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General Fiction

Agony of Alice (Alice series) by Phylis Reynolds Naylor (J and YA)
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan (J)
Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White (YA)
Bhangra Babes by Narinder Dhami (YA)
Chu Ju’s House by Gloria Whelan (YA)
Corner of the Universe by Anne Martin (YA)
Firegirl by Tony Abbott (J)
Freak the Mighty by W. R. Philbrick (YA)
Happy Kid! By Gail Gauthier (YA)
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech (J)
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (J)
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass (J)
Kimchi and Calamari by Rose Kent (J)
Kiss Me Tomorrow by Susan Shreve (J)
Liar of Kudzu by Bob Schooley (J)
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (YA)
Misfits by James Howe (J)
Mother Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick (J)
My 13th Season by Kristi Roberts (J)
Never Mind: a Twin Novel by Avi and Rachel Vail (J)
No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman (J)
Nothing But the Truth by Avi (YA)
Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes (J)
One Where the Kid Nearly Jumps to His Death and Lands in California by Mary Hershey (J)

Out of Patience by Brian Meehl (J)
Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg (YA)
Pieces of Georgia by Jennifer Bryant (J)
Picture Perfect by Anne Love (YA)
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (J)
Portrait of Pia by Marisabina Russo (J)

Princess Diaries (series) by Meg Cabot (YA)
Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer (J)
Rebel by Willo Davis Roberts (J)
Revealers by Doug Wilhelm (YA)
Rules by Cynthia Lord (J)
Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay (J)
Secret Language of Girls by Frances O’Roark Dowell (J)
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham (YA)
Shug by Jenny Han (YA)
Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss (YA)
Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg (YA)
Steps by Rachel Cohn (YA)
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan (J)
Tangerine by Edward Bloor (YA)
Under the Watson’s Porch by Susan Shreve (J)
What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau (YA)
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly W. Holt (YA)
Where the Red Fern Grows: a Story of Two Dogs and a Boy by Wilson Rawls (YA)

 

Adventure

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (J)
Alabama Moon by Watt Key  (J)
Black Star. Bright Dawn by Scott O'Dell (YA)
The Broken Blade by William Durbin (J)
The Cay by Theodore Taylor  (YA)
City of Beasts by Isabel Allende (YA)
Code Orange by Caroline Cooney (YA)
Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret (J)
Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Richard Yancey (YA)
Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer (YA)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (YA)
Heaven Eyes by David Almond (YA)
Holes by Louis Sachar (YA)
Killing Sea by Richard Lewis (YA)

Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond (YA)
Lion Boy (Lion Boy series) by Zizou Corder (J)
Pirate's Son by Geraldine McCaughren (YA)
Piratica: a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventures Upon the High Seas by Tanith Lee (YA)
Raptor by Paul Zindel (Y)
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson (J)
Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson (J)
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (YA)
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (J)
Tree Castle Island by Jean Craighead George (J)
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (YA)
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech (J)
The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence (YA)

 

African American

Bird by Angela Johnson (J)
Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis (YA)
Celeste’s Harlem Renaissance by Eleanora Tate (J)
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (J)
Heaven by Angela Johnson (YA)
House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton (J)
Hush! By Jacqueline Woodson (YA)
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl (Dear America series) by Joyce Hansen (J)
Jazmin’s Notebook by Nikki Grimes (YA)
Jimi and Me by Jaime Adoff (YA)
Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson (YA)
Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshall is the West by Gary Paulsen (YA)
Legend of Buddy Bush by Shelia P. Moses (J)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt (YA)
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (YA)
Looking for Red by Angela Johnson (YA)
Miracles Boys by Jacqueline Woodson (YA)
Missy Violet and Me by Barbara Hathaway (J)
Money Hungry by Sharon Flake (YA)
My Name is Sally Little Song by Brenda Woods (J)
Piece of Heaven by Sharon Dennis Wyeth (J)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (YA)
Second Cousins by Virginia Hamilton (J)
Silent Thunder:  a Civil War Story by Andrea Davis Pinkney (J)
Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake (YA)
Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones (J)
Storm Warriers by Elisa Carbone (J)
Sweet Thang by Allison Whitterburg (YA)

 

Fantasy

Amulet of Samarkand (Bratimaeus Trilogy) by Jonathan Stroud (YA)
Awakening (Quantum Prophecy series) by Michael Carroll (YA)
Book of Dead Daysby Marcus Sedgwick (YA)
Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander (J)
Copper by Rebecca Lisle (J)
Dragonsong (Harper Hall Trilogy) by Ann McCaffrey (YA)
Dreamhunter (Dreamhunter Duet) by Elizabeth Knox (YA)
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (J)
Elissa’s Quest (Phoenix Rising Trilogy) by Erica Verrilo (YA)
Emperor Mage (Circle of Magic series) by Tamora Pierce (YA)
Eragon (Inheritance Trilogy) by Christopher Paolini (YA)
Golden Compass (His Dark Materials series) by Philip Pullman (YA)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter series) by J. K. Rowling (J and YA)
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (YA)
Lightland by Heather McCutchen (J)
Lost Years of Merlin (Lost Years of Merlin series) by T. A. Barron (YA)
Midnight (Warriors, The New Prophecy series) by Erin Hunter (YA)
Murkmere by Patricia Elliott (YA)
Navigator by Eoin McNamee (J)
Night Gate (Gateway Trilogy) by Isobelle Carmody (J)
Oracle Betrayed (The Oracle Prophecies series) by Catherine Fisher (YA)
Over Sea, Under Stone  (Dark is Rising Sequence) by Susan Cooper (J)
Pirate Queen by Christina Bauer (J)
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (YA)
Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice series) by Joseph Delaney (J)
Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger's Apprentice series) by John Flanagan (YA)
Sabatini Prophecy by Thomas Blair (YA)

Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer (J)
Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu (J)
Shulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landi (J)
Strange Birds by Judith Heide Gilliland (J)
Thorn by Betty Levin (J)
Unseen by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (J)
Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Trilogy) by Ursula LeGuin (YA)

 

Historical Fiction

Aftershocks! By William Lavender (YA)
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (YA)
Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle (J)
Blue by Joyce Hostetter (J)
Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman (YA)
Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadahota (YA)
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (J)
Dogboy by Christopher Russell (J)
Dragon's Gate by Lawrence Yep (YA)
Edenville Owls by Robert Parker (YA)
Gemini Summer by Iain Lawrence (J)
Grace Above All by Jane St. Anthony (J)
Heights, the Depths, and Everything in Between by Sally Nemeth (J)
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (YA)
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (YA)
Kira- Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (YA)
Lace Dowry by Andrea Cheng (J)
Letter’s from the Corrugated Castle by Joan Blos (Y)

Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck (J)
Maggie's Door by Patricia Reilly Giff (J)
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (YA)
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (J)
Penny from Heaven by Jennifer Holm (J)
Puppeteer's Apprentice by Anne Love (J)
Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble (J)
Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood (J)
Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (YA)
Sweetgrass by Jan Hudson (YA)
Traitor’s Gate by Avi (YA)
Watson’s Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (J)

 

Mystery

Case for Jenny Archer by Ellen Conford (J)
Case of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer (J)
Caught! By Willo Davis Roberts (J)
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet (J)
Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters by Gail Giles (YA)
Desert Crossing by Elise Broach (YA)
Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright (J)
Drawing a Blank, or, How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams by Dan Ehrenhaft (YA)
Fairy-Tale Detectives (Sisters Grimm series) by Michael Buckley (J)
Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice (J)
Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison (J)
Grooves: a Kind of Mystery by Kevin Brockmeier (J)
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller (J)
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan (YA)
Missing Since Monday by Ann Martin (YA)
Murdered My Sweet by Joan Lowery Nixon (YA)
Rag and Bone Shop: A Novel by Robert Cormier (YA)
Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks (YA)
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements (J)
Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman (YA)
Shakespeare Stealer by Elise Broach (J)
Terrorist by Caroline Cooney (YA)
Three of Diamonds (Diamond Brothers Mysteries series) by Anthony Horowitz (YA)
Twisted Summer by Willo Davis Roberts (YA)
Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (J)

 

Science Fiction

Among the Hidden (Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (YA)
Bromeliad Trilogy by Terry Pratchett (YA)
City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau (J)
Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman (YA)
Destiny of Linus Hoppe by Anne- Laure Bondoux (YA)
Door in the Lake by Nancy Butts (YA)
Feed by M. T. Anderson (YA)
Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick (J)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (YA)
Hole in the Sky by Pete Hautman (YA)
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (YA)
Kindling (Fire- Us Trilogy) by Jennifer Armstrong (YA)
Princess from Another Planet by Mindy Schanback (J)
Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer (YA)
Time Hackers by Gary Paulsen (YA)
Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle (YA)

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