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By Alexander P Vance. 2015
Quentin is the Heartbreak Messenger--someone who, for a fee, will deliver a breakup message to the soon-to-be ex. His business…
is surprisingly successful, but as he interacts with his clients, message recipients, and his best friend Abigail, he wonders if his own heart can remain intact. Grades 4-7. 2015.By Paige McKenzie. 2015
Sunshine and her mom move to Washington state from Texas for her mom's job. Their once strong and open relationship…
is soon sorely tested, not by the move but by something more supernatural. Sunshine starts to hear a little girl laughing and skipping around upstairs—a sound that only she can hear. She is soon fighting for her mother's life in this suspenseful tale. For junior high readers. 2015.By Laura Amy Schlitz. 2015
Ever since the untimely death of her mother, 14 year-old Joan Skraggs has been desperately unhappy. Under the thumb of…
her cruel father and three sullen brothers, Joan lives like a servant on their farm just outside of Lancaster, forever cooking, cleaning, and attending to the many demands of the home. She has little freedom, and less support from her family for her love of reading and blossoming interest in education. When her father tells Joan she can't go to school anymore, it sets off a journey that will see her become first a runaway, then a hired girl on $6 a week, and finally her very own young woman. Set in America during the years before the First World War. Grades 5-8. 2015.By Peter Carver. 2006
More original short horror stories by Canadian authors. Tales of ghosts, werewolves, and vampires, including "Prince Sandred," about a necrophiliac…
prince searching for his perfect love. Other stories deal with aspects of teen life, like how do you deal with an abusive parent, or what happens if your teacher is a psycho murderer? Sequel to "The horrors - book one: terrifying tales" (DC28947). For senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.By Peter Carver. 2005
A collection of 15 horror stories by Canadian young adult writers. A yearbook editor makes psychic predictions about students' futures;…
when one girl is killed in an accident as foretold, the students realize they could be next. In another, a girl can't understand why her family has locked her out of the house and why no one will talk to her, but when she overhears her friends talking about a train crash, she realizes that she was the victim. Followed by "The horrors - book two: terrifying tales" (DC28948). For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2005.By Pat O'Shea. 1985
Pidge and his little sister, Brigit, are drawn into the fantastic realm of Celtic legend when he unwittingly releases an…
evil force long imprisoned in the tattered pages of an ancient Irish manuscript. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1985.By Barbara Hall. 1995
Sixteen-year-old Tyler Crane is spending a troubled summer alone at the lake following his father's suicide. When Tyler becomes curious…
about the empty house across the water, he and his new girlfriend, Abby, investigate and stumble upon a criminal plot that puts both of their lives in jeopardy. Junior high and older. 1995.By C. S Lewis. 2002
Shasta and his talking horse, Bree, flee from the evil Calormen cavalry in hopes of reaching the magical land of…
Narnia. Sequel to "The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe" (DC42115). Followed by "Prince Caspian" (DC42122). Grades 4-7. 2002, c1954. (The Chronicles of Narnia ; 3)By Lemony Snicket. 2003
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans--Violet, Klaus, and Sunny--find themselves in Heimlich Hospital,…
with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit. Sequel to The Vile Village. Grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001.By Eleanor Lowenton Clymer. 1983
Caroline is exploring her new country home when she discovers an old painting of an extraordinary horse. Her whole family…
becomes involved in unraveling the mystery of the animal's identity and fascinating history. For grades 4-7. 1983.By Angie Thomas. 2017
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school…
she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, at the hands of a police officer - and Khalil was unarmed. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.By Pamela Wells. 2008
When three high school friends experience breakups on the same night, a fourth writes "The Break up Code," which all…
agree to follow as they try to get over the bad relationships and get back in touch with themselves and one another. Junior and Senior High. 2008.By Dan Gutman. 2007
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. Followed by "Return of the homework machine". Grades 4-7. 2007.By Jane Gardam. 1981
Set in the Cumbrian fells - this collection of stories tells of two families: one local and one from London.…
Read about the exploits of friends Bell and Harry, the sweep Kendal, the Egg Witch, Granny Crack and the Household Word. Grades 5-8. 1981.By Alan Lawrence Sitomer. 2005
Andre Anderson has a terrific girlfriend, he rules the basketball court, and he's a summer intern at a magazine, where…
he is assigned to write an article about race. Andre's piece is so explosive, he is beaten up by a group of racists. When he withdraws into depression and silence, his family and friends fear he may never recover. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. For junior high and older readers. 2005.By Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn. 1997
In 1777, fifteen-year-old Phoebe Olcott is thrown into the turmoil of the American Revolutionary War when her cousin Gideon is…
hanged as a British spy. When she finds a secret message from Gideon, containing the names of Loyalist families to be protected by British soldiers, she must deliver it to the British general at Fort Ticonderoga. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 1998 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 1997.By Bill Freeman. 1984
Meg and Jamie search for work in Toronto to help support their family in Ottawa. Jamie, forced to join a…
theft ring, is caught by the police. To avoid prison, he must find the loot that has been stashed. Sequel to "Trouble at Lachine Mill". Followed by "Danger on the tracks". Grades 5-8. 1984.By Joseph Bruchac. 1998
Chris Nicola has his share of ups and downs starting sixth grade at the junior high and at home on…
the Penacook reservation. Chris uses his pride in his heritage to good advantage and finds himself emerging as a leader. Grades 5-8. 1998.By Joan Clark. 1981
By Yoshiko Uchida. 1985
Rinko is upset when she learns that Mr. Kinjo is to marry the daughter of her friend, Mrs. Hata. Rinko…
thinks he is too old and vows to find a more suitable match. Set in 1936 in California. Sequel to "Best bad thing". Grades 5-8. 1985.