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We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands / Tenemos el mundo entero en las manos

Written by Rafael López and Illustrated by Rafael Lopez

Award-winning illustrator Rafael Lopez breathes new life to the famous spiritual with a bilingual...

Pre-K - K
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The Vanishing Girl (Daphne and Velma)

Written by Josephine Ruby

Popular Daphne Blake and über-nerd Velma Dinkley are not friends. They aren't enemies either, but...

7th - 9th
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The Poison Pen (Riverdale, Novel #5)

Written by Caleb Roehrig

Archie, Betty, Jughead, Veronica, and the rest of the gang are all getting ready for the next stage...

7th - 9th
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I Am Princess X

Written by Cherie Priest and Illustrated by Kali Ciesemier

Once upon a time, two best friends created a princess together. Libby drew the pictures, May wrote...

3rd - 7th
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The Maple Murders (Riverdale, Novel #3)

Written by Micol Ostow

Riverdale is clamoring with excitement over news that an old town tradition is suddenly being...

7th - 9th
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Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story

Written by Marilyn Nelson and Tonya C. Hegamin
Pemba knows she's not crazy. But who is that looking out at her through her mirror's eye? And why is the apparition calling her "friend"?
7th - 9th
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The Season

Written by Sarah MacLean

Seventeen year old Lady Alexandra is strong-willed and sharp-tongued -- in a house full of older...

7th - 12th
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Restart

Written by Gordon Korman

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't...

3rd - 7th
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Pinned

Written by Sharon G. Flake

Autumn and Adonis have nothing in common and everything in common. Autumn is outgoing and has lots...

9th - 12th
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Wild River

Written by Rodman Philbrick
This gripping survival story from the Newbery Honor author of Wildfire is filled with adrenaline-pumping adventure and moments of true bravery.
4th - 8th
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It's The End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

Written by Justin A. Reynolds

Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores . ....

3rd - 7th
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Wish

Written by Chris Saunders

Rabbit cannot decide what to wish for, so he asks his friends Mouse, Fox, and Bear what they would...

Pre-K - 1st
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Rita and Ralph's Rotten Day

Written by Carmen Agra Deedy and Illustrated by Pete Oswald

In two little houses, on two little hills, lived two best friends...

So begins the story of Rita...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Peanut Butter & Cupcake!

Written and Illustrated by Terry Border

What’s a little piece of bread to do when he’s feeling lonely? Find a friend, of course!

And that’s...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Hedgehugs

Written by Steve Wilson and Illustrated by Lucy Tapper
Horace and Hattie are hedgehogs, and they're the best of friends. Together they make daisy chains...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

Written by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Paula Kahumbu and Illustrated by Peter Greste
In 2004, the aftermath of the tsunami leaves a young hippo stranded at sea. This is the story of his...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Sequins, Secrets, and Silver Linings

Written by Sophia Bennett

Nonie's a freak for fashion. Bleeding-heart Edie wants to green the planet. And starter-starlet...

6th - 8th
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Bernice Gets Carried Away

Written by Hannah E. Harrison
Bernice is having a truly rotten time at her friend's birthday party. First, everyone else gets a...
Pre-K - 1st
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Surf's Up

Written by Kwame Alexander and Illustrated by Daniel Miyares
Surf's up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman (Captain Underpants #5)

Written by Dav Pilkey

George and Harold are always good at using their imaginations, and that drives their mean homeroom...

3rd - 5th
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The Doorbell Rang

Written by Pat Hutchins
Ma makes a batch of a dozen chocolate chip cookies for her children. Each child has six cookies. But...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Bear Says Thanks

Written by Karma Wilson and Illustrated by Jane Chapman
Bear has come up with the perfect way to say thanks—a nice big dinner! When Bear decides to throw a...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Puppy Place: Snowball

Written by Ellen Miles

Welcome to the Puppy Place – where every puppy finds a home!

Charles and Lizzie Peterson are very...

2nd - 5th
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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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