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Balliett, Blue
The Calder Game
When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village, along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn, his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.
379 p. 2008
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Bouwman, H. M.
The Remarkable and Very True Story of Lucy and Snowcap
In 1788, thirteen years after English convicts are shipwrecked on the magical islands of Tathenland, two twelve-year-old girls, one a native Colay, the other the child-governor of the English, set out on a journey to stop the treachery from which both peoples are suffering.
270 p. 2008
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Buckley-Archer, Linda
Gideon the Cutpurse
Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England, where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.
404 p. 2006
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Carman, Patrick
Atherton : the House of Power
Edgar, an eleven-year-old orphan, finds a book that reveals significant secrets about Atherton, the strictly divided world on which he lives, even as geological changes threaten to shift the power structure that allows an elite few to live off the labor of others.
330 p. 2007
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Cashore, Kristin
Graceling
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with Prince Po, another young fighter, to save their land from a corrupt king.
471 p. 2008
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Codell, Esme Raji
Vive La Paris
Fifth-grader Paris learns some lessons about dealing with bullies of all kinds, as she wonders how to stop a classmate from beating up her brother at school, and as she learns about the Holocaust from her piano teacher, Mrs. Rosen.
210 p. 2006
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Farmer, Nancy
The Land of the Silver Apples
After escaping from the Sea of Trolls, the apprentice bard Jack plunges into a new series of adventures, traveling underground to Elfland and uncovering the truth about his little sister Lucy.
496 p. 2007
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Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Igraine the Brave
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
212 p. 2007
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Gardner, Lyn
Into the Woods
Pursued by the sinister Dr. DeWilde and his ravenous wolves, three sisters--Storm, the inheritor of a special musical pipe, the elder Aurora, and the baby Any--flee into the woods and begin a treacherous journey filled with many dangers, as they try to find a way to defeat their pursuer and keep him from taking the pipe and control of the entire land.
427 p. 2007
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Giff, Patricia Reilly
Eleven
When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered.
164 p. 2008
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Found
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
314 p. 2008
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Hale, Shannon
The Goose Girl
On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.
383 p. 2005
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Holm, Jennifer L.
Penny from Heaven
As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death.
274 p. 2006
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Hulme, John
The Split Second
Becker Drane is 13 and still a Fixer in the parallel universe called the Seems. He is called upon to repair the damage caused by an enormous bomb planted in the Department of Time, an act of terrorism perpetrated by the evil members of the Tide, a group that is trying to destroy the World.
301 p. 2008
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Levine, Gail Carson
Fairest
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
326 p. 2006
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Lord, Cynthia
Rules
Frustrated by life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence, but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
200 p. 2006
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Nicholls, Sally
Ways to Live Forever
Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him.
212 p. 2008
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Nix, Garth
Superior Saturday
Even as he grows stronger and closer to discovering the secret of his identity, Arthur Penhaligan must face further dangers and conflicts as he struggles to attain the Sixth Key from the oldest Denizen and most powerful and knowledgable sorcerer, Saturday.
278 p. 2008
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O'Connor, Barbara
How to Steal a Dog
Georgina, her little brother and their mother live in the family car in their small North Carolina town, after their father leaves them virtually penniless. Desperate to improve their situation, Georgina persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
170 p. 2007
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Oppel, Kenneth
Starclimber
As members of the first crew of astralnauts, Matt Cruse and Kate De Vries journey into outer space on the Starclimber and face a series of catastrophes that threaten the survival of all on board.
390 p. 2009
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