Light jar by Thompson, Lisa 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 856034 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 4.8 3-5 Lexile: 660 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Mother-son relationship - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction Psychological abuse - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Imaginary playmates - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Great Britain - Fiction

Summary: Nate and his mother are escaping from his emotionally abusive step-father, Gary, but the run-down and abandoned cottage in the woods that his mother takes them to does not seem like much of a refuge; but when his mother goes off to buy provisions and does not come back Nate is left alone (except for his imaginary friend Sam) and afraid--until a mysterious girl trying to solve the clues of a long-ago treasure hunt turns up.

Whisper of horses by Bethell, Zillah 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel and Friends, 2017)

BTSB #: 117334 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.5 MG Lexile: 650

Genres: Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Voyages and travels - Fiction Adventure fiction Horses - Fiction Science fiction Great Britain - Fiction

Summary: In a post-apocalyptic Great Britain, after her mother's death Serendipity, about twelve, leaves Lahn Dan and teams up with an orphan, Tab, hoping to find horses surviving somewhere.