• The Ranger's Apprentice Series, by John Flanagan
  When 15-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger. Book One: The Ruins of Gorlan
• The Winning Season Series, by Rich Wallace
  After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson City, NJ, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for being small and inexperienced. Book One: The Roar of the Crowd
• Tal, His Marvelous Adventures with Noom Zor Noom, by Paul Fennimore Cooper
  The story of Tal, a little orphan, and the adventures that befell him on the amazing journey to the land of Troom. His companions were the wise old man Noom-Zor-Noom and the talking donkey Milltinkle.

• Guardians of Ga'hoole Series, by Kathryn Lasky
  When Soren, a barn owl, arrives at St. Aggie's, a school for orphaned owls, he suspects trouble and with his new friend, a clever elf owl named Gylfie, embarks on a perilous journey to save all owls from the danger at St. Aggie's. Book One: The Capture
• Pendragon Series, by D. J. MacHale
  Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal 14-year-old boy. There is something very special about Bobby. He is going to save the world. ...Before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution. Book One: The Merchant of Death
• Tale of Desperaux, by Kate DeCamillo
  The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

• Matilda, by Roald Dahl
  Child genius, Matilda, applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
• American Girl Series, Various Authors
  There are over 100 books in this series portraying girls' lives throughout periods of American History.

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