Books By Genre

What are you in the mood for? Check out the categories below to find your next great read.

Realistic fiction 

The truth about forever by Sharon Dressen  (FIC DRE)

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass (FIC MAS)

After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick (FIC SON)

Agnes Parker – Keeping Cool in Middle School by Kathleen O’Dell (FIC O’D)

As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins (FIC PER)

Eggs by Jerry Spinelli (FIC SPI)

OK For Now by Gary D. Schmidt (FIC SCH)

Mystery 

Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn  (FIC HAH)

Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams (FIC ABR)

Death Cloud: Sherlock Holmes, the legend begins by Andrew Lane (FIC LAN)

The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (FSPR)

Acceleration by Graham McNamee (FIC MCN)

Theodore Boone – Kid Lawyer by John Grisham (FIC GRI)

The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby (FIC RUB)

Action/Adventure

Phoenix Rising by Bryony Pearce (FIC PEA)

Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal (FIC HAN)

The Inquisitor’s Tale: Three magic children and their holy dog by Adam Gidwitz (FIC GID)

Unbroken: a WWII story of survival, resilience and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (940.54 HIL)

Adventures of Tintin by Alexander Irvine (FIC IRV)
Northward to the Moon by Polly Horvath (FIC HOR)

Fantasy 

Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh (FIC WAL)

Alchemist by Micheal Scott (FIC SCO)

Impyrium by Henry H. Neff (FIC NEF)

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (FIC DUP)

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (FIC FUN)

The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (FIC PUL)

The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer (FIC FAR)

Humor 

Away Laughing on a fast camel by Louise Rennison (FIC REN)

The Schernoff Discoveries by Gary Paulsen (FIC PAU)

The Million Dollar Strike by Dan Gutman (FIC GUT)

Never Mind! By Avi  (FIC AVI)

They Shoot Canoes, Don’t They? By Patrick McManus (796.5 MCM)

The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck (FIC PEC)

Fairy Tales 

The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Block (FIC BLO)

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (FIC HAL)

Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris (FIC FER)

The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker (FIC BAK)

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (FIC WRE)

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamilla (FIC DIC)

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine (FIC LEV)

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman (FIC SHU)

Sports  

Travel Team  By Mike Lupica (FIC LUP)

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen (FIC VAN)

Baseball Crazy by Nancy Mercado (FIC BAS)

The Playbook by Kwame Alexander (796.01 ALE)

Football Genius by Tim Green (FIC GRE)

Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (FIC MUR)

Fantasy League by Mike Lupica (FIC LUP)

Soccer Chicks Rule by Dawn FitzGerald (FIC FIT)

Soccerland by Beth Choat (FIC CHO)

Historical Fiction

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (FIC SPI)

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (FIC HES)

Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine (FIC LEV)

The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts by Avi (FIC AVI)

A Boy at War by Harry Mazer (FIC MAZ)

Deadly by Julie Chibbaro (FIC CHI)

Jump the Sky by Shelley Pearsall (FIC PEA)