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Tim Green is a former professionalfootball player turned author. Hisbooks, aimed at school age and

middle school students, are perfect foryoung football fans! Check out his

baseball series as well!BL: 4.4-5.0MG Green

Tim Green's Football Series byTim Green

Four kids from wildly differentbackgrounds with personalities thatare explosive when they clash. But

they are also four kids chosen a teamthat could qualify them for the Junior

Olympics if they can get their actstogether. Check out all four books in

the series!BL: 4.0-4.6

MG Reynolds

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

In Grandpa Al's garage workshop,child genius Frank Einstein tries toinvent a robot that can learn on itsown, and after an accident brings

Klink and Klank to life, they set abouthelping Frank perfect his Antimatter

Motor.BL: 4.7

JF Scieszka

Frank Einstein by Jon Scieszka

Twelve-year-old Petrel is an outcast,living on an ancient icebreaker. A boy

is discovered on an iceberg, and Petrelhides him on board, hoping he'll be herfriend. What she doesn't know is thatthe ship guards a secret, and the boyhas been sent to seek and destroy it.

BL: 5.3MG Tanner

Icebreaker by Lian Tanner

Mount Olympus Academy is thepremier training facility for

goddesses. They learn aboutswordplay, strategy, and friendship

all under the watchful eye of PrincipalZeus.

BL: 4.7-5.2JF Holub

Goddess Girls by Joan Holub

When twelve-year-old Stephanieinherits her weird uncle's estate, she

must join forces with SkulduggeryPleasant, a skeleton mage, to savethe world from Nefarian Serpine's

evil plans.BL: 4.9

MG Landy

Skuldug�ery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Nobody Owens is a normal boy,except that he has been raised byghosts and other denizens of the

graveyard.BL: 5.1

MG Gaiman

The Graveyard Book by NeilGaiman

Follow the Grace children, twinsSimon and Jared and their older

sister Mallory, after they move intothe Spiderwick Estate and discover aworld of fairies that they never knew

existed.BL: 4.2-4.4

JF DiTerlizzi

Spiderwick Chronicles byTony DiTerlizzi and Holly

Black

Rosi, a twelve-year-old girl raised in afoster village, is returned to her biologicalparents and discovers home is not what

she expected it to be.BL: 4.9

MG Haddix

Children of Exile by MargaretPeterson Haddix

The most terrifying events in historyare brought vividly to life in this

fictional series!BL: 4.0-5.0JF Tarshis

I Survived series by LaurenTarshis

Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimmare sent to live with an eccentric

grandmother who they have alwaysbelieved to be dead. Check out all the

books in this series!BL: 4.9-5.2JF Buckley

The Sisters Grimm by MichaelBuckley

Best friends Emily and Maddie spendall their time together making crafts,but when Maddie begins spendingmore time with gadget whiz Bella,Emily worries that she is losing her

best friend.BL: 4.0-4.2JF Maker

Cra�tily Ever A�ter by MarthaMaker

On his way home from school, Darkusdiscovers a strange looking beetle thathe takes home. Darkus learns that thebeetle can understand him and followhis directions! What is the connection

between a communicating beetle,Darkus' missing father, and the arrival

of scary Lucretia Cutter. BL: 4.9

MG Leonard

Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Linatrades jobs on Assignment Day to bea messenger, to run to new places in

her decaying but beloved city,perhaps even to glimpse Unknown

Regions.BL: 5.0

MG DuPrau

The City of Ember by JeanneDuPrau

The year is 1901 in rural Texas.Calpurnia is determined, ambitious,

and filled with love for her furryfriends. Recommended for all animal

lovers. BL: 4.2-4.7

JF Kelly

Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet byJacqueline Kelly

Roz is a robot who discovers herselfon an island inhabited by animals.

Roz learns that the only way tosurvive on the island is to befriendthe animals that live there. Will her

mysterious past come back to haunther?

BL: 5.1MG Brown

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown