FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
100 Cupboards
AUTHOR
Wilson
BOOKS
1-2
39 Clues
Multiple
authors
1-11
39 Clues: Cahills vs.
Vespers
Multiple
authors
1, 3-6
5th Wave
Yancey
1-2
Abhorsen
Nix
1-4
Accidentally
Papademetriou
2-4
Adam Canfield
Winerip
1-3
Adventures of Kate
Barron
1-3
Al Capone at
Alcatraz
Choldenko
1-2
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
FANTASY Twelve-year-old Henry lived with his adopted
parents, Phil and Ursula, who were kidnapped a short while
before the beginning of the book. Then when he has to move
in with his aunt and uncle, Henry finds out that he originated
from a world beyond the cupboards. Way Beyond.
MYSTERY The series is about 39 clues to a family's secret 500year-old history left in a will by Grace Cahill, the last matriarch
of the most powerful family in the world. The people
mentioned in her will have the choice of inheriting one million
dollars instantly or competing to win the fortune by collecting
all the clues. Orphans Amy and Dan Cahill attend their
grandmother's funeral and are swept into a worldwide search.
MYSTERY The Clue Hunt is over, but now there's a new danger
to the Cahill clan, an enemy that was established before the
siblings ever split: the Vespers. When they kidnap members of
the Cahill family, the clue contestants must band together to
find them and get them back.
SCIENCE FICTION This YA series follows 16-year-old Cassie
Sullivan as she tries to survive in a world devastated by the
waves of alien invasions that have devastated the Earth's
population and knocked humankind back to the Stone Age.
FANTASY Welcome to the world of the Old Kingdom, where
only the Abhorsen can keep the living safe from the dead.
REALISTIC Seventh grader Amy Flowers is a fish-out-of-water
at super-snooty Allington Academy. Amy is doing her best to
fit in at her new school, but Fiona and the rest of the League
aren't making it easy for her. If she can pass their tests, she'll
be part of the in crowd, but what will she have to give up to fit
in? Part of the Candy Apple series.
CRIME/DETECTIVE While serving as co-editors of their school
newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer expose
school scandals and injustices with their investigative
reporting.
FANTASY The stories follow a heroic teenage girl named Kate
as she travels to a distant galaxy to save the life of her
astronomer grandfather in Heartlight, goes back in time to a
lost Native American tribe in The Ancient One, and ultimately
down to the very bottom of the sea in The Merlin Effect. This
fantasy adventure series weaves together mystery, mysticism,
and magic.
HISTORICAL FICTION Set in the 1930s, the series is narrated by
12-year-old Moose Flanagan, the son of an Alcatraz guard.
Because his family is required to live on the island, Moose finds
himself having some interesting connections with Capone, one
of the most notorious criminals of the time who served five
years in prison there.
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
Alcatraz
Alex Rider
AUTHOR
Sanderson
Horowitz
BOOKS
2-3
1-3, 5-10
+
companion
Alice
Naylor
various
Amulet
Kibuishi
1-7
Angel/Life of
Angelica Cookson
Potts
Whytock
1-3
Anne of Green
Gables
Montgomery
1-3, 5-6
Antsy Bonano
Shusterman
1-3
Anybodies
Bode
1-3
Apothecary
Meloy
1-3
Artemis Fowl
Colfer
1-8 +
companion
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
FANTASY/ADVENTURE On his 13th birthday, foster child
Alcatraz Smedry gets a bag of sand in the mail-his only
inheritance from his father and mother. He soon learns that
this is no ordinary bag of sand. It is quickly stolen by the cult
of evil Librarians who are taking over the world by spreading
misinformation and suppressing truth. Alcatraz must stop
them, using the only weapon he has: an incredible talent for
breaking things.
CRIME/DETECTIVE This series is about the adventures of a
reluctant teenage spy named Alex Rider. The books focus on
Alex’s escapades in the world of espionage. Teen spy fiction
at its pulse-pounding best!
REALISTIC Alice McKinley lost her mother at young age.
Despite her adoration for her father and older brother, Lester,
she faces a life of awkward stages, embarrassing moments,
traumatic experiences, and everything in between.
GRAPHIC NOVEL The series follows the adventures of Emily
Hayes, who after moving to her great-grandfather's house in
the town of Norlen, discovers and wears the magical amulet
that uses magical powers. After entering the fictional world of
Alledia with her younger brother, Navin and their mother,
Karen, they befriend the allies and set off to defeat the
villainous Elf King.
REALISTIC This series follows the adventures of 14-year-old
Angel, food-loving cooking enthusiast and worried weight
watcher, who has a flair for the dramatic and a penchant for
good-humored self-deprecation.
REALISTIC The series recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley,
an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew
and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who
had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm
in Prince Edward Island.
REALISTIC The series is about a fourteen-year-old boy named
Anthony Bonano. Anthony's nickname of Antsy suits him well:
he's impulsive, talkative, and full of ideas and schemes.
FANTASY The trilogy begins with eleven-year-old Fern who
learns she was switched at birth and that she is a member of
"The Anybodies" -- a rare breed of human with powers to
change shape.
FANTASY The trilogy opens in 1952 when the Scott family has
just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-yearold Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son,
Benjamin Burrows – a fascinating boy who’s not afraid to
stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy.
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY This series introduces a teenage
criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl II as an anti-hero and the
fairies' enemy. But as the series progresses, he assists the
Fairies in resolving conflicts with worldwide ramifications,
with Artemis' character developing and changing throughout
the chronology.
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FICTION SERIES
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SERIES
Arthur
AUTHOR
BOOKS
CrossleyHolland
1-3
Ascendance trilogy
Nielsen
2-3
Ash Mistry
Chronicles
Chadda
1-2
Atherton
Carman
1-2
Austin Family
L’Engle
1, 5
Avalon, Web of
Magic
Roberts
1-3
The Bartimaeus
trilogy
Stroud
1-3
Bartlett
Hirsch
1-3
Baseball Card
Adventures
Gutman
1-12
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
LEGEND This trilogy takes a new look at the King Arthur
legends, showing a medieval boy's development from a page
to a squire and finally to a knight. Alongside this advance, the
medieval Arthur faces issues such as his prospective betrothal
and inheritance. Meanwhile, he has the "Seeing Stone"
through which observes the remarkably parallel early life of
King Arthur, several hundred years before.
FANTASY In this series, a 14-year-old orphan named Sage is
revealed to be Jaron, the missing Prince of Carthya. After
Jaron ascends to the throne, he has to lead his nation through
a destructive war.
FANTASY Ash Mistry hates India, which is a problem since his
uncle has brought him and his annoying younger sister Lucky
there to take up a dream job with the mysterious Lord Savage.
But Ash immediately suspects something is very wrong with
the eccentric millionaire. Soon, Ash finds himself in a
desperate battle to stop Savage's masterplan – the opening of
the Iron Gates that have kept Ravana, the demon king, at bay
for four millennia.
SCIENCE FICTION Dr. Harding is the futuristic mad scientist
responsible for creating Atherton: a three tiered satellite
world orbiting the fallen Earth. But those who live on Atherton
don’t know Earth exists or their role in trying to save it. Edgar,
a gifted climber, is the first to discover the first of many
startling revelations to come: the three tiered world of
Atherton is collapsing. A dangerous world of strange creatures
and hidden powers with a history locked inside the mind of a
mad scientist, Atherton is much more than it appears at first
glance.
REALISTIC In this YA series, Vicky Austin experiences the
difficulties and joys of growing up. She encounters love for the
first time, but also experiences grief.
FANTASY In this series, Emily Fletcher, Adriane Charday, and
Kara Davies, three very different girls-turned-mages (mages
are highly skilled "magic users"), band together to protect and
find Avalon, the very source of all magic.
FANTASY This series follows the career of a teenage
magician Nathaniel, and Bartimaeus, a 5,000-year-old djinni, a
spirit of approximately mid-level power, whom he has
summoned and nominally controls.
ADVENTURE A series about explorers Bartlett, Jacques le
Grand, and their apprentice, Gozo, who plunge into
adventures and solve the riddles of the people encountered
on their great voyages of discovery.
SPORTS/SCIENCE FICTION The books feature a boy, Joe Stoshack,
who can travel through time when he touches old baseball
cards.[2] When he holds a baseball card, he is transported to
the year that card was made and somewhere near
the ballplayer on the card. Later he discovers that this power
also works on very old photographs. He tries to use this power
wisely, and he attempts to change history several times, but it
is always something different from his original goal.
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
AUTHOR
BOOKS
Beacon Street Girls
Bryant
1-16
Beautiful Creatures
Garcia
1-4
Belle Prater
White
1-2
Beyonders
Mull
1-3
The Black Stallion
Farley
various
Blackhope Enigma
Flavin
1-2
Bliss Bakery
Littlewood
1-3
Blue Bloods
De la Cruz
1-4
Bone
Smith
1-9
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
This series is about a group of 7th grade girls with
seemingly different backgrounds and interests who form a
secret girls’ club complete with a Bill of Rights meant to
support and empower each other, and detailing such rules as,
“we won’t be, like, obnoxious or anything.” Utilizing the firstperson perspective of each of its five main characters, there is
a veritable potpourri of ethnicities and traits for young readers
to identify with.
PARANORMAL ROMANCE Mysterious, suspenseful, and
romantic, this Southern gothic romance series introduces a
secret world hidden in plain sight. A world where impossible,
magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending.
REALISTIC The story is about 12-year-old Gypsy and her aunt,
Belle Prater, who mysteriously disappears one morning. When
Gypsy's unusual cousin Woodrow--"Belle Prater's boy—comes
to town, she quickly befriends him in the hopes that she'll find
out more about his mother's disappearance.
FANTASY/ADVENTURE This series follows the exploits of a
slightly neglected, 13-year-old boy, Jason Walker, who is
transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins a
group of rebels to fight against the malicious wizard emperor,
Surroth.
REALISTIC The Black Stallion, known as the Black or Shêtân, is
the title character from this bestselling series about the
stallion and his young owner, Alec Ramsay. The series
chronicles the story of an Arab sheikh's prized stallion after he
comes into Alec's possession, although later books furnish the
Black's backstory.
FANTASY This multi-layered adventure is based around a
painting, The Mariner's Return to Arcadia, by mysterious
Renaissance artist Fausto Corvo. When Sunni Forrest
accidentally finds herself transported to the heart of the
Blackhope enigma, she and her friend Blaise must overcome
its dangers to find their way home.
FANTASY The Bliss Cookery Booke is an ancient, leather-bound
volume of enchanted recipes—and the Bliss family’s biggest
secret. Rose and her siblings are forbidden from using the
Booke, but all that changes when their mysterious “Aunt” Lily
comes to town. A few Love Muffins and a few dozen Cookies
of Truth couldn’t cause too much trouble . . . could they?
PARANORMAL This is a series of vampire novels set in
Manhattan, New York, and follows its characters through
numerous adventures involving romance, loyalty, mystery,
and war.
GRAPHIC NOVEL In this series, three modern cartoon cousins —
greedy Phoncible P. "Phoney" Bone, goofy cigar-smoking
Smiley Bone, and everyman character Fone Bone — get lost in
a pre-technological valley, spending a year there making new
friends and out-running dangerous enemies.
REALISTIC
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
Book of Ember
AUTHOR
DuPrau
BOOKS
DESCRIPTION
1-4
FANTASY The four Books of Ember tell the story of a city where
Books of Bayern
Hale
1-4
The Books of
Beginning
Stephens
1-2
Books of Elsewhere
West
2-4
Borrowers
Norton
1-2
The Boy Sherlock
Holmes
Peacock
1-4
Boy/Girl Battle
Naylor
2-10
The Brain
Chatterton
1-2
Brian’s Saga
Paulsen
1-4
Brixton Brothers
Barnett
1, 3-4
4-20-16
it’s always dark. There is no sun, no moon, and no light at all
unless the electricity is on. And the electricity is beginning to
fail…
FAIRY TALES The series opens with a beautiful retelling of a
Grimm brothers’ fairy tale, as the author takes a classic and
makes it her own, weaving in countless details of two
unknown kingdoms and the characters–both good and bad–
who fill them. The other books in the series follow these side
characters from the original story and give them new depth of
their own in the kingdom of Bayern.
FANTASY Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one
orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents
disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they
have special powers--and a fearsome enemy--and embark on
a prophesied quest to find a magical book.
FANTASY This series begins follows the adventures of elevenyear-old Olive Dunwoody as she travels to Elsewhere: the
world inside the antique paintings on the walls of the old
stone house on Linden Street. Danger and mystery are around
every corner as Olive encounters evil magic, talking cats, and a
small boy trapped inside the painted world.
FANTASY This series is about tiny people who live in the homes
of big people and "borrow" things to survive while keeping
their existence unknown.
CRIME/DETECTIVE In this series of mysteries featuring the
famous fictional detective, a young Sherlock Holmes has a
mystery to solve. Along the way, we discover what Sherlock
was like as a young man, and what it was like to grow up
different in Victorian London.
REALISTIC The series is centered around the four Hatford
boys: Jake, Josh, Wally, and Peter, and the Malloy girls: Eddie,
Beth, and Caroline. The Malloys are temporarily staying in a
house across the river from the Hatfords. The boys decide to
try and drive the Malloys out of town by making their lives
miserable. Unfortunately for them, the girls aren't the type to
sit back and let them get away with that.
MYSTERY/HUMOR The stories follow the adventures of Theo
Brain, the world’s youngest super sleuth.
ADVENTURE When Brian Robeson’s plane crashes in the
Canadian wilderness, he must learn to survive living off the
land, with his hatchet as his only tool. The series continues to
follow Brian through his adventures living in the wilderness.
CRIME/DETECTIVE Twelve-year-old seventh-grader Steve
Brixton (an only child) is obsessed with the Bailey Brothers, a
pair of sibling sleuths who solve crimes in a mystery book
series. By using the tactics of his fictional heroes (with varying
degrees of success), Steve inadvertently becomes America’s
top sleuth. Steve, with his chum Dana and his ace wits, solves
any dangerous, impossible, and action-packed mystery for a
small fee of two hundred dollars a day plus expenses.
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FICTION SERIES
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SERIES
Candy Apple
Caretaker Trilogy
AUTHOR
Multiple
authors
Klass
BOOKS
DESCRIPTION
various
REALISTIC A series for girls about the ups and downs of middle
4-20-16
school life as the protagonists deal with parents, best friends,
tryouts, afterschool activities, homework, popularity, first
crushes, etc.
1-3
SCIENCE FICTION In a space-time-bending game of survival,
Jack discovers he’s been sent from the future to save the
planet--its oceans and rainforests. But in this ecological
thriller series of fantasy and environmental thrills, it’s a
race against time—and the Dark Army.
Casson Family
McKay
1-5 +
prequel
REALISTIC Meet the Cassons, an eclectic family of artists living
in modern day England. Eve names her children from a paint
chart and teaches juvenile delinquents to draw. Bill lives in
London and rents a stylish flat away from his four children,
whom he blithely does not understand. In this series, the
characters learn tough life lessons and everything is chaos
(mostly the fun kind).
The Cay
Taylor
1-2
HISTORICAL FICTION This
Chaos Walking
Ness
1-3
SCIENCE FICTION This series is set in a dystopian world where
is the story of a boy's lifethreatening adventure at sea in 1942 after his freighter, the
Hato, is torpedoed by a German submarine. In his quest for
survival, the boy must overcome his racial and cultural
prejudices, as well as a serious physical disability in this
Robinson Crusoe setting.
all living creatures can hear each other's thoughts in a stream
of images, words, and sounds called Noise. The three novels
feature two children, Todd Hewitt and Viola Eade, who
encounter various moral issues and high stakes as the
planet around them erupts into war.
Chasing Vermeer
Balliett
1-3
Chemical Garden
trilogy
DeStefano
1-3
Chicagoland
Detective Agency
Robbins
1-2
MYSTERY This series is about middle school classmates who
must work together to solve mysteries surrounding great
works of art: a Vermeer painting, a Frank Lloyd Wright house
and a Calder sculpture. Intriguing clues keep the reader
determined to solve the mysteries before the threesome
does.
SCIENCE FICTION Set in a future where scientists succeeded in
engineering a perfect generation of humans free of illness and
disorders, but as a consequence, also created a virus that
plagues that generation's children and their children's
children, killing females at age 20 and males at age 25.
GRAPHIC NOVEL Raf Hernandez knows Megan is odd from the
moment she walks into his mom's pet supply store asking for
a tarantula. That's weird, but in Chicagoland, weird things
happen several times a day. Megan has a good eye for clues
and knows when things are weirder than normal. When her
investigations get her in too deep, Raf may be the only person
who can help―and they both might need some help from an
unusually talkative dog named Bradley. We did say that
Chicagoland is weird...
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
AUTHOR
BOOKS
Children of Crow
Cove
Bredsdorff
1-4
Children of the
Lamp
Kerr
1-3
Chocolate War
Cormier
1-2
Choose Your Own
Adventure
Montgomery
Chrestomanci
Jones
1-6
The Chronicles of
Narnia
Lewis
1-6
Chronicles of the
Red King
Nimmo
1-2
The Chronicles of
Vladimir Tod
Brewer
1-5
Chronoptika
Fisher
1-2
Civil War trilogy
Shaara
1-3
various
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
REALISTIC A young girl lives a simple life with her ailing
grandmother on a remote part of the Danish shore. Knowing
that she is dying, the grandmother doles out life advice to the
girl. Upon the grandmother’s death, the orphaned girl begins
a journey filled with new people and experiences, and finds
that her grandmother’s advice was exactly what she needed.
FANTASY This series follows a family of genies who disguise
themselves as human, but suddenly obtain the ability to grant
wishes.
REALISTIC Set at a fictional Catholic high school, the story
depicts a secret student organization's manipulation of the
student body, which descends into cruel and ugly mob
mentality against a lone, non-conforming student.
ADVENTURE This is a series of children's game books where
each story is written from a second-person point of view, with
the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making
choices that determine the main character's actions and the
plot's outcome.
FANTASY Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted
witch with astonishing powers, so it suits her enormously
when she is taken to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Her brother
Eric (better known as Cat) is not so keen, for he has no talent
for magic at all. However, life with the great enchanter is not
what either of them expects and sparks will fly!
FANTASY Set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of
magic, mythical beasts, and talking animals, the series
narrates the adventures of various children who play central
roles in the unfolding history of that world.
FANTASY This series chronicles the origin and the adventures
of Charlie Bone's magical ancestor, the Red King. Timoken is a
prince born in a secret kingdom. When the peaceful land is
attacked, Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, must find a new
kingdom to call home. Together, with only the magical gifts
and a talking camel, the siblings set off.
PARANORMAL Vlad has to keep his vampire urges under
control while dealing with the pressures of school. He has a
secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire.
With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily
with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs. He must
confront the secrets of the past while battling forces that
continue to threaten his life.
FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION This is a story of time travel via a
two-sided mirror which is a portal to both the past and the
future. When Jake’s father disappears, he is determined to
use the mirror to get to the truth.
HISTORICAL FICTION The series explores the history of the Civil
War through the eyes of real men and women who had a
tremendous impact on our nation.
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FICTION SERIES
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SERIES
Claidi Journals
AUTHOR
Lee
BOOKS
DESCRIPTION
1-3
FANTASY All her life, Claidi has endured hardship in the House,
Coal Harbour
Horvath
Comeback Kids
Lupica
Confectionately
Yours
Papademetriou
1-4
Crowfield Abbey
Walsh
1-2
Cruz de la Cruz
Ritter
1-2
Curse of the Jolly
Stone
Lawrence
1-3
Dairy Queen
Murdock
1-3
Danger Boy
Williams
1-4
Dark Life
Falls
1-2
1-2
unnumbered
4-20-16
where she must obey a spoiled princess. Then a golden
stranger arrives, living proof of a world beyond the House
walls. Claidi risks all to free the charming prisoner and
accompanies him across the Waste toward his faraway home.
It is a difficult yet marvelous journey, and all the while Claidi is
at the side of a man she could come to love. That is, until they
reach his home . . .
REALISTIC Primrose, who lives in a small fishing village in
British Columbia, recounts her experiences and all that she
learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life
after her parents are lost at sea.
SPORTS In this series, four different boys deal with the
struggles of their everyday lives, while trying to prove
themselves and their talents on the court or field. By
overcoming obstacles and being true team players, these boys
inspire as they become heroes of their teams.
REALISTIC When her parents get divorced, Hayley, her sister,
and her mom all move into her grandmother’s apartment
located over a tea shop. Life is crazy, but Hayley finds that
baking cupcakes seems to make life a little sweeter.
FANTASY When a hobgoblin confesses the horrible secret of
Crowfield Abbey to the monks' apprentice, the boy is drawn
into a haunting medieval mystery and a world of Old Magic.
An angel is buried behind the abbey!
SPORTS What if the ancestors of Cruz de la Cruz met up with
outlaw Billy the Kid and they changed the game of baseball
forever? Then, what if one day a boy discovers the secret of
hitting a baseball—every time?
ADVENTURE Set in 19th-century England, this series is about
the unjust imprisonment of 13-year-old Tom Tin, the sordid
conditions of the prison ship for boys that he is placed on, and
his plans to escape.
REALISTIC After her two older brothers leave home and her
father hurts his hip, 15-year-old D.J. is left in charge of the
dairy farm. She is also training a football player from her
school's biggest rival. When she begins to feel like one of the
cows that go through life always doing what is expected, she
realizes that she doesn't want to live her life like that and
decides to try out for the football team herself.
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY This time travel series begins in
2019, and follows the time spanning adventures of 12-yearold Eli Sands and his companions: Clyne, a goodnatured dinosaur from another planet who gathers
information for a school assignment, and Thea, last librarian in
Alexandria.
FANTASY A thrilling futuristic adventure set deep undersea,
the story follows the settlers of the world's first subsea
settlement as they defend their homesteads against a brazen
band of outlaws.
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SERIES
Darkest Powers
AUTHOR
Armstrong
BOOKS
1-3
Darkness Rising
Dead Is
Armstrong
Perez
1-3
1-3
Dear America
Multiple
authors
various
Death by Mysteries
Gerber
2-3
Delirium trilogy
Oliver
1-3
Demonata
Shan
1-9
The Deptford Mice
Jarvis
1-3
Diary of a Wimpy
Kid
Kinney
1-10
Divergent
Roth
1-3
Divide
Kay
1-3
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
PARANORMAL A series of YA novels revolving around The
Edison Group, a team of supernatural scientists, and the
subjects they have experimented on.
PARANORMAL Sequel series to Darkest Powers
MYSTERY This series is set in Nightshade, California – a small
town full of secrets. Nightshade is home to the psychic
Giordano sisters who have a way of getting mixed up in
mysteries.
HISTORICAL FICTION In this series, each book is written in the
form of a diary of a young woman's life during an important
event or time period in American history.
CRIME/DETECTIVE These mystery stories feature 16-year-old
Aphra Connolly, who lives in her dad’s hotel on a deserted
island, as she investigates a murder, becomes involved in a
CIA plot, and goes on the run from a dangerous criminal.
SCIENCE FICTION They didn’t understand that once love -- the
deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold.
Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love,
and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure
upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked
forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is
a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does
the unthinkable: she falls in love.
HORROR This series takes readers into new realms and
universes, all of them populated or threatened by demons.
Told by three different protagonists: Grubbs Grady, Kernel
Fleck, and Bec MacConn, the stories are fast-paced and
bloody, horrific and fantastic, frightening and exciting. You
might never look at the world in the same way again...
ANIMAL FANTASY The stories follow the story of a group of
mice living in Deptford, London as they fight an evil cat god
named Jupiter.
COMIC This series of humorous books are diary-type journals of
the main character, middle-school student Greg Hefley. The
entries are filled with hand-written notes and simple drawings
of his daily adventures.
SCIENCE FICTION In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice
Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to
define her identity for the rest of her life, but the deeply
flawed “perfect society” she lives in soon turns to chaos and
her future becomes uncertain.
FANTASY This trilogy takes place in an alternate universe. A 13year-old boy, Felix Sanders, has a life-threatening heart
condition. While his family is vacationing in Costa Rica at a
place called the Divide, the point where water flows to both
the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, he passes out and he finds
himself in alternate world, where the Earth's mythical
creatures are real and humans are a legend. He sets off on a
journey with residents of this world to cure his illness and get
home.
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FICTION SERIES
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SERIES
Doran
AUTHOR
Furlong
BOOKS
1-3
Dork Diaries
Russell
1-10
Dreamhouse Kings
Liparulo
1-6
Echo Falls
Abraham
1, 3
Edge Chronicles
Stewart
1-6, 9
Ellis Island
Nixon
1-3
Elvis & Olive
Watson
1-2
Emma-Jean Lazarus
Tarshis
1-2
Emily Windsnap
Kessler
1, 3
The Ender Quintet
Card
1-3, 5
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
FANTASY This magical, mystical series is about the life of a
nine-year-old girl, left alone in the world, who is taken in by a
solitary witch or 'Doran.'
COMIC This humorous series is the personal diary of 14-yearold Nikki Maxwell. They feature drawings, doodles and comic
strips that chronicle the daily drama of her life in (and outside
of) middle school.
FANTASY This series follows the adventures of brothers Xander
and David King as they travel through time via portals found in
a secret hallway in their creepy, new house.
MYSTERY Welcome to Echo Falls… home of a thousand secrets,
where Ingrid Levin-Hill, teen super sleuth, never knows what
will happen next.
FANTASY The stories of The Edge Chronicles take place in the
fictional world of The Edge, a vast cliff with no apparent
bottom. The majority of books are grouped into trilogies, with
each trilogy focusing on one character. The series covers a 600
year period, divided into three "Ages of Flight." The power of
flight is a major theme of the books, with each age defined by
the current technology used for air travel.
HISTORICAL FICTION Three teen girls each left her homeland in
1902 to come to America. Traveling from Europe on the same
ship, they become fast friends during the difficult three-week
journey. When the ship reaches the New York City Harbor, the
steerage-class immigrants are ferried to Ellis Island to be
questioned and examined, and then the girls part ways. Each
book spotlights one of the girls and offers insight into the
difficult times for immigrants entering the United States.
REALISTIC Natalie and her new neighbor, Annie, become fast
friends and hatch a plan to spy on their neighbors, using the
inscrutable code names Elvis and Olive. Spying is the most fun
Natalie's ever had — but are some things best kept secret?
REALISTIC A quirky and utterly logical seventh-grade girl
named Emma-Jean Lazarus, who has long stood in the social
shadows, gets a taste of what it's like to connect with kids her
own age.
FANTASY Emily Windsnap is an ordinary girl who happens to
find out that when she goes in water, she becomes a
mermaid. The series follows her adventures after she sets out
to discover her family history and find her father.
SCIENCE FICTION The series is set in a future where mankind is
facing annihilation by an aggressive alien society, an insectlike race known as "Buggers." The series protagonist, Andrew
"Ender" Wiggin, is one of the child soldiers trained at Battle
School (and eventually Command School) to be one of the
future leaders of the protection of Earth.
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SERIES
Ender’s Shadow
AUTHOR
Card
BOOKS
1-5
The English Roses
Madonna
1-10, 12
Eon
Goodman
1-2
Erec Rex
Kingsley
1-5
Escape From
Furnace
Smith
1-5
Everest
Korman
1-3
Fablehaven
Mull
1-5
Fairie Path
Jones
1-2
Fear Street
Stine
various
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
SCIENCE FICTION The human race is at war with the “Buggers,”
an insect-like alien race. As Earth prepares to defend itself
from total destruction, all focus in on the development of
military geniuses who can fight such a war and win. The series
chronicles the story of Bean, a homeless child living on the
streets, who is sent into orbit to the Battle School to train, to
his life after the final battle.
REALISTIC The books are about the lives of five young
schoolgirls in London and their adventures, friendships, and
problems.
FANTASY It follows the story of Eon who has potential to
become a Dragoneye, being able to control wind, water and
land. However, Eon is actually a female concealed as a boy
and with females forbidden she becomes a dangerous gamble.
FANTASY Twelve-year-old Erec wakes up one morning to find
the world gone horribly wrong. His mother is missing and he is
pulled into a magical world where his fate is to complete
twelve dangerous tasks which will make him king.
HORROR Alex Sawyer seeks to break free of a hellish
underground penitentiary for teenage offenders. But with
every step toward freedom, Alex finds there will be no
escaping the secret horrors and nightmarish creatures
haunting his endless nights until he confronts and destroys the
prison’s mastermind.
ADVENTURE A group of teenage climbers compete for the right
to participate in Summit Athletics’ bid to scale Mount Everest.
Whoever goes will have to face all the dangers that Everest
can throw at them – from altitude sickness to subzero
temperatures, gale force winds and hidden crevasses – all in
an attempt to climb a mountain that has taken the lives of
countless adult climbers over the years.
FANTASY Siblings Kendra and Seth Sorenson are travel to their
grandparents’ house while their parents are away. They soon
learn that the forest surrounding the house is a secret nature
reserve protecting beings of myth and legend from the
outside world. The series follows their adventures as they
face challenges such as defeating an evil witch and a powerful
demon, defending the preserve from an evil society, stopping
a plague that changes creatures of light into creatures of
darkness, and, ultimately, protecting the world from a horde
of imprisoned demons.
FANTASY The story follows Anita Palmer, a teenager from two
different parallel universes, and her struggle to maintain both
lives.
HORROR This young adult series and its spin-offs merge
supernatural horror with the real-life horror of teenagers'
deepest fears and insecurities. The stories take place in the
fictional and terrifying town of Shadyside where average teens
encounter evil, sometimes paranormal, adversaries.
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SERIES
Five Ancestors
AUTHOR
Stone
BOOKS
1-7
Flying Dutchman
Jacques
1-3
Football Genius
Green
1-5
The Fourth Stall
Rylander
1-3
From the Files of
Madison Finn
Dower
Fly By Night
Hardinge
1-2
Freak the Mighty
Philbrick
1-2
Further Tales
Adventures
Catanese
1, 3
Gallagher Girls
Carter
1-6
Gary Carter’s Iron
Mask
Montgomery
1-3
various
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
HISTORICAL FICTION/MULTICULTURAL FICTION Five young
Chinese warrior monks are the only survivors of the
destruction and raid of their home, Cangzhen Temple. Each
one specializes in an animal kung fu and possesses
a Cantonese animal name. When Grandmaster is killed by
their former brother Ying (Eagle), the warriors must seek their
past and change Ying and the Emperor's heart. Each monk
will begin to uncover their own past and learn surprising facts
about themselves.
FANTASY This series follows a 14-year-old boy and his black
Labrador, who can communicate with each other
telepathically, and their adventures on the high seas.
SPORTS This young adult sports series is about a boy named
Troy White, who has the unique ability to predict any game
play before it happens. Any position. Any player. Any team.
REALISTIC Got a problem? Head upstairs to Mac's office —
located in the fourth bathroom stall—and he and his best
friend, Vince, will solve it...for a small fee. These sixth-grade
problem-solvers have always been able to fix anything, but
they might have finally met their match.
REALISTIC This series, about an average 12-year-old girl named
Madison Finn who lives in New York, starts shortly after the
events of her parents’ divorce. Madison worries about school,
her best friends Aimee Gillespie and Fiona Waters, her crush
on Hart Jones, and her constant rivalry with former friend, Ivy
Daly. To get through it all, she writes files on her computer,
which acts as a sort of diary.
FANTASY Twelve-year-old Mosca Mye hasn't got much. Her
parents are dead, her cruel uncle keeps her locked away, and
her only friend is her pet goose. But she does have one small,
rare thing: the ability to read. In a world where books are
dangerous things, this gift will change her life—but it may also
be the death of her.
REALISTIC These books are about two boys. One is a slow
learner, too large for his age, and the other is a tiny, disabled
genius. The two pair up to create one formidable human force
known as "Freak the Mighty."
FAIRY TALES These stories are sequels to some of the world’s
most beloved fairy tales. They tell the story of what happens
many years after the traditional story ends.
CRIME/DETECTIVE This series of books is about a group of girls
attending the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young
Women, an elite school for training spies. The Gallagher Girls
may speak more than a dozen languages, take classes in
encryption and covert operations, and take on a terrorist
organization, but at the core, they are classic YA heroines.
SPORTS A series of baseball books, about a high school boy
named Robbie, with the theme that teamwork, goal setting,
and hard work will bring rewards to the individual player.
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SERIES
The Gatekeepers
AUTHOR
Horowitz
BOOKS
1-5
Gaither Sisters
WilliamsGarcia
1-2
Gifted
Kaye
1-3
The Giver Quartet
Lowry
1-4
Golden Mountain
Chronicles
Goosebumps
Yep
various
Stine
various
Green Glass
Klages
1-2
The Grimm Legacy
Shulman
1-2
The Grisha
Bardugo
1-2
Guardians of
Ga’Hoole
Lasky
1-15
Guild of Specialists
Mowll
1-2
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
FANTASY As punishment for a crime he didn't really commit,
Matt was given a choice: go to jail or go live with an old
woman named Mrs. Deverill in a remote town called Lesser
Malling. He should have chosen jail. This fantasy series is
about five young people who must save the world from evil.
REALISTIC The story begins as three sisters from Brooklyn
travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who
abandoned them.
REALISTIC Teacher Madame tries to convince nine special
students that their unusual abilities are not problems, and can
be used for good, especially if they work together.
FANTASY At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a
seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive
special training from The Giver, who alone holds the
memories of the true joys and pain of life. Each book has a
different protagonist, but the stories are set in the same
futuristic era.
MULTICULTURAL Stories documenting the fictional Young
family from 1849 in China to 1995 in America.
HORROR The books in this series feature similar plot
structures with fictional children being involved in scary
situations. The books are mostly written in first
person narrative, often concluding with twist endings. They
contain surreal horror, with characters encountering the
strange and supernatural.
HISTORICAL FICTION While her father works on the Manhattan
Project, eleven-year-old gadget lover and outcast Dewey
Kerrigan lives in Los Alamos Camp, and becomes friends with
Suze, another young girl who is shunned by her peers.
FAIRY TALES New York high school student Elizabeth gets an
after-school job as a page at the "New-York Circulating
Material Repository," and when she gains coveted access to
its Grimm Collection of magical objects, she and the other
pages are drawn into a series of frightening adventures
involving mythical creatures and stolen goods.
FANTASY This series is narrated by Alina Starkov, a teenage
orphan who grows up in the land of Ravka before her entire
life changes after unexpectedly harnessing a power she never
knew she had to save her best friend.
FANTASY Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger are an unlikely
band of heroes who have traveled to the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
to train with a mythic community of owls, in hopes of gaining
the skills to destroy the evil that lurks in their midst.
REALISTIC In 1920, the heroes of the story Rebecca and Doug
McKenzie, leave Shanghai aboard their uncle's ship Expedient,
intent on discovering the whereabouts of their missing
parents who have disappeared while on a secret mission to
the deserts of Western China. Faced with terrifying
bloodthirsty pirates, submarines and deadly torpedoes, their
task quickly becomes a dangerous struggle to survive.
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SERIES
Guys Read
Harry Potter
AUTHOR
Multiple
authors
Rowling
BOOKS
DESCRIPTION
2-4
FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/MYSTERY Collections of original short
1-7 +
Companion
Hattie
Larson
1-2
Hazelwood High
Draper
1-3
Heir Chronicles
Chima
1-5
Hercule Poirot
Christie
various
Heroes of Olympus
Riordan
1-5 +
Companion
Hex
Lassiter
1-2
Hex Hall
Hawkins
1-3
High Seas
Adventure
Lawrence
1-3
4-20-16
stories by male and female authors who boys enjoy reading,
grouped by genre.
FANTASY This series chronicles the life of a young wizard,
Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron
Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's
struggle against Lord Voldemort, the Dark wizard who intends
to become immortal, overthrow the Ministry of Magic,
subjugate non-magic people and destroy anyone who stands
in his way.
REALISTIC Until the age of 16, orphan Hattie Brooks lived with
whichever relative needed extra household help. Then she
receives a letter telling her of an inheritance from her Uncle
Chester, whom she had never met. Hattie is to receive his land
claim, the house and its contents, one horse, and one cow.
When she arrives from Iowa, she learns that she has 10
months to cultivate 40 acres and set 480 rods of fence, or lose
the claim.
REALISTIC Guilt, fear, and dangerous love falls heavy on the
shoulders of students at Hazelwood High. High school isn't
blissful, and the author does not shy away from the hardships
of teenage life. In a real world of pain, these strong characters
face the worst in life, and come out fighting.
FANTASY Three boys, three talismans, one destiny. In this
page-turning series, the author explores what it means to be
different, what’s worth fighting for, and what’s worth dying
for…
CRIME/DETECTIVE Mysteries with the Belgian detective Hercule
Poirot. These can mostly be read as stand-alones in any order.
MYTHOLOGY This series is collectively a sequel to the Percy
Jackson & the Olympians series. The Heroes of Olympus is
centered around a prophecy that predicted seven demigods
would unite to protect the earth from Gaea, the goddess of
the Earth, before she wakes up. Gaea, on the other hand, is
planning to destroy it.
SCIENCE FICTION The trilogy follows the adventures of a group
of 'mutants' - humans who carry the illegal Hex gene which
allows them to mentally interface with computers. The
reluctant leader of the group is a teenage girl named Raven
whose abilities are far beyond the worst nightmares of the
corrupt and repressive government.
PARANORMAL ROMANCE This trilogy of young-adult paranormal
romance novels is centered on Sophie Mercer, a sixteen-yearold witch who is sent to Hecate Hall (nicknamed "Hex Hall"), a
boarding school for magical beings, after a string of disastrous
spells gone wrong.
ADVENTURE This high-seas adventure series, set in the 19th
century, offers plenty of full-blooded salty characters, cunning
dialogue, surprises around every corner, and a classic battle
between good and evil.
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SERIES
His Dark Materials
AUTHOR
Pullman
BOOKS
1-3
Hitchhiker’s Guide
to the Galaxy
Adams
1-2
Homecoming Saga
Card
1-5
Horses of Oak
Valley Ranch
Smiley
1-3
Huber Hill
Bostick
1-3
Hunchback
Assignments
Slade
1-2
Hunger Games
Collins
1-3
Hypnotists
Korman
1-2
I Funny
Patterson
1-4
I. Q.
Smith
1-3
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
FANTASY This trilogy follows the coming of age of two
children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander
through a series of parallel universes.
SCIENCE FICTION The series follows the misadventures of the
last surviving human, Arthur Dent, following the demolition of
the planet Earth by a Vogon constructor fleet to make way for
a hyperspace bypass. Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction
by Ford Prefect, a human-like alien writer for the fictional,
eccentric, electronic travel guide, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy, by hitchhiking onto a passing spacecraft.
SCIENCE FICTION Oversoul, an artificial intelligence functioning
as the caretaker of a human settlement on the planet
Harmony, discovers that it is no longer able to access parts of
its memory and relies on a group of human beings to save the
planet.
REALISTIC This equestrian YA series, set in 1960s California, is
centered around 12-year-old Abby Lovitt, her life on her
family’s ranch, and her love of horses.
ADVENTURE When his grandfather dies, Huber Hill is
devastated---until he opens Grandpa Nick's mysterious box.
An old gold coin and directions to a hidden Spanish treasure
send him and his friends off on a mind-blowing quest. This is a
treasure-hunting action-adventure series full of excitement,
friendship, discovery, creepy villains, and mystery!
FANTASY When Mr. Socrates, a member of the shadowy
Permanent Association, hears of a hunchbacked infant with
the ability to transform his appearance, he decides to take
him in. Naming him Modo, he raises the boy in isolation,
training him to become a secret agent.
FANTASY The Hunger Games universe is a dystopia set in
"Panem", a country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and
twelve districts in varying states of poverty. Every year,
children are chosen to participate in a compulsory annual
televised death match called The Hunger Games. The trilogy
follows young characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark.
SCIENCE FICTION Jackson Opus has always been persuasive, but
he doesn't know that he's descended from the two most
powerful hypnotist bloodlines on the planet. He's excited to
be accepted into a special program at the Sentia Institute -but when he realizes he's in over his head, Jackson will have to
find a way to use his powers to save his friends, his parents,
and his government.
HUMOR This laugh-a-minute series is about one kid's race to
become the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic.
MYSTERY In this young adult mystery series, Quest – whose
nickname is “Q” (12) and his new stepsister Angela (15) head
out with their newlywed, famous, rock star parents on a one
year cross-country music tour. This seemingly routine
trip becomes much more than just a year of "road-home
school," as some rather shady characters begin stalking the
kids.
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SERIES
I Survived
AUTHOR
Tarshis
BOOKS
1-13
Immortals
Noël
1-3
Incarceron
Fisher
1-2
Infinity Ring
multiple
authors
1-3
Inheritance Cycle
Paolini
1-3
Inkworld
Funke
1-3
Insignia
Kincaid
1-3
Island
Korman
1-3
Island of the Blue
Dolphins
O’Dell
1-2
Jack
Creech
1-2
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
HISTORICAL FICTION Each book in the series tells a terrifying
and thrilling story from history through the eyes of a boy who
lived to tell the tale.
PARANORMAL Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her
family, 16-year-old Ever can see auras, hear people’s
thoughts, and know a person’s life story by touch. Going out
of her way to shield herself from human contact to suppress
her abilities has branded her as a freak at her new high school
– but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.
Damen is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy, and he holds many
secrets. Ever doesn’t know who he really is – or what he is.
Damen is equal parts light and dark, and he belongs to an
enchanted new world where no one ever dies.
FANTASY To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage,
Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic
prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young
prisoner escape.
SCIENCE FICTION In this series, best friends, Dak Smyth and
Sera Froste, have found the key to time travel, a hand-held
device called the Infinity Ring. Once they discover the device,
the pair are swept into a secret war over the future of
mankind and are sent to travel back in time to change the
events when history went off course.
FANTASY Set in the fictional world of Alagaësia, the novels in
this series focus on the adventures of a teenage boy
named Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, as they struggle to
overthrow the evil king Galbatorix.
FANTASY The books chronicle the adventures of teen Meggie
Folchart whose life changes dramatically when she realizes
that she and her father, a professional bookbinder named Mo,
have the unusual ability to bring characters from books into
the real world when reading aloud.
SCIENCE FICTION The Insignia trilogy describes a dystopian
future in which World War Three is fought throughout the
solar system.
ADVENTURE They didn't want to be on the boat in the first
place. They didn't want to be stuck at sea with a bunch of
strangers. But when a storm hits, what they want doesn't
matter. It's all about survival. Luke, J.J., Will, Lyssa, Charla, and
Ian soon find they have nothing to rely on but a desert island-and each other. No food. No shelter. No rules. They're on their
own. Or are they?
ADVENTURE This is the survival story of Karana, an Indian girl
who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Year after year, she watched one season pass into another
and waited for a ship to take her away. But while she waited,
she kept herself alive by building shelter, making weapons,
finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs.
REALISTIC Written as a series of free-verse poems from Jack's
point of view, the series shows how one boy finds his own
voice with the help of a teacher, a writer, a pencil, some
yellow paper, and of course, a dog and cat.
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SERIES
AUTHOR
BOOKS
Jack Henry
Gantos
1-3
Janie Johnson
Cooney
1-5
Joey PIgza
Gantos
2, 4
The Joshua Files
Harris
1-2
Kane Chronicles
Riordan
1-3
Keys to the
Kingdom
Nix
Kidnapped
Korman
1-3
Killer Pizza
Taylor
1-2
The Klaatu Diskos
Hautman
1-2
1-2, 4-7
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
REALISTIC Jack's life is a crazy
roller-coaster ride. His family is
always moving, he suffers under desperate crushes, and he’s
constantly facing crazy teachers, pesky siblings, and weird
neighbors. To help him get through the good days and bad
days, Jack writes in his diary.
MYSTERY/REALISTIC A 15-year-old girl sees a photograph of her
three-year-old self and realizes that the doting parents she’s
always known aren’t the family she was born to. The series is
about her psychological, emotional, and occasionally
geographical journey — with the help of trusty next-door
neighbor and love interest Reeve Shields — to figure out who
she really is, and what happened.
REALISTIC/HUMOR Joey Pigza's got heart, he's got a mom who
loves him, and he's got "dud meds," which is what he calls the
Ritalin pills that are supposed to even out his wild mood
swings. Sometimes Joey makes bad choices. He learns the
hard way that he shouldn't stick his finger in the pencil
sharpener, or swallow his house key, or run with scissors. As
Joey knows, if he keeps making bad choices, he could just fall
between the cracks for good. But he is determined not to let
that happen.
MYSTERY/ADVENTURE When his father is reported murdered in
Mexico, thirteen-year-old Josh refuses to believe it and sets
out to get the true story. In the depths of the Mexican jungle,
with a deadly international hit man on his trail, Josh must find
the truth about an incredible, dangerous secret -- and try to
stay alive.
MYTHOLOGY The novels, based on Egyptian mythology, are
narrated alternately by brother and sister Carter and Sadie
Kane who come face to face with ancient Egyptian gods,
magicians, and god-monsters.
FANTASY/ADVENTURE This series chronicles the adventures
of Arthur Penhaligon, an asthmatic 12-year-old boy who is
chosen to become the Rightful Heir of the House, the center
of the universe.
CRIME/DETECTIVE Fifteen-year-old Aiden's younger sister Meg
is kidnapped on her way home from school. Now Aiden must
cooperate with the FBI in order to find her, when the FBI
agents were the very same people who had earlier
incarcerated his parents for a crime they didn't commit.
HORROR/HUMOR When Toby lands a summer job at Killer Pizza,
where pies like The Monstrosity and The Frankensausage are
on the menu, things seem perfect. His coworkers are cool, and
Toby loves being part of a team. But none of them are
prepared for what's really going on at Killer Pizza: It's a front
for a monster-hunting organization!
SCIENCE FICTION After 13-year-old Tucker Feye's parents
disappear, he suspects that the strange disks of shimmering
air that he keeps seeing are somehow involved, and, when he
steps inside one, he is whisked away on a time-twisting
journey trailed by a shadowy sect of priests and haunted by
ghostlike figures.
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SERIES
AUTHOR
The Land of Stories
Colfer
The Last Apprentice
Delaney
BOOKS
1-4
1-13 +
companion
The Last Dragon
Chronicles
D’Lacey
1-7
Last Survivors
Pfeffer
1-4
Legend trilogy
Lu
1-3
Leven Thumps
Skye
1-4
Leviathan trilogy
Westerfeld
1-3
Liar Liar
Paulsen
3-4
Little House
Wilder
various
Locomotion
Woodson
1-2
A Long Way From
Chicago
Peck
1-3
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
FAIRY TALES The books follow twins Alex and Conner Bailey
as
they fall from the real world into a world full of fairy tales they
have only ever read about before.
FANTASY/ADVENTURE This fantasy adventure series follows
Thomas Ward, the seventh son of a seventh son. As the
Spook's apprentice, he will face boggarts, witches, ghosts, and
other terrifying creatures of the night. Other apprentices have
come before him. Some have failed. Some have fled. Some
have died. Will Tom be the one who survives—especially
when he becomes the target of the world's greatest evils?
FANTASY The books follow a college student, David Rain, as he
discovers the existence of living clay dragons in the house he
lodges at.
SCIENCE FICTION When a meteor hits the moon and knocks it
closer in orbit to the earth, nothing will ever be the same.
Worldwide tidal waves. Earthquakes. Volcanic eruptions. And
that's just the beginning.
SCIENCE FICTION Told from the perspective of two leading
characters: Day, a renegade from the streets, and June, an
elite student at Drake University and the Republic's shining
prodigy. From very different worlds, June and Day have no
reason to cross paths—until the day June's brother is
murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect.
FANTASY This series features an orphaned 14-year-old boy,
Leven Thumps, who is transplanted to the secret world of Foo
and saves it from absolute chaos.
FANTASY/HISTORICAL FICTION Set in an alternate World War I,
Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian
throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His
title is worthless. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a
loyal crew of men. Deryn Sharp is a commoner, disguised as a
boy in the British Air Service. She’s a brilliant airman. But her
secret is in constant danger of being discovered. With World
War I brewing, Alek and Deryn’s paths cross in the most
unexpected ways, taking them on a fantastical, around-theworld adventure that will change both their lives forever.
REALISTIC/HUMOR Fourteen-year-old Kevin Spencer has a
knack for tackling big ideas and goofing up with his trademark
scheming.
REALISTIC This series of American children's novels is based on
the author’s childhood in the northern Midwest during the
1870s and 1880s.
REALISTIC Told entirely through Lonnie's poetry and letters,
we see his heartbreak over his lost family, his thoughtful
perspective on the world around him, and most of all his love
for his sister Lili and his determination to one day put at least
half of their family back together.
REALISTIC Joey and his sister Mary Alice, two city-slickers from
Chicago, make trips to spend time with their unconventional
Grandma Dowdel — a woman well known for shaking up her
neighbors-and everyone else!
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
AUTHOR
BOOKS
The Lord of the
Rings
Tolkien
1-3
Lorien Legacies
Lore
1-6
The Lost Years of
Merlin
Lunar Chronicles
Barron
1-5
Meyer
1-3.5
Lying Game
Shepard
1-6
Magic in
Manhattan
Mlynowski
1-3
Magic Under
Dolamore
1-2
Magnus Chase and
the Gods of Asgard
Riordan
1
Matched
Condie
1-3
Maximum Ride
Patterson
1-8
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
FANTASY In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by
the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One
Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all
others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he
sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him.
After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit
Bilbo Baggins. See also: Middle-Earth Universe series.
SCIENCE FICTION In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl
prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on
Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers,
he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members
and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.
LEGEND This series chronicle the origins of the greatest of
all wizards.
FAIRY TALES Each book entails a new take on an old fairy tale,
including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and
Snow White. The story takes place in a futuristic world where
humans, cyborgs, and androids all coexist.
MYSTERY What would you do if you had a long-lost twin?
What if she disappeared the day you were supposed to meet?
How far would you go to find out what went wrong? In this
series, Emma Paxton assumes her twin sister Sutton’s identity
to solve her murder. It’s a dangerous game, and Emma is
playing with a killer…
FANTASY/HUMOR This series follows 14-year-old Rachel, who
thinks her life is pretty average - until she learns that her
mother and her little sister Miri are witches and she is not. At
least, not yet.
FANTASY A wealthy sorcerer's invitation to sing with his
automaton leads 17 -year-old Nimira, whose family's disgrace
brought her from a palace to poverty, into political intrigue,
enchantments, and a friendship with a fairy prince who needs
her help.
FANTASY This trilogy follows a sixteen year old homeless
teenager named Magnus Chase, who discovers that he is the
son of a Norse god, and his quest to stop Ragnarök. The series
takes place in the same universe as the Percy Jackson and the
Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and The Kane Chronicles.
SCIENCE FICTION/ROMANCE This dystopian YA series is about a
futuristic tightly-controlled society in which young people are
"matched" with their life partners at the age of 17.
FANTASY The series is centered on the adventures of
Maximum "Max" Ride and five other characters after their
escape from the lab facility known as The School. Their group
is labeled the Flock, reminiscent of the fact that each of the
main characters are avian-human hybrids, (they have wings).
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
Maze Runner
AUTHOR
Dashner
BOOKS
Prequel +
1-3
Meg Moore
Sturtevant
1-2
Michael Vey
Evans
1-4
Middle School
Patterson
1-7
Middle-Earth
Universe
Tolkien
Millicent Min
Yee
companions
Million Dollar
Gutman
1-2, 4-5
Mind Games
White
1-2
Misfits
Howe
1-3
Miss Marple
Christie
Miss Peregrine’s
Peculiar Children
Riggs
various
various
1-2
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
SCIENCE FICTION The story follows sixteen-year-old Thomas,
portrayed by O'Brien, who awakens in a rusty elevator with no
memory of who he is, only to learn he's been delivered to the
middle of an intricate maze, along with a large number of
other boys, who have been trying to find their way out of the
ever-changing labyrinth — all while establishing a functioning
society in what they call the Glade.
HISTORICAL FICTION In 17th-century London, Meg, who has
little interest in cooking, needlework, or other homemaking
skills, dreams of becoming a bookseller and someday
inheriting her widowed father's book store, but his
unexpected marriage throws all Meg's dreams into confusion..
FANTASY To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey is
an ordinary fourteen-year-old. In fact, the only thing that
seems to set him apart is the fact that he has Tourette’s
syndrome. But Michael is anything but ordinary. Michael has
special powers… electric powers!
REALISTIC The series follows sixth grader Rafe Khatchadorian’s
escapades as he begins middle school and copes with crushes,
bullying, and family issues.
FANTASY Middle-earth is the setting of much of J. R. R.
Tolkien's collected writings. Middle-earth is the central
continent of Earth (Arda) in an imaginary period of the Earth's
past. See also: The Lord of the Rings series.
REALISTIC In a series of journal entries, child prodigy Millicent
Min records her struggles to learn to play volleyball, tutor her
enemy, deal with her grandmother's departure, and make
friends over the course of a tumultuous summer. Companion
books are told from other children’s points of view.
SPORTS The stories in this sports series feature children who
get a chance to win a million dollars in various sporting events
(soccer, golf, basketball, and bowling).
SCIENCE FICTION Seventeen-year-old Fia and her sister, Annie,
are trapped in an elite boarding school that uses young female
psychics and mind readers as tools for corporate espionage.
REALISTIC What do a 12-year-old student who moonlights as a
tie salesman, a tall, outspoken girl, a gay middle-schooler and
a kid branded as a hooligan have in common? Best friends for
years, they've all been the target of cruel name-calling and
now that they're in seventh grade, they're not about to take it
anymore.
CRIME/DETECTIVE These murder mystery novels feature Miss
Jane Marple, an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St.
Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective.
FANTASY On the advice of his therapist who he is seeing for
horrific nightmares following a family tragedy, 16-year-old
Jake embarks on an overseas journey to find the abandoned
orphanage where his late grandfather claimed to have once
lived. Not only does the place turn out to be real, it also serves
as the gateway to an alternate realm where children with
strange powers are looked after by a magical guardian and
time moves of its own accord.
20
FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
AUTHOR
BOOKS
Missing
Haddix
1-6
Missing Persons
Rabb
1-4
The Mistmantle
Chronicles
McAllister
1-2
Molly Moon
Byng
1-4
Montmaray
Journals
Cooper
2-3
Mortality Doctrine
Dashner
1-2
Mother-Daughter
Book Club
Frederick
1-6
My America
Multiple
authors
various
My Name is
America
Multiple
authors
various
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
MYSTERY/ SCIENCE FICTION Jonah and Chip
are plunged into a
mystery that involves the FBI, a vast smuggling operation, an
airplane that appeared out of nowhere—and people who
seem to disappear and reappear at will...until they make a
staggering discovery: they, and other kids are actually missing
children from throughout history, stolen for profit by time
travelers. Now, they are caught in a battle between two
opposing forces that want very different things for them—and
their choices will determine the course of their own lives.
CRIME/DETECTIVE This series features Sarn and Sophie
Shattenberg, New York City sisters who move to the Midwest
and find themselves solving crime.
ANIMAL FANTASY The island of Mistmantle is in turmoil. The
kingdom is in peril. Urchin is destined for greatness. He sets
out on an adventure of bravery and heart to save the kingdom
and his friend from the forces of evil -- but will good prevail?
FANTASY Molly Moon has spent her entire life in a miserable
orphanage run by the mean Miss Adderson. But when she
finds a mysterious book, Molly discovers an extraordinary
talent - she can hypnotize anyone! The series has Molly learn
to use other powers such as stopping time, travelling through
time, reading minds, and morphing into other forms.
HISTORICAL FICTION On her sixteenth birthday in 1936, Sophia
begins a diary of life in a fictional island country off the coast
of Spain, where she is among the last descendants of an
impoverished royal family trying to hold their nation together
on the eve of the second World War.
SCIENCE FICTION This is a series set in a world of hyperadvanced technology, cyber-terrorists, and gaming beyond
your wildest dreams . . . and your worst nightmares. It follows
three teenage hackers as they search for the rogue gamer
who's holding people hostage online and harming them in the
real world.
REALISTIC This young adult series centers around the life of
four very different girls who become best friends all because
their mothers decided to start a book club.
HISTORICAL FICTION This is a series of fictional diaries of
children that take place during significant moments in
American history.
HISTORICAL FICTION This is a series published for older boys.
Each book is written in the form of a journal of a fictional
young man's life during an important event or time period
in American history.
21
FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
AUTHOR
BOOKS
1-2
DESCRIPTION
My One Hundred
Adventures
Horvath
Mysterious Benedict
Society
Stewart
0.5-3
Mythic
Misadventures
Hennesy
1-5
Nancy Drew: Girl
Detective
Multiple
authors
various
Neddie & Friends
Pinkwater
2-3
FANTASY This
Neil Flambé Capers
Sylvester
1, 4
MYSTERY Neil Flambe is a world-renowned chef and restaurant
The New Policeman
Thompson
1-3
Nightmare Room
Stine
various
Normal
Klise
1-2
On the Run
Korman
1-6
4-20-16
REALISTIC Jane is 12 years old, and she is ready for
adventures, to move beyond the world of her siblings and
single mother and their house by the sea, and step into the
“know-not what.” And, over the summer, adventures do seem
to find Jane, whether it’s a thrilling ride in a hot-air balloon,
the appearances of a slew of possible fathers, or a weird new
friendship with a preacher and psychic wannabe. Most
important, there’s Jane’s discovery of what lies at the heart of
all great adventures: that it’s not what happens to you that
matters, but what you learn about yourself.
SCIENCE FICTION The series deals with the adventures of four
young children who are incredibly gifted in different areas, all
bound by one common factor: they are either orphans or
unwanted by their parents. The children become involved
with the strange Mr. Nicholas Benedict and his guild of
assistants who are trying to stop Mr. Benedict's twin from
taking over the world. Each book involves the four children
using their own wits to outsmart the enemies and solve their
own problems without needing to rely on outside means.
MYTHOLOGY Beginning with the unique setting of Ancient
Greece and its gods, Pandora and her friends must travel
across the “known” world to recover the contents of the box
she inadvertently opened: the famous Pandora’s Box.
CRIME/DETECTIVE In this new and enhanced series, learn why
River Heights is such a hotbed of criminal activity, meet some
new key sources of information for Nancy on all her cases,
become acquainted with Nancy’s new nemesis, and become
even closer friends with Bess and George.
is the story of how Neddie, three good friends,
a shaman, a ghost, and a little maneuver known as the
French substitution determine the fate of the world.
owner. He's also a kid. And in his spare time, Neil uses his
super-sensitive nose to solve mysteries!
FANTASY Set in Ireland, this fantasy series features a teenage
boy, J. J. Liddy. When J.J.'s mother says time's what she really
wants for her birthday, J.J. decides to find her some. He's set
himself up for an impossible task until a neighbor reveals a
secret. There's a place where time stands still—at least, it's
supposed to. J.J. can make the journey there, but he'll have to
vanish from his own life to do so.
HORROR Stories based on children’s fears of ghosts, monsters,
paranormal creatures, and evil.
REALISTIC With a mother who buys Christmas cards in August
and a younger brother who describes the Trinity as a toasted
marshmallow on a graham cracker, life for eleven-year-old
Charles Harrisong is anything but normal in Normal, Illinois.
ADVENTURE This series tells a story about two children who try
to clear their parents' names, while they are also being hunted
by the authorities themselves.
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
Orca Sports
AUTHOR
Multiple
authors
BOOKS
various
P. C. Hawke
Mysteries
Zindel
1-8
Palace Chronicles
Haddix
1-2
Pals in Peril
Anderson
2-5
Paranormalcy
White
2-3
Pegasus
O’Hearn
1-4
The Penderwicks
Birdsall
1-2
Pendragon
MacHale
1-10
Percy Jackson & the
Olympians
Riordan
Peter and the
Starcatchers
Barry
1-3
Pigman
Zindel
1-3
1-5 +
Companions
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
SPORTS This series of novels combines mystery and adventure
with team sports such as hockey, football, basketball,
competitive cheerleading, and soccer; and solo sports like
scuba diving.
CRIME/DETECTIVE The series revolves around two amateur
detectives, P. C. and his partner, Mackenzie Riggs, and their
murder investigations.
FANTASY/FAIRY TALES Ella dreams of going to the royal ball
and marrying Prince Charming, just like every commoner in
the kingdom. But after she is chosen to marry the prince—no
magic involved—life with the royal family is not the happily
ever after that Ella imagined.
FANTASY/HUMOR The stories follow the bizarre, exciting, and
hilarious adventures of three close friends, Lily Gefelty, Katie
Mulligan, and Jasper Dash. Each of these friends is very
different from one another. They constantly find themselves
solving dastardly mysteries and preventing madmen from
gaining control of the world.
FANTASY The story focuses on a girl named Evie, a member of
a special international police force assigned to paranormal
cases. As the tale progresses, Evie's professional duties begin
to conflict with her growing desire for a normal life.
MYTHOLOGY A clever blend of modern adventure and
mythology, this series about 13-year-old Emily and the winged
horse Pegasus, should appeal to lovers of fantasy and stories
of exciting quests.
REALISTIC The story begins with four lovable sisters, ages four
through twelve, on summer vacation with their widowed
father, and follows them through their everyday lives and on
all of their shenanigans for a number of years after.
SCIENCE FICTION In this time-travel series, Bobby Pendragon,
14, thinks he's a pretty normal kid, worried about his next
basketball game and his almost-girlfriend. But then Uncle
Press changes everything by telling Bobby that he is a
Traveler, capable of transporting through time via magical
flumes. Now Bobby knows that he is a Traveler, and it's up to
him to save the world.
MYTHOLOGY The gods of Olympus are alive and well in the 21st
Century! They still fall in love with mortals and have children
who are half-god, half-human, like the heroes of the old Greek
myths. Could you be one of those children?
FANTASY/ADVENTURE This series takes a fearless boy named
Peter from a Victorian orphanage onto a ship called the Never
Land, and from there to a series of encounters with an evil
first mate, a marginally less evil pirate, a storm, a shipwreck,
an island, mermaids, a crocodile called Mister Grin, the British
Navy and little Molly Aster, the girl who will show him how to
fly.
REALISTIC This young adult series is the unforgettable tale of
two disillusioned high school students who have their faith in
humanity restored by lonely, eccentric Mr. Pignati, whom they
dub the Pigman.
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
AUTHOR
BOOKS
Philippa Fisher
Kessler
1-2
Premonitions
Watson
1-2
Pretty Little Liars
Shepard
1-14
Princess Academy
Hale
1-2
Princess Tales
Levine
1-6
Private
Brian
0.5-14
Privilege
Brian
1-6
Protector of the
Small
Pierce
1-4
The Puzzling World
of Winston Breen
Berlin
1-2
Quantum Prophecy
Carroll
1-6
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
Philippa Fisher tries and fails to summon a fairy, but
is taken aback when Daisy, the new girl at school, announces
that she is her fairy godmother - or godsister, since they are
the same age. Though the fairy is none too pleased with her
mission, she is obliged to see it through and grant her human
charge the customary three wishes.
PARANORMAL Grace has premonitions. They've haunted her
since before her mother's death. She doesn't know how to
deal with them, and doesn't want to. Then Grace's best friend
Emily disappears. Can she be saved in time?
REALISTIC High school juniors Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily
have been keeping secrets ever since their best friend, Alison
DiLaurentis, disappeared three years ago. But when the girls
begin receiving threatening notes from someone named “A,”
their secrets—the big ones, the little ones, even the longburied ones—no longer seem so safe.
REALISTIC While attending a strict academy for potential
princesses with the other girls from her mountain village,
fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and
connections to her homeland.
REALISTIC Contains six tales about princesses, including the
title work in which the son of a baker and a princess fall in
love, but her father disapproves.
REALISTIC The books chronicle the rise of ambitious teenager
Reed Brennan, the series' narrator, as she becomes a member
of her new school's elite dorm—composed of a glamorous yet
disparate group of teens known as the Billings Girls. As the
series progresses, several matters surrounding mystery,
morality, and romance arise.
REALISTIC This is the spin-off to the Private series, focusing on
Ariana Osgood who ruled exclusive Easton Academy -- until
she was arrested for murdering Thomas Pearson.
FANTASY Ten long years have come and gone since the
Kingdom of Tortall proclaimed that girls could take on a page's
training. At long last, one young girl has come forward:
Keladry of Mindelan. Kel and her family spent several years in
the Yamani Islands, where she received warrior training.
However, now she must serve a one-year probation. This
fantasy series follows how Kel readies herself for her new
adventures.
MYSTERY Twelve-year-old Winston Breen loves making and
solving all kinds of puzzles. Each of the books is filled with
puzzles and clues which lead to the story’s solution.
FANTASY Ten years ago, all the superhumans vanished. No one
knows what happened to them… until now. A new generation
of heroes has emerged, endowed with unimaginable powers,
and these young crime fighters are suiting up to take on
London’s worst.
FANTASY
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
The Queen’s Thief
AUTHOR
Turner
BOOKS
1-2
Ranger’s Apprentice
Flanagan
1-12
Rasmussem
Corporation
Vande Velde
Redwall
Jacques
Relic Master
Fisher
1-4
Riley Bloom
Noel
1-4
The Roar
Clayton
1-2
Rotten School
Stine
Rowan Hood
Springer
1-4
The Royal Diaries
Multiple
authors
various
Various
1-15,
17,
19-20
various
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
FANTASY/ADVENTURE Set in a mythical land rich with intrigue,
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and lands himself in
prison, but then the king's magus needs the his skill for a near
impossible task: to steal a priceless magical jewel from a
faraway land.
FANTASY The series follows the adventures of Will, an orphan
who is taken as an apprentice Ranger, as he strives to keep
the Kingdom of Araluen safe from invaders, traitors, and
threats. He is joined on his adventures by his mentor Halt and
his best friend Horace.
SCIENCE FICTION While playing a total immersion virtual reality
game of kings and intrigue, 14-year-old Giannine learns that
demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is
connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged
herself.
FANTASY An epic series in which the forces of good and evil
fight for peace. Each novel offers humble heroes and
notoriously nasty villains. The series is populated by mice and
moles, badgers and otters, rats and stoats, all with real
feelings and struggles. United by the enduring sanctuary of
Redwall Abbey, the books can stand alone or be read in one
thrilling marathon.
FANTASY The only hope for a crumbling world lies in an
apprentice and his master finding a hidden relic while evading
the monsters that hunt it.
FANTASY This series is a spin-off of the fantasy series The
Immortals, about the afterlife of Riley Bloom and her new
assignment as Soul Catcher with her teacher Bodhi, a possibly
cute, seemingly nerdy boy who’s definitely hiding something.
SCIENCE FICTION In a dystopian future London (walled off
following the Animal Plague), mutant twins Ellie and Mika are
in trouble. Ellie, kidnapped, is presumed dead by everyone but
Mika, who must enter a virtual-reality arcade-game contest to
win a chance at finding her.
REALISTIC This series is about the adventures of children at
a boarding school. Each book is written from the perspective
of Bernie Bridges, a fourth-grader who lives in his dormitory at
Rotten School with his pals and their rivals. Unlike the author’s
other works, this series does not contain themes of horror.
LEGEND Rosemary has nowhere to go when her beloved
mother dies. She has never met her father, the outlaw Robin
Hood, and she's grown up among the woodland creatures her
mother loved. So she decides to change her name to Rowan,
disguise herself as a boy, and undertake a perilous journey
through Sherwood Forest, in search of Robin Hood. But how
will she find him? And will he offer her a home?
HISTORICAL FICTION Each book in the series is a fictional diary
by women of royalty from all over the world written as a child.
Facts and images concerning the historical figure featured in
the book are given at the end of each of the books.
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
Ruby Red
AUTHOR
Gler
BOOKS
1-3
The Rule of Claw
Brindley
1-2
The Saga of Darren
Shan
Shan
1-12
Sammy Keyes
Van Draanen
Savvy
Law
1-2
The School for Good
and Evil
Chainani
1-3
Scream Shop, Pick
Your Path
West
Sea of Trolls
Farmer
1-2
Secret
Bosch
1-5
The Secrets of the
Immortal Nicholas
Flamel
Scott
1-5
Seeds of America
Anderson
1-2
various
various
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
FANTASY This series follows the story of Gwyneth Shepherd, a
time-traveling girl living in contemporary London. Nobody
knows that Gwyneth has the time traveling gene, except for
her and her friend Lesley.
FANTASY Ash and her friends live in a future where they are
the only human teenagers left, but when Ash is kidnapped and
becomes a pawn in a power struggle among the formidable
Raptors who captured her, she begins to reconsider her own
humanity.
PARANORMAL This series follows the struggle of Darren Shan, a
normal human boy who is coerced by the vampire Larten
Crepsley into becoming his assistant and a half-vampire.
MYSTERY This series is narrated by 13-year-old amateur sleuth,
Sammy Keyes. Spunky, sarcastic, and very curious, she solves
mysteries surrounding her town and other areas she visits.
PARANORMAL For generations, the Beaumont family has
harbored a magical secret. They each possess a "savvy" -a
special supernatural power that strikes when they turn
thirteen. Each book in the series is a whole story with a
beginning and an ending, however there are minor references
to the earlier book in the later book.
FANTASY This series is set in a world where every four years
two children are chosen to attend a prestigious school where
fairy tale heroes and villains are made.
HORROR Full of chilling excitement that will make you
"scream," each book is packed with pick-your-path choices
that put the reader in control of the story's outcome!
ADVENTURE Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out
of the fog and nabbed him. The year is A.D. 793. In the next
months, Jack and his little sister, Lucy, are enslaved by Olaf
One-Brow and his fierce young shipmate, Thorgil. With a crow
named Bold Heart for mysterious company, they are swept up
into an adventure-quest that follows in the spirit of The Lord
of the Rings.
FANTASY This series is based on the five senses: sight, smell,
sound, taste, and touch. The narratives of the books are
frequently interrupted with short side stories and “secret”
information. The main characters are Cass, Max-Ernest, and
Yo-yoji, though those are not their real names! The series is all
about one secret. It is said to be the formula for immortality.
FANTASY The series begins in San Francisco when twins Josh
and Sophie Newman discover that the owner of the bookstore
where Josh works is the immortal French alchemist, Nicholas
Flamel. They try to rescue his secret of eternal life from falling
into the wrong hands.
HISTORICAL FICTION This series is about teenage Revolutionary
War-era slaves. As war breaks out, sides must be chosen,
death is at every turn, and one question forever rings in their
ears: Would you risk everything to be free?
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FICTION SERIES
in the Murray Avenue Library
SERIES
Seekers
AUTHOR
Hunter
BOOKS
1-6
Seekers: Return to
the Wild
Hunter
1-3
Septimus Heap
Sage
1-7
A Series of
Unfortunate Events
Snicket
1-13
Seventh Tower
Nix
1-6
Shades of London
Johnson
1-2
Shadow Children
Haddix
1-7
Shadow Project
Brennan
1-2
Shakespeare Bats
Cleanup
Koertge
1-2
Sherlock Holmes:
The Legend Begins
Lane
1-3
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
ANIMAL FANTASY This series follows the adventures of four
bear cubs: Kallik (a polar bear), Lusa (a black bear), Ujurak (a
small grizzly bear who can shape-shift into any animal), and
Toklo (also a grizzly bear). Led by Ujurak, the four bears search
for a place where they can live in peace without human
interference and harassment.
ANIMAL FANTASY In this sequel to the Seekers series, the bears
struggle with difficult choices as none of them are ready to
leave their group of friends, almost family, that they have
known for so long.
FANTASY The series follows the adventures of Septimus
Heap who, as a seventh son of a seventh son, has
extraordinary magical powers. After he becomes an
apprentice to the arch wizard of the series, Marcia
Overstrand, he must study for seven years and a day until his
apprenticeship ends.
REALISTIC This series follows the turbulent lives
of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents'
death in a fire. The children are placed in the custody of a
murderous relative, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their
inheritance and later orchestrates numerous disasters as the
children attempt to flee his clutches.
FANTASY The series follows two children from distinctly
different societies in a world blocked from the sun by a
magical Veil which leaves the world in complete darkness.
PARANORMAL Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux is spending a
year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a
murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved
with the very unusual investigation. Rory will soon learn the
truth about the secret ghost police of London and discover her
own shocking abilities.
SCIENCE FICTION Imagine a world where families are allowed
only two children. Illegal third children—shadow children—
must live in hiding. If they are discovered, there is only one
punishment: Death.
SCIENCE FICTION A young English thief stumbles on, and
subsequently is recruited for, a super-secret operation that
trains teenagers in remote viewing and astral projection
techniques in order to engage in spying.
REALISTIC When Kevin Boland, a fourteen-year-old baseball
player, catches mononucleosis, he discovers that keeping a
journal and experimenting with poetry not only helps fill the
time, it also helps him deal with life, love, and loss.
CRIME/DETECTIVE The year is 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is
fourteen, but he’s already solving some serious mysteries. In
this mystery series, we witness Sherlock’s true education in
detection, as he discovers the dastardly crimes of some
brilliantly sinister villains.
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The Sherlock Files
AUTHOR
Barrett
BOOKS
3, 4
The Shield, the
Sword, and Crown
Bell
1-2
Ship Breaker
Bacigalupi
1-2
Shoes
Streatfeild
various
Silverwing
Oppel
1-2 +
prequel
Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants
Brashares
1-4
Skeleton Creek
Carman
1-4
Skellig
Almond
0.5-1
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DESCRIPTION
CRIME/DETECTIVE Xena and Xander Holmes think living in
London will be boring. But one afternoon they’re handed a
cryptic note that leads them to a hidden room—and a secret
society. When they discover they’re related to Sherlock
Holmes and inherit his unsolved casebook, life becomes so
much more exciting. Can two smart kids with modern
technology solve cases their famous ancestor couldn't?
FANTASY Weasel, Arisa, and Prince Edoran are three kids living
in the same medieval world, but each of them comes from a
very different background. Fate will bring the three of them
crashing together, and they will soon discover that the future
of their world as they know it rests upon their shoulders.
ADVENTURE A gritty, high-stakes adventure set in a futuristic
world where oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer.
REALISTIC This collection is not really a series, but the novels
all have the word 'Shoes' in the title. There are, however,
recurring themes and 'crossover' characters that make the
books worth examining as a set.
ANIMAL FANTASY Long before the first migration, there raged a
Great Battle between the Birds and the Beasts. This was
fought to establish the balance of nature and the territorial
limits of every species. The bats, being neither birds nor
beasts, would not choose sides in the conflict. For this, a law
was passed that forever condemned the bats to darkness. Yet
one young bat, Shade Silverwing, dared to break the law.
REALISTIC This YA series tells the continuing story of four
young girls who acquire a pair of jeans that fit all four of them
perfectly, even though they are all different shapes and sizes.
It opens with the girls beginning the summer prior to
their sophomore year in high school, and then follows them
through four consecutive summers, finally ending with the
summer break following their freshman year of college.
During this time, they develop in various ways, but their
ultimate goal is to learn to become individuals while
maintaining their childhood friendship that makes them
whole.
MYSTERY Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek, and
Ryan and Sarah are trying to get to the heart of it. But after an
eerie accident leaves Ryan housebound and forbidden to see
Sarah, their investigation takes two tracks: Ryan records
everything in his journal, while Sarah uses her videocam to
search things out. . .and then email the clips for Ryan to see.
In a new, groundbreaking format, the story is broken into two
parts -- Ryan's text in the book, and Sarah's videos on a special
website, with links and passwords given throughout the book.
FANTASY Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos
of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the
garage and encounters a strange being who changes his world
forever.
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AUTHOR
BOOKS
Skulduggery
Pleasant
Landy
2-3
Softwire
Haarsma
1-2
Sports Beat
Feinstein
1-6
The Squire’s Tales
Morris
various
Star Wars Legends
Windham
various
Steal Away Home
Ruby
1-2
Stoneheart trilogy
Fletcher
1-2
Storm Runners
Smith
1-3
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DESCRIPTION
Twelve-year-old Stephanie Edgley is tired of her
boring life. But when a man breaks into her recently deceased
uncle's house and tries to kill her, she is saved by a funny,
arrogant, fireball throwing, 400-year-old detective named
Skulduggery Pleasant, who just so happens to be a walking
skeleton, and she is thrust into a world of danger, murder and
magic.
SCIENCE FICTION A group of around 200 children are orphaned
in outer space on their journey to the Rings of Orbis: giant,
planet-like rings which surround a wormhole. The children's
parents are killed during an incident in the "seed-ship" in
which they are traveling and the computer controlling the ship
has raised the children—the eldest of whom are thirteenyears-old as the ship reaches Orbis.
SPORTS In this sports-mystery series for young adults, main
characters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are
reporting on major sporting events including the Final Four,
US Open (tennis), Super Bowl, World Series, the Army-Navy
Game, and the Summer Olympics.
LEGEND Growing up an orphan in an isolated cottage in the
woods, young Terence never expected much adventure. But
upon the arrival of Gawain, his life takes a surprising turn.
Gawain is destined to become one of the most famous knights
of the Round Table. Terence becomes Gawain's squire and
leaves his secluded life for one of adventure in King Arthur's
court. In no time Terence is plunged into the exciting world of
kings, wizards, knights, wars, magic spells, dwarfs, damsels in
distress, and enchanters.
Some of the greatest Star Wars stories ever told - featuring
alternate timelines and outcomes; biographies for Luke
Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
HISTORICAL FICTION In two parallel stories, a Quaker family in
Kansas in the late 1850s operates a station on the
Underground Railroad, while almost 150 years later twelveyear-old Dana moves into the same house and finds the
skeleton of a black woman who helped the Quakers.
FANTASY Twelve-year-old George breaks the head off a dragon
sculpture outside the Natural History Museum in an act of
rebellion and soon discovers, to his dismay, that he has
reawakened the war between the statues of London.
REALISTIC When twelve-year-old Chase Masters begins to
travel the country with his father, a "storm runner,” in pursuit
of hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, he is tested in ways he
never could have imagined.
FANTASY
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Stravaganza
AUTHOR
Hoffman
BOOKS
DESCRIPTION
1-3
FANTASY The series is about a teen, stricken with brain cancer,
Stuart Quartet
Yolen
2-4
Summer trilogy
Han
1-3
Swindle
Korman
1-6
SYLO Chronicles
MacHale
1-2
A Tale Dark and
Grimm
Gidwitz
2-3
Tales to Tickle the
Funnybone
Paulsen
various
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who travels between two worlds. In modern-day London,
Lucien Mulholland undergoes chemotherapy treatments, but
when he falls asleep clutching a mysterious book his father
has given him, he is transported, or "stravagated," to an
enchanting 16th-century Venice-like city called Bellezza, in the
country Talia where he is well. Now the secret brotherhood
dedicated to keeping the two worlds separate is being
challenged by a faction with evil intent. Soon "Luciano" is
caught up in their power struggle and learns there is a cost
when one cannot stravagate properly.
HISTORICAL FICTION Nicola is a resourceful jester to the court
of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a most unlikely friend to the
queen. As fate takes Mary from France to Scotland and into
confrontations with rebellious lords and devious advisors,
Nicola remains deep in the queen's circle, and later struggles
to save her friend.
REALISTIC Belly has always lived for the summertime because
it means all her favorite things: swimming, the beach and the
Fisher boys, Conrad and Jeremiah. She has spent every
summer with them at Cousins Beach for as long as she can
remember. She has always been in love with Conrad and
finally, one summer, it seems like he might have feelings for
her too. But it turns out, so does Jeremiah. As the summers go
on, Belly has to choose between two brothers who love her as
she comes to the realization that she will have to break one of
their hearts.
CRIME/DETECTIVE This series is about an ordinary boy named
Griffin Bing, who has an extraordinary ability to create great
plans. He, his best friend, and five of their gifted classmates
work to bring down the adults in the world who take
advantage of kids “who can’t do anything about it.” They
make some mistakes along the way, but end up making a
lasting difference in their town.
SCIENCE FICTION This thrilling trilogy begins on a peaceful
island community rocked by a series of mysterious deaths,
and quickly becomes a massive conflict that will determine
the future of mankind. A group of young people uncover
clues they hope will lead to the truth behind the madness for
nothing is what it first appears to be. The quest to defend
their home is made all the more difficult because they can’t be
sure of who to trust and who to fear. Everyone is a
suspect. Nowhere is safe.
FAIRY TALES Inspired by the Grimm fairy tales, each story
follows a brother/sister pair who run away from their own
dark fairy tale in hopes of finding a happier life, but they end
up landing in other terrible tales.
HUMOR These humorous stories can be read in any order as
each book is a standalone novel. The author has stated that
the book Harris and Me is autobiographical.
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BOOKS
Testing
SERIES
Charbonneau
1-3
Time Travelers
Cooney
1-4
Traces
Rose
The Tucket
Adventures
Paulsen
3-5
Twilight
Meyer
1-4
Uglies
Westerfeld
1-4
Unwanteds
McMann
1-5
Unwind
Shusterman
1-4
various
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DESCRIPTION
SCIENCE FICTION In this dystopian series,
Cia Vale is honored to
be chosen as a Testing candidate, but her father’s advice hints
at a darker side to her upcoming studies – trust no one. But
surely she can trust Tomas, her handsome childhood friend
who offers an alliance and who seems to care more about her
with the passing of every grueling (and deadly) day of the
Testing. To survive, Cia must choose: love without truth or life
without trust.
SCIENCE FICTION Annie Lockwood questions her relationship
with her boyfriend Sean and whether or not she is in the right
relationship for her. Later, while she looks through the
amazing Stratton Mansion she is wrenched from her time
(approx. 1995) back 100 years into the past. In this past, she
meets the inhabitants of the house, including a young man
named Strat. Murders happen in the house, and Annie soon
falls in love with Strat, and she ends up going back and forth
between the two time periods. But where will she end up?
And with whom?
CRIME/DETECTIVE This adventures series features Luke
Harding, the youngest ever person to qualify as a forensic
investigator, and his robotic sidekick, Malc, as they investigate
mysterious cases.
WESTERN In this series, 14-year-old Francis Tucket strays from
his family's wagon on the Oregon Trail and is captured by
the Pawnee Indians. Saved by a one-armed mountain man
named Mr. Grimes, Francis takes off with his rescuer on a wild
adventure peopled by actual historical characters and set
against a historically-accurate background of the Old West.
FANTASY/ROMANCE This series charts the later teen years
of Isabella "Bella" Swan, a girl who moves to Forks,
Washington, and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire
named Edward Cullen.
SCIENCE FICTION Teenager Tally Youngblood rebels against
society's enforced conformity in a dystopian world in which
everyone is turned “Pretty” by extreme cosmetic surgery upon
reaching age 16.
FANTASY This dystopian series is set in totalitarian Quill, where
creativity is a crime and 13-year-olds are sorted into two
groups: the “strong” Wanteds go to university, and the artistic
Unwanteds are exiled to an alleged “death camp” that is
actually a world called Artimé, where they learn to use their
talents magically. This unsettling tradition pits Unwanted Alex
against his Wanted twin brother, Aaron.
SCIENCE FICTION The Second Civil War was fought over
reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable
from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between
the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have
their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are
transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically
end. Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.
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SERIES
The Vampire Diaries
AUTHOR
Smith
BOOKS
1-6
Vietnam
Lynch
1-4
Wings of Fire
Sutherland
1-7
The Wolves of
Mercy Falls
Stiefvater
1-3
Warriors
Hunter
1-6
Warriors: the New
Prophecy
Hunter
1-6
Warriors: Omen of
the Stars
Hunter
1-6
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
HORROR In this series of novels, the story centers on Elena
Gilbert, a young high school girl who finds her heart eventually
torn between two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon
Salvatore.
HISTORICAL FICTION Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck are best
friends for life. So when one of the teens is drafted into the
Vietnam War, the others sign up, too. Although they each
serve in a different branch, they are fighting the war together
— and they pledge to do all they can to come home together.
This series is the story of four friends who entered the war
together and have now been forever changed by it.
FANTASY The seven dragon tribes have been at war for
generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost
treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is
determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a
prophecy – a foretelling that calls for great sacrifice. Five
dragonets are collected to fulfill the prophecy, raised in a
hidden cave and enlisted, against their will, to end the terrible
war.
PARANORMAL Sam's not just a normal boy — he has a secret.
During the summer he walks and talks as a human, but when
the cold comes, he runs with his pack as a wolf. Grace has
spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her
house — but never dreamed that she would fall in love with
one of them. Now that they've found each other, the clock
ticks down on what could be Grace and Sam's only summer
together.
ANIMAL FANTASY For generations, four Clans of wild cats have
shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their
ancestors. But the warrior code is threatened and the
ThunderClan cats are in grave danger. The sinister
ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are
dying – and some deaths are more mysterious than others. In
the midst of this turmoil appears an ordinary housecat named
Rusty… who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them
all.
ANIMAL FANTASY This series is the second arc of the Warriors
series. The books detail the Clans' journey to a new home
when humans destroy their original territories. The arc's
major themes deal with forbidden love, the concept of nature
versus nurture, and characters being a mix of good and bad.
ANIMAL FANTASY This series is the fourth arc of the Warriors
series. Omen of the Stars details the experiences
of Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovewing, who, as part of a
prophecy, have special powers. This series themes deal with
forbidden love and the effect that being different can have on
relationships.
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AUTHOR
BOOKS
Warriors: Power of
Three
Hunter
1-6
Warriors: Super
Edition
Hunter
1-2, 4-6
Weenies
Lubar
various
Winnie the Pooh
Milne
1-4
Witch & Wizard
Patterson
1-5
Wolves of the
Beyond
Lasky
1-6
The Yang Family
Namioka
1-3
Zone Unknown
Zindel
1-4, 6
4-20-16
DESCRIPTION
ANIMAL FANTASY This series is the third arc of the Warriors
series. Power of Three details the experiences of protagonist
of the first series Firestar's three grandchildren, initially known
as Jaykit, Hollykit, and Lionkit, whom a prophecy foretells will
have "the power of the stars in their paws." The arc's major
themes deal with forbidden love, the concept of nature versus
nurture, and characters being a mix of good and bad.
ANIMAL FANTASY This series is an arc of the Warriors series
which contains books which are larger than the average
Warriors book and usually focus on one character (or Clan) in
specific, instead of the cast of Warriors as a whole. These
books are used to describe events that the main arcs do not
have time to explain or expand upon.
FANTASY The short stories in this series are scary, eerie, funny,
silly, thought-provoking, and mystifying.
ANIMAL FANTASY A collection of stories chronicling the
adventures of Christopher Robin and all the inhabitants of the
Hundred Acre Wood and two volumes of poems.
FANTASY It chronicles a dystopian future in which Whit and
Wisty Allgood are arrested, imprisoned, and sentenced to
execution during the uprising of a new totalitarian
government, for unknowingly possessing outlawed magical
abilities.
ANIMAL FANTASY In the harsh wilderness beyond the owl
world of Ga’Hoole, a wolf mother hides in fear. Her newborn
pup, otherwise healthy, has a twisted paw. The mother knows
the rigid rules of her kind. The pack cannot have weakness.
Her pup must be abandoned and left to die. But alone in the
forest, the pup, Faolan, does the unthinkable. He survives.
This is Faolan’s story, the story of a courageous wolf pup who
grew up to change forever the wolves of the Beyond.
MULTICULTURAL Throughout this series about a Chinese
American family named Yang, the author weaves the thread
of challenges faced by those who are trying to live in two
cultures.
HORROR A teen vs. man-eating beast series packed with
horror, humor, adventure, and bravery. Books can be read in
any order.
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