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Spectacular Summer Reads
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by Lynell Butler-Williams 13 years, 4 months ago
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If you are not sure what to read this summer, here are about 200 possibilities! The category key is located at the bottom of the table. Some of the books have been favorites of SWA students this year, but if you don't see your favorite books or authors, please be sure to share them with us in the comment section at the bottom of this page.
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Title
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Author
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Category
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Storm Runners
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Smith, Roland
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B, A
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The Adventures of Ook & Gluk
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Pilkey, Dave
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B, Humor
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Battle of the Red-Hot Pepper Weenies: and other Warped and Creepy Tales
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Lubar, David
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B, Humor
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NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue and Defense Society
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Buckley, Michael
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B, Humor
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Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court
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Aronson, Mark & Charles R. Smith, Jr
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B, Sports
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Best of the Best The Big Time Rivals
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Green, Tim
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B, Sports
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Extra credit
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Clements, Andrew
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BES10, RF
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11 birthdays
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Mass, Wendy
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BES10, RF, G
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Peace, Locomotion
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Woodson, Jacqueline
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BES10, RF
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Compound, The
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Bodeen, S. A.
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BES10, SF
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Boost
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Mackel, Kathryn
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BES10, RF
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Every soul a star
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Mass, Wendy
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BES10, RF
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When you reach me
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Stead, Rebecca
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BES10, F
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
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Swanson, James L.
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BES10, NF
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The Hunger Games
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Colins, Suzanne
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BES10, SF
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Gamer Girl
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Mancusi, Mari
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BES10, F
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Flygirl
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Smith, Sherri
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BES10, HF
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Case Of The Case Of Mistaken Identity.
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Barnett, M.
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BES11, RF
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Girl Who Could Fly.
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Forester, V.
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BES11, F
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Dream Of Night.
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Henson, H.
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BES11, RF, G
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Turtle In Paradise.
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Holm, Jennifer
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BES11, RF, G
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After All, You're Callie Boone
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Mack, W.
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BES11, RF, G
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Everything For A Dog
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Martin, Ann
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BES11, RF
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Emily's Fortune
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Naylor, Patricia
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BES11, HF
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Long Walk To Water
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Park, Linda
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BES11, RF, MC
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Gold Rush Kid
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Waldorf, M.
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BES11, HF, B
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42 Miles
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Zimmer, T.
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BES11, RF, G
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Cosmic
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Cottrell Boyce, F.
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BES11, SF
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Out Of My Mind
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Draper, Sharon
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BES11, RF, G
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Defense Of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter
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Gosselink, J.
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BES11, RF
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Smoky Corridor
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Grabenstein, C.
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BES11, Scary
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Closed For The Season
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Hahn, Mary
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BES11, Scary
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Fish
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Mone, Gregory
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BES11, F
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Trash
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Mulligan, A.
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BES11, RF, B
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Half Brother
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Oppel, Kenneth
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BES11, RF, B
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Bystander
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Preller, J.
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BES11, RF, B
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One Crazy Summer
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Williams-Garcia, R.
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BES11, HF
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Kiss In Time
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Flinn, A.
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BES11, HF
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Rock And The River
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Magoon, K.
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BES11, HF
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The BFG
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Dahl, Roald
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F
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The Black Book of Buried Secrets
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Kass, Mallory
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F
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Fever Crumb
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Reeve, Phillip
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F
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Baseball Card Adventures
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Gutman, Dan
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F, A
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The Ranger's Apprentice
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Flanagan, John
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F, A, Series
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Riley Bloom books
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Noel, Alyson
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F, G
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Ghost Girl
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Hurley, Tonya
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F, G
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Switch Snap
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Snow, Carol
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F, G
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H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villianous Education
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Walden, Mark
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F, Humor
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Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
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Fantaskey, Beth.
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F, Series
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Tales of Beedle the Bard
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Rowling, J. K.
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F, Series
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Sardine in Outerspace
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Guibert, Emmanuel
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GN
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Smile
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Telgemeier, Raina
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GN
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Doodlebug: a novel in doodles
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Young, Karen Romano
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GN
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Rapunzel's Revenge
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Hale, Shannon
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GN
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Clan Apis
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Hosler, Jay
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GN
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Laika
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Abadzis, Nick
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GN
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Trickster: Native American Tales
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Dembicki, Matt
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GN
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Blindspot
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Pyle, Kevin
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GN
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Captured by Pirates
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Fontes, Justine
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GN
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Copper
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Kibuishi, Kazu
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GN
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Ghostopolis
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TenNapel, Doug
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GN
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Mail Order Ninja
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Elder, Joshua
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GN
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Storm in the Barn
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Phelan, Matt
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GN
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Maximum Ride Daniel X Witch & Wizard
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Patterson, James
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GN F
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Bone
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Smith, Jeff
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GN Series
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City of Spies
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Kim, Susan
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GN, B
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Chiggers
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Larson, Hope
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GN, G
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Baby Mouse
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Holm, Jennifer & Matthew Holm
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GN, G
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Baby-sitters club
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Martin, Ann
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GN, G
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Pride & Prejudice
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Butler, Nancy
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GN, G
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To Dance: A Memoir
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Siegal, Sienna
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GN, G
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Alice
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Dowling, Lela
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GN, G
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Queen Bee
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Clugston-Major, Chynna
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GN, G
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Avalon High
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Cabot, Meg
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GN, G, Series
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The Cartoon Chronicals of America: The Road to Revolution
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Mack, Stanley
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GN, NF
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Mouse Guard
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Peterson, David
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GN, Series
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Runaways
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Weldon, Joss
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GN, Series
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Gear School
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Galardo, Adam
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GN, Series
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Olympians
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O'Connor, George
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GN, Series
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WJHC
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Fisher, Jane Smith
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GN, Series
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Countdown
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Wiles, Deborah
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HF
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Saving Zacha
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Barrow, Randi
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HF
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 : a Novel Bud, Not Buddy
Elijah of Buxton
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Curtis, Christopher Paul
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HF
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A Boy at War: a Novel of Pearl Harbor
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Mazer, Harry
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HF
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Heart of a Samurai
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Preus, Margi
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HF, AW
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A Whole Nother Story
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Soup, Cuthbert
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Humor
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Baron the Cat Returns
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Hiiragi, Aoi
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M
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Time Guardian
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Kishi, Daimuro
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M
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Cowa!
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Toriyama, Akira,
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M
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Dragon Ballz
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M
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Shabanu : daughter of the wind
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Staples, Suzanne Fisher
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MC
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The Cruisers
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Myers, Walter Dean
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MC
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Where the Streets Had a Name
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Abdel-Fattah, Randa
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MC
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The skin I'm in
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Flake, Sharon
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MC, RF, G
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Death Cloud
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Andrew Lane
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Mystery
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The Westing Game
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Raskin, Ellen
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Mystery
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The Name of this Book is Secret This Book is Not Good For You If You're Reading This, It's too Late
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Bosch, Pseudnymous
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Mystery, Humor
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Shipwreck at the bottom of the world : the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance
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Armstrong, Jennifer
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NF
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Bound for the North Star : true stories of fugitive slaves
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Fradin, Dennis B
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NF
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A Poke in the I : a Collection of Concrete Poems
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Various Authors
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NF
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The greatest : Muhammad Ali
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Myers, Walter Dean
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NF
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Carver, a life in poems
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Nelson, Marilyn
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NF
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Gutsy Girls : Young Women who Dare
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Schwager, Tina
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NF
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Well Defined: Vocabulary in Rhyme
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Salinger, Michael, and Sam Henderson
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NF
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Great and Only Barnum: the Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
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Fleming, Candace.
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NF
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100 Most Awesome Things on the Planet
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Claybourne, Anna
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NF
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Animals Close Up
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Siwanowicz, Igor
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NF
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At War: Desert Storm 1990-1991
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Evans, Anthony
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NF
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D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
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D'Aulaires
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NF
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Mysteries Unwrapped: The Secrets of Alcatraz
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Sloate, Susan & Josh Cochran
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NF
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How the States Got Their Shapes
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NF
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Soul Surfer
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Hamilton, Bethany
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NF
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World War II Fact Book
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Darman, Peter
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NF
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The Year in Sports 2011
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Scholastic
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NF
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The Dreamer
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Ryan, Pam Munoz & Peter Sis
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NF, AW
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Would You Rather…? Radically Repulsive
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Heimberg, Justin & David Gomberg
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NF, B
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Teen angst? Naaah-- a quasi-autobiography
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Vizzini, Ned
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NF, B
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Deadly Perils: And How to Avoid Them
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Turner, Tracey, and Ben Hasler
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NF, B
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100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet
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Claybourne, Anna
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NF, B
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100 Most Disgusting Things on the Planet
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Claybourne, Anna
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NF, B
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Deal with it! : a whole new approach to your body, brain, and life as a girl
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Drill, Esther
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NF, G
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Rimshots : basketball pix, rolls, and rhythms
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Smith, Charles R.
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NF, Sports
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Poison Apple
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Various Authors
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Poetry
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Locomotion
Peace, Locomotion
If You Come Softly
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Woodson, Jacqueline
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RF
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
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Cleary, Beveryl
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RF
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A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray
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Martin, Ann
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RF
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How I Nicky Flynn Finally Get a Life
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Corriveau, Art
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RF
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How I Survived Being a Girl
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Van Draanen, Wendelin
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RF
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I Survived
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Trashis, Lauren
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RF
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Knots in my Yo-Yo String The Library Card
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Spinelli, Jerry
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RF
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A Long Way from Chicago
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Peck, Richard
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RF
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The Loser List
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Kowitt, H.N.
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RF
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My Fake Boyfriend is Better than Yours
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Springer, Kristina
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RF
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Old Yeller
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Gipson, Frank
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RF
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Ruby Holler
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Creech, Sharon
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RF
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Rules
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Lord, Cynthia
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RF
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Trapped
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Northrop, Michael
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RF
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Moon Over Manifest
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Vanderpool, Clare
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RF, AW
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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Konigsburg, E.L.
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RF, AW
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The Moves Make the Man: a novel
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Brooks, Bruce.
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RF, B
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Freak the Almighty
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Philbrick, Rodman
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RF, B
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Million Dollar Throw Summer Ball Shoot-out Hero
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Lupica, Mike
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RF, B
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Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie Zen and the Art of Faking It After Ever After
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Sonnenblick, Jordan
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RF, B
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No Passengers Beyond This Point Al Capone Does My Shirts Al Capone Shines My Shoes
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Choldenko, Gennifer
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RF, B
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Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol
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Krieg, Jim
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RF, B, Humor
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-Made Catastrophies
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Look, Lenore
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RF, B, Humor
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The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda
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Angleberger, Tom
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RF, B, Humor
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We Could be Brothers
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Barnes, Derrick
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RF, B, Humor
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The Misfits
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Howe, James
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RF, B, Humor
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Lawn Boy Lawn Boy Returns Tracker
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Paulsen, Gary
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RF, B, Humor SF
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Big Nate
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Peirce, Lincoln
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RF, B, Humor, Series
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A Good Long Way
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Saldana, Rene
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RF, B, MC
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Squashed
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Bauer, Joan
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RF, G
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All alone in the universe
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Perkins, Lynne Rae
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RF, G
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Angus, Thongs, and Full-frontal Snogging
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Rennison, Louise
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RF, G
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Firegirl
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Abbott, Tony
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RF, G
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Close to Famous
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Joan Bauer
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RF, G
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Eleven
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Giff, Patricia
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RF, G
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Finally
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Mass, Wendy
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RF, G
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The Romeo & Juliet Code
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Stone, Phoebe
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RF, G
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Confetti Girl
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Lopez. Diana
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RF, G
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Deep Down Popular
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Stone, Phoebe
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RF, G
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Wish I Might
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Paratore, Coleen
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RF, G
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Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks, & Me
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Papademetri, Lisa
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RF, G, Humor
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Breakaway
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Montalbano, Andrea
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RF, G, Sports
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Pretty Tough
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Tiglaar, Liz
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RF, G, Sports
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Soccer Chick Rules
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Fitzgerald, Dawn
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RF, G, Sports
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Science Fair
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Barry, Dave
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RF, Humor
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Liar, Liar
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Paulsen, Gary
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RF, Humor
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My Life as a Book
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Tashjian, Janet
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RF, Humor
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Words in the Dust
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Reedy, Trent
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RF, MC
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Skeleton Man
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Bruchac, Joseph
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Scary
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Coraline The Graveyard Book
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Gaiman, Neal
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Scary
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Stolen Children
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Kehret, Peg
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Scary
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Wait Till Helen Comes
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Hahn, Mary Downing
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Scary
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Goosebumps Fear Street
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Stine, R.L.
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Scary, Series
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Artemis Fowl
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Colfer, Eoin
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Series
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Among the Hidden
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Haddix, Margaret
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Series
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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Kinney, Jeff
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Series
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The 39 Clues
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Various Authors
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Series
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My Sister the Vampire
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Mercer, Sienna
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Series
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Skeleton Creek Trackers
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Carman, Patrick
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Series
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Ten True Tales: The Secret Agent and other Kid Spies
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Zullo, Allan
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Series
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Tomorrow Girls
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Gray, Eva
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Series
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Joey Pigza
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Gantos, Jack
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Series, B
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Candy Apple
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Santana, Jenny
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Series, G
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Cinderella Cleaners
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Gold, Maya
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Series, G
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Dork Diaries
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Russell
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Series, G
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Swindle Zoobreak Framed The 6th Grade Name Game
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Korman, Gordon
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Series, Humor
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Tomorrow, when the war began
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Marsden, John
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SF
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The Clockwork Three
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Kirby, Matthew
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SF
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The Clone Codes
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McKissacks
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SF
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Found
Sabotaged
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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SF, Series
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Gregor the Overlander
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
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Collins, Suzanne
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SF, Series
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The Last Invisible Boy
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Kuhlman, Evan
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SF
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The Suburb Beyond the Stars
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Anderson, M.T.
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SF
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Heroes of the Valley
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Stroud, Jonathan
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SF, A
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Alcatraz Verses the Evil Librarians
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Sanderson, Brandon
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SF, B, Series
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The Kane Chronicles
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
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Riordan, Rick
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SF, Series
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Key:
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A - Adventure
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AW - Award Winner
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B - Boy interests
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BES - Black-eyed Susan Nominees
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F - Fantasy
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GN - Graphic Novel
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HF- Historical Fiction
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M - Manga
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MC - Multicultural
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NF - Non-Fiction
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RF - Realistic Fiction
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SF - Science Fiction
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Spectacular Summer Reads
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Comments (1)
Lynell Butler-Williams said
at 9:01 pm on Jun 16, 2011
Just letting you all know that my first summer reading book is A Kiss In Time by Alex Flinn. It is one of next year's Black-eyed Susan Nominees. It is a re-write of Sleeping Beauty, but the main character, Talia has slept for 300 years is kissed by Jack in our modern time. Can't wait to start reading it!!
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