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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Les Misérables	Victor Hugo	In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective…	OL1063588W
The tale of Johnny Town-Mouse	Wendy Rasmussen,Beatrix Potter,H.Y. Xiao PhD	When the country mouse and the town mouse visit each other, they each conclude that there is no place like home	OL108764W
Great Expectations [adaptation]	Monica Kulling	After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving.	OL109050W
The Dive Trilogy	Gordon Korman	4 divers … 1 sunken treasure … 1 incredible challenge. Kaz, Dante, Adriana, and Star aren’t the best divers in the world, but they’ve been chosen to spend the summer exploring the depths of the se…	OL109574W
Julie of the Wolves	Jean Craighead George	Miyax, like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives or dies. At 13, an orphan, and unhappily married, Miyax runs away from her husband's parents' home,…	OL111833W
Whales on stilts	M. T. Anderson	Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.	OL112042W
Me and my million	Clive King	When Ringo, a young Londoner, finds himself in sudden possession of a stolen painting worth a million pounds, his life turns into a series of wild adventures.	OL11273583W
Chancy and the grand rascal	Sid Fleischman	Skinny Chancy and his newly found friend, the great rascal, enjoy humorous escapades as they travel by their wits up and across the Midwest in search of Chancy's family.	OL11385773W
Chancy and the grand rascal	Sid Fleischman	Skinny Chancy and his newly found friend, the great rascal, enjoy humorous escapades as they travel by their wits up and across the Midwest in search of Chancy's family.	OL114712W
Dragon road	Laurence Yep	In 1939, unable to find regular jobs because of the Great Depression, long-time friends Cal Chin and Barney Young tour the country as members of a Chinese American basketball team.	OL11538573W
The wreckers	Iain Lawrence	Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded.	OL116318W
What the grizzly knows	David Elliott	When night falls magical things begin to happen to Teddy, taking the reader on an adventure around the countryside and seeing the world through the senses of a bear.	OL11815082W
Goblins!	Royce Buckingham	Sneaking out into the woods near the Canadian border, Sam and PJ come across what looks like a mutant gorilla with a bad attitude. But its no ape its a goblin, and thousands more of them live under t…	OL11876591W
Horses' night out	Sibley Miller	When Sirocco leads the tiny, winged filies on a nighttime adventure, he discovers that he is afraid of the dark, as well as that their human friend, Leanna, needs a "sleep buddy."	OL11952260W
Death by denim	Linda C. Gerber	Aphra Connolly is being chased by some very dangerous people. She knows her survival depends upon staying far away from love interest Seth, and listening to her moms lectures on the finer points of a…	OL12026658W
Fast food fight	Alexa Rose	Misty (Mary-Kate) and Amber (Ashley) must find the real reason that the new restaurant Quick Food is so popular. Are the two brothers who own it up to something?	OL12285965W
The remarkable and very true story of Lucy and Snowcap	H. M. Bouwman	In 1788, thirteen years after English convicts are shipwrecked on the magical islands of Tathenland, two twelve-year-old girls, one a native Colay, the other the child-governor of the English, set ou…	OL12446654W
The Master of Shadows	Bannister.	After discovering that Grandpa Gabe has sealed the passageways between worlds, Max, Rebecca, Theo, and Noah must confront the Master of Shadows himself to find another way home.	OL13623309W
Walkabout	Gillian Porter Ladousse,James Vance Marshall,Jim Alderson	Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian desert. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them …	OL1396636W
Hot Iron	Michael Burgan	Twelve-year-old Charlie O’Leary signs aboard the USS Varuna to fight the Confederate Navy. Will his ship survive the awesome Battle of New Orleans?	OL14574W