RIF's 2007 Summer Booklist

Adventure       ·       Fantasy       ·       Humor       ·       Mystery

  Adventure

Ages 6-8

• The Amazing Odorous Adventures of Stinky Dog by James Howe
• Free Fall by David Wiesner

Ages 9-12

• Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Mally, et. al.
• Otto Undercover: Born to Drive by Rhea Perlman
• The Adventures of Pirate Emma by Kirsten Korning

Ages 13+

• Alex Rider: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
• Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer

Fantasy

Ages 6-8

• Abuela by Arthur Dorros
• Weslandia by Paul Fleischman

Ages 9-12

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
• Septimus Heap, Book 3: Physic by Angie Sage
• Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Ages 13+

• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
• A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 

  Humor

Ages 6-8

• Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
• The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

Ages 9-12

• Bone: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith
• Superfudge by Judy Blume
• The Toilet of Doom by Michael Lawrence

Ages 13+

• Behaving Badly by Perry Nodelman
• The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart

Mystery

Ages 6-8

• The Mystery of King Karfu by Doug Cushman
• The Nancy Drew Notebooks: Candy is Dandy by Carolyn Keene

Ages 9-12

• Dawn Undercover by Anna Dale
• The Misadventures of Inspector Moustachio: The Case of Stolen Time by Wayne Madsen
• The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett

Ages 13+

• Alien Secrets by Annette Curtis Klause
• The Name of the Game was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon

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