Danger on Thunder Mountain by Lee Roddy

Juvenile Fiction: JF Rod

Ruby antagonizes perhaps the only person with the clues to her father's whereabouts, and puts their lives at risk.

AR Points: 8.0

Reading Level: 6.4

Number of Pages: 176

Interest Level: Middle Grades

The Door in the Dragon's Throat by Frank E. Peretti

Juvenile Fiction: JF Per

An American archaeologist and his two children seek God's protections and guidance as they journey to the Near East in search of a buried biblical treasure which local residents believe is cursed.

AR Points: 6.0

Reading Level: 5.3

Number of Pages: 125

Interest Level: Middle Grades

The Hidden Message by Lois Walfrid Johnson

Juvenile Fiction: JF Joh

With their father gone, Kate and Anders must solve a mystery on the farm via clues found in Kate's organ.

AR Points: 7.0

Reading Level: 5.5

Number of Pages: 144

Interest Level: Middle Grades

Mandie and the Mysterious Fisherman by Lois Gladys Leppard

Juvenile Fiction: JF Lep

Mandie and her friends think they figured out the mystery of the stolen Belgian artwork.

AR Points: 6.0

Reading Level: 6.0

Number of Pages: 172

Interest Level: Middle Grades

Mandie and the Mysterious Bells by Lois Gladys Leppard

Juvenile Fiction: JF Lep

Midnight bell-ringings and cryptic writings on the church walls make the townspeople angry, and Mandie is determined to put a stop to it.

AR Points: 6.0

Reading Level: 6.1

Number of Pages: 160

Interest Level: Middle Grades

Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd by Mame Farrell

Juvenile Fiction: JF Far

Hannah's and Malcolm's families have always been friends and always joke about them being married someday. Malcolm is a nerd and Hannah is popular and would like to keep it that way.

AR Points: 4.0

Reading Level: 3.4

Number of Pages: 122

Interest Level: Middle Grades

Earthquake in the Third Grade by Laurie Myers

Juvenile Fiction: JF Mye

Just as the ants feel a jolt when John knocks over the ant farm, John and his third-grade classmates find their world turned upside down following the news of their beloved teacher's imminent departure.

AR Points: 1.0

Reading Level: 2.7

Number of Pages: 62

Interest Level: Middle Grades

Red Means Good Fortune: A Story of San Francisco's Chinatown by Barbara Diamond Goldin

Juvenile Fiction: JF Gol

Twelve-year-old Jim Mun, working for his father's laundry in San Francisco's Chinatown, is shocked to discover that one of his neighbors is a slave girl, forbidden to leave her house.

AR Points: 1.0

Reading Level: 4.1

Number of Pages: 52

Interest Level: Middle Grades

The School Mouse by Dick King-Smith

Juvenile Fiction: JF Kin

Flora, the world's most-educated mouse, saves her family during a crisis.

AR Points: 3.0

Reading Level: 5.0

Number of Pages: 124

Interest Level: Middle Grades

The Private Notebook of Katie Roberts by Amy Hest

Juvenile Fiction: JF Hes

In a series of journal entries and letters to a pen pal, Katie relates her feelings about her father's death in World War II, her mother's remarriage, and the family's move from New York City to Texas.

AR Points: 2.0

Readomg Level: 3.0

Number of Pages: 75

Interest Level: Middle Grades