The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story
by Sid Fleischman
When his older sister disappears,12-year-old Buddy Stebbins
follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a 17th-century
pirate ship captained by a distant relative.
Among the Barons (Shadow Children
series)
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
As a third child in a society that allows only two children
per family, Luke Garner discovers that living among the Grant
family might be deadlier than he ever imagined.
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
by Eoin Colfer
Discovering a way to build a super-computer using stolen fairy
technology, young criminal mastermind Artemis sets out to
blackmail a Chicago businessman but runs into a trap that
leaves Butler mortally injured.
The Boxes
by William Sleator
When she opens two strange boxes left in her care by her mysterious
uncle, 15-year-old Annie discovers a swarm of telepathic creatures
and unleashes a power capable of slowing down time.
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that
is similar to, yet disturbingly different from, her own, where
she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself,
her parents, and the souls of three others.
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Flipped
by Wendelin van Draanen
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their
feelings about themselves, each other, and their families
have changed over the years.
The Girls
by Amy Goldman Koss
Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong,
manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, and
the hurt and self-doubt that it causes them.
Guts: The True Stories Behind "Hatchet"
by Gary Paulsen
The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired
parts of his books about the character Brian Robeson.
Heir Apparent
by Vivian Vande Velde
While playing a total-immersion virtual reality game of kings
and intrigue, 14-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.
Jade Green: A Ghost Story
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost
of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders
if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.
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Jason's Gold
by Will Hobbs
When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory
in 1897 reaches 15-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile
journey to strike it rich.
Leon's Story
by Leon Tillage
The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard
times faced by his family and other African Americans in the
first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the
civil rights movement helped bring about.
Loser
by Jerry Spinelli
Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered
him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance
and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel
that way about himself.
Midnight Magic
by Avi
In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are
summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if his
daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost.
My Guy
by Sarah Weeks
When Guy's mother announces that she is going to marry the
father of his despised enemy Lana, Guy realizes that he must
join forces with Lana to stop the event.
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Never Trust a Dead Man
by Vivian Vande Velde
Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed in
the tomb with the dead man, 17-year-old Selwyn enlists the
help of a witch and the resurrected victim to find the true
killer.
No More Dead Dogs
by Gordon Korman
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to
detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in
spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production
and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play
but his life as well.
Princess in the Spotlight (The Princess
Diaries)
by Meg Cabot
Having recently discovered she is the sole heir to the throne
of a tiny European principality, 14-year-old Manhattan resident
Mia writes in her journal about her attempts to cope with
this news, as well as with more typical teenage concerns.
Rewind
by William Sleator
Not long after learning that he was adopted, 11-year-old Peter
is hit by a car and then given several chances to alter events
that could lead to his death.
The Rifle
by Gary Paulsen
A priceless, handcrafted rifle, fired throughout the American
Revolution, is passed down through the years until it fires
on a fateful Christmas Eve of 1994.
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The Sands of Time
by Michael Hoeye
Despite fierce opposition from mouse supremacists and other
residents of Pinchester, three mice team up with an old chipmunk
to prove that there existed, long before the time of mice,
a Cat Kingdom.
The Skeleton Man
by Joseph Bruchac
After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the
care of a strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely
on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety and
maybe even for her life.
Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts
by Avi
When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island,
Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit
of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to
the early 19th century and prevent his murder by slave traders.
Time Stops for No Mouse
by Michael Hoeye
When Linka Perflinger, a jaunty mouse, brings a watch into
his shop to be repaired and then disappears, Hermux Tantamoq
is caught up in a dangerous search for eternal youth as he
tries to find out what happened to her.
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