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Ages 8-12 • Intermediate Independent Reads<br />
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116<br />
THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR<br />
Rosa Rita knows that her summer trip<br />
with Mrs. Zimmermann will be a dangerous<br />
adventure, but suspects nothing<br />
until they drive through a tunnel on the<br />
highway—into the snowbound winter of<br />
1828. Mrs. Zimmermann has returned<br />
to the past in order to regain her magical<br />
powers. But then she loses her memory,<br />
leaving them stranded in time.... “Careful<br />
plotting, fascinating details, and gripping<br />
suspense make this one of Bellairs’s<br />
best.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 176 pp. 1994<br />
978-0-14-034934-4 $5.99<br />
THE HOUSE WITH<br />
A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS<br />
Orphaned Lewis Barnavelt comes to live<br />
with his uncle Jonathan, and quickly<br />
learns that both his uncle and his nextdoor<br />
neighbor Mrs. Zimmermann<br />
are witches on a quest to discover the<br />
terrifying clock ticking within the walls<br />
of Jonathan’s house. “A spellbinding<br />
chiller.” —The New York Times<br />
Rec: BL, C, E, K, LC, NYC, NYT, PW, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 192 pp. 1993<br />
978-0-14-240257-3 $5.99<br />
THE LETTER, THE WITCH,<br />
AND THE RING<br />
Rosa Rita Pottinger is sure her summer<br />
is going to be a flop, until she and Mrs.<br />
Zimmermann, the canny witch next<br />
door, take a vacation trip that turns out<br />
to be anything but dull. “A remarkably<br />
well-wrought, suspenseful finale to a<br />
grand thriller threesome.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
Rec: BL, CR, E, K, PW, R, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 208 pp. 1993<br />
978-0-14-240261-0 $5.99<br />
THE SPECTER FROM THE<br />
MAGICIAN’S MUSEUM<br />
Written by Brad Strickland based on the<br />
characters created by John Bellairs<br />
“After Rose Rita Pottinger falls prey to<br />
a long-but-not-yet-permanently-dead<br />
adherent of an ancient Egyptian arachnid<br />
cult, nerdy Lewis Barnavelt enlists his<br />
sorcerous uncle Jonathan and similarly<br />
gifted neighbor Florence to rescue Rose<br />
Rita from the tomb in which she’s imprisoned....If<br />
Rose Rita’s slow, inexorable<br />
ensnarement doesn’t put readers on the<br />
edge of their seats, the climatic underground<br />
encounter certainly will.”<br />
—Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, V<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2001<br />
978-0-14-240264-1 $5.99<br />
BARRON, T. A.<br />
THE HERO’S TRAIL<br />
A Guide for A Heroic Life<br />
“In this affecting book, Barron, perhaps<br />
best known for his magical series about<br />
Merlin, compares life to a journey,<br />
explores the way heroes inspire and<br />
guide us along the way, and shows how<br />
to make life “a walk on the hero’s trail.”<br />
In eloquent, engaging prose that often<br />
directly addresses the reader, Barron<br />
defines the qualities of a hero by drawing<br />
on diverse, well-chosen examples from<br />
both history and myth—from ordinary<br />
kids to the likes of Prometheus, Harriet<br />
Tubman, and Stephen Hawking.”<br />
—BooklistH<br />
Rec: BLH, K, PW, SLJ, V<br />
5 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 2007<br />
978-0-14-240760-8 $6.99<br />
See index for more titles by T. A. Barron.<br />
BIRDSEYE, TOM<br />
ATTACK OF<br />
THE MUTANT UNDERWEAR<br />
“Birdseye uses the diary format to good<br />
advantage, showing in funny, first-person<br />
observations that boys have the same<br />
emotional ups and downs that girls<br />
do…The attention-attracting title and<br />
the great cover…add to the sense of silly,<br />
middle-grade fun.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 208 pp. 2006<br />
978-0-14-240734-9 $6.99<br />
JUST CALL ME STUPID<br />
Patrick Lowe can’t read. And he’s in the<br />
fifth grade. When he looks at the words<br />
on the page, he feels like he’s suffocating.<br />
The teachers don’t know what to<br />
do. The kids in his class tease him—until<br />
Celina moves in next door. She loves to<br />
read as much as Patrick likes to draw.<br />
Can he believe in himself the way Celina<br />
believes in him? “A dramatic and insightful<br />
novel.” —Publishers Weekly<br />
Rec: K, PW, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 192 pp. 1996<br />
978-0-14-037954-9 $5.99<br />
TARANTULA SHOES<br />
Ryan, the new kid in town, is determined<br />
to start sixth grade with the<br />
coolest high-tops ever—and he’s going<br />
to use his pet tarantula, Fang, to help<br />
him get them. “Birdseye hits adolescent<br />
concerns right on the mark, delivering<br />
his message with humor and empathy.”<br />
—Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 128 pp. 1996<br />
978-0-14-037955-6 $5.99<br />
BIRNEY, BETTY G.<br />
FRIENDSHIP ACCORDING<br />
TO HUMPHREY<br />
“The adorable and intelligent hamster<br />
introduced in The World According to<br />
Humphrey is dismayed to find that he<br />
shares his status as classroom pet with a<br />
frog. Try as he might, Humphrey cannot<br />
seem to make friends with Og…The<br />
theme of friendship is as pervasive as the<br />
title implies, making this chapter book a<br />
charming read-aloud.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, K, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 176 pp. 2006<br />
978-0-14-240633-5 $5.99<br />
THE WORLD ACCORDING<br />
TO HUMPHREY<br />
“Humphrey the hamster enjoys being<br />
Room 26’s classroom pet. He adores<br />
Ms. Mac, and every day brings new<br />
learning and experiences. Then Ms. Mac<br />
unexpectedly leaves; worse, returning<br />
teacher Mrs. Brisbane despises small<br />
furry creatures—leaving Humphrey both<br />
brokenhearted and worried about his<br />
future. Going home on weekends with<br />
school staff members and students helps,<br />
revealing diverse, often surprising stories<br />
and situations that allow both Humphrey<br />
and his human caretakers to learn<br />
from one another…” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, K, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 2005<br />
978-0-14-240352-5 $5.99<br />
BISHOP, CLAIRE HUCHET<br />
TWENTY AND TEN<br />
Illustrated by William Pene du Bois<br />
An exciting tale of courage and kindness,<br />
in which twenty French schoolchildren<br />
shelter ten Jewish children in Nazi-occupied<br />
France.<br />
Rec: BL, CE, E, H, HG, SLJH, W<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 96 pp. 1978<br />
978-0-14-031076-4 $5.99<br />
See index for more titles by Claire Huchet Bishop.<br />
See index for more titles by William Pène du Bois.