AUTHOR: Louis Sachar GENRE: Adventure Fiction SUMMARY: Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly…
AUTHOR: Trenton Lee Stewart GENRE: Adventure Fiction, Science Fiction SUMMARY: The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission: to go on a mind-bending international scavenger hunt designed to engage their individual talents. As they search for all the clues and riddles Mr. Benedict has hidden for them, Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance faces…
AUTHOR: Elizabeth George Speare GENRE: Historical Fiction SUMMARY: This gripping, action-packed novel tells the story of eighteen-year-old Daniel bar Jamin—a fierce, hotheaded young man bent on revenging his father’s death by forcing the Romans from his land of Israel. Daniel’s palpable hatred for Romans wanes only when he starts to hear the gentle lessons of…
AUTHOR: C.S. Lewis GENRE: Fantasy Fiction SUMMARY: A stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta on the run from his homeland with the talking horse, Bree. When the pair discover a deadly plot by the Calormen people to conquer the land of Narnia, the race is on to warn the inhabitants of…
AUTHOR: John Grisham GENRE: Mystery, Legal Drama SUMMARY: A perfect murder. A faceless witness. A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth… and he’s only thirteen years old. Meet Theodore Boone. In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he’s only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he’s one of them. Theo…
AUTHOR: Marguerite Henry GENRE: Fiction SUMMARY: “You’ll never catch the Phantom,” says Grandpa. “That horse is fast as the wind. She’s escaped from every roundup on the island!” But Paul and Maureen want the beautiful wild mare for their very own. “I’m going to capture her myself,” says Paul. When Paul finally overtakes the Phantom,…
AUTHOR: Peter Brown GENRE: Adventure, Science Fiction SUMMARY: Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings—but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island?
AUTHOR: Rosanne Parry GENRE: Adventure Fiction SUMMARY: Swift, a young wolf cub, lives with his pack in the mountains learning to hunt, competing with his brothers and sisters for hierarchy, and watching over a new litter of cubs. Then a rival pack attacks, and Swift and his family scatter. Alone and scared, Swift must flee…
AUTHOR: Roald Dahl GENRE: Fantasy Fiction SUMMARY: The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It’s lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become…
