By The Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman Life in "The Diggin's" would not be easy for twelve-year-old Jack and his butler, Praiseworthy, but they knew they had to strike it rich to save the family home.
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech Thirteen-year-old Sophie, her cousins Brian and Cody, and her three uncles travel across the sea on a rickety boat to England as Sophie searches for her place in her family and the world.
Terror at the Zoo by Peg Kehret 12-year-old Ellen and her younger brother find themselves trapped in the zoo at night with an escaped criminal.
Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells In the 1920s, Mary Breckenridge rode from a life of wealth and privilege into the poverty-stricken mountains of Kentucky to set up the Frontier Nursing Service.
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen When middle-schooler Roy Eberhardt moves to a new town in Florida, he encounters a colorful cast of characters as he tries to solve the mystery of the barefoot boy.
