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The lion's game (A john Corey Novel Ser. #2)
By Nelson DeMille. 2000
New York. Former NYPD homicide detective John Corey and his FBI mentor Kate Mayfield are at the airport to meet…
a Libyan terrorist nicknamed "the lion." But the aircraft lands with all passengers dead and the lion missing. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2000The cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends #1)
By George Selden, Garth Williams. 1960
Lost in New York City, musical country cricket Chester befriends a cat, a streetwise mouse, and young Mario, whose father…
owns a newsstand in the Times Square subway station. While dreaming of home Chester turns the stand into a concert hall to help the family business. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor Book. 1960Betrayal at Cross Creek
By Kathleen Ernst. 2004
North Carolina, 1775. Twelve-year-old Elspeth and her grandparents, Scottish refugees, feel torn between the warring English loyalists and the colonists.…
After a cousin is killed and her grandfather is arrested, Elspeth must unmask the spy in the family. For grades 4-7. 2004Ghost light on Graveyard Shoal (History Mysteries Ser. #Vol. 21)
By Elizabeth McDavid Jones. 2003
Glenn Island, Virginia; 1895. Twelve-year-old Rhoda's father operates a U.S. Lifesaving Station where he risks his life to save people…
from shipwrecks. Rhoda becomes suspicious that someone is luring boats into treacherous waters in order to salvage their bounty, and she searches for the culprit. For grades 4-7. 2003The warlord's son
By Dan Fesperman. 2004
A burned-out war correspondent named Skelly, seeking the scoop of a lifetime meets up with an exiled warlord's quixotic expedition…
to Afghanistan. Guiding Skelly's way is Najeeb, a tribal Pakistani with his own objectives. UnratedWinter of the ice wizard: Magic Tree House (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission #32)
By Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2004
Jack and Annie travel with Teddy and Kathleen to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds to retrieve Merlin's Staff of Strength. But the…
Ice Wizard has already captured Merlin and Morgan and possesses the staff. The Wizard will only exchange them for his missing eye. For grades 2-4. 2004The falconmaster
By R. L La Fevers. 2003
Ten-year-old Wat is rejected by his Norman England village because he has a misshapen foot and only one eye. When…
he rescues two baby falcons stolen by Lord Sherborne's wicked men, he meets a forest hermit who shelters him and teaches him magic. For grades 4-7. 2003Evangeline Mudd and the golden-haired apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle
By David Elliott. 2004
Nine-year-old Evangeline Mudd's parents, who study primates and raise her as one, travel to the jungle alone to observe apes.…
When they disappear Evangeline joins Dr. Aphrodite Pikkaflee to rescue them from the clutches of a developer. For grades 3-6. 2004A Sterkarm kiss (Sequel to The Sterkarm Handshake)
By Susan Price. 2004
Andrea Mitchell from The Sterkarm Handshake (DB 51934) returns to sixteenth-century Great Britain in the Time Tube. Her lover Per…
marries into a rival clan, rekindling a civil war. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2003Beyond the Deepwoods
By Paul Stewart. 2004
As Twig approaches age thirteen, his woodtroll mother reveals that he is adopted, thus explaining why he looks and feels…
like an outsider. Twig sets out to discover his true identity but faces many perilous adventures as he travels through the Deepwoods. For grades 6-9. 1998A boy no more
By Harry Mazer. 2004
After his father is killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Adam, his mother, and sister are evacuated to California.…
Adam deals with his feelings about the war, Japanese internment camps, and his own identity. Sequel to Boy at War (RC 52594, BR 13647). For grades 6-9. 2004The game of Sunken Places (The norumbegan Quartet #No. 1)
By M. T Anderson. 2004
Thirteen-year-old best friends Gregory and Brian travel to rural Vermont for a visit with Gregory's eccentric Uncle Max. In Max's…
Victorian mansion Gregory and Brian become involved in an ancient game played by supernatural opponents. Some violence. For grades 5-8. 2004Alien in a bottle
By Kathy Mackel. 2004
Eighth-grader Sean Winger feels destined to be a glassblower but his parents strongly disapprove. His stargazer classmate Olivia Ricci assists…
him. So does an odd assortment of extraterrestrials Sean came to know after discovering two of them in a glass bottle in the ocean. For grades 5-8. 2004The Crow-girl: the children of Crow Cove (Children Of Crow Cove Ser.)
By Bodil Bredsdorff. 1993
After the death of her grandmother, an orphaned young girl leaves her lonely house by the cove to find a…
new home. She relies on the wisdom shared by her grandmother to gather together a new family. For grades 4-7. Batchelder Honor Book. 1993Summer of the sea serpent (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission #31)
By Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2004
The magician Merlin sends Jack and Annie back into time where they are reunited with boy sorcerer Teddy. The children…
are transformed into selkies, or seal people, then dive into a cave and discover an old sword. For grades 2-4. 2004On the far side of the mountain
By Jean Craighead George. 1990
Continues teenager Sam Gribley's wilderness survival adventures begun in My Side of the Mountain (BR 15070). Sam's peaceful new life…
is shattered when a conservation officer confiscates his falcon and his younger sister, Alice, disappears from their mountain home. For grades 5-8. 1990Father Bear comes home (I Can Read Level 1 Ser.)
By Else Holmelund Minarik. 1959
Four episodes about Little Bear in which he waits impatiently for his father to come home from a day of…
fishing, has the hiccups, meets a mermaid, and plays with Owl. Beginning chapter book. For grades K-3. 1959Scott free: a novel
By John Gilstrap. 2003
To impress her estranged teenage son, Scott, self-help guru Sherry O'Toole treats him to a week-long Utah ski trip. Avoiding…
his mother, Scott boards a small plane headed for a concert--and crashes in a snowstorm. As Sherry's ex-husband arrives, Scott's fight for survival begins. Strong language and some violence. 2003Henry and Mudge and the wild goose chase: the twenty-third book of their adventures (Henry & Mudge #23)
By Cynthia Rylant, Suçie Stevenson, Carolyn Bracken. 2003
The river (A yearling Book Ser.)
By Gary Paulsen. 1991
In this sequel to Hatchet (BR 11525), Brian Robeson returns to the wilderness with Derek Holtzer, a psychologist investigating the…
nature of survival. The two are struck by lightning, and the radio transmitter is knocked out leaving them stranded. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1991