The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Aladdin
2011
390p.


In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.

Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach

Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach
Henry Holt
2011
262p.

When brothers Simon, Henry, and Jack move with their parents to Arizona, they are irresistably drawn to explore the aptly named Superstition Mountain, in spite of warnings that it is not safe.

War and Watermelon by Rich Wallace

War & Watermelon by Rich Wallace
Viking Children's Books
2011
186p.

As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tension with their father.