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FICTION - FANTASY
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster – SONLIGHT CURRICULUM TITLE) "It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "There's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull. 11+ http://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Tollbooth-Norton-Juster/dp/0394820371
The Wish (Gail Carson Levine) Ah, the ancient mysteries of life. Why are the popular people popular? What's different about them--what makes them special? This age-old question is explored with a simple premise: a girl who is granted one wish by an old lady on the subway wishes to be "the most popular kid at Claverford." As is the fate of many who are granted only one wish, Wilma doesn't think through her wish carefully enough. While she is now adored by boys and girls alike, she is a mere three weeks away from graduating from Claverford. At Elliott, her next school, she'll be back to her lowly, oft-ridiculed self. Tension builds for Wilma until her graduation-night dance, the night before her popularity--and maybe even her relationship with her wonderful new boyfriend--will invariably come to a screeching halt. This fun, witty, insightful novel thoroughly examines the nature of "popularity," and what it means to be true to yourself. http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Gail-Carson-Levine/dp/0064473619
The Giver (Lois Lowry – SONLIGHT CURRICULUM TITLE) In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price. A NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER http://www.amazon.com/Giver-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440237688/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208125013&sr=1-1
The Thief (Megan Whalen Turner) It all starts when Gen the thief tells the kingdom of Sounis he can steal anything. To prove himself right he steals the king's seal, and then goes to brag about it in a wineshop. Soon after he is caught and thrown in the dungeon and kept there until the Magus (Sounis's most trusted advisor) wants to use him to steal something. Along with the Magus, his apprentices Ambiades and Sophos, and the soldier Pol, Gen goes on an adventures over the mountains of Eddis to the kingdom of Attolia to steal something that is said to be a myth. 10+ A NEWBERY HONOR WINNER http://www.amazon.com/Thief-Megan-Whalen-Turner/dp/0060824972/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4102143-1332717?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190702737&sr=1-1 (Cover different)
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle) Everyone in town thinks Meg Murry is volatile and dull-witted, and that her younger brother, Charles Wallace, is dumb. Their physicist father has disappeared, and spurred on by these rumours and an unearthly stranger, Mrs Whatsit, Meg and Charles Wallace and their new friend Calvin O'Keefe embark on a perilous quest through space to find their father. In doing so, they must travel behind the shadow of an evil power that is darkening the cosmos, one planet at a time. This is no superhero tale, nor is it science fiction, although it shares elements of both. The travellers must rely on their individual and collective strengths, delving deep within themselves to find answers. A NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER http://www.amazon.com/Wrinkle-Time-Madeleine-LEngle/dp/0440498058
The Woman In The Wall (Patrice Kindl) An agoraphobic seven-year-old girl retreats into secret passages she has built in her house until her family nearly forgets her. 12+ http://www.amazon.ca/Women-Wall-Patrice-Kindl/dp/0141301244
The Computer Nut (Betsy Byars) The story of a girl who gets a message from a space alien via her home computer. http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Nut-Betsy-Byars/dp/0140320865