This is a list of great books that don’t necessarily fit into another category very well. You’ll find everything from modern, realistic fiction to talking animals. Enjoy!

• Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery – Anne arrives in Avonlea to find that the siblings adopting her wanted a boy. She must win them over with her charm and imagination and find the real home she’s been looking for.
• Emily of New Moon by LM Montgomery – Emily goes to live with her snobbish relatives and though she thinks she will never fit in, begins to love the farm, her family, and her new friends.
• Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead – Livy returns to Australia with the feeling that she has forgotten something, and it turns out she’s right. Bob, a green creature in a chicken suit, has been waiting for her to return for five years.
• Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright – Portia and Julian discover a ghost town on the edge of a swamp and learn the secrets of the old resort community from its last inhabitants.
• Heartbeat by Sharon Creech – Annie loves to run, and with her life changing drastically, it’s the only thing that helps her understand the changing – yet consistent – rhythm of life.
• Rules by Cynthia Lord – Catherine just wants everything to be normal, so she creates rules for her autistic brother. But when she meets new people, she has to ask herself “What is normal?”
• The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser – When their landlord threatens not to renew their lease, the Vanderbeeker children must find away to save their home.
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame – Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad are caught up in many adventures that disrupt their lives along the River Thames.
• Front Desk by Kelly Yang – Mia helps her parents run the motel she lives in all while trying to find her place in her new school.
• The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen – Jessica looses her leg in an accident and fights to return to her favorite activity – running.
• The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer – Enola Holmes runs away from her family’s estate, disguises herself as a widow, and searches for her mother, all while her brothers are searching for her.