Jeff Kinney.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid

An exciting new series begins. Greg Heffley is thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.

Jeff Kinney.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  Rodrick Rules

Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.

Erin Hunter.  Warriors:  Cats of the Clans

Erin Hunter.  Seekers:  The Quest Begins

Michael Scott.  The Magician

Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.

Sarah Dessen.  Lock and Key

When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.

Brian Selznick.  The Invention of Hugo Cabret

When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.  The Nixie's Song

Laurie and Nick have to get rid of the beast before it levels all the homes in Florida and leaves the land in flames.

Sherman Alexie.  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time

Indian   Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

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Trenton Lee Stewart.  The Mysterious Benedict Society and

the Perilous Journey  Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict.