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A Corner of the Universe
Ann M. Martin |
9
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Hattie has never been told about her uncle Adam
until now. Adam went to a school for the
mental
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A Long Way From Chicago
Richard Peck |
8
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Mary Alice and Joey go to visit their
Grandma Dowdel out in the country each summer for
sev
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A Picture of Freedom
Patricia C. McKissack |
9
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Clotee is a slave on the Belmont
Plantation (Virginia) in 1859. She has taught
herself how
to
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A Year Down Yonder
Richard Peck |
7
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In this Newbery Honor book, Chicago-bred Mary
Alice has been sentenced to a year-long stay in
ru
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Adaline, Falling Star
Mary Pope Osborne |
6
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Legendary scout Kit Carson's sassy daughter
Adaline, or Falling Star, as her Arapaho mother
call
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Adam of the Road
Elizabeth Gray Vining |
6
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This is a classic book of a boy, Adam, who is a
minstrel in England around 1294. Adam learns
ab
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
Gennifer Choldenko |
8
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The book is a fictional story in the setting
of an historical area. The place is Alcatraz
Isl
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Boy
Roald Dahl |
8
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In Boy, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child
growing up in England. From his years as a
prank
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Bridge To Terabithia
Katherine Paterson |
9
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Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in
the fifth grade--he wants it so bad he can taste
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Broken Bridge
Lynne Reid Banks |
8
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This is a very interesting and good
historical fiction book about the Arab-Israeli
conflict i
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Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis |
8
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Itﾒs 1936 Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard,
and
10-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy, but
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Bull Catcher
Alden R. Carter |
7
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This book has a few bad words but if you can
stand that it is a very good book. It is about
a b
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Burning Up
Caroline B. Cooney |
6
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When Macey and her new boy friend Austin begin
to explore a barn's history for a school
project,
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California Blue
David Klass |
8
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John Rodgers lives in a town that thrives on
the lumber industry. One day John is trying to
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Choosing Up Sides
John H. Ritter |
7
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Set during the early days of Prohibition in
1921, Choosing Up Sides is a well-designed study
of
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Double Helix
Nancy Werlin |
8
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Eighteen-year-old Eli Samuels, whose once-vibrant
mother is losing her long battle with the ravage
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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card |
10
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Aliens have attacked earth twice and almost
destroyed the human species. To make sure humans
win
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Fallen Angels
Walter Dean Myers |
9
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A coming of age tale for young adults set in the
trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s,
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Holes
Louis Sachar |
8
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Stanley Yelnats's family has a history of bad
luck, so he isn't too surprised when a
miscarriage
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Hoot
Carl Hiaasen |
9
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Hoot is a great book about a boy, Roy, who moves
to Florida. Roy becomes friends with a running
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In My Father's House
Ann Rinaldi |
8
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This book tells of a young girl who grows
up during the Civil War. She has a very special
vi
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Into The Wild
Jon Krakauer |
8
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In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do
family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone
into
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Lord of the Flies
William Golding |
9
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Lord of the Flies is a story about a group of
English boys who get stranded all alone, without
a
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Lord of the Kill
Theodore Taylor |
8
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Ben's parents have left on a trip to India
to do a story about Bengal tiger poachers. Ben's
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No More Dead Dogs
Gordon Korman |
8
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Wallace Wallace is the school football hero. He
has been suspended from the team for writing a
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Nothing But The Truth
Avi |
8
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This is a story about Philip Malloy who
sings the national anthem in school when he
should be qui
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Number The Stars
Lois Lowery |
9
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The evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held
Denmark
is one of the great untold stories of World Wa
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October Sky
 
Homer Hickham Jr |
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Onion John
Joseph Krumgold |
6
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The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old
boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by
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Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo |
7
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Tommo lives a simple life with his mother and
brothers, Charlie and Big Joe. They are share
crop
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Shabanu
Suzanne F Staples |
7
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Set against the backdrop of desert life in
present-day Pakistan, this book offers a
passionate a
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Shooter
Walter Dean Myers |
8
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Len, Carla, and Cameron are friends; they are
a group of outcasts at their school. Len could
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain |
9
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Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenaged
mi
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The Breadwinner
Deborah Ellis |
8
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Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-
old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from
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The Contender
Robert Lipsyte |
8
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Alfred Brooks' life looks like it's falling
apart, he's a high school dropout and has a
grocery
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
 
Mark Haddon |
7
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An interesting story told in the first person by
an autistic child, Christopher. However, I felt
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The Devil's Toenail
Sally Prue |
7
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In Stevies new school he is determined to
fit in with a gang. This gang is made up of a
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The Giver
Lois Lowery |
8
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Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under
control. There is no war or fear of pain. There
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The Midwife's Apprentice
Karen Cushman |
7
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An abandoned young girl barely surviving in
14th century England finds a new home with a
midw
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The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton |
7
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Ponyboy and his brothers live alone after their
parents have died in an accident. They belong to
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The Pigman
Paul Zigman |
7
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John and Lorraine have just had a very
extraordinary experience and they recount it in
this book
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi |
9
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On a long, grueling journey from England to Rhode
Island in 1802, a 12 year old changes from a pri
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The Whipping Boy
Sid Fleischman |
7
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A bratty prince and his whipping boy
inadvertently change places after becoming
involved wit
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The Yearling
Marjorie K Rawlings |
9
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1938,
The Yearling is about a father, mother and their
only
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee |
9
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a classic novel,
that is set in Maycomb county in Alabama. In it,
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Tunes For Bears To Dance To
Robert Cormier |
8
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Henry moves to a new town after his all-star
baseball-playing brother tragically dies. His
f
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Kimberly Willis Holt |
8
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Summer in the tiny Texas town of Antler is
traditionally a time for enjoying Wylie Womack's
Baha
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Where The Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls |
8
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Billy is a ten-year old country boy growing up in
a valley far back in the rugged Ozarks of
nort
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Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson, M.D. |
8
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If you have trouble handling change or are
worried about a change that will be happening
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