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Pictures BooksPictures Books

• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

• John Henry

• Kitten’s First Full Moon

• Lon Po Po

• Machines At Work

• Mama Cat Has Three Kittens

• Martha Speaks

• Mr. Gumpy's Outing

• My Friend Rabbit

• No, David!

• Off To School, Baby Duck!

• Olivia

• Rumpelstiltskin

• Strega Nona

• Ten, Nine, Eight

• Where The Wild Things Are

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Andy and the Lion

• Caps for Sale

• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

• Dinosaur Roar!

• Freight Train

• Go Away, Big Green Monster!

• Going Someplace Special

• Harold andThe Purple Crayon

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Andy and the LionAndy and the Lion

• By James Daugherty• The lion remembers

Andy's kindness to him.

• Caldecott Award

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Caps for Sale Caps for Sale

• By Esphyr Slobodkina• A band of mischievous

monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.

• Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

• By Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

• See what happens when the alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

• ALA Notable Children's Book Award

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Dinosaur Roar! Dinosaur Roar!

• By Paul & Henrietta Stickland

• A fun look at dinosaurs, including ones that are sweet, grumpy, spiky, or lumpy.

• Children’s Choice Award

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Freight TrainFreight Train

• By Donald Crews• Follow a colorful train

as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

• Caldecott Award

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Go Away, Big Green Monster!

Go Away, Big Green Monster!

• By Ed Emberley• Pop-up monsters show

you that there is nothing to be afraid of when you go to bed.

• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

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Going Someplace Special

Going Someplace Special

• By Patricia McKissack• Nashville was

segregated in 1950. See what happens when a young African American girl goes to one of the few integrated places in town.

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Harold andThe Purple Crayon

Harold andThe Purple Crayon

• By Crocket Johnson• Harold goes for a walk

in the moonlight with his purple crayon and creates fun and adventure.

• An animated TV series• Emmy Award

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If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

• By Laura J. Numeroff• What else does a

mouse want when you give him a cookie? Find out!

• California Young Reader Medal

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John HenryJohn Henry

• By Julius Lester• Learn about an African

American legend that raced a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

• Caldecott Honor Book

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Kitten’s First Full MoonKitten’s First Full Moon

• By Kevin Henkes• Kitten mistakes the

moon for a bowl of milk. See what happens to Kitten next.

• Caldecott Award

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Lon Po PoLon Po Po

• By Ed Young• A Red Riding Hood

Story From China• Three sisters staying

home alone meet a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.

• Caldecott Award

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Machines At WorkMachines At Work

• By Bryon Barton• See the machines

workers use to tear down buildings and build a new ones.

• Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children

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Mama Cat Has Three Kittens

Mama Cat Has Three Kittens

• By Denise Fleming• Two kittens copy

everything their mother does. Their brother naps.

• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

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Martha SpeaksMartha Speaks

• By Susan Meddaugh• Martha, the family dog,

learns to speak after eating alphabet soup. Then the problems begin.

• Parent’s Choice Award

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Mr. Gumpy's OutingMr. Gumpy's Outing

• By John Birmingham• Mr. Gumpy lets more

and more animals on his boat, find out what happens next!

• ALA Notable Children's Book Award

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My Friend RabbitMy Friend Rabbit

• By Eric Rohmann• Bad things seem to

happen when Rabbit is around. Mouse still lets him play with his toy plane. They are good friends.

• Caldecott Award

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No, David!No, David!

• By David Shannon• David is doing bad

things, but he still gets a hug.

• Caldecott Honor Book

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Off To School, Baby Duck!Off To School, Baby Duck!

• By Amy Hest• Baby duck gets ready

for his first day of school with the help of Grandpa.

• School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

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OliviaOlivia

• By Ian Falconer• Olivia is a pig with too

much energy for her own good.

• Caldecott Honor Book

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RumpelstiltskinRumpelstiltskin

• By Paul O. Zelinsky• A little man helps the

miller's daughter spin straw into gold. In return, she promises that she will give him her first-born child.

• Caldecott Honor Book

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Strega NonaStrega Nona

• By Tomie Depaola • When Strega Nona

leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.

• Caldecott Honor Book

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Ten, Nine, EightTen, Nine, Eight

• By Molly Bang • A father and his little

“big” girl turn bedtime into playtime with a rhyming game with numbers.

• Caldecott Award

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Where The Wild Things AreWhere The Wild Things Are

• By Maurice Sendak • Max is sent to bed for

misbehaving. He escapes by imagining that he sails away to a wild land full of monsters.

• Caldecott Award

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The Very Hungry CaterpillarThe Very Hungry Caterpillar

• By Eric Carle • A very hungry

caterpillar eats and eats. When he is full, he sleeps. What do you think happens next?

• Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award

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Chapter BooksChapter Books

Humor

• The 6th Grade Nickname Game

• The Best School Year Ever

• Harris And Me: A Summer Remembered

• How To Eat Fried Worms

• The Twits

Adventure

• A Girl Named Disaster

• Breadwinner

• Hatchet

• Julie Of The Wolves

• Slake’s Limbo

• Stone Fox

• Z For Zachariah

Realistic Fiction

• Are You There God? It's Me Margaret

• The Friends

• Harriet the Spy

• Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind

• Toning the Sweep

• What Jamie Saw

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More Chapter BooksMore Chapter Books

Historical Fiction

• Captain Grey

• Carrie's War

• The Corn Raid

• Jump Ship to Freedom

• Red-Dirt Jessie

• Sarah, Plain and Tall

• Turn Homeward

• Witches' Children

Nonfiction

• Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt!

• Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life Of Discovery

• John F. Kennedy: The Making Of A Leader

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Lincoln: A Photobiography

• Lives Of The Musicians

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• Charlotte's Web

• A Dog So Small

• Falcon's Egg

• The Haunting

• The House of Rats

• The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe

• The Moorchild

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Are You There God?It's Me Margaret

Are You There God?It's Me Margaret

• By Judy Blume • Faced with the

difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

Realistic Fiction

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The FriendsThe Friends

• By Rosa Guy • A West Indian girl in

Harlem, New York sees that her own pride rather than her mother's death and her father was creating the gulf between her and her best friend.

Realistic Fiction

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Harriet the SpyHarriet the Spy

• By Louise Fitzhugh• Young Harriet darts

around her Manhattan neighborhood finding the "scoop" on everything.

Realistic Fiction

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Shabanu: Daughter Of The Wind

Shabanu: Daughter Of The Wind

• By Suzanne Suzanne Fisher

• Shabanu, a girl in present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to a man whose money will bring prestige. She must accept the custom, or defy her family.

Realistic Fiction

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Toning the SweepToning the Sweep

• By Angela Johnson• On a trip to the desert

to bring her dying grandmother home, Emily learns about the family's tragic past and gains pride as a third generation black woman.

Realistic Fiction

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What Jamie SawWhat Jamie Saw

• By Carolyn Coman• Jamie fled to a family

friend's hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall. Now nine-year-old Jamie finds himself full of fear.

Realistic Fiction

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Harris And Me: A Summer Remembered

Harris And Me: A Summer Remembered

• By Gary Paulsen• Pig wrestling and

mouse hunting are just two of a young boy's fun and funny adventures when he spends the summer on his cousin's farm.

Humor

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How to Eat Fried WormsHow to Eat

Fried Worms• By Thomas Rockwell• Two boys set out to

prove that worms can make a delicious meal. Don’t believe me? Then read this funny book that includes lots of great recipes!

Humor

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The TwitsThe Twits

• By Roald Dahl• In England, silly people

are called “twits.” This is the hilarious story of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.

Humor

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The 6th Grade Nickname Game

The 6th Grade Nickname Game

• By Gordan Korman• Best friends Jeff and

Wiley like to give nicknames. They try to find one for the new girl Cassandra, while adjusting to the football coach who has become their new teacher.

Humor

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The Best School Year Ever

The Best School Year Ever

• By Barbara Robinson• The six horrible

Herdmans, the worst kids in the history of the world, cause mayhem throughout the school year.

Humor

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A Girl Named DisasterA Girl Named Disaster

• By Nancy Farmer• While journeying to

Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and comes close to the world of the African spirits.

Adventure

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The BreadwinnerThe Breadwinner

• By Deborah Ellis• Eleven-year-old Parvana

lives with her family in poverty in Kabul, Afghanistan. Desperate, Parvana must transform herself into a boy and become the breadwinner.

Adventure

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HatchetHatchet

• By Gary Paulsen• After a plane crash,

Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, with only the aid of a hatchet given his mother and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Adventure

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Julie Of The WolvesJulie Of The Wolves

• By Jean Craighead George

• While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost and is befriended a wolf pack.

Adventure

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Slake’s LimboSlake’s Limbo

• By Felice Holman• Thirteen-year-old

Aremis Slake, hounded his fears and misfortunes, flees them into New York City's subway tunnels, never again--he believes--to emerge.

Adventure

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Stone FoxStone Fox

• By John Reynolds Gardner

• Willy needs to win the big dogsled race in order to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm. His competition will be hard to beat.

Adventure

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The Whipping BoyThe Whipping Boy

• By Sid Fleischman• A bratty prince and his

whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

Adventure

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Z For ZachariahZ For Zachariah

• By Robert O’Brien• Seemingly the only

person left alive after the holocaust of a war, a girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must escape.

Adventure

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A Dog So SmallA Dog So Small

• By Phillipa Pearce • Ben wants a dog so

much that he creates one up out of his imagination. His imaginary dog helps him deal with the many emotions in his life.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• By Roald Dahl• A boy called Charlie

Bucket wins a golden ticket entitling him to a day out at Willy Wonka's miraculous chocolate factory.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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Charlotte's WebCharlotte's Web

• By E. B. White• Fern, is a girl who loves

a little pig named Wilbur and Wilbur's dear friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica. Wilur and Charloteel, a beautiful, large grey spider, live the barn.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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Falcon's EggFalcon's Egg

• By Luli Gray • A girl finds a large, hot,

red egg in Central Park and cares for the remarkable creature which hatches from it.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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The HauntingThe Haunting

• By Margaret Mahy• A shy, withdrawn eight-

year-old receives frightening supernatural images and messages. He learns about a family legacy which could be considered a curse or a rare gift.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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The House of RatsThe House of Rats

• By Stephen Elboz• Four children find the

mysterious house where they are living is taken over and wolves howl outside. Only when they meet one of the "Rats" do they find a way to escape.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe

The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe

• By C.S. Lewis• Four English children go

through a wardrobe door to Narnia where Aslan, the noble lion, fights the spell of the white witch. First in the Chronicles of Narnia series.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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The MoorchildThe Moorchild

• By Eloise McGraw• Feeling that she is

neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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Captain GreyCaptain Grey

• By Avi• Following the

Revolution, a boy becomes the captive of a ruthless man who has set up his own “nation,” supported by piracy, on a remote part of the New Jersey coast.

Historical Fiction

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Carrie’s WarCarrie’s War

• By Nina Bawden• When the Union army

invades their Georgia town in 1864, Hannalee, her younger brother, and other millworkers are shipped to Indiana to work in the war factories.

Historical Fiction

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The Corn RaidThe Corn Raid

• By James Lincoln Collier • A young orphan boy is

indentured to work in Jamestown, Virginia where he finally finds a friend, an Indian boy, whose village will soon be raided by his master.

Historical Fiction

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Jump Ship to FreedomJump Ship to Freedom

• By James L. & Christopher Collier

• A young African American tries to buy freedom for his mother and himself with money his father earned as a revolutionary war soldier.

Historical Fiction

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Red Dirt JesseRed Dirt Jesse

• By Anna Myers• Jessie, a young girl

living in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Depression, tries to tame a wild dog and help her father recover from a nervous breakdown.

Historical Fiction

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Sarah Plain and TallSarah Plain and Tall

• By Patricia MacLachlan• Sarah answers an ad for

a mail-order bride and agrees to a trial visit on a frontier farm. Jacob's children hope Sarah will stay, though she misses her Maine home on the sea.

Historical Fiction

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Turn HomewardTurn Homeward

• By Patricia Beaty• Hannalee, forced to

relocate in Indiana along with other millworkers during the Civil War, leaves her mother with a promise to return home when the war ends.

Historical Fiction

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The Witches’ ChildrenThe Witches’ Children

• By Patricia Clapp• The Salem Witch trials

begin as stories to create excitement. Mary, a bound servant, tells how her circle of friends gained stature in the village with their unfounded accusations.

Historical Fiction

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Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt!

Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt!

• By Jean Fritz• Follows the life of the

dynamic twenty-sixth president, discussing his conservation work, hunting expeditions, family life, and political career.

Nonfiction

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Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life Of DiscoveryEleanor Roosevelt: A Life Of Discovery

• By Russell Freeman• A photobiography of the

first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.

Nonfiction

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Leonardo Da VinciLeonardo Da Vinci

• By Diane Stanley• A biography of the

Italian Renaissance artist and inventor who, at about age thirty, began writing about the many idea of his amazing mind.

Nonfiction

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Lincoln: A PhotobiographyLincoln: A Photobiography

• By Russell Freeman• Photographs and text

trace the life of the Civil War President.

Nonfiction

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Lives Of The MusiciansLives Of The Musicians

• By Kathleen Krull• What’s it like to be a

professional musician? Good times, bad times (and what the neighbors thought) - a fun and funny read.

Nonfiction

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John F. Kennedy: The Making Of A Leader

John F. Kennedy: The Making Of A Leader

• By Ritu Upadhyay• The story of one of

America’s most popular presidents.

Nonfiction

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YA LiteratureYA Literature

Humor

• The Amber Cat

• Car Trouble

• Godless

• Holes

• Lulu Can See Through Walls

• Math Curse

• Would My Fortune Cookie Lie?

Adventure

• The Call of the Wild

• Over Sea, Under storm

• Raiders of the Lost Ark

• Sonny's House of Spies

• The Work of Wolves

Realistic Fiction

• Black and White

• Boy Proof

• If We Kiss

• Inexcusable

• Pretties

• Letting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found My Self of Steam

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More YA LiteratureMore YA Literature

Historical Fiction

• Broken Song

• Nine Days a Queen: the Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey

• Redemption

• Roll of Thunder: Hear My Cry

• To Kill a Mockingbird

• Under a Stand Still Moon

Nonfiction

• The Bone Woman

• Burro Genius

• Electric universe: the shocking true story of electricity

• Eyes with Winged Thoughts

• Garbage Land

• John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth

• We B* Girlz

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

• 13 Little Blue Envelopes

• The Empty Mirror

• The Fire Eaters

• The Highest Tide

• The Hobbit

• Peter and the Starcatchers

• Twilight

• The Witch’s Boy

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Black and WhiteBlack and White

• By Paul Volponi • Two star high school

basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.

Realistic Fiction

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Boy ProofBoy Proof

• By Cecil Castellucci • Driven, determined,

obsessive Victoria discovers that life as a recluse is more than tough: it’s painful.

Realistic Fiction

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If We KissIf We Kiss

• By Rachel Vail • When Charlie’s dreams

of a first kiss are fulfilled.

Realistic Fiction

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InexcusableInexcusable

• By Chris Linch • The way Keir sees it,

he’s a good guy, not a rapist.

Realistic Fiction

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PrettiesPretties

• By Scott Westerfeld • Tally realizes that there

is far more to being pretty than she ever expected.

Realistic Fiction

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Letting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found My Self of SteamLetting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found My Self of Steam

• By Valerie Hobbs • How can a love that

feels so right be so wrong? Abandoned at a gas station, 16 year-old Jody, married just 13 weeks, reconstructs her life after her husband drives away.

Realistic Fiction

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The Amber Cat The Amber Cat

• By Hilary McKay• While recovering from

chicken pox, Robin and his friends are drawn into his mother's story about the adventures she and her friends had years ago.

Humor

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Car TroubleCar Trouble

• By Jeanne Du Prau • Duff has 6 days to drive

from Virginia to California in a jalopy and nothing goes smoothly.

Humor

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Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls

Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls

• By Bennett Madison • Amateur sleuth, Lulu

Dark vows to track down the thief who stole her precious designer knock-off purse and make them pay.

Humor

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GodlessGodless

• By Pete Hautman • Jason questions faith,

and establishes the Church of the Ten-Legged God, a joke destined to backfire.

Humor

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HolesHoles

• By Louis Sachar• Stanley Yelnats is sent

to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

Humor

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Math CurseMath Curse

• By Jon Scieszka• When the teacher tells

her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.

Humor

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

• By Pete Hautman • Jason questions faith,

and establishes the Church of the Ten-Legged God, a joke destined to backfire.

Humor

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Would My Fortune Cookie Lie?Would My Fortune Cookie Lie?

• By Stella Pevsner • While worrying that her

mom will move the family from their Chicago home, Alexis also wonders about the young man who seems to be shadowing her and her friend.

Humor

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The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild

• By Jack London • Classic adventure story

about Buck, a dog born to luxury who is betrayed and sold as a sledge dog. He escapes captivity to become the leader of a wolf pack.

Adventure

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Over Sea, Under StoneOver Sea, Under Stone

• By George Ella Lyon • Read about an exciting

vacation in Cornwall, England, an ancient treasure map, and a search for lost Arthurian treasure.

Adventure

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Raiders of the Lost ArkRaiders of the Lost Ark

• By Campbell Black • Read about the

adventures of Indiana Jones. This is the book the famous movie of the same name was based on.

Adventure

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Sonny's House of SpiesSonny's House of Spies

• By George Ella Lyon • Why did Sonny's dad

come home late, fight with his mom, then pack all his stuff and leave for good the next day? Why didn't he ever come back?

Adventure

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The Work of WolvesThe Work of Wolves

• By Kent Meyers • Earl Walks Alone, a

gifted Lakota teen, Will, a German exchange student, and Carson, a young horsetrainer, team up to rescue horses from a cruel South Dakota rancher.

Adventure

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13 Little Blue Envelopes

13 Little Blue Envelopes

• By Maureen Johnson • When Ginny receives a

packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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The Empty MirrorThe Empty Mirror

• By James Lincoln Collier • Nick wakes up one

morning to discover that his reflection is missing and whoever, or whatever has stolen it is out to get Nick in trouble. or killed.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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The Fire-EatersThe Fire-Eaters

• By David Almond • Bobby's comfortable

world is disrupted, not only by the arrival of a strongman who pushes objects through his flesh but also by the imminent threat of nuclear disaster.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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The Highest TideThe Highest Tide

• By Jim Lynch • While looking into the

waters near his home, Miles discovers unique specimens that lead to his transformation from undersized outsider to teen prophet.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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The HobbitThe Hobbit

• By J.R.R. Tolkien • Bilbo Baggins, a well-to-

do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the wizard Gandalf chooses him to share in an adventure from which he may never return.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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Peter and the StarcatchersPeter and the Starcatchers

• By Barry Dave and Ridley Pearson

• Learn how Peter Pan came to fly, how Captain Hook lost his hand, and how Neverland was born in this exciting, fantastic adventure.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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TwilightTwilight

• By Stephanie Meyer• When Bella leaves

Phoenix to live with her father, she meets a boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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The Witch’s BoyThe Witch’s Boy

• By Michael Gruber • Imagine if your name

was Lump and your mother was a witch.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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Broken SongBroken Song

• By Kathryn Lasky • In 1897, Reuven Bloom,

a Russian Jew, must set aside his dreams of playing the violin in order to save himself and his sister after the rest of their family is murdered.

Historical Fiction

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Nine Days a Queen: the Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey

Nine Days a Queen: the Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey

• By Ann Rinaldi • Lady Jane Grey, who at

sixteen was Queen of England for nine days before being executed, recounts her life story from the age of nine.

Historical Fiction

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RedemptionRedemption

• By Julie Chibbaro• An English girl and her

mother, with other religious protesters , flee to the New World in the early 1500's.

Historical Fiction

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Roll of Thunder: Hear My Cry

Roll of Thunder: Hear My Cry

• By Mildred Taylor • A black family living in

the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand.

Historical Fiction

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To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird

• By Harper Lee • Set in the Deep South of

the 1930s, two youngsters whose father is a lawyer defend a black man charged with raping a white woman.

Historical Fiction

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Under a Stand Still MonUnder a Stand Still Mon

• By Ann Howard Creel • This spare and lyrical

tale offers readers a peek into what life must have been like for the Ancient Ones, who lived in the Southwest United States over 1000 years ago.

Historical Fiction

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The Bone WomanThe Bone Woman

• By Clea Coff • A forensic

anthropologist searches for the truth in the devastation of the mass graves of war-torn countries.

Nonfiction

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Burro Genius: a Memoir Burro Genius: a Memoir

• By Victor Villasenor • A memoir by a Mexican-

American who failed in school because of undiagnosed severe dyslexia yet became a successful author because of desire and determination.

Nonfiction

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Electric Universe: the Shocking True Story of Electricity

Electric Universe: the Shocking True Story of Electricity

• By David Bodanis • The stories of the

people who discovered electricity, the force that holds the universe together.

Nonfiction

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Eyes with Winged Thoughts

Eyes with Winged Thoughts

• By Gordon Parks • A master artist with

words and images explores emotions and issues.

Nonfiction

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Garbage Land: on the Secret Trail of Trash

Garbage Land: on the Secret Trail of Trash

• By Elizabeth Royte • An adventure that

starts out from a Brooklyn apartment and seeks to find the places where all of our trash ends up.

Nonfiction

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John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth

John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth

• By Elizabeth Partridge• An icon emerges as a

human being, complete with wondrous creativity and flaws.

Nonfiction

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We B* GirlzWe B* Girlz

• By Martha Cooper, Nika Kramer and Rokafella

• Photos and words document an international portrait of hip hop B-girls who are athletic and powerful freestyle dancers.

Nonfiction