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  1. The Wanderer

    by Sharon Creech

    The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in. Thirteen-year-old Sophie is the only girl amongst the surly crew of The Wanderer made up of her three uncles and two cousins. They sail across the Atlantic toward England, the land of Bompie, her... (learn more about this book)

  2. Sweep: Book 2

    The Coven

    by Cate Tiernan

    Morgan's powers are stronger than she ever imagined. She has visions, she lights fires with her mind, and her spells work miracles. When her boyfriend Cal, a member of the same coven, insists that witchcraft is in her blood, Morgan is confused. Her parents definitely aren't witches. They do... (learn more about this book)

  3. Mandy

    by Julie Edwards

    Mandy, a ten-year-old orphan, dreams of a place to call her own. Escaping over the orphanage wall to explore the outside world, Mandy discovers a tiny deserted cottage in the woods. All through the spring, summer, and fall, Mandy works to make it truly hers. Sometimes she... (learn more about this book)

  4. A Casson Family Story: Book 1

    Saffy's Angel

    by Hilary McKay

    The four Casson children, whose mother, Eve, is a fine-arts painter, have all been given the names of paint colors. Cadmium (Caddy), is the eldest; then Saffron (Saffy); Indigo, the only boy; and Rose, the youngest. When Saffy discovers quite by accident that she has been adopted, she is... (learn more about this book)

  5. Thunder from the Sea

    by Joan Hiatt Harlow

    It's 1929 and thirteen-year-old Tom Campbell has always wanted a real family with a real house and a dog of his very own. Since he was three years old, the only home he has ever known has been the Mission orphanage. When he is sent to live and work with fisherman Enoch and his wife, Tom... (learn more about this book)

  6. Comeback Kids

    Safe at Home

    by Mike Lupica

    Nick Crandall was adopted by the Crandalls. Nick was the catcher for his JV baseball team at Hayworth. Nick was always good when he played for jv, but when coach williams moved him to varsity he would miss throws and put the in the outfield of he would bounce them. All his problems started... (learn more about this book)

  7. Three Black Swans

    by Caroline B. Cooney

    Lives are in the balance in bestselling author Caroline B. Cooney’s newest young adult thriller, Three Black Swans .   Missy and her cousin Claire are best friends who finish each other’s sentences and practically read each other’s minds. It’s an eerie connection—so eerie that Missy has... (learn more about this book)

  8. Where I'd Like To Be

    by Frances O'Roark Dowell

    A ghost might have saved twelve-year-old Maddie's life when she was an infant, her Granny Lane claims, so Maddie must always remember that she is special. But it's hard to feel special when you've spent your life shuffled from one foster home to another. And now that she's at the East... (learn more about this book)

  9. 43 Old Cemetery Road: Book 2

    Over My Dead Body

    by Kate Klise

    The International Movement for the Safety & Protection Of Our Kids & Youth (IMSPOOKY) dictates that Seymour cannot live in the mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road "without the benefit of parents." Ignatius B. Grumply tries to explain to Dick Tater, the head of IMSPOOKY, that he and Seymour... (learn more about this book)

  10. Between Mom and Jo

    by Julie Anne Peters

    Nick has a three-legged dog named Lucky, some pet fish, and two moms who think he's the greatest kid ever. And he happens to think he has the greatest Moms ever, but everything changes when his birth mom and her wife, Jo, start to have marital problems. Suddenly, Nick is in the middle, and... (learn more about this book)

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