Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce - Liam Digby is so unusually tall that people think he should act like an adult, which leads him to compete against adults for a chance to go into space

James and the giant peach by Roald Dahl - A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach

Half magic by Edward Eager - Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes

From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg - Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell - Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance

The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures by Brian Selznick - After his father’s death, 12-year-old Hugo finds himself living within the walls of a Paris train station, determined to restore his father’s robot-like structure