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Applegate, Katherine | Home of the Brave |
Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at his new Minneapolis home, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner. |
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Avi | Never Mind: A Twin Novel |
Twelve-year-old NYC twins Meg and Edward have nothing in common when their lives coincidentally collide in a hillarious showdown. |
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Bauer, Joan | Stand Tall |
A twelve year old boy copes with his parents divorce by helping his amputee grandfather. |
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Blume, Judy | Are you there God, It's me Margaret |
A twelve year old girl struggles with growing up and her religious identity. |
Clements, Andrew
(several titles) | The Jacket |
A white sixth grader rethinks what it means to be a racist after he accuses a black boy in ihs class of stealing his brother's jacket. |
Creech, Sharon
(several titles) | The Wanderer |
Cousins Sophie and Cody record thoughts and reflections on their transatlantic voyage to visit their grandfather in England. |
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Danziger, Paula & Ann Martin | P.S. Longer Letter Later |
Twelve year old best friends continue their friendship through letters when one moves away. |
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Davis, Katie | The Curse of Addy McMahon |
After her father's death, aspiring sixth grade writer Addy McMahon feels like she is cursed with bad luck, and when she temporalily loses her best friend, and is forced to admit that her mother is dating again, she vows she will never write another word. |
| Dowell, Frances O'Rourk | Chicken Boy |
A seventh grade boy's not-so-good life turns around after he meets a new friend and starts raising chickens. |
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Dowell, Frances O'Rourk | Where I'd Like to Be |
A group of foster children form a special friendship as they build a home they can call their own. |
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Gantos, Jack | Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key |
Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription medications wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired. |
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Henkes, Kevin | Sun & Spoon |
A ten year old boy comes to terms with his grandmother's death and how his grandfather changes. |
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Hiaasen, Carl | Hoot |
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site. |
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Hicks, Betty | Busted |
Anxious to distract his strict mother, twelve year old Stuart and his best friend, a girl named Mack, determine to fix her up with Mack's Uncle Joe. |
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HOlt, Kimbery (YA) | When Zachary Beaver Comes to Town |
Thirteen year old Toby and his best friend befriend 600 pound Zachary, "the fattest boy in the world," one summer. |
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Korman, Gordan |
Schooled |
When Cap's grandmother lands in the hospital, he is forced to attend the local middle school after only being homeschooled in a hippie commune. |
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Levy, Elizabeth |
My Life as a Fifth Grade Comedian |
A fifth grade boy who is a class clown needs to channel his humor or risk being expelled. |
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Lord, Cynthia |
Rules |
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve year old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic. |
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Lowry, Lois | Anastasia Krumpnik series |
Follow ten year old Anastasia's ups and downs in life. |
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Mckay, Hillary. | Indigo Star |
Indigo dreads the bully at school and his sister is the only one that knows it - his life changes for the better when he befriends an American boy who ends up being "a part of the family." |
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McKinnon, Hannah Roberts | Franny Parker |
Through the hot, dry Oklahoma summer, twelve year old Franny tends wild animals brought by her neighbors, hears gossip during a weekly quilting bee, befriends a nw neighbor who has some big secrets, and learns to hope. |
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Mills, Claudia |
Loser, Inc. |
A twelve year old boy no longer wants to be a part of the club he has helped to create. |
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Myracle, Lauren | Eleven |
The year between turning eleven and turning twelve brings many changes for Winnie and her friends. |
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Naylor, Phyllis | Alice series |
Follow seventh grade Alice through life's trials. |
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Naylor, Phyllis | The Girls Revenge |
A feud continues between two sisters and two brothers. |
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Philbrick, W.R. | The Young Man and the Sea |
Convinced he needs to earn money and take care of his father, a twelve year old boy sets out alone on a dangerous trip to catch a huge blue-fin tuna. |
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Thomson, John | Small Boat at the Bottom of the Sea |
Twelve year old Donovan's summer with his aunt and uncle on Puget Sound becomes a test of his own convictions when he suspects his uncle's involvement in a local racist group. |
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Weston, Carol | The Diary of Melanie Martin, or how I survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Town of Pizza |
Fourth grader Melanie Martin writes in her diary, describing her family's trip to Italy and all that she learns. |
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Woodson, Jaqueline | Miracle's Boys |
A twelve year old boy and his older brother struggle with blame and guilt over their mother's death. |
summaries copied or adapted from WLS catalog
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©Briarcliff Manor Public Library
This website was created by Amy B.G. Kaplan
(abgkaplan@westchesterlibraries.org)
Last revised February 14, 2010
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