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They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems

Written by David Bowles

Twelve-year-old Güero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the...

6th - 8th
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Twin Cities: (A Graphic Novel)

Written by Jose Pimienta

Being twins means having a best friend forever . . . But when one goes to middle school in Mexico...

5th - 8th
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17351

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 live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera's single mother can't afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range, Russian summer camp.
4th - 8th
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You Bring the Distant Near

Written by Mitai Perkins
From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City...
7th - 12th
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The Red Pony by John Steinbeck

Written by John Steinbeck (author) and John Seelye (introduction)
Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a...
6th - 8th
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17183

Drama

Written by Raina Telgemeier

Callie loves the theater, but she can't sing. So she signs on to be the set director. She has a lot...

5th - 9th
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Tracker

Written by Gary Paulsen
Every fall, John Borne goes hunting for deer with his grandfather to shoot enough deer to feed the...
5th - 9th
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17099

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
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17074

Tales From A Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
A certain member of the CCP girls Dork fans know all about has gotten her hands on Nikki’s diary and...
4th - 8th
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Tales From A Not-So-Fabulous Life

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries follows eighth grader Nikki Maxwell as she chronicles through text and sketches her...

4th - 8th
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17075

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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17079

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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17080

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-Happily Ever After

Written by Rachel Rene Russell and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
After a bump on the head in gym class on April Fool’s Day, Nikki has a wild dream in which she, her...
4th - 8th
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17073

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-Smart Miss Know-It-All

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely...
4th - 8th
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17089

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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17072

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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17090

Weetzie Bat

Written by Francesca Lia Block
Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends: Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret...
7th - 9th
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17083

Who Moved My Cheese? For Teens

Written by Spencer Johnson
Help a teen you know deal with the changes in his or her life with the book that has helped so many...
7th - 9th
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16498

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...
5th - 9th
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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...
5th - 9th

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