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To the Edge of the World

by Torrey, Michele

In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Macias becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a route to ...

The Clones

by Skurzynski, Gloria

Having won the Virtual War for the Western Hemisphere Federation, fifteen-year-old Corgan finds himself raising a clone of the young mutant genius who helped h...

Looking for Red

by Johnson, Angela

A thirteen-year-old girl struggles to cope with the loss of her beloved older brother, who disappeared four months earlier off the coast of Cape Cod.

Halfway to the sky

by Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

After her brother dies and her parents get a divorce, twelve-year-old Katahdin sets out to hike the whole Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine on her own.

Halfway to the Sky

by Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

After her brother dies and her parents get a divorce, twelve-year-old Katahdin sets out to hike the whole Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine on her own.

The Earth Kitchen

by Bryant, Sharon

In 1963, twelve-year-old Gwen tries to find the path to recovery in a mental ward.

Maria's Story

1773

by Nixon, Joan Lowery

In Williamsburg, Virginia, two years before the start of the American Revolution, nine-year-old Maria worries that her mother will lose her contract to publish...

Double Luck

Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan

by Lu, Chi & White, Becky

Tells the story of the author's struggles after being orphaned at the age of three and how he held on to his dream of coming to the United States as he passed ...

On Time

From Seasons to Split Seconds

by Skurzynski, Gloria

Discusses the astronomical causes of seasons, years, months and days, and how people through history have devised increasingly accurate calendars and clocks to...

Beyond Paradise

by Hertenstein, Jane

Within months of arriving in the exotic Philippines from Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to live with her missionary parents on the island of Panay, fourteen-year-old Lo...