The Ravenmaster's Secret, Woodruff, Elvira Scholastic, 2003

Eleven year-old Forrest Harper, son of the ravenmaster of the Tower of London befriends Scottish rebel named Maddy. He risks punishment and shaming his family to do what is right for Maddy and his friend Rat. A recommended historical fiction about 18th century England.

The Mother-Daughter Book Club

The Mother -Daughter Book Club, Heather Vogel Fredrick, Simon & Schuster Books, c2007,
236 pages.

Great read for fifth and up. Four sixth-grade girls form a friendship after their mothers have them join a mother daughter book club to discuss Little Women.The plot centers around middle school cliques and how the girls in the story and their mothers cope with and react to them. The main characters are dynamic and develop throughout the story.