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The Harry Potter Series

J.K. Rowling

FIC ROW

 

Yes the entire series!

Weird things happen when Harry is around but he doesn't know why until his 11th birthday when he finds out he is a wizard! This series follows Harry and his friends as they attend wizarding school and learn how to use and and manage their magic. While Harry and his friends navigate school, Quidditch, relationships, and bullies they must hone their magic skills because Lord Voldemort is trying to regain his power. Do Harry and his friends have what it takes to defend the wizarding world from the evil Lord Voldemort?

 

02

 

The Percy Jackson Series

Rick Riordan

FIC RIO

 

This fast paced series packs in the action and adventure! Being a demigod Percy Jackson must battle mythological monsters just to stay alive. However, he is not alone. There are other demigods just like him and he finds himself surrounded by them at Camp Halfblood. At camp Percy learns how to use his skills and that an ancient prophecy may mean he has to save the world. Percy and his friends must survive and succeed at their quest or it could be the end of the world. 

 

03

How Angel Peterson got his name : and other outrageous tales about extreme sports

Gary Paulsen

813 PAU

 

WHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt:

• Shooting waterfalls in a barrel
• The first skateboarding
• Breaking the world record for speed on skis by being towed behind a souped-up car, and then . . . hitting gravel
• Jumping three barrels like motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, except they only have bikes
• Wrestling . . . a bear? 

Extreme sports lead to extreme fun in tales from Gary’s boyhood.

 

04

One Crazy Summer

Rita Williams-Garcia

FIC WIL

                           

Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, Cecile is nothing like they imagined.

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While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.

 

05

Rot & Ruin

Jonathan Maberry

FIC MAB

                           

In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be human.

 

06

The Fill in Boyfriend

Kasie West

FIC WES

                           

When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she decides to do the unthinkable…convince the cute guy waiting to pick up his sister to pretend to be her boyfriend for the night. The task is simple: two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.

 

The problem is that days after prom, she can't stop thinking about her fill-in boyfriend. But can Gia turn her fake boyfriend into a real one without exposing her lie and possibly destroying her friendships and her newfound relationship?

 

07

With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote

Ann Bausum

324.6 BAU

                           

Chronicles the long history of the fight for women's voting rights, beginning in 1848, with a focus on the years between 1913 and 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, and includes profiles of notable women in the struggle.

 

08

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

FIC DAH

 

After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends—Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins!

 

09

Scrawl: A Novel

Mark Shulman

FIC SHU

                           

Tod Munn is a bully. He's tough, but times are even tougher. The wimps have stopped coughing up their lunch money. The administration is cracking down. Then to make things worse, Tod and his friends get busted doing something bad. Something really bad.

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Lucky Tod must spend his daily detention in a hot, empty room with Mrs. Woodrow, a no-nonsense guidance counselor. He doesn't know why he's there, but she does. Tod's punishment: to scrawl his story in a beat-up notebook. He can be painfully funny and he can be brutally honest. But can Mrs. Woodrow help Tod stop playing the bad guy before he actually turns into one . . . for real?

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Read Tod's notebook for yourself.

 

10

Out of My Mind

Sharon M. Draper

FIC DRA

 

Eleven-year-old Melody is not like most people. She can’t walk. She can’t talk. She can’t write. All because she has cerebral palsy. But she also has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She’s the smartest kid in her whole school, but NO ONE knows it. Most people—her teachers, her doctors, her classmates—dismiss her as mentally challenged because she can’t tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by her disability. And she’s determined to let everyone know it…somehow.

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