Author Title Description Kevin Henkes Olive's Ocean Martha prepares for the summer vacation to Cape Cod and learns more about herself, her family and her shy classmate. Christopher Paolini Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) Eragon is a wonderful fantasy of a dragon that hatches from a beautiful stone that begins a quest adventure. Andrew Clements The Report Card Nora is getting poor grades, but it's all a trick because she's really a genius. Cornelia Funke Inkheart When Meggie's father, Mo, reads aloud, he brings the characters to life--literally. Jeanne Duprau City of Ember An underground city lives without light until two brave children try to escape and find the secret of Ember. Stephen M. Tomecek What a Great Idea!:  Inventions That Changed the World Profiles forty-five historic and prehistoric inventions, explaining how they work and describing their origins and impact. Includes such developments as the hand ax, the axle, writing, money, the clock, anesthesia, and the nuclear reactor. Avi Crispin: The Cross of Lead Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret. Carl Hiaasen Hoot Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site. Jerry Spinelli Loser Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself. Michael Chabon Summerland Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy. Stephanie S. Tolan Surviving the Applewhites Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.