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Baer, Judy - New Girl in Town (141 pages) - First of the Cedar River Daydreams series. At Cedar River High there's the Hi Five, a group of "in" girls, which the new girl would love to join. But she discovers their standards exclude anyone with "imperfections" like a handicapped brother.

Blackwell, Lawana - The Maiden of Mayfair (409 pages) - First of the Tales of London series. In 1871, an orphanage in the slums of London is the only home thirteen-year-old Sarah Matthews has ever known. Her whole world is turned upside-down when an embittered widow, Dorthia Blake, seeks her out as a live-in companion. But Blake has reasons for adopting Sarah beyond what others know.

Carlson, Melody - On Hope's Wings (188 pages) - First of the Allison Chronicles. Her mother, a popular movie star neglects Allison O'Brien, and she knows nothing at all about her father. Then, in the summer of 1948, Allison is told she must attend summer camp while her mother is out of the country. Allison devises a plan to escape to New York City and wait out the summer in her mother's now-empty penthouse. But long-lost letter sets Allison on a quest to find the love of a family she has always dreamed about.

Gunn, Robin Jones - Summer Promise (171 pages) - First of the Christy Miller series. When fourteen-year-old Christy Miller goes to spend the summer at her wealthy aunt and uncle's beach house in Newport, California, she realizes that it could be the best vacation of her life. But Christy also discovers that the season holds heartache, after a friend dies in a drug-related surfing accident.

Jenkins, Jerry - The Vanishings (148 pages) - The first of the Left Behind: Kids series. After the Rapture, Judd Thompson, Vicki Byrne, Lionel Washington, and Ryan Daley find their way to the New Hope Community Church, where they meet Bruce Barnes, who enlightens them as to the significance of the event.

LaHaye, Timothy - Left Behind (468 pages) - The first of the Left Behind series. In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.

Levitin, Sonia - Escape from Egypt (267 pages) - When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat.

Marshall, Catherine -
Christy (496 pages) - Story of a nineteen-year-old girl who goes to the Smoky Mountains to teach school.

McDaniel, Lurlene - Angel of Hope (226 pages) - After her older sister Heather returns from doing medical missionary work in Uganda, seventeen-year-old Amber feels ignored and confused about her own future and decides to go back to Africa in Heather's place.

Moody, Bill - Sound of the Trumpet (316 pages) - First of the Liberty Bell series. Evan Horne is called to Las Vegas to authenticate some recordings believed to be the lost tapes of the late Clifford Brown, a jazz trumpet legend. If the tapes are genuine, they're worth a fortune. When a murder interrupts his listening session, Horne enters the tangled, deadly web of a killer's obsession with music and murder.

Morris, Gilbert - The Spell of the Crystal Chair (175 pages) - First of the Seven Sleepers the Lost Chronicles. The Seven Sleepers are sent to foil the Dark Lord in Whiteland where they must destroy a special chair deep inside the wizard's palace.

Myers, Bill - The Society (150 pages) - The first of the Forbidden Doors series. Ouija boards, amulets, charm pouches...Just kid's stuff, right? At least, that's what Rebecca and Scott think when they first move to Crescent Bay. Then they run into the Society, a select group of students who practice occult rituals using these objects.

Peretti, Frank E. - Hangman's Curse (281 pages) - When several students at Baker High School are stricken by an alleged curse of the school's ghost, Elijah and Elisha Springfield and their parents, undercover investigators, are sent to uncover the truth behind the events.

Peretti, Frank E. - This Present Darkness (375 pages) - Ashton is just a typical small town. But when a skeptical reporter and a pastor begin to compare notes, they suddenly find themselves fighting a hideous plot to subjugate the townspeopleóand eventually the entire human race.

Roberts, Laura Peyton - Get a Life (230 pages) - The first of the Clearwater Crossing series. Kurt Englbehrt, a linebacker on the Clearwater Crossing High football team, has been diagnosed with leukemia. To help raise money for medical bills, the students at CCHS are putting on a carnival. Jenna Conrad and her best friend, Peter Altmann, form an unexpectedly tight group with the other volunteers and the carnival is a wonderful success.

Rue, Nancy - Don't Count of the Homecoming Queen (213 pages) - First of the Raise the Flag series. As junior class president, Judicial Board member, cross-country team member, and speech club star, Tobey has gained a lot of friends on campus. But when she confronts the school's most popular coach about a very sensitive issue, Tobey is faced with a test of faith unlike any she has experienced beforeóand discovers a whole new, definition for the word "friend."

Rushford, Patricia - Too Many Secrets (172 pages) - The first of the Jennie McGrady mysteries. Jennie's summer seems perfect until her grandmother disappears with a million dollars in stolen diamonds.

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