The Whatnot - Stefan Bachman
Bartholomew Kettle, unable to save his sister, Hettie when she was pushed into the faery Old Country, promised he would find her but sinister forces are still at work and he must rely on Pikey, who would do almost anything to escape his past, to help find her.
Jane, the Fox and Me - Fanny Britt
Hélène is an outcast in her grade. Her only consolation is reading Jane Eyre. Even seeing a lovely fox doesn't make her feel better, but maybe a new friendship will.
Ghost Hawk - Susan Cooper
At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.
The Grimm Conclusion - Adam Gidwitz
"Sister and brother Jorinda and Joringel fight to keep their promise to stay together throughout a new series of gruesome, twisted, Grimm-inspired stories."-- Provided by publisher
Donner Dinner Party - Nathan Hale
The Reed family struggles to survive the wagon train journey from Illinois to California as members of the ill-fated Donner Party.
The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel
- Deborah Hopkinson
Eel, an orphan, and his best friend Florrie must help Dr. John Snow prove that cholera is spread through water, and not poisonous air, when an epidemic sweeps across their London neighborhood in 1854.
The Abominables - Eva Ibbotson
A century after a yeti captures Lady Agatha Farlingham and takes her to a hidden valley to raise his motherless children, tourism threatens their peaceful existence and young Con and Ellen take these educated and civilized yetis across Europe to Lady Agatha's home in England.
Treasure Hunters - James Patterson
"Following clues left by their missing father, twelve-year-old twins Bickford and Rebecca Kidd sail from the Caribbean to New York City with their siblings to finish the dangerous quest of their world-famous treasure-hunting parents."--Provided by publisher
Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band - Anne Rockwell
In 1891, Rev. Daniel J. Jenkins stumbled across some homeless African American youths in Charleston, South Carolina, and decided to do something about their plight. As a former slave and orphan himself, Jenkins founded an orphanage for young African American children, the first of its kind in Charleston. But that was only the beginning. The orphanage took in donations of musical instruments and soon formed a jazz band—the only black instrumental group in South Carolina. Before long the young musicians were performing throughout the United States and even Europe. Their tours raised money to support the orphanage—and, against all odds, established Charleston as a flourishing center of African American music culture
