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Elephant Run

by Roland Smith

Roland Smith’s web site

The Boy Who Dared

by Susan Bartoletti

Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s Web Site

Notes from the Midnight Driver

by Jordan Sonnenblick

Jordan Sonnenblick Web Site

Runaway

by Wendelin Van Draanen

After running away from her

fifth foster home, Holly, a

twelve-year-old orphan,

travels across the country,

keeping a journal of her

experiences and struggle to

survive.

Wendelin Van Draanen

Web Site

Airman by Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer’s Web Site

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-

Banks

by E. Lockhart

E. Lockhart’s Web Site

Shark Girl

by Kelly Bingham

Scat!

by Karl Hiaasen

Karl Hiaasen’s Web Site

La Línea

by Ann Jaramillo

The Magic Thief

by Sarah Prineas

Conn's life is forever changed when he tries to pick the pocket of the wizard Nevery and instead gets a strong jolt of magic, but, instead of punishing the boy, Nevery takes Conn under his wing, teaches him magic, and enlists his help in finding the person responsible for stealing the city's dwindling magic supply.

Sarah Prineas’ Web Site

The Alchemyst

by Michael Scott

Michael Scott’s

Web Site

The Compound

by S. A. Bodeen

Fifteen-year-old Eli, locked inside a radiation-proof compound built by his father to keep them safe following a nuclear attack, begins to question his future, as well as his father's grip on sanity as the family's situation steadily disintegrates over the course of six years.

Shooting the Moon

by Frances O’Roark Dowell

Football Genius

by Tim Green

Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift

for predicting football plays before they

occur, attempts to use his ability to help his

favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he

must first prove himself to the coach and

players.

Tim Green’s Web Site

Waiting for Normal

by Leslie Connor

Leslie Connor’s Web Site