Ida B

by Katherine Hannigan

Who is Ida B. Applewood? She is a fourth grader like no other, living a life like no other, with a voice like no other, and her story will resonate long after you have put this book down.

ISBN:0060730242, $15.99, Hardcover, 256 pages, HarperCollins
Say What?

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Sukie is worried -- her parents are acting strange. Her dad asks, "If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump off a bridge too?" When she eats peas with her fingers, Mom yells, "You'll put an eye out with that thing!" What is going on?

ISBN: 0689862563, $3.99, Paperback, 96 Pages, Simon & Schuster
Attack of the Tagger

Wendelin Van Draanen

Someone is spray-painting graffiti all over Cedar Valley and it is up to fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, also known as Shredderman, to expose the vandal.

ISBN: 0375823522, $12.95, Hardcover, 163 pages, Random House
Chasing Vermeer

by Blue Balliett

When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer ainting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and
Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.

ISBN: 0439372976, $6.99, Paperback, 254 Pages, Scholastic
The Ghost of Cutler Creek

by Cynthia Defelice

When Allie is contacted by the ghost of a dog, she and Dub investigate the surly new boy at school and his father, who may be running a puppy mill, to see if they are involved.

ISBN:0374380589, $16.00, Hardcover, 181 pages, Farrar Straus & Giroux
Owen Foote, Mighty Scientist

by Stephanie Greene

Owen Foote wants to be a real scientist with a white lab coat. He’d like to spend the next school year in Mr. Wozniak’s fourth grade class, where science is king.

ISBN: 0618430164, $14.00, Hardcover, 96 pages, Houghton Mifflin
Becoming Naomi Leon

by Pam Munoz Ryan

Happily living with Gram and her little brother at the Avocado AcresTrailer Rancho, talented soap carver Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw,labelled by her classmates as "nothing special," finds her life forever changed by the return of her mother, who has been gone for seven years.

ISBN:0439269970, $5.99 Paperback, 246 Pages, Scholastic
Germ Hunter A Story about Louis Pasteur

by Elaine Marie Alphin

Growing up in the 1830s, Louis Pasteur saw the horrifying effects of diseases like rabies and tuberculosis. Filled with curiosity and imagination, Pasteur began a lifelong search for answers to his many questions about diseases.

ISBN: 0876149298, $6.95, Paperback, 64 Pages, Lerner Publishing
Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

How little Marshall Taylor transformed himself into the extraordinary Major Taylor is chronicled in this inspiring biography.

ISBN:0689831595, $16.95, Hardcover, 40 pages, Simon & Schuster
Boy on Fairfield Street

by Kathleen Krull

This is the first picture book biography of Dr. Seuss, written especially for his young fans who want to know what made him tick.

ISBN: 0375823522, $12.95, Hardcover, 163 pages, Random House
Chig and the Second Spread

by Gwenyth Swain

Being small is a big concern for Chig Kalpin. Like the insects that catch folks unawares with their bites on a summer evening, Chig is small enough and silent enough that she’s near about invisible.

ISBN:0440419204, $5.50, Paperback, Random House
Harmonica

by Tony Johnston

A young boy's world is shattered after his family is torn apart by the brutal Nazi regime. Only his father's gift of a harmonica brings him comfort and ensures his survival.

ISBN: 1570915474, $15.95, Hardcover, Charlesbridge Publishing
Gregor the Overlander

by Suzanne Collins

When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.

ISBN:0439678137, $5.99, Paperback, 311 Pages, Scholastic
Last Holiday Concert

by Andrew Clements

Out of chaos, infighting, compromise, idealism, and finally, a fragile peace, the sixth grade choral concert was born. And they called it Winterhope. But would it be the last holiday concert of them all?

ISBN:0689845162, $15.95, Hardcover, 176 pages, Simon & Schuster
Hoop Kings

by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Score a slam dunk with basketball lovers, rap fans, and teachers of poetry!

ISBN:0763614238, $14.99, Hardcover, 42 Pages, Candlewick Press
Oliver's Game

by Matt Tavares

Matt Tavares hits the ball out of the park with a luminously illustrated tale about the joy of baseball, generational bonds, and the immutable power of dreams.

ISBN:0763618527, $15.99 Hardcover; 32 pages, Candlewick Press