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Inkheart

author: Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 214
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780

Summer Reading Is Killing Me!

author: Scieszka, Jon
At the beginning of summer vacation Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between good and evil characters from well-known children's books.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 101
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: books and reading [X], characters in literature, magic, characters and characteristics in literature [X]

The Inside Story

author: Buckley, Michael
As the fairytale detectives race through the Book of Everafter searching for their baby brother, they encounter various characters including the Editor and his army of Revisers, who threaten the children with dire consequences if they continue to change the stories.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720

I Hate To Read!

author: Marshall, Rita
As a third-grader who hates to read unwillingly looks at a book, the characters come alive and interest him so much that he really begins to care about them, and begins turning the pages.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: books and reading [X], characters in literature, characters and characteristics in literature [X]

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Book?

author: Child, Lauren
A boy who loves books but has not always treated them well falls asleep and finds himself in his book of fairy tales, where his interaction with everyone from Goldilocks to Cinderella wreaks havoc.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: books and reading [X], characters in literature, humorous stories, characters and characteristics in literature [X]

Storybound

author: Burt, Marissa
Shy, twelve-year-old Una Fairchild is suddenly transported by a mysterious book into the Land of Story, where characters from books hope to be cast into a tale of their own, and Una attends the Perrault Academy while trying to discover why she is there.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: books and reading [X], characters and characteristics in literature [X], characters in literature, adventure and adventurers, fantasy fiction, adventure fiction

Isabella, Star Of The Story

author: Fosberry, Jennifer
While visiting the library, Isabella, a purple-haired girl who loves books, pretends to be her favorite children's book characters.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: imagination, books and reading [X], characters and characteristics in literature [X], libraries, characters in literature, girls, picture books

Story's End

author: Burt, Marissa
"A deadly Enemy has threatened the future of Story -- and twelve-year-old Una Fairchild is the only one who can stop his plans and save the character world from destruction.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: books and reading [X], characters and characteristics in literature [X], characters in literature, fantasy, kings and rulers, missing persons, quests (expeditions), adventure and adventurers

In Control, Ms. Wiz?

author: Blacker, Terence
The magical Ms. Wiz saves the library from being closed by bringing to life characters from such books as "Peter Rabbit" and "Frankenstein.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: libraries, books and reading [X], witches, magic, characters and characteristics in literature [X]

Claire And The Unicorn Happy Ever After

author: Hennessy, B. G
One night, Claire and her toy unicorn, Capricorn, journey to a magical land filled with characters from fairy tales to find out what makes someone live "happy ever after.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: unicorns, characters and characteristics in literature [X], books and reading [X], toys, fantasy fiction, fantasy fiction

Miss Smith Under The Ocean

author: Garland, Michael
On a class trip to an aquarium, Miss Smith teaches a lesson about keeping the oceans clean by reading excerpts from stories in her magical book, featuring such characters as Captain Nemo and Robinson Crusoe.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 36
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: books and reading [X], characters and characteristics in literature [X], teachers, school field trips, magic

Into The Labyrinth

author: Townley, Rod
Princess Sylvie and the other characters in the book entitled "The Great Good Thing" confront the perils of being uploaded onto the World Wide Web, forcing them to act out their story both in print and in cyberspace.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: princesses, characters in literature, books and reading [X], world wide web, computers, characters and characteristics in literature [X]

The Great Good Thing

author: Townley, Rod
Twelve-year-old Princess Sylvie's storybook kingdom really is a storybook, where nothing ever changes, even the character's mad scramble to reach their places whenever the book is opened, until Sylvie discovers she can enter new worlds with the Reader, and find new adventures.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: princesses, books and reading [X], characters in literature, dreams, characters and characteristics in literature [X], kings, queens, rulers, etc, kings and rulers

The Girl Who Hated Books

author: Pawagi, Manjusha
Although she lives in a house full of avid readers, Meena hates books--until she discovers the magic inside them.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: characters in literature, books and reading [X], characters and characteristics in literature [X]

Come Back, Jack!

author: Anholt, Catherine
A girl who finds books to be quite boring changes her opinion after following her brother into a book where he becomes the star of several nursery rhymes and tales that feature a character named Jack.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: books and reading [X], characters and characteristics, brothers and sisters, characters and characteristics in literature [X]

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