Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover.
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. J ALE, J-GRAPHIC ALE 
Boie, Kirsten. The Princess Plot.
Believing that she is on a film set after auditioning and winning the role of a princess, fourteen-year-old Jenna becomes the pawn in a royal conspiracy. J-ADV BOI, J-PBK BO
Burns, T.R. Merits of Mischief: The Bad Apple.
After accidentally killing a substitute teacher with an apple, twelve-year-old Seamus Hinkle is sent to Kilter Academy where, in order to excel as he always has, he must behave badly and pull pranks on his teachers, but along with new friends Lemon and Elinor he discovers that there is more to the Academy than meets the eye. J BUR
Daneshvari, Gitty. School of Fear.
Twelve-year-olds Madeleine, Theo, and Lulu, and thirteen-year-old Garrison, are sent to a remote Massachusetts school to overcome their phobias, but tragedy strikes and the quartet must work together-with no adult assistance-to face their fears. J DAN 
Dashner, James. The Journal of Curious Letters.
Thirteen-year-old Atticus "Tick" Higginbottom begins receiving mysterious letters from around the world signed only "M.G.," and the clues contained therein lead him on a journey to the perilous 13th Reality and a confrontation with evil Mistress Jane. J-SF DAS
Dumas, Firoozeh. It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel.
Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s. J-HF DUM
Feinstein, John. Vanishing Act.
Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player. J-M FEI
Fitzgerald, Dawn. Soccer Chick Rules.
While trying to focus on a winning soccer season, thirteen-year-old Tess becomes involved in local politics when she learns that all sports programs at her school will be stopped unless a tax levy is passed. J FIT, YA FIT
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book.
Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard. J-FAN GAI, YA-FANTASY GAI
Grabenstein, Chris. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.
12-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape. J GRA
Horowitz, Anthony. Three of Diamonds: Three Diamonds Brothers Mysteries.
A collection of three Diamond Brothers mysteries in which Tim and Nick bungle their way through a search for a missing philanthropist, find themselves in a Parisian prison, and are stranded on a Scottish island with a murderer. J-M HOR
Kelly, Erin. The Land of Forgotten Girls.
Abandoned by their father and living in poverty with their heartless stepmother in Louisiana, two sisters from the Philippines, twelve-year-old Sol and six-year-old Ming, learn the true meaning of family. J ERI
Korman, Gordon. Schooled.
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Cap has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or heard of a wedgie. But when Cap must move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. No one is prepared for this! J KOR, J-PBK KOR
Law, Ingrid. Savvy.
Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident. J-FAN LAW
Malone, Lee. The Last Boy at St. Edith’s.
7th-grader Jeremy Miner, the only boy in a school of 475 girls, unleashes a series of pranks in hopes of getting expelled. J MAL
Margolis, Leslie. Boys are Dogs.
When her mother gets a new boyfriend, sixth-grader Annabelle gets to cope with a new town, a new school, and a new puppy. While training her puppy, she decides to apply some of the same techniques to tame the unruly boys that are making her middle-school life miserable. J MAR, J-PBK MAR
Philbrick, W.R. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg.
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War. J-HF PHI
Polacio, R.J. Wonder.
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates. J POL
Reisman, Michael. Simon Bloom, Gravity Keeper.
Nerdy sixth-grader Simon Bloom finds a book that enables him to control the laws of physics, but when two thugs come after him, he needs the formulas in the book to save himself. J-SF REI
Riley, James. Story Thieves.
Except for reading the Kiel Gnomenfoot magic adventure series, Owen's life is boring until he sees classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the school library and he learns that she has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character. J-FAN RIL
Selznick, Brian. Wonderstruck.
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures. J SEL
Weissman, Elissa. Standing for Socks.
At the end of fifth grade, Fara decides to wear mismatched socks as a statement of individuality, but once middle school starts and she wants to be known for her ideas rather than her clothing, she feels burdened by an image that she no longer wants. J WEI
Winerip, Michael. Adam Canfield of the Slash.
While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam & Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in the school and the city's government. J WIN, J-PBK WIN |
