Europe
- The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (UK)
- The Wanderer, by Sharon Creech (UK)
- The Thieves of Ostia, a Roman Mystery, by Caroline Lawrence (Italy)
- The Pirates of Pompeii, by Caroline Lawrence (Italy)
- Lord of the Nutcracker Men, by Iain Lawrence (UK)
- The Royal Diaries, Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor, by Kathryn Lasky (UK)
- The Gate in the Wall, by Ellen Howard (UK)
- Skating on Thin Ice, by Anatol Rapoport (Russia/Poland)
- Crispin at the Edge of the World, by Avi (UK)
- Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell (France)
- Painter of the Caves, by Patricia Lauber (France)
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick (France)
- Two Crafty Criminals, by Phillip Pullman (UK)
- American Girl: The Stolen Sapphire, by Sarah Masters Buckley (France)
- The Lily Pond, by Annika Thor (Austria/Sweden)
- The Black Stallion Mystery, by Walter Farley (Spain)
- Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, by Margot Theis Raven (Germany)
- Hans Brinker (or the Silver Skates), by Mary Mapes Dodge (Netherlands)
- Play to the Angel, by Maurine Dahlberg (Austria)
The Magic Treehouse Series, by Mary Pope Osborne
- Moonlight on the Magic Flute (Austria)
- The Knight at Dawn (UK)
- Stagefright on a Summer Night (UK)
- Dogs in the Dead of Night (Switzerland)
- Monday with a Mad Genius (Italy
- Carnival at Candlelight (Italy)
- Leprechaun in Late Winter (UK)
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart Series, by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
- The Mystery of the Mona Lisa (France)
- The Deadly Race to Space (Russia)
- Peril at the Grand Prix (Italy)
- The Caper of the Crown Jewels (UK)