Character Counts Humor Nonfiction Fantasy

Contemporary
Stories
Ashley, Bernard���������Little Soldier (F) 230p
Avi������������������������������Nothing But the Truth (F) 177p
Cerrito, Angela�����������The End of the Line (F) 213p
Clark, Jay������������������The Edumacation of Jay Baker (F) 275p
Clements, Andrew�����Things Not Seen (F & PB) 251p
Cochran, Thomas������Roughnecks (F) 248p
Curtis,
Christopher Paul��������Bucking the Sarge (F) 259p
Daries, Stephen���������Outlaw (F) 289p
Ehrenberg, Pamela���Ethan, Suspended (F) 266p
Ellis, Ann Dee������������This Is What I Did (F) 157p
Fleischman, Paul�������Seek (F) 167p
Grimes, Nikki�������������Dark Sons (F & T) 216p
Halpin, Brendan���������How Ya Like Me Now (F) 201p
Heneghan, James�����Flood (F) 182p
Hobbs, Will����������������Far North (F) 226p
Korman, Gordon��������Schooled (F & PB) 208p
Lubar, David��������������Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (F & T)
279p
Lupica, Mike��������������Million Dollar Throw (F & PB) 244p
Lynch, Chris���������������Slot Machine (F) 241p
Paulsen, Gary������������Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice and
Destructive Properties of Deception
(F) 120p
Powell, Randy�����������The Whistling Toilets (F) 243p
Ritter, John����������������Under the Baseball Moon (F) 283p
Salisbury, Graham�����Lord of the Deep (F & PB) 182p
Schmidt, Gary D. ������Trouble (F) 297p
Sonnenblick, Jordan��Notes from the Midnight Driver
(F & PB) 265p
Sonnenblick, Jordan��Zen and the Art of Faking It (F) 264p
Sweeney, Joyce���������Players (F) 222p
Weaver, Will���������������Hard Ball (F) 230p
Winerip, Michael��������Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back!
(F) 329p
Woodson, JacquelineMiracle’s Boys (F) 133p
Yolen, Jane����������������Armageddon Summer (F) 266p
Humor
Anderson, M.T.����������Burger Wuss (F & T) 192p
Archer, E.�������������������Geek: Fantasy Novel (F) 310p
Caveney, Philip����������Sebastian Dark Prince of Fools (F)
338p
Colfer, Eoin����������������Artemis Fowl (F & PB) 277p
Goldman, E.M.����������Getting Lincoln’s Goat (F) 216p
Lipsyte, Robert����������One Fat Summer (F) 232p
Lubar, David��������������Flip (F) 300p
Lubar, David��������������Sleeping Freshman Never Lie
(F & T) 279p
Peck, Richard������������A Long Way from Chicago (F & PB)
148p
Powell, Randy�����������Three Clams and an Oyster (F & T) 216p
Shusterman, Neil�������The Schwa Was Here (F & PB) 228p
Sleator, William����������Oddballs: Stories (F) 134p
Mystery &
Suspense
Abbott, Tony���������������The Postcard (F) 358p
Avi������������������������������Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror (F) 202p
Carmen, Patrick���������Dark Eden (F) 316p
Coben, Harlan�����������Shelter (F) 304p
Cross, Gillian�������������On the Edge (F) 170p
Deuker, Carl��������������Runner (F) 216p
Doyle, Arthur Conan��Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (F)
256p
Duncan, Lois�������������I Know What You Did Last Summer
(F & T) 198p
Feinstein, John����������Last Shot (F & PB) 251p
Goldman, E. M.���������Getting Lincoln’s Goat (F) 216p
Hiaasen, Carl�������������Scat (F & PB) 371p
Horowitz, Anthony�����Raven’s Gate (F, PB & T) 254p
Karr, Kathleen������������The Seventh Knot (F) 149p
Konigsburg, E. L.�������Silent to the Bone (F) 261p
Peacock, Shane��������Eye of the Crow (The Boy Sherlock
Holmes; book 1) 251p
Priestley, Chris�����������Death and the Arrow (F) 161p
Roberts, Willo Davis.�Nightmare (F) 216p
Rose, Malcolm�����������Framed! (PB & T) 223p
Slade, Arthur��������������Dust (F) 183p
Taylor, Theodore��������Lord of the Kill (F) 246p
Werlin, Nancy������������The Killer’s Cousin (F & T) 229p
Westwood, Chris�������He Came from the Shadows (F) 215p
Wynne-Jones, Tim�����The Boy in the Burning House (F)
213p
Wynne-Jones, Tim�����A Thief in the House of Memory
(F & T) 210p
Adventure
Barrett, Tracy�������������King of Ithaka (F) 261p
Colfer, Eoin����������������Airman (F & PB) 412p
Cooney, Caroline�������Code Orange (F) 200p
Cooney, Caroline�������Flash Fire (F) 198p
Durbin, William����������The Darkest Evening (F) 232p
Ferraiolo, Jack�����������Sidekicks (F) 306p
Herlong, Madaline�����The Great Wide Sea (F & T) 283p
Hobbs, Will����������������Leaving Protection (F & T) 178p
Ingold, Jeanette���������The Big Burn (F) 295p
Jinks, Catherine���������Evil Genius (F) 486p
Lisle, Janet Taylor������Black Duck (F) 252p
Mikaelsen, Ben����������Touching Spirit Bear (F, PB & T) 240p
O’Dell, Scott��������������The Black Pearl (F) 140p
Paulsen, Gary������������Dogsong (F) 177p
Pennac, Daniel����������Eye of the Wolf (F) 111p
Peterson, P.J.������������Rising Water (F) 120p
Richards, Justin���������The Death Collector (F & T) 320p
Siegelson, Kim L.������Trembling Earth (F) 152p
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley��Song of the Gargoyle (F) 232p
Sweeney, Joyce���������Free Fall (F) 229p
Walters, Eric��������������Northern Exposures (F) 298p
Zindel, Paul���������������Reef of Death (F) 177p
Nonfiction
Allen, Thomas B.�������George Washington, Spymaster:
How the Americans Outspied the
British and Won the Revolutionary
War (J 973.385 All) 184p
Bartoletti,
Susan Campbell��������And They Called Themselves the
K.K.K. (J322.42 BAR) 172p
Boas, Jacob���������������We Are Witnesses: The Diaries of
Five Teenagers Who Died in the
Holocaust (J 940.5318 We) 196p
Capuzzo, Michael������Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark
Attacks of 1916 (J 597.315 Cap) 140p
Davis, James�������������Skateboarding is Not a Crime: 50
Years of Street Culture (J 796.22
Dav) 110p
Demallie, H.R.�����������Behind Enemy Lines: A Young
Pilot’s Story (J 940.547243 DeMallie)
178p
Dendy, Leslie�������������Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold SelfExperimenters (J 616.027 Den) 213p
Giblin, James Cross��Good Brother, Bad Brother: The
Story of Edwin Booth and John
Wilkes Booth (J 921 Gib) 244p
Hampton, Wilborn������September 11, 2001: Attack on New
York City (J 974.71044 Ham) 145p
Partridge, Elizabeth���This Land Was Made for You and
Me: The Life and Songs of Woody
Guthrie (J 921 Guthrie) 217p
Paulsen, Gary������������How Angel Peterson Got His Name
(J 921 Paulsen) 111p
Rubalcaba, Jill�����������I. M. Pei: Architect of Time, Place
and Purpose (J921 Pei) 92p
Schlosser, Eric�����������Chew On This: Everything You
Don’t Want to Know About Fast
Food (J 394.12 Sch) 304p
St. George, Judith�����The Duel: th Parallel Lives of
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
(J973.46 Sai) 97p
Thompson, Sarah������Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers’
Edition (J 371.822 Tho) 209p
Walker, Sally M.���������Written in Bone: Buried Lives of
Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
(J 614.17 Wal) 144p
Character
Counts
Brooks, Bruce������������The Moves Make the Man (caring) (F)
280p
Clement-Davies, David��Fire Bringer (responsibility) (F & T)
498p
Fleischman, Paul�������Whirligig (responsibility) (F) 133p
Konigsburg, E.L.��������Silent to the Bone (caring) (F) 261p
Korman, Gordon��������The Juvie Three (responsibility) (F)
249p
Milliard, Glenda���������A Small Free Kiss in the Dark
(caring) (F) 180p
Nuzum, K. A.�������������A Small White Star (responsibility)
(F & PB) 180p
Orlev, Uri�������������������The Man from the Other Side
(caring) (F) 186p
Sachar, Louis�������������Small Steps (F) (honesty) 257p
Shusterman, Neal������The Shadow Club (respect) (F) 183p
Sykes, Shelley�����������For Mike (responsibility) (F & T) 197p
Zindel, Paul����������������A Begonia for Miss Applebaum
(caring) (F & T) 180p
Fantasy
Barron, T. A.���������������The Lost Years of Merlin (F) 326p
Bartholomeusz, James�The White Fox (PB) 472p
Bass, L.G.������������������Sign of the Qin: Outlaws of
Moonshadow Marsh (F) 383p
Bell, Hilari������������������Fall of a Kingdom (F) 344p
Bell, Hilari������������������The Last Knight (F) 357p
Clement-Davies, David�Fire Bringer (F & T) 498p
Cornish, D.M.������������Foundling (F & T) 434p
Crossley-Holland,
Kevin�������������������������The Seeing Stone (F & PB) 342p
Curry, Jane Louise�����The Black Canary (F) 279p
Foon, Dennis�������������The Dirt Eaters (F) 313p
Gee, Maurice�������������Salt (F & T) 252p
Gordon, Rederick������Tunnels (F) 472p
Hill, Douglas��������������Blade of the Poisoner (F) 192p
Jacques, Brian�����������Redwall (F & PB) 351p
Jones, Diana Wynne�The Dark Lord of Derkholm (F) 345p
Jordan, Robert�����������From the Two Rivers (PB) 361p
Jordan, Sherryl����������The Hunting of the Last Dragon
(F & PB) 186p
Martin, Rafe���������������Birdwing (F) 359p
McCaughrean,
Geraldine�������������������The Stones Are Hatching (F) 230p
McKinley, Robin���������Dragonhaven (F) 342p
McNamee, Eoin���������The Navigator (F) 342p
Oppel, Kenneth���������Airborn (F & T) 501p
Pattou, Edith��������������Hero’s Song (F) 333p
Pullman, Philip�����������The Golden Compass (F, PB & T) 399p
Richards, Justin���������The Parliament of Blood (F) 358p
Shan, Darren�������������Cirque du Freak (F) 266p
Stroud, Jonathan�������Heroes of the Valley (F) 483p
Thal, Lilli��������������������Mimus (F) 394p
Thompson, Kate��������The New Policeman (F) 442p
Wooding, Chris����������Havoc (F) 396p
Yolen, Jane����������������Dragon’s Blood (F, & PB) 292p
Zambreno,
Mary Frances������������A Plague of Sorcerers (F) 247p
Science
Fiction
Asimov, Isaac������������Fantastic Voyage (F) 239p
Bechard, Margaret�����Spacer and Rat (F & T) 183p
Bell, Hilari������������������A Matter of Profit (F) 281p
Card, Orson Scott������Ender’s Game (T & Nook) 226p
Carman, Patrick���������Atherton: The House of Power (F)
330p
Farmer, Nancy�����������The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (F) 311p
Hautman, Pete����������Hole in the Sky (F & T) 179p
Heneghan, James�����The Grave (F) 245p
James, Nick���������������Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars
(F) 376p
Landon, Kristen���������The Limit (F) 291p
Paulsen, Gary������������TheTransall Saga (F) 248p
Paulsen, Gary������������The White Fox Chronicles (F & T)
281p
Pow, Tom�������������������The Pack (F) 228p
Sleator, William����������Interstellar Pig (F) 197p
Weaver, Will���������������Memory Boy (F & PB) 152p
Westerfeld, Scott�������Leviathan (F & PB) 448p
Classics &
AwardWinners
Almond, David�����������Kit’s Wilderness (F & T) 229p
Almond, David�����������Skellig (F) 182p
Curtis, Christopher����Bucking the Sarge (F) 159p
Farmer, Nancy�����������The House of the Scorpion (F & PB)
380p
Gaiman, Neil��������������The Graveyard Book (F & T) 312p
Hinton, S. E.��������������The Outsiders
Holub, Josef��������������An Innocent Soldier (F) 231p
Kerr, M.E.������������������Slap Your Sides (PB) 198p
Lester, Julius�������������Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
(F & T) 177p
Morpurgo, Michael�����Private Peaceful (F & T) 202p
Nelson, Kadir�������������We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro
League Baseball (J 796.35764 Nel) 88p
Salisbury, Graham�����Island Boyz: Short Stories (F) 260p
Tolan, Stephanie S.���Surviving the Applewhites (F & PB)
216p
Tolkien, J.R.R.�����������The Hobbit (F & PB) 288p
Trueman, Terry����������Stuck in Neutral (F & T) 114p
Twain, Mark���������������Adventures of Tom Sawyer (F) 284p
Historical
Fiction
Almond, David�����������Fire-Eaters (F) 218p
Baker, Julie.���������������Up Molasses Mountain (F) 209p
Blackwood, Gary.�������The Year of the Hangman (F) 261p
Bruchac, Joseph��������Code Talker: A Novel About the
Navajo Marines of WWII (F & T) 231p
Cadnum, Michael������Blood Gold (F) 210p
Courtney, Bryce���������The Power of One (F) 291p
Dowswell, Paul����������Powder Monkey (F) 275p
Farrel, Mary Cronk�����Fire in the Hole! (F) 170p
Gerstein, Mordicai�����Victor: A Novel Based on Victor, the
Savage of Aveyron (F) 258p
Hardman, Ric Lynden��Sunshine Rider (F) 343p
Hemphill, Helen���������The Adventurous Deeds of
Deadwood Jones (F) 228p
Hesse, Karen.������������Stowaway (F & PB) 319p
Karr, Kathleen.�����������Skullduggery (F) 227p
Kerr, M. E.�����������������Slap Your Sides (PB) 198p
Lester, Julius�������������Guardian (F & T) 129p
Magorian, Michelle����Good Night, Mr. Tom (F) 318p
Mazer, Harry��������������A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl
Harbor (F) 104p
McCaffrey, Anne��������Black Horses for the King (F) 217p
McCaughrean,
Geraldine�������������������The Pirate’s Son (F) 294p
Mikaelsen, Ben.���������Petey (F & PB) 280p
Napoli, Donna Jo�������Alligator Bayou (F & T) 280p
Paulsen, Gary������������The Legend of Bass Reeves (F)
137p
Paulsen, Gary������������Mr. Tucket (F) 166p
Peck, Robert NewtonBro (F) 150p
Peck, Robert NewtonHorse Thief (F & T) 231p
Reuter, Bjarne.����������The Boys from St. Petri (F) 215p
Salisbury., Graham����Eyes of the Emperor (F & T) 228p
Smith, Roland������������Elephant Run (F & PB) 318p
Sutcliff, Rosemary.�����Sword Song (F) 271p
Taylor, Mildred.����������The Land (F & PB) 375p
Torrey, Michele����������Voyage of Midnight (F) 232p
Updale, Eleanor���������Montmorency: Thief, Liar,
Gentleman? (F & PB) 232p
8th
Grade
Books for Boys
at the
Elmhurst Public Library
Multicultural
Carmi, Daniella����������Samir and Yonatan (Israel) (F & PB)
183p
Davis, Ossie��������������Just Like Martin (African American)
(F) 215p
DeFelice, Cynthia������Under the Same Sky (Mexican
American) (F) 215p
Edwardson,
Debby Dahl����������������My Name is Not Easy (Native
American) (F) 241p
Naidoo, Beverly���������Burn My Heart (F) 209p
Naidoo, Beverly���������No Turning Back (South Africa) (F) 189p
Orlev, Uri�������������������The Man from the Other Side
(Poland) (F) 186p
Preus, Margi��������������Heart of a Samurai (F) 301p
Say, Alan��������������������Drawing from Memory (GN) 63p
Soto, Gary�����������������Pacific Crossing (Mexican American)
(F) 134p
Tunnell, Michael O.����Brothers in Valor: A Story of
Resistance (Germany) (F) 260p
Quintana, Anton���������The Baboon King (Africa) (F) 183p
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Sports
Bloor, Edward������������Tangerine (F, PB, T & Nook) 294p
Carter, Alden R.���������Bull Catcher (F) 279p
Chabon, Michael�������Summerland (F & T) 500p
Deuker, Carl��������������Heart of a Champion (F) 199p
Deuker, Carl��������������Night Hoops (F) 212p
Deuker, Carl��������������Payback Time (F) 298p
Dygard, Thomas J.����Second Stringer (F) 174p
Dygard, Thomas J.����Infield Hit (F) 148p
Esckilsen, Erik�����������Offsides (F & T) 172p
Feinstein, John����������Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
(F & PB) 251p
Feinstein, John����������Vanishing Act: Mystery at the U.S.
Open (F) 288p
Klass, David��������������Danger Zone (F) 232p
Klass, David��������������Wrestling with Honor (F) 200p
Lee, Marie G.�������������Necessary Roughness (F) 228p
Lipsyte, Robert����������The Brave (F) 195p
Lipsyte, Robert����������The Contender (F) 167p
Lupica, Mike��������������The Big Field (F) 243p
Lynch, Chris���������������Shadow Boxer (F) 215p
Myers, Walter Dean���Hoops (PB & T) 183p
Peet, Mal�������������������Keeper (PB) 225p
Ritter, John H.������������Choosing Up Sides (F) 166p
Sharenow, Rob����������The Berlin Boxing Club (J) 404p
Wonderli, Stephen�����The Heartbeat of Halftime (F) 178p