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Dream It! A Playbook to Spark Your Awesomeness

Written by Scott Stoll and Sara E. Williams
Dream It! A Playbook to Spark Your Awesomeness is a workbook that teaches middle-grade children to...
3rd - 7th
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The Blue Bird's Palace

Written by Orianne Lallemand and Illustrated by Carole Henaff
Inspired by the Russian storytelling tradition, this contemporary fairy tale about a relatable...
K - 5th
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The Boy Who Grew Flowers

Written by Jen Wojtowicz and Illustrated by Steve Adams
Rink is a very unusual boy who grows beautiful flowers all over his body whenever the moon is full...
K - 5th
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The Girl with a Brave Heart

Written by Rita Jahanforuz and Illustrated by Vali Mintzi
Shiraz, a kindhearted young girl growing up in Tehran, has a miserable life at home with her...
K - 5th
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Winter Shadow

Written by Richard Knight and Illustrated by Richard Johnson
Traipse to a small village in the snowy north, where Maria stumbles upon a mysterious gray bundle...
K - 6th
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Cloud Chaser

Written by Anne-Fleur Drillon and Illustrated by Eric Puybaret
Dreamy Emery loves doodling wild inventions . . . but when a new friend moves in next door with...
K - 5th
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Des fleurs pour Angelina

Written by Jen Wojtowicz and Illustrated by Steve Adams
Ricaud is a very unusual boy who grows beautiful flowers all over his body whenever the moon is full...
K - 5th
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La Frontera

Written by Alfredo Alva and Deborah Mills and Illustrated by Claudia Navarro
Join a young boy and his father on a daring journey from Mexico to Texas to find a new life. They’ll...
Pre-K - 6th
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I Funny: I Even Funnier

Written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein and Illustrated by Laura Park
Middle-schooler Jamie Grimm is excited. He's just won the state finals in New York for the Planet's...
4th - 7th
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I Funny: I Totally Funniest

Written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein and Illustrated by Laura Park
In the third installment of the I Funny series, Jamie Grimm did really well on national television...
3rd - 7th
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Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

Written by Donna Janell Bowmen and Illustrated by Daniel Minter
William "Doc" Key had a special way with animals. Growing up an enslaved child in Tennessee, Doc was...
3rd - 6th
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Caddie Woodlawn

Written by Carol Ryrie Brink
Based on the life of author Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother, Caddie Woodlawn is about adventurous...
3rd - 7th
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Dear Mr. Henshaw

Written by Beverly Cleary and Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Sixth grader Leigh Botts is struggling. His parents just got divorced, and he and his mom move to a...
3rd - 7th
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M. C. Higgins, the Great

Written by Virginia Hamilton
Mayo Cornelius Higgins watches the activities on Sarah Mountain from a silver pole. Strip mining is...
3rd - 7th
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Shadow of a Bull

Written by Maia Wojciechowska
Manalo's father, the great bullfighter Juan Olivar, died when his son was only three, yet he was...
3rd - 7th
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The Summer of the Swans

Written by Betsy Byars
Sara Godfrey is having a rough summer. She is moody and uncomfortable in her own skin. She blames...
3rd - 7th
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A Long Way from Chicago

Written by Richard Peck and Illustrated by Yang Hee

Set in the Depression, the book is a series of stories about the adventures Joey Dowdel and his...

3rd - 7th
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Bad Boy

Written by Walter Dean Myers

The autobiography of Water Dean Myers, who describes what it's like growing up in Harlem in the...

4th - 8th
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Written by Jeff Kinney
In this edition of the Wimpy Kid series, Greg is having trouble getting along with his brother...
3rd - 7th
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Monster

Written by Walter Dean Myers

The story of Steve Harmon, a teenager in juvenile detention and on trial. Told as a screenplay of...

3rd - 8th
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Pictures of Hollis Woods

Written by Patricia Reilly Giff

The story of Hollis Woods, a girl who was abandoned in a park for which she is named. Currently, she...

3rd - 7th
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Roller Girl

Written by Victoria Jamieson

Astrid has just made a big decision. After doing everything with her best friend Nicole, for the...

4th - 7th
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Smile

Written by Raina Telgemeier

In this graphic memoir, Raina Telgemeier remembers sixth grade, when a nasty fall reults in serious...

3rd - 7th
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Written by J.K. Rowling and Illustrated by Mary Grandpre
In the conclusion of the Harry Potter series, Harry goes on his final odyssey in search of Horcruxes...
4th - 7th

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