Sophie Simon Solves Them All by Lisa Graff

Eight-year-old Sophie is a genius! She's reading college level text books and she especially loves math. When her parents won't buy her a new graphing calculator because it isn't what "normal" kids her age play with, Sophie must find a way to get $100 to buy it on her own. She soon figures out that friends can be helpful, but can they help enough? This is the book that Lisa Graff read from when she visited Harrison last year!

touchblue by Cynthia Lord

This book by author Cynthia Lord (author of Rules) is a novel about good luck, bad luck and fate.Tess and her family live on a small island off the coast of Maine. When the state threatens to close down their only school due to low enrollment, Tess is devastated because their family will then have to move off of the island. The islanders hatch a plan to save their school by becoming foster families to children who need families. However, things don't go as planned when Aaron arrives and is less than happy about being there. Will their plan to save the school work? Can Tess help Aaron accept his fate, or will Aaron run away?

Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer by John Grisham

This is John Grisham's first murder mystery for kids! Thirteen-year-old Theo dreams of becoming an exciting lawyer or a prestigious judge someday. He loves to hang out at the courthouse and he's already learned quite a lot about law, which he occasionally uses to help his friends and teachers with their small problems. When a murder trial begins (which is rare in his small town), Theo is especially interested. However, Theo soon becomes more involved than he wanted when he learns that there really was a witness to the murder! Unfortunately, telling this information could mean trouble for the witness, but not telling could mean that a guilty man walks free. This is an exciting, suspenseful book and more are sure to follow!