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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...

5th - 6th
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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...

5th - 6th
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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...

5th - 6th
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Pet

Written by Akwaeke Emezi

There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her...

6th - 12th
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Paddington

Written by Michael Bond and Illustrated by R.W. Alley

Over fifty years ago, a small bear set out on the adventure of a lifetime. With nothing but a...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Right Hook of Devin Velma

From the author of Greetings from Witness Protection! comes another unforgettable middle-grade novel...

5th - 9th
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Rise of ZomBert

Written by Kara LaReau

Could Bert really be a zombie cat? Two friends put their brains together to find out in a wry new...

3rd - 7th
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The Season of Styx Malone

Written by Kekla Magoon

Meet Caleb and Bobby Gene, two brothers embarking on a madcap, heartwarming, one-thing-leads-to...

3rd - 7th
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Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

Written by Tae Keller

Sometimes middle school can make you feel like you're totally alone in the universe...but what if we...

3rd - 7th
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¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat

Written by Raul the Third and Illustrated by Raul the Third and colors by Elaine Bay

Little Lobo is excited to take in a show with wrestling star El Toro in his bustling border town!

A...

Pre-K - 2nd
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Room on the Broom

Written by Julia Donaldson and Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

The witch and her cat couldn't be happier, flying through the sky on their broomstick-until the...

Pre-K - 1st
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The Blackbird Girls

Written by Anne Blankman

On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A...

4th - 7th
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A Friend Like You

Written by Frank Murphy & Charnaie Gordon and Illustrated by Kayla Harren

There's nothing in the world like a wonderful friend. Friends are there to laugh with you and ready...

K - 3rd
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The Best At It

Written by Maulik Pancholy

Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is...

3rd - 7th
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Come With Me

Written by Holly M. McGhee and Illustrated by Pascal Lemaître

When the news reports are flooded with tales of hatred and fear, a girl asks her papa what she can...

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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Bob and Otto

Written by Robert O. Bruel
Bob and Otto do best-friend kinds of things together--eating leaves, digging, playing--until the day...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Twintuition: Double Trouble

Written by Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry

Identical twins Cassie and Caitlyn Waters have adjusted to small-town life, but they’re still not...

3rd - 7th
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The Misfits Club

Written by Kieran Crowley

A group of small-town kids revive their childhood adventure club when they think they snap a picture...

4th - 6th
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The Wishing Pearl (The Rescue Princesses)

Princess Clarabel loves being a Rescue Princess. She and her friends are committed to saving animals...
Pre-K - 2nd
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Newton and Me

Written by Lynne Mayer and Illustrated by Sherry Rogers
A boy and his dog discover how the laws of force and motion affect their everyday lives. An example...
K - 3rd
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Calvin, Look Out!: A Bookworm Birdie Gets Glasses

Written by Jennifer Berne
Everybody's favorite bookworm birdie is back—and something's wrong! When Calvin reads the word...
Pre-K - 2nd
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All That Was

Written by Karen Rivers
Piper and Sloane are best friends. To Sloane, Piper has always been extraordinary: fierce and pretty...
7th - 12th
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Bubbles

Written by Abby Cooper

Twelve-year-old Sophie Mulvaney's world has been turned upside down. Mom lost her job at the TV...

4th - 6th

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