The Age of Bronze
Kidd, Rob.
J PB-F K
Jack Sparrow and his crew must recover a stolen amulet.

Al Capone does my shirts
Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-
Summer Reading - Middle School -4 5-6
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

Bones in the badlands
Ransom, Candice F., 1952-
J PB-F R
"When Alex, Mattie, and Sophie touch the spyglass, they find themselves hurtled back to 1898, where real-life dinosaur cowboy Walter Granger has a job for them. Granger has discovered a secret cache of dinosaur skeletons..."-- Cover back.

The broken bike boy and the Queen of 33rd Street
Flake, Sharon.
J FICTION FLAKE
Ten-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely "knight in shining armor."

Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
Latham, Jean Lee.
J FICTION LATHAM
A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer Nathaniel Bowditch, who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.

The chameleon wore chartreuse : from the tattered casebook of Chet Gecko,private eye
Hale, Bruce.
J FICTION HALE
When hired by a fellow fourth-grader to find her missing brother, Chet Gecko uncovers a plot involving a Gila monster's revenge upon the school football team.

Charlie Bone and the beast
Nimmo, Jenny.
J FICTION NIMMO
When Asa Pike, a Bloor's Academy student with the ability to change into a beast at dusk, goes missing, twelve-year-old Charlie Bone suspects a new classmate, the magically gifted Dagobert Endless, of foul play.

The coming storm
Kidd, Rob.
J PB-F K

Deep and dark and dangerous
Hahn, Mary Downing.
J FICTION HAHN
When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the 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.

Eggs
Spinelli, Jerry.
J FICTION SPINELLI
Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.

Emily Windsnap and the castle in the mist
Kessler, Liz.
Summer Reading - Middle School -4 5-6
When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever.

Gifts from the sea
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie.
J FICTION KINSEY-WARNOCK
Quila and her father, living alone in a remote Maine lighthouse in the 1850's, find their lives profoundly changed when a baby washes ashore and they decide to keep her as part of their family.

Half-Moon investigations
Colfer, Eoin.
J PB-F C
Twleve-year-old private investigator Fletcher Moon, nicknamed "Half Moon" because of his shortness, must track down a conspiracy or be framed for a crime he did not committ.

Just Grace
Harper, Charise Mericle.
J FICTION HARPER
Misnamed by her teacher, seven-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.

The light in the cellar : a Molly mystery
Buckey, Sarah Masters, 1955-
J FICTION AMERICAN GIRLS
While volunteering as a magazine 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.

Maeve on the Red Carpet
Bryant, Annie.
J FICTION BRYANT

Martin Bridge sound the alarm!
Kerrin, Jessica Scott.
J PB-F K
Martin's back in two more stories. He gets a new babysitter and learns that dancing isn't all bad. In the second story, Martin his friend Stuart find themselves locked in a toy store with no way out.

My last best friend
Bowe, Julie, 1962-
J FICTION BOWE
After her best friend moves away, fourth-grader Ida May is determined not to make another best friend, despite the efforts of a new girl in her class.

The mystery of the haunted boxcar
Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979.
J PB-F W

The mystery of the orphan train
Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979.
J PB-F W
The Aldens try to solve a series of mysteries which took place in a old hotel in Kansas which they visit.

The red shoe
Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961-
J FICTION DUBOSARSKY
Three sisters growing up in post-World War II Sydney, Australia, deal with their mentally unstable father, their possibly unfaithful mother, and the defecting Russian spy who lives next door.

The sea of monsters
Riordan, Rick.
J FICTION RIORDAN
Demi-god Percy Jackson and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their camp. But first Percy will discover a secret that makes him wonder whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or a cruel joke.

The siren song
Kidd, Rob.
J PB-F K

Stink and the world's worst super-stinky sneakers
McDonald, Megan.
J FICTION McDONALD
A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.

Summerhouse time
Spinelli, Eileen.
J FICTION SPINELLI
The approach of summerhouse time at the beach brings back good memories of this annual tradition, of aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents cleaning, laughing, eating, playing, and relaxing.

The Sword of Cortes
Kidd, Rob.
J PB-F K
Jack Sparrow has the Sword of Cortes but the ghost of its original owner haunts him. He must find a way to use the sword's power to get rid of the ghost and rescue his ship's crew who are stranded on an island.

Through the eyes of a raptor
Hahnke, Julie.
J FICTION HAHNKE

Time warp trio
Rau, Zachary.
J PB-F S
During a sleepover, Joe and Sam come face to face with Frankenstein's monster. They take him back to the nineteenth century to drop him off with his creator, Mary Shelley, but their helpfulness may end up changing the history of horror fiction completely.

The Traitors' Gate
Avi, 1937-
J FICTION AVI
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.

Way Down Deep
White, Ruth, 1942-
J FICTION WHITE
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.