I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001

Title:  I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001
Author:  Lauren Tarshis
Genre: Historical Fiction
Description:  On a whim, Lucas takes the train into the city to tell his biggest fan that he is not going to play football anymore, but everything changes when the Twin Towers are attacked. Book #6
AR Level: 4.5

Word Count: 9,503

Location:  Find I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 in the F (Fiction) section under TAR (for Tarshis).

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

 

Title:  I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916
Author:  Lauren Tarshis
Genre: Historical Fiction
Description:  A great white shark has been attacking swimmers not far from Elm Hills. Everyone in town is talking about it, so when ten-year-old Chet sees something in the creek, he's sure it's his imagination, until he comes face-to-face with the shark. Book #2
AR Level: 3.9

Word Count:10,272

Location:  Find I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 in the F (Fiction) section under TAR (for Tarshis).

Titanic

Title:  Titanic Book One: Unsinkable
Author:  Gordon Korman
Genre: Historical Fiction
Description:  The lives of four passengers will be forever linked with the fate of "Titanic." Book #1

AR Level: 5.0

Word Count: 30,494

Location:  Find Titanic Book One: Unsinkable  in the F (Fiction) Section under KOR (for Korman)

Suddenly Supernatural : Scaredy Kat

Title:  Suddenly Supernatural : Scaredy Kat
Author:  Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Genre: Historical Fiction
Description:  Thirteen-year-old Kat, still not comfortable in her role as a medium, and her friend Jac, undergoing a crisis about the role of music in her life, try to find a way to help the unhappy spirit of a young boy in the abandoned house next door. Book #2

AR Level: 5.0

Word Count: 32,554

Location:  Find Suddenly Supernatural : Scaredy Kat  in the F (Fiction) Section under KIM (for Kimmel)

Read a few chapters online HERE.

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester

Title:  The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester
Author:  Barbara O'Connor
Genre: Adventure
Description:  After Owen captures an enormous bullfrog, names it Tooley, and then has to release it, he and two friends try to use a small submarine that fell from a passing train to search for Tooley in the pond it came from, while avoiding nosy neighbor Viola.
AR Level: 4.7

Word Count: 24,029

Location:  Find The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester in the F (Fiction) section under OCO (for O'Connor).

The Humming Room

Title:  The Humming Room
Author:  Ellen Potter
Genre: Mystery
Description:  Twelve-year-old orphan Roo Fanshaw is sent to live with an uncle she never knew in a largely uninhabited mansion on Cough Rock Island and discovers a wild river boy, an invalid cousin, and the mysteries of a hidden garden.
AR Level:5.2

Word Count: 41,594

Location:  Find The Humming Room in the F (Fiction) section under POT (for Potter).

Read part of The Humming Room HERE.

Waiting for the Magic

Title:  Waiting for the Magic
Author:  Patricia MacLachlan
Genre: Fantasy
Description:  When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.
AR Level: 3.0

Word Count: 12,706

Location:  Find Waiting for the Magic in the F (Fiction) section under MAC (for MacLachlan).

Learn more abut Waiting for the Magic HERE.

Freaky Fast Frankie Joe

Title:  Freaky Fast Frankie Joe
Author:  Lutricia Clifton
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Description:  Twelve-year-old Frankie, forced to live with the father he never knew, a stepmother, and four half-brothers in Illinois, starts a delivery service to finance his escape back to his mother in Texas, not realizing he is making a better life for himself.

AR Level: 3.8

Word Count: 48,340

Location:  Find Freaky Fast Frankie Joe in the F (Fiction) section under CLI (for Clifton).

Laugh with the Moon

Title:  Laugh with the Moon
Author:  Shana Burg
Genre:  Adventure
Description:  Massachusetts thirteen-year-old Clare, grieving after her mother's recent death, reluctantly travels with her father to spend nine weeks in a remote village in Malawi, where new friends and experiences help open her mind and heart.
AR Level: 4.5

Word Count: 55,070

Location:  Find Laugh with the Moon in the F (Fiction) section under BUR (for Burg).

Walls within Walls

Title:  Walls within Walls
Author:  Maureen Sherry
Genre: Mystery
Description:  When the Smithfork family moves into a lavish Manhattan apartment building, they discover clues to a decades-old mystery hidden behind the walls of their new home.
AR Level: 5.2

Word Count: 66,495

Location:  Find Walls within Walls in the F (Fiction) section under SHE (for Sherry).

Go on a Walls within Walls Treasure Hunt!