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Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Aiken, Joan
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
J Aik
Cousins Sylvia and Bonnie are maltreated by their new governess Miss Slighcarp
and eventually sent away to a school run by her evil sister. Will they escape?
Avi
Crispin: the Cross of Lead YA
Avi
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in
fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life
juggler who holds a dangerous secret.
Balliett, Blue
Chasing Vermeer YA Bal
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious
Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their
talents to solve an international art scandal.
Bellairs, John
The Doom of the Haunted Opera
JPb Bel
Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger are faced with a dilemma when their
discovery of an unpublished opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to
rule the world by bringing back the dead.
Byng, Georgia
Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism YA Byn
Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage in a small English
town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom
in New York City.
Colfer, Eoin
Artemis Fowl YA Col
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by
capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with
magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Cushman, Karen
Rodzina YA Cus
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in
Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
DiCamillo, Kate
Because of Winn-Dixie YA DiC
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi,
Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog
Winn-Dixie.
DiTerlizzi, Tony
The Field Guide YA Dit
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian
house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to
have some unusual experiences.
First in the Spiderwick Chronicles.
Funke, Cornelia
The Thief Lord YA Fun
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one,
are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter
with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord."
Gaiman, Neil
Coraline YA Gai
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world
that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own. Coraline must
challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls
of three others.
Garfield, Leon
Smith YA Gar
Moments after he steals a document from a man's pocket, an illiterate young
pickpocket in eighteenth-century London witnesses the man's murder by two men
who want the document.
Gliori, Debi
Pure Dead Magic YA Gli
When their father is kidnapped and danger looms, the Strega-Borgia children,
their mysterious new nanny, and a giant tarantula use magic and actual trips
through the Internet to bring peace to their Scottish castle.
Kennemore, Tim
Circle of Doom YA Ken
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie uses ingredients both ordinary and not so ordinary to
make a series of magic potions, to the growing astonishment of her younger
brothers.
McKay, Hilary
Saffy’s Angel YA McK
After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship
with her eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help her go back to
Italy where she was born to find a special memento of her past.
Nimmo, Jenny
Midnight for Charlie Bone YA Nim
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a
dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs
talking.
Pullman, Philip
Count Karlstein YA Pul
In the mountains of Switzerland the wicked Count Karlstein plots to abandon his
two orphaned nieces in a hunting lodge as prey for the Demon Huntsman and his
ghostly hounds.
Sachar, Louis
Holes YA Sac
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse
on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in
the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new
sense of himself.
Stevenson, Robert Louis.
Kidnapped YA Ste
After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour
escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish Highlanders under
English rule.
Stewart, Paul
Beyond the Deepwoods YA Ste
Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his
wood-troll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods
home to find the place where he belongs.
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