Abbott, Tony - Secrets of Droon                                                                                    Eric and his friends find entry into the mysterious world of Droon by using a staircase in Eric's basement. What fate awaits them there?

Avi - Poppy                                                                                                           Poppy, a deer mouse, urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.                                                                                                                        

Avi - Crispin                                                                                                               Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.   

Banks, Lynne Reid - Indian in the Cupboard                                                                          A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.    

Buckley, Michael - Sisters Grimm                                                                                      Fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm live in the town of Ferryport Landing, a community of fairy-tale characters, Everafters, who are now using magical disguises to remain undetected alongside their normal neighbors. Ogres work at the post office, witches run the diner, and the town mayor is the legendary Prince Charming. Can the Sisters Grimm solve the problems that befall this town?  

Colfer, Eoin - Artemis Fowl                                                                                             When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.                                                                                                    

Collins, Suzanne - Gregor the Overlander                                                                         When eleven-year-old Gregor is pulled into a strange underground world, he triggers an epic battle involving humans, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.

Crossley-Holland, Kevin - The Seeing Stone                                                                         In late twelfth-century England, a thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts how Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone which shows him images of the legendary King Arthur, the events of whose life seem to have many parallels to his own.

DuPrau, Jeanne - City of Ember                                                                                          In the city of Ember, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Erdrich, Louise - The Birchbark House                                                                             Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.      

Erickson, John - Hank the Cowdog                                                                                    Features the wild and zany adventures of Hank the Cowdog. As Head of Ranch Security, it's his job to protect the ranch from any and all danger. Can he do it?

Funke, Cornelia - Inkheart                                                                                            Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.   

Gantos, Jack - Joey Pigza                                                                                             Hilarious and emotionally honest--some of the problems this hyperactive hero has had to deal with is controlling his mood swings when his prescription wears off, dealing with his disfunctional family, and developing a friendship with Olivia Lapp.  

Haddix, Margaret - Among the Hidden                                                                                In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

Jacques, Brian - Redwall                                                                                               When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.   

Kinney, Jeff - Diary of a Wimpy Kid                                                                                      It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.

Lasky, Kathryn - Guardians of Ga'hoole                                                                               Follows the adventures of Soren, an orphaned barn owl that is captured and taken to St. Aegolius Academy where he becomes caught up in a battle between good and evil.

Lewis, C. S. - Chronicles of Narnia                                                                                   Chronicles the adventures of four English schoolchildren who discover a passageway to a magical land called Narnia, where animals can talk and the lion king Aslan fights an ongoing battle against evil witches.

MacLachlan, Patricia - Sarah, Plain and Tall                                                                       When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.

Morris, Gerald - Squire's Tale                                                                                             The ancient tales of King Arthur--tangled webs of magic spells, enchanted castles, mystery, knights, revenge, and heart-pounding adventure.

Nimmo, Jenny - Charlie Bone                                                                                       Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.  

Nix, Garth - Keys to the Kingdom                                                                                  Arthur Penhaligon, destined to die at a young age, is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock, but his survival invokes the wrath of the mysterious Mister Monday who will stop at nothing to get the key back.

Paolini, Christopher - Eragon                                                                                       Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.  

Smith, Jeff - Bone                                                                                                     Presents the adventures of three cousins from Boneville, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone.

Stewart, Trenton Lee - Mysterious Benedict Society                                                           After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. 

Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House on the Priarie                                                                  The Ingalls family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, encounter Native Americans, dig a well, and fight a prairie fire.