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Train I Ride

Written by Paul Mosier

Ryder is on a train heading east, leaving California, where her gramma can’t take care of her...

3rd - 7th
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Just My Luck

Written by Cammie McGovern
Fourth grade is not going at all how Benny Barrows hoped. He hasn't found a new best friend at...
3rd - 6th
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Where Red Fern Grows

Written by Wilson Rawls
At long last, Billy is able to get two dogs of his own--Old Dan and Little Ann. Together, they hunt...
3rd - 7th
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Lawn Boy

Written by Gary Paulsen

One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out...

3rd - 7th
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Tales From A Not-So-Friendly Frenemy

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
Nikki Maxwell has the worst luck. Of all the schools she could have been assigned to for the student...
4th - 8th
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Tales From A Not-So-Glam TV Star

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
A latest entry in the popular series finds Nikki and her friends followed for a month by a reality...
4th - 8th
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Tales From A Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
Nikki Maxwell isn’t at all surprised to find out that her crush Brandon volunteers at a local animal...
4th - 8th
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Tales From A Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
Nikki and her friends Brandon, Chloe, and Zoey are teamed up on an important mission in the tenth...
4th - 8th
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Tales From A Not-So-Popular Party Girl

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
Life is looking up for Nikki Maxwell, especially since her crush, Brandon, asked her to be his lab...
4th - 8th
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Tales From A Not-So-Talented Pop Star

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
Nikki Maxwell has been doing everything she can to keep everyone at school from learning the truth-...
4th - 8th
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Wringer

Written by Jerry Spinelli
In Palmer LaRue's hometown of Waymer, turning ten is the biggest event of a boy's life. But for...
3rd - 7th
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The Youngest Marcher

Written by Cynthia Levinson and Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963...
K - 5th
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Written by Judith Viorst and Illustrated by Ray Cruz
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1972. What else could go wrong in Alexander's day? He woke up with gum in his hair.
1st - 5th
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Roller Skates

Written by Ruth Sawyer and Illustrated by Valenti Angelo
Lucinda Wyman is passionate about roller skating, but her scheduled life doesn't leave much time for...
3rd - 7th
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Written by Avi

The first book in a trilogy, it describes the adventures of 13-year-old Crispin, which took place in...

3rd - 7th
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15488

Classic Starts Peter Pan

Written by J. M. Barrie and adapted by Tania Zamorski
This edition of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, is specially designed for young readers. Told...
2nd - 4th
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15465

Heidi

Written by Johanna Spyri
When Heidi’s aunt takes her to live with her grandfather in the mountains Heidi thrives in her new...
3rd - 7th
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Ramona the Pest

Written by Beverly Cleary
Ramona is thrilled to start kindergarten and take the bus with her older sister, Beezus, but she...
3rd - 7th
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Written by Judy Blume
A groundbreaking novel when it came out in 1970, the book discusses sensitive issues young girls...
3rd - 7th

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