Jumanji -- by Chris Allsburg (Author) (Book - Child)
"When Judy and Peter find a board game in the park, they take it home, hoping to alleviate their boredom. One live lion, an erupting volcano, and a dozen destructive monkeys later, the children are no...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Very Angry Day That Amy Didn't Have -- by Lawrence Shapiro, Charles Brenna (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Margaret and Amy are two girls in the same class who are coincidentally both having a very difficult day. While Amy finds ways to solve the various problems she encounters, Margaret always makes...
Ages 4 years - 10 years.
Superfudge -- by Judy Blume (Author) (Book - Child)
"Nothing is simple for 12-year-old Peter. His younger brother, Fudge, is bad enough. Now there's a new baby on the way, and his family is moving to Princeton for a year. "A genuinely funny story . . ....
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Book for Jodan -- by Marcia Newfield (Author) (Book - Child)
"When Jodan learns that her parents are separating she wonders what can be done to keep them together and if she is to blame for their decision." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Moves Make the Man -- by Bruce Brooks (Author) (Book - Child)
"A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Abel's Island -- by William Steig (Author) (Book - Child)
"One summer day, newlywed Abel and Amanda are out for a picnic in the woods when they are caught in a sudden storm. As they take refuge in a cave, a wind stoops up Amanda's scarf, and Abel foolishly...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Twenty-one Balloons -- by William du Bois (Author) (Book - Child)
"Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitant and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Ghosts I Have Been -- by Richard Peck (Author) (Book - Child)
"Blossom Culp is the outspoken outcast of Bluff City, always getting into trouble. No one wants to cross her, especially now that she's revealed that she can see the Unseen. Then Blossom herself is...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dragonwings -- by Laurence Yep (Author) (Book - Child)
"The story begins as eight-year-old Moon Shadow Lee journeys across the Pacific to join his proud and clever father at the family-owned laundry in San Francisco. The boy recounts their problems with...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind -- by Athena Lord (Author) (Book - Child)
"Twelve-year-old Binnie, whose mother runsa company boarding house in Lowell, Massachusetts, begins working in a textile mill and is caught up in the 1836 strike of women workers." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
