The Count of Monte Cristo
By Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870. Dewey: 847
After escaping from the island where he has been in prison, Dantes plots his revenge on the people responsible for his imprisonment.
AR: 8.8 AD 34.0 RC: 6.3 35 Lexile: 930 1996 IL:AD |
Little women
By Alcott, Louisa May,
1832-1888. Dewey: -Fic-
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of
the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in
nineteenth-century New
England.
2004 IL:YA |
Candyfreak : a journey through the chocolate underbelly
of America
By Almond, Steve. Dewey: 338.4
Examines
the modern candy industry, investigating the influence of corporate power
on what sorts of chocolate bars survive and why many "quirky" ones
perish.
AR: 7.7 AD 11.0 RC: 8.3 15 Lexile:
1080 2004 IL:AD |
Before we were free
By Alvarez,
Julia. Dewey: -Fic-
In the early 1960s in the Dominican
Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the
underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General
Trujillo.
AR: 5.6 5-8 8.0 RC: 6.5 12 Lexile: 890
2002 RL:7.3 |
How the Garcia girls lost their accents
By
Alvarez, Julia. Dewey: 813
The story of the Garcia families
adjustment to life in the United States.
AR: 6.2 YA 13.0 RC: 6.8 18
Lexile: 950
1991 IL:YA |
I know why the caged bird sings
By Angelou,
Maya. Dewey: 818
Autobiography covering the childhood of a
woman who has been a professional dancer, actress, poet, journalist, and
television producer.
AR: 6.7 AD 13.0 RC: 5.5 19 Lexile:
1070
1969 IL:AD |
Second sight
By Blackwood, Gary
L. Dewey: -Fic-
In Washington, D.C., during the last days of
the Civil War, a teenage boy who performs in a mind reading act befriends
a clairvoyant girl whose frightening visions foreshadow an assassination
plot.
AR: 5.9 5-8 11.0
2005 RL:6.1 |
Flags of our fathers
By Bradley, James,
1954- Dewey: 940.54
Presents an account of the Marines who
came together during the battle of Iwo Jima to raise the American flag in
a moment that has been immortalized in one of the most famous photographs
of World War II.
AR: 8.4 YA 22.0 RC: 10 28 Lexile: 950
2000 IL:YA |
The sisterhood of the traveling pants
By
Brashares, Ann. Dewey: -Fic-
Carmen decides to discard an
old pair of jeans, but Tibby, Lena, and Bridget think they are great and
decide that whoever the pants fit best will get them. When the jeans fit
everyone perfectly, a sisterhood and a memorable summer begin.
AR: 4.5
YA 9.0 RC: 6.2 14 Lexile: 600
2001 IL:YA RL:4.7 |
Lucky T
By Brian, Kate. Dewey:
-Fic-
Carrie Fitzgerald has always been the luckiest girl in school,
but what no one realizes is that she is also the most superstitious,
attributing all her good luck to a t-shirt, so when Carrie's mom
accidentally donates her lucky shirt to charity, Carrie's luck starts to
run out, forcing her to travel halfway around the world to get it
back.
AR: 5.3 YA 10.0
2005 IL:YA |
Magic kingdom for sale, sold!
By Brooks,
Terry. Dewey: 813
For one million dollars Ben Holiday
purchases a magic kingdom complete with fairies, wizards and dragons. He
must prove his right to be king by fighting the lord of the demons.
AR:
6.0 YA 19.0 RC: 7.5 22 Lexile: 830 1986 IL:YA |
The princess diaries
By Cabot,
Meg. Dewey: -Fic-
Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to
lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn
that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality,
and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.
AR: 5.7 YA 9.0
RC: 6.2 14 Lexile: 920
2000 IL:YA RL:6 |
Enchantment
By Card, Orson
Scott. Dewey: 813
American graduate student Ivan Smetski,
haunted by the vision of a sleeping princess he believes he saw as a
ten-year-old boy while exploring the Carpathian forest, returns to his
native land to investigate and, with one kiss, is drawn into a world that
vanished a thousand years earlier.
AR: 6.2 AD 25.0 RC: 7.5 32 Lexile:
850 1999 IL:AD |
My Antonia
By Cather, Willa,
1873-1947. Dewey: 813
A successful lawyer remembers his
boyhood in Nebraska and his friendship with an immigrant Bohemian
girl.
2005 IL:YA |
O pioneers!
By Cather, Willa,
1873-1947. Dewey: 813
Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish
immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with
an old friend.
AR: 6.7 YA 9.0 2004 IL:YA |
Partners in crime
By Christie, Agatha,
1890-1976. Dewey: 823
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford's daily
supply of excitement was assured when they took over a near-bankrupt
detective agency. Soon they were matching wits with master
criminals.
AR: 5.0 YA 10.0
1929 IL:YA |
The house on Mango Street
By Cisneros,
Sandra. Dewey: 813
A young girl living in a Hispanic
neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her
environment and evaluates her relationships with family and
friends.
AR: 4.5 AD 3.0 RC: 5.6 5 Lexile: 870
1984 IL:AD |
The alchemist
By Coelho,
Paulo. Dewey: 869.3
Tells the story of an Andalusian
shepherd boy who follows his dream and meets an alchemist.
AR: 6.4 AD
6.0 RC: 6.8 11 Lexile: 910 1993 IL:AD |
The dark is rising
By Cooper, Susan,
1935- Dewey: -Fic-
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton
discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six
magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil
forces of the Dark.
AR: 6.2 5-8 13.0 RC: 7.1 19 Lexile: 920
1973 IL:5-8 RL:7 |
After the first death
By Cormier,
Robert. Dewey: -Fic-
The hijacking of a bus of children by
terrorists is described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist,
an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and the general's son
who has been chosen as the go-between.
AR: 6.8 YA 10.0 RC: 7.3 11
Lexile: 740 1979 IL:YA |
Fade
By Cormier, Robert. Dewey:
-Fic-
In the summer of 1938, Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of
French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to become invisible, but
this power soon leads to death and destruction.
AR: 6.3 YA 14.0 RC: 7.8
19 Lexile: 990 1988 IL:YA |
The rag and bone shop : a novel
By Cormier,
Robert. Dewey: -Fic-
Trent, an ace interrogator from
Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old
accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument,
Massachusetts.
AR: 5.7 YA 4.0 RC: 8.1 8 Lexile: 730
2001 IL:YA |
Crackback
By Coy, John, 1958- Dewey:
-Fic-
Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined
by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his
best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.
AR: 3.2 YA 5.0 RC: 3.7
10 Lexile: 490 2005 IL:YA |
The red badge of courage
By Crane, Stephen,
1871-1900. Dewey: 813
During his service in the Civil War, a
young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes
to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
AR: 8.0 YA 8.0 RC:
7.6 10 Lexile: 900 1983 IL:YA |
Say goodnight, Gracie
By Deaver, Julie
Reece. Dewey: -Fic-
When a car accident kills her best
friend Jimmy, with whom she has shared everything from childhood escapades
to entering the professional theater in Chicago, seventeen-year-old Morgan
must find her own way to cope with his death.
AR: 3.8 YA 6.0 RC: 6.8 11
Lexile: 580 1988 IL:YA RL:6.8 |
Born confused
By Desai Hidier,
Tanuja. Dewey: -Fic-
As Dimple Lala turns seventeen, she
realizes that life is about to become more complex as her best friend
starts pulling away and her parents try to find a suitable boyfriend for
Dimple, despite the fact that she is not interested.
AR: 5.9 5-8 23.0
RC: 7.2 31 Lexile: 890 2002 RL:7 |
Runner
By Deuker, Carl. Dewey:
-Fic-
Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on
Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when
his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the
money is not worth the risk.
AR: 4.3 YA 6.0 RC: 4.2 12 Lexile: 670
2005 IL:YA |
A yellow raft in blue water
By Dorris,
Michael. Dewey: 813
A saga of three generations of Indian
women, beset by hardship and torn by angry secrets, yet joined by the
indissoluble bonds of kinship.
AR: 5.8 AD 21.0 RC: 8.1 27 Lexile: 980
1987 IL:AD |
Copper sun
By Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon
Mills) Dewey: -Fic-
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave
and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and
try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives
sanctuary to slaves.
AR: 5.2 YA 11.0 RC: 4.8 18 Lexile: 820
2006 IL:YA |
Drawing on the artist within : an inspirational and
practical guide to increasing your creative powers
By Edwards,
Betty. Dewey: 153.3
Discusses research on the creative
process, in how humans view processes and objects, how humans use
intuition, imagination, and insight in everyday life, and how these
techniques can be used in problem
solving.
1986 IL:AD |
Peace like a river
By Enger,
Leif. Dewey: 813
In the 1960s, a spiritual man named
Jeremiah Land sets out from his Minnesota home with his young son and
daughter to find his elder son, Davy, after he escapes jail on the morning
of his sentencing for murder.
AR: 6.3 AD 18.0 RC: 6.7 25 Lexile: 900
2001 IL:AD |
The birchbark house
By Erdrich,
Louise. Dewey: -Fic-
Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native
American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and
the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
AR: 6.1 5-8
7.0 RC: 4.9 11 Lexile: 970
1999 RL:5.6 |
The Sea of Trolls
By Farmer, Nancy,
1941- Dewey: -Fic-
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid
bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and
taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen,
leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the
trolls.
AR: 4.7 5-8 16.0 RC: 6.2 23 Lexile: 670
2004 IL:5-8 RL:4.2 |
Dead cert
By Francis, Dick. Dewey:
823
Steeplechaser Alan York's best friend, Dill Davidson, has a fatal
accident during a race, but the more York investigates it, the more he
suspects foul play, especially since those who killed his friend are now
after him.
1962 IL:AD |
Mrs. Mike
By Freedman,
Benedict. Dewey: 813
A young woman who had been raised in
Boston marries a member of the Northwest Mounted Police and goes with him
to live in the Canadian wilderness.
AR: 5.3 AD 16.0 RC: 5.3 17 Lexile:
710 1947 IL:AD |
A lesson before dying
By Gaines, Ernest J.,
1933- Dewey: 813
Tells the story of a young African-American
man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who
tries to impart to him his learning and pride before the execution.
AR:
4.4 AD 11.0 RC: 7.5 13 Lexile: 750 1993 IL:AD |
Finnie Walsh
By Galloway, Steven,
1975- Dewey: 813
Paul Woodward, the son of a mill worker,
and Finnie Walsh, the mill owner's son, develop a strong friendship
despite their class difference, built primarily on their love of hockey,
and their devotion to each other stands even when they find themselves on
opposing teams as adults.
AR: 6.2 YA 8.0
2005 IL:YA |
My side of the mountain
By George, Jean
Craighead, 1919- Dewey: -Fic-
A young boy relates his
adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill
Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature,
his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human
companionship.
AR: 5.2 5-8 6.0 RC: 6.7 8 Lexile: 810
1988 IL:5-8 RL:6.7 |
Troy
By Geras, Adele. Dewey:
-Fic-
The last weeks of the Trojan War find the women sick of tending
the wounded, men tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses trying to
find ways to stir things up.
AR: 4.9 YA 13.0 RC: 7.1 20 Lexile: 670
2002 IL:YA |
Cheaper by the dozen
By Gilbreth, Frank B.
(Frank Bunker), 1911- Dewey: 658.5
Reveals the family life
of the twelve Gilbreth children and their engineer father who runs the
household with his unique methodology.
AR: 6.0 YA 10.0
1948 IL:YA |
Joshua and the city
By Girzone, Joseph
F. Dewey: 813
Fourth in a series of inspirational novels in
which Jesus, in the guise of a mysterious man named Joshua, returns to the
modern-day world, this time working his miracles in the inner-city,
dealing with prostitution, depression, AIDS, evil, and loss of
hope.
1995 IL:AD |
The princess bride : S. Morgenstern's classic tale of
true love and high adventure
By Goldman, William,
1931- Dewey: 813
Westley, a farm boy, goes off to seek his
fortune shortly after declaring his love for Buttercup, the most beautiful
woman in the world, but their relationship is put to the test when his
ship is captured by pirates and she is summoned to become the bride of the
prince. Includes an "interview" with the characters and a discussion
guide.
RC: 7.9 17 Lexile: 870
2003 IL:AD |
Looking for Alaska
By Green,
John. Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at
Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great
pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death
after a fatal car crash.
AR: 5.8 YA 11.0 RC: 6.7 16 Lexile:
930
2005 IL:YA |
The devil's arithmetic
By Yolen, Jane. Dewey:
-Fic-
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time
travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied
Poland.
AR: 4.6 5-8 6.0 RC: 5.1 8 Lexile:
730 1988 RL:5.2 |
Marley & me : life and love with the world's worst
dog
By Grogan, John, 1957- Dewey: 636.752
The author
presents a tender story of his family's love for their golden retriever,
Marley, and recalls how he grew from a mischievous puppy into a nearly
impossible adult that no amount of obedience school training could
correct, and of the love they felt for him.
AR: 6.9 YA 15.0 RC: 6.9 21
Lexile: 1050
2005 IL:YA |
One child
By Hayden, Torey L. Dewey:
618.9
A case study of a young emotionally disturbed child.
AR: 5.7
YA 12.0 RC: 7.4 14 Lexile: 820
1980 IL:YA RL:7.4 |
Plainsong
By Haruf, Kent. Dewey:
813
Guthrie, a high school teacher left alone to raise his two young
sons, becomes involved in the lives of Victoria, a homeless, pregnant
teenager, and two elderly bachelors.
AR: 4.6 AD 13.0 RC: 7.5 19 Lexile:
770 1999 IL:AD |
A bell for Adano
By Hersey, John,
1914- Dewey: 813
During World War II an American Major is
placed in charge of the Italian village of Adano.
AR: 5.9 AD 13.0 RC:
8.1 18 Lexile: 750 1971 IL:AD |
The wailing wind
By Hillerman,
Tony. Dewey: 813
Sergeant Jim Chee lures Lt. Joe Leaphorn
out of retirement when Officer Bernadette Manuelito discovers the corpse
of a white man who apparently had ties to the old Golden Calf Mine
homicide--a case with loose ends that has been troubling Leaphorn for
years.
AR: 5.5 AD 9.0 2002 IL:AD |
Tex
By Hinton, S. E. Dewey:
813
The love between two teen-age brothers helps to alleviate the
harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow
up.
AR: 4.7 YA 7.0 RC: 6.5 10 Lexile: 710
1979 IL:YA RL:6 |
Wild Man Island
By Hobbs,
Will. Dewey: -Fic-
After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away
from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist
father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he
manages to survive, encounters unexpected animal and human inhabitants,
and looks for traces of the earliest prehistoric immigrants to
America.
AR: 5.1 5-8 7.0 RC: 5.4 12 Lexile: 690
2002 RL:7.1 |
Green angel
By Hoffman, Alice. Dewey:
-Fic-
Haunted by grief and by her past after losing her family in a
fire, fifteen-year-old Green retreats into her ruined garden as she
struggles to survive emotionally and physically on her own.
AR: 5.2 5-8
3.0 RC: 6.4 7 Lexile: 910
2003 RL:5.3 |
The whale rider
By Ihimaera, Witi Tame,
1944- Dewey: -Fic-
As her beloved grandfather, chief of the
Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, struggles to lead in difficult times
and to find a male successor, young Kahu is developing a mysterious
relationship with whales, particularly the ancient bull whale whose
legendary rider was their ancestor.
AR: 5.7 YA 5.0
2003 IL:YA |
Girl in a cage
By Yolen, Jane. Dewey:
-Fic-
As English armies invade Scotland in 1306, eleven-year-old
Princess Marjorie, daughter of the newly crowned Scottish king, Robert the
Bruce, is captured by England's King Edward Longshanks and held in a cage
on public display.
AR: 4.9 5-8 9.0 RC: 6.2 14 Lexile: 690
2002 RL:6.8 |
Charmed life
By Jones, Diana
Wynne. Dewey: -Fic-
Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find
the Chrestomanci Castle family's magic powers difficult to counter with
the inferior powers of the Coven Street witches.
AR: 4.8 5-8 9.0
1998 RL:4.8 |
Real time : a novel
By Kass,
Pnina. Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old Tomas Wanninger
persuades his mother to let him leave Germany to volunteer at a kibbutz in
Israel, where he experiences a violent political attack and finds answers
about his own past.
AR: 4.4 YA 8.0 RC: 5.3 13 Lexile: 640
2004 IL:YA |
Profiles in courage
By Kennedy, John F. (John
Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Dewey: 973
Presents John F.
Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning study of men who, at a risk to
themselves, stood fast for a principle, covering John Quincy Adams, Daniel
Webster, Sam Houston, Robert Taft, and others.
AR: 11.4 AD 13.0
1955 IL:AD |
The secret life of bees
By Kidd, Sue
Monk. Dewey: 813
Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion,
Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared for Lily since her
mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is
victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon,
South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and
August.
AR: 5.7 AD 15.0 RC: 7.2 22 Lexile: 840
2002 IL:AD |
Stoner & Spaz
By Koertge,
Ronald. Dewey: -Fic-
A troubled youth with cerebral palsy
struggles toward self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young
woman.
AR: 3.5 YA 4.0 RC: 5.1 9 Lexile: 490
2002 IL:YA RL:5.9 |
Hondo
By L'Amour, Louis,
1908-1988. Dewey: 813
The story of a lonely, harsh man, yet
beneath the harshness and the necessary violence, he was a kind and just
man who had come to terms with the land in which he lived.
AR: 5.1 AD
8.0 RC: 8.1 10 Lexile: 740 1983 IL:AD |
This side of paradise
By Layne, Steven
L. Dewey: -Fic-
After his father begins working for the
mysterious Eden Corporation, Jack uncovers a sinister plot that threatens
the existence of his entire family.
AR: 5.2 YA 8.0 RC: 6.1 14 Lexile:
730 2001 IL:YA |
Piratica : being a daring tale of a singular girl's
adventure upon the high seas
By Lee, Tanith. Dewey:
-Fic-
Artemesia finally escapes the prim and proper world of finishing
schools and sets out to win her mother's title as pirate queen of the seas
until she meets her match against Goldie Girl, the treacherous captain of
the pirate ship "Enemy."
AR: 5.0 YA 12.0 RC: 5.6 19 Lexile: 760
2003 IL:YA |
Ella enchanted
By Levine, Gail
Carson. Dewey: -Fic-
In this novel based on the story of
Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to
obey any order given to her.
AR: 4.6 3-6 8.0 RC: 5.1 11 Lexile: 670
1997 RL:4.2 |
A night to remember
By Lord, Walter,
1917- Dewey: 910
Provides an account of the sinking of the
"Titanic," a reputedly unsinkable ship that went down in the Atlantic on
April 10, 1912 after hitting an iceberg, resulting in the deaths of over
1,500 people.
RC: 5.3 11 Lexile: 950
2005 IL:YA |
Gathering blue
By Lowry, Lois. Dewey:
-Fic-
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her
squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is
expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the
all-powerful Guardians.
AR: 5.0 5-8 7.0 RC: 5.9 12 Lexile: 680
2000 RL:6.3 |
The giver
By Lowry, Lois. Dewey:
-Fic-
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas
becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community
and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he
lives.
AR: 5.7 5-8 7.0 RC: 5.9 9 Lexile: 760
1993 RL:6 |
Messenger
By Lowry, Lois. Dewey:
-Fic-
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and
"Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values
honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or
understand.
AR: 4.9 YA 5.0 RC: 6.2 11 Lexile: 720
2004 IL:YA RL:5.5 |
Life of Pi : a novel
By Martel,
Yann. Dewey: 813
Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood
in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family
at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a
marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on
a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.
AR: 5.7 AD 16.0 RC:
7.2 23 Lexile: 830 2001 IL:AD |
The usual rules
By Maynard, Joyce,
1953- Dewey: 813
Thirteen-year-old Wendy, grieving the death
of her mother in the collapse of the World Trade Center, is taken to live
with her father in California where she learns important life lessons from
a variety of people before returning home to her stepfather and brother,
where she feels she truly belongs.
AR: 5.1 AD 20.0 RC: 6.4 27 Lexile:
790 2003 IL:AD |
Snow bound
By Mazer, Harry. Dewey:
-Fic-
Two teenagers caught in a snowstorm face a fight for survival
after they become stranded in a desolate area of New York.
AR: 4.7 5-8
5.0 RC: 6.5 7 Lexile: 690
1973 RL:5.6 |
Waiting for Sarah
By McBay,
Bruce. Dewey: -Fic-
After teenager Mike Scott loses his
family and his legs in a car accident, he withdraws until he meets the
mysterious Sarah, a girl who is not what she seems.
AR: 5.1 YA 5.0 RC:
6.5 10 Lexile: 770 2003 IL:YA |
Dragonflight
By McCaffrey,
Anne. Dewey: 813
Exciting adventure as Lessa of Pern wages a
single-handed secret battle against her sworn enemies--the
dragonmen!
AR: 6.9 AD 14.0 RC: 8.1 18 Lexile: 940
1968 IL:AD |
Sold
By McCormick, Patricia,
1956- Dewey: -Fic-
A novel in vignettes, in which Lakshmi, a
thirteen-year-old girl from Nepal, is sold into prostitution in
India.
AR: 5.0 YA 5.0 RC: 4.8 9 Lexile: 820
2006 IL:YA |
Deerskin
By McKinley, Robin. Dewey:
813
A beautiful princess flees from her father's wrath and unlocks a
door onto a world of magic where she finds the key to her own
survival.
1993 IL:YA RL:7 |
Twilight
By Meyer, Stephenie,
1973- Dewey: -Fic-
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves
Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an
exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming
attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
AR: 4.9 YA
18.0 RC: 5.6 25 Lexile: 720 2005 IL:YA |
Never cry wolf
By Mowat,
Farley. Dewey: 599.773
The author reports his observations
of the Keewatin Lands northwest of the Hudson Bay, and the caribou and
wolf populations living in the region; includes an afterword section with
assorted writings about
wolves.
1963 IL:YA |
Dairy queen : a novel
By Murdock, Catherine
Gilbert. Dewey: -Fic-
After spending her summer running the
family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football
team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not
anticipating the reactions of those around her.
AR: 5.3 YA 10.0 RC: 6.8
17 Lexile: 990 2006 IL:YA |
A step from heaven
By Na, An,
1972- Dewey: -Fic-
A young Korean girl and her family find
it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.
AR: 4.2
5-8 6.0 RC: 7.1 11 Lexile: 670
2001 RL:5.5 |
Zel
By Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948- Dewey:
-Fic-
Adapted from the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in
alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the
prince, as Zel falls in love with a young prince, and her mother tries
everything she can to prevent Zel from leaving her.
AR: 4.0 YA 6.0 RC:
5.1 12 Lexile: 630 1996 IL:YA |
Shade's children
By Nix,
Garth. Dewey: -Fic-
In a savage future world, four young
fugitives attempt to overthrow the bloodthirsty rule of the Overlords with
the help of Shade, their mysterious mentor.
AR: 6.4 YA 11.0 RC: 6.9 15
Lexile: 980 1997 IL:YA |
Peeling the onion
By Orr,
Wendy. Dewey: -Fic-
Following an automobile accident in
which her neck is broken, a teenage karate champion begins a long and
painful recovery with the help of her family.
AR: 5.3 YA 7.0 RC: 6.1 10
Lexile: 790
1997 IL:YA |
Animal farm : a fairy story
By Orwell, George,
1903-1950. Dewey: 823
A political satire in which animals
take over running a farm but find their utopian state turning into a
dictatorship.
AR: 7.3 YA 5.0 RC: 9 10 Lexile: 1170
1996 IL:YA |
Eragon
By Paolini,
Christopher. Dewey: -Fic-
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old
boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves
his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled
with dragons, elves, and monsters.
AR: 5.6 YA 25.0 RC: 7.8 32 Lexile:
710 2003 IL:YA RL:5.8 |
Cry, the beloved country
By Paton,
Alan. Dewey: 823
Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo travels to
Johannesburg on an errand for a friend and to visit his son, Absalom, only
to learn Absalom has been accused of murdering white city engineer and
social activist Arthur Jarvis and stands very little chance of receiving
mercy.
AR: 6.2 AD 14.0 RC: 8.9 16 Lexile: 860
1948 IL:AD |
Harris and me : a summer remembered
By Paulsen,
Gary. Dewey: 813
Sent to live with relatives on their farm
because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his
distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new
world.
AR: 5.7 5-8 5.0 RC: 5.2 9 Lexile: 1060
1993 IL:5-8 RL:5.2 |
How Angel Peterson got his name : and other outrageous
tales about extreme sports
By Paulsen, Gary. Dewey:
813
Author Gary Paulsen relates tales from his youth in a small town in
northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing
behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel.
AR: 6.0
5-8 3.0 RC: 6.9 7 Lexile: 1180
2003 IL:5-8 RL:6.3 |
The teacher's funeral : a comedy in three
parts
By Peck, Richard, 1934- Dewey: -Fic-
In rural
Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and
joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes
over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle
"hauls off and dies."
AR: 4.7 5-8 6.0 RC: 5.6 11 Lexile: 750
2004 RL:5.5 |
A child called "It" : one child's courage to
survive
By Pelzer, David J. Dewey: 362.76
David
Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse cases in the history of
California, tells the story of how he survived his mother's brutality and
triumphed over his past.
AR: 5.8 YA 5.0 RC: 5.9 10 Lexile: 850
1995 IL:YA |
Revenge of the whale : the true story of the whaleship
Essex
By Philbrick, Nat. Dewey: 910
Recounts the 1820
sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the
crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's
adult book "In the Heart of the Sea."
AR: 8.3 5-8 9.0 RC: 8.5 13
Lexile: 1170 2002 RL:6.1 |
Shakespeare's Landlord
By Harris, Charlaine Dewey: Fic
While on a late-night job in tiny Shakespeare, Ark., Lily Bard, 31,
sees a furtive figure placing large plastic garbage bags in the local park
and, untying one, discovers the body of her former landlord. IL:YA |
My sister's keeper : a novel
By Picoult, Jodi,
1966- Dewey: 813
Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived
specifically to provide blood and bone marrow for her sister Kate who was
diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at the age of two, decides to sue
her parents for control of her body when her mother wants her to donate a
kidney to Kate.
AR: 5.3 AD 18.0 Lexile: 840
2004 IL:AD |
The body of Christopher Creed
By Plum-Ucci,
Carol, 1957- Dewey: -Fic-
Torey Adams, a high school junior
with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions
surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.
AR: 5.3
YA 11.0 RC: 6.1 17 Lexile: 720
2000 IL:YA RL:5.9 |
The unlikely romance of Kate Bjorkman
By
Plummer, Louise. Dewey: -Fic-
Seventeen-year-old Kate hopes
for romance when her older brother's friend Richard comes to stay at their
house during Christmas vacation.
AR: 5.0 YA 6.0 RC: 5.8 11 Lexile: 730
1995 IL:YA |
The golden compass
By Pullman, Philip,
1946- Dewey: -Fic-
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.
AR: 7.1
5-8 19.0 RC: 6.7 24 Lexile: 930
1995 RL:6.7 |
Anthem
By Rand, Ayn. Dewey: 813
In
a future world, only one man dares to think, strive, and love as an
individual in the midst of a paralyzing collective humanity.
RC: 7.9 7
Lexile: 880 1946 IL:AD |
Dragon prince
By Rawn,
Melanie. Dewey: 813
Rohan, newly crowned prince of the
Desert, aspires to bring permanent peace to his world of divided
princedoms and stop the dragon-slaying that is regarded as proof of
manhood, and he finds a champion in his quests when he falls in love with
Sioned, a Sunrunner witch. 1985 IL:YA |
Pirates! : the true and remarkable adventures of
Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, female pirates
By Rees,
Celia. Dewey: -Fic-
At the dawn of the eighteenth century,
Nancy Kington and Minerva Sharpe, set sail from Jamaica on a pirate
vessel, hoping to escape from an arranged marriage and slavery.
AR: 5.4
YA 14.0 RC: 6.9 20 Lexile: 800
2003 IL:YA RL:5.9 |
Witch child
By Rees, Celia. Dewey:
-Fic-
In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her
voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch
in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.
AR: 6.0 YA 9.0
RC: 8.1 14 Lexile: 760 2002 IL:YA |
Harry Potter and the half-blood prince
By
Rowling, J. K. Dewey: -Fic-
Novice wizard Harry Potter, now
sixteen-years-old, begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry in the midst of the battle between good and evil which has
heated up with the return of the Dark Lord Voldemort.
AR: 7.2 5-8 29.0
RC: 6.5 34 Lexile: 1030
2005 IL:5-8 RL:7.3 |
Esperanza rising
By Ryan, Pam
Munoz. Dewey: -Fic-
Esperanza and her mother are forced to
leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor
camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh
circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great
Depression.
AR: 5.3 5-8 6.0 RC: 5.5 11 Lexile: 750
2000 IL:5-8 RL:6.2 |
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
By Saenz,
Benjamin Alire. Dewey: -Fic-
As a Chicano boy living in the
unglamorous town of Hollywood, New Mexico, and a member of the graduating
class of 1969, Sammy Santos faces the challenges of "gringo" racism,
unpopular dress codes, the Vietnam War, barrio violence, and
poverty.
AR: 2.8 YA 10.0 RC: 3.6 18 Lexile: 390
2004 IL:YA |
The little prince
By Saint-Exupery, Antoine de,
1900-1944. Dewey: 843
An aviator whose plane is forced down
in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who
relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in
life.
AR: 5.0 5-8 2.0 RC: 7.1 4 Lexile: 710
2000 IL:5-8 RL:6.2 |
Jesus : a Gospel portrait
By Senior,
Donald. Dewey: 232
Presents a comprehensive study of the
biblical Jesus and provides information on both the infancy and
resurrection narratives as well as insight into his Jewish heritage,
history, and culture. 1992 IL:AD |
Jesus : a Gospel portrait
By Senior,
Donald. Dewey: 232
Presents a comprehensive study of the
biblical Jesus and provides information on both the infancy and
resurrection narratives as well as insight into his Jewish heritage,
history, and culture. 1992 IL:AD |
The Schwa was here
By Shusterman,
Neal. Dewey: -Fic-
A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy
befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into
his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
AR: 5.0 YA 9.0
RC: 4.5 14 Lexile: 790
2004 IL:YA RL:6.7 |
The Schwa was here
By Shusterman,
Neal. Dewey: -Fic-
A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy
befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into
his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
AR: 5.0 YA 9.0
RC: 4.5 14 Lexile: 790
2004 IL:YA RL:6.7 |
The bronze bow
By Speare, Elizabeth
George. Dewey: -Fic-
A young boy seeks revenge against the
Romans for killing his parents, but is turned away from vengeance by
Jesus.
AR: 5.0 5-8 10.0 RC: 6.5 16 Lexile: 760
1989 RL:6.5 |
Milkweed : a novel
By Spinelli,
Jerry. Dewey: 813
Follows a young Jewish orphan in the
Warsaw ghetto during World War Two as he slowly understands the horrible
reality that surrounds him and attempts to steal in order to help others
survive.
AR: 3.6 YA 7.0 RC: 5.2 13 Lexile: 510
2003 IL:YA |
Stargirl
By Spinelli, Jerry. Dewey:
-Fic-
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of
nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named
Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
AR: 4.2 5-8 6.0 RC: 6.1 11
Lexile: 590 2000 RL:6.1 |
The grapes of wrath
By Steinbeck, John,
1902-1968. Dewey: 813
The story of a farm family's
Depression-era journey from the Dustbowl of Oklahoma to the California
migrant labor camps in search of a better life.
AR: 4.9 AD 25.0 RC: 7.8
36 Lexile: 680 1939 IL:AD |
The crystal cave
By Stewart, Mary,
1916- Dewey: 823
Merlin, the son of a Welsh princess,
survives a perilous childhood on his way to fulfill his destiny as mentor,
advisor, and friend to King Arthur.
AR: 5.7 YA 24.0 RC: 8.3 31 Lexile:
960 2003 IL:YA |
The case for Christ : a journalist's personal
investigation of the evidence of Jesus
By Strobel, Lee,
1952- Dewey: 232.9
Retraces and expands upon the author's
two-year investigation into the eyewitness, documentary, scientific,
psychological, circumstantial, and other evidence that led him to the
conclusion that the biblical accounts of the life, death, and resurrection
of Jesus are true.
2001 IL:YA |
The case for faith
By Strobel, Lee,
1952- Dewey: 239
The author, a former atheist who became a
Christian after two years of examining the historical evidence about God
and Jesus, addresses some of the bothersome issues that often hinder
people in their quest for faith, including questions about suffering and
evil, science and evolution, different beliefs, hell, and doubt.
2002 IL:YA |
The Joy Luck Club
By Tan, Amy. Dewey:
813
In 1949 four Chinese women began meeting in San Francisco to play
mah jong. They called their gathering the Joy Luck Club. Forty years later
they look back and remember.
AR: 5.7 YA 14.0 RC: 8.4 19 Lexile: 930
1989 IL:YA |
The hobbit, or, There and back again
By Tolkien,
J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Dewey: 823
The
adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in
his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.
AR: 6.6
YA 16.0 1994 IL:YA RL:7.5 |
Cruise control
By Trueman,
Terry. Dewey: -Fic-
A talented basketball player struggles
to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother
rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father
who deserted the family.
AR: 5.1 YA 4.0 RC: 6.3 8 Lexile: 810
2004 IL:YA |
Stuck in neutral
By Trueman,
Terry. Dewey: -Fic-
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who
suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his
perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he
believes his father is planning to kill him.
AR: 5.7 5-8 4.0 RC: 6.1 8
Lexile: 820 2000 RL:6.7 |
Black and white
By Volponi,
Paul. Dewey: -Fic-
Two star high school basketball players,
one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after
committing a crime together and getting caught.
AR: 4.9 YA 6.0 RC: 3.9
11 Lexile: 710 2005 IL:YA |
Forgive the river, forgive the sky
By Whelan,
Gloria. Dewey: -Fic-
After her father dies in the river they
both love, twelve-year-old Lily struggles to come to terms with her loss,
and in so doing, she helps a paraplegic former pilot accept his condition
and move on with his
life.
1998 RL:4.2 |
Conceived Without Sin
By Bud MacFarlane Dewey:
Fic
Characters who jump off the page. A story that will grab you and
surprise you. Hilarious dialogue and thoughtful discussion. A novel about
the true meaning of friendship in modern America. A book about your life.
IL: YA |
Raising the griffin
By Wyatt,
Melissa. Dewey: -Fic-
When the people of Rovenia vote to
restore their monarchy, sixteen-year-old Alex Varenhoff must suddenly
leave his native England to become prince of a land he knows only from his
grandfather's stories.
AR: 4.2 5-8 9.0 RC: 3.5 15 Lexile: 670
2004 RL:5.8 |
The Virginian : a horseman of the plains
By
Wister, Owen, 1860-1938. Dewey: 813
The Virginia, a
soft-spoken cowboy, moves to a frontier town in Wyoming in the late 1800s,
bringing law and order, and finding love.
AR: 6.3 YA 21.0
2002 IL:YA $9.96 |
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Pierced by a Sword: A Chronicle of the Coming Tribulations
By
Bud MacFarlane Dewey: Fic
Characters so real you'll swear you know them. A plot that twists and
turns so fast you'll lose sleep to find out what happens next. A riveting
story that whisks you from Salt Lake City to Chicago to Rome to Notre
Dame. A supernatural thriller that will rock your world. IL: YA |
Briar Rose
By Yolen, Jane. Dewey:
813
In this retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," a young woman learns that
her grandmother had a secret past tied to the Holocaust.
AR: 5.0 AD 8.0
RC: 7.1 13 Lexile: 820
1992 IL:AD RL:7.2 |
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