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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description 100% Wolf Lyons, Jayne 132223 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 41555 N N - - - At the time of his first transformation, a young werewolf of noble and proud ancestry is driven from his pack when, instead of turning into a fierce wolf, he changes into a little poodle. The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story Fleischman, Sid 14796 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 28131 N N - - N When his older sister disappears, Buddy Stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a seventeenth- century pirate ship captained by a distant relative. The 18th Emergency Byars, Betsy 661 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 25174 N N - - N Benjie is adept in coping with 17 kinds of emergencies, but the 18th is a big bully named Hammerman, who waits for him after school. 45 & 47 Stella Street and Honey, Elizabeth 18567 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 35595 N N - - - A family adventure told by eleven-year- Everything That Happened old Henni Octon about her life with her family. 90 Miles to Havana Flores-Galbis, 140562 EN MG 4.8 10.0 F 66605 N N - - - Julian's parents, hoping to protect Julian Enrique and his brothers from the dangers of the turmoil in Cuba, send them to the United States in 1961 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, where the boys learn life in a Miami refugee camp holds its own perils. Abduction! Kehret, Peg 81642 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 39470 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six-year-old brother Matt and their dog, Pookie, are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventure. The Accidental Orphan Horne, Constance 42412 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 34933 N N - - - Ellen finds herself wrongly accused of stealing. In her escape, she becomes a stow-away aboard a steamship bound for Canada, an unwilling member of a band of orphans headed for new families on the prairie.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Accomplice Charles, Norma 55975 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 33329 N N - - - Megan is surprised when her father suddenly calls after a year's absence to propose a secret weekend reunion. The adventure turns to danger and Megan begins to suspect she has been an unwitting accomplice to a scheme that threatens them all. Across the Steel River Stenhouse, Ted 53345 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 44294 N N - - - A local Indian and World War II hero has been beaten and left for dead near the railway tracks. Police conclude that a train caused his injuries, but Will and Arthur know better. To find answers, they'll have to pursue the case on their own. Adaline Falling Star Osborne, Mary Pope 36046 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 26391 N N - - N After her mother dies, Adaline is sent to live in St. Louis while her father, the famous scout Kit Carson, explores the West. Adem's Cross Mead, Alice 20101 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 32270 N N - - - Adem's family has been singled out for special suffering after his sister reads a protest poem in public in Serb-occupied Kosovo. Adventures in the Ice Age Bailey, Linda 82847 EN MG 4.0 1.0 F 5762 N N - - - A request for ice on a hot day sends the Binkertons off for an adventure in the Ice Age, where they learn how people lived and what animals shared their world. The Adventures of Captain Pilkey, Dav 20251 EN MG 4.3 1.0 F 5731 N N - - N George and Harold have created the Underpants greatest superhero in the history of their elementary school, and now they're going to bring him to life. The Adventures of Midnight Son Patrick, Denise Lewis 34704 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 30788 N N - - - After his parents help him escape from slavery on a cotton plantation, thirteen- year-old Midnight finds freedom in Mexico and becomes a cowboy on a cattle drive to Kansas. The Adventures of Tommy Smith Sutherland, Robert 69841 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 38141 N N - - - Accused of killing a man, orphan Tommy Smith takes on a new identity -- and works with the circus.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Adventures on Amelia Island: A Wood, Jane R. 124141 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 17754 N N - - - Bobby and Joey visit an ancient Pirate, A Princess, and Buried cemetery and a nineteenth-century fort Treasure as Bobby searches for the buried treasure that is rumored to still be hidden on the island. The Adventurous Deeds of Hemphill, Helen 123996 EN MG 4.2 7.0 F 50413 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Prometheus Jones Deadwood Jones and his eleven-year-old cousin Omer flee Tennessee and join a cattle drive that will eventually take them to Texas, where Prometheus hopes to find his father. The plot contains mild profanity and sexual innuendoes. After Hamelin Richardson, Bill 46696 EN MG 4.2 8.0 F 55738 N N - - - Penelope, unable to hear the hypnotic playing of the Pied Piper, is left behind when he comes to claim the children. Now she must set out on a journey to discover the fate of the missing children of Hamelin and rescue them if she can. Agnes the Sheep Taylor, William 11401 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 28442 N N - - N A funny novel about an old woman and her "attack" sheep. Ajeemah and His Son Berry, James 8503 EN MG 4.4 2.0 F 13983 N N - - N A father and his eighteen-year-old son are each affected differently by their experiences as slaves in Jamaica in the early nineteenth century. Alabama Moon Key, Watt 109348 EN MG 4.1 11.0 F 75314 N N - - - After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon leaves their forest shelter home and is sent to an Alabama institution, becoming entangled in the outside world he has never known and making good friends, a relentless enemy, and finally a new life. Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Sanderson, Brandon 118054 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 58202 N N - - - On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Sanderson, Brandon 133649 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 58033 N N - - - When Alcatraz and Grandpa Smedry Crystallia make a pilgrimage to the Free Kingdom city of Nalhalla, they are shocked to find the city under siege by the Evil Librarians, led by Alcatraz's own mother. Book #3 Alexandria of Africa Walters, Eric 133807 EN MG 4.5 8.0 F 52007 N N - - - Alexandria is arrested for shoplifting, and this time she can't find a way to scheme out of the consequences. Before she knows it, she's on a plane headed to Kenya where she has been ordered to work for an international charity. Aliens Ate My Homework Coville, Bruce 5339 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 32140 N N - N N Rod has enough troubles, but a tiny spaceship adds more problems to his life. All Alone in the Universe Perkins, Lynne Rae 34798 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 29413 N N - - N Debbie is dismayed when her best friend, Maureen, starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna. All by Herself Paul, Ann Whitford 47732 EN MG 4.0 0.5 F 2426 N N - - - This is a book of poems about fourteen girls, some of whom later became famous, who performed acts of daring, determination, and courage at a young age. All the Way to Mexico Charles, Norma 68904 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 34859 N N - - - Jacob, a soccer-mad boy takes a roadtrip with his newly "blended" family. Each of the four children has different coping strategies, Barney tells cow jokes, Sam plays with action figures, Minerva plays her CDs and Jacob dreams of being a soccer star. Almost Eden Horrocks, Anita 111536 EN MG 4.3 9.0 F 63611 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Elsie struggles with her mother's mental illness, her bossy older sister, and her faith in God in a small Mennonite community. Almost Forever Testa, Maria 69949 EN MG 4.6 0.5 F 3017 N N - - N A young girl describes what she, her brother, and their mother do during the year that her doctor father is serving in the Army in Vietnam.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Almost to Freedom Nelson, Vaunda 74442 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 1782 N N - - N This book tells the story of a young girl's Micheaux dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll. The Amazing Flight of Darius Harley, Bill 111519 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 40594 N N - - - When his adventurous father disappears Frobisher during a hot-air balloon flight, eleven- year-old Darius is torn away from his beloved housekeeper and sent to live with an obnoxious aunt until a strange bicycle repairman with a secret changes his life. Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue Danziger, Paula 25848 EN MG 4.0 2.0 F 14462 N N - N N Nine-year-old Amber Brown faces further complications because of her parent's divorce when her father plans to move back from Paris, and she must decide with which parent she will spend the holiday. The Amber Cat McKay, Hilary 17753 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 30367 N N - - - While recovering from chicken pox, Robin and his friends are drawn into his mother's story about the adventures she and her friends had years ago with an unusual girl. Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Williams, Vera B. 53446 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 2672 N N - - N Two sisters help each other deal with Smart life while their mother is working and their father has been sent to jail. Among the Betrayed Haddix, Margaret 59349 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 33881 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by Peterson the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death. Among the Hidden Haddix, Margaret 29501 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 32127 N N - N N In a future where the Population Police Peterson enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Among the Impostors Haddix, Margaret 50379 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 34305 N N - - N In the future, where the law limits a Peterson family to only two children, third-born Luke has been hiding for the entire twelve years of his life. When he enters boarding school under an assumed name, he is forced to face his fears and his fellow humans. Amy, Number Seven Kaye, Marilyn 24946 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 36975 N N - - - Overnight, Amy Candler has developed many special talents, and strange things start to happen. Book #1 Anastasia Krupnik Lowry, Lois 202 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 21862 N N - N N For ten-year-old Anastasia, life is full of problems like teachers, boys, a grandmother who does not remember her name, and the arrival of a new baby brother. And Now Miguel Krumgold, Joseph 4 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 56043 N N - N N The secret wish of Miguel Chavez, to go to the mountains with the men of his family, comes true. Angel Spreads Her Wings Delton, Judy 31158 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 20655 N N - - - Angel, whose active imagination always causes her to expect the worst, is given many new things to worry about when her stepfather plans to take the family to Greece for the summer. Angel Square Doyle, Brian 8052 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 27701 N N - - - Young Tommy, growing up in Ottawa's Lowertown in the 1940s, won't rest until he finds out who viciously attacked his Jewish friend's father. Angelique: Buffalo Hunt Taylor, Cora 63920 EN MG 4.8 2.0 F 11649 N N - - - Angelique Dumas is a ten-year-old Métis girl, and this year she gets to be part of the hunt, not with the children, but with the grown-ups. It will be hard work, she knows, and she will have lots of new and important responsibilities. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Ann and Seamus Major, Kevin 74514 EN MG 4.8 1.0 F 6907 N N - - - In 1828, off the Newfoundland Isle aux Morts, seventeen-year-old Ann Harvey, her father and younger brother came upon the wreck of the "Despatch." Ann's courage and strength at the oars of the rescue boat were largely responsible for saving 160 people. Anna's Blizzard Hart, Alison 102986 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 27153 N N - - - Having never excelled at schoolwork, twelve-year-old Anna discovers that she may know a few things about survival when the 1888 Children's Blizzard traps her and her classmates in their Nebraska schoolhouse. Antonio S & the Mysterious Hirsch, Odo 49771 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 39565 N N - - - Antonio knows all sorts of unusual Theodore Guzman things, but it is not until he meets his mysterious neighbor that he is introduced to the magical world of theatre. Any Pet Will Do Shouse, Nancy 87984 EN MG 4.9 2.0 F 15788 N N - - N Jeremy pet-sits his neighbors' pets in an effort to discover which pet is best for him to take care of. Any Small Goodness: A Novel of Johnston, Tony 53557 EN MG 4.1 2.0 F 16500 N N - - N Arturo and his family and friends share the Barrio all kinds of experiences living in the barrio of East Los Angeles--reclaiming their names, playing basketball, championing the school librarian, and even starting their own gang. Anything But Typical Baskin, Nora Raleigh 129385 EN MG 4.1 5.0 F 35780 N N - - - Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants to become a writer, relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world. Anywhere But Here Dueck, Adele 29322 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 29256 N N - - N Eleven year old Marjorie finds farm life in the summer is no life at all, with all the work and her best friend gone to Vancouver, until she discovers stolen pesticides in the family's barn.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Apple and the Arrow: The Buff, Mary 19039 EN MG 4.8 2.0 F 14055 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Walter Tell awaits the Legend of William Tell skillful demonstration of his father William, a Swiss freedom fighter, who will shoot an apple from his head. The coauthor is Conrad Buff. The Aquanauts Lunn, John 103214 EN MG 4.4 8.0 F 54258 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Greta Kovachi bands together with the three other young people in her scientist father's deep-sea laboratory habitat to save their parents and themselves when an accident sends all of them billions of years into the future. Aram's Choice Skrypuch, Marsha 108045 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 9290 N N - - N A young orphan survivor of the Forchuk Armenian genocide in Turkey is one of fifty boys chosen to make the long journey to Canada and a new life in Georgetown, Ontario. This story is based on the recollections of one of the original Georgetown Boys. The Archaeolojesters Oertel, Andreas 137576 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 36226 N N - - - Cody, Eric, and Eric's twin sister, Rachel, hatch a plan to bring tourists to Sultana, Manitoba, and revive the sagging economy and put Sultana on the map. Book #1 Arthur, for the Very First Time MacLachlan, Patricia 204 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 20630 N N - N N Arthur spends a summer with his unconventional aunt and uncle and begins to look at life, his family, and himself differently. The Ashwater Experiment Koss, Amy Goldman 31199 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 34388 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Hillary, who has traveled across the country all her life with her parents, finds herself facing a stay of nine whole months in Ashwater, California. At the Crossing Places Crossley-Holland, 66886 EN MG 4.4 12.0 F 80057 N N - - N In late twelfth-century England, thirteen- Kevin year-old Arthur goes to begin his new life as squire to Lord Stephen at Holt, where they ready themselves to become crusaders.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description At the Mouth of the Luckiest River Griese, Arnold A. 14505 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 12540 N N - - - Based on a true story from nineteenth century Alaska, an Athabaskan boy is destined to become a medicine man. Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess O'Connor, George 136702 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 4810 N N - - - In graphic-novel format, this book recounts the adventures of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war. The text and pictures contain graphic violence. Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Polacco, Patricia 18257 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 2488 N N - - N Aunt Chip saves the town of Triple Creek Dam Affair Creek, where everyone has forgotten how to read because of the invasion of television. Awake and Dreaming Pearson, Kit 17755 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 51663 N N - - N Theo dreams of belonging to a real family, two parents and brothers and sisters, and for awhile it seems to be true-- or was she just dreaming? Baba Yaga Arnold, Katya 5342 EN MG 4.3 0.5 F 869 N N - - - Retelling of a Russian folktale. The witch Baba Yaga uses a trick to capture a young man, but he cleverly avoids being eaten. Babushka Baba Yaga Polacco, Patricia 5343 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 1200 N N - - - The Russian villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother. Bad Girls Voigt, Cynthia 17756 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 55922 N N - - N Two new kids at Washington Elementary decide they do not want to be nice and decide to disrupt the classroom any way possible. Bandit's Moon Fleischman, Sid 29532 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 22956 N N - N N Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquín Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold- mining region during the mid-1800s. The Barn Burner Willis, Patricia 42450 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 39019 N N - - N In 1933, while running from a bad situation at home and suspected of having set fire to a barn, fourteen-year- old Ross finds haven with a loving family, which helps him make an important decision.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Battle of the Labyrinth Riordan, Rick 122983 EN MG 4.1 12.0 F 85079 N N - - N When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy hurries to Camp Half Blood, from where he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan Lord Kronos draws near. Book #4 Batty Hattie Nielsen, Virginia 29385 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 27141 N N - - - Almost eleven-year-old Harriet feels abandoned when her mother takes a new job, making her change schools and go to live with an uncle in a small California town, but as she becomes involved with her uncle's work with bats, she learns a lot about love. Bay Girl Dorion, Betty 31218 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 33026 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Patsy visits her Gran Fitzpatrick and Uncle Wish in the port of Shoal Harbour. Learning to row a dinghy and help out on her uncle's fishing dory, she develops a sense of pride and self- reliance. The Beaded Moccasins: The Story Durrant, Lynda 32560 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 39589 N N - - N After being captured by a group of of Mary Campbell Delaware Indians and given to their leader as a replacement for his dead granddaughter, twelve-year-old Mary Campbell is forced to travel west with them to Ohio. The Bear Says North: Tales from Barton, Bob 70425 EN MG 4.9 2.0 F 12242 N N - - - This book presents illustrated retellings Northern Lands of ten folk and fairy tales from northern hemisphere countries that border on or contain frozen tundra, snowy mountains, dense wilderness, and ice fields. Beast Napoli, Donna Jo 44703 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 53167 N N - - - This story elaborates on the tale of "Beauty and the Beast," told from the point of view of the beast and set in Persia. Beast Feast Florian, Douglas 12469 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 788 N N - - - Original animal poems with hilarious illustrations.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Beastly Arms Jennings, Patrick 52129 EN MG 4.4 8.0 F 52721 N N - - N Nickel, a boy with an affinity for animals and photography, moves into an apartment building run by the mysterious Mr. Beastly. A Beautiful Place on Yonge Street Trembath, Don 27525 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 45836 N N - - - Harper Winslow learns about love and a new variety of life from Sunny and her family. Beauty Wallace, Bill 552 EN MG 4.0 5.0 F 34102 N N - - N A story of the love between a boy and his horse, Beauty. During a wild storm, Beauty raced through the barn doors the boy had forgotten to close and into a terrible trap. The boy then ran into the blinding rain, desperate to save his best friend. Becca at Sea Baker, Deirdre 118065 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 33424 N N - - - Becca has been a frequent guest at her grandmother's rustic cabin but always with her parents. This year is different. With Mom expecting a baby, Becca makes the visit alone. This time, the island and even her grandmother seem scary. Becoming Felix Wilson, Nancy Hope 18255 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 39136 N N - - - J. J. is torn between his love of music and his devotion to the family farm. Becoming Rosemary Wood, Frances M. 20053 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 39859 N N - - - The summer that Rosemary makes her first true friend and the community in which she lives undergoes major changes. Beethoven Lives Upstairs Nichol, Barbara 11555 EN MG 4.6 1.0 F 4456 N N - - N The letters that ten-year-old Christoph and his uncle exchange show how Christoph's feelings for Mr. Beethoven, the eccentric boarder that shares his house, change from anger and embarrassment to compassion and admiration.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Beetle and Me: A Love Story Young, Karen 28592 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 51778 N N - - - Surrounded by her busy extended family Romano and their many cars, fifteen-year-old Daisy pursues her goal of single- handedly restoring the car of her dreams, the old purple Volkswagen Beetle from her childhood. Behind the Attic Wall Cassedy, Sylvia 554 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 62515 N N - - N Maggie, a "problem child," is passed from boarding schools to relatives and ends up living with aunts in a mysterious house with strange noises. Behind the Bedroom Wall Williams, Laura E. 18754 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 29506 N N - N N Korinna must decide whether to report her parents to her Hitler youth group when she discovers that they are hiding Jews in a secret space behind Korinna's bedroom wall. Belle Teal Martin, Ann M. 54093 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 39377 N N - - N Belle's Gran's memory is slipping away. Mama works longer hours to support the family. There are two new students in Belle's class, a shy African-American boy caught in the town's furor over desegregation, and a girl with secrets. The Belonging Place Little, Jean 18755 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 32067 N N - - - Elspet Mary with her aunt and uncle venture off to a strange, new land in Upper Canada, as she worries about the grandmother and her cat they left behind. The Beloved Dearly Cooney, Doug 57601 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 34648 N N - - N Although his father has forbidden it, Ernie, a twelve-year-old business tycoon, makes a tidy profit in the pet funeral business. When he refuses to give his star employee a raise, the business starts to fall apart. Benno's Bear Zucker, N.F. 51837 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 58322 N N - - - After being arrested as a pickpocket, Benno is separated from the bear he had helped to raise and is taken in by a kindly policeman and his wife.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Beowulf, a Hero's Tale Retold Rumford, James 115144 EN MG 4.3 0.5 F 2681 N N - - - This simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, tells how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom. Berries Goodman Neville, Emily 209 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 37251 N N - - N A city boy's move to the suburbs Cheney includes a painful experience in anti- Semitism. Berta: A Remarkable Dog Lottridge, Celia 57741 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 10632 N N - - - One spring, Marjory's dachshund Berta Barker becomes extremely interested in baby animals. Eventually, Berta raises a lamb and her own litter of puppies. Beryl: A Pig's Tale Simmons, Jane 136350 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 22826 N N - - - Tired of being mistreated and cooped up, Beryl the piglet escapes her farm and meets a group of wild pigs, whose settlement splits up over the decision of whether to let her stay, and with her new "family," she sets out to find a new home. Best Friends Wilson, Jacqueline 128970 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 44656 N N - - - Rambunctious and irrepressible Gemma has been best friends with Alice ever since they were born on the same day, so when Alice moves miles away to Scotland, Gemma is distraught over the idea that Alice might find a new best friend. Beyond Mayfield Nelson, Vaunda 31563 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 26080 N N - - - In 1961 the children of Mayfield are Micheaux concerned with air-raid drills and fallout shelters, but the civil rights movement becomes real when a neighbor joins the Freedom Riders. Beyond the Mango Tree Zemser, Amy 30695 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 29585 N N - - - While living in Liberia with her Bronwen possessive, diabetic mother and often- absent father, twelve-year-old Sarina longs for a friend with whom to experience the world beyond her yard.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Beyond the Western Sea: Lord Avi 17757 EN MG 4.7 16.0 F 108447 N N - - N Driven from their impoverished Irish Kirkle's Money Village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America. Beyond the Western Sea: The Avi 17758 EN MG 4.7 13.0 F 87681 N N - - N Maura O'Connell and her brother Patrick Escape from Home escape Ireland's brutal poverty with only the belongings in their bundles and tickets for ocean passage. The BFG Dahl, Roald 5058 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 37568 N N - N N Luckily for Sophie, the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who carries her off is nothing like his giant neighbors who are headed for England to gobble children and must be stopped. The Big Snapper Holubitsky, Katherine 110023 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 23885 N N - - - Eddie loves fishing with Granddad and listening to his tall tales, but when his grandfather becomes seriously ill, Eddie must find ways to cope with the changes in his world. The Big Splash Ferraiolo, Jack D. 124738 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 51733 N N - - - Matt, an average middle schooler with a glib tongue and a knack for solving crimes, uncovers a mystery while working with "the organization," a mafia- like syndicate run by seventh-grader Vincent "Mr. Biggs" Biggio. The Biggest Klutz in Fifth Grade Wallace, Bill 32379 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 27805 N N - - N This is a humorous story about the trials and tribulations of boys growing up. Bill Reaver, Chap 12458 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 43426 N N - - - When her father is arrested for moonshining, Jessie turns to Bill, her dog, for help. Billy and the Bearman Poulsen, David A. 64166 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 45278 N N - - - A dramatic turn of events unites twelve- year-old Billy Gavin and seventeen-year -old John "Bearman" Redell, two boys from seemingly different backgrounds who discover that they in fact have a great deal in common - they are both runaways.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Bingo Brown and the Language of Byars, Betsy 5002 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 24898 N N - - N As twelve-year-old Bingo Brown strives Love for the triumphs of today and steels himself against the tribulations of tomorrow, he discovers that he will have to undergo a few more trials and triumphs before growing up. Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover Byars, Betsy 5059 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 22867 N N - - N A sixth-grade boy deals with the prospect of a new baby brother and a long-distance love relationship. Bird Lake Moon Henkes, Kevin 122352 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 28429 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Mitch is spending the summer after his parents separate with his grandparents at Bird Lake, and ten- year-old Spencer returns to the lake where his brother drowned long ago. As the boys become friends, each of them begins to heal. Birmingham, 1963 Weatherford, Carole 116743 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 753 N N - - - Captured in this book is the heartbreak Boston of September 15, 1963, when members of the Ku Klux Klan planted nineteen sticks of dynamite under the back steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, which served as a meeting place for civil rights organizers. Black Duck Lisle, Janet Taylor 106281 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 54851 N N - - N Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum- smuggling trade. Black Star, Bright Dawn O'Dell, Scott 555 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 28519 N N - - N A thrilling story of a teenage girl's first running in the Iditarod--the challenging long-distance dog sled race held every year in Alaska. The Blacksmith's Gift Davis, Dan T. 101367 EN MG 4.7 1.0 F 5250 N N - - - A childless carpenter builds a dollhouse for the blacksmith's daughter for Christmas, leading to the start of a legendary Christmas tradition.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Blackwater Swamp Wallace, Bill 11150 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 34844 N N - - N Having discovered the true nature of the old woman known as the Witch of Blackwater Swamp, fifth grader Ted must decide whether to come to her aid when she is accused of the thefts plaguing his small Louisiana town. Blood Captain Somper, Justin 122833 EN MG 4.5 18.0 F 120744 N N - - - While Connor faces trouble in the form of an obnoxious new crewmate, his twin sister, Grace, seeks out a vampirate guru who might be able to heal their dear friend Lorcan's blindness. Book #3 The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Byars, Betsy 307 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 25700 N N - - N In this sequel to THE NOT-JUST- Lady ANYBODY FAMILY, Junior Blossom meets Mad Mary, the vulture lady, and gets kidnapped. Book #2 Blue DeVita, James 54676 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 47352 N N - - - Seeking freedom from his restrictive home and school life, Morgan, using his own powers, becomes a magnificent fish, the blue marlin. Blue Ice Salata, Estelle 51943 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 25560 N N - - N Nick joins the neighborhood team in a minor tournament, and discovers that what they lack in skill, they make up for in guts. When they get a sponsor and coach, Nick has a chance to make a difference with his new team. Blue Jasmine Sheth, Kashmira 79493 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 38967 N N - - - When twelve-year-old Seema moves to Iowa City with her parents and younger sister, she leaves friends and family behind in her native India but gradually begins to feel at home in her new country. Blue Like Friday Parkinson, Siobhán 128971 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 34207 N N - - - When Olivia helps her quirky friend Hal, whose synesthesia causes him to experience everything in colors, with a prank intended to get rid of Hal's potential stepfather, there are unexpected consequences, including the disappearance of Hal's mother.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Blue Sky, Butterfly Van Leeuwen, Jean 16937 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 24082 N N - N N When her father leaves, Twig feels isolated from her older brother and her mother as they all try to cope with the changes in their lives. A Blue-Eyed Daisy Rylant, Cynthia 557 EN MG 4.6 2.0 F 14633 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Ellie wonders if her age is hard for everyone as she deals with growing up, her father's drinking, and her sisters' infatuation with boys. The Body in the Basement McClintock, Norah 35780 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 50371 N N - - - When a body is found buried beneath the cafe Tasha's parents used to own, the police arrest her father for murder. Tasha has to find out who the real killer is, but everywhere she turns she uncovers someone else with a secret to hide. Bone by Bone by Bone Johnston, Tony 118873 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 37221 N N - - - In 1950s Tennessee, ten-year-old David's racist father refuses to let him associate with his best friend, Malcolm, an African American boy. The Bone Collector's Son Yee, Paul 83599 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 32923 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Bing-wing Chan resents his father, not only because the man gambles away all their money, but also because he now forces Bing to help him in his gruesome job. Ba is the bone collector, the one who digs up skeletons of deceased Chinese. Bone Dance Brooks, Martha 18437 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 37954 N N - - - When her father wills her a cabin on land in rural Manitoba, Alexandra meets a young man who shares her Native Canadian heritage and her experiences. The Bone Flute Bow, Patricia 88860 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 31337 N N - - - Camrose inherits the responsibility for an ancient bone flute and must endure fire, danger, and more at the hands of two time-traveling rivals who will stop at nothing to claim the flute as their own. The Book of Changes Wynne-Jones, Tim 28589 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 34324 N N - - - This book is a collection of quirky stories that are full of magic, real-life ghosts, and most of all, unlikely heroes

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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 the Banshee Fine, Anne 23829 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 37958 N N - - - Will Flowers's family life is a war zone. Between his parents' battles and his sister's explosions, Will needs to escape. The Bookshop Dog Rylant, Cynthia 16994 EN MG 4.1 0.5 F 988 N N - - - When Martha Jane's owner falls ill and has to go to the hospital, the residents of the small town bicker over who will care for the beloved dog. Boots and the Seven Leaguers: A Yolen, Jane 43398 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 30504 N N - - N Teen troll Gog and his best friend Pook Rock-and-Troll Novel work as roadies for a troll rock and roll band until Gog's younger brother gets kidnapped. Boston Jane: An Adventure Holm, Jennifer L. 53469 EN MG 4.9 8.0 F 56161 N N - - N Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and in the rugged life she lives there. The Boxer Karr, Kathleen 42815 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 27291 N N - - - Having learned how to box while in prison, fifteen-year-old Johnny sets out to discover if he can make a decent living as a fighter in late nineteenth- century New York City. The Boxes Sleator, William 27974 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 43739 N N - - N When she opens two strange boxes left in her care by her mysterious uncle, fifteen-year-old Annie discovers a swarm of telepathic creatures and unleashes a power capable of slowing down time. The Boy Who Lived with the Bears: Bruchac, Joseph 54786 EN MG 4.4 1.0 F 7702 N N - - N This presents a collection of traditional And Other Iroquois Stories Iroquois tales in which animals learn about the importance of caring and responsibility, and the dangers of selfishness and pride.

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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 Reversed Himself Sleator, William 558 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 46149 N N - - N When Laura discovers that the unpopular boy living next door to her has the ability to go into the fourth dimension, she makes the dangerous decision to accompany him on his journey there. The Boy Who Saved Baseball Ritter, John H. 70572 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 51362 N N N N N The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes his team can win with the secrets of a disgraced former player, Dante Del Gato. The Boys Start the War Naylor, Phyllis 10248 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 26907 N N - - N A rollicking family feud escalates into a Reynolds war of wits and pranks. Boys' Own: An Anthology of Wynne-Jones, Tim 72397 EN MG 4.8 11.0 F 75755 N N - - - This book provides young readers with Canadian Fiction for Young 20 short stories by contemporary Readers Canadian writers, all originally published in the last 16 years. Brad's Universe Woodbury, Mary 35353 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 50039 N N - - - Brad's family has a lot of secrets. When he tries to run away from his problems, Brad discovers that he cannot escape his feelings, his memories, or the past. Brainboy and the Deathmaster Seidler, Tor 72760 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 57559 N N - - N When Darryl, a twelve-year-old orphan, is adopted by a technology genius, he finds himself the star of his very own life -threatening video game. Branded Walters, Eric 136646 EN MG 4.3 2.0 F 15655 N N - - - While doing class research, Ian learns that the manufacturer of the school uniforms is on the top-ten list for human- rights violations. When he tells the principal this, he is informed that the penalty for refusing to wear the uniforms is suspension. Bravo Zulu, Samantha! Duble, Kathleen 113992 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 31410 N N - - - Decidedly unenthusiastic about Benner spending part of her summer vacation with her grandparents, twelve-year-old Samantha is particularly upset by her prickly grandfather's secretive behavior and decides to find out what he is hiding.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Bread and Roses, Too Paterson, Katherine 110098 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 60875 N N - - N Jake and Rosa form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Bread Winner Whitmore, Arvella 6306 EN MG 4.1 5.0 F 34245 N N - - N When both her parents are unable to find work and pay the bills during the Great Depression, resourceful Sarah Ann Puckett saves the family from the poorhouse by selling her prizewinning homemade bread. Breadcrumbs Ursu, Anne 146485 EN MG 4.8 9.0 F 62709 N N - - - Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run -in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving Jack's life. The Breadwinner Ellis, Deborah 41702 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 29181 N N - - N Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven- year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest. Breakaway Yee, Paul 41758 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 31675 N N - - - Kwok-ken Wong tries for a university soccer scholarship as he struggles through poverty and the hardship of farm life. Breaking Trail Bell, Joanne 89141 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 28959 N N - - N As Becky and her family travel to their cabin, she trains her own dog team to race in hopes of making her father happy. Brendan Buckley's Universe and Frazier, Sundee T. 118066 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 41257 N N - - N Brendan, a biracial ten-year-old, applies Everything in It his scientific problem solving ability and interest in rocks and minerals to connect with his white grandfather, the president of Puyallup Rock Club, and to learn why he and Brendan's mother are estranged.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine 11 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 32888 N N - N N The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer, who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. Messner, Kate 132762 EN MG 4.2 7.0 F 48454 N N - - - Gianna has less than one week to complete her leaf project if she wants to compete in the upcoming cross-country sectionals, but issues like procrastination, disorganization, and her grandmother's declining health seem to keep her from finishing. Bringing the Boy Home Nelson, N.A. 124152 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 41209 N N - - - As two Takunami youths approach their thirteenth birthdays, Luka reaches the end of his training for the tribe's manhood test while Tirio, raised in Miami, is called to begin preparations to prove himself during his upcoming visit to the Amazon. Bringing up Beauty McNicoll, Sylvia 35487 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 52400 N N - - N At age twelve, Elizabeth could use a little unconditional love. Instead, she is saddled with the responsibility of bringing up Beauty, who is only staying until she can be trained as a guide dog. Book #1. The Broccoli Tapes Slepian, Jan 6307 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 43089 N N - N N During a stay in Hawaii with her family, Sara reports her experiences by tape back to her sixth-grade class in Boston, detailing her 'adoption' of a wild cat, a friendship with a Hawaiian boy, and the death of a beloved grandmother. Brooklyn Bridge Hesse, Karen 124429 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 42192 N N - - - In 1903 Brooklyn, 14-year-old Joseph's life changes when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their home into a factory, while nearby Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Seattle, Chief 6406 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 760 N N - - - A Suquamish Indian chief describes his Message from Chief Seattle people's respect and love for the earth and concern for its destruction. The illustrator is Susan Jeffers. Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Williams, Mary 87506 EN MG 4.7 1.0 F 3540 N N - - N Eight-year-old Garang, orphaned by a Lost Boys of Sudan civil war in Sudan, finds the inner strength to help lead other boys as they trek thousands of miles seeking safety in Ethiopia, then Kenya, and finally in the United States. Bruises Vries, Anke de 16198 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 48579 N N - - - An unforgettable story of abuse and the healing effects of friendship is hard- hitting, honest, and piercingly insightful. Buck Fever Willis, Cynthia 134541 EN MG 4.5 8.0 F 52796 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Joey and his fifteen- Chapman year-old sister are trying to cope in a family strained by their mother's travels and their father's disappointment that Joey is more interested in drawing deer than hunting them. Bug Muldoon: The Garden of Fear Shipton, Paul 23791 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 26272 N N - - - Something strange is going on in the Garden and Bug Muldoon, beetle private investigator, tries to figure out how the ants and the wasps are involved. Building Blocks Voigt, Cynthia 357 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 32371 N N - - N Young Brann travels back in time, where he meets his father as a boy and learns more about the behavior that he thinks odd in his grown-up father. The Bully Boys Walters, Eric 57937 EN MG 4.9 8.0 F 52046 N N - - - Based on true events surrounding the legendary James FitzGibbon and the Battle of Beaver Dam, this book is at once a spellbinding adventure story and a moving account of a young man's experience of war. Bunnicula Strikes Again! Howe, James 32448 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 18670 N N - N N When Bunnicula the rabbit starts acting strangely, the Monroe dogs and cat renew their suspicions that he is a vampire.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Howe, Deborah 254 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 14558 N N - N N Chester, the Monroe family's cat, resorts Mystery to hilarious antics to alert his owners and Harold, their dog, that the newly adopted bunny may actually be a vegetable vampire. The coauthor is James Howe. The Burning Questions of Bingo Byars, Betsy 211 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 31495 N N - - N A boy is puzzled by the comic and Brown confusing questions of youth and worried by disturbing insights into adult conflicts. The Burnt Stick Hill, Anthony 18573 EN MG 4.9 1.0 F 4538 N N - - - This is the story of John Jagamarra, who was taken away from his aboriginal mother and sent to learn the white- man's way. He never forgets his real home and his own people. The Butterfly Lion Morpurgo, Michael 18530 EN MG 4.6 2.0 F 14259 N N - - - Bertie rescues an orphaned lion cub and then is separated from the white cub when he is sent off to boarding school in England. Buttermilk Hill White, Ruth 79372 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 35660 N N - - N When Lindy's parents divorce and gradually begin to make new lives for themselves, she finds all the changes difficult, but in time she starts to find her own way. Caged Eagles Walters, Eric 40425 EN MG 4.7 11.0 F 72535 N N - - - The Fukushima family is forced by the government to abandon their fishing village on the northwest coast of British Columbia. Along with other Japanese Canadians, they journey to an internment center in Vancouver, where they await uncertain fate. Cairo Kelly and the Mann Butcher, Kristin 58317 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 36658 N N - - - A crisis arises heading into the playoffs when the league imposes a mandatory certification exam on all of the umps. Mann point-blank refuses. The boys cook up schemes, ratcheting up the stakes each time, in an effort to get Mann back behind the plate.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Caleb's Choice Wisler, G. Clifton 14994 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 34987 N N - - N While living in Texas in 1858, Caleb faces a dilemma in deciding whether or not to assist fugitive slaves in their run for freedom. Call Me Aram Skrypuch, Marsha 128533 EN MG 4.6 1.0 F 9830 N N - - - Aram Davidian, an orphaned Armenian Forchuk refugee, is placed with other orphan boys on a farm in Georgetown, Ontario, where even though he appreciates the generosity of his new family, he leads a revolt against the changing of their names. Call Me Henri López, Lorraine M. 117246 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 55590 N N - - - Faced with family problems, difficulty in school, and gangs in the barrio, Enrique dreams of some day reaching the "other America" depicted on television, while sympathetic teachers help him cope by supporting his fight to study French instead of ESL. Calling on Dragons Wrede, Patricia C. 8512 EN MG 4.9 8.0 F 55819 N N - - N A queen and a witch foil the plots of an evil wizard in this fantasy novel. Camille McPhee Fell Under the Tracy, Kristen 132225 EN MG 4.1 8.0 F 58528 N N - - - Ten-year-old Camille McPhee relates Bus... the ups and downs of fourth grade as she tries to adjust to the absence of her best friend, maintain control of her low blood sugar, cope with the conflict between her parents, and understand the importance of honesty. Camp X Walters, Eric 63921 EN MG 4.1 7.0 F 51403 N N - - - One afternoon, the boys stumble across Canada's top-secret spy camp - and so begins an exciting and terrifying adventure as George and Jack get caught up in the covert activities of Camp X.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Can of Worms Mackel, Kathy 34719 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 26337 N N - - N Bullied and unhappy at school, thirteen- year-old Mike, who has always thought that he might be an alien, sends a distress call into space asking to be rescued from the ignorance and cruelty of his life on Earth. Can You Guess My Name? Sierra, Judy 65475 EN MG 4.9 2.0 F 14905 N N - - - This is a collection of fifteen folktales Traditional Tales Around the World from all over the world. The Canada Geese Quilt Kinsey-Warnock, 6256 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 5453 N N - - N Worried that the coming of a new baby Natalie and her grandmother's serious illness will change the warm, familiar life on her family's Vermont farm, ten-year-old Ariel combines her artistic talent with her grandmother's knowledge to make a very special quilt. Captain Underpants and the Pilkey, Dav 35816 EN MG 4.7 1.0 F 5582 N N - - N When Professor Poopypants becomes Perilous Plot of Professor their new science teacher, George and Poopypants Harold almost cause the entire planet to be taken over by a maniacal, mad- scientist guy in a giant robot suit. Captain Underpants and the Wrath Pilkey, Dav 54477 EN MG 4.4 1.0 F 7389 N N - - N George and Harold have created of the Wicked Wedgie Woman Wedgie Woman. With the help of her robots and her horrendous hairdo, Wedgie Woman is on a mission to take over the world, and she will give a whopping wedgie to anyone who stands in her way, even Captain Underpants. Carry on, Mr. Bowditch Latham, Jean Lee 16 EN MG 4.1 8.0 F 56714 N N - N N This fictionalized biography tells the story of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain. The Cartoonist Byars, Betsy 15106 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 23727 N N - - N In his private attic hideaway, Alfie has a place all his own--a world of cartoons and a dream of someday becoming a famous cartoonist. The Case of the Nana-Napper Burns, Laura J. 88171 EN MG 4.1 5.0 F 35067 N N - - - Agatha believes that Nana has been kidnapped and enlists Orville to help find out what has happened to her. The coauthor is Melinda Metz. 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 Case That Time Forgot Barrett, Tracy 136712 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 28557 N N - - - Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister who are living in England, use clues from their ancestor Sherlock Holmes's casebook when they are asked by a friend to find an ancient Egyptian artifact that has been missing for many years. Book #3 Cassie Loves Beethoven Arkin, Alan 57128 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 32681 N N - - - There is something unusual about David and Hallie's cow Cassie, and it's not just that she talks. Cassie won't rest until she becomes a concert pianist. The Castaways Lawrence, Iain 119186 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 59666 N N - - - Adrift at sea with four convict companions, Tom and the boys come upon a deserted ship, but unforeseeable events lead Tom to discover that for his own survival, he must make unimaginable decisions. The Castle in the Attic Winthrop, Elizabeth 160 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 37413 N N - N N William has a fantastic present in the attic that is able to transport him to another land and another time for a challenging and exciting adventure. A Cat of Artimus Pride Hutchins, Hazel 51335 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 17499 N N - - - Cortez, a one hundred-year-old cat, takes Claire, Amy and Griff on a search involving treasure hunts, midnight meetings, and an exploration of the remarkable life of Artimus Pride, the town's first settler, in an effort to solve a mystery. The Cat, or, How I Lost Eternity Richter, Jutta 126613 EN MG 4.5 1.0 F 4475 N N - - - In a strange tale well-suited to budding philosophers, eight-year-old Christine is late for school every day because a talking alley cat demands her attention, giving her much to think about as he tries to teach her to be spiteful and pitiless. Catching Spring Olsen, Sylvia 79608 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 18685 N N - - - In 1957, Bobby, a First Nations boy, longs to enter a fishing derby, but he has no boat, no money, and he has to work on the day of the derby.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Cemetery Street Seabrooke, Brenda 127253 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 39701 N N - - - Courtney Carmichael, her younger brother, and her depressed, newly divorced, out-of-work mother move from New Hampshire to Florida into a decrepit house on Cemetery Street, where spooky occurrences make the family feel increasingly unsettled. César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Bernier-Grand, 80372 EN MG 4.3 0.5 F 2483 N N - - - Using poetry, this book describes César Can! Carmen T. Chávez's life story. Champ Jones, Marcia 117242 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 32276 N N - - - Riley and his dog, Champ, set out to Thornton prove to his father and the whole town there is more than one way to be a winner. Chance and the Butterfly de Vries, Maggie 54263 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 22859 N N - - - In Chance's third grade classroom he's been pegged as a problem child, reading is hard for him and math seems forever beyond his reach. But Chance finds science fascinating, especially if it has to do with living things, like caterpillars. Change the Locks French, Simon 10761 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 25419 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Steven has vague and disturbing memories of being left alone on a road in the middle of nowhere when he was young; but his mother, faced with her own problems, continually avoids answering his questions about their earlier life. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald 20 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 30644 N N - N N Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way. Charlie Bone and the Time Twister Nimmo, Jenny 71302 EN MG 4.7 9.0 F 63385 N N - - N Charlie hopes that the new term at Bloor's Academy will hold no nasty surprises. However, then Henry Yewbeam appears, twisted through time from the icy winter of 1916. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Charlie Wilcox McKay, Sharon E. 40131 EN MG 4.1 7.0 F 50832 N N - - - What begins as a high-spirited adventure for Charlie Wilcox turns into a struggle for survival. Armed with a spy glass, a Red Cross armband, and his special brand of courage, Charlie proves his worth in the trenches of World War I. Charlie Wilcox's Great War McKay, Sharon E. 66841 EN MG 4.0 8.0 F 60321 N N - - - This book continues the unforgettable story of Charlie's quest to find his courage and fulfill his destiny on the great battlefields of Europe and at home in Newfoundland among the people he loves. Charlotte's Web White, E.B. 19 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 31938 N N - N N In this endearing story, a little girl and Charlotte, a beautiful grey spider, struggle to save Wilbur the pig from being butchered. Charmed Life Jones, Diana Wynne 45111 EN MG 4.8 9.0 F 61955 N N - - - Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted witch with astonishing powers, so it suits her enormously when she is taken to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Her brother, Eric, is not so keen, for he has no talent in magic at all. Cheat the Moon Hermes, Patricia 25229 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 34762 N N - - N With her mother dead and her father an alcoholic who disappears for days at a time, Gabrielle must assume responsibility for her younger brother, Will, and herself, barely making ends meet and afraid to put her trust in anyone. Child X Weatherly, Lee 61268 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 50423 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Jules finds her predictable life completely turned upside down when her beloved father suddenly leaves home, refuses to speak to her, and reporters begin hounding her everywhere she goes.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Children of the River Crew, Linda 606 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 54217 N N - - N Having fled Cambodia four years earlier to escape the Khmer Rouge army, seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between remaining faithful to her own people and enjoying life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American. Christina's Ghost Wright, Betty Ren 257 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 19556 N N - N N Christina's summer in a spooky, isolated Victorian house with her grumpy uncle turns into a ghostly adventure. Circle of Gold Boyd, Candy Dawson 309 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 24892 N N - N N Mattie Benson knows just what to get her mother for Mother's Day until she loses her best job and is accused of stealing. She thinks that she can still get the present, but maybe she is expecting miracles again. Circle of Love Nixon, Joan Lowery 19829 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 40801 N N - - N Frances Mary Kelly herself an orphan train rider six years before, returns to New York and agrees to escort a group of orphans west to find new homes. City Boy Michael, Jan 130050 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 40703 N N - - - In the southern African country of Malawi, after the AIDS-related deaths of both of his parents, a boy leaves his affluent life in the city to live in a rural village, sharing a one-room hut with his aunt, cousins, and other orphans. Clay Man: The Golem of Prague Watts, Irene N. 136351 EN MG 4.9 2.0 F 12408 N N - - - In 1595, Jacob, the son of a rabbi, is frustrated that he cannot leave the walled-in ghetto he calls home, but after following his father and two men through the gates and to the riverbank, Jacob witnesses the birth of the Golem of Prague. The Clearing: A Mystery Miller, Dorothy 24565 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 29304 N N - - - Amanda, her cousin Nelson, and a new Reynolds friend, Cynthia, set out to discover the long-hidden secrets of the clearing where a mysterious man, believed to have killed little Bucky Meade ten years ago, lives.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Clouds of Glory: Legends and Chaikin, Miriam 57227 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 21024 N N - - - This book presents twenty-one stories, Stories About Bible Times in a single narrative, about God's relationship with His creation, from creating angels on the second day to testing Abraham's love. The Clue of the Linoleum Anderson, M.T. 106751 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 30735 N N - - N Looking forward to a vacation, Katie, Lederhosen Lily, and Jasper attach their flying Gyroscopic Sky Suite to the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort, where they mingle with other child heroes found in books, and where they become embroiled in a mystery. Book #2 The Coastwatcher Weston, Elise 102993 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 25224 N N - - - While eleven-year-old Hugh, his family, and his cousin Tom are spending the summer of 1943 on the South Carolina shore to escape the polio epidemic, Hugh uncovers clues that point to a German plot to sabotage a nearby naval base. Colibri Cameron, Ann 73385 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 46858 N N - - N Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember. Comanche Song Shefelman, Janice 54633 EN MG 4.7 8.0 F 51579 N N - - - A young Comanche boy experiences his tribe's conflicts with the Tejanos in 1840s Texas. Come Morning Guccione, Leslie 14888 EN MG 4.4 3.0 F 23512 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Freedom, the son of a Davis freed slave living in Delaware in the early 1850s, takes over his father's work in the Underground Railroad when his father disappears. Come Sing, Jimmy Jo Paterson, Katherine 162 EN MG 4.7 8.0 F 53979 N N N - N Young James is a singing star on stage, but his offstage world is coming apart.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Convicts Lawrence, Iain 86565 EN MG 4.7 8.0 F 56194 N N - - N His efforts to avenge his father's unjust imprisonment force thirteen-year-old Tom Tin into the streets of nineteenth- century London. After he is convicted of murder, Tom is eventually sent to Australia and has a surprise reunion with his father. The Cook's Family Yep, Laurence 26714 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 37915 N N - - - As her parent's arguments become more frequent, Robin looks forward to the visit that she and her grandmother make to Chinatown where they pretend to be the cook's family, which gives Robin a better insight into her Chinese heritage. A Cool Moonlight Johnson, Angela 74143 EN MG 4.1 2.0 F 16072 N N - - N Eight-year-old Lila, born with xeroderma pigmentosum, a skin disease that makes her sensitive to sunlight, makes secret plans to feel the sun's rays on her ninth birthday. The Corn Grows Ripe Rhoads, Dorothy 20303 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 12901 N N - - - Tigre, a twelve-year-old Mayan boy living in a modern-day village in Yucatan, must learn to be a man when his father is injured. Cosmic Boyce, Frank Cottrell 135015 EN MG 4.5 9.0 F 63350 N N - - - Super-sized, eleven-year-old Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space. Cougar Cove Lawson, Julie 20454 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 24879 N N - - - Sam's first visit to the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is nothing like she'd expected. Countdown Wiles, Deborah 137204 EN MG 4.4 9.0 F 59266 N N - - - As eleven-year-old Franny Chapman deals with drama at home and with her best friend in 1962, she tries to understand the larger problems in the world after President Kennedy announces that Russia is sending nuclear missiles to Cuba.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Counter Clockwise Cockcroft, Jason 128792 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 38876 N N - - - With the aid of Bartleby, an enormous Tower of London guard known as a Beefeater, Nathan travels through time to stop his father from changing the past. The Countess's Calamity Gardner, Sally 70298 EN MG 4.5 2.0 F 11249 N N - - - Five dolls, abandoned in a park, are rescued by Mr. and Mrs. Mouse who provide a home for them and protect them through various adventures, despite the horrible behavior of the doll called the Countess. Counting on Grace Winthrop, Elizabeth 104748 EN MG 4.5 8.0 F 52141 N N - - N Grace helps Arthur write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in Pownal at the textile mill. A few weeks later, a man with a camera shows up. It is the famous reformer Lewis Hine, undercover, collecting evidence. The Cow-Tail Switch and Other Courlander, Harold 30655 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 19957 N N - - - This collection of seventeen short West African Stories stories gathered in the Ashanti region of Africa depicts the origins of folk sayings and customs, animal ingenuity and trickery, and clever, as well as not so clever, people. The coauthor is George Herzog. Cracker Jackson Byars, Betsy 215 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 27510 N N - N N After attempting to save his ex- babysitter from wife abuse, Cracker Jackson gains an adult insight into the sadness of failed heroics. The Crazy Man Porter, Pamela Paige 102555 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 19524 N N - - - This novel, written in free verse, describes twelve-year-old southern Saskatchewan farm girl Emaline Bitterman's physical and emotional healing after an accident leaves her disabled and her father's guilt drives him away

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Cricket in Times Square Selden, George 22 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 25278 N N - N N Chester the cricket resides in a newsstand in Times Square. He has many adventures, climaxing with the rescue of the newsstand owner from financial disaster. Crispin: At the Edge of the World Avi 108313 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 46344 N N - - N Branded as traitors by the king's authorities and the rebel brotherhood, Crispin and Bear flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl. Crocodile Burning Williams, Michael 7867 EN MG 4.5 10.0 F 66852 N N - - - South African teenager Seraki joins the cast of a musical written to express rage at conditions in his township and travels to perform it in New York. Crossing Jordan Fogelin, Adrian 47147 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 45942 N N - - N Cass meets her new African-American neighbor, and despite their families' prejudices, they build a strong friendship around their mutual talent for running and a pact to read Jane Eyre. Crossing the Wire Hobbs, Will 105478 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 52760 N N - - N Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico. Crossing to Freedom Schwartz, Virginia 140038 EN MG 4.3 9.0 F 63206 N N - - - As fugitive slaves on a dangerous Frances journey north to Canada, eleven-year- old Solomon and his grandfather avoid the slavecatchers, but when Grandpa Jacob is injured and cannot make the border crossing, Solomon wonders if he will find his way without him. Crush Conford, Ellen 29329 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 20948 N N - - N This is a series of nine romantic episodes in the lives of B.J. and other students at Cutter's Forge High as they plan for the Valentine's Day Sweetheart Stomp.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Crying Rocks Lisle, Janet Taylor 73561 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 48565 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Joelle has always wondered about her life before being adopted by the woman she calls Aunt Louise and her husband Vernon, and she makes some surprising discoveries while researching a seventeenth century Indian tribe. The Crystal Drop Hughes, Monica 10281 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 46031 N N - - - A novel that explores the threat of global warming to a family farm. Cyberia Lynch, Chris 125615 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 35419 N N - - - In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, a vet is putting computer chips in animals to control them, and those creatures choose Zane, who understands their speech, to release captives and bring them to a safety zone. Book #1 The Cybil War Byars, Betsy 411 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 20492 N N - - N Simon learns some hard lessons about good and bad friendships when his good friend Tony's stories involve him in some very troublesome and complicated situations. Dahling, If You Luv Me, Would You Khan, Rukhsana 41552 EN MG 4.0 7.0 F 47597 N N - - - Zainab is desperate to fit in at school Please, Please Smile and come to terms with a culture that those around her do not understand. Can directing the school play gain the respect of her peers? Dance of the Stones Spalding, Andrea 68907 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 40316 N N - - - The four children who began their quest in THE WHITE HORSE TALISMAN seek Ava's circlet, buried within the ancient Stone Circle of Avebury. Book #2 Dancing on the Edge Nolan, Han 20106 EN MG 4.7 9.0 F 60783 N N - - N A young girl from a dysfunctional family creates for herself an alternative world that nearly results in her death but that ultimately leads her to reality. Dancing Teepees: Poems of Sneve, Virginia 40316 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 934 N N - - - This is an illustrated collection of poems American Indian Youth Driving Hawk from the oral tradition of Native Americans.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Danger at the Zoo: A Kit Mystery Ernst, Kathleen 88624 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 27548 N N - - - While working as a reporter during her summer vacation in 1935, Kit uncovers a mystery involving suspected break-ins at the monkey house at the Cincinnati Zoo. Danger in Quicksand Swamp Wallace, Bill 5916 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 36550 N N - - N Ben and Jake battle alligators, quicksand, and a murderer when they search for buried treasure on an island in a swamp. Danger: Dynamite! Capeci, Anne 71751 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 23543 N N - - - Ten-year-old Billy, his friend Finn, and a girl named Dannie, living in a 1920s camp of railroad workers in the Cascade Mountains, follow clues to try to uncover the relationship of a stolen crate of dynamite with gold taken during an 1893 train robbery. Dangling Eige, Lillian 49778 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 30932 N N - - - Ben recalls his relationship with his unusual friend, Ring, who walked into the river and disappeared one day. Daniel's Story Matas, Carol 10766 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 32149 N N - - N Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a concentration camp and his eventual liberation. Danny Dunn and the Homework Williams, Jay 29798 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 18808 N N - - - Written in 1958 with Raymond Machine Abrashkin, this book paints a picture of the early days of computers as three friends use a primitive computer to do their homework. All goes well until the teacher discovers their new invention. Darby Fuqua, Jonathon 58677 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 46544 N N - - - In 1926, nine-year-old Darby Scott Carmichael stirs up trouble in Marlboro County, South Carolina, when she writes a story for the local newspaper promoting racial equality.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool Hirsch, Odo 139287 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 45255 N N - - - The Bell family's ancestors were showered with honors, gifts, and grants of land. In exchange, they have bestowed a Gift, once every 25 years on the town, but this time there is no money. Darius thinks he has found the answer after an earthquake. The Dark Garden Buffie, Margaret 35358 EN MG 4.0 7.0 F 51949 N N - - - Thea, a 16-year-old suffering from traumatic amnesia, struggles to discover who she is and who she is not. As she tries to recover her identity, her mind is filled with memories--but whose memories are they? Dark Sons Grimes, Nikki 100575 EN MG 4.8 2.0 F 12611 N N - - - Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in NYC, as they come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their stepbrothers. The Dark Tower Stewart, Sharon 35779 EN MG 4.9 8.0 F 51593 N N - - - Marie Therese spent her early childhood at the glittering palace of Versailles. Then came the Revolution and imprisonment in the Tower. One by one, her family are taken away. When will they come for her? The Dark-Thirty McKissack, Patricia 7855 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 29227 N N - - N A collection of ghost stories with African C. American themes, designed to be told during the dark thirty--the half hour before sunset--ghosts seem all too believable. Daughter of the Great Zandini Fagan, Cary 58562 EN MG 4.8 2.0 F 10676 N N - - - Fanny, the Great Zandini's daughter, hopes to use her conjuring powers to follow in her father's footsteps, but her father wants her brother to take over the family tradition instead.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Dead Man in Indian Creek Hahn, Mary Downing 5410 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 29322 N N - - N When Matt and Parker learn the body they found in Indian Creek is a drug- related death, they fear Parker's mother may be involved. Dear George Clooney: Please Nielsen, Susin 140039 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 43313 N N - - - Violet, dealing with her father's new wife Marry My Mom and her mother's bad dating decisions, decides to take control of the situation and sets in motion a plan to get movie star George Clooney to marry her mom. Dear Great American Writers Bunin, Sherry 17999 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 43561 N N - - - Bobbie Lee writes stories; and when she School sees an ad in the paper, she decides to write about the people she knows in her small Kentucky town. Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary, Beverly 24 EN MG 4.9 3.0 F 18145 N N - N N In his letters to his favorite author, ten- year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world. Dear Sylvia Cumyn, Alan 126726 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 22217 N N - - - After his beloved Sylvia moves away, Owen Skye decides to fulfill her request and send her letters. Chronicling the events in his life, Owen shares his concerns and delights with Sylvia, and ultimately, his true feelings for her. Deep and Dark and Dangerous: A Hahn, Mary Downing 114624 EN MG 4.0 7.0 F 50774 N N - - - When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the Ghost Story summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years. The Deep End Gang Leavey, Peggy 68913 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 26152 N N - - - Martin and his friends form a club that Dymond meets in the deep end of an empty pool. The friends tell Martin that the deserted house across the street is all that remains of an unsolved mystery. Martin sees a light in the house and the adventure begins.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Defiance Hobbs, Valerie 100506 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 22040 N N - - N While vacationing in the country, eleven- year-old Toby, a cancer patient, learns some important lessons about living and dying from an elderly poet and her cow. Desert Voices Baylor, Byrd 60788 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 1468 N N - - - Desert inhabitants describe the beauty of their desert home. The Devil and His Boy Horowitz, Anthony 41251 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 39635 N N - - - In 1593, thirteen-year-old Tom travels through the English countryside to London, where he falls in with a troupe of actors and finds himself in great danger from several sources. The Devil in Vienna Orgel, Doris 30501 EN MG 4.4 8.0 F 57455 N N - - N A young Jewish girl and a member of the Hitler Youth Group in Vienna, 1938, struggle to preserve their friendship. The Devil's Arithmetic Yolen, Jane 6998 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 38286 N N - N N Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage, until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland. Devil's Den Pfeffer, Susan Beth 42834 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 20668 N N - - - During a trip to a Civil War battlefield, Joey's stepfather announces his plan to legally adopt Joey. Joey decides he must find out why his biological father has never contacted him. Diamond Willow Frost, Helen 123490 EN MG 4.3 2.0 F 16758 N N - - - In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year- old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, all the while unaware that the animals around her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her. A Different Kind of Beauty McNicoll, Sylvia 75374 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 47660 N N - - - In this sequel to "Bringing Up Beauty" Elizabeth is raising another puppy for the guide dog program. She is determined not to become attached to this animal, especially when she develops a dislike for the young man who is going to keep Beauty. Book #2.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dillon Dillon Banks, Kate 64313 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 24593 N N - - N During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life. Directed by Kaspar Snit Fagan, Cary 118874 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 34566 N N - - - Young Eleanor Blande must find a way to stop Kaspar Snit, the villain her family defeated in Rome, when he resurfaces as the supposedly charitable writer, director, and producer of her favorite television show and kidnaps her brother. Book #2 A Dirty Deed Stenhouse, Ted 69401 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 35866 N N - - - Arthur and Will invesigate the murder of a Native American by their town's richest man. As the deception and cruelty unfolds, Will discovers that everyone has something to be ashamed of and that no amount of money or power is enough to ease that shame. Disconnected Hrdlitschka, Shelley 29553 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 40668 N N - - - Two boys go through turmoil in their lives and discover that no one is truly alone. They also learn that we all share some deep connection, even if that bond is not always self-evident. The Distant Talking Drum Olaleye, Isaac 14511 EN MG 4.5 0.5 F 1712 N N - - - A drum calls the children to come home in Nigeria. Poetry that describes life and customs in a Nigerian village. Do Bananas Chew Gum? Gilson, Jamie 6459 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 33633 N N - - N Sam, a sixth-grader who's a math whiz, has trouble learning to read and spell. A Dog Called Kitty Wallace, Bill 607 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 29376 N N - N N Ricky has had a fear of dogs since, as a toddler, he was attacked by a rabid one. He eventually overcomes his fear through a relationship with an abandoned puppy on an Oklahoma farm.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dog Lost Lee, Ingrid 125599 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 28184 N N - - - After living happily in a warm home with an eleven-year-old boy, a pit bull terrier is forced to survive on the streets, where its brave deeds surprise many residents who dislike or fear pit bulls. A Dog on Barkham Street Stolz, Mary 164 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 33983 N N - - N For Edward Frost, getting a dog and getting rid of the bully, Martin Hastings, seem equally unlikely. Book #1 The Doll in the Garden Hahn, Mary Downing 5008 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 24991 N N - - N After Ashley and Kristi find an antique doll buried in old Miss Cooper's garden, they discover that they can enter a ghostly turn-of-the century world by going through a hole in the hedge. The Doll People Martin, Ann M. 41789 EN MG 4.0 5.0 F 33857 N N - - N A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor. The coauthor is Laura Godwin. Book #1 The Doll's House Godden, Rumer 8517 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 24912 N N - N N The activities, sorrows, and joys of a family of dolls living in an old doll house are related from the dolls' perspective. The Dollhouse Murders Wright, Betty Ren 258 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 33979 N N - N N Amy thinks the dolls in her aunt's dollhouse are trying to tell her something about the unsolved murder of her great-grandparents. The Dollmage Leavitt, Martine 56235 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 44064 N N - - - When Seekvalley is threatened by outside forces, Annakey is the only one with a plan to save her people. But how can she ever persuade the Dollmage that she has the power to help? Who will believe her? Dolphin Luck McKay, Hilary 32050 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 35848 N N - - - Sent by their vacationing parents to visit Mad Aunt Mabel, Perry and Ant have an adventure, while their younger siblings Sun Dance and Beany stay at home making burglar traps and searching for a magic sword.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Don't Pat the Wombat! Honey, Elizabeth 22649 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 25138 N N - - - Mark and the other "coconuts" spend a week at school camp, where Jonah, the new boy, must deal with a teacher who hates him. Don't Tell Anyone Kehret, Peg 58253 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 28627 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Megan does not realize that feeding a group of feral cats living in a field near her house will involve her as a witness to a traffic accident, and in the dangerous plans of an unstable criminal. The Doom Machine Teague, Mark 133621 EN MG 4.5 13.0 F 91105 N N - - - When a spaceship lands in the small town of Vern Hollow in 1956, juvenile delinquent Jack and prim, studious Isadora form an unexpected alliance as they try to keep a group of extraterrestrials from stealing eccentric Uncle Bud's destabilizer machine. Dork in Disguise Gorman, Carol 39900 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 31068 N N - - N Starting middle school in a new town, brainy Jerry Flack changes his image from "dork" to "cool kid," only to discover that he would rather be himself. Double Act Wilson, Jacqueline 18532 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 25304 N N - - - Ruby and Garnet are identical twins. They do everything together since their mother died. Dove Song Franklin, Kristine L. 47307 EN MG 4.2 7.0 F 48170 N N - - - When eleven-year-old Bobbie Lynn's father is reported missing in action in Vietnam, she and her thirteen-year-old brother must learn to cope with their own despair as well as their mother's breakdown. Downtown Mazer, Norma Fox 24999 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 51593 N N - - - Powerful story of sixteen-year-old Pete, who must come to terms with the past and the politically radical parents who were forced to leave him as a child. Dragon Seer McNaughton, Janet 143509 EN MG 4.8 10.0 F 67708 N N - - - Enslaved since early childhood, Madoca is astonished to be chosen as dragon seer, one who will care for the dragons of Orkney. As Madoca's powers emerge, strong but uncontrolled, she faces the fight of her life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dragonfly's Tale Rodanas, Kristina 7669 EN MG 4.5 0.5 F 1738 N N - - N After a poor harvest, two children regain the Corn Maidens' blessings for their people with the aid of a cornstalk toy, the dragonfly. The Dream Bearer Myers, Walter Dean 70126 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 36202 N N - - N During a summer in Harlem, David relies on his mother and a close friend and on an old man he meets in the park to help him come to terms with his father's outbursts and unstable behavior. Dreambirds Ogden, David 52314 EN MG 4.6 0.5 F 1628 N N - - - A young Native-American boy spends his youth searching for the dreambird his grandmother has told him will reveal his special gift. The Dreamer Ryan, Pam Muñoz 136779 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 28871 N N - - - This book is a fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely read poets in the world. Dreams in the Golden Country: Lasky, Kathryn 18762 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 30180 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary Jewish Immigrant Girl account of the first 18 months of her family's life on the lower east side of New York. A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Schlitz, Laura Amy 108647 EN MG 4.7 11.0 F 71790 N N - - N Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage Melodrama for her impertinence, so when Miss Hyacinth and her sister take Maud home with them, the girl is as baffled as anyone. The sisters, however, need Maud to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved, wealthy patrons. Dunces Anonymous Jaimet, Kate 136441 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 28023 N N - - - Josh Johnson creates the Dunces Anonymous club at his school as a way to escape his mother's ambitions for him, and with the help of his fellow members, Josh manages to satisfy her desire for him to join more extracurricular activities.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Dusssie Springer, Nancy 119134 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 29316 N N - - - At age thirteen, Dusie makes the horrifying discovery that she, like her New York artist mother, is a Gorgon, a Greek mythological monster sprouting snakes from her head and capable of turning humans into stone with one angry look. Dust Slade, Arthur 57938 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 39999 N N - - - Strange things are definitely happening in Horshoe. None, however, is stranger than the arrival of the ivory-skinned man who dazzles the townspeople with magical mirrors, beautiful butterflies and the promise of a rainmaking machine.

Each Little Bird That Sings Wiles, Deborah 85982 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 41376 N N - - N Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart- wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation. An Early Winter Bauer, Marion Dane 46301 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 23158 N N - - - When Tim's grandfather develops Alzheimer's disease, Tim tries to restore and save him by taking him out for a fishing adventure at the lake, but the outing turns into a disaster. East of the Sun & West of the Gal, Laszlo 13666 EN MG 4.9 1.0 F 3617 N N - - - Ingrid, the beautiful daughter of a poor Moon woodcutter, must show courage and cunning--and a little magic--to rescue the prince she loves from the mysterious castle that lies east of the sun and west of the moon. Eclipse Franklin, Kristine L. 23845 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 38981 N N - - - When Trina's father falls into a severe depression after losing his job, and her mother becomes pregnant at forty-eight, Trina faces a difficult summer, even with the help of her good friend Miranda.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer Alderson, Sue Ann 126071 EN MG 4.1 0.5 F 3085 N N - - - This book is a collection of poems in which Sue Ann Alderson records the sights and sounds of a nature preserve throughout the seasons. Edgar Allan's Official Crime Amato, Mary 140489 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 25756 N N - - - When someone takes a pet goldfish and Investigation Notebook then other items from Ms. Herschel's classroom, each time leaving a clue in the form of a poem, student Edgar Allan competes with a classmate to be the first to solve the mystery. El Lector = the Reader Durbin, William 106052 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 39817 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Bella tries to keep the tradition of lectors going in her Cuban American community when workers clash with the owners of the cigar factory, putting the jobs of lectors in jeopardy. Eleven Giff, Patricia Reilly 120111 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 28964 N N - - N When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and with the help of a new friend at school, his questions are eventually answered. Ella Enchanted Levine, Gail Carson 17769 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 52994 N N - N N In this novel based on Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given. The Emerald Lizard: Fifteen Latin DeSpain, Pleasant 55657 EN MG 4.8 2.0 F 11123 N N - - - This book presents finely-honed American Tales to Tell retellings of traditional folktales, myths, and legends from a broad array of Latin American cultures. Emil and Karl Glatshteyn, Yankev 106419 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 37885 N N - - - In Vienna, Austria, in 1940, two nine- year-old boys, one Jewish and one Aryan, are classmates and best friends when events of the Nazi occupation draw them even closer together as they fight to survive and escape together.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Emily Carr Mystery Wilson, Eric 65021 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 39573 N N - - - Liz Austen dives into trouble after arriving in Victoria for the wedding of her best friend, Tiffany. They are swept up in the strange world of the ancient Thirteen Oaks mansion and its troubled inhabitants. Many dangers lurk in this new adventure. Emily Carr's Woo Horne, Constance 42258 EN MG 4.2 1.0 F 9198 N N - - - Emily Carr trades her puppy for a two- year-old Javanese monkey, Woo. Woo has many adventures until Emily becomes too old and sick to care for her anymore and she is sent to the Stanley Park Zoo in Vancouver. Emily: Building Bridges Lawson, Julie 72720 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 14405 N N - - - Hing's family finally arrives and Emily meets Mei Yuk, Hing's daughter. After a rocky start, the two girls become friends. But as she begins to include Mei Yuk in her social life, she finds things changing between her and Alice, her best friend. Book #3 Emily: Disaster at the Bridge Lawson, Julie 62219 EN MG 4.1 2.0 F 12122 N N - - - Emily, her family and friends climb on board streetcars for the ride to Esquimalt to witness the celebrations. As Car 16 rolls onto the Point Ellice Bridge, the centre span of the bridge collapses, and the streetcar plunges into the Gorge. Book #2

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Jonell, Lynne 118263 EN MG 4.7 9.0 F 58289 N N - - N When Emmy discovers that she and her Rat formerly loving parents are being drugged with rodent potions by their evil nanny, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal. Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Sobol, Donald J. 7717 EN MG 4.2 1.0 F 9904 N N - - N Ten new mysteries from the casebooks Peace of Leroy 'Encyclopedia' Brown, the ten- year-old detective.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Ereth's Birthday Avi 41390 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 33473 N N - - N Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits. Book #4 Evil Genius Jinks, Catherine 114307 EN MG 4.9 21.0 F 140866 N N - - - Child prodigy Cadel Piggott, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy. Book #1 The Exiles in Love McKay, Hilary 31212 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 37232 N N - - - When Big Grandma takes the four Conroy sisters on a holiday as a cure for the "family failing," the girls wonder if their grandmother herself is still susceptible to it. Expiration Date: Never Spinner, Stephanie 61322 EN MG 4.0 2.0 F 17631 N N - - - Their alien friend Gemini Jack tries to help twins Tod and Tessa, but his actions backfire when he turns the evil Gneiss twins super-nice and removes drummer Nigel Throbber's celebrity by spraying him with permanent Fame Ban. The coauthor is Terry Bisson Fablehaven Mull, Brandon 113529 EN MG 4.8 11.0 F 75178 N N - - N When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and a battle between good and evil is looming. Book #1 Fables Lobel, Arnold 40318 EN MG 4.2 1.0 F 5455 N N - - N This book tells twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich. A Face First Cummings, Priscilla 47400 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 43666 N N - - N Kelley decides to cut off contact with her friends and classmates after suffering third-degree burns to her face and body in a car accident.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Faceless Ones Landy, Derek 132822 EN MG 4.8 10.0 F 69451 N N - - - Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton detective, and his young assistant, Valkyrie Cain, embark on a dangerous quest to keep the Diablerie, an evil secret organization, from opening the gates between Earth and the Faceless Ones. Book #3 Fair Weather Peck, Richard 53562 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 28225 N N - - N In 1893, thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe, and attend the World's Columbian Exposition. The Family Under the Bridge Carlson, Natalie 467 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 17375 N N - N N An old tramp, adopted by three Savage fatherless children when their mother hides them under a bridge on the Seine, finds a home for mother and children and a job for himself. Fantastic Mr. Fox Dahl, Roald 5011 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 9387 N N - N N Mr. Fox saves his family and his animal friends when he outsmarts three farmers who are hunting him. The Fantastic Secret of Owen O'Connor, Barbara 139124 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 24029 N N - - - After Owen captures an enormous Jester bullfrog, names it Tooley, and then has to release it, he and two friends try to use a small submarine that fell from a passing train to search for Tooley in the pond it came from, while avoiding nosy neighbor Viola. A Faraway Island Thor, Annika 134016 EN MG 4.4 8.0 F 53969 N N - - - In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee the Nazis in Austria. While 8-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, 12-year-old Stephie feels stranded with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Faraway Summer Hurwitz, Johanna 25230 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 21963 N N - - N In the summer of 1910, Dossi, a poor Russian immigrant from the tenements of New York, spends two weeks with the Meade family on their Vermont farm, and all their lives are enriched by the experience. A Fate Totally Worse Than Death Fleischman, Paul 13797 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 20836 N N - - - In this horror novel parody, three self- centered members of Cliffside's ruling clique become convinced that the new exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death they caused the year before. Feather Brain Bush, Maureen 122445 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 24360 N N - - - Lucas is very disappointed with the odd model dinosaur kit he has ordered off the Internet, but he goes ahead and makes a stegosaurus, only to find himself with a real-live dinosaur on his hands. Feathers and Fools Fox, Mem 14410 EN MG 4.1 0.5 F 535 N N - - - A modern fable about some peacocks and swans who allow the fear of their differences to become so great that they end up destroying each other. Feliciana Feydra Le Roux Thomassie, Tynia 15749 EN MG 4.0 0.5 F 1188 N N - - - Even though Feliciana is her grandfather's favorite, he refuses to allow her to go alligator hunting with him, so one night she sneaks out and surreptitiously joins the hunt anyway. Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in Wallace, Bill 261 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 26993 N N - - N Liz fears that all the animals her the Fridge zoologist father keeps in the house could prevent her from becoming class president. Fight for Justice Saigeon, Lori 138689 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 22122 N N - - - After his twin sister, Charity, is attacked by school bullies, ten-year-old Justice decides to take matters into his own hands. When his plan to frame the ring- leader, Trey, goes awry, he finds himself in more trouble than he bargained for.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Fighting Ground Avi 566 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 26803 N N - N N Thirteen-year-old Jonathan has long wanted to be a part of the war against the British, and one morning in 1778, he gets his chance. Finders Keepers Rodda, Emily 22380 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 37313 N N - - - Patrick gets excited when a computer invites him to be a contestant in a million -dollar TV game show called FINDERS KEEPERS. He accepts the invitation, and discovers the world beyond the Barrier. Finders Keepers Spalding, Andrea 43158 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 37967 N N - - - Danny stumbles into amazing adventures while he researches a strange object shaped like an arrowhead. Finding Sophie Watts, Irene N. 65151 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 30360 N N - - - Sophie Mandel was only seven years old when she arrived in London on the first Kindertransport from Germany. Now the war is over, and fourteen-year- old Sophie is faced with a terrible dilemma. Where does she belong?

Finding Walter Turner, Ann 17770 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 33480 N N - - - When she, her sister Rose, and her parents came to live in her Grandmother's house, eight-year-old Emily draws them all into her efforts to find the youngest of a neglected family of dolls. A Fine White Dust Rylant, Cynthia 6999 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 19022 N N - - N Pete is a boy who needs to know where he stands with God, his parents, and his best friend, a confirmed atheist. Fire in the Hills Myers, Anna 25000 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 40449 N N - - - In 1918 in the hills of eastern Oklahoma, sixteen-year-old Hallie faces many changes in her life after her mother dies and she takes over caring for the family.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Fire in the Hole! Farrell, Mary Cronk 82169 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 41123 N N - - - Mick dreams of going to college and becoming a newspaperman rather than a miner like his father. But when all union miners in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District are arrested, Mick becomes head of the family and is forced to make a difficult choice. The Fire Pony Philbrick, Rodman 16985 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 35817 N N - - N Joe has a secret way with horses and with fire, and when he and his brother Roy hire on as ranch hands they must both face Joe's secret. Firegirl Abbott, Tony 106747 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 31458 N N - - N A middle school boy's life is changed when Jessica, a girl disfigured by burns, starts attending his Catholic school while receiving treatment at a local hospital. First Apple Russell, Ching Yeung 14515 EN MG 4.3 2.0 F 15359 N N - - - Living in China during the late 1940s, a young girl works to save enough money to buy an apple and give it to her grandmother for her birthday. First Light Stead, Rebecca 115393 EN MG 4.8 10.0 F 65686 N N - - N When twelve-year-old Peter and his family arrive in Greenland for his father's research, he stumbles upon a secret his mother has been hiding from him all his life and begins an adventure he never imagined possible. Five Days of the Ghost Bell, William 29318 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 44480 N N - - - When Karen and her brother, John, poke around a sacred Indian burial ground in the middle of the night, they are plunged into a world they never imagined existed. With the help of Weird Noah Webster they try to unravel the mystery that surrounds them. Flaming Arrows Steele, William O. 45866 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 30495 N N - - - Indians attack a fort in the Tennessee wilderness, and young Chad realizes that it is wrong to condemn one person for the misdeeds of another.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Flash Point Collard III, Sneed B. 111513 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 47956 N N - - - Against a backdrop of Montana's worst wildfire season in years, Luther works with a vet who rescues and retrains birds of prey, but when he questions many of the community's beliefs about land use, he risks alienation from his friends and family. Flight from Big Tangle Daher, Anita 62993 EN MG 4.4 3.0 F 17893 N N - - - Ever since her father and his plane disappeared Kaylee has been afraid to fly. Now, in the midst of a forest fire, the only way to safety is resting on pontoons at the end of the dock. Will Kaylee be able to conquer her fear and fly out of the fire? Flip-Flop Girl Paterson, Katherine 10244 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 32490 N N - N N A nine-year-old girl comes to terms with death and shattered dreams after her father's illness. A Fly Named Alfred Trembath, Don 20459 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 34602 N N - - - A school bully decides that Harper should be the one to find out who Alfred (a pseudonym) is. Flyaway Christopher, Lucy 147068 EN MG 4.0 10.0 F 68783 N N - - - While her father is in the hospital, 13- year-old Isla befriends Harry, the first boy to understand her love of the outdoors, and as Harry's health fails, she tries to help him and the lone swan they see, struggling to fly, on the lake outside his window. Flying Geese Haworth-Attard, 64875 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 56005 N N - - - Margaret feels lost and alone, her family Barbara uprooted from their beloved Saskatchewan farm and relocated to London, where they're ridiculed for their clothes, bare feet and requests for credit. Only her unfinished quilt of soaring geese gives her hope. Following My Own Footsteps Hahn, Mary Downing 18555 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 43090 N N - - - In 1945, Gordy's grandmother takes him and his family into her North Carolina home after his abusive father is arrested.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Foreshadowing Sedgwick, Marcus 106398 EN MG 4.5 8.0 F 55173 N N - - - Having always been able to know when someone is going to die, Alexandra poses as a nurse to go to France during World War I to locate her brother and to try to save him from the fate she has foreseen for him. Forest Lisle, Janet Taylor 8522 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 34987 N N - - N A story that combines realism and animal fantasy as a girl runs off to the forest to escape family problems. Forged by Fire Draper, Sharon M. 14814 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 33416 N N - - - Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved. Book #2 The Fortress of Kaspar Snit Fagan, Cary 82836 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 39173 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Eleanor Blande and her gifted family embark on a mysterious quest across the seas to determine who is stealing the fountains of Rome and encounter an evil, yet lovable, genius. Book #1 Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule Robinet, Harriette 27750 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 32290 N N - - N Born with a withered leg and hand, Gillem Pascal, who is about twelve years old, joins other former slaves in a search for a farm and the freedom that it promises. Four of a Kind Sherlock, Patti 70879 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 38376 N N - - - Andy has only one dream: to drive a draft horse team in a pulling contest. Framed Boyce, Frank Cottrell 108316 EN MG 4.2 9.0 F 64688 N N - - N Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel more profitable, but it is not until some strange men with valuable paintings arrive in town and their father disappears that they consider turning to crime.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Frances Valgardson, W.D. 40430 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 38840 N N - - - Frances finds an old mouse-eaten journal in a trunk at the family homestead. She is dismayed to find that the entries are written in Icelandic and the pages are torn and moldy. Something pushes Frances to uncover the secrets that the book contains. Francie English, Karen 2121 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 42762 N N - - N When the sixteen-year-old boy whom she tutors in reading is accused of attempting to murder a white man, Francie gets herself in serious trouble for her efforts at friendship. Fred the Mouse: The Adventures Haller, Reese 107048 EN MG 4.5 1.0 F 7064 N N - - - This book is about a field mouse that Begin learns to trust his intuition at the mouse scurry and scamper school. Book #1 Freedom Like Sunlight: Lewis, J. Patrick 43731 EN MG 4.8 0.5 F 1339 N N - - - This book presents poems and brief Praisesongs for Black Americans biographical notes about well-known African Americans. Freedom Train Coleman, Evelyn 120403 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 26488 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Clyde's brother is a guard on the Freedom Train, which is carrying the Bill of Rights and other documents throughout the country in 1948. But Clyde is also learning about rights when an African American boy aids him during a beating. Friedrich Richter, Hans Peter 364 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 31859 N N - - N The tragic story of a Jewish boy in Germany during the thirties, as seen through the eyes of a friend. The Friends Yumoto, Kazumi 17772 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 40478 N N - - N Passing from one stage of life to another, Kiyama and his friends learn and teach some valuable lessons about living. The Friendship Taylor, Mildred D. 315 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 5427 N N - - N Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Friendship According to Humphrey Birney, Betty G. 86277 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 31831 N N - - - When Humphrey the hamster returns to Mrs. Brisbane's class after the winter break, a new class pet and some other surprises give him an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of friendship. Book #2 A Friendship for Today McKissack, Patricia 112565 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 39681 N N - - - In 1954, when desegregation comes to C. Kirkland, Missouri, twelve-year-old Rosemary faces many changes and challenges at school and at home as her parents separate. Frog Face and the Three Boys Trembath, Don 42405 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 27173 N N - - - Realizing that detention is not solving the continued problems Charlie, Jeffrey and Sidney are having, Mr. Duncan enrolls them in karate lessons. What began as a punishment becomes a pleasure as the boys learn about themselves and others. The Frog Princess Baker, E.D. 68474 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 49050 N N - - N After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means, and the self-confidence, to become human again. Book #1 From Anna Little, Jean 8065 EN MG 4.0 5.0 F 39125 N N - - - When the family moves from Germany to Canada in the 1930s, a nine-year-old girl discovers the reason for her awkwardness and apparent inability to do anything right. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Konigsburg, E.L. 29 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 30906 N N - N N Claudia and her brother Jamie run away Basil E. Frankweiler from home and take up residence in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Frozen Fire: A Tale Of Courage Houston, James 167 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 32167 N N - - N Determined to find his father who has been lost in a storm, a young boy and his Eskimo friend brave wind storms, starvation, wild animals, and wild men during their search in the Canadian Arctic.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Gaffer Samson's Luck Paton Walsh, Jill 219 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 25281 N N - - N James' difficulty in adjusting to a new school and life in the Fens, is further complicated by the request of an elderly neighbor to find his lucky piece, a task which puts James in some danger. Game 3: The Windy City/Great Long, Loren 121375 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 19916 N N - - - Graham, Griffith, and Ruby Payne have Balls of Fire the magic baseball in Chicago, with fireballs, burning bats, and a huge kicking cow appearing on the field. The coauthor is Phil Bildner. Garbage Creek and Other Stories Valgardson, W.D. 42260 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 25701 N N - - - In these wonderful stories, the children of Garbage Creek face situations every kid knows well, putting on a brave face, moving to a new area, buying their heart's desire and even trying to save the planet. Gator on the Loose! Stauffacher, Sue 137829 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 27820 N N - - - Chaos ensues when Keisha's father brings an escaped alligator home to Carter's Urban Rescue, and it gets out of the bathroom while Grandma is guarding it. Book #1 Gemini Summer Lawrence, Iain 111306 EN MG 4.7 8.0 F 55515 N N - - - In 1965, Danny's grief over the death of his older brother, Beau, is eased when a stray puppy adopts him. He soon realizes that Beau is somehow in the dog and sets out to make his brother's dream of seeing a rocket launch at Cape Kennedy come true. Gentle Ben Morey, Walt 222 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 52406 N N - N N Danger and excitement as young Mark Andersen struggles to save his friend, Ben, the big brown bear. Ghost Cave Steiner, Barbara 18767 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 38467 N N - - - In pursuit of a reward for the discovery of an Indian burial site, Marc and his friends get lost in a cave inhabited by a ghost.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Ghost Horse of Meadow MacDonald, Anne 86701 EN MG 4.2 7.0 F 46354 N N - - - This book centres on Kim's obsession Green Louise with finding a ghostly horse she thinks she's seen on her neighbor's property. The prospect of discovering a real horse she can visit nearby interests her much more than the possibility of a supernatural creature. Ghost Hotel Slade, Arthur 82759 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 25492 N N - - - Walter Biggar Bronson (a.k.a. Wart), and his friend Cindy meet a ghost one night after school. The small, mournful boy leads them across the Broadway Bridge to the gracious Bessborough Hotel. Book #3 Ghost Hunter Paver, Michelle 137704 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 53090 N N - - - To fulfill his destiny, Torak must defy demons and tokoroths, navigate through the Gorge of the Hidden People, and battle the evil Eagle Owl Mage. Book #6 The Ghost in Room 11 Wright, Betty Ren 28295 EN MG 4.0 2.0 F 14983 N N - - N When his family moves to a small town near Milwaukee, Matt's efforts to fit into his new fourth-grade class are complicated by his poor spelling and his encounter with the ghost of one of the school's former teachers. A Ghost in the House Wright, Betty Ren 6364 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 32392 N N - - N Strange things happen when twelve- year-old Sarah is alone in the house with great-aunt Margaret, who appears to be the victim of a ghost seeking revenge for a death in the past. The Ghost in the Machine Woodbury, Mary 70209 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 50966 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Tyler Graham loves the Kootenay Valley with its beautiful lake and surrounding mountains. His personal life, though, is a completely different story. The Ghost of Avalanche Mountain Lawson, Julie 40454 EN MG 4.2 7.0 F 46566 N N - - - In this conclusion to the "Goldstone" trilogy, Ashley receives a magical pendant for her birthday and awakens a mysterious presence deep within the glacial mountains.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Ghost of Fossil Glen DeFelice, Cynthia 26732 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 32189 N N - N N Allie knows it's not her imagination when she hears a voice and sees in her mind's eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking Allie's help. The Ghost Sitter Griffin, Peni R. 50392 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 25229 N N - - N When she realizes that her new house is haunted by the ghost of a girl who used to live there, Charlotte tries to help her find peace. Ghost Voyages II: The Matthew Taylor, Cora 60539 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 23832 N N - - - Jeremy, the stamp traveller, helps explorer John Cabot make an important discovery, and he meets another adventurer like himself. Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps Woodruff, Elvira 10250 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 26659 N N - - N Two girls seek a ghost in a haunted marble factory in West Virginia. Ghosts of the Titanic Lawson, Julie 144196 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 46024 N N - - - The terror, anxiety, and reality of the sinking of the "Titanic" comes to life as a teenage boy tries to right the wrongs of the past and put some troubled souls to rest. The Giant-Slayer Lawrence, Iain 134024 EN MG 4.8 11.0 F 72740 N N - - - When her eight-year-old neighbor is stricken with polio in 1955, eleven-year- old Laurie discovers that there is power in her imagination as she weaves a story during her visits with him and other patients confined to iron lung machines. A Gift for Mama Hautzig, Esther 7728 EN MG 4.2 1.0 F 6868 N N - - N A charming story of a young Polish girl who works to buy her mother a special Mother's Day present, by the author of The Endless Steppe. The Gift Moves Lyon, Steve 78895 EN MG 4.1 8.0 F 53855 N N - - - In a futuristic United States devoid of wealth and material things, a teenage baker befriends a talented weaver's apprentice who holds a dark secret. The Gift of the Sacred Dog Goble, Paul 9768 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 983 N N - - - The Great Spirit gives the sacred dog to an Indian boy seeking relief for his hungry people.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Girl in a Cage Yolen, Jane 61461 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 59335 N N - - N As English armies invade Scotland in 1306, Princess Marjorie, daughter of the newly crowned Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, is captured by England's King Edward Longshanks and held in a cage on public display. The coauthor is Robert J. Harris. Book #2 The Girl in the Well Beeler, Cecil 31215 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 33982 N N - - - When Corinne's father leaves to work in Freeman the city, she is left to do his work on the the farm during the coldest prairie winter in years. Through adversity and humor, she finally comes to understand and accept his decision to leave. The Girl Who Dreamed Only Norman, Howard 26712 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 27947 N N - - - A collection of stories that takes the Geese reader on a journey across the far north from Siberia to Greenland. The Girl Who Lived with the Bears Goldin, Barbara 14414 EN MG 4.3 0.5 F 2328 N N - - - In this retelling of a traditional tale of the Diamond Pacific Northwest, a young girl is captured by the Bear People after insulting them. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Goble, Paul 5221 EN MG 4.1 0.5 F 993 N N - - N Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free. Girlhearts Mazer, Norma Fox 48673 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 53531 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Sarabeth Silver's life is turned updside down when her mother dies suddenly, leaving her orphaned, confused, and at the mercy of everyone who seems to know what is best for her. The Girls Koss, Amy Goldman 41790 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 22765 N N - - N Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, causing hurt and self-doubt among the girls. The Girls They Left Behind Hunter, Bernice 86540 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 34260 N N - - - During World War II, a spunky teenager Thurman finds a way to contribute to the war effort while she waits for the boys in her life to come home.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Girls' Own: An Anthology of Ellis, Sarah 63926 EN MG 4.7 13.0 F 85660 N N - - - This is a collection of stories that will Canadian Fiction for Young help girls feel happy about their own Readers individuality and show them the importance of accepting themselves and their strengths and weaknesses. The Goatnappers Jordan, Rosa 114002 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 54319 N N - - - Justin's place as the first high school freshman in twenty years to make the varsity baseball team is at risk when his math grade plummets while he is trying to cope with the abuse of a young billy goat he sold and a visit from his estranged father. Going Places Hurcomb, Fran 126475 EN MG 4.4 3.0 F 21667 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Jess and her friends try to start an all-girls hockey league in their small town, but an unknown vandal threatens to ruin their chances before the team can even get off the ground. Going Through the Gate Anderson, Janet S. 32163 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 24495 N N - - - The five sixth-grade students in a small town prepare for their teacher's annual graduation ceremony, a mysterious ritual that several generations of students have experienced but no one can discuss. The Gold Cadillac Taylor, Mildred D. 170 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 4671 N N - - N Two Black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac, until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time. The Gold Diggers Club/Barely Rivers, Karen 83058 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 32464 N N - - - Carly and her friends find themselves Hanging On stranded on an island in their search for Brother XII's treasure. Gold Dust Lynch, Chris 41785 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 45189 N N - - N In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napoleon, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school. He is hoping that Napoleon will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Gold-Threaded Dress Marsden, Carolyn 59111 EN MG 4.6 1.0 F 8142 N N - - N When Oy and her Tai-American family move to a new neighborhood, her fourth -grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different. The Golden Aquarians Hughes, Monica 42281 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 43957 N N - - - Creative, sensitive Walt finds himself pitted against his technology-obsessed father as the planet Aqua is terraformed into the needed resources for Earth's colonists. The Golden Boy Wood, Beverley 116022 EN MG 4.9 14.0 F 91593 N N - - - When thirteen-year-old Tomi runs away from home after his father remarries, he befriends an adventurous white terrier named Patsy Ann, and the two are transported back in time where they help a town get back on its feet. The coauthor is Chris Wood. The Golden Dream of Carlo Alexander, Lloyd 116710 EN MG 4.6 9.0 F 61918 N N - - - Naive and bumbling Carlo, his camel- Chuchio puller Baksheesh, and Shira, a girl determined to return home, follow a treasure map through the deserts and cities of the infamous Golden Road, as mysterious strangers try in vain to point them toward real treasures. The Golden Spiral Mangum, Lisa 143469 EN MG 4.8 14.0 F 92769 N N - - - When Dante, a Master of Time, is sent into the past to find Zo, Tony, and V, Abby knows he will need her help to prevent the trio from destroying time itself, but soon things start to change as Zo targets Abby's past. Book #2 Goldstone Lawson, Julie 20461 EN MG 4.1 5.0 F 37072 N N - - - Karin, a twelve-year-old whose mother was swept away in an avalanche, finds the missing woman's goldstone pendant while out walking in the mountains, and puts it on only to learn that Mama's claim that the pendant brought dreams of the future was true. The Golem Rogasky, Barbara 54852 EN MG 4.9 2.0 F 13445 N N - - - A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Golem Wisniewski, David 52317 EN MG 4.3 0.5 F 1449 N N - - N A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague. The Good Master Seredy, Kate 32 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 37665 N N - N N Two cousins spend an adventurous year on a ranch in the Hungarian plains. Good Night, Mr. Tom Magorian, Michelle 6316 EN MG 4.8 12.0 F 83046 N N - N N A young boy is sent to the English countryside during World War II to avoid the horrors of war and a disturbed mother. Gooseberry Park Rylant, Cynthia 14466 EN MG 4.4 2.0 F 15608 N N - - N When a storm separates Stumpy the squirrel from her newborn babies, her animal friends come to the rescue. Gossamer Lowry, Lois 105737 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 24507 N N - - N While learning to bestow dreams, a young dreamgiver tries to save an eight- year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds. Gracie's Girl Wittlinger, Ellen 44709 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 43866 N N - - N As she starts middle school, Bess volunteers to work on the school musical in hopes of fitting in, but when she and a friend get to know an elderly homeless woman, Bess changes her mind about what is really important. The Graduation of Jake Moon Park, Barbara 42819 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 26408 N N - - N Jake recalls how he has spent the last four years watching his grandfather deal with the horrors of Alzheimer's disease. The Gramma War Butcher, Kristin 47885 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 35638 N N - - - Annie copes with the changes after her ailing grandmother comes to live with them by enrolling in a local genealogical society and learning her family history. Grand Canyon: The Tail of the Graf, Mike 112428 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 21468 N N - - - Twins James and Morgan visit Grand Scorpion Canyon National Park with their parents and go on an adventurous, often demanding, three-day hike learning much about the geology, animals, plants, and history of one of Earth's largest canyons. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Grandfather's Day Tomey, Ingrid 42945 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 8576 N N - - - A spirited young girl tries to help her grandfather overcome his sadness due to his wife's recent death. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Creech, Sharon 71135 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 15390 N N - - N With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door. Grape Thief/Cuss Franklin, Kristine L. 71753 EN MG 4.2 8.0 F 58157 N N - - - In 1925, in a small Washington State community made up of families from different ethnic backgrounds, twelve- year-old Cuss tries to stay in school as he watches those around him struggle with various financial difficulties. Grassroots Sandburg, Carl 70243 EN MG 4.6 0.5 F 1016 N N - - - This is a collection of poems by Carl Sandburg with Midwestern themes or settings. Gratefully Yours Buchanan, Jane 18264 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 21413 N N - - N In 1923, Hattie rides the Orphan train from New York to Nebraska, where she must adjust to a strange new life with a farmer and his wife, who is despondent over the loss of her two children. The Gravesavers: A Novel Fitch, Sheree 101554 EN MG 4.4 8.0 F 57927 N N - - - In the wake of a family tragedy, twelve- year-old Minn is sent to spend the summer with her grandmother in Boulder Basin, Nova Scotia. There, Minn discovers the skull of a human child on the beach and is caught up in a mystery more than a century old. Graveyard Girl Myers, Anna 15095 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 26657 N N - N N During the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis in 1878, Eli and Addie struggle to survive with the help of Addie's ghost- mother and a girl who works at the busy graveyard.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Graveyard of the Sea Draper, Penny 131211 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 36599 N N - - - Nell is living with her father on in their lighthouse on Canada's west coast and teaches herself Morse Code so she can signal distress calls, but one night, Nell spies the "Coloma" in route to danger while the telegraph lines are down. Book #4 Gravity Buster: Journal #2 of a Asch, Frank 113854 EN MG 4.4 2.0 F 16723 N N - - - Alex's latest invention, the Gravity Cardboard Genius Buster, is finally ready. Soon, he will be able to master gravity and make it do anything he wants! It's the crowning touch to his cardboard masterpiece of a spaceship. Book #2 The Great Chicken Debacle Naylor, Phyllis 62004 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 20977 N N - - N Hoping to earn a trip to an amusement Reynolds park, the three Morgan children agree to take care of a chicken that their father plans to give their mother as a birthday surprise. The Great Elephant Chase Cross, Gillian 33164 EN MG 4.7 9.0 F 58286 N N - - - In 1881 America, fifteen-year-old Tad helps a girl in her attempt to get a mighty Indian elephant to friends in Nebraska, while pursued by two unscrupulous villains who wish to take the elephant from her. The Great Eye Shalant, Phyllis 17774 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 30439 N N - - - Writing poetry on a computer and working with a Labrador Retriever guide dog candidate help twelve-year-old Lucy deal with feelings of loss during her parents' separation. The Great Gilly Hopkins Paterson, Katherine 116 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 33591 N N - N N An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly. The Great Interactive Dream Peck, Richard 17775 EN MG 4.0 5.0 F 32373 N N - - N Josh Lewis is unwillingly drawn into the Machine computer experiment of Aaron, his friend and fellow classmate, at an exclusive New York private school; and the two find themselves traveling through space and time.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Great Turkey Walk Karr, Kathleen 25153 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 42539 N N - N N In 1860, a somewhat simple-minded fifteen-year-old boy attempts to herd one thousand turkeys from Missouri to Denver, Colorado, in hopes of selling them at a profit. Greater Than Angels Matas, Carol 24910 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 33323 N N - - N Anna, a teenaged German refugee, relates how she and other Jewish children were cared for by the citizens of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, during the German occupation. The Green Glass Sea Klages, Ellen 109556 EN MG 4.6 10.0 F 67707 N N - - N In 1943, 11-year-old Dewey is going to live with her father in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He is working on a top-secret government program with other eminent scientists. No one knows how the gadget is about to change the world. Greener Grass Pignat, Caroline 130052 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 51243 N N - - - The Byrne family is strong, but they are being tested every day as life becomes more and more desperate in nineteenth- century rural Ireland, forcing the family to leave their homeland. Greetings from Nowhere O'Connor, Barbara 121376 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 30606 N N - - - In North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains, a troubled boy, a happy family seeking adventure, a man and his lonely daughter, and the widow who must sell the run-down motel that has been her home, meet and are transformed by their shared experiences. Gregor the Overlander Collins, Suzanne 71754 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 55665 N N - - N When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Grimm Legacy Shulman, Polly 137059 EN MG 4.0 11.0 F 79585 N N - - - High-school student Elizabeth gets an after-school job as a page at the New- York Circulating Material Repository, and when she gains access to its Grimm Collection of magical objects, she and the other pages are drawn into a series of adventures. A Group of One Gilmore, Rachna 52611 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 39771 N N - - - Learning from her grandmother that her family was active in the Quit India movement of 1942, a rebellion against nearly two centuries of British occupation, raises questions of identity for Tara. Growing Wings Winter, Laurel 46307 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 40952 N N - - N When wings start to appear on her back, Linnet begins to understand some of her mother's strange behavior. But it isn't until she finds herself at a remote house in Montanta with others who also have wings that she comes to terms with her situation. Guy Wire Weeks, Sarah 64503 EN MG 4.4 3.0 F 20411 N N - - N When his best friend is seriously injured in a bike accident, Guy recounts their first meeting and how the friendship grew despite the weird antics of Guy's eccentric mother. Hachiko Waits Newman, Lesléa 82246 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 13607 N N - - - Professor Ueno's loyal Akita, Hachiko, waits for him at the train station every afternoon, and even after the professor has a fatal heart attack while at work, Hachiko faithfully continues to await his return until the day the dog dies. Halinka Pressler, Mirjam 36699 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 46138 N N - - - Just as she is losing hope of ever finding a home and is forgetting all she once loved, something happens to remind Halinka that everyone needs beauty in their lives.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description A Handful of Time Pearson, Kit 8067 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 39146 N N - - - While spending the summer away from home during her parents' divorce, Kit finds a watch that takes her back in time where she meets her mother as a girl. Hannah's Journal: The Story of an Moss, Marissa 44818 EN MG 4.7 1.0 F 9164 N N - - N Hannah is given a diary for her tenth Immigrant Girl birthday, and in it she records the dramatic story of her journey to America. Hannah's Winter Meehan, Kierin 129288 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 48235 N N - - - When her mother takes her to Japan, Hannah would much rather be back in Australia starting secondary school with her friends. But her stay turns out to be nothing like she'd imagined, when Hannah and Miki find an ancient message in a stationery shop. Happily After All Stevenson, Laura 6004 EN MG 4.1 9.0 F 64421 N N - - N When her father dies, ten-year-old Rebecca is sent to live with the mother she's been brought up to believe had abandoned her and, through a growing relationship with a troubled foster child, begins to accept her mother. Harriet Spies Again Ericson, Helen 58681 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 40656 N N - - - Harriet has just received the best news of her eleventh year -- Ole Golly is coming back! However, the circumstances of Ole Golly's return remains unclear. Harriet, the Spy, is on the case and ready to help Ole Golly any way she can. Harriet the Spy Fitzhugh, Louise 226 EN MG 4.5 8.0 F 57648 N N - N N Harriet's notebook of her feelings about classmates and neighbors is found by her classmates. The Haunted Igloo Turner, Bonnie 9636 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 37349 N N - - - A young Canadian boy struggles to adapt to his new and often difficult life in the Arctic. The Haunting Nixon, Joan Lowery 25061 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 44222 N N - - N When her mother inherits an old plantation house in the Louisiana countryside, fifteen-year-old Lia seeks to rid it of the evil spirit that haunts it.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Haunting at Stratton Falls Seabrooke, Brenda 44299 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 29304 N N - - - At Christmastime in 1944, while staying with disagreeable cousins because her father is in Europe fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Abby discovers that her relatives' old house is haunted by the ghost of a girl from the Civil War era. Have Courage, Hazel Green Hirsch, Odo 108255 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 57461 N N - - - When she overhears one of the tenants in her apartment building verbally abusing the hardworking caretaker, Mr Egozian, Hazel Green determines to find a way a to teach the unpleasant tenant a lesson. Heads or Tails: Stories from the Gantos, Jack 11469 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 38240 N N - - N Eight stories about a sixth-grade student Sixth Grade in Florida. The Heart Calls Home Hansen, Joyce 2479 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 49500 N N - - - After the Civil War, former slave Obi Booker tries to make a new life on a South Carolina island while waiting to be joined by his beloved Easter, who is studying in the North The Heart of a Chief Bruchac, Joseph 32049 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 37696 N N - - - An eleven-year-old Penacook Indian boy living on a reservation faces his father's alcoholism, a controversy surrounding plans for a casino on a tribal island, and insensitivity toward Native Americans in his school and nearby town. Heart of a Tiger Arnold, Marsha 13843 EN MG 4.3 0.5 F 1582 N N - - N As the Name Day celebration approaches, a young kitten tries to deserve a noble name by following the path of the beautiful Bengal tiger. Heaven Johnson, Angela 27949 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 22403 N N - N N Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her biological parents.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Heaven Shop Ellis, Deborah 82837 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 38218 N N - - - Binti and her siblings are orphaned when their father dies of AIDS. Split up and sent to relatives all over Malawi, they suffer increasing hardship until they are reunited through the influence of their formidable grandmother. Heck Superhero Leavitt, Martine 80289 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 32076 N N - - N Abandoned by his mother, thirteen-year- old Heck tries to survive on his own as his mind bounces between the superhero character he imagines himself to be and the harsh reality of his life. Henry and Ribsy Cleary, Beverly 417 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 23383 N N - N N Henry Huggins and his dog, Ribsy, go fishing and end up as wet as the huge salmon they try to catch. Her Stories: African American Hamilton, Virginia 14923 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 20874 N N - - N African-American Folktales, Fairy Tales, Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True and True Tales. Tales Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Mazer, Harry 88487 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 21975 N N - - N To honor his father who died during the Pacific War Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor, seventeen-year-old Adam eagerly enlists in the Marines in 1944, survives boot camp, and faces combat on the tiny island of Okinawa. Hidden Roots Bruchac, Joseph 77125 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 21320 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Sonny knows that he is different from his classmates in their small New York town. However, he is uncertain why his father is so angry and what secret his mother is keeping from him. The Highwayman Noyes, Alfred 106189 EN MG 4.9 0.5 F 1001 N N - - - This book is an illustrated version of the well-known poem about the highwayman and his true love, the landlord's daughter. Hiroshima Yep, Laurence 31543 EN MG 4.9 1.0 F 4880 N N - - N This is the story of how the bombing of Hiroshima affects twelve-year-old Sachi and her classmates.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Hitler's Daughter French, Jackie 68982 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 23266 N N - - N After hearing a fictional tale about Hitler's daughter, Mark wonders what it would be like if someone he loved and trusted turned out to be evil. Hold Fast to Dreams Pinkney, Andrea 14892 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 28694 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Deirdre, whose passion Davis for photography has earned her the nickname "Camera Dee," feels uncomfortable being the only black student at her new school. Holes Sachar, Louis 28081 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 47079 N N N N N As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert. Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies Wolfson, Jill 110403 EN MG 4.4 8.0 F 55582 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Whitney, a foster child with an eye for the beauty of nature and a talent for getting into trouble, takes on the loggers in her new hometown when she tries to save the biggest tree in the forest. Homecoming Voigt, Cynthia 368 EN MG 4.4 16.0 F 110893 N N - - N Young Dicey fights to keep her brothers and sister together and out of foster homes. Homeroom Exercise Striegel, Jana 56480 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 32510 N N - - - When twelve-year-old Regan begins to suffer from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, she must face the possibility that her dream of being a professional dancer may never come true. The Homeward Bounders Jones, Diana Wynne 58918 EN MG 4.7 10.0 F 68457 N N - - - Once he becomes a pawn in the game played by a powerful group he calls Them, twelve-year-old Jamie is repeatedly catapulted through space and time. The Homework Machine Gutman, Dan 103771 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 26448 N N - - N Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Hope Gaeddert, LouAnn 13752 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 34808 N N - - - In 1851, orphans Hope and John are placed in a community of Shakers, where they encounter a way of life that is strange yet comfortable. Hope Springs a Leak Staunton, Ted 35490 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 32833 N N - - - Sam Foster can't help it, he's in love with his grade six teacher, Ms. Broom. The trouble is, his best friend, Darryl, is in love with her, too. The Hot and Cold Summer Hurwitz, Johanna 267 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 23849 N N - - N Two inseparable ten-year-old boys discover there is room in their friendship for another person and it really doesn't matter that she is a girl. Houdini: The Handcuff King Lutes, Jason 114393 EN MG 4.2 1.0 F 4486 N N - - - This is a brief biography written in graphic comic format about escape artist Harry Houdini that reveals the secret of one of his stunts. The House of Dies Drear Hamilton, Virginia 228 EN MG 4.8 9.0 F 58619 N N - N N This mystery concerns an African- American boy's move to Drear House, which had once played a part in the Underground Railroad. A House of Tailors Giff, Patricia Reilly 82024 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 33381 N N - - N When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her wish is to return home soon. But as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle, she thinks of Brooklyn as her home. The House of Wooden Santas Major, Kevin 43346 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 25049 N N - - - Jesse's unemployed mother tries to make a new start for them by moving to a rural home where she hopes to foster a business carving figures for the Christmas season. The House You Pass on the Way Woodson, Jacqueline 25066 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 18049 N N - - - When fourteen-year-old Staggerlee, the daughter of a racially mixed marriage, spends a summer with her cousin Trout, she finds herself attracted to Trout and catches a glimpse of her possible future self.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description How It Happened in Peach Hill Jocelyn, Marthe 114095 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 55184 N N - - - In 1924, when fifteen-year-old Annie and her mother arrive in Peach Hill, each finds a reason for wanting to finally settle down, but to reach their goals, they will have to do some serious lying and Annie will have to stand up for herself. How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay Alvarez, Julia 43515 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 25807 N N - - N Ten-year-old Miguel learns to love his colorful aunt, Tía Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother after his parents' divorce. Book #1 How to Steal a Dog O'Connor, Barbara 115455 EN MG 4.0 5.0 F 34585 N N - - N Living in the family car in a small North Carolina town after her father leaves, Georgina persuades her younger brother to help her in a scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming a reward. Hugging the Rock Brown, Susan Taylor 108942 EN MG 4.3 2.0 F 12192 N N - - - Through a series of poems, Rachel expresses her feelings about her parents' separation, living without her mother, and her changing attitude toward her father. The Hungry Year Crook, Connie 49517 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 45862 N N - - - In 1787, twelve-year old Kate finds Brummel herself responsible for her younger twin brothers when her father leaves to hunt for food and doesn't return. The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale Casanova, Mary 44109 EN MG 4.3 0.5 F 1114 N N - - - After learning to understand the language of animals, Hai Li Bu, the hunter, sacrifices himself to save his village. Hush Woodson, Jacqueline 55199 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 28427 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description I Am a Taxi Ellis, Deborah 109350 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 33844 N N - - - Diego is deep in the jungle, working as a virtual slave in an illegal cocaine operation. As his situation becomes more and more dangerous, he knows he must take a terrible risk if he ever wants to see his family again. I Was a Sixth Grade Alien Coville, Bruce 32022 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 26290 N N - - N Tim comes upon an alien in his sixth grade class and is invited back to his embassy, where he discovers a plan to sabotage the alien mission. I'll Sing You One-O Gregory, Nan 111442 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 50297 N N - - - Reunited with her long-lost twin brother, twelve-year-old Gemma constantly tests the boundaries of acceptable behavior while relying on angels to help her connect with her new family. I'm Not Who You Think I Am Kehret, Peg 29379 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 28296 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Ginger becomes the target of a disturbed woman who believes that Ginger is her dead daughter. Ida Early Comes over the Mountain Burch, Robert 666 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 26911 N N - - N Tough times in rural Georgia during the Depression take a lively turn when spirited Ida Early arrives to keep house for the Suttons. If I Should Die Before I Wake Nolan, Han 14471 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 63077 N N - - - As Hilary, a neo-Nazi initiate, lies in a coma, she is transported to Poland at the onset of World War II, into the life of a Jewish teenager. If Sarah Will Take Me Bouchard, Dave 35785 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 1215 N N - - - At the age of nineteen, a fall from a balcony initially threatened and then forever changed the way Robb Dunfield lived his life. If You Didn't Have Me Nilsson, Ulf 175 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 19224 N N - - N A small Swedish boy spends the summer on his grandmother's farm while his parents build a new house.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Illustrated Mum Wilson, Jacqueline 86106 EN MG 4.0 9.0 F 61286 N N - - - Ten-year-old Dolphin is determined to stay with her family, no matter what, but when her sister goes to live with her newly discovered father, sending their mother further into manic-depression, Dolphin's life takes a turn for the better. The Imp That Ate My Homework Yep, Laurence 29481 EN MG 4.0 2.0 F 13464 N N - - - Jim teams up with his grandfather, who is known as the meanest man in Chinatown, to defeat a powerful demon. In America's Shadow Komatsu, Kimberly 82082 EN MG 4.9 0.5 F 2834 N N - - - A young girl named Aiko describes the journey of her grandparents from Japan to Wyoming. The coauthor is Kaleigh Komatsu. In My Family Lomas Garza, 18334 EN MG 4.7 0.5 F 1427 N N - - - The author describes, in bilingual text Carmen and illustrations, her experiences growing up in an Hispanic community in Texas. In the Clear Carter, Anne Laurel 47900 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 27450 N N - - - After recovering from polio, Pauline dreams of playing hockey. Her father has made a rink in the backyard, but will Pauline be able to overcome her fears and break free from her mother to realize her dream? In the Language of Loons Kinsey-Warnock, 18770 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 23358 N N - - N During the summer that Arlis spends Natalie with his grandparents in Vermont, his grandfather teaches him about loons, cross-country running, and responsibility. In the Shade of the Níspero Tree Bernier-Grand, 67334 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 40939 N N - - - Because her mother wants her to be Carmen T. part of the world of high society in their native Puerto Rico, nine-year-old Teresa attends a private school but loses her best friend. The Indian in the Cupboard Banks, Lynne Reid 231 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 44004 N N - N N A young boy discovers that his magic cupboard and key can turn toys into live people and animals.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Indigo's Star McKay, Hilary 81579 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 46130 N N - - N Spurred on by his youngest sister, Rose, twelve-year-old Indigo sticks up for himself and an American boy who has replaced him as the primary target of the school bullies. Inside Out & Back Again Lai, Thanhha 142622 EN MG 4.8 2.0 F 14925 N N - - - Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. Irish Chain Haworth-Attard, 65913 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 57946 N N - - - On December 6, 1917, two ships Barbara explode in Halifax's harbour, resulting in the greatest human tragedy Canada has ever seen. Grief-stricken, Rose draws courage from the heroic stories of her great-grandmother that are stitched into her Irish Chain quilt. Iron John Kimmel, Eric A. 12693 EN MG 4.1 0.5 F 2199 N N - - - With the help of Iron John, the wild man of the forest who is under a curse, a young prince makes his way in the world and finds true love. Adapted from the Brothers Grimm. The Iron Ring Alexander, Lloyd 17776 EN MG 4.8 10.0 F 68078 N N - - N Driven by his sense of dharma or honor, young King Tamar sets off on a perilous journey, with a significance greater than he can imagine during which he meets talking animals. Iron Thunder: The Battle Between Avi 118700 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 27752 N N - - - After his father dies fighting for the the Monitor & the Merrimac: A Civil Union, thirteen-year-old Tom takes a job War Novel at the local ironworks, where he helps build a ship for the Union army and is approached by Confederate spies to sell the ship's secrets. Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Powell, Randy 85680 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 45495 N N - - - Heidi, a wild smart-mouthed 15-year- Licking an Ashtray? old, is staying with relatives while she is suspended from school. When she meets Biff, an 18-year-old pinball addict, they seem to have little in common, but they develop a special friendship.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Isabel Factor Friesen, Gayle 100065 EN MG 4.2 8.0 F 53142 N N - - - When the fearless Zoe breaks her arm in a fall, Anna must brave summer camp and her debut as a Counselor In Training without her best friend. Going it alone is not something Anna is ready for. Cruising along in Zoe's shadow had been comfortable. An Island Far from Home Donahue, John 12586 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 32418 N N - - - The twelve-year-old son of a Union army doctor killed during the fighting in Fredericksburg comes to understand the meaning of war and the fine line between friends and enemies when he begins corresponding with a young Confederate prisoner of war. The Island on Bird Street Orlev, Uri 5071 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 47432 N N - - N During World War II, a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constant life-threatening conditions. It's Like This, Cat Neville, Emily 46 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 33568 N N - N N A teenage boy in New York City gets a Cheney cat instead of a dog simply to annoy his father, then begins to learn that his father is a caring human being, not just a strict parent. Jack's New Power: Stories From A Gantos, Jack 47236 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 53575 N N - - - Young Jack hopes he is escaping the Caribbean Year craziness of his old life in Florida, but even in a Caribbean paradise, he is plagued by misadventure. Jackie and Me: A Baseball Card Gutman, Dan 40653 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 28887 N N - - N Joe uses his special ability to travel Adventure through time to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball's color barrier.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Jakeman Ellis, Deborah 121576 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 32009 N N - - - Jake and his older sister Shoshona, along with a busload of kids, visit their mother in prison regularly, but this time, the journey turns into a series of misadventures, and the kids find themselves on their own, hatching a plan to find the governor. James and the Giant Peach Dahl, Roald 232 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 23843 N N - N N Madcap adventures take place as young James enters a peach as big as a house and encounters wonderful new friends. Janey's Choice Hunter, Bernice 35772 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 36267 N N - - N Janey Phair has it all--good looks, good Thurman humour, and two loving families. So why isn't she happy? She discovers that nothing's ever perfect, and that happiness comes from choosing what's most important to you, and holding on. January's Sparrow Polacco, Patricia 133241 EN MG 4.4 1.0 F 7372 N N - - - After a family friend and fellow slave is viscously beaten and left for dead, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad. The plot contains violent descriptions of torture. Jared Lester, Fifth-Grade Jester Kyi, Tanya Lloyd 108256 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 13046 N N - - - When Jared sees a court jester in a movie, he immediately sees his future. Jared can already juggle, and he can also do flips and memorize jokes, but he has to find a royal court to perform in. The Jazz Man Weik, Mary Hays 14820 EN MG 4.6 1.0 F 3987 N N - - - Nine-year-old Zeke, who lives in Harlem, listens to the wonderful music coming from the jazz musician's piano across the court and escapes for a while from the harsh realities that worry him. Jeannie and the Gentle Giants Armstrong, Luanne 74520 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 34501 N N - - - Jeannie, upset when placed in a foster home after her mother is hospitalized with a mental illness, learns to value herself and her new situation through her newfound love of animals.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Jennifer Murdley's Toad Coville, Bruce 5940 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 30266 N N - - N When an ordinary looking fifth-grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a series of extraordinary adventures. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William Konigsburg, E.L. 176 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 23266 N N - - N Lonely Elizabeth decides to be an McKinley and Me, Elizabeth apprentice witch to Jennifer, and that's when the fun starts. Jenny of the Tetons Gregory, Kristiana 59352 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 23002 N N - - - Orphaned by an Indian raid while traveling West with a wagon train, fifteen -year-old Carrie Hill is befriended by the English trapper Beaver Dick, and taken to live with his Indian wife and their children. Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Mass, Wendy 109552 EN MG 4.5 11.0 F 76093 N N - - N Just before his thirteenth birthday, Life Jeremy Fink receives a keyless locked box, set aside by his father before his death five years earlier, that purportedly contains the meaning of life. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher Coville, Bruce 5918 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 28076 N N - N N Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg. Jericho Hickman, Janet 11471 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 28400 N N - - N Story about the connections between four generations of women. Jess and the Runaway Grandpa Woodbury, Mary 31219 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 46356 N N - - - When Jess's forgetful Grandpa Ernie climbs into his camper truck, Jess has only seconds to decide whether to go with him as he sets off on a dangerous journey to the northern Alberta wilderness. Jesse's Star Schwartz, Ellen 41764 EN MG 4.1 2.0 F 12716 N N - - - Jesse makes an important discovery about himself and his ancestors while doing research for a social studies report.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Joey Pigza Loses Control Gantos, Jack 45124 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 45926 N N - - N Joey, who is taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the father he has never known. Dad insists that Joey stop taking his medication, and Joey loses control as he tries to help his baseball team. Book #2 Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Gantos, Jack 29525 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 35620 N N - N N To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired. Book #1 Johnny and the Bomb Pratchett, Terry 23466 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 47508 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Johnny Maxwell acquires the neighborhood homeless woman's shopping cart when she is injured and discovers that its contents have the ability to send him back in time from 1996 to 1941 England. Book #3 Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Slade, Arthur 129226 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 36294 N N - - - Many of Newton's ancestors, including Survival his mom, have been killed by lightning strikes, so when he enrolls at the eccentric Jerry Potts Academy of Higher Learning and Survival in Moose Jaw, he tries to be a model student so he can avoid the same fate. Joseph's Choice, 1861 Pryor, Bonnie 42438 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 26513 N N - - N In the early days of the Civil War, Joseph must decide whether to defend his stepfather's abolitionist and pro- Union beliefs or side with the slave owners and Southern rights supporters in his home town of Branson Mills, Kentucky. The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: Yep, Laurence 35833 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 38321 N N - - N A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt A Chinese Miner records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Just Call Me Joe Wishinsky, Frieda 75379 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 13252 N N - - - Life in New York City in the early twentieth century is tougher than Joseph ever dreamed it would be. Just for Kicks Rayner, Robert 82185 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 29042 N N - - - A friendly soccer match becomes serious and less fun when adults get involved. It's up to the kids to reclaim the spirit of the sport. Karma Bites Kramer, Stacy 140287 EN MG 4.6 12.0 F 81451 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Franny uses the power of a magic recipe box to straighten out some of the problems in her life, but she learns that when you tamper with karma, it can strike back in unexpected ways. The coauthor is Valerie Thomas. Kashtanka Chekhov, Anton 14421 EN MG 4.9 0.5 F 1992 N N - - - Separated from her master while out on a walk, Kashtanka the dog is adopted by a circus clown. Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story Hague, Michael 53787 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 2225 N N - - - If only Kate hadn't stepped on that freshly-dug grave one fateful, chilly evening! Kavik: The Wolf Dog Morey, Walt 16934 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 48971 N N - - N Anyd has to decide if he should put the dog he discovers in a plane wreck out of its misery or help him survive. Keeper of the Doves Byars, Betsy 63092 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 18116 N N - - N In the late 1800s in Kentucky, Amen McBee and her four sisters both fear and torment the reclusive and seemingly sinister Mr. Tominski, but their father continues to provide for his needs. The Keeping Room Myers, Anna 18553 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 30864 N N - - N Left in charge of the family by his father, who joins the Revolutionary War effort, Joey undergoes such great changes that he fears he may be betraying his beloved parents. Kensuke's Kingdom Morpurgo, Michael 68163 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 30736 N N - - N When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive, until he finds he is not alone.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Key to Rondo Rodda, Emily 121005 EN MG 4.9 12.0 F 82350 N N - - - The old music box has its rules, and those who had owned it before Leo understood its powers well. When the rules are broken, Leo and his cousin Mimi plunge together into the fantastic world of Rondo. Book #1 Kicker Bossley, Michele 114175 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 21328 N N - - - When electronic threats and sabotage Martin seem set to derail the soccer season, Izzy and Julia have to find out the truth. Kid Power Pfeffer, Susan Beth 7676 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 28050 N N - - N Eleven-year-old Janie advertises to do odd jobs in her neighborhood and receives so much business, she hires her friends and becomes manager of the Kid Power Agency. Kidnapped in Sweden MacGregor, Roy 20471 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 22015 N N - - - The hockey team goes to the first-ever International Goodwill Pee Wee Tournament, and learns the differences between European and North American hockey and meet some new friends. The Kidnappers: A Mystery Roberts, Willo Davis 24908 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 33465 N N - - N No one believes eleven-year-old Joey, who has a reputation for telling tall tales, when he claims to have witnessed the kidnapping of the class bully outside their expensive private school. Kildee House Montgomery, 121577 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 39608 N N - - - When Jerome Kildee, a solitary man, Rutherford builds a home in a redwood forest in California, he takes in some skunks and raccoons, but as they begin to multiply, Kildee looks to two human neighbors for help. King Midas and the Golden Touch Hewitt, Kathryn 71974 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 1653 N N - - - A king who wishes for the golden touch is faced with its unfortunate consequences. King of the Castle Stinson, Kathy 46703 EN MG 4.2 1.0 F 4839 N N - - - Mr. Elliot, the school custodian, loves his job. But life isn't always easy. When he sees a child being called stupid and falling into the traps he remembers so well himself, Mr. Elliot decides it is time to take action.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Kira-Kira Kadohata, Cynthia 74071 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 44326 N N - - N This book chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill. Klutzhood McMahen, Chris 123804 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 33600 N N - - - Arlo is the new kid in town, and he's not about to blend in just to make his mother happy. Kneeknock Rise Babbitt, Natalie 236 EN MG 4.4 2.0 F 15849 N N - N N Egan hopes to become a hero by slaying the Megrimum, a mysterious creature that lives on Kneeknock Rise near his relatives' home. When he learns the truth about the creature, he has to decide if he should share his discovery with the villagers. La Línea Jaramillo, Ann 106423 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 36746 N N - - - When fifteen-year-old Miguel's time finally comes to leave his poor Mexican village, cross the border illegally, and join his parents in California, his younger sister's determination to join him soon imperils them both. Last Chance Bay Carter, Anne Laurel 83718 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 38125 N N - - - Set in Cape Breton during Second World War, this book tells the story of Meg, a young girl who dreams of flying. Inspired by her heroines Amelia Earhart and Beryl Markham, Meg's dream is a lofty one and unlikely to ever come true. Last Child Spooner, Michael 102535 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 43879 N N - - - Caught between the worlds of her Scottish father and her Mandan mother in what is now North Dakota, Rosalie fights to survive both the 1837 smallpox epidemic and the actions of a vengeful trader. The Last Olympian Riordan, Rick 130543 EN MG 4.3 13.0 F 89002 N N - - N Percy Jackson and his army of young demigods do battle with Kronos on the streets of Manhattan as Percy's sixteenth birthday approaches and his fate looms even closer. Book #5

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery Feinstein, John 85215 EN MG 4.8 9.0 F 59719 N N - - N After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game. Last Summer with Maizon Woodson, Jacqueline 47487 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 18270 N N - - - This is the story of a very special friendship and also deals with the identification and nurturing of the gifted Black child. The Last Wild Place Jordan, Rosa 126933 EN MG 4.8 9.0 F 61663 N N - - - Chip puts aside his own problems and concentrates on finding a safe home for the wild animals behind an abandoned farm. The Latch: An Acadian Adventure Grant-Smith, Joyce 109676 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 30110 N N - - - Amy discovers an old door latch, and suddenly she is transported to a world that is strange to her; the world of the Acadians. Lawn Boy Paulsen, Gary 115808 EN MG 4.3 2.0 F 14323 N N - - N Things get out of hand for a twelve-year- old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn-mowing business. Leaving the Log House Manson, Ainslie 74284 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 23363 N N - - - Two small, fragile dolls help Teresa cope as she gets her first prosthetic leg in a city far from home. The Ledgerbook of Thomas Blue Grutman, Jewel H. 70414 EN MG 4.6 0.5 F 2471 N N - - - Text and illustrations present a fictional Eagle account of a young Sioux warrior, his childhood on the Plains, his journey East, and his adventures at the Carlisle Indian School. The coauthor is Gay Matthaei. Lefty Carmichael Has a Fit Trembath, Don 36035 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 48979 N N - - - When fifteen-year-old Lefty Carmichael finds out he has epilepsy, his world is pretty much turned upside down. The idea of having a seizure at an unexpected moment is scary, but Lefty comes to believe he can handle it.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Legend of Buddy Bush Moses, Shelia P. 75589 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 36276 N N - - - In 1947, twelve-year-old Pattie Mae is sustained by her dreams of escaping Rich Square, North Carolina, and moving to Harlem when her Uncle Buddy is arrested for attempted rape of a white woman and her grandfather is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Grey, Christopher 110136 EN MG 4.9 14.0 F 92546 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Giacomo, servant to Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Leonardo da Vinci, helps his Vinci's Servant procrastinating master finish painting THE LAST SUPPER while also trying to find clues to his parentage and pursue his own career as an artist in late fifteenth-century Milan. Lesia's Dream Langston, Laura 73796 EN MG 4.1 7.0 F 50650 N N - - - Dreaming of fields of wheat and wealth and security, Lesia's family looks forward to a life in Canada free from hunger and poverty and rumours of war. Life in her adopted country is not what she bargained for, but she discovers dreams can come true. Letters from Rifka Hesse, Karen 8533 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 28448 N N - N N Rifka and her family flee the pogroms in Russia in 1919 and cross the Atlantic to land on Ellis Island. Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Myers, Laurie 66726 EN MG 4.0 1.0 F 7906 N N - - N Seaman, Meriwether Lewis's Tale Newfoundland dog, describes Lewis and Clark's expedition, which he accompanied from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Li Lun: Lad of Courage Treffinger, Carolyn 20309 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 16904 N N - - - Because of his fear of the sea, a young Chinese boy is sent to a distant mountain where he proves his bravery. The Liberation of Gabriel King Going, K.L. 89128 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 32863 N N - - - In Georgia during the summer of 1976, Gabriel, a white boy who is being bullied, and Frita, an African American girl who is facing prejudice, decide to overcome their many fears together as they enter fifth grade.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Library Dragon Deedy, Carmen Agra 13777 EN MG 4.8 0.5 F 983 N N - - N Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon who believes her job is to protect the school's library books from the children, but when she finally realizes that books are meant to be read, the dragon turns into Miss Lotty, librarian and storyteller. The Lie That Had to Be Palermo, Sharon 45022 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 24397 N N - - - This book is an emotionally charged and Gibson historically accurate portrait of young Rennie's attempts to understand how an entire community was able to turn so violently against its Italian members during World War II. Life's a Funny Proposition, Horatio Polikoff, Barbara 7034 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 23184 N N - - N As Horatio tries to adjust to the death of Garland his father from lung cancer, O. P., Horatio's grandfather, mourns the loss of his dog Mollie. The Light in the Cellar: A Molly Buckey, Sarah 118252 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 24342 N N - - - While volunteering as a magazine Mystery Masters delivery girl in a convalescent hospital during the Second World War, Molly uncovers a mystery involving the theft of rationed food supplies for sale on the black market. A Light in the Dunes Attema, Martha 35777 EN MG 4.0 7.0 F 49831 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Rikst de Bruin is led on a journey of discovery and danger trying to answer questions of what happend to the body on the beach and what is the disturbing secret her mother is trying to hide from her? The Light-Bearer's Daughter Melling, O.R. 64074 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 39891 N N - - - This is the story of eleven-year-old Dana, who is about to emigrate to Canada from Ireland with her father, despite her protests. If she leaves, how will she ever find her mother, who disappeared when she was three?

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Light-Fingered Gang Glaze, Dave 105518 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 34864 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Mackenzie Davis helps catch the sinister thieves preying on Saskatoon in 1912 and learns to make his own judgments about the people he meets. Book #1 The Lightning Thief Riordan, Rick 89885 EN MG 4.7 13.0 F 87223 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. Book #1 The Lights Go On Again Pearson, Kit 20474 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 46444 N N - - - For five years, Gavin and his sister Norah have lived in Canada as "war guests." But now, as 1945 approaches, the war is finally ending, and Gavin and Norah will soon be going back to England. Lily's Crossing Giff, Patricia Reilly 17781 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 36019 N N - N N During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently. Lily's Ghosts Ruby, Laura 71854 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 53394 N N - - N Strange goings-on at her great-uncle's summer home in Cape May, New Jersey, draw Lily and a new friend into a mystery involving lost treasure, a fake medium, and ghosts of all sizes, shapes, and dispositions. Lisa Matas, Carol 35776 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 24734 N N - - - The Nazis have invaded Denmark, and Lisa and her family refuse to perish without a fight. This is a story of how a Jewish family fights the Nazis with the resistance, then escapes to Sweden.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Lisa: Overland to Cariboo Galloway, Priscilla 66589 EN MG 4.4 2.0 F 12903 N N - - - As Lisa and her family battle their way across the prairies and over the mountains to the goldfields of Cariboo, they encounter terrible hardships -- and learn how important they are to one another. Book #1 Little Blacknose: The Story of a Swift, Hildegarde 19020 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 17309 N N - - - The true and honest story of the first Pioneer Hoyt steam engine built for New York Central Railway. This Dewitt Clinton engine was a pioneer in railroad industry. Little Brother Baillie, Allan 6390 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 30887 N N - - N A boy escapes from Cambodia into Thailand fleeing from the Khmer Rouge soldiers. Little Sioux Girl and Other Greenberg, Martin H. 51728 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 37578 N N - - - This volume offers many great stories Selections by Newbery Authors and Newbery information in a way that will interest a wide range of young readers and aspiring authors. The coeditor is Charles Waugh. Lizard Meets Ivana the Terrible Scott, C. Anne 36486 EN MG 4.1 2.0 F 13868 N N - - - When third-grader Lizzie Gardener must live temporarily with her grandmother, her greatest fears have to do with making friends in her new school. Lizard Music Pinkwater, Daniel 277 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 32725 N N - - N When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little-known invasion from outer space. Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster Winton, Tim 23315 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 25391 N N - - - Lockie Leonard's life is a disaster area. His new best friend is probably the oddest human being on Planet Earth, his bid to save the town from industrial pollution has run into apathy, and now he's fallen for a girl who's only eleven. Locomotion Woodson, Jacqueline 64368 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 11056 N N - - N In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Loki Wolf Slade, Arthur G. 40455 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 43366 N N - - - While on vacation in Iceland, Angie begins to wonder if her dreams aren't a warning. She discovers that sheep have been disappearing but it isn't until she and her cousins go to the old croft house that they discover the horrifying truth. The London Eye Mystery Dowd, Siobhan 120571 EN MG 4.1 7.0 F 52780 N N - - - When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye, the two siblings must work together, Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat, to try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim. Lone Wolf Franklin, Kristine L. 18500 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 44289 N N - N N When a large family moves into the house near where he and his father live in the woods, Perry's friendship with the oldest girl helps him come to terms with his sister's death and his parents' divorce. Long Shot Walters, Eric 54265 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 27296 N N - - - When Nick and Kia try out for the rep team they played for the previous year, they assume they will make the grade. That is, until they meet the new coach. Book #4 The Longest Ride Patrick, Denise Lewis 43477 EN MG 4.1 5.0 F 34206 N N - - - At the end of the Civil War, a black cowboy, who is a runaway slave, nurtures the dream of being united with his family, and finds his destiny is linked with two Arapaho Indians. Looking at the Moon Pearson, Kit 8075 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 47424 N N - - - Continuing adventures of Norah, an English girl who lives with a wealthy matron in Toronto during World War II. Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Pinkwater, Daniel 78842 EN MG 4.4 3.0 F 22691 N N - - - Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, Chicken Story a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Looking for X Ellis, Deborah 35411 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 25351 N N - - - In this urban adventure story, a smart, bold 11-year-old girl from a poor neighborhood sets out to find her friend X, a mysterious homeless woman who is missing. Lord of the Deep Salisbury, Graham 52614 EN MG 4.0 5.0 F 32575 N N - - N Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches Mikey about fishing, taking risks, and making sacrifices. Lord of the Fries Wynne-Jones, Tim 32217 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 46299 N N - - - This is a collection of short stories in which Canadian young people interact with the eccentric and vivid figures of their communities, schools, and families. Lord of the Nutcracker Men Lawrence, Iain 54164 EN MG 4.5 8.0 F 51767 N N - - N An English boy during World War I comes to believe that the battles he enacts with his toy soldiers control the war his father is fighting on the front. Lorinda's Diary Wilson, Budge 29319 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 26212 N N - - - Everything in Lorinda's life seems to be changing as she grows up. Then her grandfather comes to visit and complains about everything and it's up to Lorinda to find out what's really bothering him. Loser Spinelli, Jerry 59382 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 36204 N N N N N Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Donald Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself. Losing Forever Friesen, Gayle 61289 EN MG 4.1 7.0 F 49245 N N - - - A half-crazed mother, a lovesick friend, a perfectly evil stepsister - could things for Jes get any worse?

Lost Goat Lane Jordan, Rosa 82400 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 55230 N N - - - With the help of their children and a few goats, two families--one white, one black--living near one another in rural Florida overcome their suspicions of each other and find ways to work together.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Lost in the War Antle, Nancy 27932 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 25219 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Lisa Grey struggles to cope with a mother whose traumatic experiences as a nurse during the war in Vietnam are still haunting her. Lost Time Schmid, Susan 122422 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 33991 N N - - N Violynne, the twelve-year-old daughter Maupin of missing archaeologists on the planet Lindos, must solve the puzzle of her parents' disappearance before the dictatorial Arbiter captures her and forces her to do his bidding. The Lost Treasure of Captain Kidd Lourie, Peter 47251 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 22409 N N - - - Two boys living along the Hudson River track historical clues and try to elude a crazed treasure-hunter as they search for bounty rumored to have been hidden in 1699. The Lotus Seed Garland, Sherry 7159 EN MG 4.0 0.5 F 473 N N - - - A young Vietnamese girl saves a lotus seed and carries it with her everywhere to remember a brave emperor and the homeland that she has to flee. Love from Your Friend, Hannah Skolsky, Mindy 24977 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 41342 N N - - N From her home in back of the Grand Warshaw View Restaurant in rural New York, Hannah writes letters to her best friend, a pen pal, and even President Roosevelt. Love That Dog Creech, Sharon 52616 EN MG 4.5 1.0 F 3935 N N - - N A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem. Love, Ruby Lavender Wiles, Deborah 47412 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 31393 N N - - N When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi. The Loyal Cat Namioka, Lensey 14423 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 2055 N N - - - In ancient Japan, a loyal cat uses his magic powers to help his friend, a poor and humble priest. Lucky's Mountain Maycock, Dianne 120578 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 17974 N N - - - Forced to leave the only home she has ever known, Maggie must also find a good home for her beloved dog, Lucky.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Lucy's Family Tree Schreck, Karen 52321 EN MG 4.2 1.0 F 4331 N N - - - Lucy, an adopted child from Mexico, is Halvorsen convinced that her family background is too complicated for her to make the family tree she is supposed to create for a homework assignment. Lydia, Queen of Palestine Orlev, Uri 29995 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 41899 N N - - - A rambunctious Romanian girl must face her parents' divorce, anti-Jewish sentiment, and relocation to Palestine during World War II. M.C. Higgins, the Great Hamilton, Virginia 125 EN MG 4.4 10.0 F 69544 N N - N N Thirteen-year-old M.C. hopes his mother will be offered a recording contract so his family can leave their home before a sliding slag heap destroys it. Madame Doubtfire Fine, Anne 30185 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 40300 N N - - - Lydia, Christopher, and Natalie have been torn between their warring parents ever since the divorce. All that changes when Madame Doubtfire becomes the cleaning lady, and the children soon discover there's more to her than domestic talents. The Magic Circle Napoli, Donna Jo 9991 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 26548 N N - - - A witch's unwilling descent into evil and her ultimate redemption when Hansel and Gretel visit her candy-bedecked house. Magic Maize Buff, Mary 19022 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 13293 N N - - - Set in Guatemala, an Indian boy named Fabian discovers a jade artifact that helps his poor family farm. The coauthor is Conrad Buff. Magic Moments Loya, Olga 53901 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 21319 N N - - - This collection of short stories from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Columbia are written in both English and Spanish. Some are scary, some are myths, and some are human interest, but all are endearing for children and adults.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Magic Thief Prineas, Sarah 123126 EN MG 4.5 9.0 F 58794 N N - - - A young thief is drawn into a life of magic and adventure after picking the pocket of the powerful wizard Nevery Flinglas, who has returned from exile to attempt to reverse the troubling decline of magic in Wellmet. Book #1 The Magical Adventures of Pretty Hamilton, Virginia 73510 EN MG 4.2 10.0 F 72769 N N - - - Pretty Pearl, a spirited young African Pearl god child eager to show off her powers, travels to the New World where, disguised as a human, she lives among a band of free blacks who have created their own separate world deep inside a vast forest. Man of the Family Karr, Kathleen 40632 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 29243 N N - - - During the 1920s, life for Istvan, the eldest child of a Hungarian-American family, holds both joy and sadness. Maniac Magee Spinelli, Jerry 5075 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 35427 N N - N N After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries. Maria Chapdelaine Hémon, Louis 83405 EN MG 4.6 1.0 F 3608 N N - - - This book is the story of Maria Chapdelaine and her French Canadian family. Marie-Claire: A Season of Sorrow Stinson, Kathy 62217 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 10651 N N - - - The smallpox epidemic has descended upon Marie-Claire and her family. How are they, their community and the church going to cope with the epidemic, as well as with the controversial vaccine meant to guard against it? Marisol and the Yellow Messenger Smith-Ayala, Emilie 17031 EN MG 4.1 0.5 F 1086 N N - - - This is a children's story about coping with a father's death and having to move to a strange country and starting over. Marriage of the Rain Goddess Wolfson, Margaret 35327 EN MG 4.8 0.5 F 1111 N N - - - The rain goddess longs to find a Olivia companion to share her joy and love for the world. However, will her chosen partner be able to see beyond her appearance to the soul that lies beneath? A haunting retelling of a traditional Zulu myth.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Martin's Mice King-Smith, Dick 10785 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 18889 N N - - N A farm cat who doesn't want to catch mice keeps a family of them as pets in the barn; but then he is given away to a townswoman and acquires a new perspective. Mary Ann Alice Doyle, Brian 53773 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 34607 N N - - - Mary Ann Alice is interested in the geology of her area. But a new project to dam the river places rocks, fossils, falls as well as many farms in danger. But the dam must go ahead and it brings both benefits and tragedies to the community. Masterpiece Broach, Elise 125321 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 51897 N N - - N After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. McMummy Byars, Betsy 11479 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 26093 N N - - N Mozie discovers a huge plant pod with a human shape in a greenhouse. Me and Rupert Goody O'Connor, Barbara 34673 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 22999 N N - - N Eleven-year-old Jennalee is jealous when a slow-thinking black man arrives in her Smoky Mountains community and claims to be the son of Uncle Beau, the owner of the general store and Jennalee's only friend. The Mealworm Diaries Kerz, Anna 129678 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 28762 N N - - - Mourning the death of his father, Jeremy's new life in Toronto is made more difficult when an impulsive classmate becomes his assigned partner for a science project. Jeremy's struggles are worsened by a mortifying bed-wetting problem. Mean Margaret Seidler, Tor 20234 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 26835 N N - - N Will Margaret ever realize that there's more to life than being mean?

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Meanest Doll in the World Martin, Ann M. 71437 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 33867 N N - - N Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft hitch a ride in Kate's backpack and find themselves in the biggest adventure of their lives, a day at school! The coauthor is Laura Godwin. Book #2 Medusa Lattimore, Deborah 42032 EN MG 4.5 0.5 F 1952 N N - - - This book is a retelling of the myth of Nourse Medusa, turned by Athena's curse into a gorgon whose gaze turned men to stone, and the quest of Perseus to vanquish her in order to save his mother's life. Melanie Bluelake's Dream Dorion, Betty 29317 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 37932 N N - - N Melanie, a ten year old Cree girl, misses Fitzpatrick her old home, her friends, and especially, her grandmother, when she and her mother move to the city, so that her mother can finish high school. Memories of Summer White, Ruth 41788 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 30205 N N - - N In 1955, thirteen-year-old Lyric finds her whole life changing when her family moves from the hills of Virginia to a town in Michigan and her older sister, Summer, begins descending into mental illness. Men of Stone Friesen, Gayle 41767 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 43197 N N - - - Ben wonders what kind of man he should become after years of hearing what kind of man not to become. Then Great Aunt Frieda comes, and with her powerful stories, helps Ben understand who he is and what kind of man he wants to be. Merlin Yolen, Jane 16916 EN MG 4.9 2.0 F 13674 N N - - N Merlin, now twelve years old, begins to come onto his magic, while being held captive by a band of wild folk. Merlin and the Dragons Yolen, Jane 12475 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 3048 N N - - N When young Arthur is troubled by dreams, Merlin tells him a story about a fatherless boy who himself dreamed about dragons and the defeat of the evil king Vortigern. Mick Harte Was Here Park, Barbara 11480 EN MG 4.5 2.0 F 16668 N N - N N A young girl copes with the death of her brother in a bike accident.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Middle Moffat Estes, Eleanor 57 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 44064 N N - - N Jane is always in the middle of all the fun, whether it's a fast and furious card game with the oldest inhabitant of Cranbury, playing the old pump organ and blowing out moths instead of music; or losing her head in the middle of the school play. The Middle of Somewhere Gordon, Sheila 10786 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 33145 N N - - - Nine-year-old Rebecca and her family, living in a South African village for black people, are threatened with forced removal to a bleak, distant development, to make room for a new suburb for whites. Middle School Is Worse Than Holm, Jennifer L. 116694 EN MG 4.7 1.0 F 8637 N N - - N Ginny makes a To Do list for her Meatloaf: A Year Told Through seventh grade year, which includes Stuff landing a role in the school play, making friends, ignoring her horoscope, and going to see Grandpa Joe in Florida, but she always seems to come up short in accomplishing any of these. Midnight Magic Avi 34516 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 41667 N N - N N In the Kingdom of Pergamontio in 1491, Mangus the Magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of King Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost. The Midnight Train Home Tamar, Erika 44721 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 43963 N N - - - When their mother can no longer care for them, eleven-year-old Deirdre and her brothers board the Orphans' Train, but Deirdre finds a different type of family when she joins a traveling vaudeville troupe. The Million Dollar Shot Gutman, Dan 26736 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 19775 N N - - N Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul shot at the National Basketball Association finals.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Millions Boyce, Frank Cottrell 80738 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 46202 N N - - - After their mother dies, two brothers find a huge amount of money, which they must spend quickly before England switches to the new European currency, but they disagree on what to do with it. Minn and Jake Wong, Janet S. 71310 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 11778 N N - - N Fifth-grader Minn, the tallest girl in school, begins a rocky friendship with Jake, a new student who is not only very short, but is also afraid of the worms and lizards that Minn likes to collect. The Minstrel's Daughter Smith, Linda 82771 EN MG 4.1 8.0 F 59036 N N - - - Catrina Ashdale hasn't seen her father for twelve years, and she needs to find him. Her life is changing in a way that scares her and she has to escape. Book #1 Miracle at Willowcreek LeBox, Annette 41695 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 51144 N N - - - Developers want to destroy the sandhill crane's sanctuary. Tess and her friends have an extarodinary adventure to protect the sandhills and their environment. Miracle on 49th Street Lupica, Mike 110893 EN MG 4.7 8.0 F 56784 N N - - N After her mother's death, twelve-year- old Molly learns that her father is a basketball star for the Boston Celtics. Miracles on Maple Hill Sorensen, Virginia 59 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 46896 N N - N N After her father returns from the war moody and tired, Marly's family decides to move from the city to Maple Hill Farm in the Pennsylvania countryside where they share many adventures which help restore their spirits and their bond with each other. The Miraculous Journey of Edward DiCamillo, Kate 102971 EN MG 4.4 2.0 F 17050 N N - - N Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and Tulane proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him. He travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories. Misery Guts Gleitzman, Morris 23286 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 21019 N N - - - Keith tries to cheer up his parents by convincing them to move to paradise.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Missing from Haymarket Square Robinet, Harriette 51849 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 29539 N N - - - Three children in Chicago in 1886 Gillem experience the Haymarket Riot in response to exploitative working conditions. Missing Girls Metzger, Lois 27955 EN MG 4.1 5.0 F 39007 N N - - - During eighth grade, Carrie moves in with her grandmother, becomes friends with a withdrawn classmate, and comes to terms with her mother's death. The Missing Manatee DeFelice, Cynthia C. 86251 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 33307 N N - - N While coping with his parents' separation, eleven-year-old Skeet spends most of spring break in his skiff on a Florida river, where he finds a manatee shot to death and begins looking for the killer. Missing on Superstition Mountain Broach, Elise 144384 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 40361 N N - - - When brothers Simon, Henry, and Jack move with their parents to Arizona, they are irresistibly drawn to explore the aptly named Superstition Mountain, in spite of warnings that it is not safe. Book #1 Mississippi Bridge Taylor, Mildred D. 5431 EN MG 4.2 1.0 F 8715 N N - N N During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee Creek. Mississippi Chariot Robinet, Harriette 14828 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 28048 N N - - - In Mississippi in 1936, twelve-year-old Gillem Shortning Bread Jackson tries to help his falsely convicted father while dealing with the troubled racial climate in his town. Mississippi Mud: Three Prairie Turner, Ann Warren 70406 EN MG 4.6 0.5 F 2490 N N - - - As their family travels on a wagon train Journals from Kentucky to Oregon, Amanda and her two brothers keep separate journals, and the journal entries show how they each see the same trip in a different way.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Mister and Me Holt, Kimberly Willis 25216 EN MG 4.1 2.0 F 12623 N N - - N In a small Louisiana mill town in 1940, Jolene does not want her Momma to marry the logger who is courting her, but it seems that even her most defiantly bad behavior cannot make him go away. Money Hungry Flake, Sharon G. 57597 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 31592 N N - - N All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again. The Money Pit Mystery Walters, Eric 65023 EN MG 4.6 9.0 F 62741 N N - - - There's really more than one mystery to be solved on Oak Island as 11-year-old Sam and his 13-year-old sister, Becky, return to visit their Grandpa after a three -year absence following an estrangement between their mother and grandfather. The Monster from the Swamp: Taylor, C.J. 13693 EN MG 4.3 1.0 F 5386 N N - - - The eight stories contained here Native Legends of Monsters, illustrate the enormous range of Native Demons & Other Creatures imagination, the variety of attributes, good and bad, assigned to fabulous creatures and the ingenious ways humans have dealt with them. The Monster Garden Alcock, Vivien 57606 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 32918 N N - - - Using a tissue sample she believes is from one of her father's experiments in genetic engineering, Frankie accidentally creates a baby monster, which begins to grow at an alarming rate. The Moon Children Brenna, Beverley 126904 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 28665 N N - - - Eleven-year old Billy suffers from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and his frustration and feelings of hopelessness are evident throughout every aspect of his life, a life that changes when he meets Natasha. Moon over Tennessee Crist-Evans, Craig 31649 EN MG 4.9 1.0 F 4875 N N - - - A thirteen-year-old boy sets off with his father from their farm in Tennessee to join the Confederate forces on their way to fight at Gettysburg.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Moonpie and Ivy O'Connor, Barbara 47417 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 27579 N N - - - Pearl feels hurt and unwanted when her irresponsible mother leaves her with Aunt Ivy in a little country house in Georgia and then disappears. Morning Girl Dorris, Michael 6674 EN MG 4.9 2.0 F 12469 N N - - N A young Taino girl goes swimming off her Bahamian island and meets Christopher Columbus' landing party in this vivid portrait of a Native American family and their culture. Motorcycle Song Siebert, Diane 58475 EN MG 4.5 0.5 F 536 N N - - - In this book, rhyming text describes motorcycles of all kinds and their riders, as well as the joy of the open road. Mountain Wedding Gibbons, Faye 16142 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 790 N N - - - The children from two mountain families about to be joined in a wedding change their minds about each other only after all of them together cooperate in a rescue. Mud City Ellis, Deborah 72897 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 26716 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. She still dreams of seeing the ocean and making a new life in France. This dream has sustained her through the terrible years in Kabul. Muinji'j Becomes a Man Joe, Saqamaw Mi'sel 73420 EN MG 4.5 1.0 F 8948 N N - - - A trip for supplies becomes an unexpected challenge of strength and courage when young Muinji'j journeys to the big city with his grandfather for much -needed winter supplies. Murphy and Mousetrap Olsen, Sylvia 88790 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 18596 N N - - - When Murphy, his mother, and their cat, Mousetrap, move back to the reserve, Murphy is sure that both he and the cat are going to be miserable. Music from a Place Called Half Oughton, Jerrie 10940 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 37910 N N - N N In 1956 in Half Moon, North Carolina, Moon thirteen-year-old Edie Jo comes to terms with her own prejudice and the death of a friend.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Mustang Flats Wisler, G. Clifton 17784 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 27868 N N - - N When his father returns from the war in 1865, fourteen-year-old Alby finds his beloved Pa a changed man and can only hope that they will be friends again. My America: A Poetry Atlas of the Hopkins, Lee Bennett 45154 EN MG 4.9 1.0 F 3812 N N - - - This is a collection of poems evocative United States of seven geographical regions of the United States, including the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Plains, Mountain, Southwest, and Pacific Coast States. My Brother Sam Is Dead Collier, James 127 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 49683 N N - N N In this novel of the American Revolution, Lincoln a young man is torn between his brother's patriotism and his father's Tory sympathies. The coauthor is Christopher Collier. My Canary Yellow Star Wiseman, Eva 58576 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 52218 N N - - - Marta is a young Jewish girl in Budapest who suffers worse and worse conditions under Nazi rule until hope arrives in the form of a foreign man who risks his own life to save others. My Daniel Conrad, Pam 574 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 31090 N N - - N Ellie and Stevie learn about a family legacy when their grandmother tells them stories of her brother's historical quest for dinosaur bones on their Nebraska farm. My Dog, My Hero Byars, Betsy 46311 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 6444 N N - - N A panel of three judges has to decide which dog out of eight finalists deserves to win the title of My Hero. The coauthors are Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers. My Land Sings: Stories from the Anaya, Rudolfo 54681 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 32225 N N - - - This is a collection of ten original and Río Grande traditional stories set in New Mexico. My Life Among the Aliens Gauthier, Gail 27973 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 23605 N N - - - Two brothers begin to wonder if it is their mother's unusual cooking that is attracting the aliens that keep showing up at their house.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description My Life in Pink & Green Greenwald, Lisa 131200 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 50963 N N - - - When the family's drugstore is failing, seventh-grader Lucy uses her problem- solving talents to come up with a solution that might resuscitate the business, along with helping the environment. My Louisiana Sky Holt, Kimberly Willis 28086 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 37153 N N - N N Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950's, twelve-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse. My Mother's Ghost Buffie, Margaret 40439 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 55623 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Jess and her family moved to the ranch after the death of her brother. Now Jess is seeing things - or are they seeing her? My Name Is Mitch Supeene, Shelagh 72898 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 30582 N N - - - Things start to change for Mitch, the Lynne smallest kid in grade six, when he stands up to Philip, his arch-enemy, and his dad, The Creep, moves back to town. My Name Is Seepeetza Sterling, Shirley 42270 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 29042 N N - - - Seepeetza experiences blatant racism by being taught to deny her Indian heritage at school. My Teacher Fried My Brains Coville, Bruce 11483 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 26818 N N - - N Bill tries to figure out which new teacher at his school is an alien in the hilarious sequel to 'My Teacher Is An Alien.' My Teacher Glows in the Dark Coville, Bruce 11484 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 26683 N N - - N Peter follows his alien teacher onto his spaceship, where he learns the alien's real reason for visiting Earth. My Trip to Alpha I Slote, Alfred 184 EN MG 4.3 1.0 F 9782 N N - - N Voya-code is the most sophisticated form of interplanetary travel, but a young boy finds it is not without dangers. The Mysterious Disappearance of Raskin, Ellen 74152 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 26412 N N - - - In this story, the disappearance of her Leon (I Mean Noel) husband is only the first of the mysteries Mrs. Carillon must solve.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine Stanley, Diane 53440 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 38534 N N - - N Noticing that a popular series of horror novels is having a bizarre effect on the behavior of its readers, Franny and Beamer set out to find the mysterious author. Mystery from History Gaetz, Dayle 49139 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 36185 N N - - - While exploring near an abandoned Campbell oceanfront mansion, Katie, Sheila and Rusty stumble across a long-buried mystery and a present day crime. Mystery in the Frozen Lands Godfrey, Martyn 47877 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 28991 N N - - - Peter Griffin and twenty-five other men climbed aboard the refitted yacht, Fox, and set sail for the frozen lands of the Arctic sea. Their mission is to find out, once and for all, what happened to Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men. The Mystery of the Cupboard Banks, Lynne Reid 8541 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 45214 N N - N N Omri unearths an old journal that reveals the mystery of the Indian in the cupboard. The Mystery of the Haunted Caves Warner, Penny 51865 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 22657 N N - - - When a mysterious clue hints at treasure buried in Camp Miwok's Haunted Caves, Becca and her friends are determined to get their hands on it. The Mystery of the Missing Will Mayer, Jeni 43171 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 30576 N N - - - Meredith begins a search after witnessing an empty rocking chair begin to rock and a voice whispering "find my will." The Mystery of the Wagner Romain, Joseph 41704 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 56285 N N - - - Matt moves to a farm outside of town Whacker and what he finds in the barn changes his life and the future of baseball. The Mzungu Boy Mwangi, Meja 87587 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 33084 N N - - - Set in the 1950s, this is a story about village life in Kenya as seen through a child's eyes. It was a time of growing violence that was about to change the structure of colonial Africa. Nathaniel Talking Greenfield, Eloise 72741 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 1259 N N - - - In this book, a spirited nine-year-old poet raps and rhymes about what it's like to be nine, his education, and his family life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Neighborhood Odes Soto, Gary 70375 EN MG 4.9 1.0 F 5368 N N - - - This is a collection of twenty-one poems about growing up in a Hispanic neighborhood, highlighting the delights in such everyday items as sprinklers, the park, the library, and pomegranates. Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle: & Marino, Nan 130901 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 28920 N N - - - Ten-year-old Tamara thinks she has Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty finally found a chance to prove Muscle Told Me Man McGinty is a liar when he brags he can beat everyone in the neighborhood at kickball, but as she awaits McGinty's downfall, she begins to understand his motives for lying. Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Sylvester, Kevin 136725 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 61555 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old master chef and Murders budding detective Neil Flambé, eyed as a prime suspect by the Vancouver police, rushes to solve a case in which some of the best chefs in town are turning up dead and the killer is leaving cryptic clues. Never to Be Told Citra, Becky 110018 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 48003 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Asia's world is turned upside down by family secrets and ghostly encounters. Next-Door Neighbors Ellis, Sarah 6622 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 33599 N N - - N Her family's move to a new town in Canada leaves shy twelve-year-old Peggy feeling lonely and uncomfortable until she befriends the unconventional George and the Chinese servant of her imperious neighbor Mrs. Manning. The Nexus Ring Bush, Maureen 123363 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 27082 N N - - - Josh and his sister, Maddy, are returning to Calgary from a vacation on Vancouver Island when a ring Maddy finds on the ferry leads them to thrilling adventures in a magical world. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Niagara Falls, or Does It? Winkler, Henry 70566 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 21463 N N - - N Fourth-graders Hank, Ashley, and Frankie are excitedly preparing for a magic show at the Rock 'N Bowl when Hank's creative alternative to an English essay lands him in detention and grounded the week of the show. The coauthor is Lin Oliver. Book #1 Nicholas Goscinny, René 103210 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 25028 N N - - - This first book in the series contains a collection of nineteen individual stories where, in spite of trying to be good, Nicholas and his friends always seem to end up in some kind of mischief. The coauthor is Jean-Jacques Sempe. Nicholas and the Gang Goscinny, René 120292 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 20291 N N - - - This book contains sixteen stories that follow Nicholas, a French schoolboy, as he visits the country, attends a birthday party, spends a noisy, rainy day at school, and has other domestic adventures. Nick's Secret Blatchford, Claire H. 44714 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 33118 N N - - - Nick, a deaf seventh grader, befriends a mysterious girl, who is training and protecting a pack of valuable sheepdogs on her own. The Night Fairy Schlitz, Laura Amy 135339 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 14952 N N - - - When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything differently. Night of the Gargoyles Bunting, Eve 11557 EN MG 4.1 0.5 F 413 N N - - - At night, the gargoyles on top of the art museum come to life. The Night Room Goldman, E.M. 13760 EN MG 4.1 7.0 F 48710 N N - - - When a group of students uses an experimental computer program that simulates their tenth high school reunion, they get an unsettling look at their possible futures. The Night Swimmers Byars, Betsy 378 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 22783 N N - - N With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Night the Heads Came Sleator, William 14967 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 33853 N N - - - When aliens abduct both Leo and his artist friend Tim, Leo tries to determine why these creatures from outer space want to use his friend's talent. Nilda Mohr, Nicholasa 35021 EN MG 4.5 11.0 F 73089 N N - - - A young girl growing up in Spanish Harlem in the 1940's watches the secure world of her childhood years slowly erode away. Nim and the War Effort Lee, Milly 17272 EN MG 4.3 1.0 F 3606 N N - - - Nim works very hard to collect enough newspapers to win the paper drive contest during World War II. The Nine Lives of Travis Keating MacLean, Jill 126834 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 43061 N N - - - Travis, a middle-grader grieving the death of his mother, suffers repeated encounters with a vicious bully while finding both solace and allies in efforts to rescue a group of feral cats. The plot contains episodes of violence. No More Dead Dogs Korman, Gordon 48259 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 37355 N N - - N Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play. He becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well. No Ordinary Day Ellis, Deborah 146332 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 30207 N N - - - Valli has always feared the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets. No Small Thing Ghent, Natale 68033 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 49130 N N - - - Nat is trying to deal with his father's absence, looking out for his sister, who is "different" and sorting out his feelings for the rich girl in his class. And while life may not be easy, Nat knows that his pony is waiting at home waiting for him.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description No Time to Say Goodbye: Olsen et al., Sylvia 64709 EN MG 4.2 7.0 F 48813 N N - - - This is a fictional account of five children Children's Stories of Kuper Island sent to aboriginal boarding school, based on recollections of many Tsartlip First Nations people. These unforgettable children, in spite of the harsh realities of the residential school, find adventure. The Noonday Friends Stolz, Mary 239 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 37550 N N - - N Two young friends stop speaking to each other, even though they can't remember why they argued in the first place. This is just one more thing on top of the other problems that each has with her own family. Northern Exposures Walters, Eric 69837 EN MG 4.6 10.0 F 68293 N N - - - Kevin wins a photography contest and the prize is a five-day trip to photograph polar bears with a wildlife photographer. Kevin doesn't count on losing his luggage, or being the youngest member on a seniors' eco-tour, or sprinting from polar bears. Nory Ryan's Song Giff, Patricia Reilly 36700 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 31741 N N - - N When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive. The Number Devil: A Mathematical Enzensberger, Hans 55827 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 29255 N N - - - Annoyed with his math teacher who Adventure Magnus assigns word problems and won't let him use a calculator, twelve-year-old Robert finds help from the number devil in his dreams. The translator is Michael Henry Heim. Number the Stars Lowry, Lois 379 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 27197 N N N N N In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Nursery Tales Around the World Sierra, Judy 70868 EN MG 4.6 2.0 F 11086 N N - - - This book presents eighteen simple stories from international folklore, grouped around six themes, such as "Runaway Cookies," "Slowpokes and Speedsters," and "Chain Tales." An Occasional Cow Horvath, Polly 77704 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 23718 N N - - - When Imogene is sent to visit her relatives in Iowa for the summer, she finds that her summer isn't as dull as she thought it may be. Odd Man Out Ellis, Sarah 109352 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 32173 N N - - - Kip is spending the summer with his grandmother and five girl cousins, including Emily, who thinks she's a dog. Gran's house is about to be demolished, so anything goes, whether its drawing maps on the wall or sawing off the banister for a smoother ride. Oh Boy, Amelia! Moss, Marissa 54682 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 6459 N N - - - Ten-year-old Amelia watches her older sister Cleo change when she gets her first boyfriend, while Amelia takes a class in "life skills." Okay for Now Schmidt, Gary D. 143203 EN MG 4.9 11.0 F 77017 N N - - - Fourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck faces an abusive father, a brother traumatized by Vietnam, and suspicious teachers and police officers, but when he meets a girl known as Lil Spicer, he finds a safe place at the local library. Old Ramon Schaefer, Jack 20311 EN MG 4.9 3.0 F 19518 N N - - - A timeless story about an old shepherd, a young boy, and two brave dogs. The Olden Days Locket Chamberlain, Penny 51817 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 48068 N N - - - Jess holds the key to a mystery that has persisted for more than a hundred years. And now it's up to her to solve it and to ease the troubled spirit who has haunted the area for so long. Olive's Ocean Henkes, Kevin 71432 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 30235 N N - - N On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plan to be a writer.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Olympic Dream Christopher, Matt 11559 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 30590 N N - - N When overweight fourteen-year-old video whiz Doug Cannon is introduced to the sport of cycling, he begins a transformation that leads him to health and self-respect. On My Honor Bauer, Marion Dane 128 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 16709 N N N N N When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience. On the Banks of Plum Creek Wilder, Laura Ingalls 67 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 55214 N N - N N After moving to Minnesota, the Ingalls family encounters a terrible blizzard and a grasshopper plague. On the Far Side of the Mountain George, Jean 630 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 38891 N N - N N Sam's peaceful existence in his Craighead wilderness home is disrupted when his sister runs away and his pet falcon is confiscated by a conservation officer. One Crazy Summer Williams-Garcia, Rita 135338 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 45483 N N - - - In 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year- old Delphine and her sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover their mother wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp. One Unhappy Horse Adler, C.S. 49786 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 34912 N N - - - Things are difficult for Jan and her mother after her father's death, and when her horse needs an operation, Jan reluctantly gets money from an elderly woman whom she has befriended. One Year Commencing Stinson, Kathy 42408 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 28749 N N - - - Following a court decree, Al goes to Toronto to live with her dad for a year. She spends the time learning who she is, so she can decide where she wants to live after the year is up.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The One-Eyed Giant Osborne, Mary Pope 63445 EN MG 4.8 1.0 F 7019 N N - - N When Odysseus must leave his home to fight in the Trojan War, he never imagines that he will be away from his family for so many years. Onion John Krumgold, Joseph 68 EN MG 4.5 8.0 F 58354 N N - N N An old man teaches his young friends the value of friendship. The Only Alien on the Planet Randle, Kristen D. 14862 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 57689 N N - - N A young girl in a new school is drawn to a severely troubled boy. Operation Redwood French, S. Terrell 131201 EN MG 4.6 11.0 F 76513 N N - - - In Northern California, Julian Carter-Li and his friends, old and new, fight to save a grove of redwoods from an investment company that plans to cut them down. Orcas Around Me: My Alaskan Page, Debra 24985 EN MG 4.0 0.5 F 2715 N N - - - A young boy describes his summers Summer spent fishing for salmon with his parents and younger brother off the southeastern coast of Alaska. Orphan at My Door: The Home Little, Jean 63251 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 48110 N N - - - Victoria Cope's family takes in a Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope Child, a sad and quiet girl named Mary Anna. Victoria soon discovers the reason for Mary Anna's silence - she was separated from her younger brother. Victoria vows to help Mary Anna find her brother. The Other Ones Thesman, Jean 32359 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 37996 N N - - - High school sophomore Bridget Raynes has to decide whether or not to accept her powers of witchcraft or abandon them and try to fit in as an ordinary teenager. The Other Side of Dark Nixon, Joan Lowery 15100 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 45591 N N - - N After a year in a coma, a girl is stalked by the man who shot her and murdered her mother. The Other Side: Shorter Poems Johnson, Angela 70166 EN MG 4.7 0.5 F 3381 N N - - - This is a collection of poems reminiscent of growing up as an African-American girl in Shorter, Alabama.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Riddell, Chris 123129 EN MG 4.3 1.0 F 4621 N N - - - Ottoline and Mr. Munroe investigate a string of burglaries and the disappearance of several lapdogs. Our Only May Amelia Holm, Jennifer L. 35294 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 46545 N N - - N As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899. Out of Bounds Gunnery, Sylvia 82191 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 24615 N N - - - When Jay is forced to switch schools after a house fire, he must choose either to give up the basketball season or play alongside his rival at his new school. Out of My Mind Draper, Sharon M. 136421 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 56872 N N - - - Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth- grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time. Out of the Blue Ellis, Sarah 18782 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 28722 N N - - - After discovering that she has a twenty- four-year-old half-sister, Megan finds the well-defined edges of her life disappearing into confusion. Out of the Dark Katz, Welwyn Wilton 42273 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 47939 N N - - - Ben moves to an isolated island with his father after the death of his mother. The only thing making it bearable is imagining himself as Tor from the ancient myths, but the line between reality and fantasy becomes blurred with dangerous consequences. Out of This World! Ethan Flask and Burkett, Kathy 71312 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 13949 N N - - - Flask and the kids at Einstein Professor von Offel Take on Space Elementary are about to blast off into a Science super cool study of space science. They're even going to link up with a space shuttle and ask a real astronaut real questions. Out on a Limb Banning, Gail 131202 EN MG 4.6 9.0 F 60302 N N - - - Rosie, whose family struggles financially, lives in a treehouse on Great -great-aunt Lydia's estate and runs into problems at school when she pretends to live in a mansion.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Outlaw Varjak Paw Said, S.F. 104735 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 40453 N N - - - During a harsh winter, Varjak Paw, a cat with great powers, leads his companions as they search for food, elude a dangerous gang, and hope to locate a hidden city where they can all be safe. Over the Wall Ritter, John H. 41560 EN MG 4.2 10.0 F 70358 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Tyler spends an important summer with his cousins in New York City, playing baseball and sorting out how he feels about violence, war, and in particular the Vietnamese conflict that took his grandfather's life. P.S. Longer Letter Later Danziger, Paula 20090 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 34394 N N - - N Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara's family moves to another state. The coauthor is Ann M. Martin. The Pagemaster Kirschner, David 16641 EN MG 4.4 3.0 F 19445 N N - - - Ten-year-old Richard has no use for books until he meets the Pagemaster and literature is like real life. The coauthor is Ernie Contreras. Paint by Magic Reiss, Kathryn 58522 EN MG 4.7 10.0 F 65138 N N - - - After his mom suddenly starts acting old -fashioned, eleven-year-old Connor is transported back to 1926, where he must discover and break the mysterious hold an obsessed artist has on his mom that is trapping her between times. Painting the Black Deuker, Carl 16980 EN MG 4.4 9.0 F 61473 N N - - - When star athlete Josh Daniels moves in across the street, Ryan Ward doesn't realize how much his life will change during his senior year at Seattle's Crown Hill High. The Paper Dragon Davol, Marguerite W. 31055 EN MG 4.8 0.5 F 1799 N N - - N A humble artist agrees to confront the terrifying dragon that threatens to destroy his village.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Paperboy Holland, Isabelle 34711 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 27631 N N - - - In 1881 in New York City, 12-year-old Kevin O'Donnell struggles to support his sick father and young sister by working as a messenger for a prominent newspaper. Park's Quest Paterson, Katherine 382 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 35964 N N - - N Eleven-year-old Park makes some startling discoveries when he travels to his grandfather's farm in Virginia to learn about his father who died in the Vietnam War. Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Holt, Kimberly Willis 110405 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 37987 N N - - - Ten stories trace the connections Family between four generations of one Louisiana family from 1939 when a young girl leaves school to help support her family to 2006 when an eighty-year- old woman embarks on a book tour. Parvana's Journey Ellis, Deborah 62222 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 33187 N N - - - Parvana's journey continues in this sequel to "The Breadwinner". Her father has died and she is searching for the rest of her family. Along the way she meets other children who are alone and together they make their way across war -torn Afghanistan. Past Tense Roberts, Ken 43159 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 18531 N N - - N Elspeth the clown makes mysterious appearances every Halloween, but now she is here in the summer to cheer a very sick friend. Max is sure this is the wrong thing to do and he finds himself faced with confusing questions about loyalty and compassion. The Path Through the Trees Leavey, Peggy 105384 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 30782 N N - - - Great-aunt Caroline has many secrets. Dymond Among them is the identity of the boy Norah sees in the backyard. Who is he? And why is he watching the house?

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Payback Heneghan, James 113996 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 28052 N N - - - Charley is almost relieved when the bullies at school find a new target in Benny. Charley hopes Benny will defend himself and is overcome with guilt for not intervening when the situation turns tragic. Peace Tales: World Folktales to MacDonald, Margaret 60716 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 17150 N N - - - This is a collection of folktales from Talk About Read cultures around the world, reflecting different aspects of war and peace. Peace, Locomotion Woodson, Jacqueline 127432 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 21087 N N - - - Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth- grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart and his time with his foster family. Peacebound Trains Balgassi, Haemi 44138 EN MG 4.7 0.5 F 2942 N N - - - Sumi's grandmother tells the story of her family's escape from Seoul during the war, while they watch the trains which eventually will bring her mother back from army service. Peeled Bauer, Joan 122349 EN MG 4.2 7.0 F 46061 N N - - - In an upstate New York farming community, high school reporter Hildy Biddle investigates a series of strange occurrences at a house rumored to be haunted. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale Birdsall, Jeanne 88005 EN MG 4.7 8.0 F 54550 N N - - N While vacationing with their widowed of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a father in the Berkshire Mountains, four Very Interesting Boy lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother. Penny from Heaven Holm, Jennifer L. 108040 EN MG 4.0 7.0 F 46792 N N - - N As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The People Could Fly: American Hamilton, Virginia 44962 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 27588 N N - - N These are retold Afro-American folktales Black Folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope. Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Pavlicin, Karen 123314 EN MG 4.3 2.0 F 16060 N N - - - Andy does not look forward to spending Nest a summer in West Carthage, New York, but as he does chores for his grandmother and connects with his mom's childhood friend John, he begins to accept that faith will help him deal with the changes that life brings. A Perfect Gentle Knight Pearson, Kit 126899 EN MG 4.4 8.0 F 55304 N N - - - The Bell children are coping in their own way with their mother's death, their father's increasing remoteness from their family life, and how their shared love of playacting both helps and hinders loneliness and growing up for them. Peril at Pier Nine Draper, Penny 126649 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 33629 N N - - - In 1949, fourteen-year-old Jack dreams of becoming a sailor in the Toronto Islands and has a reputation for being a troublemaker, but he has a chance to prove his worth one night when he helps a ship with five hundred passengers headed for disaster. Permanent Rose McKay, Hilary 87995 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 41413 N N - - N While trying to reconnect with her friend Tom, who has returned to the United States without leaving a forwarding address, eight-year-old Rose inadvertently discovers the identity of her adopted sister Saffy's father. Petey Mikaelsen, Ben 34834 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 43342 N N - - N In 1922, Petey, who has cerebral palsy, is misdiagnosed as an idiot and institutionalized; sixty years later, still in the institution, he befriends a boy and shares with him the joy of life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Pick-Up Sticks Ellis, Sarah 18785 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 27167 N N - - N Although she's the child of a single parent, Polly begins to realize just how lucky she is. A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of McKissack, Patricia 17636 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 37516 N N - - N In 1859, twelve-year-old Clotee, a house Clotee, a Slave Girl C. slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom. A Picture of Grandmother Hautzig, Esther 65233 EN MG 4.3 2.0 F 10943 N N - - - A letter inviting Sara's mother and grandmother to come from Poland to America and mentioning a mysterious photograph arouses Sara's curiosity and leads her to discover a family secret. Pictures in the Dark Cross, Gillian 23814 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 50663 N N - - - When Charlie takes the photograph of an unknown animal swimming in the river that night, he has no idea of the effect it will have on his life or the weird events it will set in motion. Pictures of Hollis Woods Giff, Patricia Reilly 61467 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 31319 N N - - N A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her. The Pilgrims of Rayne MacHale, D.J. 116249 EN MG 4.3 22.0 F 153884 N N - - N With Saint Dane seemingly on the verge of toppling all the territories, Pendragon and Courtney set out to rescue Mark and find themselves traveling and battling their way through different worlds as they try to save all of Halla. Book #8 Plain Girl Sorensen, Virginia 7688 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 29218 N N - - N Despite her father's objections, a young Amish girl secretly looks forward to attending public school where she makes a best friend and gains a new perspective on her family's way of life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Playing the Field Rallison, Janette 60008 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 43535 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old McKay tries to keep up his algebra grade to stay on the baseball team while dealing with his attraction to a girl named Serena. Playing with Fire Landy, Derek 123096 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 62906 N N - - - When the evil Baron Vengeous escapes from prison, Detective Skulduggery Pleasant and his apprentice, Valkyrie Cain, have just two days to recapture him or the Baron's creature, the Grotesquery, may summon the Faceless Ones back to their world. Book #2 Please, Please, Please Vail, Rachel 54872 EN MG 4.0 5.0 F 34418 N N - - - CJ tries to apologize to Morgan. Poppa's New Pants Medearis, Angela 18246 EN MG 4.0 0.5 F 1445 N N - - - Poppa finds a pair of lovely pants, six Shelf inches too long, but Grandma Tiny is too tired to hem them before church. Poppy Avi 14795 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 26555 N N - N N A brave young mouse challenges the owl that rules over the territory and saves her family from starvation. Book #1 Poppy and Rye Avi 29505 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 36513 N N - N N Heartbroken over the death of her fiance, Ragweed, Poppy journeys west to bring the sad news to Ragweed's family. But Poppy and her pal Ereth arrive only to discover the beavers have flooded the serene valley where Ragweed lived. Book #2 The Popsicle Journal Trembath, Don 55433 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 35388 N N - - - Harper Winslow has a real job at the town's weekly newspaper, his dream come true. But could anything prepare him for what is about to come? Nope! Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, McKissack, Patricia 108714 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 34803 N N - - - This companion to the Newbery Honor- Tricksters, and Other Wily C. winning anthology THE DARK-THIRTY Characters is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Postcard Abbott, Tony 121312 EN MG 4.0 9.0 F 64956 N N - - - While in St. Petersburg, Florida, to help clean out his recently deceased grandmother's house, 13-year-old Jason finds an old postcard that leads him on an adventure that blends figures from an old, unfinished detective story with his family's past. The Power of UN Etchemendy, Nancy 48512 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 33656 N N - - N When he is given a device that will allow him to "undo" what has happened in the past, Gib Finney is not sure what event from the worst day in his life he should change in order to keep his sister from being hit by a truck. A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Ellis, Sarah 63232 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 40675 N N - - - Expecting to make their fortunes on Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall Uncle Alf's ranch, the Weatheralls are shocked to find themselves living in a sod hut on a rented farm. Ivy is determined to taste life to the fullest, whatever hardships she may encounter. The Present Tense of Prinny MacLean, Jill 136310 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 46442 N N - - - Prinny is struggling with reading, Murphy bullying, an alcoholic mother, and losing her best friend to the new girl at school, but a special book shows her that life can be full of possibilities and poetry. The Prince of Tarn Hutchins, Hazel 35352 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 28282 N N - - - Banished by a wizard, the Prince of Tarn appears in Fred's bedroom in the middle of the night. The prince takes Fred and his friend Rebecca back to Tarn with him, where they realize they have to save the kingdom from a magical encroaching forest. Prince William, Maximilian Minsky, Rahlens, Holly-Jane 103509 EN MG 4.2 8.0 F 55438 N N - - - In Berlin, thirteen-year-old Nelly Sue, a and Me self-described nerd and astronomer, gains an understanding of herself and those around her as she develops her first crush, considers whether to go through with her bat mitzvah, and tries out for basketball.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Prisoner of Pineapple Place Lindbergh, Anne 69396 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 34333 N N - - - Pineapple Place, an invisible street that moves from city to city and keeps its inhabitants the same age forever, is threatened with change when nine-year- old Jeremiah becomes bored and makes contact with the outside world. Project Mulberry Park, Linda Sue 87375 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 41876 N N - - N While working on a project for an after- school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. The PS Brothers Boelts, Maribeth 140159 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 21350 N N - - - Sixth-graders Russell and Shawn work together to earn money for a puppy to protect them from bullies. When they learn about a dog-fighting ring where dogs are often brutally injured, they are torn about how to respond. The Pull of the Ocean Mourlevat, Jean- 112267 EN MG 4.4 3.0 F 21209 N N - - - In this story, loosely based on Charles Claude Perrault's TOM THUMB, seven brothers in modern-day France flee their poor parents' farm led by the youngest who, although mute and unusually small, is exceptionally wise. Puppet Wiseman, Eva 128559 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 52581 N N - - - Based on one of the last blood libel trials of the nineteenth century, this book is the dramatic retelling of a horrific chapter in Jewish history as told through the eyes of an impoverished girl faced with a terrible decision. The Puppet Wrangler Grant, Vicki 82838 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 43859 N N - - - When Telly is sent to spend a month with her aunt on the set of a television puppet show, she is shocked to learn that Bitsie, the cute star of the show, has a dark side. Qu'Appelle Bouchard, David 65919 EN MG 4.9 0.5 F 1104 N N - - - A young brave must leave his betrothed to lead a war party against the Blackfoot. Heartbroken by his absence, she falls sick and calls out for her love.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Racing for Diamonds Daher, Anita 133756 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 20325 N N - - - All Jaz's newfound skills as a Junior Canadian Ranger are put to a life-and- death test when she and her partner get caught in the diamond scandal. Racing the Sun Pitts, Paul 5036 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 35154 N N - - N When twelve-year-old Brandon's Navajo grandfather comes to live with him, Brandon is forced to consider his heritage and his father's rejection of the old ways. The Rainbow Bridge Wood, Audrey 12377 EN MG 4.7 0.5 F 1141 N N - - - A contemporary story based on the Chumash Indian legend about the origin of dolphins. The Rainbow People Yep, Laurence 30711 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 38864 N N - - - This book contains a collection of twenty Chinese folk tales that were passed on by word of mouth for generations, as told by some old-timers newly settled in the United States. The Raintree Rebellion McNaughton, Janet 110538 EN MG 4.5 10.0 F 71992 N N - - - Blake returns to her birth city as an aide to a justice council charged with trying to address the wrongs of the technocaust. While there, she submits the ID code from the microchip that was implanted in her arm in hopes of finding out about her past. Raising Sweetness Stanley, Diane 28541 EN MG 4.0 0.5 F 2132 N N - - N Sweetness, one of eight orphans living with a man who is an unconventional housekeeper, learns to read and writes a letter to improve their situation. Ramona and Her Mother Cleary, Beverly 491 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 23946 N N - N N Now that her daddy has a job, Ramona hopes that her mother will stop working. If Mrs. Quimby stays home again, Ramona won't have to stay with Howie's grandmother after school, and her parents won't be so tired and irritable. Ramona Forever Cleary, Beverly 186 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 24191 N N - - N Ramona is back and funnier than ever as she prepares for her aunt's wedding and the move her family might make.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Ramona's World Cleary, Beverly 32142 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 25846 N N - N N This story follows the adventures of nine -year-old Ramona...at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta, and at school in Mrs. Meacham's fourth grade class. Rapunzel (Creative Education) Grimm, Brothers 12736 EN MG 4.9 0.5 F 1424 N N - - - Retells the tale of the beautiful girl imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch. Raspberry House Blues Holeman, Linda 51714 EN MG 4.2 8.0 F 52845 N N - - - Poppy's quest to find her birth mother leads her to discover the real ties that bind people together, and the true meaning of love. A Real American Easton, Richard 59372 EN MG 4.0 4.0 F 30259 N N - - - With his older brother dead, his best friend moved away, and his father busy trying to save the family's farm in Pennsylvania, eleven-year-old Nathan needs a friend, but can he find one among the immigrants who have come to work in the new coal mines? Rebecca Matas, Carol 83686 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 37444 N N - - - Rebecca discovers that fate can change your life in an instant--the night that fire destroys the farm where she lives in western Canada with her large extended Jewish family. Rebound Walters, Eric 45568 EN MG 4.2 8.0 F 53982 N N - - - Sean and David each vows to make a new start this year. Forced together, the boys learn to like each other, and their friendship may just be what they need to get back into the game. Red Card Hale, Daniel J. 68141 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 26003 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Zeke Armstrong struggles to hold his team together and keep from being the next victim after someone tries to kill his soccer coach. The coauthor is Matthew LaBrot. Red Midnight Mikaelsen, Ben 58912 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 50411 N N - - N After soldiers kill his family, twelve-year- old Santiago and his four-year-old sister flee Guatemala in a kayak and try to reach the United States.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Red Pyramid Riordan, Rick 137173 EN MG 4.5 18.0 F 124305 N N - - N Siblings Carter and Sadie Kane, descendents of Egyptian magicians, must defeat the god Set after the gods are accidentally released in the present. Book #1 Red Ridin' in the Hood: And Other Marcantonio, Patricia 89429 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 28334 N N - - - This book is a collection of well-known Cuentos Santos tales, retold from a Hispanic American perspective. The Red Rose Box Woods, Brenda 60015 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 31558 N N - - N In 1953, Leah Hopper dreams of leaving the poverty and segregation of her home in Sulphur, Louisiana, and when Aunt Olivia sends train tickets to Los Angeles as part of her tenth birthday present, Leah gets a first taste of freedom. Relatively Speaking: Poems About Fletcher, Ralph 53430 EN MG 4.9 0.5 F 3160 N N - - - This is a collection of poems that Family describe the experiences and relationships in a close-knit family. Remember Me Watts, Irene N. 47880 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 37780 N N - - - Young Marianne is one of the lucky ones. She has escaped on the first Kindertransport organized to take Jewish children out of Nazi Germany to safety in Britain. How will she find the strength to survive without her family in a strange land? Remembering the Good Times Peck, Richard 578 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 43420 N N - - N Three best friends seem to need no others, until one makes a change that leaves the other two wondering how well they knew each other in the first place. Remote Man Honey, Elizabeth 65684 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 54807 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Ned and his depressed mother leave Australia for a rest in America, but he is soon on the trail of international smugglers of exotic animals, with help from his Internet friends.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Rescue Josh McGuire Mikaelsen, Ben 7199 EN MG 4.4 9.0 F 59837 N N - - N When thirteen-year-old Josh runs away to the mountains of Montana with an orphaned bear cub destined for laboratory testing, they both must fight for their lives in a sudden snowstorm. Rescue Pup Little, Jean 83347 EN MG 4.0 2.0 F 14099 N N - - - Shakespeare, a guide-dog puppy who understands human speech, is placed for his first year of life with a foster child who has never learned to love. Return of the Grudstone Ghosts Slade, Arthur 66592 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 21687 N N - - - When her teacher, Miss Vindez, plummets from the belfry of St. Wolcott School, Daphne and her friends are plunged into a mystery that includes a long-ago fire that left behind 12 dead children, tiny ghosts with nowhere to go, and an ancient evil. Book #1 Return to Bitter Creek Smith, Doris 384 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 38004 N N - - N An illegitimate child in the South learns Buchanan the meaning of love and family life. Returnable Girl Lowell, Pamela 110441 EN MG 4.8 9.0 F 62841 N N - - - Friendship with an outcast classmate and memories of her mother's desertion interfere with the relationship t hat thirteen-year-old Ronnie tries to establish with her new foster mother. The Reunion Pearce, Jacqueline 62999 EN MG 4.0 2.0 F 11390 N N - - - Rina's grandma, Jas, tells a story from her own childhood during the war. Will Jas's story help Shannon and Rina mend fences when rollerblades and a pair of striped socks threaten to break up their friendship? Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party Compestine, Ying 118284 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 43520 N N - - - Starting in 1972 when she is nine years Chang old, Ling, the daughter of two doctors, struggles to make sense of the communists' Cultural Revolution, which empties stores of food, homes of appliances deemed "bourgeois," and people of laughter.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Rewind Sleator, William 31531 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 24275 N N - - N Not long after learning that he was adopted, eleven-year-old Peter is hit by a car and then given several chances to alter events that could lead to his death. Rex Zero and the End of the World Wynne-Jones, Tim 112913 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 39807 N N - - - In the summer of 1962 with everyone nervous about a possible nuclear war, ten-year-old Rex, having just moved to Ottawa from Vancouver with his family, faces his own personal challenges as he discovers new friends and a new understanding of the world. Riches Hautzig, Esther 7689 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 3348 N N - - N An old couple in a little Eastern European village ask their rabbi what is missing in their lives and receive a surprising answer. Rickshaw Girl Perkins, Mitali 112719 EN MG 4.3 1.0 F 9232 N N - - - In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naima excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially, she would have to be a boy, or disguise herself as one. Ricky Walters, Eric 65019 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 44790 N N - - - Ricky and his best friend, Augie, devise a plan to raise money and replace Bogart, his science teacher's boa constrictor with another boa after vandals break into the school and destroy many of the animals, including Bogart. Rimshots Smith Jr., Charles R. 44592 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 3008 N N - - N This book discusses the power, strength and determination of the game of basketball. Rink of Dreams Russell, Nancy L.M. 110753 EN MG 4.5 9.0 F 61493 N N - - - When 13-year-old Gary MacDonald plays hockey on his backyard rink, anything seems possible, even one day playing in the NHL. But outside his own backyard, things aren't so easy.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Riot Casanova, Mary 16986 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 27906 N N - - N When his father engages in vandalism against nonunion employees, Bryan, a sixth grader, must decide whether to accept his father's actions or do what he believes is right. Risk N' Roses Slepian, Jan 6376 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 41777 N N - - N In 1948, newly moved to the Bronx, eleven-year-old Skip longs to shed her responsibility for her mentally handicapped older sister and give her whole attention to her new friendship with the bold and daring girl who seems to run the neighborhood. The Road to Paris Grimes, Nikki 110129 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 25478 N N - - N Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision. Road to Tater Hill Hemingway, Edith M. 132645 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 48689 N N - - - At her grandparents' home during the summer of 1963, eleven-year-old Annie, grief-stricken by the death of her newborn sister and isolated by her mother's depression, finds comfort in the friendship of a neighbor boy and a reclusive mountain woman. Road Trip Walters, Eric 59455 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 31726 N N - - - Coach Barkley's basketball team wants to have a good time during an elite tournament, but he insists that they try to win, even though they feel outmatched. Book #5 The Robber and Me Holub, Josef 25057 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 48123 N N - - - Because he knows that the man accused of robbery is innocent, an eleven-year-old orphan struggles to find the courage to reveal the truth to his uncle in their small German village in 1867.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Rodzina Cushman, Karen 68142 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 41138 N N - - N A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery. A Room With a Zoo Feiffer, Jules 102332 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 36227 N N - - N Indeed, to say Julie, nine, is obsessed with animals would be an understatement. Julie's first pet ever is a sickly cat from the animal shelter named Timmy, a disaster. The make-up-for-the- disaster pet is a hamster, and a motley menagerie soon follows. Rope Burn Siebold, Jan 24000 EN MG 4.4 2.0 F 11168 N N - - - While working on a writing assignment at his new school, Richard learns the meaning of various proverbs and how to express his feelings about his parents' divorce. Roscoe's Leap Cross, Gillian 23816 EN MG 4.9 8.0 F 51047 N N - - - To Hannah, living in a weird and fantastical old house means endlessly having to fix things. But for Stephen it is a place where something once happened to him, something dark and terrifying which he doesn't want to remember. Rosie's Dream Cape Freedman, Zelda 106490 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 19074 N N - - - Based on a true story, this novel tells how eleven-year-old Rosie and her grandmother arrive in Toronto from Russia in 1921 and how an immigrant child survives with her values and dreams intact despite the harsh working conditions of a garment factory. Rowan and the Keeper of the Rodda, Emily 22372 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 36324 N N - - N Destiny leads Rowan to Rin to make Crystal choices which could save a powerful crystal, thereby ensuring the safety of his people and his people's shore- dwelling allies.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Rowan of Rin Rodda, Emily 22373 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 30942 N N - - N Because only he can read the magical map, young, weak, and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back. Ruby Electric Nelson, Theresa 70201 EN MG 4.4 8.0 F 54706 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Ruby Miller, movie buff and aspiring screen writer, tries to resolve the mysteries surrounding her little brother's stuffed woolly mammoth and their father's five year absence. Ruby Holler Creech, Sharon 58208 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 44907 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage, but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler Run Walters, Eric 73800 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 51774 N N - - - Traveling to Nova Scotia with his father, who is covering what he thinks is just a human interest story about a man trying to run across the country, Winston spends a day with Terry Fox and his best friend, Doug. Run Away Home McKissack, Patricia 25225 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 29592 N N - N N In 1886 in Alabama, an eleven-year-old C. African-American girl and her family befriend and give refuge to a runaway Apache boy. Run for Your Life Levy, Marilyn 14500 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 43774 N N - - N While living in a housing project in Oakland, California, thirteen-year-old Kisha joins a track team which helps her discover that she can be a winner. Run, Boy, Run Orlev, Uri 73518 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 44796 N N - - N This book is based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Runaway Princess Coombs, Kate 109083 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 54924 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Princess Meg uses magic and her wits to rescue a baby dragon and escape the unwanted attentions of princes hoping to gain her hand in marriage through a contest arranged by her father, the king. Running out of Time Haddix, Margaret 14531 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 44581 N N - N N When a diphtheria epidemic hits her Peterson 1840s village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under the observation of heartless scientists, and it is up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of dying children. Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook Silverstein, Shel 86634 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 2261 N N - - - This collection of children's poetry by author, cartoonist, playwright, and poet Shel Silverstein uses spoonerisms in place of traditional poetic form. Runt Bauer, Marion Dane 62567 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 21280 N N - - N Runt, the smallest wolf cub in the litter, seeks to prove himself to his father, King, and the rest of the pack and to earn a new name. Runt the Brave Schwabauer, Daniel 83559 EN MG 4.9 8.0 F 50934 N N - - - Dubbed "Runt" even by his loving mother, puny JaRed is astounded and dismayed when old Seer TaMir informs him that he's been chosen by God, here dubbed "ElShua," as the next king of the sprawling underground city of Tira-Nor. Saara's Passage Autio, Karen 131171 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 54940 N N - - - Saara is trying hard to put her horrible experience aboard the doomed "Empress of Ireland" behind her, but nightmares and unanswerable questions continue to disturb her. Sacred Leaf Ellis, Deborah 118319 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 33285 N N - - - Diego, having escaped the coca paste dealers, is now temporarily staying with a cocalero family, the Ricardos, until their small farm is raided by the army, and the harvested leaves are confiscated.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Safe at Second Johnson, Scott 31198 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 58512 N N - - N Paulie Lockwood's best friend Todd Bannister is destined for the major leagues until a line drive to the head causes him to lose an eye and they both must help each other find a new future for themselves. Safe House Heneghan, James 110754 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 29778 N N - - - When his parents are brutally murdered, Liam is forced to run for his life. Taken to a police safe house, he is betrayed and forced to run again, from the very people who are supposed to be protecting him. Saffy's Angel McKay, Hilary 58687 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 40324 N N - - N After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help her go back to Italy where she was born to find a special memento of her past. Sahara Special Codell, Esmé Raji 70099 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 28744 N N - - N Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing talents and the individuality of each of her classmates. The Same Place but Different Nodelman, Perry 64885 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 41963 N N - - - When John Nesbit discovers that his sister has been stolen by Fairies and replaced with a changeling, he knows he must rescue her--although his journey to the world of the Strangers will lead to confrontations with terrifying creatures. The Same Stuff as Stars Paterson, Katherine 61474 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 55978 N N - - N When Angel's mother leaves her and her younger brother with their great- grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries about her family and the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Sammy Keyes and the Art of Van Draanen, 68572 EN MG 4.3 9.0 F 63539 N N - - N Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes Deception Wendelin investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery. Book #8 Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Van Draanen, 44716 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 57629 N N - - N While celebrating the New Year with a Moustache Mary Wendelin friend, Sammy encounters a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin, and a century-old family feud. Book #5 Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Van Draanen, 28507 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 40273 N N - - N Sammy's penchant for speaking her Wendelin mind gets her into trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery. Book #1 Samurai Shortstop Gratz, Alan 106131 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 59142 N N - - - While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training, which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship with his father. The Sands of Time: A Hermux Hoeye, Michael 63100 EN MG 4.1 8.0 F 56825 N N - - N Despite fierce opposition from mouse Tantamoq Adventure supremacists and other residents of Pinchester, three mice team up with an old chipmunk to prove that there existed, long before the time of mice, a Cat Kingdom. Book #2 Sarah and the Magic Science Hutchins, Hazel 101693 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 25536 N N - - - When a local grocer zaps a shoplifter Project into a frog, Sarah, with Ben reluctantly in tow, sets out to make a science project of this mysterious person. Originally published as ANASTASIA MORNINGSTAR AND THE CRYSTAL BUTTERFLY, the story has been rewritten. Sasquatch Smith, Roland 34510 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 37067 N N - - N Thirteen-year-old Dylan follows his father into the woods on the slopes of Mount St. Helens, which is on the brink of another eruption, in an attempt to protect the resident Sasquatch from ruthless hunters.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Saving Shiloh Naylor, Phyllis 17789 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 37081 N N - N N Sixth-grade Marty and his family try to Reynolds help their rough neighbor Judd Travers change his mean ways even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst from him. Book #3. Schooled Korman, Gordon 116008 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 40313 N N - - - Cap lives in isolation with his grandmother, a former hippie, but when she falls from a tree and breaks her hip, Cap is sent to a foster home where he has his first experience in a public school. Scooter Williams, Vera B. 9966 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 23288 N N - - - A child's silver blue scooter helps her adjust to her new home. The Scream of the Hawk Belgue, Nancy 72407 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 23427 N N - - - Moving to Ontario has been hard on Lissa, especially now that she has to baby-sit a strange boy who keeps a hawk captive. Lissa knows that keeping Otis's secret may turn out to be a mistake, but she has no idea how serious the consequences will be. Sea Chase Parkinson, Curt 83348 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 39333 N N - - - Fifteen-year-old Brodie embarks on a desperate rescue mission when his father falls overboard from their small yacht in the middle of the night, is mistaken for a wealthy businessman, and is being held for ransom. The Sea Man Yolen, Jane 31575 EN MG 4.6 1.0 F 5736 N N - - - When sailors aboard a Dutch ship in 1663 capture a creature, half man and half fish, all the superstitious crewmen want to kill it except for a young cabin boy who believes that the creature deserves to live. The Sea of Trolls Farmer, Nancy 81202 EN MG 4.7 16.0 F 108260 N N - - N After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, which leads Jack to undertake a quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls. 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 Season of Gifts Peck, Richard 132648 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 32011 N N - - - In this companion novel to A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO and A YEAR DOWN YONDER set in 1958, a larger- than-life neighbor bestows surprising gifts on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town. Seaward Born Wait, Lea 66729 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 34603 N N - - - In 1805, a thirteen-year-old slave and his friend make a dangerous escape from Charleston, South Carolina, and stow away to head north toward freedom. Second Watch Autio, Karen 106725 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 40175 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Saara, a Finnish immigrant, describes in fact-based detail, her challenging time at home in northwestern Ontario and aboard the great "Empress of Ireland," which sank in the thick St. Lawrence River fog on May 29, 1914. The Secret Garden Vogel, Malvina G. 30564 EN MG 4.9 3.0 F 17989 N N - - - In this adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic, Mary and Colin find an old key that opens a hidden garden. The mystery and beauty of nature help them to overcome their problems. The Secret of Devil Lake Sutherland, Robert 42293 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 34734 N N - - - Will uses his wits to unlock the secret, and curse, of Devil Lake so he can clear his father of murder charges. Secret of the Andes Clark, Ann Nolan 79 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 32796 N N - N N An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his Inca ancestors. Secret of the Night Ponies Harlow, Joan Hiatt 133757 EN MG 4.3 8.0 F 58126 N N - - - In 1965 Newfoundland, thirteen-year-old Jessie's brave and impulsive nature leads her to commit a variety of daring acts, including rescuing a herd of wild ponies and kidnapping a poor orphan girl who is being mistreated by her guardians.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Secret School Avi 52625 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 24414 N N - - N In 1925, Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly. Secret Signs Guest, Jacqueline 110020 EN MG 4.9 3.0 F 20432 N N - - - During the Depression, Henry Dafoe makes his way across the prairies, guided only by an old hobo and a series of secret signs. The Secret Under My Skin McNaughton, Janet 45574 EN MG 4.1 10.0 F 70187 N N - - - Blay Raytee hangs on to her identity as a slave of a government work camp and a tutor to Marrella, a bio-indicator whose environmental sensitivities set her apart in the year 2368. The Secret Voice of Gina Zhang Yang, Dori Jones 43479 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 42786 N N - - - When her extreme shyness makes her unable to speak at her new American school, twelve-year-old Jinna, newly arrived from China, retreats into her own fairy tale world. The Secret Zoo Chick, Bryan 121923 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 49849 N N - - - When three friends link a girl's disappearance to unusual activity at their local zoo, they discover that each exhibit holds a hidden passage to a secret zoo kingdom. To rescue their friend, they must band with the animals to enter this world. Book #1 See You Around, Sam! Lowry, Lois 14991 EN MG 4.4 3.0 F 20507 N N - - N Sam Krupnik decides to run away to Alaska because his mother will not let him wear his plastic fangs in the house. See You Later, Gladiator Scieszka, Jon 44955 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 10769 N N - - N Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their professional wrestling moves, when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum. Seedfolks Fleischman, Paul 19828 EN MG 4.3 2.0 F 11908 N N - - N One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Seeing Stars Barwin, Gary 55587 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 39549 N N - - - No one is more surprised than Alex when he discovers the reason for his father's disappearance and his family's terrible secret. But instead of hiding from the tragic truth, Alex has the courage to face his family's history and bounce back. The Seeing Stone Crossley-Holland, 56401 EN MG 4.3 10.0 F 71836 N N - - N In late twelfth-century England, a Kevin thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts how Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone which shows him images of the legendary King Arthur, the events of whose life seem to have many parallels to his own. Send One Angel Down Schwartz, Virginia F. 43411 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 37302 N N - - - A young slave tries to shield the horrors of slavery from his younger cousin, a light-skinned slave who is the daughter of the plantation owner. The Seven Silly Eaters Hoberman, Mary Ann 14437 EN MG 4.5 0.5 F 1249 N N - - - Seven fussy eaters find a way to surprise their mother. The Several Lives of Orphan Jack Ellis, Sarah 72902 EN MG 4.1 2.0 F 11597 N N - - - For young Jack, life is tough at the Opportunities School for Orphans. But Jack is good at staying out of trouble. In his years at the Opportunities School he has skipped over trouble, danced around trouble, slid under trouble, melted away from trouble. Shabash! Walsh, Ann 46705 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 31803 N N - - - Rana is the first Canadian Sikh in Dinway to join a minor league hockey team. What starts out as a whim becomes a determined struggle to prove that he is not different - until Rana discovers that, in some ways, he is different and he even wants to be. Shadow Horse Hart, Alison 70202 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 43480 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Jas tries to prove that the owner of the farm where she works has killed her favorite horse, Whirlwind.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Shadows of Disaster Beveridge, Cathy 79349 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 41946 N N - - - Jolene's parents think Gramps is losing touch with reality. But after Jolene travels through a time crease with Gramps, to the time of the Frank Slide disaster, she gains a better understanding of both her family and history. Shadrach De Jong, Meindert 81 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 35337 N N - N N This is the story of a boy and his very special pet rabbit--told with a childlike perception and a sensitive understanding of a child's emotions. Shadrach's Crossing Avi 54101 EN MG 4.0 5.0 F 34737 N N - - - Living on a poor island in 1932, a young boy determines to identify and bring to justice the liquor smugglers who have been terrorizing the island. Shakespeare's Secret Broach, Elise 101237 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 43069 N N - - N Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a diamond hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the attention of the most popular boy in school. The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in Oberman, Sheldon 41936 EN MG 4.5 1.0 F 8691 N N - - - The lifestyles, customs, and beliefs of the Far North the tradional Inuit, as related by artist Simon Tookoome, depict life in the far North as it used to be. Shape-Changer Brittain, Bill 10636 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 21553 N N - - N Two seventh-grade friends help a shape -changing policeman from the planet Rodinam as he tries to recapture an alien master criminal who can also change form. Shape-shifter Archer, Chris 21724 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 22911 N N - - - One night Todd disappeared and showed up at the hospital nine months later. He doesn't know where he was, and now he isn't sure who he is.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Shaper Haas, Jessie 58914 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 45730 N N - - - While recovering from the loss of his dog Shep, fourteen-year-old Chad tries to learn how to control the family dog Queenie with the help of a friendly new neighbor, an animal trainer. Sharla Wilson, Budge 35485 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 28175 N N - - - Sharla is terribly angry with everyone, including her parents, for moving to Churchill, Manitoba. When it seems like nothing in this small, cold town could be of interest, in walks Jake, looking for someone to help on his photography shoot. Shattered Walters, Eric 105338 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 52010 N N - - - In order to pass civics class, fifteen-year -old Ian must complete community volunteer service. Choosing to work at "The Club" sounds like fun, until he arrives at what turns out to be a soup kitchen for the homeless in an unsafe part of the city. She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Lasky, Kathryn 14864 EN MG 4.9 0.5 F 1908 N N - - N A fictionalized account of the activities of Head! Harriet Hemenway and Minna Hall, founders of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, that would have an impact on the bird-protection movement. The Shepherd's Granddaughter Carter, Anne Laurel 124564 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 40492 N N - - - Amani learns a difficult lesson about just what it will take to live in harmony with those who threaten her family's way of life. Shiloh Naylor, Phyllis 5440 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 29617 N N N N N When he finds a lost beagle in the hills Reynolds behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner. The owner is a mean- spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs. Book #1.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Shiloh Season Naylor, Phyllis 13758 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 31674 N N - N N When mean and angry Judd, who has Reynolds never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal. Book #2. Shipwreck Season Hill, Donna 24314 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 44580 N N - - N In 1880, forced to work with his uncle at a lifesavers' station on Cape Cod, sixteen-year-old Daniel finds himself maturing as he encounters unexpected comradeship, challenges, and danger. Shipwrecked! Pedersen, Frank 50614 EN MG 4.9 0.5 F 2536 N N - - - Three hundred years ago, William Wainwright was shipwrecked on a deserted island and had to learn how to survive. The Sign of the Beaver Speare, Elizabeth 138 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 32818 N N N N N A young boy in Maine, when rescued by George an Indian chief and his grandson, must decide whether to spend the winter alone in the woods waiting for his family to return or move on to a new life with his new friends. The Silver Balloon Bonners, Susan 24980 EN MG 4.1 1.0 F 7780 N N - - N When fourth grader Gregory releases a helium filled balloon into the sky with his name and address attached, it leads to an unusual friendship. Silverwing Oppel, Kenneth 21734 EN MG 4.7 9.0 F 58706 N N - - N When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys. Sing down the Moon O'Dell, Scott 244 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 27257 N N - N N The forced migration of Navahos from their homeland, is described from the Native American point of view. The Singing Man Medearis, Angela 3508 EN MG 4.2 0.5 F 2093 N N - - - Banzar has no interest in being a farmer Shelf like his brothers. He loves music, so he leaves his small African village and sets out to become a musician. Singularity Sleator, William 580 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 47602 N N - - N In an abandoned house, twin brothers find a doorway to another world.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Sins of the Father McClintock, Norah 35781 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 46768 N N - - - Mick's dad has done his time in prison, but the hometown people act strange around him. Mick's mom always said he was wrongfully convicted of murder. What does Mick have to do to uncover the truth? Six Innings Preller, James 121553 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 30142 N N - - - Earl Grubb's Pool Supplies plays Northeast Gas and Electric in the Little League championship game, while Sam, who has cancer and is in a wheelchair, has to call the play-by-play instead of participate in the game. Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You DeClements, Barthe 245 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 29560 N N - N N Helen fears that lack of improvement in her reading may leave her stuck in the sixth grade forever, until a good teacher recognizes her reading problem. The Skates of Uncle Richard Fenner, Carol 189 EN MG 4.3 1.0 F 4525 N N - - N With her Uncle's encouragement, a nine -year-old takes the first step toward realizing her dream of becoming a figure skater. Skeleton Creek Carman, Patrick 129141 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 25370 N N - - N Although housebound following an eerie accident, teenaged Ryan continues to investigate the strange occurrences in Skeleton Creek, recording his findings in a journal and viewing e-mail video clips sent by fellow detective, Sarah. Book #1 Skeleton Man Bruchac, Joseph 52617 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 20776 N N - - N After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety, and maybe even for her life. Skinnybones Park, Barbara 342 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 21602 N N - N N Life looks hopeless when Alex's losing team has to play baseball against T.J.'s winning team. But Alex has a hidden talent that could save the day--unless it ruins his life first.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Skulduggery Pleasant/Scepter of Landy, Derek 114891 EN MG 4.9 10.0 F 67424 N N - - - When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits the Ancients her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from Nefarian Serpine's evil plans. The Skull of Truth Coville, Bruce 16732 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 38292 N N - - N Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth, causing some awkward moments. Sky Lake Summer Leavey, Peggy 43412 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 37268 N N - - - While visiting her grandmother at Sky Dymond Lake, Jane and her friends set out to solve the seventy-year-old mystery of a deadly fire and the long-ago disappearance of a young wife and mother. Sky Memories Brisson, Pat 32162 EN MG 4.5 1.0 F 6815 N N - - - When ten-year-old Emily learns that her mother has cancer, the two of them begin a ritual that will help Emily remember her mother after she is dead. Skydancer Brown Murphy, Cathy 106494 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 24052 N N - - - After leaving the nest, Wulf lives a life filled with risk. He eventually must face a mortal enemy to ensure a future for himself and his family of ravens. Skye's the Limit! Shull, Megan 72268 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 32694 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Skye O'Shea is homesick and afraid as she sets out for a three-week bicycle adventure camp on British Columbia's Cat Island, but despite a bully, mountains, and other challenges she has the time of her life. The Small Adventure of Popeye O'Connor, Barbara 133975 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 19723 N N - - - Popeye thinks nothing ever happens in and Elvis Fayette, South Carolina, but things start to look up when the Jewells' Holiday Rambler makes a wrong turn and gets stuck in the mud, trapping Elvis and his five rowdy siblings in Fayette for who knows how long.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Small Change Talbert, Marc 41631 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 31440 N N - - - When a band of armed men creates a disruption in the small Mexican town where Tom and his younger sister Philippa are vacationing with their parents, they flee into the hills with their new friend Ignacio. Small Persons with Wings Booraem, Ellen 142400 EN MG 4.2 9.0 F 66334 N N - - - When her grandfather wills her his run- down inn, Mellie Turpin learns her family's legacy and embarks on a magical quest when fairies demand that Mellie find and return a magical ring that is missing. Small Steps Sachar, Louis 102722 EN MG 4.2 7.0 F 48441 N N - - N Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track. But when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along. The Smell of Paint McFarlane, Sheryl 121991 EN MG 4.1 7.0 F 51576 N N - - - When her mother becomes ill, Jess, overcome by anger and then denial, attempts to deal with it alone, refusing to accept help or sympathy from even her closest friends. Snow White and the Seven Aliens: Anholt, Laurence 75708 EN MG 4.1 0.5 F 1977 N N - - - In this version of the classic fairy tale Seriously Silly Stories SNOW WHITE, pop stardom is the sought-after prize, and seven singing aliens are Snow White's back-up singers. So Far from the Bamboo Grove Watkins, Yoko 387 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 40696 N N - N N In this autobiography of survival, eight- Kawashima year-old Yoko escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and sister at the end of World War II. Some of the Kinder Planets Wynne-Jones, Tim 16194 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 30608 N N - - - A collection of nine stories by the popular Canadian author, including "Save the Moon For Kerdy Dickus."

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Something Invisible Parkinson, Siobhán 104754 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 27890 N N - - N Jake likes thinking, encyclopedias, and football. And fish. Although he's not so sure about everything else, especially girls, or little sisters, or stepdads. But an unlikely friendship with eccentric Stella Daly helps him figure out some of it. The Sorcerer's Letterbox Rose, Simon 83228 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 14539 N N - - - In a hidden drawer located in the base of an old wooden box, Jack discovers a letter from a boy calling himself Edward. Penning a reply, Jack is astonished to be corresponding through time with Edward V, one of the famous Princes in the Tower. The Sorta Sisters Fogelin, Adrian 122319 EN MG 4.3 9.0 F 61336 N N - - - In Florida, Anna Casey lives with what she hopes is the last in a long line of foster mothers, and Mica Delano lives with her father on their small boat. When the two girls begin corresponding, they discover they have a lot in common. SOS Titanic Bunting, Eve 14492 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 41313 N N - - N Fifteen-year-old Barry O'Neill, traveling from Ireland to America on the maiden voyage of the "Titanic", finds his life endangered when the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink. Soulfire Hewett, Lorri 14924 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 51208 N N - - - Todd is growing up in the projects, and his life is changed forever when two gunshots ring out. The Sower of Tales Gilmore, Rachna 101555 EN MG 4.7 10.0 F 69108 N N - - - Calantha longs to be a Gatherer of Tales. Now, with an apprenticeship only months away, something is going terribly wrong: the Story Pod fields are emptying. Only the Sower of Tales can bring back the seeds, and only Calantha, it seems, can find her.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Sparks Fly Upward Matas, Carol 58688 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 39066 N N - - N In 1910, when a family of Russian Jews moves from Saskatchewan to Winnipeg, Canada, twelve-year-old Rebecca must live with Christians temporarily and struggles with anti-Semitism, confusion about God, and changing relationships with family and friends. Special Edward Walters, Eric 130750 EN MG 4.0 2.0 F 15721 N N - - - Content to just get by at school, Edward runs into trouble when his average dips below fifty percent. He decides to manipulate himself into the special education classes, thinking things will be even easier there. The plot contains derogatory language. Spitfire Goldring, Ann 55574 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 25302 N N - - - Kathryn is a eleven-year-old girl on the home front in small-town Ontario fighting a war of her own against a gang of local bullies who threaten Avery and April, a brother and sister from the wrong side of the tracks. Spring Break Hurwitz, Johanna 25557 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 20766 N N - - N Cricket's spring break turns out to be pretty eventful, even though her broken ankle means she cannot go to Washington, D.C., with her best friend as they had planned. Spud in Winter Doyle, Brian 35356 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 30478 N N - - - One morning Spud sees a terrible crime. He can't get it out of his mind, but he's afraid to tell the police - afraid for himself and for his friend. The Spyglass Evans, Richard Paul 44768 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 2203 N N - - - The inhabitants of a kingdom that has fallen on hard times discover the value of faith, when they learn to consider that which might be and labor to make it so. Spying on Miss Muller Bunting, Eve 14530 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 38501 N N - N N At Alveara boarding school in Belfast at the start of World War II, thirteen-year- old Jessie must deal with her suspicions about a teacher whose father was German and with her worries about her own father's drinking problem.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Squire's Tale Morris, Gerald 28280 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 44172 N N - - N In medieval England, Terence finds his tranquil existence suddenly changed when he becomes a squire of the young Gawain of Orkney and accompanies him on a long quest. Book #1 Star in the Forest Resau, Laura 136221 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 20234 N N - - - After eleven-year-old Zitlally's father is deported to Mexico, she takes refuge in her trailer park's forest of rusted car parts, where she finds a stray dog that she nurses back to health and believes she must keep safe so that her father will return. Star in the Storm Harlow, Joan Hiatt 36529 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 24850 N N - - N In 1912, fearing for the safety of her beloved Newfoundland dog Sirius because of a new law outlawing non- sheepherding dogs in her Newfoundland village, twelve-year-old Maggie tries to save him by keeping him hidden. Stardust Czerneda, Julie E. 70424 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 16246 N N - - - This book contains five science fiction short stories. Stargone John McKenzie, Ellen 6011 EN MG 4.4 2.0 F 14160 N N - - N Six-year-old John, emotionally withdrawn and resistant to traditional teaching methods, experiences ridicule and punishment until an old retired teacher reaches out from her blindness to share with him the world of reading and writing. The Starrigans of Little Brook Davis, Harold 106495 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 48153 N N - - - This is the story of how, a hundred Bottom years ago, the Starrigans, the fabled "little people," left their woodland home to help the people in a small lumber town rescue a missing child. Steal Away Armstrong, Jennifer 7860 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 43811 N N - - N In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story 41 years later to two similar young girls.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Steel Trapp: The Challenge Pearson, Ridley 123534 EN MG 4.9 8.0 F 52328 N N - - - On a trip to Washington, D.C., for the National Science Competition, fourteen- year-old Steven "Steel" Trapp, possessor of a remarkable photographic memory, becomes embroiled in an international plot of kidnapping and bribery. Step by Wicked Step Fine, Anne 15807 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 30991 N N - - N Five schoolmates share the stories of their parents' estrangements, divorces, and remarriages and the effects these events have had on their lives. Stepping on the Cracks Hahn, Mary Downing 6629 EN MG 4.7 8.0 F 54518 N N - N N In 1944, while her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret gets a new view of the school bully Gordy when she finds him hiding his own brother, an army deserter, and decides to help him. A Stitch in Time Rinaldi, Ann 12386 EN MG 4.1 9.0 F 61478 N N - N N Shortly after the War of Independence, Hannah sees her family being torn apart by old secrets and new developments, as her sister resolves to marry a sea captain and other siblings prepare to help start a new town in the Northwestern Territory. Stockings of Buttermilk: American Philip, Neil 34703 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 19393 N N - - - This is a collection of stories told in the Folktales United States--tales that combine practicality and imagination. Stone Cold Hautman, Pete 32212 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 37197 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Denn finds himself alienating both friends and family when he becomes obsessed with playing high -stakes poker with adult gamblers. This book released in paperback as NO LIMIT. Stone Cold Swindells, Robert 18537 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 25964 N N - - - Children are disappearing from London streets. Will Link be next? Stone Fox Gardiner, John 293 EN MG 4.0 1.0 F 8957 N N N N N Little Willy hopes to pay the back taxes Reynolds on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dogsled race he enters.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Stonewords: A Ghost Story Conrad, Pam 6012 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 28222 N N - - N Zoe discovers that her house is occupied by the ghost of an eleven-year -old girl who carries her back to the day of her death in 1870 to try to alter that tragic event. Stopping to Home Wait, Lea 54686 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 29895 N N - - N In 1806, orphaned eleven-year-old Abbie and her little brother Seth find a home with the young Widow Chase in the seaport of Wiscasset, Maine. Together, they discover a way Widow Chase can support them all. Storm Warning Hughes, Monica 45569 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 40595 N N - - - This book explores the world of a sunken wreck and the secrets it holds - secrets that have the power to heal, and to destroy. Storm-Blast Parkinson, Curtis 72730 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 34475 N N - - - A day of snorkeling turns to horror as a sudden storm strands Regan, his sister Carol, and their cousin Matt in the Caribbean. Can a trio of teenagers who have never agreed on anything except their contempt for one another find a way to survive? The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Angleberger, Tom 136271 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 18857 N N - - N Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether the puppet can really predict the future. Book #1 Stranger at the Window Alcock, Vivien 67339 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 40675 N N - - - At first eleven-year-old Leslie doesn't like the three older Harwood children who live next door to her aunt in London, but she comes to see them differently when she is drawn into their efforts to help a young boy who has entered the country illegally. Strawberry Girl Lenski, Lois 86 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 37341 N N - N N This is the story of Birdie Boyer and how she battles nature, animals, and feuding neighbors in the backwoods of Florida to become a "strawberry girl."

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Streams to the River, River to the O'Dell, Scott 390 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 48491 N N - - N A young Indian woman, accompanied Sea by her infant and cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition seeking a way to the Pacific. The Strength of Saints LaFaye, A. 59774 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 47281 N N - - N Fourteen-year-old Nissa takes a stand against racial prejudice and for her own integrity and independence, drawing on the support of her individualistic mother, her father, stepmother, and some of the inhabitants of their Louisiana town. Strudel Stories Rocklin, Joanne 29400 EN MG 4.0 2.0 F 17816 N N - - - Seven generations of a Jewish family hear stories of their family history, all told while making apple strudel. The Suitcase Kid Wilson, Jacqueline 23518 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 25684 N N - - - When Andy's parents split up, they didn't know what to do with her. She spent one week with Mum and her new family and one week with Dad and his new family. She was tired of living out of a suitcase. All she wanted to do was go home. The Summer I Shrank My Woodruff, Elvira 6693 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 23939 N N - - N When aspiring scientist Nelly Brown Grandmother uses a magic chemistry set to make her grandmother young again but is unable to stop the alteration, the 70-year-old woman becomes a baby and Nelly fears that she may shrink into nothing. Summer of Changes Alma, Ann 65301 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 38660 N N - - - When her mother is no longer able to take care of her, eleven-year-old Anneke takes her border collie, Sheera, and moves to a cave near her home, where she must survive a close encounter with a cougar and a terrifying thunderstorm. The Summer of the Swans Byars, Betsy 87 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 25178 N N N N N A fourteen-year-old girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Summer on the Run Belgue, Nancy 87606 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 24770 N N - - - The year is 1931, and thirteen-year-old Douglas has gotten himself mixed up with local rumrunners who carry liquor across the Detroit River from Windsor into the United States. Sun & Spoon Henkes, Kevin 19549 EN MG 4.9 3.0 F 16846 N N - N N After the death of his grandmother, ten- year-old Spoon observes the changes in his grandfather and tries to find the perfect artifact to preserve his memories of her. The Supernaturalist Colfer, Eoin 78565 EN MG 4.8 9.0 F 63394 N N - - N In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year- old Cosmo Hill teams up with three other people who share his ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are plaguing the city. Sure as Sunrise: Stories of Bruh McGill, Alice 77926 EN MG 4.4 1.0 F 7528 N N - - - This book is a retelling of the adventures Rabbit & His Walkin' Talkin' of memorable characters such as Bruh Friends Rabbit and Sis Possum that have been passed down through the generations. Sweet Memories Still Kinsey-Warnock, 31647 EN MG 4.5 1.0 F 9349 N N - - - Although she initially resents having to Natalie spend time with her ailing grandmother, Shelby gradually recognizes that she has much to learn from this older lady. Sweetgrass Hudson, Jan 641 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 37127 N N - N N Sweetgrass, a fifteen-year-old Blackfoot Indian girl, saves her family from a smallpox epidemic and proves her maturity to her father. Swindle Korman, Gordon 119940 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 34653 N N - - N After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palomino cons sixth-grader Griffin Bing out of a valuable baseball card, Griffin puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back. Book #1 Sword of the Samurai: Adventure Kimmel, Eric A. 29342 EN MG 4.6 2.0 F 12661 N N - - N These are eleven short stories about Stories From Japan samurai warriors, their way of life, courage, wit and foolishness.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Sylvia & Miz Lula Maye Flood, Pansie Hart 74075 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 17192 N N - - - In 1978, nine-year-old Sylvia and her mother move to Wakefield, South Carolina, where Sylvia becomes best friends with a woman approaching her one hundredth birthday. Sylvie and the Songman Binding, Tim 132208 EN MG 4.7 11.0 F 74706 N N - - - Sylvie uncovers an underground world of magic and evil, and with help from her friends, she must hold off a power that threatens to steal the voices of all the beings on Earth. Tadpole White, Ruth 68684 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 37198 N N - - N In rural Kentucky in 1955, Serilda Collins, single mother of four lively girls, discovers that her orphaned nephew is being subjected to brutality. Tae's Sonata Balgassi, Haemi 27934 EN MG 4.4 3.0 F 22531 N N - - - Tae, a Korean American eighth-grader, tries to sort out her feelings when she is assigned a popular cute boy as a partner for a school report and later has a falling out with her best friend. Take Me with You Marsden, Carolyn 136650 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 25834 N N - - - Raised in an Italian orphanage in the years following World War II, a biracial girl named Susanna and her best friend, Pina, want to be adopted but fear being separated. The plot contains profanity and violence. Taking Liberty: The Story of Oney Rinaldi, Ann 62570 EN MG 4.1 7.0 F 47302 N N - - N After serving Martha Washington loyally Judge, George Washington's for twenty years, Oney Judge realizes Runaway Slave that she is just a slave and must decide if she will run away to find true freedom. A Tale Dark and Grimm Gidwitz, Adam 141155 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 42491 N N - - - This book follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering wicked creatures such as witches, as well as kindly strangers and other helpful folk. 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 The Tale of Despereaux DiCamillo, Kate 70401 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 32375 N N - N N This book tells of the adventure of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. Tales from the Home Place Burandt, Harriet 28076 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 28339 N N - - N Life is one adventure after another for Irene Hutto and her family who live on a Texas cotton farm during the Depression. Tall Tales: Six Amazing Basketball Smith Jr., Charles R. 54031 EN MG 4.3 1.0 F 3869 N N - - - In this collection of stories illustrated Dreams with photographs, youngsters show off their smooth moves on the basketball court. The Tamarack Tree Clapp, Patricia 6631 EN MG 4.9 7.0 F 50250 N N - - N An eighteen-year-old English girl finds her loyalties divided as she experiences the hardships of the siege of Vicksburg in the spring of 1863. Tangerine Bloor, Edward 21573 EN MG 4.3 13.0 F 90090 N N - N N Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football-hero brother, fights for his right to play soccer despite his near- blindness. Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl's Shea, Pegi Deitz 71687 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 51937 N N - - N After ten years in a refugee camp in Story Thailand, 13-year-old Mai Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island, where her Americanized cousins introduce her to pizza and shopping, while her grandmother and new friends keep her connected to her Hmong heritage. A Taste of Blackberries Smith, Doris 295 EN MG 4.0 2.0 F 10904 N N - N N A little boy confronts grief and wrestles Buchanan with the pain of loss when his best friend dies. Tchaikovsky Discovers America Kalman, Esther 21801 EN MG 4.5 0.5 F 3217 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy Peck, Richard 83176 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 38642 N N - - N In rural Indiana, in 1904, fifteen-year-old in Three Parts Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat-threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching of his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies." Ten Kids, No Pets Martin, Ann M. 585 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 35294 N N - - N The ten Rosso children, spaced a year apart and named alphabetically, find their life rambunctious and exciting when their family leaves New York City for a big, old farmhouse and new friends. Ten Lessons for Kaspar Snit Fagan, Cary 133874 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 42503 N N - - - Levon du Plessy-Minsk has threatened to tell the world Eleanor's secret when Kaspar Snit shows up and claims to want to reform despite his previous despicable antics. Book #3 Tennis Ace Christopher, Matt 35563 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 20421 N N - - - Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport. The Tent Paulsen, Gary 10948 EN MG 4.9 2.0 F 11731 N N - - N Although dismayed and embarrassed when his father takes him on the road to get rich preaching the word of God, fourteen-year-old Steven finds himself caught up in the money and the things it can buy. The Tequila Worm Canales, Viola 102295 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 42715 N N - - - Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, and then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres." Terror at the Zoo Kehret, Peg 8937 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 31297 N N - - N A camp-out at a deserted zoo turns scary for Corey and her little brother.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description There You Are: A Novel Taylor, Joanne 103627 EN MG 4.0 6.0 F 41348 N N - - - When the Parker family moves back to the Valley, Jeannie is thrilled--perhaps they may have a daughter her age. Thoughts of friends are put aside when a near tragedy strikes Jeannie's family. Through the hardship, she finds friends unexpectedly. A Thief in the Village and Other Berry, James 35974 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 28588 N N - - - This is a collection of nine short stories Stories of Jamaica about life in contemporary Jamaica, covering such subjects as a young boy's desire to buy shoes for the cricket team and a girl's adventures on a coconut plantation. The Thief Lord Funke, Cornelia 63446 EN MG 4.8 13.0 F 85591 N N - - N Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious thirteen- year-old boy who calls himself the "Thief Lord." Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Bruchac, Joseph 9537 EN MG 4.6 0.5 F 1703 N N - - - Celebrates the seasons of the year Native American Year of Moons through poems from the legends of such Native American tribes as the Cherokee, Cree, and Sioux. Three Swords for Granada Myers, Walter Dean 59538 EN MG 4.4 2.0 F 13027 N N - - - In 1420 Spain, three young cat friends join the warrior cats as they struggle to save their beloved Granada from the vicious dogs of the Fidorean Guard. Thumb and the Bad Guys Roberts, Ken 131880 EN MG 4.8 2.0 F 16828 N N - - - Leon and his friend Susan discover something suspicious going on in their tiny little village of New Auckland and soon find themselves involved in an archeological mystery. Thumb on a Diamond Roberts, Ken 106193 EN MG 4.7 3.0 F 19808 N N - - - Thumb and Susan come up with an ingenious plan to form a baseball team, win the regional title, and qualify to be sent to the provincial championships in Vancouver, courtesy of the school board. Book #2

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Thunder Ice Acheson, Alison 29326 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 30329 N N - - N Oliver Tate and his cousin Bert have always been best friends, but now they're not speaking and Oliver doesn't even know why they've quarrelled. Now Oliver's father is gone away on a dangerous job and may not make it back alive. Thunder Rolling in the Mountains O'Dell, Scott 7881 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 26465 N N - - N In the late nineteenth century, a young Nez Perce girl relates how her people were driven off their land by the U. S. Army and forced to retreat north until their eventual surrender. Ticket to Curlew Lottridge, Celia 20492 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 34173 N N - - - It is 1915 and the Ferriers are the first Barker settlers to come to this stretch of country. Sam gradually discovers that there is much more to the flat prairie than he realized -- gleaming white skulls, torrential thunderstorms, and best of all, a new friend. The Tiger Rising DiCamillo, Kate 45130 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 19369 N N N - N Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend, Sistine, into a plan to free a caged tiger. Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright Koertge, Ron 10930 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 38560 N N - - - Worried that his mother will send his beloved grandfather to a nursing home "for his own good," Jesse and some of his eighth-grade classmates accompany Pappy into the mountains near their small California town to look for the tiger tracks. Tightrope Cross, Gillian 41260 EN MG 4.2 8.0 F 58552 N N - - - When she begins receiving bizarre threatening messages from someone who seems to know her every move, teenage Ashley, after seeking help from the neighborhood tough guy, comes to realize that she alone can end the stalker's reign of terror.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story Hahn, Mary Downing 10206 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 41887 N N - N N When Drew goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, he is drawn 80 years into the past to trade places with his great-great- uncle, a boy who is deathly ill with diphtheria. Time Ghost Katz, Welwyn Wilton 68606 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 43527 N N - - - In a heavily polluted 21st-century environment, Sara time-travels to the 1990s, when the world was still green. A Time of Miracles Bondoux, Anne- 140624 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 37222 N N - - - In the early 1990s, a boy with a Laure mysterious past and the woman who cares for him endure a five-year journey across the war-torn Caucasus and Europe, weathering hardships and unforgettable encounters with other refugees searching for a better life. A Time to Choose Attema, Martha 83051 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 44103 N N - - - While growing up in Holland under the Nazi occupation, 16-year-old Johannes tries to separate himself from his father, who is considered a collaborator. Time Windows Reiss, Kathryn 8548 EN MG 4.8 9.0 F 60453 N N - N N Thirteen-year-old Miranda moves with her family to a small Massachusetts town and a new house, in which a mysterious dollhouse allows her to see into the past, where she discovers her new home changes its inhabitants-- including Miranda's mother. The Titan's Curse Riordan, Rick 114711 EN MG 4.2 10.0 F 72995 N N - - N When the goddess Artemis disappears while hunting an ancient monster, a group of her followers joins Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council. Book #3

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Titanic Crossing Williams, Barbara 14854 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 35695 N N - N N In 1912, thirteen-year-old Albert considers his younger sister a pest, but things change when they travel with their mother and uncle aboard the "Titanic" and are caught up in its tragic sinking. Titanic's Race to Disaster Wilson, Lynda 57940 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 27922 N N - - - Michael and Simon set off on another Virtual Zone adventure to the past, this time as telegraph runners aboard the "Titanic". Toad Heaven Gleitzman, Morris 100511 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 32396 N N - - N Despite the opposition of Ancient Eric and Malcolm, Limpy goes on a quest to find a place where cane toads can be safe from humans and live in harmony. Toby Scudder, Ultimate Warrior Gifaldi, David 9953 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 43277 N N - - N A wildly funny novel about a loud, unruly kid who stops just before he gets into real trouble. The Toilet Paper Tigers Korman, Gordon 8097 EN MG 4.2 6.0 F 40213 N N - - N When his Little League team gets a coach who knows nothing about baseball, seventh-grader Corey is dismayed to see the team taken over by the coach's pushy twelve-year-old granddaughter. The Top-Secret Journal of Fiona Cruise, Robin 36493 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 37220 N N - - - At the suggestion of her therapist, ten- Claire Jardin year-old Fiona begins to keep a journal in which she records her fears, feelings, and gradual adjustment in the year after her parents get a divorce. Topher Horrocks, Anita 40457 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 47027 N N - - - Secrets haunt the family cabin and Chris wonders if he'll figure out what happened to a boy named Topher before they sell it. Touch of the Clown Huser, Glen 29942 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 41450 N N - - - This book is about Cosmo, a flamboyant actor, who is the first bit of light that has come into Barbara's life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Toughboy & Sister Hill, Kirkpatrick 6444 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 18607 N N - N N Ten-year-old Toughboy and his younger sister are stranded when their drunken father dies at a remote fishing cabin in the Yukon and, as a result, they spend a summer trying to cope with dwindling food supplies and hostile wildlife. The Town That Floated Away Birdsell, Sandra 41776 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 38491 N N - - - Virginia Potts is shrinking. Will she be reunited with her home town before it's too late? Tracks in the Snow Bledsoe, Lucy Jane 18251 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 24514 N N - - N Erin and her science project partner Tiffany become lost in the snow-covered Sierra mountains when Erin leads them on a trek to find her missing baby-sitter. A Traitor Among Us Van Steenwyk, 28496 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 28589 N N - - - In occupied Holland in 1944, thirteen- Elizabeth year-old Pieter becomes increasingly involved in the work of the Dutch Resistance even though he knows the risk of being discovered by the Nazi informer who lives in his village. Trapped Between the Lash and the Whitmore, Arvella 27935 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 33567 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Jordan is becoming Gun dangerously involved with a street gang when he is suddenly transported through time to become a slave on the plantation of his ancestors. Trapped in Death Cave Wallace, Bill 5091 EN MG 4.2 5.0 F 32729 N N - - N A posthumous letter referring to buried treasure convinces Gary that his grandfather did not die a natural death and, with his friend Brian, he sets out to find both the treasure and his grandfather's killer. Trapped In Ice Walters, Eric 66603 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 54339 N N - - - Helen is only thirteen, and she's not sure that she wants to spend the next two years on an Arctic expedition. But since her father died, the only work her mother has been able to find is as a seamstress aboard the Karluk.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Treehouse Tales Isaacs, Anne 58921 EN MG 4.7 2.0 F 14120 N N - - - This story relates the experiences and adventures of three 1880s Pennsylvania farm children in their family treehouse, which serves as a refuge, a source of adventure, a lookout post, and a frightening dragon's lair. Trickster and the Fainting Birds Norman, Howard 34701 EN MG 4.0 1.0 F 9902 N N - - - This is a collection of seven Cree and Chippewa trickster tales. The Triple Chocolate Brownie Sherman, Deborah 121678 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 27004 N N - - - When thirteen-year-old Michael eats the Genius entire pan of his mom's triple chocolate fudge brownies, something strange happens. He turns into a brainiac, excelling in all his work and snagging the lead role in the school play. Trouble at the Mines Rappaport, Doreen 76360 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 10642 N N - - - Rosie and her family are caught up in the Arnot, Pennsylvania, mining strike of 1899-1900, led by the union organizer Mother Jones. Trouble Don't Last Pearsall, Shelley 61331 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 53660 N N - - N Samuel, an eleven-year-old Kentucky slave, and Harrison, the elderly slave who helped raise him, attempt to escape to Canada via the Underground Railroad. Trouble on the St. Johns River Wood, Jane R. 147378 EN MG 4.9 3.0 F 21906 N N - - - Joey and Bobby Johnson decide to go fishing to celebrate the first day of summer vacation, but they become caught up in an environmental adventure after finding the pond covered with green muck and dead fish. Trout Summer Conly, Jane Leslie 14538 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 49809 N N - - N A sister and brother spend a summer in a cabin near a river, where they befriend an elderly man and where they try to come to terms with their parents' failing marriage.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The True Meaning of Smekday Rex, Adam 117805 EN MG 4.5 12.0 F 85653 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Gratuity Tucci is assigned to write a paper for the National Time Capsule contest, and her story involves her friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic, her journey south to find her mother, and a plan to save Earth from an alien invasion. The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah Baskin, Nora Raleigh 121314 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 28849 N N - - - After Nana, her beloved grandmother, dies, non-religious twelve-year-old Caroline becomes curious about her mother's Jewish ancestry. The Truth About Rats (and Dogs) Pearce, Jacqueline 114178 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 30852 N N - - - Conner's family has a no-pets rule, but Oscar the rat needs a home. The Truth About Rats, Rules, & Zinnen, Linda 46298 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 21659 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Larch has depended on Seventh Grade her own rules to help her cope with the life she and her mother share in a trailer in a small Ohio town, but her rules do not help her deal with a rat-catching dog, her best friend's crush, or her father's death. Tucker's Countryside Selden, George 248 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 32198 N N - - N Children and animals allied in an effort to keep bulldozers and high-rise apartments from spoiling their wilderness playground. The Tuesday Cafe Trembath, Don 18600 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 29675 N N - - N Harper gets into trouble at school, and a judge orders him to write a 2,000-word essay. His mother enrolls him in a writing class that is not quite what she expected. The Tulip Touch Fine, Anne 18538 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 29683 N N - - - Natalie is the only one who doesn't seem to care about Tulip's strange behaviour, but even she begins to realize that it is going way too far. Tumbleweed Skies Sherrard, Valerie 141055 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 29025 N N - - - Ellie must stay at her grandmother's farm in Saskatchewan when her father takes a temporary job as a traveling salesman, but Ellie has a difficult time adjusting to her new life and her grandmother's abrasive personality.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Tunnels of Terror Bishop, Mary 56238 EN MG 4.9 10.0 F 66914 N N - - - Andrea's not looking for more Harelkin adventures in Moose Jaw's terrifying tunnels. Once was enough! But now she's back in the city with her little brother Tony. And soon he's got them stuck in the perilous past again, in trouble with a gang of thieves. The Turning Time Smith, Linda 83566 EN MG 4.0 7.0 F 53117 N N - - - Kerstin Speller, now eighteen years old, returns to her homeland to find she must once again fight prejudice against her friends from neighboring Uglessia. Tut, Tut Scieszka, Jon 15076 EN MG 4.2 2.0 F 10767 N N - - N Because of a magical time travel book, the kids are dodging crocodiles and trying to outwit the evil high priest. The Twenty-Four Days Before L'Engle, Madeleine 52628 EN MG 4.0 1.0 F 7480 N N - - - Seven-year-old Vicky Austin recounts Christmas the events of the twenty-four days before Christmas, as she prepares for her role as an angel in the Christmas Pageant and prays that her mother will not be in the hospital for Christmas having a new baby. Twilight in Grace Falls Honeycutt, Natalie 27960 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 41358 N N - - - Dasie Jenson must learn to live with all the changes caused by the changes in Grace Falls, the dying timber town where she lives. The Twinkie Squad Korman, Gordon 7166 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 44638 N N - N N Thrown out of a series of schools, Douglas lands at a public school where he transforms a bunch of misfits into a clique. The Two Princesses of Bamarre Levine, Gail Carson 47670 EN MG 4.5 8.0 F 51896 N N - - N With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from Gray Death, meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure. Two Weeks with the Queen Gleitzman, Morris 18596 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 25073 N N - - - If you want something done properly, Colin reckons, go straight to the top! After all, if the Queen can't help, who can?

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Unclaimed Treasures MacLachlan, Patricia 24974 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 20504 N N - - - The story of a young girl who wants to do something extraordinary with her life. Uncle Daney's Way Haas, Jessie 12470 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 25537 N N - - N When his great-uncle Daney comes to live with Cole's family after being crippled in a logging accident, the two work together all summer to find a way to make enough money to buy feed so they can keep Daney's old horse. Undergrounders Skuy, David 144201 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 44368 N N - - - After his mom dies, twelve-year-old Jonathan faces the loneliness and danger of life on the streets. An escape from this life Underground comes to him in the form of hockey gear and an impossible dream. The Unnameables Booraem, Ellen 125108 EN MG 4.8 10.0 F 66186 N N - - - On a neat, orderly, puritanical island, known simply as Island, where everything is named after its purpose, thirteen-year-old Medford encounters an unusual creature, and together they attempt to bring some changes to the community. Up and Down the Scratchy Snyder, Laurel 125605 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 46775 N N - - - Lucy, a milkmaid, and her best friend, Mountains Wynston, a reluctant prince, go in search of information about Lucy's missing mother, even though Wynston is supposed to be searching for a proper princess to marry. Up on Cloud Nine Fine, Anne 61281 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 34507 N N - - N While Stolly struggles to regain consciousness in a hospital bed, Ian recalls some of their best and worst times together as he writes a biography of his eccentric best friend. The Vampire's Visit Poulsen, David A. 43388 EN MG 4.9 4.0 F 29862 N N - - - While vacationing in London with her best friend Pepper, Christine's younger brother is abducted by a teenage vampire who the two girls refused to help. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Very Serious Children Adderson, Caroline 127391 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 22171 N N - - - Nicky gets to travel from town to town with Mr. Fudge's Fantastic Flyers, living in a camper, and eat marshmallows and popcorn for supper, but he's never had a real friend. Then the troupe moves to Halo, Saskatchewan, and things start to change. Vicky Angel Wilson, Jacqueline 54111 EN MG 4.0 5.0 F 37424 N N - - - After her lifelong, best friend Vicky dies, Jade struggles with grief, guilt, and the domineering personality of Vicky's ghost. The Village by the Sea Fox, Paula 595 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 27180 N N - - N When her father enters the hospital to have open-heart surgery, ten-year-old Emma is sent to live with her tormented aunt and finds the experience painful until she meets a special friend. Virtually Perfect Gutman, Dan 29485 EN MG 4.1 3.0 F 21708 N N - - N When twelve-year-old Yip uses his father's new software to make a computer simulation of a boy his age, the creation breaks out of cyberspace into the real world and begins to complicate Yip's life. A Visit to William Blake's Inn Willard, Nancy 14444 EN MG 4.5 0.5 F 2407 N N - - N A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's inn. Visiting Miss Caples Kimmel, Elizabeth 41488 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 33882 N N - - - The elderly shut-in she visits once a Cody week becomes an unexpected source of friendship and strength for thirteen-year- old Jenna, and they help each other face and overcome painful aspects of their lives. The Wainscott Weasel Seidler, Tor 10213 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 37587 N N - - - The lonely weasel Bagley Brown falls in love with Bridget the fish and saves her from certain death in this animal fantasy. Wait Till Helen Comes Hahn, Mary Downing 596 EN MG 4.6 5.0 F 37100 N N - - N Molly must put aside her feelings for her spooky step-sister, when she realizes that the girl is being influenced by a ghost.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Waiting for Pelly Glaze, Dave 68962 EN MG 4.3 6.0 F 43983 N N - - - Last year, Sandra made friends with a young pelican. Now it's spring again, and Sandra visits the river every day to look for Pelly. Has something happened to Pelly? Where can she be? Waiting to Dive Rivers, Karen 43176 EN MG 4.7 4.0 F 24050 N N - - - Carly loves to dive, then one summer weekend, as she and her friends play in the water at the cabin, things don't go just right and her world is turned upside- down. Walk Across the Sea Fletcher, Susan 55033 EN MG 4.3 5.0 F 37897 N N - - N In late nineteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, Eliza defies the townspeople and her father to help a Chinese boy. Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon 10299 EN MG 4.9 9.0 F 59400 N N - N N After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues Robinet, Harriette 41795 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 30734 N N - - N Twelve-year old Alfa Merryfield, his Gillem older sister, and their great-grandmother struggle for rent money, food, and their dignity as they participate in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in the summer of 1956. Wanted...Mud Blossom Byars, Betsy 5095 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 29350 N N - N N Convinced that Mud is responsible for the disappearance of the school hamster that he was taking care of for the weekend, Junior Blossom is determined that the dog should be tried for his "crime." Book #5

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description War Games: A Novel Based on a Couloumbis, Audrey 133423 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 48318 N N - - - What were once just boys' games True Story become matters of life and death as Petros and his older brother, Zola, each wonder if, like their Resistance fighter cousin, they too can make a difference in Nazi-occupied Greece. The coauthor is Akila Couloumbis. The Watcher Buffie, Margaret 41778 EN MG 4.8 8.0 F 56301 N N - - - Emma becomes a participant in a bizarre game of life and death that reveals who she is - and what she must do. The Water of Possibility Goto, Hiromi 56237 EN MG 4.3 10.0 F 68845 N N - - - Sayuri and her brother move to the town of Ganola, Alberta. The move becomes an incredible adventure when a cellar door leads to a magical place called Living Earth, where Keiji gets lost and Sayuri needs the help of a mystical creature to find him. Waterbound Stemp, Jane 19052 EN MG 4.4 7.0 F 46291 N N - - - In a fantastic society, sixteen-year-old Gem discovers that a group of people who call themselves the Waterbound live hidden beneath the city. The Way a Door Closes Smith, Hope Anita 70206 EN MG 4.0 1.0 F 4094 N N - - N This is a collection of poems about a thirteen-year-old boy whose father abandoned him and his family. Way Down Deep White, Ruth 115458 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 38971 N N - - - In the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby June is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house when suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel. The Way Lies North Baxter, Jean Rae 127390 EN MG 4.6 11.0 F 74764 N N - - - During the American Revolution, fifteen- year-old Charlotte and her Loyalist family flee their home in the Mohawk Valley as a result of the violence of the "Sons of Liberty." Along the way, Charlotte learns about the Mohawks' customs and ways of life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description We All Fall Down Walters, Eric 110542 EN MG 4.9 6.0 F 40469 N N - - - Today is September 10, 2001, and Will, a grade nine student, will be spending the day at his father's office in the World Trade Center tomorrow. Will discovers a new side of his father during the traumatic event that continues to affect the world. Weedflower Kadohata, Cynthia 104757 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 49485 N N - - N After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors and becomes friends with a local Indian boy. The Week of the Horse Reekie, Jocelyn 79595 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 35022 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Paulie wants a horse but her family can't afford to buy her one. Paulie volunteers at a stable where she rides Duke. One day she find the stable closed and Duke is to be sold at an auction. Paulie has a week to save her favorite horse. The Well Between the Worlds Llewellyn, Sam 128546 EN MG 4.9 12.0 F 79279 N N - - - Eleven-year-old Idris finds his life taking a dramatic turn when, after a near- drowning incident, he is accused of being allied to the feared sea monsters and is rescued from a death sentence by a mysterious and fearsome stranger. Book #1 The Well: David's Story Taylor, Mildred D. 10937 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 18860 N N - N N In Mississippi in the early 1900s, ten- year-old David Logan's family generously share their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence. Whales on Stilts! Anderson, M.T. 86253 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 22071 N N - - N Racing against the clock, shy middle- school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales. Book #1

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description What I Call Life Wolfson, Jill 102633 EN MG 4.4 8.0 F 53931 N N - - N Placed in a group foster home, eleven- year-old Cal Lavender learns how to cope with life from the four other girls who live there and from their storytelling guardian, the Knitting Lady. What the Moon Saw Resau, Laura 108830 EN MG 4.7 10.0 F 70994 N N - - - Clara Luna, 14 years old, spends the summer with her grandparents in the remote village of Yucuyoo, Mexico, learning about her grandmother's life as a healer, her father's decision to leave home for the United States, and her own place in the world. What's in a Name Wittlinger, Ellen 36042 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 39219 N N - - - Each of ten teenagers living in Scrub Harbor, Massachusetts, explores his or her identity at the same time that the local residents consider changing the name of their town. The Wheel on the School De Jong, Meindert 94 EN MG 4.7 10.0 F 66454 N N - - N The residents of a small town in Holland try to bring storks to nest in their village. When I Left My Village Schur, Maxine Rose 52335 EN MG 4.6 1.0 F 7378 N N - - - An Ethiopian Jewish family leaves their oppressed mountain village to make a difficult and treacherous journey in the hope of reaching freedom in Israel. When Mack Came Back Strickland, Brad 55042 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 20548 N N - - N When his older brother Ben leaves the family farm in order to join the army in 1943, ten-year-old Maury remains behind to deal with his angry father and to care for Ben's injured puppy. When My Name Was Keoko Park, Linda Sue 58224 EN MG 4.6 8.0 F 54951 N N - - N With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description When Night Eats the Moon Findon, Joanne 43177 EN MG 4.6 7.0 F 46496 N N - - - Holly is practicing her recorder in the barn when a strange humming comes from behind an ancient door. As Holly investigates the sounds, she finds herself transported in time to 700BCE, where the people seem to think she is a warrior sent to save them. When the Beginning Began: Lester, Julius 46197 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 21520 N N - - - This is a collection of traditional and Stories About God, the Creatures, original Jewish tales interpreting the and Us Biblical story of the creation of the world. When the Boys Ran the House Carris, Joan 29254 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 23031 N N - - - Thirteen-year-old Jut and his brothers take on family responsibilities when their mother is ill and their father is away on an important business trip. When the Cherry Blossoms Fell Maruno, Jennifer 144243 EN MG 4.3 4.0 F 29596 N N - - - Nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa wants to be proud of her heritage but can't be. The world is at war and the government of Canada has taken unprecedented actions against her community and treats all Japanese people as enemy aliens. When the War Is Over Attema, Martha 64167 EN MG 4.1 10.0 F 74049 N N - - - In occupied Holland during WWII, a young girl's work for the resistance becomes dangerously complicated when she falls in love with a German soldier. When Willard Met Babe Ruth Hall, Donald 14445 EN MG 4.9 1.0 F 4380 N N - - - A boy meets the young Babe Ruth and along with his family follows the Babe's long and illustrious career. When You Reach Me Stead, Rebecca 131144 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 39253 N N - - N In 1979, as her mother prepares to be a contestant on the THE $20,000 PYRAMID, a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Where I Want To Be Griffin, Adele 85630 EN MG 4.8 5.0 F 32788 N N - - - Two teenaged sisters, separated by death but still connected, work through their feelings of loss over the closeness they shared as children that was later destroyed by one's mental illness, and finally make peace with each other. Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson 95 EN MG 4.9 11.0 F 75528 N N - N N This is a simply written, moving story of the love between a young boy and his two dogs. Which Way Freedom? Hansen, Joyce 6347 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 35523 N N - - N Obi escapes from slavery during the Civil War, joins a black Union regiment, and soon becomes involved in the bloody fighting at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. Whistler in the Dark Ernst, Kathleen 58247 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 34320 N N - - - In 1886, twelve-year-old Emma and her widowed mother move to a tiny mining town in Colorado Territory to start a newspaper, but someone is determined to scare them away. Whistler's Hollow Dadey, Debbie 68476 EN MG 4.0 3.0 F 18567 N N - - - In 1920, eleven-year-old Lillie Mae, recently orphaned, goes to live with her loving great-aunt and great-uncle in their Kentucky farm house, where she learns the truth about several secrets. White Cave Escape Kent, Jennifer 133876 EN MG 4.4 5.0 F 32678 N N - - - Danger mounts when a summer hike McGrath shared by Shawn, Petra, Craig, Tony, and Hobart, the dog, is cut off by a forest fire and the group's only chance of survival rests on their finding the White Caves. White Girl Olsen, Sylvia 103590 EN MG 4.9 10.0 F 65995 N N - - - Josie goes from blending into the crowd to being "White Girl" when her mom marries a First Nations man and moves them to his house on a reserve outside the city, where she must come to terms with her new home, new school, and a new family.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The White Horse Talisman Spalding, Andrea 55434 EN MG 4.1 6.0 F 42744 N N - - - In this first volume in the Summer of Magic Quartet, Chantel, Adam, Holly, and Owen set out to help the Great White Horse Equus find his mate and regain his magic talisman. Book #1 White Jade Tiger Lawson, Julie 20497 EN MG 4.5 6.0 F 40051 N N - - - Jasmine does not want to be stuck in Victoria, BC, while her father goes to China, until a field trip to Chinatown and the adventures begin. Whittington Armstrong, Alan W. 101956 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 35423 N N - - N Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story. The Wild Girls Murphy, Pat 117801 EN MG 4.1 9.0 F 66605 N N - - - When thirteen-year-old Joan moves to California in 1972, she becomes friends with Sarah. After winning a writing contest together, they are recruited for an exclusive summer writing class that gives them new insights into themselves and others. Willow Run Giff, Patricia Reilly 100996 EN MG 4.2 4.0 F 31079 N N - - N During World War II, when her father gets a job in the B-24 bomber-building factory, eleven-year-old Meggie and her parents move to Willow Run, Michigan. There she learns about different kinds of bravery from all of the people around her. The Window Ingold, Jeanette 14497 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 29964 N N - - - When she comes to live with relatives on a Texas farm, fifteen-year-old Mandy encounters the grandmother she never knew and begins to come to terms with her blindness caused by the automobile accident that killed her mother.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Wings Yolen, Jane 65296 EN MG 4.8 0.5 F 2478 N N - - - This book is a retelling of the story of Daedalus, the Greek master craftsman, who murdered his nephew because of envy, fled to Crete, and then, with his son, tried to fly away from Crete like a bird. Wings to Fly Lottridge, Celia 20499 EN MG 4.5 7.0 F 51352 N N - - - Sequel to "Ticket to Curlew." Josie and Barker Margaret wonder about the mysterious visitor. Winnie-the-Pooh Milne, A.A. 148 EN MG 4.6 3.0 F 22671 N N - N N Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends delight readers with their adventurous exploits. Winning Adler, C.S. 34860 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 28979 N N - - - Vicky is thrilled to be on the eighth- grader tennis team, until she realizes that her new playing partner Brenda is ruthless about winning and will even cheat to do so. The Wish Giver Brittain, Bill 499 EN MG 4.4 4.0 F 27661 N N - - N When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way. Wishing Star Summer Young, Beryl 55978 EN MG 4.6 4.0 F 25593 N N - - - A Belarus girl exposed to Chernobyl radiation is staying with eleven-year-old Jillian Nelson's family on a summer exchange. However, language barriers, poor health, culture shock, jealousy, and selfishness strain their friendship. The Witches Dahl, Roald 6448 EN MG 4.7 5.0 F 35987 N N - - N In spite of everything his grandmother has taught him about witches, a young boy gets turned into a mouse but does manage to interrupt their plans. Within a Painted Past Hutchins, Hazel 35351 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 30901 N N - - - One day Allison notices there is snow falling out of the painting in her room. When she goes to investigate, she finds herself stepping right through the picture and into 1898 where she meets twelve- year-old Lily and little Jo-Jo.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Wolf Cross, Gillian 23812 EN MG 4.4 6.0 F 43425 N N - - - After being sent to live with her mother, Cassy becomes deeply involved in presenting a theatrical event on wolves. But soon, a plot revolving around her missing father begins to unfold and Cassy begins to sense a terrifying "wolf" stalking her. Wolf Shadows Casanova, Mary 27926 EN MG 4.8 3.0 F 21792 N N - - - When his best friend illegally shoots a wolf while hunting in northern Minnesota, twelve-year-old Seth struggles to determine whether their friendship can survive their different ideas. The Woman Who Flummoxed the Forest, Heather 14446 EN MG 4.4 0.5 F 1700 N N - - - Asked to make a cake for the fairies, a Fairies clever bakerwoman must figure out a way to prevent the fairies from wanting to keep her with them always to bake delicious cakes. Wonder Horse: The True Story of McCully, Emily 135542 EN MG 4.1 0.5 F 1218 N N - - - This book is a fictionalized account of the World's Smartest Horse Arnold Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian and who trained his horse to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits, moving the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Word Nerd Nielsen, Susin 126888 EN MG 4.8 7.0 F 47545 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Ambrose, forced into home schooling after a brutal attack by bullies, convinces a new friend to take him to a local Scrabble club meeting. The plot contains profanity and sexual references. Words by Heart Sebestyen, Ouida 399 EN MG 4.6 6.0 F 43034 N N - - N A young black girl struggles to fulfill her papa's dream of a better future for their family in the southwestern town where, in 1910, they are the only blacks.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Worth LaFaye, A. 79584 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 25792 N N - - N After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth- century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse. The Wreck of the Zanzibar Morpurgo, Michael 18540 EN MG 4.1 2.0 F 12855 N N - - - Tells the story of Laura and her family in the years 1907 and 1908. Island life is not real easy when you are always worried about the elements and the sea. Wringer Spinelli, Jerry 17800 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 37410 N N - N N As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. A Wrinkle in Time L'Engle, Madeleine 150 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 49965 N N - N N Meg Murry and her family receive a surprise visit from an unearthly stranger out of another dimension in time. Yang the Third and Her Impossible Namioka, Lensey 14149 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 24039 N N - - N Yingmei Yang changed her name to Family Mary now that she is learning how to "be American." In an attempt to be best friends with popular Holly Hanson, Mary adopts one of Holly's kittens. Now Mary must keep it a secret from her family. A Year down Yonder Peck, Richard 44671 EN MG 4.5 4.0 F 29815 N N - - N During the recession of 1937, fifteen- year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman. The Year of Miss Agnes Hill, Kirkpatrick 43754 EN MG 4.5 3.0 F 18744 N N - - N Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates the story of school and village life among the Athabascans in Alaska during 1948 when Miss Agnes arrived as the new teacher. The Year of the Dog Lin, Grace 104901 EN MG 4.2 3.0 F 23327 N N - - N Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Year of the Sawdust Man LaFaye, A. 31184 EN MG 4.6 10.0 F 67490 N N - - - In 1934 when her mother leaves her and her father, eleven-year-old Nissa tries to cope with the gossip of her small Louisiana town and the changes in her own life. A Year with Butch and Spike Gauthier, Gail 27927 EN MG 4.7 7.0 F 45445 N N - - - Upon entering the sixth grade, straight-A student Jasper falls under the spell of the dreaded, irrepressible Couture cousins. The Year Without Michael Pfeffer, Susan Beth 400 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 50170 N N - - N Relates what happens to a young girl's family when her younger brother disappears. Yellow Star Roy, Jennifer 106044 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 23750 N N - - - From 1939, when Syvia is four and a Rozines half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation. The Yggyssey: How Iggy Pinkwater, Daniel 128120 EN MG 4.7 6.0 F 38991 N N - - - In the mid-1950s, Yggdrasil Birnbaum Wondered What Happened to All Manus and her friends, Seamus and Neddie, the Ghosts, Found out Where They journey to Old New Hackensack, which Went, and Went There is on another planet, to try to learn why ghosts are disappearing from the Birnbaums' hotel and other Hollywood, California, locations. Yolonda's Genius Fenner, Carol 14840 EN MG 4.8 6.0 F 40524 N N - - N After moving from Chicago to Grand River, Michigan, fifth-grader Yolonda, big and strong for her age, determines to prove that her younger brother is not a slow learner but a true musical genius. Yossi's Goal Schwartz, Ellen 110027 EN MG 4.3 3.0 F 19183 N N - - - Yossi, a Jewish immigrant boy in Montreal, longs to play hockey, but when his father becomes ill and cannot work, all Yossi's hard-earned savings must go to help the family, not to buy skates.

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Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description You're a Brave Man, Julius Mills, Claudia 2116 EN MG 4.8 4.0 F 30372 N N - - N Twelve-year-old Julius has his hands full Zimmerman over the summer when his mother attempts to improve his grades and teach him responsibility by signing him up for a French class and getting him a job babysitting. The Young Man and the Sea Philbrick, Rodman 77134 EN MG 4.5 5.0 F 33275 N N - - N After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father. Zach's Lie Smith, Roland 57152 EN MG 4.3 7.0 F 46717 N N - - N When Jack Osborne is befriended by his school's custodian and a Basque girl, he begins to adjust to his family's sudden move to Nevada, after entering the Witness Security Program. However, the drug cartel is determined to track them down. Zazoo Mosher, Richard 54177 EN MG 4.5 9.0 F 64320 N N - - - Amid old secrets revealed and rifts healed, a thirteen-year-old Vietnamese orphan raised in rural France by her aging "Grand-Pierre" learns about life, death, and love. Zoobreak Korman, Gordon 133351 EN MG 4.9 5.0 F 36322 N N - - N After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue. Book #2 Zooman Sam Lowry, Lois 35631 EN MG 4.1 4.0 F 24923 N N - - N Four-year-old Sam's appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading.

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