Journal of Joshua Loper by Walter Myers. JFIC MYE In 1871 Joshua Loper, a 16-year-old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss.
The Long Road to Gettysburg by Jim Murphy. J 973.734 M Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, 19 year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and 17-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway.
The Man Who Was Poe by Avi. JFIC AVI A boy searching for his missing mother encounters Edgar Allan Poe in disguise as the detective Auguste Dupin.
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. JFIC SPI Jeffrey Magee's astonishing athletic skills earn him the nickname "Maniac." But it is his innocent friendships on both sides of a segregated town that earn him legendary fame.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. OBrien. JFIC OBR Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits a group of rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise.
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George. JFIC GEO Young Sam Gribley, tired of the crowded city, runs away to the Catskill Mountains where he learns to survive in the wild with the help of a falcon named Frightful.
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman. JFIC KOR 8th-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play and, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and suggests changes that improve the play and his life.
Park's Quest by Katherine Paterson. JFIC PAT Eleven year-old Park makes some startling discoveries when he travels to his grandfather's farm in Virginia to learn about his father who died in the Vietnam war.
Redwall by Brian Jacques. JFIC JAC The peaceful life of Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes. The first volume of the Redwall series.
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan. JFIC RYA A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix. JFIC HAD When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, 13-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under observation by heartless scientists. Jessie has to escape the village and save the dying children.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr. JFIC COE Moving story of a young Japanese girl who dies of Leukemia that developed from the bombing of Hiroshima.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. JFIC BUR Beloved children's classic about a lonely orphaned girl who moves to England and discovers a walled garden which changes her life.
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. JFIC NAY A boy tries to hide a dog in the woods in an effort to save the dog from his mean-spirited owner.
Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky. J 811 P A wealth of funny verse from a favorite poet with vivid words, rhythmic cadences and infectious humor.
The Trading Game by Alfred Slote. JFIC SLO Andy's baseball talent is combined with a consuming interest in collecting cards, a pastime that his grandfather scorns. Their conflict comes to a head in a game which Grandpa must coach.
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn. JFIC HAH When he spends the summer with his great aunt in the family's old house, a boy is drawn to the past.
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. JFIC BAB Winnie Foster stumbles upon the Tuck family's secret of eternal life. But she is followed by an evil stranger who wants to use the secret for profit.
When the Circus Came to Town by Polly Horvath. JFIC HOR Not everyone welcomes Elvira the Snake Lady and The Flying Gambinis to the neighborhood.
Williwaw! by Tom Bodett. JFIC BOD 13-year-old September and her younger brother Ivan disobey their father by taking the boat out on their Alaska bay, where they are caught in a terrifying storm called a williwaw.
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman. JB WRIGHT Describes the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright and provides details on how they developed the first airplane.
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Linsey Namioka. JFIC NAM A musically untalented boy is faced with giving a violin performance when he would rather be playing baseball.