New Books for Children (Older Elementary and Jr High)
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud.
Book Two in the Bartimaeus Trilogy.
Synopsis: "In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London."
Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Synopsis: "After their mother dies, two brothers find a huge amount of money which they must spend quickly before England switches to the new European currency, but they disagree on what to do with it."