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Square Root of Summer

Written by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

Gottie's heart has been broken three times. One, when her best friend moved away without saying...

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Stone in the Sky

Written by Cecil Castellucci

Years ago, Tula Bane was beaten and left for dead on a remote space station far from Earth, her home...

7th - 12th
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The Nameless City

Written by Faith Erin Hicks and Illustrated by Jordie Bellaire
Every nation that invades the City gives it a new name. But before long, new invaders arrive and the...
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The Rise of Aurora West

Written by Paul Pope and Illustrated by David Rubin
A prequel to Battling Boy, The Rise of Aurora West follows the young hero as she seeks to uncover...
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Unscripted Joss Byrd

Written by Lygia Day Penaflor
Joss Byrd is America's most celebrated young actress, but on the set of her latest project, a gritty...
7th - 12th
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Lord of the Kill

Written by Theodore Taylor
When a half-eaten body is found inside a locked jaguar cage, eighteen-year-old Ben Jepson knows it's...
7th - 9th
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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan...
5th - 12th
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...And Now Miguel

Written by Joseph Krumgold and Illustrated by Jean Charlot
Every summer the men of the Chavez family go on a long and difficult sheep drive to the mountains...
5th - 8th
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The Door in the Wall

Written by Marguerite de Angeli

Set in the Middle Ages in England during the Black Death (bubonic plague), the story is about Robin...

7th - 9th
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Waterless Mountain

Written by Laura Adams Armer and Illustrated by Sidney Armer
Younger Brother is trying to find his place in Navajo culture. He is helped along in his journey by...
5th - 9th
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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

Written by Elizabeth Lewis and Illustrated by William Low
Young Fu is from a small rural village, so when he first arrives in Chungking, a bustling city, he...
5th - 9th
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Criss Cross

Written by Lynne Rae Perkins
This book is about teens living in a small town in the 1960s. There's not a lot to do, and the teens...
5th - 9th
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Dicey's Song

Written by Cynthia Voigt
Part of a series of seven books, this one is about what happens to Dicey and her three siblings...
7th - 10th
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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

Written by Laura Amy Schlitz and Illustrated by Robert Byrd
Go back in time to an English village in 1266, where an interesting array of characters live and...
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It's Like This, Cat

Written by Emily Neville and Illustrated by Emil Weiss
Fourteen-year-old Dave needs a friend, and Kate, the Cat Lady, provides one: a stray tom named Cat...
5th - 9th
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Jacob Have I Loved

Written by Katherine Paterson
The story of Sara Louise Bradshaw, a twin who is physically stronger than her beautiful sister...
7th - 11th
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Julie of the Wolves

Written by Jean Craighead George and Illustrated by John Schoenherr

Julie, or Miyax as she is known in her Eskimo village, runs away to escape danger, but she gets lost...

5th - 9th
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Kira-Kira

Written by Cynthia Kadohata
Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, has a wonderful way of looking at the world. Everything is kira-kira...
5th - 9th
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Onion John

Written by Joseph Krumgold and Illustrated by Symeon Shimin

The story of the friendship between a European immigrant named Onion John, so called because of his...

5th - 8th
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Out of the Dust

Written by Karen Hesse
Written in spare, first-person free-verse poems, the book is about how Billie Jo survives during the...
5th - 8th
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The Hero and the Crown

Written by Robin McKinley

Although Aerin is the daughter of Damar's king, she has never been accepted as full royalty. That's...

5th - 10th
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The Slave Dancer

Written by Paula Fox
Thirteen-year-old Jesse Bollier welcomed the pennies he made playing the fife on the docks of New...
6th - 9th
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Up a Road Slowly

Written by Irene Hunt
Julie's life has numerous ups and downs. She loves spending time at her Aunt Cordelia's, running...
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Bright Lights Dark Nights

Written by Emond and Stephen
A story about first love, first fights, and finding yourself in a messed up world, from Stephen...
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