Gr 5—8—In the first book (Square Fish, 2010) in a new series by Alyson Noël, the author of "The Immortals" series, 12-year-old Riley has died and crossed the bridge to join her parents and her dog, Buttercup, in the Here and Now—the Afterlife...
Gr 7—11—Calla, an alpha werewolf, breaks the rules of the Keepers and saves a human hiker from a bear...
Gr 5—8—Twelve-year-old Emily and her younger brother William are orphans...
Gr 4—6—Three faith-based scary tales (Thomas Nelson, 1996, 1997) by Fred E...
Gr 5—8—For Octavia Boone, seventh grade starts out well enough, but when her mother, a life-long seeker of faith, joins the Fellowship of the Redeemer Church, her world rapidly changes...
Gr 5—8—Fifteen-year-old Dewey, his older sister Lil, and their three younger siblings have to muscle it out on their own after a fuel crisis leaves their parents stranded in Canada in this story (Katherine Tegen Books, 2010) by Leslie Connor...
Gr 6—9—Fourteen-year-old Travis has fallen on hard times in this gentle novel (Holt, 2010) by M...
Gr 6—8—Meg Pickel's beloved older brother Orion is missing...
K-Gr 3—The 14 songs from Alan Katz's book, Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs (Margaret K...