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An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Acceleration by Graham McNamee
After Hamelin by Bill Richardon
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Alone at Ninety Foot by Katherine Holubitsky
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
Baby by Patricia MacLachlan
Backwater by Joan Bauer
The Barn by Avi
Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Battle Dress by Amy Efaw
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The Beloved Dearly by Doug Cooney
Beyond the Mango Tree by Amy Bronwen Zemser
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
Biting the Moon by Martha Grimes
Bloomability by Sharon Creech
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable by John Boyne
Breaking Point by Alex Finn
Breakout by Paul Fleischman
Breathing Underwater by Alex Finn
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Can of Worms by Kathy Mackel
The Case of the Lion Dance by Laurence Yep
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy by Jenny Nimmo
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Children of the River by Linda Crew
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Crispin by Avi
The Cuckoo's Child by Suzanne Freeman
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
A Dance of Sisters by Tracey Porter
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede
Dial-A-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson
The Doll People by Ann Martin and Laura Godwin
Don't Tell Anyone by Peg Kehret
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
East by Edith Pattou
The End of the Beginning by Avi
Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton
Escape by Gordon Korman
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Fair Weather by Richard Peck
Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
First French Kiss by Adam Bagdasarian
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Frindle by Andrew Clements
The Gate in the Wall by Ellen Howard
Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis
Ghost Horses by Pamela Smith Hill
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Granny the Pag by Nina Bawden
The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
Hanging On to Max by Margaret Bechard
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Heaven by Angela Johnson
Heir Apparent by Vivian Van de Velde
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Holes by Louis Sachar
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Hotel Paradise by Martha Grimes
The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay
In the Shade of the Nispero Tree by Carmen Bernier-Grand
I Was a Rat by Phillip Pullman
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Janey's Girl by Gayle Friesen
Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
John Riley's Daughter by Kezi Matthews
Journey by Patricia MacLachlan
Joyride by Gretchen Olson
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
The Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Lucie Babbidge's House by Sylvia Cassedy
Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
The Mayor of Central Park by Avi
Men of Stone by Gayle Friesen
Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
Midnight Magic by Avi
Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
The Mirror of Merlin by T. A. Barron
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Elanor Updale
The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
No Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck
The Nose From Jupiter by Richard Scrimger
Notes From a Liar and Her Dog by Gennifer Choldenko
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkese
The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg
Parsifal's Page by Gerald Morris
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
Probably Still Nick Swansen by Virginia Euwer Wolff
The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan
Ramona's World by Beverly Cleary
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
Rewind by William Sleator
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements
Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Running Out of Time by Margaret Haddix
Runt by Marion Dane Bauer
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay
Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell
Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson
Sasquatch by Roland Smith
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
The School Story by Andrew Clements
Search of the Moon King's Daughter by Linda Holeman
The Secret Life of Owen Skye by Alan Cumyn
Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Shipwreck by Gordon Korman
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Sixth Grade Nickname Game by Gordon Korman
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
Skellig by David Almond
Slap Your Sides by M. E. Kerr
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
A Step From Heaven by An Na
The Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price
Stravaganza: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman
Survival by Gordon Korman
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan
Taf by Annie Callan
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck
That Summer by Sarah Dessen
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
The Thief Lord by Corneila Funke
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka
Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star by Randy Powell
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
Tucket's Gold by Gary Paulsen
Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
Up on Cloud Nine by Anne Fine
The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick
Walk Across the Sea by Susan Fletcher
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
What Happened to Lani Garver? by Carol Plum-Ucci
When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
Witness by Karen Hesse
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
Zach's Lie by Roland Smith

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