Three Cups of Tea (Young Readers Edition), Greg Mortenson, adapted by Sarah Thomson

Because of Winn Dixie, Kate DiCamillo

Deep, Dark and Dangerous, Mary Downing Hahn

Elijah of Buxton, Christopher Paul Curtis

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, Lynne Jonell

Igraine the Brave, Cornelia Funke

Lawn Boy, Gary Paulsen

Marley, A Dog Like No Other, John Grogan

The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart

No Talking, Andrew Clements

Peak, Roland Smith

Star in the Storm, Joan Hiatt Harlow