Among the Hidden, Margaret Haddix, 1998, $5.99, 160 pp. Luke Garner has lived his twelve years in isolation

because he is his family’s third child, forbidden in this future society. Another "third" convinces him the

government is wrong. (First of a series.)

Angels in Pink: Kathleen’s Story, Lurlene McDaniel, 2005, $6.50, 240 pp. Sixteen-year-old Kathleen balances

summer hospital volunteer work with caring for her seriously ill mother, and meeting a new boy. (First

Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez, 2002, $6.50, 192 pp. Twelve-year-old Anita de la Torre discovers that her

family is involved in a movement to end Trujillo’s bloody dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.

Define Normal, Julie Anne Peters, 2000, $7.99, 196 pp. When she agrees to meet with Jasmine as a peer

counselor at their middle school, Antonia never dreams that this far-out girl with the black lipstick and

pierced eyebrow will end up helping her deal with her own problems.

geniuses and save Earth from alien attack. Despite his young age, he is unbeatable at war games. But

he has enemies. An award-winning classic with several sequels.

First Part Last, Angela Johnson, 2003, $5.99, 144 pp. Why is sixteen-year-old Bobby taking care of his new-

born daughter Feather? You don’t find out until the end what happened to her mother, Nia.

Hole in My Life, Jack Gantos, 2002, $8.00, 208 pp. Autobiography. Now the successful author of the Joey Pigza

books, Jack Gantos was desperate for cash in the spring of 1971. He agreed to help sail a yacht loaded

with drugs, got caught, and spent 15 months in prison.

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming, Al Gore, adapted for young readers by Jane

O’Connor, 2007, $16.00, 183 pp. Best selling book on the environmental crisis: how the earth could

change forever. Spectacularly illustrated.

Jackie and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure, Dan Gutman, 1999, $5.99, 145 pp. Via his baseball card time-

travel ability, young Joe Stoshack visits the year that Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball

color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

of five other children, all of whom can fly, were created in a lab as an experiment. Now they are on the

run from predators who have orders to destroy them before the world finds out.

the thoughts of people in photographs and doesn’t want to attend Bloor’s Academy for gifted children – where his classmates

also have mysterious powers. He does go, and adventures ensue. Fantasy.

Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? Eleanor Updale, 2005, $6.99, 240 pp. His time in prison for burglary

has given Montmorency time to plan for his survival. His knowledge of the Victorian London sewers has

given him escape routes, which he uses even after he becomes a full-fledged gentleman. First of a series.

Night Hoops, Carl Deuker, 2000, $6.95, 256 pp. While trying to prove he is good enough to play on his high

school varsity basketball team, sophomore Nick Abbott also has to deal with his parents’ divorce and

the erratic behavior of a talented but troubled teammate.

Nobody’s There, Joan Lowery Nixon, 2000, $5.99, 200 pp. Teenager Abbie Thompson is assigned as a volunteer

to help senior citizen Edna Merkel, who promptly gets Abbie involved in investigating a murder case.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi, 2003, $11.95, 160 pp. Cartoon format, true story of girl

growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, from age 6 to14. Cannot pass just by seeing the movie!

Restless: A Ghost’s Story, Rich Wallace, 2003, $5.99, 176 pp. Before moving on to a higher plane in the after-

life now that he is dead, Frank wants to connect with the athletic teenage brother he envies.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares, 2001, $8.95. 294 pp. Just an ordinary pair of jeans

on sale in a thrift shop, but they become a symbol for four best friends who share them during various

summer crises.

Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz, 2003, $7.99, 288 pp. (Series.) Reluctant teenage spy Alex Ryder, sent to help

the CIA find nuclear weapons on an island off Cuba, is kidnapped by a demented Russian who plans to

adopt him and to blow up part of the world.

Son of the Mob, Gordon Korman, 2002, $5.99, 272 pp. Vince Luca’s father is head of a powerful crime

organization, which causes a problem when Vince starts dating an FBI agent’s daughter. Be sure to

read volume one, not the sequel, which is Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle.

Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps, Andrea Warren, 2001, $6.99, 137 pp. Caught up in the

Holocaust and torn from his family, Jack Mandelbaum survives the nightmarish world of the concen-

tration camps. True story.

Bo join a street gang in Venice run by a mysterious 13-year-old boy known as the Thief Lord, who

has secrets of his own. The aunt pursues them. Fantasy.

Travel Team, Mike Lupica, 2004, $7.99, 288 pp. Cut from his seventh grade travel basketball team, twelve-

year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of castoffs that just might have a shot at victory.

and missing her "perfect" boyfriend Jason who is away for the summer, Macy gets a catering job

with a fun-loving, chaotic crew, meets an imperfect boy, and begins to live in the present.

Whispers from the Dead, Joan Lowery Nixon, 1989, $4.99, 180 pp. After a near-death experience, Sarah

Darnell is sensitive to other-worldly beings. As soon as she walks into her family’s new home in Houston, the voices alert her

to danger.