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A Wrinkle in Time

Written by Madeleine L'Engle

When Meg Murray and Charles Wallace’s father is taken by evil forces to another planet, it is up to...

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Written by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson has always had special abilities and after being sent to Camp Half-Blood, he finds out...

5th - 9th
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The Bad Beginning

Written by Lemony Snicket and Illustrated by Brett Helquist

The Bad Beginning, the first book in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, introduces...

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The Giver

Written by Lois Lowry
The story of a dystopian community ruled by the Committee of Elders, which tightly controls every...
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The Hunger Games

Written by Suzanne Collins

The story centers on Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the dystopian nation of Panem. Katniss is from...

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The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Written by C. S. Lewis and Illustrated by Pauline Baynes
In book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, four children are evacuated to...
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Tuck Everlasting

Written by Natalie Babbitt

Winnie Foster is thinking of running away from home in Treegap when she meets Jesse Tuck drinking...

5th - 8th
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Chains

Written by Laurie Halse Anderson

A story about 13-year-old Isabel, an African-American slave during the Revolutionary War. Against...

5th - 9th
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The Arrival

Written and Illustrated by Shaun Tan
A graphic novel told completely in pictures about a father moving to an imaginary place to find work...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Written by J.K. Rowling and Illustrated by Mary Grandpre

Harry Potter is miserable living with his aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, and his cousin, Dudley. But...

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Written by Mildred D. Taylor

The story is about the Logan family, who live in Mississippi during the Depression. The family...

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The Graveyard Book

Written by Neil Gaiman and Illustrated by Dave McKean

After a toddler’s parents were murdered, he is adopted by the ghosts of the graveyard. Mr. and Mrs...

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The Hobbit

Written by J.R.R. Tolkien
The story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit whose quiet life is interrupted when the wizard Gandalf and...
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The Little Prince

Written and Illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The famous novella about a pilot who is stranded in the desert and meets the little prince, who...
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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Written by Virginia Hamilton and Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
A collection of 24 African-American folktales including those featuring animals, fairy tales, the...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Written by L. Frank Baum
During a tornado, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are swept away from Kansas to the land of Oz. She...
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Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

Written by Ying Chang Compestine
The year is 1976, and China is still experiencing the repercussions of the Cultural Revolution. Ling...
5th - 9th
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Written by Lewis Carroll
In this sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice enters a fantasy world by climbing through a looking...
2nd - 12th
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Operation Typhoon Shore

Written by Joshua Mowll and Illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat

After being lashed by a typhoon on their uncle's ship, THE EXPEDIENT, intrepid siblings Becca and...

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There's a Bat in Bunk Five

Written by Paula Danziger
Marcy's thrilled when her former teacher, Ms. Finney asks her to be a junior counselor at a new...
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This Place Has No Atmosphere

Written by Paula Danziger
In the year 2057 people live in malls, take classes in ESP, and get detention from robots. Fifteen...
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Zora and Me

Written by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon

Whether she’s telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her...

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Crispin: At the Edge of the World

Written by Avi
“Asta’s son” is all he’s ever been called. It's appropriate because he and his mother are poor...
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A Wrinkle In Time: The Graphic Novel

Written and Illustrated by Hope Larson
The world already knows Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, Calvin O'Keefe, and the three Mrs—Who...
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