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- Daisy Dawson is on her Way! By Steve Voake: After a chance encounter with a butterfly, a little girl named Daisy suddenly gains the ability to communicate with animals and is inspired to rescue a stray dog from the pound. Reading level 4.3 Points 1.0
- Crow Lake by Mary Lawson: Kate Morrison, orphaned at the age of seven, grows up seeing her brilliant older brother Matt's failure to further his education as a tragedy, and feeling somewhat guilty about her own accomplishments, and it is not until years later that she finally sees the damage her faulty thinking has caused. Reading level 5.5 Points 12.0 this is a upper level book
- Fairest by Gail Carson Levine: In the Kingdom of Ayortha, Aza, an unattractive woman with a magical voice, learns to balance her appearance with her talent, meanwhile, her singing attracts both Prince Ijori, who cannot resist it, and Queen Ivi, who plots to use it to benefit herself. Reading level 4.1 Points 8.0
- The Key to Rondo. By Emily Rodda: Through an heirloom music box, Leo, a serious, responsible boy, and his badly-behaved cousin Mimi enter the magical world of Rondo to rescue Mimi's dog from a sorceress, who wishes to exchange him for the key that allows free travel between worlds. Reading level 4.9 Points 12.0
- Worst Enemies/ Best Friends by Annie Bryant. Charlotte, a new student at Abigail Adams Junior High, is sure she has ruined her chances for friendship after committing a big blunder in the cafeteria, but she and her assigned lunch partners, Katani, Maeve, and Avery manage to bond anyway--eventually realizing that everyone has embarrassing moments. Reading level 4.3 Points 7.0
- Listen! By Stephanie S. Tolan. During her solitary convalescence from a crippling accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the arduous process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mother's death two years earlier. Reading level 5.4 Points 6.0
- Clifford saves the Whales by Josephine Page: When Emily Elizabeth and her classmates go on a field trip, she calls on her dog Clifford to try to save some trapped whales. Reading level 3.3 Points 0.5
- Swindle by Gordon Korman: After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the Smart Pick fruit picker. Reading level 4.9 Points 5.0
- The Ashleys by Melissa de la Cruz: Lauren Page, having changed her style from discount bargain clothes to couture fashions, decides to infiltrate the most popular group of girls at Miss Gamble's Preparatory School for Girls and get revenge for how they have treated her. Reading level 5.4 Points 8.0
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A collection of Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures, including "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-headed League," and "The Speckled Band." Reading level 7.0 Points 18.0
- Night rise by Anthony Horowitz: After telepathic twins Jamie and Scott are attacked by the evil Nightrise Corporation, one of them is imprisoned while the other escapes, left to fight with the other three gatekeepers against the evil Old Ones in order to save his sibling and prevent the destruction of humanity. Reading level 4.7 Points 15.0