by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke LoganUnconditional Recommendation: A young woman leaves behind wealthy living to teach school in a poor, tragedy-stricken, Canadian mining town.
Genre: Historical Christian Fiction
by Margo HansenUnconditional Recommendation: Sky Hoffman travels across the ocean in search of her twin only to find adventure, friends, family, romance, and God on a bridal train to Minnesota.
Genre: Historical Christian Romance
by Brandon MullConditional Recommendation: A thirteen-year-old boy accidentally falls into a fantastical world and is thrust on a dangerous mission to overthrow an evil and clever king.
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
by Kenneth OppelConditional Recommendation: Matt, a young cabin boy, helps Kate, a passenger, discover a new species and together they endeavor to save their airship from murderous pirates.
Awards: 2004 Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature, 2005 Michael L. Printz Honor Book (ALA), 2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, 2004 Red Maple Award (OLA)
by Janette OkeUnconditional Recommendation: When Marty’s husband dies suddenly and she’s forced to marry a stranger to survive in the West, she comes to learn that love between neighbors, man and woman, and even God sometimes comes softly.
Genre: Historical Christian Romance
by John FlanaganConditional Recommendation: Ranger apprentice, Will, and his friend Horace are sent as envoys to Celtica in light of the coming war and they find themselves and their training put to the ultimate test.
Awards: Children’s Book Council of Australia Award, International Success of the Year Award (2007)
by John FlanaganUnconditional Recommendation: A 15-year-old orphan boy is recruited and trained to become a ranger and must, with his master, track dangerous creatures before evil Morgarath’s bidding results in someone’s death.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
by Robin McKinleyUnconditional Recommendation: A retelling of Beauty and the Beast that includes more back story and Beauty’s family in the tale.
Genre: Fairytale Retelling
by Shannon HaleConditional Recommendation: A young girl from a small mountain village must decide who to believe, who she wants to be, and which side to take amidst the political unrest of the lowland city.
Genre: Fantasy
by Sid FleischmanUnconditional Recommendation: A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
Award: Newbery Medal