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Same Difference

Written by Siobhan Vivian

The last thing Emily wants is another summer of tanning and pool hopping in Cherry Grove. Now that...

7th - 12th
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Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz)

Written by Gennifer Choldenko

Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his...

5th - 7th
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The Magic Fish

Written by Trung Le Nguyen

Tien and his mother may come from different cultures—she’s an immigrant from Vietnam still...

7th - 12th
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Dream It! A Playbook to Spark Your Awesomeness

Written by Scott Stoll and Sara E. Williams
Dream It! A Playbook to Spark Your Awesomeness is a workbook that teaches middle-grade children to...
3rd - 7th
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Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

Written by Marley Dias

Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make...

5th - 10th
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The Ugly One

Written by Leanne Statland Ellis
I had always been ugly, as far back as I could remember. Micay has a deep scar that runs like a...
5th - 7th
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Hoot

Written by Carl Hiassen
A pancake house wants to open a franchise in Florida, but the site under consideration is where...
5th - 8th
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I Funny: I Even Funnier

Written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein and Illustrated by Laura Park
Middle-schooler Jamie Grimm is excited. He's just won the state finals in New York for the Planet's...
4th - 7th
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I Funny: I Totally Funniest

Written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein and Illustrated by Laura Park
In the third installment of the I Funny series, Jamie Grimm did really well on national television...
3rd - 7th
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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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Caddie Woodlawn

Written by Carol Ryrie Brink
Based on the life of author Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother, Caddie Woodlawn is about adventurous...
3rd - 7th
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16496

Dobry

Written by Monica Shannon and Illustrated by Atanas Katchamakoff

Dobry is a young boy who lives in Bulgaria with his widowed mother and grandfather, who run the...

5th - 7th
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Dear Mr. Henshaw

Written by Beverly Cleary and Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Sixth grader Leigh Botts is struggling. His parents just got divorced, and he and his mom move to a...
3rd - 7th
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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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M. C. Higgins, the Great

Written by Virginia Hamilton
Mayo Cornelius Higgins watches the activities on Sarah Mountain from a silver pole. Strip mining is...
3rd - 7th
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Shadow of a Bull

Written by Maia Wojciechowska
Manalo's father, the great bullfighter Juan Olivar, died when his son was only three, yet he was...
3rd - 7th
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The Summer of the Swans

Written by Betsy Byars
Sara Godfrey is having a rough summer. She is moody and uncomfortable in her own skin. She blames...
3rd - 7th
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Written by Elizabeth George Speare

When 16-year-old Kit Tyler was forced to leave Barbados for Connecticut, in 1687, she had a hard...

5th - 7th
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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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Blood Will Tell: A Point Last Seen Mystery

Written by April Henry
When a woman's body is found in a Portland park, suspicion falls on an awkward kid who lives only a...
7th - 12th
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Finding Mr. Brightside

Written by Clark and Jay
Abram and Juliette know each other. They've lived down the street from each other their whole lives...
6th - 12th
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A Long Way from Chicago

Written by Richard Peck and Illustrated by Yang Hee

Set in the Depression, the book is a series of stories about the adventures Joey Dowdel and his...

3rd - 7th

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