by John WhiteConditional Recommendation: Three Canadian children fall through television sets to land in a world where they have to escape captivity, help free a king, and defeat the powers of evil.
Genre: Christian Fantasy/Allegory
by Gail Carson LevineUnconditional Recommendation: In this fairytale retelling, Ella, cursed by a fairy to obey every command, sets out to break her curse and protect those she loves.
Awards: Newbery Honor (1998), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature (1999), Grand Canyon Reader Award for Teen Book (1999), Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award for Grade 6-9 (2000), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award (1999)
by John FlanaganConditional Recommendation: Will, Horace and Halt travel to neighboring Clonmel to disrupt a religious cult threatening the kingdom.
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
by Eleanor H. PorterUnconditional Recommendation: Eleven-year-old orphan Pollyanna, full of happiness and love, goes to live with her cold, strict Aunt Polly and turns the household and the town upside down in the best way.
Genre: Classic
by Nancy SpringerConditional Recommendation: A tale of a ring of power, a good king corrupted, a strong bond of two brothers and lives changed by redemptive love set in a world of fantasy and honor.
Genre: Fantasy
by Jane AustenUnconditional Recommendation: Anne Elliot was persuaded not to marry naval officer Frederick Wentworth and now, eight years later, she must face him again when he returns to the neighborhood.
Genre: Romance, Classic
by Jane AustenUnconditional Recommendation: Despite differing social classes, misunderstandings, ridiculous family members, prejudice and pride, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy fall in love.
Genre: Romance, Classic
by Kenneth OppelConditional Recommendation: Matt, Kate, Captain Walken and a new crew embark on the first expedition to space and on the way discover new celestial life forms and face dangerous odds of making it back to earth.
Award: CLA Book of the Year for Children Award (2009)
by Tui T. SutherlandConditional Recommendation: Told from the perspective of Tsunami the SeaWing, the five dragonets of the prophecy travel to the kingdom of the sea in search of Tsunami’s parents and discover mystery and intrigue.
Genre: Fantasy
by Eloise Jarvis McGrawConditional Recommendation: A slave girl yearning for freedom plays double spy for two contenders to the Egyptian throne and the political intrigue, clever plot, and sprinkling of romance will satisfy you all the way to the end.
Genre: Historical