Winner's Walk by Nancy Ruth Patterson

Case Callahan is part of a family of winners. His mother is a stage actor, his dad is a champion horse trainer, and his sister is a star swimmer. There is nothing he can do to keep up with the rest of his family and he is determined to find something wonderful he can do. He tries all sort of things and doesn't succeed until he finds a lost dog. Noah is a special dog and can do a lot of things dogs don't normally do. Case quickly finds a way to become a winner while finding some special friends along the way.

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Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Roxie Warbler is prepared for any problem or catastrophe. She can survive anything, and this is all thanks to her uncle's book, Lord Thistlebottom's Book of Pitfalls and How to Survive Them. You may think that you would never need to know these things, but knowing them helped save Roxie's life.

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Room One: a Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements

Ted Hammond is a fifth grader in a one room school. He lives in a small town with not very many kids and there is danger of the school closing. On top of this, Ted sees that someone is living in an empty house and he gets to work trying to solve this mystery.

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Pompeii: Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne

In AD 79, there was a huge volcanic explosion and the Roman city of Pompeii was covered and lost for many centuries. This book tells about the people that lived and died during the explosion and what they went through.

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Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo

Edward Tulane is a three foot tall china rabbit and belongs to a little girl named Abilene. Traveling on a ship with Abilene, Edward is accidentally thrown overboard and lost. From the ocean, Edward travels to many places and has many adventures. Through these adventures, Edward begins to learn more and more about himself and become more thoughtful to the world around him.

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Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt

Jack Plank was tired of his life as a pirate and wanted a change. He found a town and a house and, with the help of his friends at his boardinghouse, tried to find his next job. Each job he tries he can't do because of something that happened at one time with one of his pirate friends. Each chapter has a different job and a different crazy tale.

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How To Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor

Georgina Hayes really wants to help her mom out with her money problems. When she sees a poster for a missing dog with a reward for five hundred dollars, she gets a brilliant idea. All she needs to do is find the right dog and "borrow" it. Surely the owner would offer an award for its return...

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How To Save Your Tail by Mary Elizabeth Hanson

The story begins with Bob, the rat being caught by two of the queen's cats. As he is about to be eaten, Bob saves himself for the moment by mentioning fresh-baked cookies and telling a story about one of his family members. And so it goes, the cookies and the stories keep him alive and the reader will be able to relate each story to different fairy tales that have been told throughout time.

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The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman

When four fifth-grade students are grouped together in their classroom, they form an unusual bond when one boy creates a computer program that can complete homework assignments. The book is told from the point of view of each student about everything that happened from the beginning until when they finally got caught.

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Gossamer by Lois Lowry

A new dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from his nightmares that come from an abusive past. Meanwhile, the dream giver is learning about the rules of giving dreams and tries to stay with her boundaries without getting into too much trouble.

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Free Baseball by Sue Corbett

Felix loves baseball and lives each day for more. The answer to his dreams comes when he becomes a bat boy for a minor league baseball team. While working as a bat boy, Felix learns some hard things about his absent father who is a famous Cuban baseball player and it really forces him to grow up.

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Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

Set in 1971, Frannie is eleven years old and lives with her parents and older brother who is deaf. When there is a new student into their sixth grade class, Frannie's classmates are not welcoming at all. Frannie begins to really think about an Emily Dickinson poem they are learning about in class and how it can relate to her life and the lives of others around her.

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Earth Dragon Awakes, The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 by Laurence Yep

After the massive earthquake, Chin and Henry and their families are lucky to be safe and well. The problem now is to escape the fires that have broken out and find their way to safety. How do they decide what to take with them and what stays?

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Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard

Drita is a refugee from war-torn Kosovo, and the new girl in school. Maxie makes fun of Drita and their teacher partners them together to work on a research project studying Drita and her country. The girls quickly learn they have more in common than they thought and discover many things they would not normally have learned.

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Dexter, the Tough by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Dexter's father has cancer, and while his parents visit Seattle in hopes of finding a cure, Dexter is sent to live with his Grandmother in Kentucky. Dexter puts on a brave front, but ends up acting out at school and getting into some trouble. Luckily, Dexter has a good teacher who helps him through his problems and Dexter finds a friend along the way.

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Curse of the Bologna Sandwich by Greg Trine

Melvin Beederman will probably always have a weakness for bologna even though he graduated at the top of his class at the Superhero Academy. Find out if this will be his downfall!

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Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

Clementine is a third grader who tackles problems in life very creatively. When her fourth-grade neighbor Margaret gets glue in her hair, Clementine decides to help Margaret out in a way that is sure to cause many giggles in children and cause a lot of frustration in adults, especially Margaret's mother!

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Bringing Ezra Back by Cynthia DeFelice

This is the sequal to the book, Weasel, and in it twelve-year-old Nathan discovers what has happened to their old friend Ezra and believes he is in danger. After all Ezra did to save Nathan's life when it was in trouble, Nathan decides that it is his turn to help their old friend. He leaves his father and sister to travel west following signs for a traveling freak show that he believes Ezra is involved with.

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Big One-oh by Dean L. Pitchford

Charley Maplewood is going to be ten soon and after recieving a birthday card from his father he decides to plan his own birthday party. He decides to have the theme "House of Horrors" and it doesn't exactly turn out the way he plans. If you have read this book, let me know what you thought of it. Who was your favorite character and why? What was your favorite part? Would you recommend this book to a friend?