Readers' Advisory: 3rd - 5th

Set in Western Pennsylvania, 1944, the story centers on Annabelle and her relationships with family, friends, and acquaintances. Annabelle is struck by lightning on her way home from helping her teacher at school right after the summer has begun.

Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.

Esther's father has fled to Cuba, and she is the first one to join him. It's heartbreaking to be separated from her beloved sister, so Esther promises to write down everything that happens until they're reunited.

Two fifth grade girls--sworn enemies—are thrust into each other's lives when disaster strikes at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, near their homes in Priypat, Ukraine, in 1986.

Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him.

Jamila and Shirley, two unlikely friends who save each other's summers while solving their neighborhood's biggest mysteries. Jamila Waheed is staring down a lonely summer in a new neighborhood–until she meets Shirley Bones.

Tornado Brain focuses on the Frankie, a seventh grader who dislikes being touched, loud noises, and changes to her routine. This makes relationships hard, but when her former best friend goes missing, the strength of Frankie's character rises to the fore as she is determined to find her before it's too late.

Fourteen-year-old Enola, "born indecently late in Mother's life, a scandal, a burden, you see," attempts some detecting on her own when her mother goes missing and her elder brothers Sherlock and Mycroft plan to send her off to boarding school and write their mother off as a lost case.

Kingston's father was King Preston, one of the world's greatest magicians. Until one trick went wrong and he disappeared. Now that Kingston is back in Echo City, he's determined to find his father. Somehow, though, when his father disappeared, he took all of Echo City's magic with him.