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The following titles are located in the Juvenile and YA fiction areas in the youth services department.

Anderson, M. T
The Game of Sunken Places
When two boys stay with an eccentric relative at his mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old-fashioned board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure. 260 p. c2004
YA Anderson

Ardagh, Philip
Terrible Times
Leaving his parents, his Mad Uncle Jack, and his Even Madder Aunt Maud at home at Awful End, Eddie Dickens, along with the color-blind Lady Constance, boards the ship the Pompous Pig on a mission to America. (Eddie Dickens trilogy #3) 145 p. c2002
J Ardagh

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. 262 p. c2002
YA Avi

Bellairs, John
The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn
After Anthony Monday stumbles upon a clue in the library, he and librarian Miss Eells search for the treasure long rumored to have been hidden by a wealthy, eccentric citizen of their small Minnesota town. 180 p. c1978
J Bellairs

Colfer, Eoin
Artemis Fowl
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. 277 p. c2001
YAPB Colfer

DiTerlizzi, Tony
The Ironwood Tree
Vile, smelly goblins snatch Simon. Then a band of elves tries to entrap Jared. Why is the entire fairy world eager to get their hands on Spiderwick's Guide? Will the Grace kids be left alone now that the Guide has mysteriously disappeared? (Spiderwick Chronicles #4) 111 p. c2004
J Spiderwick

Elliott, David
The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle
After eating constantly at the fast food restaurant known as Gussy's, ten-year-old Roscoe finds himself turning into a giant bug. 115 p. c2001
J Elliot

Fleischman, Sid
The Whipping Boy
A bratty prince and his "whipping boy" have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws. 90 p. c1986
J Fleischman

Funke, Cornelia Caroline
The Thief Lord
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with -- and the protection of -- Venice's "Thief Lord." 345 p. c2002
YA Funke, YAPB Funke

Gaiman, Neil
Coraline
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others. 162 p. c2002
J Gaiman

Gliori, Debi
Pure Dead Brilliant
Time travel, a computer virus that's deadly to humans, and other strange things begin to happen when some would-be witches come to stay with the eccentric Strega-Borgia family. 262 p. c2003
J Fiction

Ibbotson, Eva
Dial-a-ghost
A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians. 195 p. c2001
J Ibbotson

Ives, David
Monsieur Eek
When a chimpanzee arrives in MacOongafoondsen he is put on trial for being a thief and a French spy, resulting in some changes to the tiny town that delight Emmaline Perth, his thirteen-year-old defender. 179 p. c2001
YA Ives

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Jade Green : a Ghost Story
While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings. 168 p. c2000
YA Naylor

Nimmo, Jenny
Midnight for Charlie Bone
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking. 401 p. c2002
J Nimmo

Pullman, Philip
Count Karlstein
It's All Souls' Eve, and Zamiel the Demon Huntsman has come to claim his prey. He's headed straight for Castle Karlstein, where the evil Count has hatched a plan to sacrifice his two young nieces in order to save himself. Can Lucy and Charlotte escape a dreadful fate? 243 p. c1998
J Fiction

Seidler, Tor
Brainboy and the Deathmaster
When Darryl, a twelve-year-old orphan, is adopted by a technology genius, he finds himself the star of his very own life-threatening video game. 311 p. c2003
YA Seidler

Snicket, Lemony
Lemony Snicket : the Unauthorized Autobiography
The elusive author provides a glimpse into his mysterious and sometimes confusing life, using fanciful letters, diary entries, and other miscellaneous documents as well as photographs and illustrations. xii, 212 p. c2002
J Snicket

Stewart, Paul
Beyond the Deepwoods
Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs. Twig steadfastly pursues his quest until he discovers his roots, not among the trees, but in the skies. [278] p. c1998
J Stewart

Stone, David Lee
The Ratastrophe Catastrophe
An odd assortment of bumbling humans and creatures comes together to find and free the children held by a young man who, under the influence of dark magic, spirited them away from the mismanaged town of Dullitch with his flute music. 273p c2004
YA Stone

Wallace, Barbara Brooks
Sparrows in the Scullery
Despite horrible conditions at the boys' home where kidnappers left him, eleven-year-old Colley, an orphan, finds a reason and a way to live, along with comradeship. 152 p. c1997
J Wallace