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Love That Dog

Written by Sharon Creech
A charming tale of a boy who finds his own voice with the help of a teacher who won't stop giving...
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The Best Love Poems Ever (Scholastic Classics)

Written by David Levithan (editor)
The beauty. The pain. Being together. Being separated. Love has long been one of the greatest...
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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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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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The Greek Gods

Written by Bernard & Dorothy Evslin
An excellent introduction to mythology, this book includes a glossary, afterword, and bibliography.
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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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The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories

Written by Mark Twain
Rich in frontier life and humor, here are six short stories from one of the most American of authors...
7th - 9th
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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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Scholastic Classics: White Fang

Written by Jack London
A companion book to The Call of the Wild, this tale of the Klondike gold rush is told through the...
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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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Scholastic Classics: The Raven

Written by Edgar Allan Poe
This collection of Poe’s best-loved poems, with an introduction by noted Poe scholar Richard Kopley...
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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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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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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...
5th - 8th
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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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The Last Kids on Earth (The Last Kids on Earth series, Book 1)

Written by Max Brallier and Illustrated by Douglas Holgate

This light hearted (occasionally outrageous) graphic novel will have middle school gamers swapping...

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Star Wars Science Adventures: Revenge of the Sith

Written by Patricia C. Wrede
Science and adventure meet in this thrilling and educational new Star wars series that features 12...
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World's Dumbest Crooks

Written by Allan Zullo
Criminal master-minds? You won't find them here Ridiculous, outrageous, hilarious and true—this book...
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Circle of Gold

Written by Candy Dawson Boyd
In this Coretta Scott King Honor book, young Mattie embarks on a plan to bring her family back...
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Scholastic Classics: The Secret Garden

Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Spoiled, angry Mary Lennox is sent to live with her mysterious uncle after the death of her parents...
5th - 8th

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