- Zoobreak, Gordon Korman
- What came from the stars, Gary D. Schmidt
- About average, Andrew Clements
- Diary of a wimpy kid, Jeff Kinney
- Fenway fever, John H. Ritter
- The year the swallows came early, Kathryn Fitzmaurice
- The Saturday big tent wedding party, Alexander McCall Smith
- Encyclopedia Brown, super sleuth, Donald J. Sobol
- Thursdays with the crown, Jessica Day George
- Shots fired, stories from Joe Pickett Country, C.J. Box
- Breaking Stalin's nose, Eugene Yelchin