Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet, picture
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick, short stories
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman. il by Rick Allen, picture
Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill. il by Bryan Collier, picture
Geektastic ed by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci, short stories
G is for Googol by David M. Schwartz. il by Marissa Moss, nonfiction
The Goldsmith’s Daughter by Tanya Landman
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
Gordon Lightfoot’s Canadian Railroad Trilogy il by Ian Wallace, picture
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Guys Read: Funny Business ed. by Jon Scieszka, short stories
The Heart of a Chief by Joseph Bruchac
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz, picture
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau
Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett, Discworld
The Lion’s Share: A Tale of Halving Cake and Eating It, Too by Matthew McElligott, picture
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Mindblind by Jennifer Roy
Murder At Midnight by Avi
New Socks by Bob Shea, picture
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
One Final Firecracker by Gregory Maguire
Peaceful Pieces by Anna Grossnickle Hines, picture
Pegasus by Robin McKinley
Q is for Quark by David M. Schwartz. il. Kim Doner, picture
Raggin’ Jazzin’ Rockin': A History of American Musical Instrument Makers bySusan VanHecke, nonfiction
The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. il by Leo & Diane Dillon, picture
Seven Spiders Spinning by Gregory Maguire, 1st of series
Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
Snuff by Terry Pratchett, Discworld
The Solitude of Self by Vivian Gornick
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R. L. LaFevers, 1st of series
The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence, 1st of series
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
The Wager by Donna Jo Napoli
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, 1st of series
Wink! The Ninja Who Wanted to Nap by J. C. Phillipps, picture
Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials by Marc Aronson, nonfiction
Yoga of the Heart by Alice Christensen, nonfiction
Adult books I would only recommend for mature young adults
Academ’s Fury by Jim Butcher (2nd book)
Captain’s Fury by Jim Butcher (4th)
Cursor’s Fury by Jim Butcher (3rd)
Death Masks by Jim Butcher (5th of Dresden Files)
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher (1st)
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (1st)
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (2nd)
