These books are about relationships, self-confidence, friends, family, and seeing things a different way. Find them in J Fiction alphabetically by author. Click here for a print-friendly version of this list.
Anderson | Granted (Fairy Ophelia gets her first wish-granting assignment and discovers that the job of granting a human's wish is anything but easy. ) |
Applegate | The One and Only Ivan (When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant, he decides that he must find her a better life.) |
Blume | Blubber (Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it is like when she, too, becomes a target.) |
Brown | The Wild Robot (When robot Roz tries to care for an orphaned gosling, the other animals finally decide to help her.) |
Clements | A Week in the Woods (The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems out to get him.) |
Creech | Moo (Reena has recently moved to rural Maine where she unexpectedly forms a bond with a cow and her neighbor.) |
Curtis | Bud, Not Buddy (Bud sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father.) |
DiCamillo | Because of Winn-Dixie (India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog.) |
Donoghue | The Lotterys Plus One (Two couples won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them live together.) |
Fleischman | Seedfolks (People transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.) |
Fleming | Lowji Discovers America (An East Indian boy tries to adjust to his new life in suburban America.) |
Fletcher | Flying Solo (Rachel, having chosen to be mute following the sudden death of a classmate, and other sixth-graders decide not to report that the substitute teacher failed to show up.) |
Hanlon | Dory Fantasmagory (Dory is a girl with a very active imagination, and she spends the summer playing with her imaginary friend.) |
Konigsburg | The View from Saturday (Four students attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their class in the Academic Bowl competition.) |
Lin | The Year of the Dog (A young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.) |
Look | Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (A boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends.) |
Mass | Bob (Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature.) |
McDonald | Judy Moody Gets Famous (When a classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself.) |
Naylor | Shiloh (When he finds a lost beagle in the hills, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to mistreat his dogs.) |
Park | Project Mulberry (While working on a project, Julia and her friend learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more.) |
Paterson | The Great Gilly Hopkins (A foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.) |
Pennypacker | Pax (Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return Pax, his fox, to the wild.) |
Perkins | All Alone in the Universe (Debbie is dismayed when her best friend Maureen starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna.) |
Sachar | Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl? (After Casey tells him that if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl, Marvin experiments and finds himself very confused about his identity.) |
Spinelli | Fourth Grade Rats (Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You don't have to be a tough guy, a "rat," to be a grown-up fourth grader.) |
Warner | Dog Years (After his father is imprisoned, Case switches to a new school, where he makes some important discoveries about friendship and honesty.) |
Wiles | Each Little Bird That Sings (Comfort is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their southern town, but she is unprepared for the series of tragic events.) |
Wilson | The Worry Web Site (Mr. Speed creates a website on which his students can anonymously type their worries and get feedback from their classmates.) |
Last Updated: 1/19
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