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Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Written and Illustrated by Jeff Kinney
Greg Heffley is a typical middle schooler who happens to keep a journal about his life. This first...
3rd - 8th

Esperanza Rising

Written by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza lives a comfortable life on a ranch in Mexico until her father is killed. Then the family...
6th - 8th

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...
3rd - 8th

Rules

Written by Cynthia Lord
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants her life to be normal, and she has tried to get her brother...
3rd - 8th

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...
5th - 8th

My Second Life

Written by Faye Bird
Fifteen-year-old Ana has a good life--she has friends and a boy she likes and a kind mother--but...
7th - 9th

How to Say I Love You Out Loud

Written by Karole Cozzo
When Jordyn Michaelson's autistic brother joins her at her elite school, she's determined not to let...
7th - 9th

Signs Point to Yes: An Adorkable Romance

Written by Sandy Hall
If only Jane’s Magic 8 Ball could tell her how to get through the summer. Unfortunately, Jane is not...
6th - 12th

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

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

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

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

...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

Young Widows Club

Written by Alexandra Coutts
Seventeen-year-old Tamsen Baird didn't set out to become a teenage widow. All she did was fall in...
7th - 12th

Pistachio Prescription

Written by Paula Danziger and Illustrated by Ann M Martin
Cassie Stephens is dealing with a lot: She’s got asthma. She’s running for freshperson class...
5th - 8th

Night Hoops

Written by Carl Deuker
Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. Or so it seems. But as the...
7th - 9th

American Born Chinese

Written and Illustrated by Gene Yang
Jin Wang starts at a new school where he’s the only Chinese-American student. When a boy from Taiwan...
7th - 10th

Dear America: Down The Rabbit Hole

Written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings the story of a young girl caught up in a web...
5th - 9th

My Brother Sam Is Dead

Written by James Lincoln Collier
All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother Sam. Sam's smart and brave -- and is now a...
7th - 12th

A Land of Permanent Goodbyes

Written by Atia Abawi
After their home in Syria is bombed, Tareq, his father, and his younger sister seek refuge. First...
8th - 11th

Be Prepared

Written and Illustrated by Vera Brosgol
All Vera wants to do is fit in but that's not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends...
4th - 8th

Checked

Written by Cynthia Kadohata and Illustrated by Maurizio Zorat
To help his dog through cancer treatment, Conor gives up hockey and finds himself considering who he...
5th - 8th

Ghost Boys

Written by Jewell Parker Rhodes
After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his...
4th - 8th

Hope in the Holler

Written by Lisa Lewis Tyre
Right before Wavie's mother died, she gave Wavie a list of instructions to help her find her way in...
5th - 8th

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