"Sam Forster grew up hearing spooky stories about the old mining town of Nugget, which is now long vacated and rumored to be haunted. Nugget isn't usually accessible to the public, but Sam and her best friend Jen are given special permission to visit when they...

"It's the beginning of the school year - and Briar's newest resident, D.J. Rosenblum, is not here for it. Ever since her cousin Rachel died, D.J.'s family has been a mess: Her aunt and uncle are catatonic. Her mom is even more scatterbrained than usual. She...

"Samuel, the keeper of this diary, is 13 when he signs on as a cabin boy aboard a vessel bound for Sydney. The barque Dundonald founders and sinks off Disappointment Island (part of the Auckland Islands group) in the ocean south of New Zealand on 6 March,...

""Deep in the jungles of the Realm, the Sandwen clan live amongst deadly spit dragons and hordes of warring giants. But with their winged battle horses, they manage to keep their people safe. Twelve-year-old Rahkki is a stable groom for the Riders in the...

"The year was Something Something. Humans had spread like peanut butter across the galaxy, looking for new planets to call Somewhere. One of those planets was Somewhere Five One Three. When the humans arrive on Somewhere 513, they discover that the robots sent...

"A determined thirteen-year-old bee charmer enters a fantastical, world-traveling Faire as she fights to save her family's home."--

"This is the story of Aman, as told in his own words - a boy from Afghanistan fleeing the horror of the Afghan war. When a western dog shows up outside the caves where Aman lives with his mother, Aman is initially repulsed - it is not customary for people to...

"Famous works of art are disappearing from all over the world. One moment they are there, the next, they have crumbled to dust. Artist and adventurer Peanut Jones and her friends suspect it might have something to do with the magical world of Chroma and the...

"Ramona Quimby is no longer seven, but not quite eight. She's 'seven and a half right now', if you ask her. Not allowed to stay home alone, yet old enough to watch pesky Willa Jean, Ramona wonders when her mother will treat her like her older, more mature...

"Penny receives a mysterious note that makes her believe a boy in her class has a crush on her, but she is not quite ready to have a crush on someone just yet"--

"Gus finds himself on the brink of peril, with the Broken Boy's icy grip tightening around his throat. But just when hope seems lost, his black cat, Cat (named after Catherine the Great, of course) intervenes, breaking the lethal hold and saving Gus from...

"Twelve-year-old called Cas runs away to avoid a reunion with his estranged father. Cas soon finds himself lost in the wilderness, completely alone and without help. Or is he? Cas thought running away from home would solve all his problems. But he didn't count...

"After being sent to live with her estranged grandfather, eleven-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald discovers his magical library, where she must clear her name, outwit a vengeful enemy, and uncover a long-lost artifact that holds the key to her family's mysterious...

"Following Little Men, this is the final chapter in the lives of the the 'boys' of Plumfield, revisiting their experiences as they move into adulthood 'My dear girls, stop your mud-pies and hear the news!' Ten years after Little Men, the boys that Jo raised...

"Ed and his sister Roo are faced with the most boring half-term holiday in history: five days spent in the company of their elderly neighbour Miss Filey, and her ancient, smelly cat. But when they find a box of birthday candles in a cupboard in Miss Filey's...

"The world is still adjusting to life after the Rippocalypse - and there are plenty who aren't happy with the new status quo. Made public enemy number one, Sel needs to keep a low profile, and make sure his new dangerous abilities stay hidden. But there's an...

"When Dilly arrives on the island of Ollipest, she is unsure what to expect from her new life. She certainly doesn't expect to find magic! Until now, the magic of Ollipest Island has been a well-kept secret. Then the Museum of Lost Umbrellas opens after many...

"For twelve-year-old Michael Rosario, life at Fox Run Apartments in Red Knot, Delaware, is as ordinary as ever - except for the looming Y2K crisis and his overwhelming crush on his sixteen-year-old babysitter, Gibby. But when a disoriented teenage boy named...

"Twins Scarlett and Thomas are learning about the Maya at school, so when Grandad gets a terrible cold, they know the perfect cure - hot chocololate! Using Grandad's time machine, they travel back to the Maya city of Tikal. Scarlett befriends a princess, while...

"Lincoln and Hudson Dupre̓ are ready for their summer holiday at the coast. The ocean is perfect for their imagined escapades, but when their dad cuts their trip short, it seems like the end of Link and Hud's aquatic adventures until they run into the...

"Marvel Double Features are two full-color, fully illustrated stories in one volume! Black Panther: The sacred Mound of Wakanda is being attacked by a rival Tribe, and Wakandans are growing restless. So it's bad timing when Black Panther is called away by the...

"When another national crisis puts Juliet's family beach trip on hold, Juliet is disappointed, but not surprised. When your dad has a key job in the federal government, even faraway crises hit close to home, and change is the only constant. It's 1975 and...

"It is 1911 and London's docks thrum with underhand deals, none so great as the arrival of a valuable, rare and exotic animal, smuggled from the depths of the Congolese rainforest. The baby gorilla stands to make one man, the shady Goliath Deeds, very, very...

"Meet Z, he only speaks in rhyme. Teased all the time. But now it's his time to shine. Z stands for ZERO: being the amount of words that Z speaks at school. Why? Because every time he talks, it rhymes. Every. Single. Time. But, things are about to change. The...

"Rick Kotani is looking forward to spending the entire summer playing baseball. Sure, his team never wins, but he's been practicing a special pitch he knows is going to land him a 400-million-dollar major-league contract ... someday. That all changes when his...

"Pumpsie needs a win. Or to be more precise, he needs the Nashville Wildcats to win. Pumpsie's been waiting his entire life - twelve whole years! - for his favorite team to make it to the playoffs. And this year - finally! - they're just one win away. But when...

"Meet your favourite new duo: Murray and Bun! Sometimes Murray's enchanted cat flap leads to the garden... but mostly it leads to adventure! And when Murray and Bun find themselves in a land of pirates, they're thrown into their biggest adventure yet!...

"Pinch Perkins is very excited that her Spark magic is finally here - she has been having so much fun bringing things to life (although Sir Furalot, her beloved teddy bear, is not happy about it!). But with magic comes responsibility - and when Pinch is told...

"It is summer and as a special treat after the horrors of last term Mrs Knight announces a school trip to Shady Pines Hotel on the shores of Lake Seren. Scarlet and Ivy are thrilled to get away from Rookwood for a break! But the old hotel and the waters of the...

"There's a new girl at Rookwood School, and new mystery for Scarlet and Ivy to solve. It's a brand-new term for Scarlet and Ivy, and the girls are intrigued by a fascinating new girl, Ebony. She's as enchanting as she is mysterious, and she's began to gather...

"When Father mysteriously leaves home the children must move to a small cottage in the countryside with Mother. They soon discover the hills and valleys and the railway, but with the rush and rattle and roar of the trains comes danger too. Can they solve the...

"Fred is never allowed to make his own decision about *anything* - his parents are super rigid and controlling and have even chosen his secondary school for him, signing him up for the exams-focused Gains School rather than Browtree which is known for its...

"Twelve-year-old Ayrton and his mum have recently moved back to the area they lived in when he was a baby - the area they fled after a local woman stole him away from Mum when she was out shopping, thankfully returning him after only a short time had passed....

"Finn, Milo, and new girl, Tasi - together with Arty, the microraptor - are sent to investigate deep-sea disturbances. Soon they are plunged into danger when their research ship is torpedoed by a vast submersible shaped like a manta ray. Once again, the junior...

"Will you climb the Howling Mountain? Hazel and Portunia have discovered that the plan to steal magic, involving an alliance between the Fae and the humans, is bigger than they could have ever imagined - and every day more and more children are disappearing....

"Melanda's monstrous aunts, The Notwitches, treat her more like a servant than a niece. Her life seems hopeless until an older girl, Mitch, knocks at her door offering the chance of freedom. Mitch knows a thing or two about magic and for this special spell,...

"Something is wrong with twelve-year-old Zee, who has returned after a year's absence; nobody knows where he was or what happened to him, but now he is distracted and violent, freaking out when he sees his friends, Justin, Nia, and Lyric, playing an odd game...

"When Izzy and friends get a new teacher, they are immediately suspicious. Why does she have two computers set up on her desk? Why does she speak Spanish when they're supposed to be doing maths? Why does she have a pink wig and sunglasses in her car? And why...

"Change was coming. Possibly sooner than any of the friends were prepared for. Nell and Eden have been best friends forever. But now they are at the end of Year 6 and on the cusp of high school. Nell has been scouted to play in a new netball club the following...

"Daffodil is eight years old. She's the youngest in her family but is full of 'Bobby Dazzlers', which means brilliant ideas. Daff's latest Bobby Dazzler involves entering the Chipping Grimley Village Talent Show and winning £25 and getting her picture in the...

"Cousins Middy and Nathan love magic, the on-stage, cape-swirling, bunny-out-of-a-hat kind. So, when the famous Blackpool Tower dramatically vanishes the night of the Big Switch-On, showman Nathan announces live on TV that they will magic it back home. With a...

"Niki used to be an average, everyday kid ... until she found out she has amazing ninja skills. And that her kitten can talk and do karate! Now, evil lizards are terrorising the town and causing chaos at the talent quest. Ninja Girl and Karate Kitten will have...

"Cameron creates a community service group as a diversion to fool his parents so he can keep playing video games all day, but his plan goes awry when students express interest in the club and he is forced to take real action."--Publisher.

"Surviving a shipwreck along the Alaskan coast, twelve-year-old Chris struggles to find food and shelter alongside a prickly boy and a friendly raven as the salmon migration ends and dangerous cold weather sets in."--Publisher.

"When Bertie Wells accidentally creates a black hole in 1878, he travels to 2022 to attend a special school, where he teams up with Zoe Fuentes and Amelia da Vinci to navigate a year filled with time paradoxes, a missing dean, and a mysterious intergalactic...

"Christopher is visiting his reclusive grandfather when he sees an avalanche of mythical creatures come tearing down the hill. This is how he learns that his grandfather is the guardian of one of the ways between the non-magical world and the Archipelago, a...

"This is an adventure story about resilience and agency - building one and realising the other - and a tale of survival that will empower young people. Spencer Gray is twelve - finally old enough to join Dad in his glider. His mates are going to be so jealous!...

"When Casey Wilson's parents tell him that his friend is coming for a sleepover, he has no idea who that might be. Ever since the Zoom Incident, everyone treats him like a pariah, and his tics are worse than ever. When Morel appears, he's not like any friend...

"AAlex Wise is no superhero. Or at least, he doesn't feel like one. Sure, he vanquished Death and saved his sister Mags - with the help of some new magic powers, his best friend Loren and demi-god Liam. But the apocalypse shows no signs of slowing down. Now,...

"When Alice follows a rabbit through a hole, she finds herself in the fantasy world of Wonderland - a whimsical place filled with talking creatures and amazing landscapes. As she faces challenges and impossible puzzles, Alice learns valuable lessons about...

"You go on a school excursion to a new dinosaur-themed educational centre. Do you go to the animatronics exhibition, and discover dangerous robot dinosaurs? Or the research institute, where a rogue scientist has been experimenting with dinosaur DNA? Or perhaps...

"The year is 2507. The oceans have risen. A new dawn of piracy has begun. Jacoby Blunt and Jasmine Peacock are students at the elite Pirate Academy. This is no ordinary school. Lessons range from Knots Class and Sailing to Combat Workshop. The students hail...

"When her koala friends are stolen by the Dragon Army and whisked away to a distant land, Wylah knows she must follow. But life on the other side of the portal is not what she expects, and soon Wylah and her crew find themselves taking part in a series of epic...

"Pip never wants to be at home nowadays. There's no laughter anymore and her mum isn't happy. She spends most of her time alone, daydreaming and digging for treasure by the dirty creek. But one night, Pip finds something incredible - a dragon. Tiny, possibly...

"'Birds can save people's lives. You may think that's a strange thing to say. How can a small animal with wings save a person? But I know they can. It happened to me.' When Millie was nine years old her mum got sick, very sick. And now, on the night of...

"From debut author Erin Becker comes an action-packed but tender novel about first romance, queer identity, and learning how to be brave when it matters the most. On the soccer field, Magic Mel is in her element. She's ready to lead her team to victory at the...

During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.

"Ash is falling like snow in Pompeii and thirteen-year-old Fabia knows something is terribly wrong. Amidst the collapsing buildings, the blocked streets of the city, and the deafening sounds of the eruption, Fabia needs to find her brother and navigate a route...

"Matilda's parents have called her some terrible things, but the truth is she's a genius and they're the stupid ones. Underestimating Matilda proves to be a big mistake as they, along with her spiteful headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, discover when Matilda uses...

"Can it really be true that there's an ancient curse on the town of Lamonic Bibber? And you guessed it, that old roo-de-lally Mr Gum and his trusty sidekick Billy William the Third have something to do with it. But ... our favourite heroes Polly and Friday and...

"Meet the Lone Wolf who is just trying to survive the end of the world alone. Set in 2046, the world has been destroyed, and the Lone Wolf is forced to fight zombies and monsters from other dimensions and worlds, in between eating ice cream of course, and...

"Sasha seems to have it all. She's the lead singer of an amazing band, she's starting to get famous online and it seems like the coolest boy in school might have a crush on her. But the Lost and Found band hasn't noticed that her struggles with anxiety are...

"In the great floating city of Sanctaphrax, blizzards howl through the streets as the Edgeworld descends into an endless winter. Quint, the son of a sky pirate, has just begun his training at the Knights Academy - training that involves heading out over the...

"Mr Gum is a truly nasty old man. He's absolutely grim. But this book's not just about him. There's also a little girl called Polly, an evil butcher, heroes and sweets and stuff, and Jake the dog, who must be saved from terrible, terrible evil."--Provided by...

"In Romania in 1989, when people who say or do the wrong thing disappear, ten-year-old aspiring writer Ileana copes with fear, hunger, and cruelty by writing new endings to stories, including her own."--Publisher.

"Abby is feeling slighted by not being chosen festival leader at school, and her brother Jonah thinks that a trip through the magic mirror is just what she needs--but when they find themselves in a strange version of the Princess and the pea, and Abby is...

"Who is the mysterious bloodstained man who stops their coach? Why is no one around when Lance and the rest of Year Six arrive at the brand new Crater Lake activity centre? But this is just the beginning of the school trip from hell; a fight for survival that...

"Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked ... but now the storerooms are almost out of food, corruption is spreading through the city and worst of all - the lights are...

"Forced to leave Syria to seek safety with his Aunt and Uncle in England, refugee Sami has been readjusting to a new life in the UK whilst struggling to come to terms with the trauma of his journey. With the long summer holidays stretching before him, Sami has...

"Dev lives on a mysterious island. And he loves inventing things. One day, Dev learns a secret about a magical life force called FLEMBER. He creates a giant red robot bear called Boja, fills it with flember and they become best friends! This is their first...

"When her parents disappear and a demon appears in her kitchen, Kiranmala, who believed herself to be an ordinary sixth-grader, finds herself in another dimension where there is magic, winged horses, and talking birds."--Publisher.

"Junior agents Finn, Milo and Tasi, along with a young hacker, Ether, and Arty the microraptor, are dispatched to Scotland to recover stolen technology that could plunge the world into chaos. It's their most nail-biting mission yet - even before they wake a...

"A lot has changed for Rayleigh Mann in the last few months. On the previous All Hallow's Eve, Rayleigh was just a regular boy. Or he thought he was. Now, Rayleigh has embraced his monster heritage, passed all the tests to stay in Below London with the rest of...

"What if you had a chance to become a Princess? Miri lives high atop a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have lived a simple life, working in the quarry. But everything changes when word arrives that the prince of the kingdom will choose his...

"Unsure where she fits in at her new school and reeling from the unexpected death of her dad, Ava finds herself drawn to Dustin, a troubled older boy who performs rituals in the woods to communicate with the crows, messengers between this world and the...

"Hawkins is a quiet town where nothing exciting seems to happen-until one night when a boy named Will Byers vanishes. Follow his friends Mike, Lucas, and Dustin as they search for him and uncover a world of secret experiments and terrifying supernatural...

"A mindfulness app's suggestion that Lena and her anxious classmates face their fears becomes all too literal when monsters start appearing in the gym, but in order to save the school from being swarmed, they must first overcome their worriment."--Publisher.

"Two very large things have just happened to Peachaloo Piccolozampa. First, she's discovered a plot to ruin her favorite swimming hole and replace it with a golf course. Second, a wasp sting has given her the superpower to understand the truth behind what...

"Brooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon feels like a fish out of water. She's spending the summer with family friends in their huge house on Martha's Vineyard, and the vibe is definitely snooty. Still, there are beautiful beaches, lots of ice cream, and a town full of...

"Three Filipino children, Bayani, Isay, and Aaron, venture into a mystical land of monsters and gods from Filipino lore, where they must navigate dangers and find their way back home."--Publisher.

"One of the King's most trusted knights has vanished in the snow, so young Sir Tiuri and his best friend Piak must journey into the shadowy heart of the forest to find him. The Wild Wood is a place of mysteries, rumours and whispered tales. A place of lost...

"Tibble is a reporter. He only ever writes about cats, and he's about to be fired. Minou is a young woman who has moved into Tibble's flat. She hates dogs, likes rooftops, loves the fishmonger, and happens to have been, until very recently, a cat. With her...

"Meet Zeze - Brazil's naughtiest and most loveable boy, his talent for mischief matched only by his great kindness. When he grows up he wants to be a 'poet with a bow-tie' but for now he entertains himself playing pranks on the residents of his family's poor...

In 1915 Kitty Wix and her friends try to stop the arsonist who is terrifying their small New Zealand town. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

"An abridged version of an adventure in seventeenth-century France, when young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen."--Publisher.

"'Oh Will Master,' said the wolf. 'Yes yes! You always know what to do. You know your Whisker - don't you?' What if you could understand what your dog was thinking? One day, Will and his dog, Whisker, are wondrously summoned to an enchanted world . . . where...

"Have you ever looked at a tree and seen a face staring back? Maybe you spotted a knobbly brow or a knotty pair of eyes, or even a mossy beard? Well, next time you do, stop staring and say hello! When Iggy discovers overgrown Wildtop Wood at the end of his new...

"In a time and place which might be now, people with gills, outcast Larkers, live in secret communities. They have houseboats along the river. Concealing their gills from land lubbers, they scour the mudbanks, trade their finds and live off their wits....

"New York City girl Claudia, a month shy of her twelfth birthday, has resolved to run away from home with her younger brother, Jamie. She plans everything to perfection, including their destination: the grand, elegant, all-encompassing Metropolitan Museum of...

"Spring is in the air and Mole has found a wonderful new world. There's boating with Ratty, a feast with kindly Badger and rumbustious fun with that reckless ruffian, Mr Toad of Toad Hall. But deep in the Wild Wood the villainous weasels lurk, intent on...

"Kaylan and Arianna are new to middle school, and when they decide to make a list of eleven things that they want to accomplish before they turn twelve, including getting detention and helping humanity, they start to lose sight of their friendship."--Provided...