Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception

The Sword of Summer

Rick Riordan · 512 pages

Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about. When Magnu

Alcatraz

Brandon Sanderson

Aliens Ate My Homework

Bruce Coville · 179 pages

Rod is surprised when a miniature spaceship lands in his school science project and reveals five tiny aliens, who ask his help in apprehending an interstellar criminal.

My Brother Is A Superhero

David Solomons · 326 pages

Belly Up

Stuart Gibbs · 294 pages

This book is a mystery about a teenage boy who finds a hippo dead in the zoo, who did it?

Hidden Talents

David Lubar · 224 pages

Martin Anderson and his friends don’t like being called losers. But they’ve been called that for so long even they start to believe it. Until Martin makes an incredible discovery: each of his friends has a special hidden talent. Edgeview Alternative School was supposed to be end of the road. But for Martin and his friends, it just might be a new beginning.

Framed!

James Ponti · 292 pages

In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret help thwart the biggest art heist in United States history.

Starting with Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 192 pages

After she, her older brother, and their father move from Chicago to Maryland, Alice has trouble fitting into her new third grade class, but with the help of some new friends and her own unique outlook, she survives.

Planet of the Lawn Gnomes

R.L. Stine · 142 pages

Jay Gardener can't seem to stay out of trouble. Even after a fresh start in a new neighborhood, he keeps finding himself in bad situations. But it's not his fault! Jay wants to be a good kid, he really does, it's just these strange things keep happening to him. What kind of a place did his family move to? And why does every house have so many lawn gnomes in their yard? Jay better learn quickly tha

The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity

Mac Barnett · 192 pages

When twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.

The Schwa Was Here

Neal Shusterman · 228 pages

A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts · 320 pages

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading

Tommy Greenwald · 232 pages

220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm830L Lexile

The Wig in the Window

Kristen Kittscher · 384 pages

Through this tale of two best friends who one is a FBI-in-training,(Grace) and the other who plays along,(Sophie) suddenly find themselves a new case. But this one happened before their very eyes. They've always been suspicious of Charlotte Agford, but they never thought of this. Can they find out the truth before it's too late? -Anonymous Writer

Sleepaway Girls

Jen Calonita

When Sam's best friend gets her first boyfriend, she's not ready to spend the summer listening to the two of them call each other "pookie." Sick of being a third wheel, Sam applies to be a counselor-in-training at Whispering Pines camp in the New York Catskills. But what she doesn't realize is that it's not going to be all Kumbaya sing-alongs and gooey s'mores. If Ashley, the alpha queen of Whispe

Deadweather and Sunrise

Geoff Rodkey

Thirteen-year-old Eggbert, a planter's son on a pirate-infested Caribbean island chain, is on the run from a wealthy and powerful villain trying to kill him for his connection to a hidden treasure.

My Life as a Stuntboy

Janet Tashjian

Twelve-year-old Derek Fallon has the opportunity of a lifetime--to perform stunts in a movie featuring a popular twelve-year-old star--but complications arise involving his best friend, a capuchin monkey, and Derek's chronic inability to concentrate on schoolwork.

The Case of the Deadly Desperados

Caroline Lawrence

Misery Guts

Morris Gleitzman · 122 pages

The adventures of twelve-year-old Keith as he tries to cheer up his parents in such ways as painting their shop in bright colors and convincing them to move from gloomy England to a place called Paradise.

Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders

Kevin Sylvester

The Steps

Rachel Cohn · 137 pages

"If you think it's hard keeping track of all the Steps in my life, try being me.""The Steps" in Annabel's life are her "bazillion" stepbrothers, stepsisters, and half siblings. She is spending her Christmas vacation in Australia with her dad and his new family, and she hopes beyond hope that she can convince him to come back to the United States with her. But as Annabel realizes how much happie

The Great Greene Heist

Varian Johnson · 277 pages

Jackson Greene has a reputation as a prankster at Maplewood Middle School, but after the last disaster he is trying to go straight--but when it looks like Keith Sinclair may steal the election for school president from Jackson's former best friend Gabriela, he assembles a team to make sure Keith does not succeed.

Five, Six, Seven, Nate!

Tim Federle · 312 pages

Armed with a one-way ticket to New York City, small-town theater geek Nate is off to start rehearsals for E.T.: The Broadway Musical. It’s everything he ever practiced his autograph for! But as thrilling as Broadway is, rehearsals are nothing like Nate expects: full of intimidating child stars, cut-throat understudies, and a director who can’t even remember Nate’s name. Now, as the countdown to

I Am Not Joey Pigza

Jack Gantos · 215 pages

Joey's father returns, calling himself Charles Heinz and apologizing for his past bad behavior, and he swears that once Joey and his mother change their names and help him fix up the old diner he has bought, their lives will change for the better.