AUTHOR: Marguerite Henry GENRE: Fiction SUMMARY: “You’ll never catch the Phantom,” says Grandpa. “That horse is fast as the wind. She’s escaped from every roundup on the island!” But Paul and Maureen want the beautiful wild mare for their very own. “I’m going to capture her myself,” says Paul. When Paul finally overtakes the Phantom,…
AUTHOR: Peter Brown GENRE: Adventure, Science Fiction SUMMARY: Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings—but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island?
AUTHOR: Rosanne Parry GENRE: Adventure Fiction SUMMARY: Swift, a young wolf cub, lives with his pack in the mountains learning to hunt, competing with his brothers and sisters for hierarchy, and watching over a new litter of cubs. Then a rival pack attacks, and Swift and his family scatter. Alone and scared, Swift must flee…
AUTHOR: Roald Dahl GENRE: Fantasy Fiction SUMMARY: The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It’s lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become…
AUTHOR: James L. Swanson GENRE: Non-Fiction SUMMARY: Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of…
AUTHOR: Tonke Dragt GENRE: Historical Fiction SUMMARY: A young messenger. A secret mission. A kingdom in peril. It is the dead of night. Sixteen-year-old Tiuri must spend hours locked in a chapel in silent contemplation if he is to be knighted the next day. But, as he waits by the light of a flickering candle,…
AUTHOR: Lynda Mullaly Hunt GENRE: Fiction SUMMARY: Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure…
AUTHOR: Stuart Gibbs GENRE: Fiction, Mystery SUMMARY: Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? Ben Ripley sure hopes so-and his life may depend on it! Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: C.I.A. or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn’t exactly scream “secret agent.” In…
AUTHOR: Suzanne Selfors GENRE: Adventure SUMMARY: Ben Silverstein is set for boredom in his grandpa’s rundown town of Buttonville. Until he and reckless Pearl Petal take a wounded baby dragon to the only veterinarian, Dr. Woo at her “Worm Hospital” — actually for creatures from an imaginary world. After Ben leaves the front door unlocked,…
