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Rain Is Not My Indian Name

Written by Cynthia L. Smith
It's been six months since Cassidy Rain Berghoff’s best friend, Galen, died, and up until now she has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world.
6th - 8th
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Freestyle

Written by Gale Galligan
RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Cory's dance crew is counting on him for one last big competition before everyone heads off to different high schools, but everything starts falling apart when strict parents, failing grades, and a surprising new friendship pull him in every direction.
3rd - 7th
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Wild River

Written by Rodman Philbrick
RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. One moment Daniel Redmayne is fast asleep, and the next, a failed dam is sending a wall of water straight toward his campsite. With their counselors gone and five kids completely alone in the Montana wilderness, survival becomes the only thing that matters.
4th - 8th
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Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Written by R.L. Stine

Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle grade horror anthology, curated by...

3rd - 7th
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Middle of Nowhere

At first Curtis isn't that worried when his mother doesn't come home from her all-night job at the...

3rd - 7th
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Alice In Wonderland Book Cover

Scholastic Junior Classics: Alice in Wonderland

Written by Lewis Carroll

One summer day, young Alice is sitting on the riverbank with her sister when a big white rabbit runs...

5th - 8th
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Maya and the Robot

Written by Eve L. Ewing
RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. What would you do if the perfect science fair project suddenly came to life? In this illustrated novel, a lonely fifth grader named Maya discovers a forgotten homemade robot just when she needs a friend the most. With her best friends in a different class for the first time, Maya is on her own, and this unexpected robot companion might change everything. Could a robot be exactly the friend she never knew she needed?
3rd - 7th
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The Beatryce Prophecy

Written by Kate DiCamillo

We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In...

4th - 7th
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Taking Sides

Written by Gary Soto

Lincoln is in a jam when his basketball team at his new school--where the students are rich and...

5th - 8th
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Emmy In The Key Of Code

Written by Aimee Lucido
RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. Have you ever felt like you just don't fit in somewhere new? In this story, twelve-year-old Emmy moves to a new city and school, where she feels totally lost, until a coding class leads her to something unexpected.
4th - 7th
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Red White And Whole

Written by Rajani LaRocca

Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she’s the only Indian American student, and home...

3rd - 7th
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Black Brother, Black Brother

Written by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield...
3rd - 7th
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Blended

Written by Sharon M. Draper

Eleven-year-old Isabella’s parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she...

3rd - 7th
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I Can Make This Promise

Written by Christine Day

All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So, no matter how curious...

3rd - 7th
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Baseball Saved Us

Written by Ken Mochizuki and Illustrated by Dom Lee

For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a...

K - 6th
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The Real Us

Written by Tommy Greenwald and Illustrated by J. P. Coovert

Laura Corbett and Damian White are loners, and not by choice. Kids make fun of smart, sarcastic...

4th - 6th
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Whatever After: Fairest of All

Written by Sarah Mlynowski
Mirror, mirror, on the basement wall . . .

Once upon a time my brother and I were normal kids. The...

3rd - 7th
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The Last Kids on Earth (The Last Kids on Earth series, Book 1)

Written by Max Brallier and Illustrated by Douglas Holgate

This light hearted (occasionally outrageous) graphic novel will have middle school gamers swapping...

3rd - 7th
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Ghost Boys

Written by Jewell Parker Rhodes

After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his...

4th - 8th
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The Skin I'm In

Written by Sharon G. Flake

Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at...

5th - 8th
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The Story of Colors/La Historia de los Colores: A Bilingual Folktale from the Jungles of Chiapas (English and Spanish Edition)

Written by Subcomandante Marcos (author) and Anne Bar Din (translator) and Illustrated by Domitila Dominguez

This beautifully illustrated folktale teaches us all about the value of diversity. Old man Antonio...

4th - 7th
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White Fang (Graphic Classics)

Written by Tom Ratliff (adapter) and Jack London (Author) and Illustrated by Penko Gelev
Barron's Graphic Classics are graphic novels that introduce young readers to immortal literary works...
3rd - 7th
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Written by Lewis Carroll
The classic story from Lewis Carroll follows young Alice into a magical and wonderful new world when...
3rd - 6th
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The White Stag

Written by Kate Seredy
According to legend, Attila led the Huns and the Maygars west, following the white stag. The...
3rd - 7th

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