| Newbury Award Winners |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry |
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Average |
The Giver by Lois Lowry |
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Average |
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech |
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Challenging |
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman |
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Challenging |
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg |
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Average |
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse |
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Challenging |
Holes by Louis Sachar |
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Average |
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck |
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Challenging |
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi |
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Challenging |
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo |
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Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata |
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Challenging |
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| Michael L. Printz Award Winner |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Monster by Walter Dean Myers |
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Average |
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond |
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Average |
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers |
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Challenging |
how i live now by Meg Rosoff |
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Challenging |
Looking for Alaska by John Green |
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Challenging |
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang |
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Average |
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| Adventure |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
Iceberg by Clive Cussler |
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Average |
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George |
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Average |
The Car by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
The Crossing by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
The Island by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
The Monument by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
The River by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
The Voyage of the Frog by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech |
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Average |
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| Cultures |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer |
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Average |
An Ocean Apart, a World Away by Lensey Namioka |
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Average |
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey by Jamake Highwater |
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Average |
Any Small Goodness: A Novel Of The Barrio by Tony Johnston |
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Average |
Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto |
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Average |
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez |
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Challenging |
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys by Francesca Lia Block |
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Average |
Down Garrapata Road by Anne Estevis |
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Average |
Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto |
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Average |
Rooster by Beth Nixon Weaver |
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Average |
Shen of the Sea by Arthyr Bowie Chrisman |
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Average |
Sweetgrass by Jan Hudson |
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Average |
The Boy and the Samurai by Erik C. Haugaard |
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Average |
The Boy and the Samurai by Erik C. Haugaard |
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Average |
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare |
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Average |
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter |
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Average |
The New York Public Library Amazing Hispanic American History: A Book of Answers for Kids by George Ochoa |
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Challenging |
The Well of Sacrifice by Chris Eboch |
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Average |
Walks Alone by Brian Burks |
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Average |
When the Legends Die by Hal Borland |
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Average |
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| Fantasy |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Belgarath the Sorcerer by David Eddings |
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Challenging |
Bright Shadow by Avi |
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Average |
Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings |
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Challenging |
Eldest by Christopher Paolini |
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Challenging |
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine |
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Average |
Enchanter's End Game by David Eddings |
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Challenging |
Eragon by Christopher Paolini |
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Challenging |
Juniper by Monica Furlong |
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Average |
Magician's Gambit by David Eddings |
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Challenging |
Mountain Light by Laurence Yep |
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Average |
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings |
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Challenging |
Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings |
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Challenging |
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis |
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Average |
Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings |
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Challenging |
Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander |
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Average |
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander |
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Average |
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander |
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Average |
The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander |
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Average |
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Challenging |
The High King by Lloyd Alexander |
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Average |
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Challenging |
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis |
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Average |
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis |
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Average |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis |
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Average |
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis |
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Average |
The Mallorean - Volume I by David Eddings |
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Challenging |
The Mallorean - Volume II by David Eddings |
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The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Challenging |
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis |
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Average |
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Challenging |
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis |
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Average |
The Wolving Time by Patrick Jennings |
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Average |
Wise Child by Monica Furlong |
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Average |
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| High School |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Chinese Handcuffs by Chris Crutcher |
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Average |
Don't Blame the Music by Caroline B. Cooney |
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Average |
Objects in Mirror by Ronder Thomas Young |
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Average |
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers |
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Average |
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli |
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Average |
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper |
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Average |
The Afterlife by Gary Soto |
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Average |
The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher |
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Average |
The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian |
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Average |
The Mouse Rap by Walter Dean Myers |
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Average |
The Party's Over by Caroline B. Cooney |
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Average |
Won't Know Til I Get There by Walter Dean Myers |
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Average |
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| Historical Fiction |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by Carloyn Meyer |
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Average |
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White |
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Average |
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman |
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Average |
Cleopatra VII - Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory |
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Average |
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 by Kathryn Lasky |
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Average |
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
I Am Lavina Cumming by Susan Lowell |
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Average |
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lensky |
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Average |
Letters from the Mountain by Sherry Garland |
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Average |
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 by Patricia McKissack |
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Average |
The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney |
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Average |
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi |
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Average |
The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale |
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Average |
| |
| History & Biography |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank |
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Challenging |
Black Eagles: African-americans In Aviation by Jim Haskins |
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Challenging |
Christopher Columbus (In Their Own Words) by Peter and Connie Roop |
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Average |
Fight On!: Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration by Dennis B. & Judith B. Fradin |
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Challenging |
Mississippi Challenge by Mildred Pitts Walter |
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Average |
Now Is Your Time: The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers |
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Challenging |
Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts by Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack |
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Challenging |
Sitting Bull (In Their Own Words) by Peter and Connie Roop |
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Average |
Standing Tall: The Stories of Ten Hispanic Americans by Argentina Palacios |
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Challenging |
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy |
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Challenging |
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler by William L. Shirer |
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Challenging |
There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights by Milton Meltzer |
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Average |
We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 by Joan Dash |
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Challenging |
Witches and Witch Hunts by Milton Meltzer |
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Challenging |
| |
| Humor |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Captain Underpants And The Attack Of The Talking Toilets by Dav Pilkey |
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Easy Reading |
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds by Dav Pilkey |
|
Easy Reading |
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahle |
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Average |
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E.Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg |
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Average |
Secret Extra Credit Word by E.Martinson |
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Average |
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey |
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Easy Reading |
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl |
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Average |
| |
| Love & Relationships |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Alice Alone by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
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Easy Reading |
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson |
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Average |
Circle of Gold by Cindy Dawson Boyd |
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Easy Reading |
Downsiders by Neal Shusterman |
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Average |
Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Emily's Quest by L.M. Montgomery |
|
Challenging |
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares |
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Average |
Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak |
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Average |
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares |
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Average |
I'll Be Seeing You by Lurlene McDaniel |
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Easy Reading |
Keep in Touch: Letters, Notes, and More from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares |
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Easy Reading |
Pearl Harbor 1941 by Nancy Holder |
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Average |
Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery |
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Challenging |
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson |
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Average |
The Glass Cafe: Or the Stripper and the State; How My Mother Started a War with the System That Made Us Kind of Rich and a Little Bit Famous by Gary Paulsen |
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Average |
The Grooming of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
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Easy Reading |
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares |
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Average |
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares |
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Average |
W.I.T.C.H. - Whispers of Doubt by Alice Alfonsi |
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Easy Reading |
| |
| Mystery |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly |
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Challenging |
After the First Death by Robert Cormier |
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Average |
Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin |
|
Average |
Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (A Gourmet Detective Mystery) by Peter King |
|
Average |
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier |
|
Average |
In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier |
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Average |
Missing Since Monday by Ann M. Martin |
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Average |
One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox |
|
Easy Reading |
Pocket Change by Kathryn Jensen |
|
Average |
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac |
|
Average |
Toning the Sweep by Anglea Johnson |
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Average |
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier |
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Average |
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| Science Fiction |
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Rating |
Difficulty |
Dune by Frank Herbert |
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Challenging |
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert |
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Challenging |
Fade by Robert Cormier |
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Average |
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert |
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Challenging |
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson |
|
Average |
Phoenix Rising by Jan Hudson |
|
Average |
The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer |
|
Average |
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer |
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Average |
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