Flora & Ulysses

Title:  Flora & Ulysses
Author:  Kate DiCamillo
Genre: Adventure
Description:  Self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman is not easily surprised but finding a flying, poetry-writing, superhero squirrel and meeting "profoundly strange" William Spiver puts a whole new spin on her life.
Lexile: 520

Word Count: 32,790

Location:  Find the Flora & Ulysses eBook in the Overdrive Collection at the Arlington Public Library.

The Expeditioners

Title:  The Expeditioners
Author:  S. S. Taylor
Genre: Science Fiction
Description:  Explorer Alexander West smuggled half a map to his children and then died under mysterious circumstances. It is now up to Kit, M.K., and Zander to figure out the map and why so many people are looking for it. 
AR Level: 5.1

Word Count: 78,840

Location:  Find The Expeditioners eBook in the Overdrive collection at the Arlington Public Library.

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).

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).