F HIT	An Even Break (age 8-11) by Sid Hite sports ... enterprise It's tough getting work in a small town, but 12-year-old Frisk Tilden has managed to get the summer job every kid wants. He's manager of the back room of Billy Compton's hardware store. The back room has some pool tables and pinball machines, and nobody under 15 is allowed--except Frisk. Not only does Frisk have to rack up and clean up, but he must earn the respect of the teenage boys. Dan Breedon, the best pool player in town, helps Frisk earn their respect and even teaches him to play pool. On the day of the annual Wilma Eight-Ball Tournament, Frisk unexpectedly finds himself in the spotlight. All he needs to win is an even break.
F KIN	Charlie Muffin's Miracle Mouse (age 8-11) by Dick King-Smith humor ... enterprise ... animals After many unsuccessful attempts, lonely mouse farmer Charlie Muffin finally breeds a green mouse, finds true love, and wins the Best of Show at the Grand Mouse Championship Show.
F LEW	Winnie Mae (age 8-11) by H. B. Lewis magic ... enterprise A boy discovers the power of dreaming as he brings a model of the famous plane the Winnie Mae to life.
F POR	Fat Fanny, Beanpole Bertha, and the Boys (age 8-11) by Barbara Ann Porte humor ... enterprise ... mystery When Bertha's father vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle, and Fanny's theater agent parents are secretly divorced, the girls decide to teach Fanny's triplet brothers to tap-dance to raise money.
F O'C	How to Steal a Dog (age 8-11) by Barbara O'Connor growing up ... family ... enterprise Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is ``borrow'' the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected.
F FIT	The Great Brain Series (age 8-11) by John D. Fitzgerald adventure ... humor ... brilliant protagonist ... enterprise The best con man in the Midwest is only ten years old. Tom, a.k.a., the Great Brain, is a silver-tongued genius with a knack for turning a profit. When the Jenkins boys get lost in Skeleton Cave, the Great Brain saves the day. Whether it's saving the kids at school, or helping out Peg-leg Andy, or Basil, the new kid at school, the Great Brain always manages to come out on top ... and line his pockets in the process. title: The Great Brain
F CUR	The Flint Future Detectives Series (age 8-11) by Christopher Curtis brilliant protagonist ... mystery ... enterprise ... humor In the first book, Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team of Secret Government Agents are determined to get that money back! But Steven and his best friends, Russell and Zoopy the giant dog, are more than a match for the Feds. After all, Steven is the president of the Flint Future Detectives Club, and the inventor of fantastic spying and detecting equipment such as the Snoopeeze 9000! title: Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
F BON	Edwina Victorious (age 8-11) by Susan Bonners family ... letters/journal ... enterprise When Edwina's great-grandaunt and namesake decides to move to a nursing home, Edwina is recruited by her mom to help clean out her aunt's attic. There she discovers a cache of letters from Aunt Edwina, who had been an activist, to various public officials, all requesting improvements in public locations around town. Then Edwina notices a local playground in sorry disrepair and decides to do some letter-writing of her own. She types up her plea, copies her aunt's signature, and mails it to the mayor. Edwina doesnt feel she's being completely underhanded: after all, she is signing her own name, even if the handwriting is forged. And when the mayor responds with fast action (he hopes for a political contribution from Aunt Edwina) Edwina begins writing more letters. But it is only a matter of time before she must reveal her true identity, both to the mayor and to her great-grandaunt.
F WHI	Charlotte's Web (age 8-11) by E. B. White friendship ... animals ... enterprise Wilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner, until his spider friend Charlotte comes up with a plan to save him.
F STO	Not-so-normal Norman (age 8-11) by Cynthia Stowe animals ... enterprise While his father is out of work because of a back injury, Anthony decides to try to earn money and his first job is watching a huge tarantula named Norman.
F HER	Nothing But Trouble, Trouble, Trouble (age 8-11) by Patricia Hermes enterprise ... growing up To prove to her parents that she is grown up enough to babysit, Alex tries to stay out of trouble for two weeks.
F HEN	Born to Trot (age 8-11) by Marguerite Henry enterprise ... animals As he learns about the famous Hambletonian, sire of the American trotter, young Gib White dreams of some day having his own filly become a champion trotter.
F HAA	Uncle Daney's Way (age 8-11) by Jessie Haas enterprise ... family ... animals When his great-uncle Daney comes to live with Cole's family after being crippled in a logging accident, the two work together all summer to find a way to make enough money to buy feed so they can keep Daney's old horse.
F GOF	Goldie, the Dollmaker (age 8-11) by M. B. Goffstein enterprise ... the arts Goldie, the dollmaker, created each doll with great love and sincerity, and the pleasure from this and her acquisition of a lamp whose maker was equally careful made her poverty and loneliness bearable.
F GUT	The Million Dollar Kick (age 8-11) by Dan Gutman enterprise ... sports Whisper Nelson remembers scoring a point for the opposing team in her last soccer match four years ago. So when she wins a chance to kick a goal past a professional soccer player for a million dollars, she is torn. Should she risk further humiliation and failure in front of all of Oklahoma City? sequel: The Million Dollar Shot sequel: The Million Dollar Putt sequel: The Million Dollar Goal
F ATW	Mr. Popper's Penguins (age 8-11) by Richard and Florence Atwater enterprise ... humor Mr. Popper starts out with one penguin in his house, but before he knows it there are twelve.
F WU	The Abacus Contest (age 8-11) by Priscilla Wu enterprise ... short stories ... school In a small city in southern Taiwan, six children experience hopes and fears as they enter the school contest.
F HOL	Paperboy (age 8-11) by Isabelle Holland bigotry ... family ... enterprise In 1881 in New York City, teenaged Kevin O'Donnell, ever conscious of the prejudice against the Irish poor, struggles to support his sick father and young sister by working as a messenger for a prominent newspaper, but finds his job threatened when he is falsely accused of stealing from his employer.
F SEL	The Cricket in Times Square Series (age 8-11) by George Selden friendship ... enterprise The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat. title: The Cricket in Times Square title: Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse title: Chester Cricket's New Home title: Tucker's Countryside title: Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride title: The Old Meadow
F MER	The Toothpaste Millionaire (age 8-11) by Jean Merrill humor ... math/science/technology ... enterprise ... brilliant protagonist Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a step-by-step plan with help from his friends, classmates, and math teacher. By the time he reaches the eighth grade, Rufus makes more than a gallon - he makes a million!
F MCC	Homer Price (age 8-11) by Robert McCloskey math/science/technology ... humor ... enterprise ... brilliant protagonist Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage, pushing out donuts just as regular as a clock can tick. sequel: Centerburg Tales
F LEV	My Life As a Fifth-Grade Comedian (age 8-11) by Elizabeth Levy enterprise ... school ... humor Bobby's constant clowning has the principal threatening to send him to the School for Intervention, just one step away from reform school. Luckily, Bobby's teacher gives him one last chance: to organize a schoolwide laugh-off and get teachers and students to compete. Bobby knows he's got to make the contest a success. Will he be able to prove to everybody that he's finally got his act together?
F KIN	A Mouse Called Wolf (age 8-11) by Dick King-Smith adventure ... enterprise ... the arts Wolfgang Amadeus Mouse (``Wolf,'' for short) has a big name for such a little mouse. But the name fits. His favorite pastime is listening to Mrs. Honeybee, the lady of the house, play the piano. If only he could sing along to the music! One day, to his surprise, out of his mouth comes a perfect melody. It's not long before Wolf is singing everything he can imagine, all to Mrs. Honeybee's accompaniment. Then an accident leaves Mrs. Honeybee in danger, and it's up to Wolf to save her...the only way he knows how.
F KIN	Babe: The Gallant Pig (age 8-11) by Dick King-Smith brilliant protagonist ... enterprise ... humor A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success.
F KIN	Ace: The Very Important Pig (age 8-11) by Dick King-Smith enterprise ... humor Ace is an intelligent, lovable, unlikely pig hero.
F HEN	Misty of Chincoteague (age 8-11) by Marguerite Henry enterprise ... adventure ... animals Nobody could capture the Phantom, the wildest mare on the island. Paul and Maureen had their hearts set on owning her. They worked hard to earn the money she would cost. On Pony Penning Day, Paul not only brings in the Phantom, but her newborn colt as well. Can Paul and Maureen possibly earn enough to buy them both?
F GAR	Stone Fox (age 8-11) by John Reynolds Gardiner adventure ... enterprise Ten-year-old Willy needs to win the big dogsled race in order to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm, but that means beating the huge Indian mountain man, Stone Fox.
F FLE	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (age 8-11) by Ian Fleming fantasy ... enterprise Two children persuade their father, an inventor, to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers.
F DUB	The Twenty-One Balloons (age 8-11) by William Pene Dubois enterprise ... adventure ... voyages/journeys Publisher comments: When Prof. William Waterman Sherman was found adrift in the Atlantic clinging to the debris of twenty-one balloons, all America was rocked with curiosity.
F DAH	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (age 8-11) by Roald Dahl enterprise ... humor Publisher comments: Candy for life and a tour of Willie Wonka's top-secret chocolate factory was the prize for buying a candy bar containing a Golden Ticket. Here is the exciting, hilarious, and delicious story of the five prizewinners. sequel: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
F AVI	The Secret School (age 8-11) by Avi enterprise ... school Publisher comments: More than anything, Ida Bidson wants to become a teacher. To do that, she must finish eighth grade, then go on to high school. But her dream falters when the one-room school in her remote Colorado town shuts down. Her only hope is to keep the school open without anyone finding out. Yet even a secret school needs a teacher. Ida can't be it. Or can she?

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