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Masters of Disaster

Written by Gary Paulsen

Roped into wacky attempts to break world records, imitate scenes from books, and other inspired...

3rd - 6th
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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.
4th - 7th
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The Arabian Nights

Written by Wafa' Tarnowska and Illustrated by Carole Henaff
From Lebanese writer Wafa' Tarnowska and Spanish artist Carole Hénaff, this magnificent new edition...
3rd - 6th
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Prince of Fire: The Story of Diwali

Written by Verma and Jatinder and Illustrated by Mistry
Action-packed from start to finish, this dramatic new chapter book version of India’s great epic...
3rd - 5th
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Written by Mark Twain
A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down...
3rd - 12th
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Everything Castles (National Geographic Kids)

Written by Crispin Boyer
Young readers will be spellbound by this story of fierce battles, dark dungeons, secret passageways...
3rd - 8th
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Adam of the Road

Written by Elizabeth Janet Gray and Illustrated by Robert Lawson

Adam, aged 11, loves to travel with his father, a wandering minstrel, and his dog, Nick. They travel...

3rd - 7th
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The Door in the Wall

Written by Marguerite de Angeli

Set in the Middle Ages in England during the Black Death (bubonic plague), the story is about Robin...

7th - 9th
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The Twenty-One Balloons

Written and Illustrated by William Pène du Bois

Professor William Waterman Sherman, a retired schoolteacher, sets out to fly across the Pacific...

3rd - 7th
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The Grey King

Written by Susan Cooper
The fourth novel in the Dark Is Rising series, the story is about how Will Stanton learns of his...
3rd - 7th
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The Hero and the Crown

Written by Robin McKinley

Although Aerin is the daughter of Damar's king, she has never been accepted as full royalty. That's...

5th - 10th
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Brian's Return

Written by Gary Paulsen

After Brian returns to civilization after his time in the Canadian wilderness, he finds that he...

3rd - 7th
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Old Yeller

Written by Fred Gipson
Set in the late 1860s in Texas, the story is about Travis and his best friend, his dog, Old Yeller...
3rd - 7th
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Island of the Blue Dolphins

Written by Scott O'Dell
In the Pacific, there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it...
3rd - 7th
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Stuart Little

Written by E. B. White and Illustrated by Garth Williams
Stuart Little is a mouse, but he lives with a family of humans in New York City. They also have two...
3rd - 7th
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The Jungle Book

Written by Rudyard Kipling
A collection of stories that offer lessons about moral behavior. The main character is Mowgli, a boy...
4th - 7th
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Mr. Popper's Penguins

Written by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater and Illustrated by Robert Lawson
Mr. Popper, a house painter, lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with his wife and two children. He is...
2nd - 6th
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The Hobbit

Written by J.R.R. Tolkien
The story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit whose quiet life is interrupted when the wizard Gandalf and...
7th - 12th
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Written by L. Frank Baum
During a tornado, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are swept away from Kansas to the land of Oz. She...
1st - 10th
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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
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The Phantom Tollbooth

Written by Norton Juster and Illustrated by Jules Feiffer

When Milo receives a magic tollbooth, he drives his toy car through it into the Kingdom of Wisdom...

3rd - 7th

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