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I, Coriander --by Sally Gardner	Click for more info
Coriander Hobie, born in 1643, has a remarkable tale to tell -- the tale of a childhood touched by unexplained bits of wonder, but too soon marked by tragedy. After her beloved mother dies and her father is forced to flee London, Coriander is left at the mercy of a stepmother full of cruelty. In the very nick of time, Coriander finds that she has somehow managed to transport herself to a land of fairies, and there she discovers what she has always suspected: that her mother was from a more magical world than grimy old London. And that she herself has inherited some of her mother\'s mysterious abilities -- abilities that she now has a desperate need to master. Be prepared to be swept away by atmospheric writing that casts a lasting spell. Sally Gardner\'s prose is exquisitely beautiful and her story and characters enthralling. She has written a rare and glorious book. Ages 9 to 12. --©Amazon.com

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Lily\'s Ghosts --by Laura Ruby	$Lily\'s Ghosts$ Click for more info
A sinister old house, an intriguing new friend, a fifty-year-old mystery, and a tag-team of disgruntled ghosts force thirteen-year-old Lily to unearth her family\'s deepest secrets in this multilayered tale that\'s both hilarious and harrowing, comic and creepy. Ages 9 to 12. --©Amazon.com

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The Stones of Mourning Creek --by Diane Les Becquets	Click for more info
At first, 14-year-old Francie Grove trusts the sheriff\'s report: her mother\'s death was accidental. Her father, more lost in drink than ever, is keeping his suspicions to himself. Francie gets through her grief alone by taking walks down at the local creek. A nearly fatal encounter with a cottonmouth snake takes Francie into the healing home of Ruthie Taylor, a black girl she has never met because the town of Spring Gap is almost totally segregated by race. Ruthie quickly becomes Francie\'s best friend and the Taylor family becomes her refuge. At the same time that Francie and Ruthie\'s friendship develops, a mystery begins to unfold around the death of Francie\'s mother. Clues suggest that she may have been murdered, and Ruthie unknowingly holds key information. In this lyrically written, dramatically charged novel, a determined heroine crosses racial divides to expose her town\'s deadliest secrets. Young Adult. --©Amazon.com

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The Haunting of Granite Falls --by Eva Ibbotson	Click for more info
American millionaire Hiram C. Hopgood will stop at nothing to make his daughter, Helen, happy -- even if it means buying her an ancient Scottish castle and shipping it back to Texas. Assembling the castle isn\'t a problem for the oil tycoon...it\'s the ghosts that worry him. Hopgood has made up his mind: the ghouls have got to go. But these spirits don\'t spook so easily. Instead, they make their way to America, where they meet up with a magical severed hand and three fiendish, cross-dressing kidnappers for a Texassized adventure with a ghostly Scottish flair. Ages 9 to 12. --©Amazon.com

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Elsewhere --by Gabrielle Zevin	Click for more info
Is it possible to grow up while getting younger? Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It\'s quiet and peaceful. You can\'t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere\'s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe\'s psychiatric practice. Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver\'s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she\'s dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn\'t want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned. Young Adult. --©Amazon.com

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