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| The Crossover |
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Kwame Alexander
School Library Journal Gr 6-10-Twins Josh and Jordan are junior high basketball stars, thanks in large part ...More |
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| 2015 |
| Legend |
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Marie Lu
Kirkus A gripping thriller in dystopic future Los Angeles.Fifteen-year-olds June and Day live completely diff...More |
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| 2014 |
| Wonder |
by R. J. Palacio
Book list *Starred Review* Kids' books about befriending somebody different could fill a library. But thi...More |
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| 2013 |
| Smile |
Raina Telgemeier
School Library Journal Gr 5 Up-A powerful graphic memoir with a light touch, this is the story of how sixth-...More |
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| 2012 |
| Powerless |
Matthew Cody
Publishers Weekly In a wholly satisfying debut, Cody tackles themes of heroism, sacrifice and coming-of-age,...More |
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| 2011 |
| The Hunger Games |
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Suzanne Collins
Library Journal In a far-future United States, a cruel Capitol keeps order by demanding an annual tribute fo...More |
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| 2010 |
| All the Lovely Bad Ones |
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Mary Downing Hahn
Publishers Weekly Ghost story veteran Hahn (Deep and Dark and Dangerous) spins another novel filled with thi...More |
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| 2009 |
| The lightning thief |
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Rick Riordan.
School Library Journal Gr 5-9-An adventure-quest with a hip edge. At first glance, Perseus Jackson seems lik...More |
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| 2007 |
| So B. It |
Sarah Weeks
Kirkus Resilient Heidi It is the daughter of mentally deficient So B. It, but it's really neighbor Bernad...More |
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| 2006 |
| Eragon |
Christopher Paolini
Publishers Weekly Makeovers with Mass Appeal New editions spruce up popular titles and bestselling series. C...More |
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| 2005 |
| Hoot |
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Carl Hiaasen
Publishers Weekly With a Florida setting and proenvironment, antidevelopment message, Hiaasen (Sick Puppy) r...More |
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| 2004 |
| Stormbreaker |
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Anthony Horowitz
Publishers Weekly Readers will cheer for Alex Rider, the 14-year-old hero of British author Horowitz's s...More |
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| 2003 |
| Fever 1793 |
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Laurie Halse Anderson
School Library Journal Gr 6-10-Mattie Cook, a spirited 14-year-old girl, lives with her widowed mother who ma...More |
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| 2002 |
| Holes |
Louis Sachar
Book list Gr. 6^-9. Middle-schooler Stanley Yelnats is only the latest in a long line of Yelnats to encounter...More |
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| 2000 |
| Ella Enchanted |
Gail Carson Levine
Book list Gr. 5^-8. A superbly plotted, witty, thoroughly enjoyable retelling of the Cinderella story that ne...More |
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| 1999 |
| Frindle |
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Andrew Clements
School Library Journal Gr 4-6?Nicholas Allen, a sharp, creative, independent thinker starts fifth grade looki...More |
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| 1998 |
| Mick Harte Was Here |
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Barbara Park
School Library Journal Gr 4-6?Park's latest offering is a short, yet surprisingly deep and powerful look ...More |
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| 1997 |
| The Best School Year Ever |
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Barbara Robinson
Book list Gr. 3-5. Although neither quite as hilarious nor as unexpectedly moving as The Best Christmas Pagea...More |
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| 1996 |
| The Giver |
Lois Lowry
School Library Journal Gr 6-9-- In a complete departure from her other novels, Lowry has written an intriguin...More |
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| 1995 |
| Flight #116 is Down |
Caroline Cooney
School Library Journal Gr 7-10-- Patrick, 17, finds it ironic that he needs to request hall passes to go to t...More |
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| 1994 |
| Shiloh |
Phyllis Naylor Reynolds
Publishers Weekly In the tradition of Sounder and Where the Red Fern Grows comes this boy-and-his-dog story s...More |
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| 1993 |
| Maniac Magee |
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Jerry Spinelli
School Library Journal Gr 6-10-- Warning: this interesting book is a mythical story about racism. It should n...More |
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| 1992 |
| Number the Stars |
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Lois Lowry
School Library Journal Gr 3-7?The gripping story of a ten-year-old Danish girl and her family's courageou...More |
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| 1991 |
| Matilda |
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Roald Dahl
Publishers Weekly Matilda is an extraordinarily gifted four-year-old whose parentsa crass, dishonest used-car...More |
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| 1990 |
| Wait Till Helen Comes Home |
Mary Downing Hahn
Book list Gr. 5-6. A ghost story extraordinaire is one way to bring on the chills and tingles of Halloween. A...More |
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| 1989 |
| The Dollhouse Murders |
Betty Ren Wright
School Library Journal Gr 3-7-When she witnesses peculiar events surrounding her aunt's old dollhouse in ...More |
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