A story of two boys growing up on Oom Koos', Frikkie's uncle's, farm in South Africa during the Apartheid era. The friendship between the two boys dissipates as they grow older because one of them, who is black, seeks political equality, while the other boy, who is white, wants everything to stay the same.
2. Lost Goat Lane by Rosa Jordan
For Kate, being one of three kids in a family that's always broke means feeling ashamed and isolated, especially at school, where her classmates tease her constantly. Things can't get much worse at home. Her mother works long hours to make the mortgage payments on their tiny farm. Her older brother Justin talks about running away, and her younger brother Chip has a way of getting into trouble when Kate is supposed to be minding him. Now Kate faces a long, hot, boring Florida summer with no friends and nothing to do but chores. The day Kate's goat Sugar runs away, things start to get more interesting - and a lot more complicated. She and her brothers meet the Wilsons, a tight-knit African American family. Kate is drawn to Ruby, the Wilsons' glamorous grown daughter who has returned home from New York City. Ruby hasn't got much time for white trash but the two eventually form an unlikely bond as partners in Ruby's fledgling candy business. And as Kate begins to spend more time with Ruby, she awakens to the undercurrents of prejudice that run through their small town.
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spear
Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the cold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home will never be like the shimmering Caribbean island she left behind. In her relatives' stern Puritan community, she feels like a tropical bird that has flown to the wrong part of the world, a bird that is now caged and lonely. The only place where Kit feels completely free is in the meadows, where she enjoys the company of the old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, and on occasion, her young sailor friend Nat. But when Kit's friendship with the "witch" is discovered, Kit is faced with suspicion, fear, and anger. She herself is accused of witchcraft!
4. Under a War-Torn Sky by Laura Malone Elliott
When Henry Forester is shot down during a bombing run over France, the World War II pilot finds himself trapped behind enemy lines. In constant danger of discovery by German soldiers, Henry begins a remarkable journey to freedom. Relying on the kindness of strangers, Henry moves from town to town--traveling by moonlight, never asking questions, or even the names of the people who help him along the way. Through his journey, Henry gains an understanding of the French and their struggle; and of his own place in a war that will change the face of Europe forever.
5. Trapped in Ice by Eric Walters
Helen is not entirely sure she is looking forward to spending the next six months on board the Karluk, a ship headed on an Arctic expedition. But with the recent death of her father, it is the only work her seamstress mother can find. Helen's nine year-old brother, Michael, is delighted to be off on a real adventure but neither he nor Helen could have realized just how extraordinary this trip would be. The ship's hard-bitten captain, Robert Bartlett, must use all his seafaring skill when the ship becomes trapped in ice. In the pages of her diary, Helen records the fate of the crew and her family as they leave the ship and try to make their way across shifting ice flows, through blinding blizzards and past polar bears to safety.
6. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Stranded in the desolate wilderness, Brian uses his instincts and his hatchet to stay alive for fifty-four harrowing days.
7. The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Watson
A wonderful
middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black
family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old
brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to
Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And
they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma's church is blown up.
8. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Nicholas Flamel was born
in Paris on 28 September 1330. Nearly seven hundred years later, he is
acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he
discovered the secret of eternal life. The records show that he died in
1418. But his tomb is empty and Nicholas Flamel lives. The secret of
eternal life is hidden within the book he protects - the Book of Abraham
the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the
wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that's exactly what Dr. John
Dee plans to do when he steals it. Humankind won't know what's
happening until it's too late. And if the prophecy is right, Sophie and
Josh Newman are the only ones with the power to save the world as we
know it. Sometimes legends are true. And Sophie and Josh Newman are
about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all
time.
9. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
When Bruno returns home
from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed
in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move
from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to
play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as
far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can
see in the distance.
But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
10. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In a dark vision of the
near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys
and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called the Hunger
Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed.
When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.
When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.
11. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordon
Percy Jackson is about
to be kicked out of boarding school... again. And that's the least of
his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount
Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek
mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of
them. Zeus' master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the
prime suspect.
Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus' stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus' stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
12. Flip by Martin Bedford
Alex finds himself inhabiting the body of a boy nicknamed Flip. A
charmer, an athlete and a slacker, Flip is foreign to Alex, a chess
player and clarinetist who's never kissed a girl. Alex, now living in a
town a few hours from his own, is mystified. How will he get home?
13. Trapped by Michael Northrop
The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive. . . .
Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision. . .
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