Most Circulated Titles

Invisible

Gonzalez, Christina Diaz, 1969-,


Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain Sara: the loner Dayara: the tough kid Nico: the rich kid And Miguel: the athlete And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help, and they must decide whether they are each willing to expose their own secrets to help... or if remaining invisible is the only way to survive middle school.
Date Published:2022

Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain Sara: the loner Dayara: the tough kid Nico: the rich kid And Miguel: the athlete And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help, and they must decide whether they are each willing to expose their own secrets to help... or if remaining invisible is the only way to survive middle school.

Date Published:2022

Projekt 1065

Gratz, Alan, 1972-


It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending that he agrees with their violence and book-burning is hard enough--but when he is asked to find out more about "Projekt 1065" both his and his parents' lives get a lot more dangerous.
Date Published:2016

Wings of fire. The lost heir : the graphic novel

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-


Based on: The lost heir by Tui T. Sutherland. Volume number and part title from front cover. Kirkus Review. Kirkus Review, December 2018. Kirkus, December 15, 2018. Tsunami, heir to the SeaWing throne, is returning home for the first time since she was stolen as an egg, her mother, Queen Coral, welcomes her, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off her heirs for years.
Date Published:2019

Dog days

Kinney, Jeff,


Wilson Children's core collection. Horn book guide, Horn book guide, In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Date Published:2009

I survived the American Revolution, 1776

Tarshis, Lauren.


Includes bibliographical references. School Library Journal, September 2017. [#15] The battlefield was soaked in blood. Screams of injured soldiers rang through the air. Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox knelt behind a rock, his gun clutched in his shaking hands. Nate had been heading to New York City to find his father. But now he was trapped in a terrible gunfight between American and British troops. All Nate wanted was to find his father and to get out of here alive.
Date Published:2017

Includes bibliographical references. School Library Journal, September 2017. [#15] The battlefield was soaked in blood. Screams of injured soldiers rang through the air. Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox knelt behind a rock, his gun clutched in his shaking hands. Nate had been heading to New York City to find his father. But now he was trapped in a terrible gunfight between American and British troops. All Nate wanted was to find his father and to get out of here alive.

Date Published:2017

The maze runner

Dashner, James, 1972-,


2014 Edition includes unpaged excerpts of "Scorch trials" ; "The fever code" ; and "The eye of minds" / James Dashner. Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Date Published:2014

The last straw

Kinney, Jeff,


Best books for children : preschool through grade 6. Best books for middle school and junior high readers. Booklist, February 2009. Pub Weekly, January 2009. School library journal, April 2009. Wilson Children's catalog. Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
Date Published:2017

Diary of an awesome friendly kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

Kinney, Jeff,


Booklist, April 2019. Kirkus Review, April 2019. Kirkus, April 01, 2019. Publishers Weekly, April 2019. It's finally time for readers to hear directly from Rowley in a journal of his own as he writes about his experiences and agreeing to play the role of biographer for Greg along the way (after all, one day Greg will be rich and famous, and everyone will want to know his life's story). But Rowley is a poor choice for the job, and his "biography" of Greg is a hilarious mess.
Date Published:2019

Booklist, April 2019. Kirkus Review, April 2019. Kirkus, April 01, 2019. Publishers Weekly, April 2019. It's finally time for readers to hear directly from Rowley in a journal of his own as he writes about his experiences and agreeing to play the role of biographer for Greg along the way (after all, one day Greg will be rich and famous, and everyone will want to know his life's story). But Rowley is a poor choice for the job, and his "biography" of Greg is a hilarious mess.

Date Published:2019

Wings of fire. The dragonet prophecy : the graphic novel

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


Based on: The dragonet prophecy / by Tui T. Sutherland. v. number and part title from front cover. Kirkus Starred, December 2017. School Library Journal, February 2018. Clay and the other four MudWing dragonets were stolen from their homes while they were still in their eggs and hidden for years in order to fulfill a prophecy claiming that the dragonets would end the war between the dragon tribes, but not all of the dragonets want their destiny.
Date Published:2018

Based on: The dragonet prophecy / by Tui T. Sutherland. v. number and part title from front cover. Kirkus Starred, December 2017. School Library Journal, February 2018. Clay and the other four MudWing dragonets were stolen from their homes while they were still in their eggs and hidden for years in order to fulfill a prophecy claiming that the dragonets would end the war between the dragon tribes, but not all of the dragonets want their destiny.

Date Published:2018

Hard luck

Kinney, Jeff,


Originally published in a slightly different form by Amulet Books in 2013. "Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2017

Originally published in a slightly different form by Amulet Books in 2013. "Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"-- Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2017

Wings of fire. The hidden kingdom : the graphic novel

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


Based on: The lost heir by Tui T. Sutherland. Volume number and part title from front cover. Tsunami, heir to the SeaWing throne, is returning home for the first time since she was stolen as an egg, her mother, Queen Coral, welcomes her, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off her heirs for years.
Date Published:2019

Ghosts

Telgemeier, Raina,


Booklist starred, June2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July2016. Horn Book, April2017. Kirkus Starred, July2016. Library Media Connection starred, January2017. Pub Weekly, June2016. School Library Journal starred, June2016. Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
Date Published:2022

Booklist starred, June2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July2016. Horn Book, April2017. Kirkus Starred, July2016. Library Media Connection starred, January2017. Pub Weekly, June2016. School Library Journal starred, June2016. Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.

Date Published:2022

A night divided

Nielsen, Jennifer A.,


When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mother, and her brother Fritz are trapped on the eastern side where they were living, while her father, and her other brother Dominic are in the West--four years later, now twelve, Gerta sees her father on a viewing platform on the western side and realizes he wants her to risk her life trying to tunnel to freedom.
Date Published:2015

Ground Zero : a novel of 9/11

Gratz, Alan, 1972-


September 11,2001, New York City: Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. September 11,2020, Afghanistan: Reshmina has grown up in the shadow of war, but she dreams of peace and progress. Two kids. One devastating day. Nothing will ever be the same.
Date Published:2021

Smile

Telgemeier, Raina,


Contains biographical information. Kirkus, January 01, 2010. Publisher's Weekly, December 07, 2009. School library journal, March 2010. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, March 2010. Wilson Children's core collection. Horn book guide, The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all the while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.
Date Published:2020

Contains biographical information. Kirkus, January 01, 2010. Publisher's Weekly, December 07, 2009. School library journal, March 2010. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, March 2010. Wilson Children's core collection. Horn book guide, The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all the while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.

Date Published:2020

The getaway

Kinney, Jeff,


"Thorndike Press Large Print The Literacy Bridge"--T.p. verso. Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venemous creatures all threaten their vacation.
Date Published:2017

The house of Hades

Riordan, Rick,


Some may include an attached mappages. Horn Book, April 2014. Kirkus Review, November 2013. School Library Journal, February 2014. "Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"--
Date Published:2015

Mockingjay

Collins, Suzanne,


Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and it is up to Katniss to accept responsibility for countless lives and to change the course of the future of Panem.
Date Published:2014

One for sorrow : a ghost story

Hahn, Mary Downing,


Booklist. Horn Book. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist, May 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2017. Horn Book, April 2018. Horn Book, May 2017. Kirkus Review, May 2017. Library Media Connection, May 2017. Publishers Weekly, May 2017. Publisher's Weekly, May 2017. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2017. "When unlikeable Elsie dies in the influenza pandemic of 1918, she comes back to haunt Annie to make sure she'll be Annie's best--and only--friend soon"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2017

Booklist. Horn Book. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist, May 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2017. Horn Book, April 2018. Horn Book, May 2017. Kirkus Review, May 2017. Library Media Connection, May 2017. Publishers Weekly, May 2017. Publisher's Weekly, May 2017. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2017. "When unlikeable Elsie dies in the influenza pandemic of 1918, she comes back to haunt Annie to make sure she'll be Annie's best--and only--friend soon"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2017

The shark attacks of 1916

Tarshis, Lauren,


Based on: The shark attacks of 1916 / Lauren Tarshis. Best books for children : preschool through grade 6 : supplement to the 9th edition. School library journal, December 2010. Wilson Children's core collection. Ten-year-old Chet Roscow, who had been thrilled by the news of an aggressive great white shark attacking people all along the Atlantic coast, goes swimming with his friends in Springfield, New Jersey, one day, and wonders if he sees a shark in the water.
Date Published:2020

Based on: The shark attacks of 1916 / Lauren Tarshis. Best books for children : preschool through grade 6 : supplement to the 9th edition. School library journal, December 2010. Wilson Children's core collection. Ten-year-old Chet Roscow, who had been thrilled by the news of an aggressive great white shark attacking people all along the Atlantic coast, goes swimming with his friends in Springfield, New Jersey, one day, and wonders if he sees a shark in the water.

Date Published:2020