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The Great Gilly Hopkins

Written by Katherine Paterson
Gilly Hopkins finds herself in a foster home that she wants to hate, but comes to love. "Genuinely...
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Scholastic Classics: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A colonel receives five seeds in the mail - and dies within weeks. A young bride disappears...
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Whatever After: Fairest of All

Written by Sarah Mlynowski
Mirror, mirror, on the basement wall . . .

Once upon a time my brother and I were normal kids. The...

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Just Juice

Written by Karen Hesse
Sweet, resilient Juice Faulstich faces terrible poverty, and is repeating third grade because...
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Romeo and Juliet Together (And Alive!) At Last

Written by Avi
The eighth grade's plan to get two reluctant "lovers" together by means of a Shakespeare's play has...
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The Time Machine

Written by H. G. Wells
This H.G Wells masterpiece tells the story of a scientist who time-travels to the year 802701, and...
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Little Rock Nine

Written by Carolyn Clark
Describes events during the fall of 1957 when nine African-American students became the first to...
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And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

Written by Jean Fritz
This entertaining biography presents fascinating anecdotes and facts that illuminate Paul Revere's...
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In Their Own Words: Lewis and Clark

Written by George Sullivan
"Short chapters, large print, simple vocabulary, straightforward narrative, and attractive...
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The Story of My Life

Written by Helen Keller
The fascinating account of Helen Keller’s handicaps and triumphs, and the extraordinary work of her...
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Freak the Mighty

Freak The Mighty

Written by Rodman Philbrick
Two boys - a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces - forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force.
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The Circuit

Written by Francisco Jimenez
These autobiographical stories tell of hardship, poverty, and love within a family of migrant...
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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Written by Betty Bao Lord and Illustrated by Marc Simont

Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is...

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Dear America: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow

Written by Ann Turner

As one of the latest editions to the Dear America series, this tale provides the first-hand account...

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The Call of the Wild

Written by Jack London
After a series of savage adventures and the loss of a loving master, Buck—part Saint Bernard, part...
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Riding Freedom

Written by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Charlotte Parkhurst never acted like most other girls. She climbed trees and fought with the boys...

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Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Written by Louis Sachar and Illustrated by Adam McCauley

Accidentally built sideways and standing thirty stories high (the builder said he was very sorry for...

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I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

Written by Lauren Tarshis
History's most exciting and terrifying events come to life in these stories of amazing kids and how...
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Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues

Written by Eloise Greenfield
In this warm and humorous story by the award-winning poet and author, a young girl whose laughter...
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Scary Stories: Scary Stories 3

Written by Alvin Schwartz
A collection of tales guaranteed to set spines tingling with stories of swamp creatures, strange...
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Once Upon a Cruise

Written by Anna Staniszewski
Ainsley never wanted to spend her summer on a fairy tale cruise—especially since, instead of...
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Peter Pan

Written by J. M. Barrie
A mischievous boy who refuses to grow up whisks the Darling children off to Neverland in this...
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Wings of Fire: A Winglets Collection

Written by Tui T. Sutherland
Five dragonets are raised in a hidden cave and enlisted, against their will, to end a terrible war...
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Goosebumps Most Wanted: The Lizard of Oz

Written by R. L. Stine
Favorite characters from Goosebumps are back in brand new stories sure to scare
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