The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt
ISBN 0425182797 EAN 9780425182796 Berkeley Paperback (12 to 17) WB Price: $10.95
Abused by his mother and her boyfriend, George Burgess learns to hide his pain and withdraws into a safe and secret world of beautiful gardens filled with roses, just like those in the library book he treasures. When Georgie wins a small rosebush in a grocery store lottery, he gives it the love and caring he's never had. Slowly, and not without pain, Georgie learns to give--and to receive love.19.96 cms L x 13 cms W (0.14 kgs) 192 pages

Carry On, Mr Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
ISBN 0618250743 EAN 9780618250745 Houghton Paperback (12 to 17) WB Price: $12.95
Readers today are still fascinated by "Nat," an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor"s world--Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn"t promise to have the makings of a sailor; he was too physically small. Nat may have been slight of build, but no one guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation in the days when men sailed only by "log, lead, and lookout." Nat"s long hours of study and observation, collected in his famous work, The American Practical Navigator (also known as the "Sailors" Bible"), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero. Award: Newbery Medal Winner 1956 ; 21 cms L x 14 cms W (0.30 kgs) 256 pages 

The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
ISBN 0689867468 EAN 9780689867460 Simon Paperback (10 to 14) WB Price: $17.95
Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out of the fog and nabbed him. "It seems that things are stirring across the water," the Bard had warned. "Ships are being built, swords are being forged.""Is that bad?" Jack had asked, for his Saxon village had never before seen berserkers."Of course. People don't make ships and swords unless they intend to use them."The year is A.D. 793. In the next months, Jack and his little sister, Lucy, are enslaved by Olaf One-Brow and his fierce young shipmate, Thorgil. With a crow named Bold Heart for mysterious company, they are swept up into an adventure-quest that follows in the spirit of "The Lord of the Rings."Other threats include a willful mother Dragon, a giant spider, and a troll-boar with a surprising personality -- to say nothing of Ivar the Boneless and his wife, Queen Frith, a shape-shifting half-troll, and several eight foot tall, orange-haired, full-time trolls. But in stories by award-winner Nancy Farmer, appearances do deceive. She has never told a richer, funnier tale, nor offered more timeless encouragement to young seekers than "Just say no to pillaging." Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year | Honor Book | Children's Literature | 2005 ; Parents' Choice Award (Fall) | Winner | Gold | 2004 ; Young Reader's Choice Award | Nominee | Intermediate/Grades 7-9 | 2007 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-8 | 2007 ; Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award | Nominee | Young Adult | 2007 ; 20.57 cms L x 15 cms W (0.42 kgs) 459 pages

Yolanda's Genius by Carol Fenner
ISBN 0689813279 EAN 9780689813276 Aladdin Paperback (8 to 13) WB Price:$10.95
Yolanda is a great big girl and strong for her age, bigger and stronger and smarter than anyone else in the fifth grade. She is cool and streetwise, too, and afraid of no one. It's easy for her to watch out for her little, first-grade brother, Andrew. But their mother, a legal professional and a widow, is concerned about crime and drugs in her children's Chicago school. She moves them all to a smaller and, she hopes, smaller town.Yolanda, at first, is scornful of her new town. And Andrew, who never talks much, is having trouble learning to read. What he loves to do is play on the old harmonica given to him as a baby by his father to teethe on and which he's kept blowing ever since. He can imitate any sound he hears, like bacon sizzling, or express any mood he feels, like the freshness of an early morning. Yolanda understands that that's the way he "talks." She is convinced Andrew is a true genius with a great musical gift. But no one else believes it--not her mother, nor Andrew's teachers, not even wonderful Aunt Tiny in Chicago. Yolanda sets out to open up adult eyes, a task whose strategies will call on far more than her physical toughness.19. cms L x 13 cms W (0.15 kgs) 224 pages

A House of  Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff 
ISBN 0440238005 Yearling Paperback (9 to 12) 160 pgs WB Price:$9.45
SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she's worked in her family's dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family. When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle's family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread--and homesick to boot. She didn't know she could be this homesick, but she didn't know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didn't know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor's shop. And she didn't know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent--and her future. In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina's eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world. 

Once A Upon A Curse by Ed Baker 
ISBN 1582349118 EAN 9781582349114 Bloomsbury Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price:$11.95
Many years ago a slighted fairy placed a curse on a beautiful young princess--a curse that caused her and all her female descendants to turn into mean, ugly witches if they ever touched a flower after turning sixteen. Now, Princess Emma, who is about to turn sixteen herself, is determined to break the spell once and for all. Emma travels back in time to the day the curse was placed on her ancestor in the hope of preventing the curse from being cast. Unfortunately she isn't successful in her efforts, but she does learn how to break it. Armed with this knowledge, Emma returns to her own time full of hope. But disaster ensues and Emma is about to give up completely--until true love shows itself in the most unexpected place of all. With a bit of courage, a pinch of luck, and of course, a healthy dose of magic, Princess Emma charms her way through the third hilarious adventure in the Tales of the Frog Princess series.19.5 cms L x 13 cms W (0.21 kgs) 244 pages

Fish by LS Matthew 
ISBN 0440420210 Yearling Paperback (10 to 14) 183 pgs WB Price:$10.95
"My story starts the day that my parents told me we must leave our adopted home forever. Because of the soldiers and the drought we barely had enough to eat and we could no longer stay to help the people in our village.Right before we were leaving I saw a fish in a small brown puddle and I knew I had to take it with me. The journey would be hard to get across the mountains-- to the safety of the border and the people there who could help us." Yet when I put the fish in the pot I never realized what we would have to face. It never occurred to me to leave Fish behind.A subtle and sophisticated exploration of life, the strength of humanity, and survival in an unforgiving world, "Fish is a story that will teach those who doubt that, when hope is almost extinguished, miracles can happen.19. cms L x 13. cms W (0.13 kgs) 183 pages

Just In Case
ISBN 9780452289376 Plume Paperback (14 to 16) WB Price: $23.95
Justin Case is convinced fate has in for him.And he's right.After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. Without looking back, he changes his name to Justin and assumes a new identity, new clothing and new friends, and dares to fall in love with the seductive Agnes Day. With his imaginary dog Boy in tow, Justin struggles to fit into his new role and above all, to survive in a world where tragedy is around every corner. He's got to be prepared, just in case. 18.24 cms L x 14.33 cms W (0.20 kgs) 246 pages

Listening For Lions by Gloria Whelan
ISBN 006058176X EAN 9780060581763 Harper Paperback (10 to 14) WB Price: $10.50
Africa is the only home Rachel Sheridan has ever known. But when influenza strikes down her missionary parents, she is left vulnerable prey to her family's wicked neighbors. Surrounded by greed and lies, Rachel is entangled in a criminal scheme and sent to England, where she is forced into a life of deception. Like the lion, she must be patient and strong, awaiting the moment when she can take control of her own fate-; and find her way home again at last.National Book Award-winning author Whelan crafts a wickedly delicious story of treachery and triumph, in which one young woman must claim her true identity in order to forge her own future and transform herself from victim to heroine.19.46 cms L x 13. cms W (0.14 kgs) 194 pages

Hannah West In Deep Water by Linda Johns
ISBN 0142407003 EAN 9780142407004 Puffin Paperback (9 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
Hannah West may look like any other funky, artistic, street-smart Seattle 12-year-old, but she's hot on the case to find out who is dumping chemicals in Lake Washington.17.8 cms L x 14.7 cms W (0.11 kgs) 151 pages

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling
ISBN 0688161332 EAN 9780688161330 Harper Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
John midas loves chocolate. He loves it so much that he'll eat it any hour of any day. He doesn't care if he ruins his appetite. He thinks chocolate is better than any other food! But one day, after wandering into a candy store and buying a piece of their best chocolate, John finds out that there might just be such a thing as too much chocolate. . . .19.35 cms L x 13.4 cms W (0.09 kgs) 126 pages

My Brother's Hero by Adrian Fogelin
ISBN 1561453528 EAN 9781561453528 Peachtree Paperback (9 to 12) WB Price: $12.95
Ben Floyd has a lot on his mind. He enjoys the close-knit group of friends in his small neighborhood, but lately he has been longing for a taste of adventure. Keeping an eye on his younger brother Cody is getting to be a big responsibility. And he is confused by complicated feelings he has for his life-long friend, Cass.An unexpected turn of events finds the Floyd family in the Florida Keys over Christmas vacation and offers Ben a welcome opportunity to escape the neighborhood routine. Here he meets Mica, an independent, strong-willed girl who lives a nomadic life aboard a boat with her marine biologist father. Mica teaches Ben and Cody to fish, sail, and snorkel, and together they explore the area. But Ben soon realizes that adventure sometimes brings danger, and that at the center of Mica's seemingly charmed life lies a mysterious loneliness.21.6 cms L x 15.3 cms W (0.29 kgs) 200 pages 

Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
ISBN 0152056572 EAN 9780152056575 Harcourt Paperback (9 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals--her family owns the local funeral home, after all. And even though Great-uncle Edisto keeled over with a heart attack and Great-great-aunt Florentine dropped dead--just like that--six months later, Comfort knows how to deal with loss, or so she thinks. She's more concerned with avoiding her crazy cousin Peach and trying to figure out why her best friend, Declaration, suddenly won't talk to her. But life is full of surprises. And the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them.In this heartfelt and quintessentially Southern coming-of-age novel, Comfort will charm young readers with her wit, her warmth, and her struggles as she learns about life, loss, and ultimately, triumph. Award: E.B. White Read Aloud Award | Winner | Older Readers | 2006 ; Golden Kite | Honor Book | Fiction | 2005 ; 18 cms L x 14.68 cms W (0.23 kgs) 260 pages

The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
ISBN 0590897985 Apple Paperback (9 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
A girl raised by dolphins must choose between two worlds in this critically acclaimed novel about what it means to be a human being.Mila creates headlines around the world when she is rescued from an unpopulated island off the coast of Florida. Now a teenager, she has been raised by dolphins from the age of four.Researchers teach Mila language and music. She learns, too, about rules and expectations, about locked doors and broken promises, disappointment and betrayal.The more Mila finds out what it means to be human, the more deeply she longs for her ocean home. . . .
181 pgs Awards: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award | Nominee | Grades 3-5 | 2001 ; Sunshine State Young Reader's Award | Nominee | Grades 6-8 | 2001 ; Nutmeg Children's Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-6 | 2000 ; Keystone to Reading Book Award | Winner | Intermediate | 1998 ; Black-Eyed Susan Award | Nominee | Grades 6-9 | 1998 - 1999  19.81 cms L x 13.31 cms W (0.14 kgs) 181 pages

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
ISBN 0765342308 Tor Paperback (13 to 17) WB Price: $11.95
Ever since she was a child, Rebecca has been enchanted by her grandmother Gemma's stories about Briar Rose. But a promise Rebecca makes to her dying grandmother will lead her on a remarkable journey to uncover the truth of Gemma's astonishing claim: " I am Briar Rose." A journey that will lead her to unspeakable brutality and horror. But also to redemption and hope.Review Quotes:"Terrifically moving." --"The Washington Post;"Yolen takes the story of Briar Rose and links it to the Holocaust--a far from obvious connection that she makes perfectly convincing...Only a writer as good as Yolen could bring it off." --"Publishers Weekly;"Both heartbreaking and heartwarming, Yolen's novel is a compelling reminder of the Holocaust as well as a contemporary tale of secrets and romance."--"Booklist;"Showcases Yolen's skill at transforming the real world into a realm of fantasy." --"Library Journal 224 pgs

The Year Of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
ISBN 0689851243 EAN 9780689851247 Aladdin Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn't have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote, Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard.But Miss Agnes is different -- she doesn't get frustrated with her students, and she throws away old textbooks and reads Robin Hood instead! For the first time, Fred and her classmates begin to enjoy their lessons and learn to read and write -- but will Miss Agnes be like all the rest and leave as quickly as she came? 19.5 cms L x 13.3 cms W (0.10 kgs) 115 pages

Tunes For Bears To Dance To by Robert Cormier
ISBN 0440219035 EAN 9780440219033 Laurel Paperback (12 to 17) WB Price: $10.45
A masterful portrayal of hatred, prejudice and manipulation that challenges readers to examine how they would behave in the face of evil. Henry meets and befriends Mr. Levine, an elderly Holocaust survivor, who is carving a replica of the village where he lived and which was destroyed in the war. Henry's friendship with Mr. Levine is put to the test when his prejudiced boss, Mr. Hairston, asks Henry to destroy Mr. Levine's village.17.55 cms L x 10.69 cms W (0.06 kgs) 112 pages

When Zachary Beaver Comes To Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
ISBN 0440229049 Yearling Paperback (10 to 14) WB Price: $11.95
Nothing ever happens in Toby's small Texas town. Nothing much, that is, until this summer.This summer, everyone seems to be leaving. Toby's mother leaves home to be a country singer. His best friend Cal's older brother goes off to fight in Vietnam. But their sleepy town is about to get a jolt with the arrival of Zachary Beaver, billed as the fattest boy in the world. There has never been anyone like Zachary. Toby is enthralled with him and his tales of the people and places he's known. In fact, Toby realizes, there's a lot this town has never seen. Toby knows there's more to Zachary than the stories he tells, and he wants to know the boy behind the billing. Toby is in for a summer unlike any other, a summer sure to change his life.Awards: Young Hoosier Book Award | Nominee | Grades 6-8 | 2002 ; Nutmeg Children's Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-6 | 2002 , 240 pgs

I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak
ISBN 0375836675 Knopf Paperback (12 to 17) WB Price: $16.95
Meet Ed Kennedy--underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first Ace arrives. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. . . .Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?Winner of the 2003 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award in Australia, I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love.20 cms L x 13.4 cms W 357 pages

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
ISBN 0142501557 EAN 9780142501559 Speak Paperback (12 to 17) 
WB Price: $14.95
When it comes to relationships, Remy doesn't mess around. After all, she's learned all there is to know from her mother, who's currently working on husband number five. But there's something about Dexter that seems to defy all of Remy's rules. He certainly doesn't seem like Mr. Right. For some reason, however, Remy just can't seem to shake him. Could it be that Remy's starting to understand what those love songs are all about? From acclaimed author Sarah Dessen, this is a captivating novel about a tough-as-nails girl and the unexpectedly charming boy who's determined to soften her up.20.98 cms L x 14.43 cms W 345 pages Award:"Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year

Somewhere In The Dark by Walter Dean Myers
ISBN 0545055776  EAN: 9780545055772 Scholastic Paperback (13 to 17) WB Price: $11.95
Jimmy hasn't seen his father in nine years. But one day he comes back -- on the run from the law. Together, the two of them travel across the country -- where Jimmy's dad will find the man who can exonerate him of the crime for which he was convicted. Along the way, Jimmy discovers a lot about his father and himself -- and that while things can't always be fixed, sometimes they can be understood and forgiven.Awards:Newbery Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book; 17.73 cms L x 12.85 cms W (0.15 kgs) 168 pages

Ivy+Bean by Annie Barrows
ISBN: 0811849090 EAN: 9780811849098 Chronicle Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
Ivy has just moved in across the street from Bean, who wants no part of her. She looks dull, always with a book in her hand. Bean, on the other hand, is a sparkplug, full of tricks, especially when they can be pulled on her older sister Nancy. But the day Bean pulls a trick that goes wrong, and Ivy comes to her rescue, a friendship is born. The deliciousness is in the details here, with both girls drawn distinctly and with flair. Ivy, who at first seems a dud has aspirations to be a witch and put charms on people, which is dangerously intriguing to Bean's spunky way of talking and acting (there's a classic moment when she wiggles her fanny at Nancy) and will make readers giggle. Even with all the text's strong points, what takes the book to a higher level is Blackall's artwork, which captures the girls' spirit.18 cms L x 14 cms W (0.15 kgs) 120 pages

The Thief by Megan Turner
ISBN 0060824972 Eos Paperback (10 to 14) WB Price: $11.95
Because of his great skill at thievery, Gen lands in the King's prison. After months of isolation, kept sane only by his sharp intelligence, Gen is released by the King's Scholar, the Magus, who believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. The Magus needs the best thief in the land to help him steal it, and that thief is Gen. But Gen is also a survivor and a trickster-- and he has ideas of his own.19.3 cms L x 13.36 cms W 280 pages

Bird by Angela Johnson
ISBN 0142405442 EAN 9780142405444 Puffin Paperback (8 to 12) 
WB Price: $10.95
Thirteen-year-old Bird runs away to convince her stepfather to return home, and becomes entwined in the lives of three people. In this ALA Notable Book, Coretta Scott King Award winner Johnson shows how one individual's warmth and kindness can heal so many hurts.18.29 cms L x 12.65 cms W 133 pages

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place 
by EL Konigsburg
ISBN 0689866372 Aladdin Paperback (10+) WB Price: $10.95
I Prefer Not To....That's Margaret Rose Kane's response to every activity she's asked to participate in at the summer camp to which she's been exiled while her parents are in Peru. So Margaret Rose is delighted when her beloved uncles rescue her from Camp Talequa, with its uptight camp director and cruel cabin mates, and bring her to stay with them at their wonderful house at 19 Schuyler Place.But Margaret Rose soon discovers that something is terribly wrong at 19 Schuyler Place. People in their newly gentrified neighborhood want to get rid of the three magnificent towers the uncles have spent forty-five years lovingly constructing of scrap metal and shards of glass and porcelain. Margaret Rose is outraged, and determined to strike a blow for art, for history, and for individuality...and no one is more surprised than Margaret Rose at the allies she finds for her mission.Review Quotes:"Literate, funny, and inspiring." "Washington Post","[One of] Spring's Best Kid's Books." "People" magazine,"A thing of strange beauty." "New York Times Book Review"
"Konigsburg at her masterful best." "School Library Journal," "Elegant, absorbing...a veritable feast." "Publishers Weekly," 19.5 cms L x 16.26 cms W 296 pages

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