True (...sort of) by Katherine Hannigan

"Delly Pattison was tiny."

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For most of her eleven years, Delly has been in trouble without knowing why, until her little brother, R.B., and a strange, silent new friend, Ferris, help her find a way to be good--and happy--again.

Greenwillow Books; 360 pages

Junonia by Kevin Henkes

"When Alice Rice and her parents were halfway across the bridge, Alice felt strange."

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The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come, which unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they always are.

Greenwillow Books; 176 pages

As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins

"Wait a minute.

Was the --had the train just moved?"

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Summary: A teenaged boy encounters one comedic calamity after another when his train strands him in the middle of nowhere, and everything comes down to luck.


Greenwillow Books; 352 pages

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

"The king of Attolia was passing through his city, on his way to the port to greet ambassadors newly arrived from distant parts of the world."

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Summary: Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Sophos, an unwilling prince, tries to save his country from being destroyed by rebellion and exploited by the conniving Mede empire.

Greenwillow Books; 316 pages

The Dream Stealer by Sid Fleischman

"Muchachos and muchachas, boys and girls, do you know what happened to the fearless little girl who lives in the pink stucco house behind the plaza?"

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Abstract: A plucky Mexican girl tries to recover her dream from the Dream Stealer who takes her to his castle where countless dreams and even more adventures await.

Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 89 pages

The Trouble Begins at 8 by Sid Fleischman

"Mark Twain was born fully grown,
with a cheap cigar clamped between his teeth."

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Abstract: Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West. A rebel who surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time.

Greenwillow Books; 224 pages

Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes

"Mitch Sinclair was slowly taking over the house, staking his claim."

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Abstract: Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.


Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 179 pages