Colfer, Eoin                                        Airman                                                  COL  YA 

In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.

Hobbs, Will                                         Jason’s Gold                                      HOB YA

When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to strike it rich.

Lawrence, Iain                                               The Wreckers                        LAW YA

Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded.

Meyer, L.A.                           Bloody Jack                                                   MEY YA

Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.

O’Dell, Scott              The King’s fifth                                                          j O’D

Esteban de Sandoval awaits his trial for hoarding the king's fifth on his 17th birthday, September 27, 1541.

Pullman, Philip                         Once upon a time in the north                         PUL YA

In a time before Lyra Silvertongue was born, the tough American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armoured bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves right in the middle of a political powder keg.

Turner, Megan Whalen.        The King of Attila                                          YA TUR

Eugenides, still known as a Thief of Eddis, faces palace intrigue and assassins as he strives to prove himself both to the people of Attolia and to his new bride, their queen

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