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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Written by Judith Viorst and Illustrated by Ray Cruz
What else could go wrong in Alexander's day? He woke up with gum in his hair. Then his best friend...
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Ginger Pye

Written by Eleanor Estes
The Pye family wouldn't be complete without Ginger, the dog Jerry Pye bought for a dollar. Ginger is...
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Miracles on Maple Hill

Written by Virginia Sorensen
The story of a family who leaves the city and go to Maple Hill so that the father can recover from...
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Strawberry Girl

Written and Illustrated by Lois Lenski
Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer's family has moved to Florida to start their own farm growing strawberries...
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Thimble Summer

Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth Enright
The story of Garnet Linden, who finds a silver thimble in a dried-up riverbed that brings good luck...
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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832

Written by Joan W. Blos
A novel about New England between 1830 and 1832, written in the form of a journal by a girl named...
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A Year Down Yonder

Written by Richard Peck

Mary Alice has spent many summers with Grandma Dowdel in a small town in Illinois, but now, at age...

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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...
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Maniac Magee

Written by Jerry Spinelli
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee's life took a strange turn after his parents died and left him an...
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Missing May

Written by Cynthia Rylant
Summer is very sad following the sudden death of her beloved Aunt May. When Uncle Orb claims that...
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Shiloh

Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Marty Preston is in love with a beagle he found. He names the dog Shiloh and wants to keep her. But...
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The Egg Tree

Written and Illustrated by Katherine Milhous
This Caldecott winner tells the story of the Pennsylvania Dutch egg tree tradition. Two children...
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The Higher Power of Lucky

Written by Susan Patron and Illustrated by Matt Phelan
Lucky is 10 years old and lives in tiny Pan, California, with her dog and French guardian. She lives...
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Sign of the Cat

Written by Jonell and Lynne
Talking cats, a missing princess, swordfights with villains, and secret identities combine in this...
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Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

Written by Boyne and John and Illustrated by Jeffers
The day the First World War broke out Alfie Summerfield s father promised he wouldn t go away to...
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Witherwood Reform School Reform School

Written by Skye and Obert and Illustrated by Keith
After a slight misunderstanding involving a horrible governess, oatmeal, and a jar of tadpoles...
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Dear Hank Williams

Written by Holt and Kimberly Willis
It's 1948 in Rippling Creek, Louisiana, and Tate P. Ellerbee's new teacher has just given her class...
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The Courage Test

Written by James Preller
Will has no choice. His father, a professor of American history, drags him along on a wilderness...
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Treasure of Maria Mamoun

Written by Michelle Chalfoun
Twelve-year-old Maria lives a lonely, latchkey-kid's life in the Bronx. Her Lebanese mother is...
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Wish

Written by Barbara O'Connor

From award-winning author Barbara O'Connor comes a middle-grade novel about an eleven-year-old girl...

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Cinnamon Moon

Written by Tess Hilmo

On the same day as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, 250 miles away in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, there was...

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A Snicker of Magic

Written by Natalie Lloyd
What is the curse over Magic Gulch? How is it related to her mother's broken heart? When Felicity...
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Old Yeller

Written by Fred Gipson
Set in the late 1860s in Texas, the story is about Travis and his best friend, his dog, Old Yeller...
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Pictures of Hollis Woods

Written by Patricia Reilly Giff

The story of Hollis Woods, a girl who was abandoned in a park for which she is named. Currently, she...

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