Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve

When drought threatens her family's rhubarb farm, 11-year-old Polly tries to find a way to make it rain again by learning the magical secrets of the farm. 358 pages.

Falling In by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet in the principal's office and falls into a parallel universe. The children there believe she is the witch who has come to devour them. 245 pages.

Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen

Summary: From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. 164 pgs.