SUGGESTIONS

The following titles are found in the J Fiction area.

Brink                CADDIE WOODLAWN (1935) The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.

Britton              THE TREEKEEPERS (2003) While searching for her father, Bird joins three other children in a quest to overthrow the evil Lord Rendarren. 

Burnett             A LITTLE PRINCESS (1987) Sara Crewe, a boarding student at Miss Minchin’s London School, is left in poverty when her father dies.      

Coville              THE SONG OF THE WANDERER (1999) Having jumped into the land of unicorns, Cara makes a perilous journey to bring back her grandmother, facing enemies and finding an ally.

DeClements      NOTHING’S FAIR IN FIFTH GRADE (1981) A fifth grade class has trouble accepting a new student who is overweight and has serious home problems.        

DeFelice           WEASEL (1990) Nathan runs afoul of a renegade killer named Weasel.

Elliot                 FLYING SOUTH (2003) Alice learns what is important from the family gardener during the social upheaval in Virginia in 1968.

Farley               THE BLACK STALLION (1947) After being shipwrecked, Alex tries to tame a horse.

Funke               INKHEART (2003) Meggie learns that her father can “read” fictional characters to life when one abducts them and tries to force her father into service.

Funke               THE THIEF LORD (2002) Two runaways, in Venice, get protection from the Thief Lord.

Fleischman       BY THE GREAT HORN SPOON (1963)  Twelve-year-old Jack and his butler have a wild adventure when they sail from Boston to California to retrieve Aunt Arabella’s fortune.       

George             MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN (1988)  A boy is determined to survive alone in the Catskills.       

Gilson               THIRTEEN WAYS TO SINK A SUB (1982)  A class plans a contest to see who is the first to make their substitute teacher cry.

Haddix             RUNNING OUT OF TIME (1995)  It is up to Jessie to save the village from a diphtheria epidemic when she discovers that her 1840 village is actually a 1995 tourist observation site.

Hesse               OUT OF THE DUST (1997)  Billie Jo poetically relates the hardships of life on her family’s Oklahoma wheat farm during the Depression.

Kehret              TERROR AT THE ZOO (1992)  Ellen and Corey are excited about their overnight camp-out at the zoo, until they discovered an escaped convict is locked in with them.  

Konigsburg       FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER (1967) Claudia and her brother run away to live in a museum and plan to solve a mystery before they return home.

Konigsburg       THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY (1996)  A sixth-grade teacher chooses four unusual students to compete in the Academic Bowl competitio           

L’Engle            MEET THE AUSTINS (1960) The Austin children have nothing in common with Maggie, an orphan their family takes in.

Levine              ELLA ENCHANTED (1997)  A retelling of Cinderella in which Ella must obey every command given to her.

Mikaelson        STRANDED (1995) Kobi, who lost a foot in an accident, becomes more self-reliant and self-confident when she rescues two stranded pilot whales.

Morey              GENTLE BEN (1965) In the Alaskan wilderness, Mark befriends a bear.

Pullman            COUNT KARLSTEIN (1998)  A servant at Karlstein Castle must help two young girls whose uncle plans to leave them as prey for the Demon Huntsman.       

Rawls               WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS (1961)  The story of a boy and his two hunting dogs.  

Ritter                THE BOY WHO SAVED BASEBALL(2003) The fate of a town rests on the outcome of a baseball game.

Ryan                ESPERANZA RISING (2000) A mother and daughter are forced to leave behind their wealth in Mexico and become farm laborers in California at the time of the depression.

Sachar              HOLES (1998)  When Stanley is sent to a bizarre correctional facility for a crime he didn’t commit, he becomes involved in a treasure hunt that may just lift a curse from his family.

Slote                THE TRADING GAME (1990)  During a summer of trading baseball cards, Andy learns some important things about his father and grandfather.           

Snyder             THE EGYPT GAME (1967) Some children begin a game that gets them involved in a murder.

Vande Velde    THERE’S A DEAD PERSON FOLLOWING MY SISTER AROUND (1999) Ted becomes intrigued when his sister receives visits from two ghosts who were former slaves.

Warner             ELLIE AND THE BUNHEADS (1997) Thirteen-year-old Ellie is caught between her teenage life and her dream of being a serious ballet dancer.

Williams           TITANIC CROSSINlG (1995) Albert travels with his family on the ill-fated Titanic.

Wolff                BAT 6 (1998) The members of the sixth grade girls’ softball teams tell what happened during their annual game just after World War II.

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