Roof Toppers by Katherine Rundell
My mother is still alive, and she is going to come for me one day. Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck which left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help. Her guardian tells her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive, but that means still possible. You should never ignore a possible. So when the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage, she takes matters into her own hands and flees to Paris to look for her mother, starting with the only clue she has – the address of the cello maker. Evading the French authorities, she meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers – urchins who live in the sky. Together they scour the city for Sophie’s mother before she is caught and sent back to London, and most importantly before she loses hope
Dunger by Joy Cowley
“William and Melissa have been roped into helping their old hippie grandparents fix up their holiday home in the middle of the Sounds. They’ll have no electricity, no cellphone reception and only each other for company. As far as they are concerned this is not a holiday.”–Back cover.
Sammy Keyes and the Killer Cruise by Wendelin Van Draanen
“Teen sleuth Sammy Keyes solves a classic locked-room mystery aboard a cruise ship”–Provided by publisher.
I Funny: a Middle School Story by James Patterson
Hi, I’m Jamie Grimm – and I want to make you laugh! Do zombies eat doughnuts with their fingers? What do you get when you cross a parrot and a shark? What do mallards wear at a wedding? To find out the punchlines to these jokes and TONS of others, listen on! You’ll hear the story of my insanely un-funny stepfamily, my mostly funny friends, an amazing person called Cool Girl, and the school bully, who happens to live in the same house as me – plus a secret I’m not exactly ready to tell you yet. But I will tell you that I’m on an unforgettable mission to win the Planet’s Funniest Kid Comic Contest.
The Only Child Club by Anne Fine
Ryan has no brothers or sisters so he invites Tasha and Oliver to join his special new club. Now he can find out what it’s like not to be an only child. Will it be better? Or worse? -Back cover
