The Yellow Birds by Kevin PowersFrom Goodreads: In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to...
The Witches by Roald DahlFrom Goodreads: A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice....
Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O'DellFrom Goodreads: Bright Dawn was a teenaged Eskimo girl. Black Star was her part-husky, mostly wolf, pet. Together they were about to begin the famous Iditarod dogsled race through the bitter cold of Alaska. Bright Dawn knew they would win,...
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineFrom Goodreads: In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden...
The Last Dragon Chronicles series by Chris d'LaceyFrom Book #1, The Fire Within, on Goodreads: A magical adventure about the power of dragons...
The False Prince (Ascendance Trilogy) by Jennifer A. NielsenFrom Goodreads: The False Prince is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.In a discontent kingdom, civil war is...
Calamity (Reckoners ; #3) by Brandon SandersonFrom Goodreads: When Calamity lit up the sky, the Epics were born. David’s fate has been tied to their villainy ever since that historic night. Steelheart killed his father. Firefight stole his heart. And now Regalia has turned his...
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormickFrom Goodreads: This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge.Based on the...
Neverseen by Shannon MessengerFrom Goodreads: Her closest friends from the Lost Cities have gone with her to join the Black Swan. They still have doubts about the shadowy organization, but the only way to find answers is to start working with them. And as they...
The Day the Couch Ate Me Up by Wally OttoFrom Goodreads: Have you ever sat on hungry furniture? Little Wally is in trouble again when his couch eats him up! Read this funny rhyming story to find out how Wally escapes! ...
