Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things by Wendelin Van Draanen

Sammy Keyes is not looking forward to her summer vacation. Her two best friends are out of town, so she's just hanging out on her own. Her loneliness is probably what made her do something this dumb. She has signed up to go camping with the Girl Scouts! Sammy realizes her mistake too late, as she is traveling in a van out to the middle of nowhere. The purpose of the trip: to look for condors, a big, ugly bird that is almost extinct. Like Sammy cares. But as the trip progresses and a fellow camper gets lost, Sammy begins to see just how important that ugly bird is. A great adventure mystery.

Saving Grace by Priscilla Cummings

Setting: 1930s (The Great Depression) in Washington, D.C.

Grace's family has been through a lot in the past few years. Her father lost his job, they lost their home, and now the children are all being split up because they can no longer afford to stay together. Grace is sent to the children's mission, an orphanage that she hates. Then the Hammond family provides her with the opportunity to stay with them during the Christmas holidays. The Hammonds own a boarding house and they live a life that is beyond anything that Grace ever dreamed of. But things aren't always easy at the Hammond's. Grace misses her family and feels guilty that she has food, clothes and other luxuries while her parents suffer. Then Grace is offered the chance to stay with the Hammonds permanently, to be adopted. She must make a choice: the security of never going hungry, or the love of her real family. What would you do?

Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams

Echo Falls is your typical large town/ small city. It is quiet and people take care of their own. Until the day that Cracked Up Katie, a local character, is found murdered in her home. No one is more shocked by this news than Ingrid Levin-Hill. Ingrid had just seen Katie the day before, had even been in her house (although she really hoped that no one, especially her parents, found out about that), and she can't believe she is really dead. Then comes the realization that she might be labeled as a suspect, or at the very least, a witness to the murder. The problem is that Ingrid accidentally left her very distinctive red soccer shoes at Katie's house. If the police find those shoes, they will want to talk to Ingrid. That would mean that her parents will find out that she was where she shouldn't be. The only solution is to get those shoes back, even if it means really breaking the law.

Hoot by Carl Hiassen

Roy is the new kid in town and he really doesn't like Florida. The weather never changes and there is not one hill in sight. He hasn't made any friends, but he has made a huge enemy. Dana Matherson is the bus bully who has no problem pounding on Roy every time he has the chance. Then one day, something out of the ordinary happens. As Roy is looking out the window one day, he sees a barefoot teenage boy run past. When Roy asks around about the boy, he draws the attention of Beatrice Leap, who tells him to stop asking or else. And she means it. But Roy doesn't let it drop and becomes involved in an adventure about a runaway, his family, bullies, the cops, and owls.

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

Caitlin and her family are shocked and devastated when her older sister, Cass, leaves home one day with no notice. Caitlin always thought that Cass's life was perfect and she thrived on being the center of her parents' world. But apparently the pressure to be perfect got to be too much for Cass and she ran. Now their mother has turned her full attention on Caitlin. Caitlin always flew beneath the radar before, but now her mother is obsessed with cheer leading and school for Caitlin. As Caitlin begins to understand why her sister chose to leave, she develops a relationship with a boy that could lead to big trouble. Will Caitlin follow her sister's footsteps or will she create her own path?

My Pants are Haunted! (Dear Dumb Diary, #2)

Jamie Kelly thinks her pants are haunted. What else can explain all of the strange things that have been happening. All the rest of her jeans suddenly have holes in the worst possible locations. She blames her dog, but maybe it's the haunted jeans. The most unpopular girl at school moved quickly up the ranks to sit at the cool kid table, pushing Jamie to the bottom fringes of popularity. Clearly the work of those jeans. What can Jamie do to stop the jeans before it's too late?

Artemis Fowl : The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl is in deep again. It has been three years since his last adventure. He had to do a memory wipe on his parents so they won't remember his strange disappearing and reappearing acts. But it seems that Artemis has caused his mother harm with his stolen magic. He has given her a deadly fairy virus. The only cure seems to come from an African lemur. However, the very lemur that Artemis needs has been killed off, and Artemis was the one who eliminated the species! Now, with the help of Holly Short, he must travel back in time to stop the lemur's death. But traveling back in time will put Artemis up against his greatest foe yet, a younger version of himself!