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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as key elements in plot, theme or setting.
No Passengers Beyond This Point
Gennifer Choldenko JF Choldenko
With their house in foreclosure, sisters India and Mouse and brother Finn are sent to stay with an uncle in Colorado until their mother can join them, but when the plane lands, the children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a strange place where each of them has a perfect house and a clock that is ticking down the time.
The Dead Gentleman
Matthew Cody/ JF Cody
Eleven-year-old orphan Tommy Learner’s world in 1900 New York City collides with that of twelve-year-old, modern-day Jezebel Lemon in the basement of her apartment building, where together they must use the portals between worlds to thwart the Dead Gentleman, a legendary villain whose last unconquered world is the planet Earth.
Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian
Eoin Colfer JF Colfer
Teenage genius Artemis Fowl and his arch rival Opal battle to the last in this eighth and final book in series.
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
Christopher Healy JF Healy
Liam, Frederic, Duncan, and Gustav, all former princes who had been rejected by their princesses and cast out of their castles, encounter trolls, witches, and dragons during their quest to become heroes.
Rage of Lions
Curtis Jobling JF Jobling
When Lady Gretchen is abducted by the werelion Prince Lucas, Drew and his friends embark on a perilous chase to stop the prince from fleeing with her, but as they encounter terrifying new werelords, Drew must summon all his courage and strength to defeat the creatures.
Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf
Curtis Jobling JF Jobling
Sixteen-year-old Drew flees his father’s farm after he suddenly transforms into a werewolf, but, while hiding out in remote parts of Lyssia, Drew is captured by Lord Bergan’s men and forced to battle with other creatures as he tries to prove he is not the enemy.
Beyonders: A World Without Heroes
Brandon Mull/ JF Mull
Fourteen-year-old Jason Walker is transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins Rachel and a few rebels to piece together the Word that can destroy the malicious wizard emperor, Surroth.
The Flint Heart
Katherine Paterson & John Paterson/ JF Paterson
A magical amulet, created by a Stone Age magic man for an ambitious individual wishing to take control of his tribe, brings power and despair to those who touch it, and when the amulet reemerges, Charles and his sister Unity must find a way to rescue the humans, fairies, and animals from the mysterious object.
The Demigod Diaries
Rick Riordan JF Riordan
Four short stories plus original art, interviews, puzzles, and games, reveal new insights into the world of Percy Jackson and the other heroes of Olympus.
School Stories
School’s in!
Ivy + Bean: No News Is Good News
Annie Barrows + Sophie Blackall JF/Barrows
Ivy and Bean try to make money by writing a newspaper about Pancake Court but the neighbors are not pleased to read about themselves.
Judy Moody Goes to College
Megan McDonald JF/McDonald
When her substitute teacher realizes she is struggling in math, Judy is sent to a math tutor at the local college and soon is completely into the spirit of college life.
Gooney Bird on the Map
Lois Lowry JF/Lowry
When her second-grade classmates are envious of the three students who are going away on winter vacation, the creative and ingenious Gooney Bird Greene thinks of a geography activity to cheer them all up.
The Homework Machine
Dan Gutman JF Gutman
Four fifth-grade students–a geek, a class clown, a teacher’s pet, and a slacker–as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.
My Weird School (Series)
Dan Gutman JF Gutman
All the teachers at Ella Mentry School are weird in their own way, and readers will love meeting them through reluctant student A. J.’s lively commentary on everyone and everything weird and wacky.
Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians
Jarrett J. Korsoczka J741/KRO
The school lunch lady, a secret crime fighter, sets out to stop a group of librarians bent on destroying a shipment of video games, while a group of students known as the Breakfast Bunch provides back-up.
Super Fly Guy
Tedd Arnold JE Arnold
Fly Guy visits the school cafeteria and gets the lunch lady fired.
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Louis Sachar JF Sachar
Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
Humor
Stories to tickle your funny bone!
The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Series)
Dav Pilkey JF Pilkey
Pranksters George and Harold, caught on videotape by school principal Mr. Krupp, decide to hypnotize him into letting them off the hook and end up creating the comic book superhero Captain Underpants.
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Daniel Pinkwater JF Pinkwater
Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 266-pound chicken.
The Templeton Twins Have an Idea
Ellis Weiner/ JF Weiner
Abigail and John, the Templeton twins, and their dog Cassie, foil a pair of inept kidnappers intent on stealing one of their father’s newest inventions.
Mystery
Detectives! Crimes! Puzzles! Psychic Investigators!
The Romeo and Juliet Code
Phoebe Stone JF Stone
A sudden trip to a seaside house. A boy with brown sugar eyes. And then, a mysterious letter.
The Trouble with Chickens
Doreen Cronin JF Cronin
A funny and suspenseful mystery featuring J. J. Tully, retired search-and-rescue dog.
The Legend of Diamond Lil
Doreen Cronin JF Cronin
JJ, the search and rescue dog, is ready for a bit of rest and relaxation after solving the mystery of the missing chicks, but there is a new dog next door who is stealing the attention of Moosh and her chicks and the threat of a roaming possum keeps JJ on the alert.
The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery
Nancy Springer JF Springer
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.
Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett JF Balliett
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms
Lissa Evans JF Evans
Ten-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends. But on his very first day in his new home, Stuart is swept up in a quest to find his great-uncle Tony–a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth–and Tony’s marvelous, long-lost workshop.
Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator
Jennifer Allison JF Allison
During the summer before 9th grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of distant cousin Lester Splinter and his t13-year-old daughter, where she uses her purported psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansion’s boarded-up tower.
The Maze of Bones (39 Clues Series)
Rick Riordan JF Riordan
Amy and Dan, members of the powerful Cahill family, try to uncover the thirty-nine clues which will reveal the secrets of their lineage and find out what really happened to their parents.
Animal Stories
Stories in which animals are the main characters and are sometimes given human characteristics.
The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate JF/Applegate
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Maggie & Oliver or A Bone of One’s Own
Valerie Hobbs JF/Hobbs
A dog whose beloved owner has died and an orphaned ten-year-old girl find each other while enduring poverty and homelessness in early twentieth-century Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny – Detectives Extraordinaire!
Polly Horvath JF/Horvath
Middle-schooler Madeline’s hippy parents have been kidnapped from Hornby Island, Canada, by foxes and Madeline, upon discovering that she can understand animal languages, hires two rabbit detectives to find them.
The Empty City
Erin Hunter JF/Hunter
In the aftermath of the Big Growl that destroyed his city, a Lone Dog named Lucky must find a way to work with other dogs in order to survive in this frightening new world.
Soldier Bear
Bibi Dumon Tak JF/Dumon Tak
An orphaned Syrian brown bear cub is adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II and serves for five years as their mischievous mascot in Iran and Italy. Based on a true story.
Because of Shoe
Ann M. Martin, ed. JF/Martin
An illustrated anthology of stories about dogs and their relationships with humans, for readers of varying levels.
War Horse
Michael Morpurgo JF/Morpurgo
Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.
New & Noteworthy
The Great Unexpected
Sharon Creech JF/Creech
Orphans Naomi and Lizzie, living in America, and grown-up sisters Sybil and Nula, from Ireland, learn what life is truly about as they receive help from one another and open up their hearts to love and forgiveness.
Lucky for Good
Susan Patron JF/Patron
Eleven-year-old Lucky feels like the universe is conspiring against her as she faces troubles with her father, the health inspector, her school principal, and middle school boys.
Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead JF/Stead
Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father’s efforts to start a new business, his mother’s extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.
Spellbound
Jacqueline West JF/West
Eleven-year-old Olive finds herself drawn to the grimoire of the witches who built her house and tries to use its spells to uncover the house’s magic and control the cats themselves, but the book is more wicked than it seems.
The Second Spy
Jacqueline West JF/West
After plummeting through a hole in her backyard and finding herself once again in the room of mysterious jars, eleven-year-old Olive unwittingly releases two of Elsewhere’s biggest, most cunning, most dangerous forces.
