When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Nothing at all was right. Everything went wrong, right down to lima beans for supper and kissing on TV.
What do you do on a day like that? Well, you may think about going to Australia. You may also be glad to find that some days are like that for other people too.

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you?

Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie by Ole Rolvaag

The classic story of a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America.

Gravity by Tess Gerritsen

A young NASA doctor must combat a lethal microbe that is multiplying in the deadliest of environments -- space -- in this acclaimed blockbuster of medical suspense from Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of Harvest, Life Support, and Bloodstream.

The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True & Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West by Gary Paulsen

Bass Reeves was born into slavery. And though the laws of his country enslaved him and his mother, when he became a free man he served the law with such courage & honor that he became the most successful federal marshal in the United States.