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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...

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
5th - 9th
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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...
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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...
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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...
5th - 8th
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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...
7th - 12th
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Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Growing Up

Written by Greenwald and Tommy and Illustrated by Coovert

Yes! Graduation day is finally here! Charlie Joe has been waiting for this moment his entire middle...

4th - 9th
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Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling

Written by Cliff and Tony

Globetrotting troublemaker Delilah Dirk and her loyal friend Selim are just minding their own...

6th - 12th
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Devoted

Written by Jennifer Mathieu
Rachel Walker is devoted to God. She prays every day, attends Calvary Christian Church with her...
7th - 12th
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Dreamstrider

Written by Lindsay Smith

A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of...

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Ruin and Rising

Written by Leigh Bardugo

Soldier. Summoner. Saint. The nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker...

7th - 12th
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This Adventure Ends

Written by Mills and Emma
Sloane isn't expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida...
8th - 12th
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Left Handed Fate

Written by Milford and Kate and Illustrated by Wheeler

Return to Nagspeake for a new fantasy adventure from the bestselling author of National Book Award...

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Lucky Strikes

Written by Bayard and Louis
With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her...
7th - 12th

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