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Detective Stories

Written by Philip Pullman and Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle
Young mystery fans will be enthralled by this compelling volume of detective fiction that includes both classic and contemporary writers such as Italo Calvino, Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Damon Runyon, and Andrew Vachss.
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Alma and the Sea

Written by Jaime Gamboa and Illustrated by Roger Ycaza

This story is a cultural representative not only for Hondurans but for anyone in the Caribbean sea...

1st - 3rd
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Untwine

Written by Edwidge Danticat

Giselle Boyer and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be, even as their family...

7th - 9th
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Hurricane Child

Written by Kacen Callender
Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. But when a new student named Kalinda arrives, Caroline's luck begins to turn around.
3rd - 7th
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The Year We Learned to Fly

Written by Jacqueline Woodson and Illustrated by Rafael Lopez

On a dreary, stuck-inside kind of day, a brother and sister heed their grandmother’s advice: “Use...

K - 3rd
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The Great Gatsby

Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career...

8th - 12th
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Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

Written by Emily Pearson and Illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

Can one child's good deed change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary―an ordinary girl from an...

2nd - 6th
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A Dog's Porpoise

Written by M.C. Ross

When a bad storm throws Bangor, a harbor porpoise, off course, he finds himself all alone in the...

4th - 7th
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Night Job

Written by Karen Hesse and Illustrated by G. Brian Karas

When the sun sets, Dad’s job as a school custodian is just beginning. What is it like to work on a...

Pre-K - 2nd
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill

Written by Lemony Snicket

I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a...

5th - 6th
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window

Written by Lemony Snicket

Dear Reader,

If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even...

5th - 6th
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A Series of Unfortunate Events #2: The Reptile Room

Written by Lemony Snicket

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful...

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When Mischief Came to Town

When Inge Maria Jensen’s mother dies, the ten-year-old girl in braids is sent from Copenhagen to...

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball

Written by Jeff Kinney

Once the walls come down, all sorts of problems start to crop up. Rotten wood, toxic mold, unwelcome...

3rd - 7th
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What If You Could Sniff Like a Shark?

Written by Sandra Markle

If you could have any ocean animal's superpower, whose would you choose?

 

What if you woke up one...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Rowley Jeffersons Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories

Written by Jeff Kinney

Scare yourself silly with Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney, the #1...

3rd - 8th
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion

On a bleak winter afternoon, Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman between the...

3rd - 7th
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Dust of Eden

Written by Mariko Nagai

We lived under a sky so blue in Idaho right near the towns of Hunt and Eden but we were not welcomed...

4th - 7th
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The Moon Within

Written by Aida Salazar

Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy...

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Other Words for Home

Written by Jasmine Warga

Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across...

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This Side of Paradise

Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920) was an immediate, spectacular success and...
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Candide

Written by Voltaire
Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Written by Mark Twain

Whether he’s sneaking doughnuts, mooning over a pretty girl, or snookering the local boys to do his...

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The Inferno

Written by Dante Alighieri
"Abandon hope all ye who enter here." Dante, our young, naive hero, has woken from a deep sleep to...
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