King of Shadows
by Susan Cooper

call number: JF COOPER S.

 Nat Field's short life has been shadowed by loss and horror. His one escape is his talent for acting, and he has been picked by a dazzling international director to perform at Shakespeare's Globe, London's amazing new copy of the theater for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays four hundred years ago. Brought from all over the U.S., the members of the American Company of Boys begin to rehearse at the Globe. But strange, eerie echoes of the past begin creeping in. Nat goes to bed mysteriously sick -- is it the dreadful bubonic plague of the sixteenth century? He wakes up healthy, but he's no longer in the present, he's in 1599, acting at the original Globe. And his costar is Shakespeare: no longer a vague historical figure, but a quirky, warm-hearted writer/actor whose friendship changes Nat forever. Nat has a new life, blazing with excitement, edged with danger, butwhy is he here?Is he trapped in Elizabethan London? Will he ever go home? Playing deftly with Time and Destiny as she did in her classic fantasy sequence The Dark Is Rising, Susan Cooper tells a vivid, fascinating and ultimately very moving story of the painful business of growing up, against a background of the timeless, glowing magic of the theater.

American Born Chinese

by Gene Luen Yang

call number: JF YANG G.

American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny's life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax.

Matilda

by Roald Dahl

call number:  JF DAHL R.

 Matilda is a super-smart little girl who's woefully misunderstood by her parents, her brother, and an evil school principal. But with the help of a brave best friend and a wonderful teacher, Matilda discovers she doesn't have to get mad to get even.

The Princess School Series 
by Jane B. Mason

call number: JF MASON J.

Summary of book 1: If the Shoe Fits

Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Rapunzel face friendship struggles, wacky families, their first ball, and Frog Identification class during their first year of Princess School. With her feet bare (those glass slippers don't fit) and her second-hand gown splattered with mud (thanks, evil stepsisters), Ella's first day of Princess School is off to a lousy start. If she can only find her fairy godmother before the first class begins, Ella is sure she'll put things right. But her FG is off at a convention and Ella is on her own--she'll have to get through the first weeks of Princess School without any bobbity-boo. Ella is terrified--until she meets silly Snow, spunky Rapunzel, and beautiful, sheltered Rose.

Books in the Princess School Series
#1 If the Shoe Fits
#2 Who's the Fairest
#3 Let Your Hair Down
#4 Beauty is a Beast
#5 Princess Charming
#6 Apple-y Ever After
#7 Thorn in Her Side
#8 Slippery Steps

Monster Manor - Runaway Zombie 
by Paul Martin

call number JF MARTIN P.

In book 8 in the Monster Manor series, Eye-Gore and Steve are one rowdy pair of zombies who listen to weird music and are super dirty, so when Steve goes missing nobody in the Manor is that worried except for Eye-Gore who thinks Steve has been zombie-napped.

Other Books in the Monster Manor Series:
#1 Von Skalpel's Experiment
#2 Frankie Rocks the House
#3 Beatrice Spells
#4 Wolfman Stu Bites Back
#5 Horror Gets Slimed
#6 Count Snobula Vamps it Up
#7 Sally Gets Silly
#8 Runaway Zombie

Secrets of Droon - Magic Escapes

by Tony Abbott

call number:  JF ABBOTT T.

Magic is on the move... into the real world. As Eric and his friends venture beyond the jeweled door and down the dark stairway, they enter a whole new chapter in their Droon adventures. They enter the "Upper World" -- our world.  For the first time ever, the magical world of Droon is expanding into the real world. Wizards, goblins, and all kinds of magical mischief are in store -- and this time, it's not just a wonder of Droon. It's a reality.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis

call number:  JF Lewis C.

Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.


Other books in the Chronicles of Narnia Series:

Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle