A Wizard from the Start: The Incredible Boyhood & Amazing Inventions of Thomas Edison by Don Brown

Introduces young readers to the life and inventions of Thomas Edison.
Recommended for grades K-3

Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland

In a small New Jersey beach town, twelve-year-old Polly Madassa, who speaks like a character in her two favorite novels, "Pride and Prejudice" and "Anne of Green Gables," spends the summer making deliveries for her parents' bakery and playing matchmaker, with disastrous results.
Recommended for 5th grade and up

Incarceron by Caroline Fisher

To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.
Recommended for 5th grade and up

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970's television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

(Recommended for grades 4-6)

Daisy Dawson Is on Her Way! by Steve Voake

Every morning, Daisy the daydreamer swings down the lane to Nettlegreen Elementary School, saying hello to the animals she meets along the way. Then one morning, a brush with a butterfly gives Daisy an extraordinary gift. Imagine her surprise when those same animals start talking back!

(Recommended for ages 6-9)

The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill

Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a step-by-step production plan with help from his good friend Kate MacKinstrey. By the time he reaches the eighth grade, Rufus makes more than a gallon- he makes a million!

(Recommended for third-fifth grade)

Three Cups of Tea adapted by Sarah Thomson

This Young Reader's Edition of Greg Mortenson's book is  an updated account of his mission to promote peace by building more than sixty schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan . It includes brand new maps and illustrations, as well as a special afterwards by Mortenson's daughter, Amira ( who is twelve years old). She has traveled with her father as an advocate for the Pennies for Peace program for children.

Recommended for grades 5 and above.