Into The Abyss

Tom Swift, Young Inventor

By Victor Appleton

Tom Swift is not your average teenager -- he's a science prodigy who loves to invent things. Bud and Yo, Tom's best friends, are always willing to help him test out the latest technolology. But this time it looks like Tom is in some deep-sea trouble.

A great adventure for guys and girls (did I mention that YO is a girl?) that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Keeping Score

By Linda Sue Park

Maggie and her friend Joey-Mick are diehard Dodger fans. They know all the players and all their stats. But despite praying year after year their team is never going to win the World Series. Doesn't anything Maggie wishes for ever happen? She also wishes Jim -- who is serving in the army in Korea -- would answer her letters. She is really beginning to worry about this man who has been her friend and baseball mentor. Mom and Dad want her to have faith, but does faith really work?

Clementine's Letter

By Marla Frazee

What could happen when your favorite teacher decides to leave school in the middle of the year and go off on an adventure? Clementine knows that Mr. D'MAst is the only teacher who understands what it is like to be impulsive and restless in school. What will happen to her if he goes off on this research trip to Egypt? CAn she find a way to ruin his plans?

A great beginning chapter book with very funny drawings.

The Golden Age of Pirates

An Interactive History Adventure

By Bob Temple

Do you want to be the pirate who is searching for the spoils, the merchant on a ship that is about to be invaded, or a member of the Royal Navy who is trying to keep the seas safe? You choose your own adventure and decide your own fate. You may end up rich -- or dead!

The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah

By Nora Raleigh Baskin
Nana has died and left Caroline a Star of David necklace. Caroline has never really thought of herself as Jewish, even tho her Mom is. She starts to wonder what it would be like to attend a synagogue -- and maybe even have a Bat Mitzvah like her best friend Rachael.

This is a great book about finding out more about yourself and your heritage. It's not wrong to always be asking questions!

Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls Book One: Moving Day

By Meg Cabot

Nine year old Allie Finkel does not want to move. She would have to give up her room, her friends, and even change schools. And why did her parents pick out such a creepy old house? Could the neighbor boy be right about what might be hiding in the attic? And how will all this affect the "rules" that Allie has been collecting? Will she ever fit in anyplace again?

This is a great story about true friends by the author of The Princess Diaries.