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Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Barrett, Judi.


Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers-- until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
Date Published:1978

The BFG

Dahl, Roald.


Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
Date Published:1982

The return of the Indian

Banks, Lynne Reid, 1929-


A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back only to find that he is close to death and in need of help. Sequel to "The Indian in the Cupboard."
Date Published:1986

Scary stories to tell in the dark : collected from American folklore

Schwartz, Alvin.


Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Date Published:1981

Little house on the prairie

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.



Date Published:1935

Hoot

Hiaasen, Carl.


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.
Date Published:2002

Moving day

Cabot, Meg.


Book 1. Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules.
Date Published:2008

The BFG

Dahl, Roald.



Date Published:1982

My side of the mountain

George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012.


A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Date Published:1988

Brisingr, or, The seven promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular

Paolini, Christopher.


Book 3. The further adventures of Eragon and his dragon Saphira as they continue to aid the Varden in the struggle against the evil king, Galbatorix.
Date Published:2008

Bad kitty gets a bath

Bruel, Nick.


"A Neal Porter book." Takes a humorous look at the normal way cats bathe, why it is inappropriate for humans to bathe that way, and the challenges of trying to give a cat a real bath with soap and water. Includes fun facts, glossary, and other information.
Date Published:2008

The hunger games

Collins, Suzanne.


In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
Date Published:2012

The maze of bones

Riordan, Rick.


What would happen if you discovered that your family was one of the most powerful in human history? What if you were told that the source of the family's power was hidden around the world, in the form of 39 clues? What if you were given a choice - take a million dollars and walk away ... or get the first clue? If you're Amy and Dan Cahill, you take the clue - and begin a very dangerous race.
Date Published:2008

The BFG

Dahl, Roald.


Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
Date Published:1982

Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw

Kinney, Jeff.


Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
Date Published:2009

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Rowling, J. K.


Sequel to: Harry Potter and the goblet of fire.
Date Published:2018

Cody

Miles, Ellen.


When Cody is left on the front step of the Petersons' house, Lizzie and Charles refuse to stop until they have found the perfect home for Cody.
Date Published:2008

The sword thief

Lerangis, Peter.


Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair. Spies report that Amy and Dan seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known. If this fearsome warrior was a Cahill, his secrets are sure to be well-guarded.
Date Published:2009

The city of Ember

DuPrau, Jeanne.


In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Date Published:2003

Eragon

Paolini, Christopher.


Map on endpapers. Book one. In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
Date Published:2003