BIBLIOGRAPHY OF YA (YOUNG ADULT) 6TH GRADE BIG LAKE LIBRARY BOOKS

Sorted by Author / Title.

YA F ABD

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-. Sasquatch in the Paint. New York : Disney-Hyperion Books, [2013]. Eighth-grader Theo Rollins' growth spurt has Coach Mandrake trying to transform him into a basketball star, but training time is hurting the science club's chances of winning the "Aca-lympics," and being accused of stealing could mean Theo is off both teams.

YA F BAC

Bachmann, Stefan, 1993-. The Peculiar. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2012. Changeling Bartholomew Kettle, having been locked away by his mother to protect him from humans and faeries who would want him dead for being half-human and half-faery, witnesses another changeling being kidnapped by a beautiful and mysterious figure, and, after hearing of the bodies of changelings being found dead and marked with a red tattoo, he realizes he is the next target and must figure out a way to stay alive.

YA F BAC

YA PB F BAS

Bachmann, Stefan, 1993-. The Whatnot. New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2013. Bartholomew Kettle, unable to save his sister, Hettie when she was pushed into the faery Old Country, promised he would find her but sinister forces are still at work and he must rely on Pikey, who would do almost anything to escape his past, to help find her.

Baskin, Nora Raleigh. Anything But Typical. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010, c2009. Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants to become a writer, relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world.

YA F BAU

Bauer, Joan, 1951-. Almost Home. New York : Viking, 2012. Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.

YA PB F BAU

Bauer, Joan, 1951-. Close to Famous. New York : Viking, c2011. Foster McFee, 12, and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life.

YA PB F BOD

Bodeen, S. A. 1965-. The Raft. New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2012. Experienced traveler Robie, having decided to take a cargo plane from Honolulu to Midway Atoll after a visit with her aunt, struggles to survive with the co-pilot, Max, after the plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean and they are left on a raft in shark-infested waters with only one bag of Skittles.

YA PB F Bra

Bradley, Timothy J. Infestation. New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2013]. Twelve-year-old Andy Greenwood and fellow students at the Reclamation School for Boys in the New Mexico desert face an infestation of giant, mutant ants.

YA PB F CAR

Card, Orson Scott. Children of the Mind. Book 4. New York : TOR, 1997. Ender Wiggin's adopted world of Lusitania, with its three sentient species and his oldest friend Jane, a computer intelligence, are threatened by a fleet of ships sent by the Starways Congress, but with the help of two new beings created by Ender's mind, the planet may still be saved.

YA PB F CAR

Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Game. Book 1. New York : TOR, 1994, c1991. Ender, who is the result of genetic experimentation, may be the military genius Earth needs in its war against an alien enemy.

YA PB F CAR

Card, Orson Scott. Speaker for the Dead. Book 2. New York : Tor, 1994, c1991. Ender Wiggin has an opportunity to atone for his earlier failures through a second alien race discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania.

YA PB F CAR

Card, Orson Scott. Xenocide. Book 3. New York : Tor, c1991. Lusitania seems to be a planet on which three intelligent species--humans, the pequininos, and the Hive Queen--can finally live together, until a virus dangerous to humans but vital to the pequininos is found, and the Starways Congress orders Lusitania and its inhabitants to be destroyed.

YA F CAR

Carroll, Michael Owen, 1966-. Stronger. Book 6. New York : Philomel Books, 2012. All he wants is to break through the prison's stone walls, to flee the armed guards, to return to his old life.

YA PB F CAR

Carroll, Michael Owen, 1966-. The Ascension: A Super Human Clash. Book 5. New York : Philomel Books, c2011. Teenagers with super powers must try to stop a villain who has travelled from the past in order to irreversibly alter reality.

YA PB F CAR

YA PB F CAR

YA PB F CHR

Carroll, Michael Owen, 1966-. Super Human. Book 4. New York : Speak, 2011, c2010. A ragtag group of young superheroes takes on a powerful warrior who is transported from 4,000 years in the past to enslave the modern world.

Carson, Rae. The Girl of Fire and Thorns. New York : Greenwillow Books, 2012, c2011. A fearful sixteen-year-old princess discovers her heroic destiny after being married off to the king of a neighboring country in turmoil and pursued by enemies seething with dark magic.

Christopher, Lucy. Stolen. New York : Chicken House, [2013], c2010. Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in time she learns that her

YA PB F CHR

Christopher, Lucy. Stolen. New York : Chicken House, [2013], c2010. Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in time she learns that her captor is not as despicable as she first believed.

YA F COL

Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. Book 2. New York : Scholastic Press, c2009. By winning the annual Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.

YA F COL

Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Book 1. New York : Scholastic Press, 2008. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.

YA F COL

Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay. Book 3. New York : Scholastic Press, 2010. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol wants revenge ... and President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe!.

YA F CON

Condie, Allyson Braithwaite. Crossed. Book 2. New York : Dutton Books, c2011. Seventeen-year-old Cassia sacrifices everything and heads to the Outer Provinces in search of Ky, where she is confronted with shocking revelations about Society and the promise of rebellion.

YA PB F CON

Condie, Allyson Braithwaite. Matched. Book 1. 1st ed. New York : Dutton Books, c2010. Cassia has always had complete trust in the Society to make decisions for her, but when she is being paired with her ideal mate, a second face flashes on the screen, and Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility as she tries to decide which man she truly loves.

YA F CON

Condie, Allyson Braithwaite. Reached. Book 3. New York : Dutton Books, c2012. In search of a better life, Cassia joins a widespread rebellion against Society, where she is tasked with finding a cure to the threat of survival and must choose between Xander and Ky.

YA PB F COR

Corriveau, Art. 13 Hangmen. New York : Amulet Books, 2013. Tony DiMarco, who had just turned thirteen, catches a murderer, solves a mystery, and discovers a treasure during the first few days in his new home at 13 Hangmen Court in Boston. In the attic bedroom of the house, Tony comes together with four other thirteen-year-old boys from different times in history, and they are all connected to a murder, a mystery, and a treasure.

YA F DAS

Dashner, James, 1972-. The Death Cure. New York : Delacorte Press, c2011. As the third Trial draws to a close, Thomas and some of his cohorts manage to escape from WICKED, their memories having been restored, only to face new dangers as WICKED claims to be trying to protect the human race from the deadly FLARE virus.

YA F DAS

Dashner, James, 1972-. The Kill Order. New York : Delacorte Press, c2012. Mark struggles to make sense of his new, post-disaster world in this prequel to The Maze Runner.

YA F DAS

Dashner, James, 1972-. The Maze Runner. New York : Delacorte Press, c2009. Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.

YA F DAS

Dashner, James, 1972-. The Scorch Trials. New York : Delacorte Press, c2010. After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race.

YA F FAL

Falls, Kat. Rip Tide. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011. Ty and Gemma make a desperate alliance with the Seablite Gang to help Ty's parents, who face criminal charges of sedition, but teaming up with outlaws may pull them deeper into the underwater underworld than they intend to go.

YA F FAR

Farrant, Natasha. After Iris. New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2013]. Twelve-year-old Bluebell Gadsby's written and video diary chronicles life in a rowdy London family, and how Zoran, the new au pair, and Joss, the troublemaking boy next door, help to pull her out of her shell and cope with the loss of her twin three years before.

YA PB F FIS

Fisher, Catherine, 1957-. Incarceron. Book 1. New York : Dial Books, 2010, c2007. To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.

YA PB F FIS

Fisher, Catherine, 1957-. Sapphique. Book 2. New York : Dial Books, 2010, c2008. After his escape from the sentient prison, Incarceron, Finn finds that the Realm is not at all what he expected, and he does not know whether he is to be its king, how to free his imprisoned friends, or how to stop Incarceron's quest to be free of its own nature.

YA PB F FIS

Fisher, Catherine, 1957-. Sapphique. Book 2. New York : Dial Books, 2010, c2008. After his escape from the sentient prison, Incarceron, Finn finds that the Realm is not at all what he expected, and he does not know whether he is to be its king, how to free his imprisoned friends, or how to stop Incarceron's quest to be free of its own nature.

YA PB F Fry

Fry, Michael, 1959-. The Odd Squad: Bully Bait. New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2013. When his school counselor insists that he needs better socialization skills after being stuffed into a locker by a bully, middle-schooler Nick finds himself, along with two other misfits, joining the school's lamest club: Safety Patrol.

YA F GRI

Grisham, John. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2010. With two attorneys for parents, thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone knows more about the law than most lawyers do. But when a high profile murder trial comes to his small town and Theo gets pulled into it, it's up to this amateur attorney to save the day.

YA F GRI

Grisham, John. Theodore Boone: The Abduction. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2011. Theodore Boone uses his knowledge and skills to investigate the disappearance of his best friend, April, after police hit dead ends.

YA F GRI

Grisham, John. Theodore Boone: The Accused. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2012. Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone faces his biggest challenge when a new case opens up in Strattenburg and Theo is the prime suspect when the police discover some stolen computer equipment in his locker.

YA PB F HAH

Hahn, Mary. Closed for the Season. New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rual Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Authur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.

YA F HAR

Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina. New York : Random House, c2012. In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.

YA F HEL

Heldring, Thatcher. The League. New York : Delacorte Press, 2013. Fourteen-year-old Wyatt, hoping to impress a girl and ward off a bully, decides to join his older brother's summer football league, "The League of Pain," against the advice of his parents, who think golf is the right sport for him.

YA F HER

Herrick, Amy. The Time Fetch. Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Young Readers, 2013. When the Time Fetch's foragers gobble up too much time, causing the fabric of the universe to unravel and blur the boundaries between worlds and dimensions, eighth-grade loner Edward and his classmates must band together to save the day.

YA F KIN

Kincaid, S. J. Insignia. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2012. Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.

YA F KIN

Kincaid, S. J. Vortex. "While serving as a superhuman government weapon during World War III, teenager Tom Raine's loyalties are tested by corruption and nefarious enemies"--.

YA F KIN

Kindl, Patrice. Keeping the Castle : A Tale of Romance, Riches, and Real Estate. New York : Viking, 2012. In order to support her family and maintain their ancient castle in Lesser Hoo, seventeen-year-old Althea bears the burden of finding a wealthy suitor who can remedy their financial problems.

YA PB F Kor

Korman, Gordon. Schooled. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2007. Cap lives in isolation with his grandmother, a former hippie; but when she falls from a tree and breaks her hip, Cap is sent to a foster home where he has his first experience in a public school.

YA F Kor

Korman, Gordon. Ungifted. New York : Balzer + Bray, c2012. Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.

YA F LaF

LaFleur, Suzanne M. Listening for Lucca. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2013]. Thirteen-year-old Siena's visions of the past intensify when her family moves to the Maine coast hoping her little brother will begin speaking, and she connects with residents of the house from many years earlier who faced a similar problem.

YA PB F Ler

Lerangis, Peter. The Colossus Rises. New York : Harper, c2013. Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.

YA PB F Ler

YA F LOW

YA PB F MAZ

Lerangis, Peter. The Colossus Rises. New York : Harper, c2013. Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.

Lowry, Lois. Son. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2012. Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken from their community.

Mazer, Harry. Somebody Please Tell Me Who I Am. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013, c2012. Wounded in Iraq while his Army unit is on convoy and treated for many months for traumatic brain injury, the first person Ben remembers from his earlier life is his brother who has autism.

YA F MCK

McKissack, Pat, 1944-. Cyborg. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011. Houston struggles to adhere to the strange rules of his universe and hide the fact that he is a cyborg from the government, which uses laws to torment the citizens--and the cyborgs in particular.

YA F MCK

McKissack, Pat, 1944-. The Visitors. New York : Scholastic Press, 2012. There is a wicked system of operation inside the Topas Corporation, where clones are produced. Only authorized Topas officials are allowed inside.

YA F O'BR

O'Brien, Annemarie. Lara's Gift. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. In 1914 Russia, Lara is being groomed by her father to be the next kennel steward for the Count's borzoi dogs unless her mother bears a son, but her visions, although suppressed by her father, seem to suggest she has special bond with the dogs.

YA F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Angel : a Maximum Ride novel. Book 7. New York : Little, Brown, c2011. Heartbroken after her best friend and soul mate, Fang, leaves her flock, Maximum Ride begins to believe the evil scientists trying to convince her she needs to save the world, and that Dylan, the newest member of her flock, is her perfect mate.

YA F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Fang : a Maximum Ride novel. Book 6. New York : Little, Brown, c2010. When Max and the Flock discover an unscrupulous scientist experimenting on humans to "improve" the human race, they decide to try to stop him, in spite of Angel's prediction about Fang dying.

YA F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2013. "When Rafe Khatchadorian is sent to Camp Wannamorra, he teams up with his bunk mates to fend off the more "popular" kids' plans to ruin their summer"--Provided by publisher.

YA PB F Pat

YA PB F Pat

Patterson, James, 1947-. I Funny. New York : Little, Brown, c2012. A laugh-out-loud story about a kid comedian trying to become The Planet's Funniest Kid Comic.

Patterson, James, 1947-. Maximum Ride : The Final Warning. Book 4. New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2007. While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of

YA PB F Pat

Patterson, James, 1947-. Maximum Ride : The Final Warning. Book 4. New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2007. While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, the Uber-Director, who wants to auction them off to the highest bidder.

YA F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Maximum Ride: Max. Book 5. New York : Little, Brown, 2009. When millions of fish start dying off the coast of Hawaii and something is destroying hundreds of ships, the government enlists the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--to help get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.

YA F PAT YA PB F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Maximum Ride: School's Out--Forever. Book 2. New York : Little, Brown, c2006. After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny--to save the world, whether she wants to or not.

YA F PAT YA PB F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. Book 1. New York : Little, Brown, c2005. After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.

YA PB F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! New York : Little, Brown, 2012. After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it

YA PB F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! New York : Little, Brown, 2012. After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art.

YA PB F Pat

Patterson, James, 1947-. Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life. New York : Little, Brown, 2012, c2011. When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.

YA PB F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar. New York : Little, Brown, 2013. Georgia Khatchadorian plans to excel at Hills Village Middle School in all the places her troublemaking brother failed.

YA F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure. Book 8. New York : Little, Brown, c2012. Maximum Ride and her faithful friends stand ready to face the two greatest threats that humankind has ever known.

YA PB F PAT

Patterson, James, 1947-. Saving the World and Other Extreme sports. Book 3. New York : Vision, 2008, c2007. The time has come for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race.

YA F PAU

Paulsen, Jim. Road Trip. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2013. A father and son embark on a road trip to a distant animal shelter to save a homeless border collie puppy.

YA PB F Pot

Potter, Ellen, 1963-. The Humming Room. New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2012. Twelve-year-old Roo Fanshaw, who has a talent for hiding, is sent to live with his estranged uncle in his on Cough Rock Island, where he discovers the secrets of the largely uninhabited house and its hidden garden.

YA F PUL

Pullman, Philip, 1946-. The Amber Spyglass. Book 3. New York : Alfred A. Knopf :, c2000. Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.

YA PB F PUL

Pullman, Philip, 1946-. The Golden Compass. Book 1. New York : Ballantine Books, 1997. Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

YA F PUL

Pullman, Philip, 1946-. The Subtle Knife. Book 2. New York : Knopf, c1997. As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.

YA F REY

Reyes, Laurisa White. The Rock of Ivanore. Terre Haute, IN : Tanglewood, 2012. The annual Great Quest announced by the wizard Zyll requires Marcus and other boys of the village who are coming of age to find the Rock of Invanore without knowing what it is or where it can be found, but unless they develop new powers of magic and find strength to survive wild lands and fierce enemies, they will lose their honor and live menial lives of shame.

YA PB F Rig

Riggs, Ransom. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Philadelphia : Quirk Books, c2011. Sixteen-year-old Jacob, having traveled to a remote island after a family tragedy, discovers an abandoned orphanage, and, after some investigating, he learns the children who lived there may have been dangerous and quarantined and may also still be alive.

YA F ROT

Roth, Veronica. Allegiant. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013]. "The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered--fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready.”

YA F ROT

Roth, Veronica. Divergent. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2011. In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

YA F ROT

Roth, Veronica. Insurgent. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2012. Tris Prior survives the Erudite simulation attacks that occur during the time she expected to be celebrating her achievement of being ranked first among the

YA F ROT

Roth, Veronica. Insurgent. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2012. Tris Prior survives the Erudite simulation attacks that occur during the time she expected to be celebrating her achievement of being ranked first among the initiate class of her chosen faction, Dauntless. Even though the Dauntless have been freed from Erudite mind control, a war develops and secrets emerge.

YA F SCH

Scheier, Leah. Secret Letters. New York : Hyperion, c2012. Sixteen-year-old Dora travels to London to meet Sherlock Holmes, who might be her biological father, and ask his help for her cousin who is being blackmailed over some stolen letters, but although Holmes dies before she arrives, a handsome young detective comes to Dora's aid.

YA F SCH

YA PB F SEP

Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now. Boston : Clarion Books, 2011. Fourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck faces many challenges, including an abusive father, a brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious teachers and police officers, and isolation, but when he meets a girl known as Lil Spicer, he develops a close relationship with her and finds a safe place at the local library.

Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray. New York : Speak, 2012, c2011. In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.

YA F SLO

Sloan, Holly Goldberg, 1958-. Counting by 7s. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012. Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.

YA F SLO

Sloan, Holly Goldberg, 1958-. Counting by 7s. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012. Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.

YA F SMI

Smith, Greg Leitich. The Chronal Engine. Boston : Clarion Books, 2012. Eighth-grader Max, his older brother Kyle, and twin sister Emma are sent to live with their reclusive grandfather on his Texas ranch and discover their grandfather's stories about the Chronal engine in the basement are true when Emma is kidnapped--just as predicted--and the boys, along with their new friend Petra, must travel back in time to the Cretaceous period to rescue Emma.

YA PB F Smi

Smith, Roland, 1951-. Chupacabra. New York : Scholastic Press, 2013. Marty and his uncle, cryptozoologist Travis Wolfe, search the world for Grace, Wolfe's daughter, after she is kidnapped by her grandfather, and, to make matters worse, a chupacabra has been sighted, putting them both in danger of coming face-to-face with the mythic monster.

YA F SON

YA PB F STI

Sonnenblick, Jordan. After Ever After. New York : Scholastic Press, 2010. Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.

Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-. The Scorpio Races. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011. Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep

YA PB F STI

Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-. The Scorpio Races. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011. Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.

YA F STR

Stroud, Jonathan. The Screaming Staircase. New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, [2013]. Follows three young operatives of a psychic detection agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.

YA F VAN

Vance, Alexander P., 1978-. The Heartbreak Messenger. New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2013. Quentin thinks delivering break-up messages will be a great way to earn extra money, but starts to question his service when he realizes how complicated emotions can be.

YA PB F VAN

Vande Velde, Vivian. Deadly pink. Boston : Harcourt, 2012. Fourteen-year-old Grace must find a way to get her older sister out of a princess-filled virtual reality RPG (role playing game)--before it is too late.

YA PB F VAN

YA PB F WES

Vande Velde, Vivian. Heir Apparent. San Diego : Harcourt, c2002. While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.

Westerfeld, Scott. Extras. Book 4. New York : Simon Pulse, 2007. In an alternative civilization where the social status of each person is monitored and rated and anyone can drop from celebrity to nobody, fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse's popularity ranking is so low her only chance of moving up is to find a good story, so when she meets

YA PB F WES

YA PB F WES

YA PB F WES

YA PB F WES

Westerfeld, Scott. Extras. Book 4. New York : Simon Pulse, 2007. In an alternative civilization where the social status of each person is monitored and rated and anyone can drop from celebrity to nobody, fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse's popularity ranking is so low her only chance of moving up is to find a good story, so when she meets a group of girls who hide an explosive secret, Aya decides to expose the group and unknowingly puts her own life in danger.

Westerfeld, Scott. Pretties. Book 2. New York : Simon Pulse, 2005. Tally's perfect life as a Pretty is disrupted when she receives a letter from herself, written when she was an Ugly, reminding her of the promise she made to take a drug developed to cure the brain lesions that keep the Pretties shallow and happy--and when she takes the pills, she becomes a target of those determined to keep Pretty society carefree.

Westerfeld, Scott. Specials. Book 3. New York : Simon Pulse, 2007, c2006. After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special," teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home.

Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies. Book 1. New York : Simon Pulse, 2005. Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen year old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn't like.

YA F WIL

Wilson, Nathan D. The Dragon's Tooth. New York : Random House, c2011. When their parents' seedy old motel burns down on the same night they are visited by a strange man covered in skeleton tattoos, Cyrus, Antigone, and

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Wilson, Nathan D. The Dragon's Tooth. New York : Random House, c2011. When their parents' seedy old motel burns down on the same night they are visited by a strange man covered in skeleton tattoos, Cyrus, Antigone, and their brother Daniel are introduced to an ancient secret society, and discover that they have an important role in keeping it alive.

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Wilson, Nathan D. The Drowned Vault. New York : Random House, c2012. "Cyrus and Antigone must track down Phoenix and the Dragon's Tooth while facing a threat from the transmortals.

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Wilson, Nathan D. Empire of Bones. New York : Random House, [2013]. "Hunted and on the run, Cyrus and Antigone Smith race to find the inheritance left to them by their benefactor, Billy Bones, before rampaging transmortals can descend on Ashtown and free their buried brothers".

Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. New York : Knopf :, c2006. Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.