Christie’s Picks

	Barry, Dave
	Peter and the Starcatchers
	Peter sets sail from England on the ship, Never Land. He meets Molly, a starcatcher, who protects a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate.

	Birney, Betty
	Seven Wonders of Sassafrass Springs
	Eben McAllister believes nothing wonderful ever happens in his small town. His pa challenges him to find Seven Wonders in Sassafrass Springs that rival the Seven Wonders of the World.

	Choldenko, Jennifer
	Al Capone Does My Shirts
	Moose moves with his family to Alcatraz Island in 1935, where he contends with life in his new surroundings, the warden’s mischievous daughter, and his sister who has her own problems.

	Clements, Andrew
	Frindle
	Nick Allen aggravates his fifth grade teacher by inventing a new word which sets off a chain of events that quickly spins out of his control.

	Creech, Sharon
	Heartbeat
	Annie finds comfort in running as she deals with her beloved grandfather’s illness, her mother’s pregnancy, and the growing distance of her friend Max.

	Curtis, Christopher Paul
	Bud, not Buddy
	During the Great Depression, 10 year old Bud flees a foster home in Flint, Michigan and sets out to find infamous H.E. Calloway, the man he believes is his father.

	Cushman, Karen
	Ballad of Lucy Whipple
	California Morning Whipple renames herself Lucy when her mother uproots their family from their comfortable Massachusetts home to move to a rough mining town during the California Gold Rush.

	DiTelizzi, Tony
	The Field Guide
	In volume 1 of the Spiderwick Chronicles, the Grace children move with their mother to live in a dilapidated houseand find a field guide to the world of faeries.

	Dowell, Frances O’Roark
	Dovey Coe
	In 1928, Dovey Coe stands trial for the murder of Parnell Caraway and tells the real story of what happened.

	Farmer, Nancy
	Sea of Trolls
	Nancy Farmer turns Jack and Jill into an epic adventure, complete with vikings, trolls, bards, and heart. Wonderful.

	Levine, Gail Carson
	Ella Enchanted
	Ella, cursed to obey any and every command, sets out to undo the curse, fighting ogres, befriending elves, and falling in love.

	Lowry, Lois
	Number the Stars
	AnneMarie learns true courage as her family shelters and protects her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

	Myracle, Lauren
	Eleven
	The year between turning eleven and turning twelve bring many changes for Winnie and her friends.

	Patterson, Katherine
	Bridge to Terabithia
	Jess Aaron’s 5th grade year begins with the arrival of the new girl, Leslie. That year they become friends, inventing an imaginary kingdom, until tragedy strikes.

	Pratchett, Terry
	Truckers
	Torrit, Dorcas, and the other nomes look to Masklin, a newly arrived "outsider," to lead them to safety when their department store home goes out of business.

	Rawls, Wilson
	Summer of the Monkeys
	When a circus train crashes near his Ozark home, Jay Berry Lee spends a memorable summer trying to capture 100 escaped monkeys.

	Spinelli, Jerry
	Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush
	Megin’s war with her brother Greg heats up when she ruins his science project and he throws her favorite hockey stick in the pond.

	Wrede, Patricia
	Dealing with Dragons
	Finding life as a princess incredibly boring, Princess Cimorene leaves the palace to live with the dragons, and fights the disreputable wizards who want to destroy the kingdom.

	Yee, Lisa
	Millicent Min, Girl Genius
	Millicent Min records her adventures taking a college-level poetry class, learning volleyball, and tutoring her enemy, while trying to keep her first friend from discovering she’s a child genius.

	Yolen, Jane
	Girl in a cage
	Princess Marjorie is the daughter of newly crowned Scottish king, Robert the Bruce. When English armies invade Scotland in 1306, Princess Marjorie is captured by England’s King and publicly displayed in cage.