 F 5490 N N - - - This book is a collection of eyewitness poems that describes the excitement turned to horror when a fire breaks out at the circus on July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut. Wrango Burks, Brian 32198 EN MG 5.2 4.0 F 26325 N N - - - When young George McJunkin leaves his home in Texas and joins a cattle drive along the Chisholm Trail, he experiences the hardships of being a Black cowboy after the Civil War. Wrestling Sturbridge Wallace, Rich 17849 EN UG 5.3 5.0 F 29699 N N - - N Stuck in a small town and relegated by his wrestling coach to sit on the bench while his best friend becomes state champion, Ben decides he can't let his last high school wrestling season slip by.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Wright 3 Balliett, Blue 105862 EN MG 5.7 7.0 F 44500 N N - - N In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished. The Year Money Grew on Trees Hawkins, Aaron R. 139125 EN MG 5.2 10.0 F 62728 N N - - - In early 1980s New Mexico, thirteen- year-old Jackson Jones recruits his cousins and sisters to help tend an elderly neighbor's neglected apple orchard for the chance to make big money and, perhaps, to own the orchard. The Year of Secret Assignments Moriarty, Jaclyn 77133 EN MG+ 5.9 12.0 F 77165 N N - - N As part of a pen pal program, three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High, leading to romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and war between the schools. Year of the Griffin Jones, Diana Wynne 44732 EN UG 5.9 14.0 F 90138 N N - - - When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards' University, she encounters new friends, pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed, and magic misused. The Year of the Hangman Blackwood, Gary L. 61396 EN UG 5.9 10.0 F 61993 N N - - N In 1777, having been kidnapped and taken forcibly from England to the American colonies, fifteen-year-old Creighton becomes part of developments in the political unrest there that may spell defeat for the patriots and change the course of history.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Year the Gypsies Came Glass, Linzi 106228 EN MG 5.2 10.0 F 63217 N N - - - In Johannesburg, South Africa, in the late 1960s, twelve-year-old Emily, who longs for affection from her quarreling parents, finds comfort in the stories of a Zulu servant and her friendship with a young houseguest who has an equally troubled family. The Year's Best Science Fiction Yolen, Jane 101058 EN UG 5.6 15.0 F 97088 N N - - - This book is a collection of science and and Fantasy for Teens fantasy fiction from some of today's most popular writers, including Garth Nix, David Gerrold, and Delia Sherman. The coeditor is Patrick Nielsen Hayden. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Dorris, Michael 68769 EN UG 5.8 21.0 F 130143 N N - - - This is the saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of kinship. You Benoit, Charles 138725 EN UG 5.4 5.0 F 34082 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Kyle discovers the shattering ramifications of the decisions he makes, and does not make, about school, the girl he likes, and his future. The plot contains sexual situations and violence. Young Lancelot San Souci, Robert D. 65297 EN MG 5.1 0.5 F 2278 N N - - - This book presents the life of Lancelot, relating how he became the greatest knight of the Round Table. Young Warriors Pierce, Tamora 101768 EN MG+ 5.9 13.0 F 81292 N N - - - This book contains fifteen original short stories by various authors relating the exploits of teenage warriors who defeat their enemies with cunning and skill as they strive to fulfill their destinies. The coeditor is Josepha Sherman. The Young Widow Chan, Cassandra 105003 EN UG 5.7 14.0 F 87142 N N - - - Phillip Bethancourt tries to keep his best friend, Scotland Yard detective sergeant Jack Gibbons, on task when the investigation of the murder of Geoffrey Berowne is hindered by Jack's growing attraction to the victim's much younger second wife.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Younguncle Comes To Town Singh, Vandana 105283 EN MG 5.5 3.0 F 20021 N N - - N In a small town in northern India, three siblings await their father's youngest brother, Younguncle, who is somewhat eccentric. Z for Zachariah O'Brien, Robert C. 5299 EN UG 5.6 9.0 F 58168 N N - N N Seemingly the only person left alive after a nuclear war, a girl is relieved to see a man arrive in her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape. Zack Bell, William 28590 EN MG 5.8 7.0 F 42932 N N - - - The son of a Jewish father and black mother, Zach has never been allowed to meet his mother's family. After doing a research project on a former slave, he travels from his home in Canada to Natchez, Mississippi, to find his grandfather. Zebra and Other Stories Potok, Chaim 28509 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 38600 N N - - - A collection of stories about six different young people who each experience a life-changing event. Zero at the Bone Cadnum, Michael 14907 EN UG 5.9 8.0 F 47644 N N - - - When eighteen-year-old Anita fails to return home from work, her parents and younger brother try to understand and cope with her disappearance. Zia O'Dell, Scott 5300 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 35384 N N - - N Poignant sequel to 'The Island Of The Blue Dolphins,' in which Zia and her Aunt Karana are reunited, but not for long. Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories Singer, Isaac 20312 EN MG 5.2 2.0 F 9880 N N - - - Seven tales from middle European Bashevis folklore told by the Nobel Laureate and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Zora and Me Bond, Victoria 140510 EN MG 5.3 5.0 F 31748 N N - - - This fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville, Florida, shares their learning about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. The coauthor is T.R. Simon.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Zucchini Warriors Korman, Gordon 5050 EN MG 5.0 7.0 F 44913 N N - - N The funniest Bruno & Boots story yet, in which they must hide the fact that their school's best football player is a girl from another school. Zulu Dog Ferreira, Anton 64326 EN MG 5.4 6.0 F 40194 N N - - - In post-apartheid South Africa, a Zulu boy keeps secrets from his family as he cares for an injured dog and befriends the daughter of a white farmer.

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