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Arena: Will Test Her Courage And Change Her Life Forever
By Karen Hancock. 2002
Allegorical Christian tale in which artist Callie Hayes is surreptitiously transported to an alien world. Armed with only a guidebook,…
she must trust the enigmatic Pierce, who helps her find a path through the treacherous Arena, her only hope of escape. Violence and some descriptions of sex. 2002The tears of the salamander
By Peter Dickinson. 2003
Italy, 1700s. Twelve-year-old choirboy Alfredo loses his family in a fire and goes to live with his uncle Giorgio. He…
discovers that his uncle controls the fires of Mt. Etna in Sicily, is a sorcerer, and has sinister plans for Alfredo. For grades 6-9. 2003Winter 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. 2003Flip
By David Lubar. 2003
Eighth-grader Taylor and her twin brother, Ryan, are complete opposites. So when trouble-making Ryan discovers mysterious alien disks that enable…
him to become legends from the past--Babe Ruth, Albert Einstein, and others--Taylor tries to keep him out of trouble. For grades 5-8. 2003Rakkety Tam (Redwall Ser.)
By Brian Jacques, David Elliot. 2004
Warrior squirrel Rakkety Tam leads Redwall Abbey into battle against Gulo the Savage, a bloodthirsty wolverine who will stop at…
nothing to recover the Walking Stone that will give him the authority to rule the lands of ice beyond the Great Sea. For grades 5-8. 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. 1998The 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. 2004Summer 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. 2004The tombs of Atuan
By Ursula K Le Guin. 2001
Arha is taken from her parents to be trained as high priestess to the Old Ones in the Atuan tombs.…
She endures her bleak captivity until a trespasser violates her domain in his search for the tombs' greatest treasure. Sequel to A Wizard of Earthsea (BR 7742). For grades 6-9. 1970The book of three (Prydain Chronicles)
By Lloyd Alexander. 1964
The castle of Llyr: The Chronicles Of Prydain, Book 3 (Chronicles Of Prydain #Bk. 3)
By Lloyd Alexander. 1999
Taran is now assistant pig keeper for the wizard Dallben. His friend Princess Eilonwy, en route to the Isle of…
Mona, is captured by wicked enchantress Achren, and Taran's companions set out to rescue her. Sequel to The Black Cauldron (BR 15454). For grades 5-8. 1966The high king (Chronicles Of Prydain #Bk. 5)
By Lloyd Alexander. 1968
Taran leads his companions on a last great quest against evil when the enchanted sword Dyrnwyn falls into the hands…
of Arawn, Lord of the Land of Death. Sequel to Taran Wanderer (BR 15456). For grades 5-8. Newbery Medal. 1968Tehanu: the last book of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle Ser. #4)
By Ursula K Le Guin. 1990
Tenar, former priestess of Atuan and now the widow of a Gontish farmer, lives quietly caring for her foster daughter…
Therru. Soon another needs Tenar's care: Ged, no longer archmage of Earthsea, returns home half-conscious--on a dragon's back. Sequel to The Farthest Shore (BR 15408). For grades 6-9. 1990Lucinda's secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles #3)
By Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi. 2003
Following their adventures in The Seeing Stone (DB 56515), Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace are now being harassed by a…
house boggart. Mallory wants to get rid of the Field Guide, but hospitalized great-aunt Lucinda comes to the rescue. For grades 2-4. 2003The black cauldron (The chronicles Of Prydain Ser. #2)
By Lloyd Alexander. 1965
In this sequel to The Book of Three (BR 15453) Taran and his companions vow to destroy the cauldron that…
is the source of power for Arawn, Lord of the Land of Death. For grades 5-8. 1965The farthest shore (Earthsea Ser. #Vol. 3)
By Ursula K Le Guin. 2001
Ged, archmage of Roke, and Arren, young prince of Enlad, set out to find and challenge the evil that threatens…
to destroy Earthsea itself. Sequel to The Tombs of Atuan (BR 15379). For grades 6-9. National Book Award. 1972Varjak Paw
By S. F Said. 2003
Varjak, a Mesopotamian Blue cat, lives with his family on the Contessa's estate. But trouble comes when a new owner…
arrives with a pair of evil black cats. Varjak, who knows the martial arts of his ancestors, goes out into the world for help. For grades 4-7. 2003