THE DREAM STEALER
written by Sid Fleischman
illustrated by Peter Sis
HarperCollins Children’s Books
ISBN: 9780061755637
Ages 9-up
96 pages

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There is a bandit who comes in the night. He does not want pretty silver earrings or dangly gold necklaces, not diamonds or rubies. What does he want? Listen, I will tell you. He wants dreams. He is supposed to take only nightmares --- the dreams of monsters and phantoms --- but he's grown scared. He's been taking the good dreams instead. But one night he steals from the wrong girl. Susana is clever. She is wily. She is brave. And she wants her dream back.

THE EXTRA-ORDINARY PRINCESS
Carolyn Q. Ebbitt
Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books
ISBN: 9781599903408
Ages 8-12
336 pages

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Amelia, the fourth sister in a line of princesses, is sure her red hair and non-princessy ways --- not to mention being the last-born --- will mean an easy life of never being queen. But when an ancient curse comes to life, an evil uncle tries to take over their peaceful kingdom, and her three sisters are turned into a tree and two swans, Amelia and her best friend Henry must gather the forces of her magically blessed family, and save Gosling from complete destruction.

WILD GIRL
Patricia Reilly Giff
Wendy Lamb Books/Random House
ISBN: 9780375838903
Ages 8-12
160 pages

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Lidie lives in Jales, Brazil, where she’s free to ride, to be a wild girl, and to dream of going to live with her father and older brother, Rafael, in New York City. Finally Lidie is 12 --- time to leave Brazil for New York. Meanwhile, a filly is born and begins her journey to a new home. As Lidie’s story unfolds, so does the filly’s.

Lidie’s father runs a stable at a famous race track, and Rafael is training to be a jockey. As much as they want to make Lidie feel welcome, they still think of her as the little girl they left behind. They don’t even know what a strong rider she is, and that she’s determined to befriend and ride the wild filly her father has just bought: Wild Girl.

The 39 Clues

THE 39 CLUES, Book Five: THE BLACK CIRCLE
Patrick Carman
Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9780545060455
Ages 9-12
176 pages

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The hunt for the 39 Clues leads Amy and Dan to their most treacherous destination yet --- a frozen land of Cahill secrets and betrayals. With danger chasing close behind, the siblings must track down one of history’s greatest lost treasures. Governments were toppled and rulers were killed during the last attempt to find it. Do Amy and Dan even stand a chance?

Billy Bones

BILLY BONES: THE ROAD TO NEVERMORE
Christopher Lincoln
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316014755
Ages 8-12
208 pages

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Billy Bones and his cousin Millicent are ready to explore the world beyond the Biglum mansion. When Uncle Grim and Millicent are captured and taken to the hidden world of Nevermore, Billy begins an adventure bigger than even he could have asked for. As Billy searches for his loved ones, Millicent discovers that some secrets are too big for any Secrets Closet to hold --- and may be too dark for any skeleton to overcome.

The Clockwork Dark

THE NINE POUND HAMMER: The Clockwork Dark, Book 1
John Claude Bemis
Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375855641
Ages 9-12
368 pages

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Twelve-year-old Ray is haunted by the strangest memories of his father, whom Ray swears could speak to animals. Now an orphan, Ray jumps from a train going through the American South and falls in with a medicine show train and its stable of sideshow performers. The performers turn out to be heroes, defenders of the wild, including the son of John Henry. They are hiding the last of the mythical Swamp Sirens from an ancient evil known as the Gog. Why the Gog wants the Siren, they can’t be sure, but they know it has something to do with rebuilding a monstrous machine that John Henry gave his life destroying years before, a machine that will allow the Gog to control the will of men and spread darkness throughout the world.

Groosham Grange

RETURN TO GROOSHAM GRANGE: THE UNHOLY GRAIL
Anthony Horowitz
Philomel Books
ISBN: 9780399250637
Ages 10-up
224 pages

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Someone is trying to destroy David Eliot’s school. A year ago, he would have given anything to see the end of Groosham Grange and its ghastly, monstrous teachers. Now, he’s on track to win the Unholy Grail, a cup of magical power rewarded to the star pupil. But a series of suspicious mishaps has the space between David and the new boy, Vincent King, narrowing at an alarming rate. It seems that someone or some thing is trying to stop David from winning --- and, worse, threatening Groosham Grange itself!

John Feinstein’s Sports Mysteries

CHANGE-UP: Mystery at the World Series
John Feinstein
Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375856365
Ages 10-up
320 pages

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Bestselling author, journalist and Edgar Award winner John Feinstein is back with another high-stakes sports mystery. Teen reporters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are covering baseball’s World Series, and during the course of an interview with a new hot pitcher, they discover more than a few contradictions in his life story. What is he hiding? An embarrassing secret? A possible crime? Let the investigation begin!

The Missing

SENT: The Missing, Book 2
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781416954224
Ages 8-12
320 pages

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Thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip are reeling from the news that they're both missing children from history, kidnapped from their proper time period. Before they can fully absorb this revelation, a time purist named JB zaps Chip and another boy, Alex, back to the 15th century, where they supposedly belong. Determined not to lose their friends, Jonah and his sister, Katherine, grab Chip's arms just as he's being sent away. The result? Jonah and Katherine also end up in the 15th century, where they decidedly do not belong.
 
Chip's true identity is Edward V, king of England, and Alex is his younger brother, Richard, Duke of York. But Chip is convinced that his uncle, Richard of Gloucester, plans to kill them and seize the throne for himself. JB promises that if the kids can "fix time," he will allow them to return to the present day. But how can they possibly return home safely when history claims that Chip and Alex were murdered?

Ranger’s Apprentice

RANGER’S APPRENTICE, Book 6: THE SIEGE OF MACINDAW
John Flanagan
Philomel Books
ISBN: 9780399250330
Ages 10-up
320 pages

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After years as a Ranger’s apprentice, Will is now the protector of his first fief. Not long into his service, everything that can go wrong does: Keren, a renegade knight, has taken over Castle Macindaw, a strategic gateway to the North --- poisoning the royal family in the process --- and is holding Will’s friend Alyss captive. The situation grows direr when Will uncovers Keren’s secret alliance with the Scotti, who have plans to plunder Araluen. Time is of the essence, and Will must recruit a motley crew to rescue Alyss and reclaim Castle Macindaw --- before the Scotti can make it their own.

Skulduggery Pleasant

SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT: THE FACELESS ONES
Derek Landay
HarperCollins Children’s Books
ISBN: 9780061240911
Ages 8-12
432 pages

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If you've read the other Skulduggery books by Derek Landy (and you really should have read them by now), you've seen it all before: Some bad guy wants to bring about the end of the world, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie fight valiantly to stop it from happening. A few people get hurt, sure, but everything's all right in the end. Well, not this time.

Sequel to THE CROSSROADS

THE HANGING HILL
Chris Grabenstein
Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375846991
Ages 9-up
336 pages

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After narrowly escaping a malevolent spirit in THE CROSSROADS, Zack and Judy are hoping to relax during the rehearsals for a show based on Judy’s bestselling children’s books. Little do they know that the director is planning to raise a horde of evil specters from the dead, and to accomplish this, he needs a human sacrifice…and Zack fits the bill perfectly.

THE EARTH SHOOK: A Persian Tale
written by Donna Jo Napoli
illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska
Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423104483
Ages 4-8
40 pages

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Little Parisa --- Farsi for "like an angel" --- goes to bed one night only to be shaken from sleep by an earthquake that rocks her home of Bam, Iran. Frightened and alone --- the earthquake has left her town deserted --- Parisa knocks on the doors of various animals, only to be rebuffed again and again. Boar accuses her of being a hunter; Owl blames her for taking his food and leaving him hungry. Lion just gives a ferocious roar. Left with nothing but her resolve, Parisa turns to the most natural of human instincts: She walked as a human child under the sun. She dances. She laughs. She waters neglected flowers. She shares. And one by one, her generous spirit inspires the animals around her to put aside their differences and revel in the simple delights that unite them.

GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
written by Lauren Child
photography by Polly Borland and set creation by Emily Jenkins
Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423119982
Ages 5-up
32 pages

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Once upon a time, on the edge of a big, dark forest, there lived a little girl called Goldilocks. You have probably heard of her? If so, you will know these three things: She was small. She had lots of golden curls. And she had far too much curiosity for her own good. So when Goldilocks discovers an intriguing wooden cottage deep in the forest, she just can't resist peeking inside. Now why would there be one, two, three of everything...?

TWO BAD PILGRIMS
written by Kathryn Lasky
illustrated by John Manders
Viking Juvenile
ISBN: 9780670061686
Ages 5-8
40 pages

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Everybody knows about the Pilgrims --- pious, sober voyagers who sought new lives in the New World. But two very bad Pilgrims have been largely forgotten by history, and they’re ready to tell their story! Real-life boys Francis and Johnny Billington nearly blew up the Mayflower, got kidnapped by Indians, and wreaked havoc wherever they went.