Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, By John Grisham

Theo Boone was 13 years old, and his parents were both lawyers.  Theo wanted to be a lawyer too.  A criminal lawyer, to be exact.  Theo knew more about law than some lawyers. 

One day a man was caught and blamed for murdering his wife.  It was the biggest trial in the history of Theo's city, and Theo knows the truth about it.  One of his friends witnessed the murder, and has proof of it too.  But his friend is an illegal immagrant.  Theo doesn't want his friend to get sent to jail.  But he can't let an innocent man walk free!  Theo has to find a way to reveal the truth to the public!

White Fang, by Jack London

White Fang was a wolf born in the wild.  Indians found him when he was a puppy and made him into a sled dog.  White Fang was loyal to his owner, Grey Beaver, but he did not love him.  One day, Grey Beaver took White Fang with him while he sold furs.  While Grey Beaver was selling furs, he met a man who wanted to buy White Fang.  So he sold White Fang to the man.  White Fang hated the man. (His name was Beauty Smith.)  Beauty Smith made White Fang fight other dogs.  This made White Fang hate all humans.  Then, a man came.  His name was Scott.  Scott bought White Fang from Beauty Smith.  Scott won over White Fangs trust, and White Fang loved Scott.  White Fang was happy.

Legend of Luke by Brian Jacques

Once there was a place called Redwall. It was an abbey with mice, hedgehogs, moles, and badgers.

One mouse in particular was a warrior. His name was Martin. All the creatures at Redwall looked up to him. But Martin had troubles. He wanted to know about his father, Luke, who had left Martin when he was very young.

So Martin went on a journey with his friends, Gonff the mouse, Trimp the hedgehog, and Dinny the mole. They met some of Lukes old friends, Vurg and Beau. Vurg and Beau told Martin about Luke.They told him how Luke was captured by vermin and made a slave. They told him how Luke sacrificed his life to kill the vermin...

Martin was sad, but he was also happy because he knew about his dad.

The Magic Bicycle by John Bibee

John Kramar's parents died in a tornado. John had to go live with his aunt and uncle. While there, he finds an old bicycle that can do strange things. It can even fly! But his aunt and uncle don't believe him, even after he rescued a bunch of stolen bicycles with it! John Kramar finds out that there is a deeper world, with evil things in it. He has to rescue his family from the deeper world, before it's to late!

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

Tuck Everlasting is about a family who's last name was Tuck. They found a spring of water that made them live forever. They couldn't be killed by anything. One day, a girl named Winny Foster found the spring. But a boy from the Tuck family stopped her from drinking it, and took her to his house. The Tuck family explained to her about the spring, and told her that they regretted it. They told her that she should never drink it. Winny became very good friends with the Tucks, and helped them in a time of need.

The Fairy Tale Detectives By Michael Buckley

Sabrina and Daphne Grimm had been in an orphanage for about six months. One day, someone told them that their grandmother had been found, and they went to live with her. When they went to live with their Granny,they thought she was crazy because she told them fairy tales were real. But they have no choice but to believe her when she gets captured by a giant. Sabrina and Daphne try to come up with a plan to save their grandma. Along the way, they meet a boy named Puck. He was a fairy tale character from A Midsummers Night Dream. He tries to help Sabrina and Daphne find their grandma. Their's only one way to stop the giant, so Sabrina, Daphne and Puck get Jack the Giant Killer. Jack agrees to help them, but he just wants to do it for fame. Once the grandma is saved, Jack unleashed a lot of giants, so he could kill them and be famous. But the giants end up taking him to the giant kingdom. Sabrina, Daphne and their granny go home. But that is only the beggining of their adventures.

Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge

Hans Brinker lived in holland with his sister, Gretel, and his mother. His father had fallen off the dikes and become mad. Hans's mother took care of Hans's father, but couldn't do it very well because their family was poor. They were so poor that Hans and Gretel had to wear wooden skates. Holland was covered with ice, so skating was like walking there. One day, someone anounced that there was to be a great skating race.

Hans and Gretel were very good skaters, but the wooden skates slowed them down. They couldn't join the race. But then a girl felt sorry for them, and gave Hans and Gretel money to pay for skates. Gretel bought her skates. Hans met a doctor on his way to buy skates. He wanted to pay the doctor his money, so that the doctor would help his father. But the doctor said he would do it for free. So Hans got his skates. When the doctor came he healed Hans's father. Hans's mother got him to tell her where he buried a lot of money. They found it and became rich. Hans and Gretel joined the race and Gretel won the silver skates which was the prize.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are girls who live with their mother. They are poor, but very happy. But Jo notices that their rich neighbor isn't happy. He is a boy Jo's age. Jo wants to make friends. Soon, they become best friends. Jo's family goes to visit Laurie [the boy] a lot. Meg visits so much that she falls in love with Laurie's tutor, John Brooke. John is kind to Meg's family, and helps their father get back from the war. Meanwhile, Beth gets sick with the scarlet fever. Amy is going around the world with her rich aunt. Beth recovers from scarlet fever, but she is still weak. Jo starts to think that Laurie is falling in love with her. She likes him, but not that much, so Jo leaves. While she is gone, she falls in love with a proffesor. When Jo goes back home, she finds that Beth is getting weaker and weaker. Jo nurses her as well as she can, but Beth dies before Amy gets back from her tour around the world. Laurie asks Jo to marry him. Jo says no, so Laurie goes and marries Amy. The proffesor comes to Jo's house and they get married. All the little girls had finally turned into little women.

Wolves of the Beyond, Lone Wolf, by Kathryn Lasky

The wolves of the Macduncan clan have many rules. One of them is that if any pup is born deformed, it had to be abandoned, and the pack would move on. If the abandoned pup somehow survived, then it would be taken in to the pack as a gnaw wolf, whose job is to chew stories in bones, like a recorder for wolves.

One wolf in the Macduncan clan was about to have pups. She knew that one of her pups would be deformed, so she left the pack in hopes that no one would find her and take away her pup away. But one wolf who was the best tracker followed her trail and took away the pup with the splayed paw. The pup was abandoned.

A bear who had recently lost a cub found the pup. She adopted him and named him Faolan. Faolan called her Thunderheart. Thunderheart taught Faolan how to walk on his hind legs and jump very high. She made him use his splayed paw the most, and soon it was as strong as all the rest of his paws.

Soon it was time for hibernating. Thunderheart explained it to Faolan and told him that could leave the cave when ever he wanted. During Thunderheart's hibernation Faolan left the cave many times to go hunting. One day Faolan went farther then usual. Thunderheart woke up and couldn't find him. So she left the cave to try and find him.

When Faolan came back, Thunderheart was gone. He went far and wide, searching for her until he found her skeleton. Faolan was heart broken! He howled and howled, and when he did other wolves howled back. They were calling him, and Faolan knew it was time to go back.

The Fledgling, by Jane Langton

Georgie was just about the most unusual girl. She thought she could fly and she was probably the skinniest person in the world. But Georgie knew she could fly. She had done it it before. She had floated down the stairs in two graceful steps. Eleanor and Eddy (Georgie's cousins) thought that she would kill herself if she tried to fly down the stairs again. Georgie always ended up crashing. "She really thinks she can fly," Aunt Alex said. "Maybe she can," Uncle Fred said. "She's such a skinny little thing."

Georgie sat on the porch, reading. When some geese came flying over, Georgie looked up. "The swans!" Georgie said. The swans were not white, like the ones in her book. They were white, and grey, and black. The biggest swan was coming down, but Uncle Fred came outside and scared him away. Georgie was sure the big swan wanted to teach her to fly. When she found out that they were geese not swans, she called him the goose prince.

One day Georgie went on a walk, to see if she could find the goose prince. She was just about to cross the street when a man (Ralph Preek) drove up. Ralph Preek saw the goose prince come flying to Georgie, and he thought the goose was attacking her. He scared the goose prince away and drove Georgie home. Then the goose prince only came at night, and he taught Georgie how to fly. But hunting season is coming, and Ralph Preek will stop at nothing to kill Georgie's beloved goose prince.

Saint Dominic by Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Dominic was a holy priest. When heritics came, Dominic went to help. But Dominic didn't get any converts. He went to see some priests. Dominic told them that they needed women helpers. One day Dominic was preaching to nine women. The nine women didn't believe in God. Then they saw a demon coming, and they got really scared. Dominic said "Begone satan. In the name of the Lord!". Then the demon disapeared. The nine women converted. Dominic made them into nine women helpers. Then Dominic got permission to start a group of priests. A lot of men wanted to do it. One day Dominic saw a young man on his way to the Holy Land. Dominic knew that the man wanted to join the group. When the man joined, he became very sick. He was about to die when the Virgin Mary came and healed him. When Mary healed the man, she also gave the group a new part of their habit, the scapular. Everyone wore it as the holiest part of their habit. Soon Dominic grew very ill. He entered heaven at the age of 53. Since then his group has been called the Dominicans.

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, by Brian Jacques

Do you like the Redwall series? Then you will like this book. Brian Jacques' first book of his second series, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.

The crew of the Flying Dutchman had captured a young mute boy. They called him Neb and they treated him as a slave. One day Neb found a dog. The crew didn't know about the dog so Neb kept it a secret. The dog stayed a secret until one of the pirates tried to hurt Neb. The dog jumped out and bit the pirate. One day the captain of the Flying Dutchman got so angry that he cursed God. An angel came and put a curse on the crew. The Flying Dutchman had to sail on the sea eternally. Neb and his dog only had part of the curse. They had to live forever! When Neb finally got on land he found out that the dog and him can communicate with their thoughts. He also found out that he wasn't mute any more. He could talk! Neb changed his name to Ben and called the dog Ned. Ben and Ned have to travel from place to place so that no one knows that they live forever.