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FICTION SERIES 5/13/16

in the Murray Avenue Library

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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION 100 Cupboards Wilson 1-2 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.

39 Clues

Multiple authors

1-11 MYSTERY The series is about 39 clues to a family's secret 500-year-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.

39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers

Multiple authors

1, 3-6 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.

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Wave Yancey 1-2 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.

Abhorsen Nix 1-4 FANTASY Welcome to the world of the Old Kingdom, where only the Abhorsen can keep the living safe from the dead.

Accidentally Papademetriou 2-4 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.

Adam Canfield Winerip 1-3 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.

Adventures of Kate Barron 1-3 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.

Al Capone at Alcatraz

Choldenko 1-2 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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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Alcatraz Sanderson 2-3 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.

Alex Rider Horowitz 1-3, 5-10 +

companion

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!

Alice Naylor various 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.

Amulet Kibuishi 1-7 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.

Angel/Life of Angelica Cookson Potts

Whytock 1-3 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.

Anne of Green Gables

Montgomery 1-3, 5-6

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.

Antsy Bonano Shusterman 1-3 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.

Anybodies Bode 1-3 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.

Apothecary Meloy 1-3 FANTASY The trilogy opens in 1952 when the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old 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.

Artemis Fowl Colfer 1-8 + companion

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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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Arthur Crossley-

Holland 1-3 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.

Ascendance trilogy Nielsen 2-3 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.

Ash Mistry Chronicles

Chadda 1-2 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.

Atherton Carman 1-2 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.

Austin Family L’Engle 1, 5 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.

Avalon, Web of Magic

Roberts 1-3 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.

The Bartimaeus trilogy

Stroud 1-3 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.

Bartlett Hirsch 1-3 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.

Baseball Card Adventures

Gutman 1-12 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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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Beacon Street Girls Bryant 1-16 REALISTIC 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 first-person perspective of each of its five main characters, there is a veritable potpourri of ethnicities and traits for young readers to identify with.

Beautiful Creatures Garcia 1-4 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.

Belle Prater White 1-2 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.

Beyonders Mull 1-3 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.

The Black Stallion Farley various 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.

Blackhope Enigma Flavin 1-2 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.

Bliss Bakery Littlewood 1-3 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?

Blue Bloods De la Cruz 1-4 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.

Bone Smith 1-9 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Book of Ember DuPrau 1-4 FANTASY The four Books of Ember tell the story of a city where

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…

Books of Bayern Hale 1-4 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.

The Books of Beginning

Stephens 1-2 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.

Books of Elsewhere West 2-4 FANTASY This series begins follows the adventures of eleven-year-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.

Borrowers Norton 1-2 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.

The Boy Sherlock Holmes

Peacock 1-4 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.

Boy/Girl Battle Naylor 2-10 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.

The Brain Chatterton 1-2 MYSTERY/HUMOR The stories follow the adventures of Theo Brain, the world’s youngest super sleuth.

Brian’s Saga Paulsen 1-4

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.

Brixton Brothers Barnett 1, 3-4 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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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Candy Apple Multiple

authors various REALISTIC A series for girls about the ups and downs of middle

school life as the protagonists deal with parents, best friends, tryouts, afterschool activities, homework, popularity, first crushes, etc.

Caretaker Trilogy Klass 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 is the story of a boy's life-

threatening 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.

Chaos Walking Ness 1-3 SCIENCE FICTION This series is set in a dystopian world where 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 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.

Chemical Garden trilogy

DeStefano 1-3 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.

Chicagoland Detective Agency

Robbins 1-2 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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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Children of Crow Cove

Bredsdorff 1-4 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.

Children of the Lamp

Kerr 1-3 FANTASY This series follows a family of genies who disguise themselves as human, but suddenly obtain the ability to grant wishes.

Chocolate War Cormier 1-2 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.

Choose Your Own Adventure

Montgomery various 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.

Chrestomanci Jones 1-6 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!

The Chronicles of Narnia

Lewis 1-6 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.

Chronicles of the Red King

Nimmo 1-2 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.

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod

Brewer 1-5 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.

Chronoptika Fisher 1-2 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.

Civil War trilogy Shaara 1-3 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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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Claidi Journals Lee 1-3 FANTASY All her life, Claidi has endured hardship in the House,

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 . . .

Coal Harbour Horvath 1-2 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.

Comeback Kids Lupica unnumbered 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.

Confectionately Yours

Papademetriou 1-4 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.

Crowfield Abbey Walsh 1-2 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!

Cruz de la Cruz Ritter 1-2 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?

Curse of the Jolly Stone

Lawrence 1-3 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.

Dairy Queen Murdock 1-3 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.

Danger Boy Williams 1-4 SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY This time travel series begins in 2019, and follows the time spanning adventures of 12-year-old Eli Sands and his companions: Clyne, a good-natured dinosaur from another planet who gathers information for a school assignment, and Thea, last librarian in Alexandria.

Dark Life Falls 1-2 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 AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Darkest Powers Armstrong 1-3 PARANORMAL A series of YA novels revolving around The

Edison Group, a team of supernatural scientists, and the subjects they have experimented on.

Darkness Rising Armstrong 1-3 PARANORMAL Sequel series to Darkest Powers

Dead Is Perez 1-3 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.

Dear America Multiple authors

various 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.

Death by Mysteries Gerber 2-3 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.

Delirium trilogy Oliver 1-3 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.

Demonata Shan 1-9 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...

The Deptford Mice Jarvis 1-3 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.

Descendants de la Cruz 1 FANTASY Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon to the Isle of the Lost--a dark and dreary place protected by a force field that makes it impossible for them to leave. Stripped of their magical powers, the villains now live in total isolation, forgotten by the world. Mal learns from her mother, Maleficent, that the key to true darkness, the Dragon's Eye, is located inside her scepter in the forbidden fortress on the far side of the island. The eye is cursed, and whoever retrieves it will be knocked into a deep sleep for a thousand years. But Mal has a plan to capture it. She'll just need a little help from her "friends." In their quest for the Dragon's Eye, these four kids begin to realize that just because you come from an evil family tree, being good ain't so bad.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Kinney 1-10 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Divergent Roth 1-3 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.

Divide Kay 1-3 FANTASY This trilogy takes place in an alternate universe. A 13-year-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.

Doran Furlong 1-3 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.'

Dork Diaries Russell 1-10 COMIC This humorous series is the personal diary of 14-year-old Nikki Maxwell. They feature drawings, doodles and comic strips that chronicle the daily drama of her life in (and outside of) middle school.

Dreamhouse Kings Liparulo 1-6 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.

Echo Falls Abraham 1, 3 MYSTERY Welcome to Echo Falls… home of a thousand secrets, where Ingrid Levin-Hill, teen super sleuth, never knows what will happen next.

Edge Chronicles Stewart 1-6, 9 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.

Ellis Island Nixon 1-3 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.

Elvis & Olive Watson 1-2 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?

Emma-Jean Lazarus Tarshis 1-2 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Emily Windsnap Kessler 1, 3 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.

The Ender Quintet Card 1-3, 5 SCIENCE FICTION The series is set in a future where mankind is facing annihilation by an aggressive alien society, an insect-like 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.

Ender’s Shadow Card 1-5 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.

The English Roses Madonna 1-10, 12 REALISTIC The books are about the lives of five young schoolgirls in London and their adventures, friendships, and problems.

Eon Goodman 1-2 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.

Erec Rex Kingsley 1-5 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.

Escape From Furnace

Smith 1-5 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.

Everest Korman 1-3 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.

Fablehaven Mull 1-5 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Fairie Path Jones 1-2 FANTASY The story follows Anita Palmer, a teenager from two

different parallel universes, and her struggle to maintain both lives.

Fear Street Stine various 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.

Five Ancestors Stone 1-7 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.

Flying Dutchman Jacques 1-3 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.

Football Genius Green 1-5 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.

The Fourth Stall Rylander 1-3 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.

From the Files of Madison Finn

Dower various 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.

Fly By Night Hardinge 1-2 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.

Freak the Mighty Philbrick 1-2 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."

Further Tales Adventures

Catanese 1, 3 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Gallagher Girls Carter 1-6 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.

Gary Carter’s Iron Mask

Montgomery 1-3 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.

The Gatekeepers Horowitz 1-5 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.

Gaither Sisters Williams-Garcia

1-2 REALISTIC The story begins as three sisters from Brooklyn travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them.

Gifted Kaye 1-3 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.

The Giver Quartet Lowry 1-4 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.

Golden Mountain Chronicles

Yep various MULTICULTURAL Stories documenting the fictional Young family from 1849 in China to 1995 in America.

Goosebumps Stine various 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.

Green Glass Klages 1-2 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.

The Grimm Legacy Shulman 1-2 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.

The Grisha Bardugo 1-2 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.

Guardians of Ga’Hoole

Lasky 1-15 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Guild of Specialists Mowll 1-2 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.

Guys Read Multiple authors

2-4 FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/MYSTERY Collections of original short stories by male and female authors who boys enjoy reading, grouped by genre.

Harry Potter Rowling 1-7 + Companion

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.

Hattie Larson 1-2 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.

Hazelwood High Draper 1-3 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.

Heir Chronicles Chima 1-5 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…

Hercule Poirot Christie various CRIME/DETECTIVE Mysteries with the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. These can mostly be read as stand-alones in any order.

Heroes of Olympus Riordan 1-5 + Companion

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.

Hex Lassiter 1-2 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Hex Hall Hawkins 1-3 PARANORMAL ROMANCE This trilogy of young-adult paranormal

romance novels is centered on Sophie Mercer, a sixteen-year-old witch who is sent to Hecate Hall (nicknamed "Hex Hall"), a boarding school for magical beings, after a string of disastrous spells gone wrong.

High Seas Adventure

Lawrence 1-3 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.

His Dark Materials Pullman 1-3 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.

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Adams 1-2 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.

Homecoming Saga Card 1-5 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.

Horses of Oak Valley Ranch

Smiley 1-3 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.

Huber Hill Bostick 1-3 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!

Hunchback Assignments

Slade 1-2 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.

Hunger Games Collins 1-3 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.

Hypnotists Korman 1-2 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION I Funny Patterson 1-4 HUMOR This laugh-a-minute series is about one kid's race to

become the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic.

I. Q. Smith 1-3 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.

I Survived Tarshis 1-13 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.

Immortals Noël 1-3 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.

Incarceron Fisher 1-2 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.

Infinity Ring multiple authors

1-3 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.

Inheritance Cycle Paolini 1-3 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.

Inkworld Funke 1-3 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.

Insignia Kincaid 1-3 SCIENCE FICTION The Insignia trilogy describes a dystopian future in which World War Three is fought throughout the solar system.

Island Korman 1-3 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?



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Island of the Blue Dolphins

O’Dell 1-2 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.

Jack Creech 1-2 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.

Jack Henry Gantos 1-3 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.

Janie Johnson Cooney 1-5 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.

Joey PIgza Gantos 2, 4 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.

The Joshua Files Harris 1-2 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.

Kane Chronicles trilogy

Riordan 1-3 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.

Keys to the Kingdom

Nix 1-2, 4-7 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.

Kidnapped Korman 1-3 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Killer Pizza Taylor 1-2 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!

The Klaatu Diskos Hautman 1-2 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.

The Land of Stories Colfer 1-4 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.

The Last Apprentice Delaney 1-13 + companion

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?

The Last Dragon Chronicles

D’Lacey 1-7 FANTASY The books follow a college student, David Rain, as he discovers the existence of living clay dragons in the house he lodges at.

Last Survivors Pfeffer 1-4 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.

Legend trilogy Lu 1-3 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.

Leven Thumps Skye 1-4 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.

Leviathan trilogy Westerfeld 1-3 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-the-world adventure that will change both their lives forever.

Liar Liar Paulsen 3-4 REALISTIC/HUMOR Fourteen-year-old Kevin Spencer has a knack for tackling big ideas and goofing up with his trademark scheming.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Little House Wilder various REALISTIC This series of American children's novels is based on

the author’s childhood in the northern Midwest during the 1870s and 1880s.

Locomotion Woodson 1-2 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.

A Long Way From Chicago

Peck 1-3 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!

The Lord of the Rings

Tolkien 1-3 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.

Lorien Legacies Lore 1-6 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.

The Lost Years of Merlin

Barron 1-5 LEGEND This series chronicle the origins of the greatest of all wizards.

Lunar Chronicles Meyer 1-3.5 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.

Lying Game Shepard 1-6 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…

Magic in Manhattan

Mlynowski 1-3 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.

Magic Under Dolamore 1-2 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.

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Riordan 1 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Matched Condie 1-3 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.

Maximum Ride Patterson 1-8 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).

Maze Runner Dashner 1-4 (#4 is a

prequel)

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.

Meg Moore Sturtevant 1-2 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..

Michael Vey Evans 1-5 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!

Middle School Patterson 1-7 REALISTIC The series follows sixth grader Rafe Khatchadorian’s escapades as he begins middle school and copes with crushes, bullying, and family issues.

Middle-Earth Universe

Tolkien various 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.

Millicent Min Yee companions 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.

Million Dollar Gutman 1-2, 4-5 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).

Mind Games White 1-2 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.

Misfits Howe 1-3 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.

Miss Marple Christie various 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.

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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children

Riggs 1-2 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.

Missing Haddix 1-6 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.

Missing Persons Rabb 1-4 CRIME/DETECTIVE This series features Sarn and Sophie Shattenberg, New York City sisters who move to the Midwest and find themselves solving crime.

The Mistmantle Chronicles

McAllister 1-2 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?

Molly Moon Byng 1-4 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.

Montmaray Journals

Cooper 2-3 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.

Mortality Doctrine Dashner 1-2 SCIENCE FICTION This is a series set in a world of hyper-advanced 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.

Mother-Daughter Book Club

Frederick 1-7 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.

My America Multiple authors

various HISTORICAL FICTION This is a series of fictional diaries of children that take place during significant moments in American history.

My Name is America

Multiple authors

various 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION My One Hundred Adventures

Horvath 1-2 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.

Mysterious Benedict Society

Stewart 0.5-3 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.

Mythic Misadventures

Hennesy 1-5 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.

Nancy Drew: Girl Detective

Multiple authors

various 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.

Neddie & Friends Pinkwater 2-3 FANTASY This 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.

Neil Flambé Capers Sylvester 1, 4 MYSTERY Neil Flambe is a world-renowned chef and restaurant owner. He's also a kid. And in his spare time, Neil uses his super-sensitive nose to solve mysteries!

The New Policeman Thompson 1-3 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.

Nightmare Room Stine various HORROR Stories based on children’s fears of ghosts, monsters, paranormal creatures, and evil.

Normal Klise 1-2 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.

On the Run Korman 1-6 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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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Orca Sports Multiple

authors various 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.

P. C. Hawke Mysteries

Zindel 1-8 CRIME/DETECTIVE The series revolves around two amateur detectives, P. C. and his partner, Mackenzie Riggs, and their murder investigations.

Palace Chronicles Haddix 1-2 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.

Pals in Peril Anderson 2-5 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.

Paranormalcy White 2-3 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.

Pegasus O’Hearn 1-4 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.

The Penderwicks Birdsall 1-2 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.

Pendragon MacHale 1-10 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.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Riordan 1-5 + Companions

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?

Peter and the Starcatchers

Barry 1-3 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.

Pigman Zindel 1-3 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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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Philippa Fisher Kessler 1-2 FANTASY 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.

Premonitions Watson 1-2 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?

Pretty Little Liars Shepard 1-14 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 long-buried ones—no longer seem so safe.

Princess Academy Hale 1-2 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.

Princess Tales Levine 1-6 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.

Private Brian 0.5-14 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.

Privilege Brian 1-6 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.

Protector of the Small

Pierce 1-4 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.

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

Berlin 1-2 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.

Quantum Prophecy Carroll 1-6 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

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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION The Queen’s Thief Turner 1-2 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.

Ranger’s Apprentice Flanagan 1-12 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.

Rasmussem Corporation

Vande Velde Various 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.

Red Queen Aveyard 1-2 FANTASY This series is a sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace. Will her power save her or condemn her?

Redwall Jacques 1-15, 17,

19-20

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.

Relic Master Fisher 1-4 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.

Riley Bloom Noel 1-4 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.

The Roar Clayton 1-2 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.

Rotten School Stine various 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.

Rowan Hood Springer 1-4 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?



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION The Royal Diaries Multiple

authors various 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.

Ruby Red Gler 1-3 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.

The Rule of Claw Brindley 1-2 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.

The Saga of Darren Shan

Shan 1-12 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.

Sammy Keyes Van Draanen various 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.

Savvy Law 1-2 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.

The School for Good and Evil

Chainani 1-3 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.

Scream Shop, Pick Your Path

West various 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!

Sea of Trolls Farmer 1-2 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.

Secret Bosch 1-5 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.

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Scott 1-5 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Seeds of America Anderson 1-2 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?

Seekers Hunter 1-6 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.

Seekers: Return to the Wild

Hunter 1-3 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.

Selection Cass 1-2 FANTASY Only one can win the crown. For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The chance to live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her, and leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

Septimus Heap Sage 1-7 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.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Snicket 1-13 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.

Seventh Tower Nix 1-6 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.

Shades of London Johnson 1-2 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.

Shadow Children Haddix 1-7 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Shadow Project Brennan 1-2 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.

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup

Koertge 1-2 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.

Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins

Lane 1-3 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.

The Sherlock Files Barrett 3, 4 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?

The Shield, the Sword, and Crown

Bell 1-2 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.

Ship Breaker Bacigalupi 1-2 ADVENTURE A gritty, high-stakes adventure set in a futuristic world where oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer.

Shoes Streatfeild various 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.

Silverwing Oppel 1-2 + prequel

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.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Brashares 1-4 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Skeleton Creek Carman 1-4 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.

Skellig Almond 0.5-1 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.

Skulduggery Pleasant

Landy 2-3 FANTASY 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.

Softwire Haarsma 1-2 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 thirteen-years-old as the ship reaches Orbis.

Sports Beat Feinstein 1-6 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.

The Squire’s Tales Morris various 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.

Star Wars Legends Windham various Some of the greatest Star Wars stories ever told - featuring alternate timelines and outcomes; biographies for Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Steal Away Home Ruby 1-2 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 twelve-year-old Dana moves into the same house and finds the skeleton of a black woman who helped the Quakers.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Stoneheart trilogy Fletcher 1-2 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.

Storm Runners Smith 1-3 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.

Stravaganza Hoffman 1-3 FANTASY The series is about a teen, stricken with brain cancer, 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.

Stuart Quartet Yolen 2-4 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.

Summer trilogy Han 1-3 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.

Swindle Korman 1-6 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.

SYLO Chronicles MacHale 1-2 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION A Tale Dark and Grimm

Gidwitz 2-3 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.

Tales to Tickle the Funnybone

Paulsen various 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.

Testing Charbonneau 1-3 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.

Tiger’s Curse Houck 1 FANTASY The saga follows the adventure of the young woman Kelsey Hayes as she travels across India in order to break an ancient curse placed upon Ren and Kishan, two princes who have been transformed into tigers. Along the way, the three must face many obstacles and challenges while battling Lokesh, the evil wizard that cursed the two men. As the story progresses, a love triangle forms. Who will Kelsey choose? And will they ever lift the curse?

Time Travelers Cooney 1-4 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?

Timmy Failure Pastis 1 COMIC/HUMOR The series revolves around the adventures of Timmy Failure: founder, President and CEO of the best detective agency in town (probably in the world) and his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.

Traces Rose various 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.

The Trials of Apollo Riordan 1 FANTASY This new series will follow Apollo, who has been turned into a human as punishment from Zeus, and his journey at Camp Half-Blood.

The Tucket Adventures

Paulsen 3-5 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Twilight Meyer 1-4 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.

Uglies Westerfeld 1-4 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.

Unwanteds McMann 1-5 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.

Unwind Shusterman 1-4 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.

The Vampire Diaries Smith 1-6 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.

Vietnam Lynch 1-4 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.

Waterfire Saga Donnelly 1-2 FANTASY A series of four epic tales set in the depths of the ocean, where six mermaids attempt to uncover hidden

talismans in order to save their undersea world.

Warriors Hunter 1-6 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.

Warriors: the New Prophecy

Hunter 1-6 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION Warriors: Omen of the Stars

Hunter 1-6 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.

Warriors: Power of Three

Hunter 1-6 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.

Warriors: Super Edition

Hunter 1-2, 4-6 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.

Weenies Lubar various FANTASY The short stories in this series are scary, eerie, funny, silly, thought-provoking, and mystifying.

Wings of Fire Sutherland 1-8 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.

Winnie the Pooh Milne 1-4 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.

Witch & Wizard Patterson 1-5 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.

Wolves of the Beyond

Lasky 1-6 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.



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SERIES AUTHOR BOOKS DESCRIPTION The Wolves of Mercy Falls

Stiefvater 1-3 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.

The Yang Family Namioka 1-3 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.

Zone Unknown Zindel 1-4, 6 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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