The Town on Rambling Creek (Matty Trescott, Book 5)

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

The Boy from Earth

Darkness (Passages to History Hi: Lo Novels)

Stolen Treasure (Red Rhino Books)

Arcady's Goal

Katie Watson and the Caged Canary (Katie Watson Mysteries in Time Book 3)

The Chicken-Fried Rat

Set in a 1920s coal-mining town, Trapper Boy is the story of 13-year-old JW Donaldson, a good student with a bright future. As school ended for the year in 1926, JW was looking forward to summer. Sure, he would have chores - feeding the horse and milking the goat, tending the garden, that kind of thing - but he would also have lots of time for fishing, building his cabin and reading. Lots of reading. But there is something worrying his parents. His father works in the mine, and there is a lot of talk around town about the mines. JW doesn't know the details - Adults had a lot to worry about, and he was in no hurry to become one. Slowly, JW's parents reveal the truth: his father's hours at the mine have been reduced and they face difficult decisions to try to make ends meet. One such decision will have a previously unimagined impact on the young man's life.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Town on Rambling Creek (Matty Trescott, Book 5)

Carroll Thomas, 2004

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

Leslie Connor, 2022

The Boy from Earth

Richard Scrimger, 2004

Darkness (Passages to History Hi: Lo Novels)

Anne E. Schraff, 2000

Stolen Treasure (Red Rhino Books)

Anne E. Schraff, 2014

Arcady's Goal

Eugene Yelchin, 2014

Katie Watson and the Caged Canary (Katie Watson Mysteries in Time Book 3)

Mez Blume, 2019

The Chicken-Fried Rat

Phoebe Gloeckner, Jan Harold Brunvand, Cylin Busby, 1998