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(The first 3 titles are about a teen who must learn how to survive in the Alaskan wilderness with only a hatchet) Hatchet Brians Winter Brians Return Voyage of the Frog (a teen is in a struggle to survive on the ocean in a sailboat with a storm coming) Haymeadow (a 14-year old boy gains self reliance as he cares for his fathers sheep herd in the Wyoming mountains) (The following 5 titles are about a young teen boy in 1845. In the first book, he is separated from his familys wagon train, captured by Indians, and then rescued by a mountain man. The books are fast moving and about 100 pages) Mr. Tucket Call Me Francis Tucket Tuckets Gold Tuckets Ride Tuckets Home Mary Downing Hahn (this author writes stories with girls as her main characters) Time for Andrew (Drew is drawn 80 years into the past to trade places with a relative who is dying of diphtheria) Dead Man in Indian Creek Following the Mystery Man Stepping on the Cracks Tallahassee Higgins Wait Till Helen Comes Time of the Witch (Laura tells an old woman of her wish that her parents were together again without realizing that she is actually talking to a witch) Betsy Byars Summer of the Swans (a teenage girl gains new insight into herself when her mentally retarded brother gets lost) House of Wings ( left with his grandfather until his parents are settled in Detroit, Sammy learns to respect and love the old man as they care for an injured crane) Trouble River (a thrilling historical adventure about young Dewey and his feisty grandmother fighting for their lives on a river raft) Anything by this author is quality literature. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor The Alice series is written for teenage girls about their worries and troubles of growing up. Agony of Alice Alice in Rapture, Sort of Reluctantly Alice All But Alice Alice In Between Claudia Mills The Dinah series is also for girls about dealing with relationships and middle school. Dinah in Love Dynamite Dinah Dinah Forever John D. Fitzgerald The Great Brain series is about brothers living in the early 20th century in Utah. The older brother (the Brain) is always thinking up schemes and crazy ideas. The Great Brain The Great Brain Reforms Great Brain at the Academy Great Brain Is Back Great Brain Does It Again Madeline LEngle A Wrinkle in Time (a classic science fiction) Nancy Farmer The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm (a thriller set in the future in Africa) Sally Keehn I Am Regina (It is 1755 and 10 year old Regina is captured by Indians in central PA. Her name is changed, and she grows up in an Indian family. Based on a true story.) Gloria Houston Mountain Valor (An historical novel set in the Civil War. Valor disguises herself as a southern boy so she can fight in the war.) Karen Cushman Ballad of Lucy Whipple (An historical novel set in the California Gold Rush) Lynne Reid Banks The Indian in the Cupboard series where a young boy discovers that a magic cupboard and a key can turn toys into live people and animals. Indian in the Cupboard Secret of the Indian Mystery of the Cupboard Margaret Peterson Haddix Running Out of Time (fantasy historical novel set in the 1840s frontier and the 1990s as a young girl finds that her town is the subject of a strange experiment.) Ellen Raskin The Westing Game (16 game players, heirs to Sam Westings fabulous fortune, are all suspects in his murder. This is part mystery, part play-along game, and part do-it-yourself puzzle) AVI The Poppy series are animal fables about a deer mouse and forest friends. Although they sound like they are for young children, they are excellent for 5th or 6th graders. Poppy Ragweed Poppy and Rye True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (An historical novel of a young woman on a ship, who has to disguise herself as a boy to survive.) Elizabeth Speare The Witch of Blackbird Pond (An historical novel set in the times of the Salem witch trials.) Wilson Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows (a great boy-and-his-dog story) Summer of the Monkeys Lucy Maude Montgomery This is the classic series of Anne Shirley and her life on Prince Edwards Island (Nova Scotia). It was written in 1908, but was recently a series on PBS. Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Anne of Ingleside Anne of Windy Poplars Annes House of Dreams Katherine Paterson Bridge to Terabithia Jacob Have I Loved Jerry Spinelli Maniac Magee Library Card Theres a Girl in My Hammerlock Crash Lois Lowry Number the Stars (about the Danish Resistance during WWII) The Anastasia series is a humorous series about a young teenage girl. Anastasia Krupnik Anastasia at Your Service Anastasia Has the Answers Anastasia Ask Your Analyst Anastasia On Her Own Anastasia Again Anastasias Chosen Career Anastasia at This Address Will Hobbs Stories that take place in the Southwest and Northwest. Themes in his books are survival, conservation, and coming-of-age. Bearstone Ghost Canoe Jasons Gold Maze River Thunder Ruth Williams The Silver Tree (Micki Silver goes back in time to stop a wish from coming true.. a wish that could destroy her family.) Willo Davis Roberts Babysitting Is a Dangerous Job Scared Stiff Bruce Coville Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher I Was a 6th Grade Alien Jennifer Murdleys Toad My Teacher Flunked the Planet My Teacher Fried My Brains My Teacher Glows in the Dark My Teacher Is an Alien Skull of Truth Ghost Wore Gray Dear America and My Name Is America series published by Scholastic Betty Ren Wright She writes pretty scary ghost stories. Dollhouse Murders A Ghost in the House A Ghost in the Window The Ghost Witch The Ghosts of Mercy Manor The Pike River Phantom The Secret Window Joan Lowery Nixon (the Orphan Train series) Caught in the Act Circle of Love Dangerous Promise Place to Belong In the Face of Danger Keeping Secrets A Family Apart Jean Craighead George Many of her books are survival stories. My Side of the Mountain On the Far Side of the Mountain Julie of the Wolves Julie Eloise McGraw The Moorchild Marguerite Henry (award winning horse stories) Misty of Chincoteague Stormy, Mistys Foal King of the Wind Sea Star Brighty of the Grand Canyon Brian Jacques The Redwall series Louis Sachar Holes (strange but fascinating reading!) Philip Pullman Firework Makers Daughter Golden Compass Subtle Knife Amber Spyglass Web sites that contain recommended books for children: American Library Associations web site for parents/families:  HYPERLINK http://www.ala.org/parents/ http://www.ala.org/parents/ Childrens Book Council  HYPERLINK http://www.cbcbooks.org/navigation/parindex.htm http://www.cbcbooks.org/navigation/parindex.htm Publishers Weeklys Best Childrens Books, 2000  HYPERLINK http://www.publishersweekly.com/articles/20001106_92601.asp http://www.publishersweekly.com/articles/20001106_92601.asp Childrens Book Awards (Canada, U.S., England)  HYPERLINK http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html St. Charles Public Library Youth Recommended Reading List  HYPERLINK http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/low/ythread.htm http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/low/ythread.htm The HYPERLINK "index.html"Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) awards page includes major book awards and best books lists in children's literature and young adult literature. 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