Are your kids
having trouble getting interested in their required reading? Good news!
We’ve got some brand-new middle grade fiction books on the shelves at
Peter White Public Library. You’ll be
catching them with a flashlight after lights out with these page-turners. Stop by the youth services department on the
library’s lower level and check one out today!
Soar, by Joan Bauer: Jeremiah is a baseball super fan. When he’s told he can’t play baseball, he
decides to do the next best thing and become a coach. Jeremiah moves
to a new town and finds everyone about ready to give up on baseball. It’s up to
him and his winning spirit to everyone back in the game.
Pax by Sara Pennypacker: Pax was only a kit when recued by
“his boy” Peter. Now there’s another
threat to them all, and Peter has to live with his grandpa—without Pax. Before Peter makes it through one night without
him, he sets off to get reunite with his friend.
Sweet Home Alaska, by Carole Estby Dagg: This exciting story,
based on actual events, introduces us to an interesting chapter in history,
when FDR set up a New Deal colony in Alaska during the Great Depression. It’s 1934, and
times are tough for their family. To make a fresh start, Terpsichore’s father
signs up for President Roosevelt’s Palmer Colony project. Their new home is not what they expect—it’s a
town under construction in the wilderness, where everyone lives in tents and
shares an outhouse. Terpsichore is not going
to let first impressions stop this grand adventure and hatches a grand plan to
make the rest of the family fall in love with their new life.
The Honest Truth, by Dan Gemeinhart: In all the ways that matter, Mark is a normal kid. He's got a
dog named Beau and a best friend, Jessie. He likes to take photos and write
haiku poems in his notebook. He dreams of climbing a mountain one day. But in one
important way, Mark is not like other kids at all. Mark is sick--the kind of sick that means
hospitals and treatments. The kind of sick some people never get better from. So Mark runs
away with his camera, his notebook, his dog, and a plan to reach the top of
Mount Rainier--even if it's the last thing he ever does.
The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh: Twelve-year-old
Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. But when an attempted
escape doesn't go well, Mary fears she'll be stuck there forever. The next day,
a mysterious woman appears at the orphanage requesting to adopt Mary, and the
matron's all too happy see Mary go. Soon, she’s living a dream – hearty meals
and a warm, soft bed! But when Mary begins to explore the nearby town, she
learns a terrifying secret about her adopter’s true identity. If Mary's not
careful, her dream life might just turn into a nightmare.
Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City, by Will Mabbitt: When
Mabel's baby sister is plucked from her crib by an evil witch, Mabel has no
choice but to follow both to the jungles of the Forbidden City. Joining a
brand-new cast of characters—and a few familiar faces from The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel
Jones—Mabel races an arrogant fox, slays a ferocious millipede, and
battles the diabolical witch. Is she prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to
save her sister?
To Catch a Cheat, by Varian Johnson: When a video frames
Jackson Greene and his friends for a crime they didn't commit, Gang Greene
battles the blackmailers in this sequel to The Great Greene Heist. Jackson is
retired from conning, so Principal Kelsey is off his back and his friends have
new projects of their own. Then Jackson receives a link to a faked security
video implicates Jackson and his friends with a threat to pass it to the
principal--unless Jackson submits to their demand. Jackson devises a plan and
along the way they learn sometimes it takes a thief to catch a cheat.
Story Thieves: The Stolen Chapters, by James Riley: Owen
Conners would never jump into a mystery. There are too many clues and twists. So how did he end up in one? How did Kiel Gnomenfoot, boy magician, lose
all of his magic? Where’s Bethany, their half-fictional friend? And who’s the
annoying guy wearing the question mark mask and Sherlock Holmes hat, taunting
Owen and Kiel that Bethany is in grave danger?
-- Heather Steltenpohl, Development
Director
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