The Magician's Elephant 
by Kate DiCamillo

call number:  JF DiCamillo K.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.

The underneath
by Kathi Appelt

call number JF APPELT K.

An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations before they finally end up reunited and free.

Maniac Magee :  a novel
by Jerry Spinelli

call number JF SPINELLI J.

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary

call number JF CLEARY B.

In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

Tales of a fourth grade nothing
by Judy Blume

call number JF BLUME J.

Fourth grader Peter Hatcher has a terrible problem – his little brother Fudge! The first in a very funny five book series.

Tales of a fourth grade nothing
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Superfudge
Fudge-a-mania
Double Fudge

Out of my mind
by Sharon M. Draper

call number JF DRAPER S.

A brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, considered by many to be mentally retarded, discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

The storm in the barn
by Matt Phelan

call number JF PHELAN M.

In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father's failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot's abandoned barn - a sinister figure with a face like rain. In a land where it never rains, it's hard to trust what you see with your own eyes, and harder still to take heart and be a hero when the time comes.