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Lizzie Demands a Seat

Written by Beth Anderson

In 1854, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings, an African American schoolteacher, fought back when she was...

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Of a Feather

Written by Dayna Lorentz

In the vein of Barbara O’Connor’s Wish, a moving, poignant story told in alternating perspectives...

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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...

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The Most Perfect Thing in the Universe

Written by Renée Watson

Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson continues her charming young...

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Most Perfect Thing in the Universe

Written by Tricia Springstubb

Eleven-year-old Loah Londonderry is definitely a homebody. While her mother, a noted ornithologist...

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Michael Morpurgo

Written by Michael Morpurgo

Twelve-year-old Bonny has always wanted to be a world-champion cyclist, maybe even an Olympic...

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My Life as a Cat

Written by Carlie Sorosiak

He’s not a stray house cat, he’s an immortal being. And now he must choose whether to return to his...

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The Littlest Voyageur

Written by Margi Preus

A red squirrel stows away on a canoe to fulfill his dream of joining a group of voyageurs--men who...

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Music for Tigers

Written by Michelle Kadarusman

Shipped halfway around the world to spend the summer with her mom’s eccentric Australian relatives...

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Erik vs Everything

Written by Christina Uss

Can a worrier really become a warrior? Nine-year-old Erik Sheepflattener’s life motto is Avoid Stuff...

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The Tale of Angelino Brown

Written by David Almond

Do you believe in angels? Bert and Betty Brown do, because Bert discovered one in his shirt pocket...

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The Hedgehog of Oz

Written by Cory Leonardo

Marcel the hedgehog used to live with his beloved owner Dorothy, but since getting hopelessly lost...

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Maybe He Just Likes You

Written by Barbara Dee

For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school blacktop...

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Just Like That

Written by Gray D Schmidt

Meryl Lee Kowalski is sent to a girls' boarding school in fall 1968 to move on from her grief over a...

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Two Roads

Written by Joseph Bruchac

t's 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his Pop have been riding the rails for years after...

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Train I Ride

Written by Paul Mosier

Ryder is on a train heading east, leaving California, where her gramma can’t take care of her...

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To Night Owl From Dogfish

Written by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in...

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Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea

Written by Ashley Herring Blake

Hazel Bly used to live in the perfect house with the perfect family in sunny California. But when a...

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The Great Jeff

Written by Tony Abbott

Life hasn't been great for Jeff Hicks. After years at his beloved St. Catherine's, he's forced to...

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Wild Blues

Written by Beth Kephart

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie’s favorite place in the world is her uncle’s cabin. Uncle Davy’s renovated...

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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...

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Turtle Boy

Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny...

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Follow the River (2) (Surviving Bear Island)

When Billy and his dad are injured, Tom summons the courage to get back on the water to save them...

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Healer of the Water Monster

American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner: Best Middle Grade Book! Brian Young’s powerful debut...

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