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ALIEN FOR RENT by Betsy Duffy, illustrated by Abby Carter
THE ANNOYING TEAM by Ilene Cooper
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MEATBALL FINKELSTEIN by Ross Venoku
BAD GIRLS by Jacqueline Wilson
THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE BULLY by Stan & Jan Berenstain
THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND QUEENIE’S CRAZY CRUSH by Stan & Jan Berenstain
BEVERLY HILLS BRONTOSAURUS by Scott Ciencin, illustrated by Mike Fredericks
BLACK BELT by Matt Faulkner, illustrated by the author
THE BOY WITH THE HELIUM HEAD by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
BULLY TROUBLE by Joanna Cole
CAMP SINK OR SWIM by Gibbs Davis
THE CHOCOLATE WAR by Robert Cormier
CRASH by Jerry Spinelli
DOG EARED by Amanda Harvey
FEATHER BOY by Nicky Singer
HOOT by Carl Hiaasen
IN THE DINOSAUR’S PAW by Patricia Reilly Giff
THE ISLAND by Gary Paulsen
JACKSON JONES AND THE PUDDLE OF THORNS by Mary Quattlebaum
JOSHUA T. BATES TAKES CHARGE by Susan Richards Shreve
JUNEBUG AND THE REVEREND by Alice Mead
JUST A BULLY by Mercer Mayer
THE KARATE WAY by Gary Hellman
MACARONI BOY by Katherine Ayres
MARVIN REDPOST: WHY PICK ON ME? by Louis Sachar, illustrated by Barbara Sullivan
MEAN, MEAN MAUREEN GREEN by Judy Cox
NOTHING WRONG WITH A THREE-LEGGED DOG by Graham McNamee
PAGE by Tamora Pierce
THE SCHERNOFF DISCOVERIES by Gary Paulsen
SMART DOG by Vivian Vande Velde
SPIDER BOY by Ralph Fletcher
STOLEN SMILE by Thierry Robberecht, illustrated by Philippe Goosens
SUMMER SOLDIERS by Susan Hart Lindquist
TASTY BABY BELLY BUTTONS by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Meilo So
A WIND IN THE DOOR by Madeleine L’Engle

CHARACTER TRAITS

A DANGEROUS PROMISE, by Joan Lowery Nixon
A DOOR NEAR HERE, by Heather Quarles
A PLACE TO BELONG by Joan Lowery Nixon
ALL ABOUT STACY, by Patricia Reilly Giff
AMELIA EARHART, by John Parlin
BAD GIRLS, by Jacqueline Wilson
BALTO AND THE GREAT RACE, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel; illustrated by Nora Koerber
BASEBALL BALLERINA by Kathryn Cristaldi
BASEBALL BALLERINA STRIKES OUT by Kathryn Cristaldi
BEEF STEW by Barbara Brenner
BLUBBER by Judy Blume
BLUE SKIES, FRENCH FRIES by Judy Delton
CAUGHT IN THE ACT by Joan Lowery Nixon
CHINESE CINDERELLA by Adeline Yen Mah
COOKIES AND CRUTCHES by Judy Delton
DECEMBER SECRETS by Patricia Reilly Giff
DRIVER'S ED by Caroline B. Cooney
ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY by Frederick Douglass
FORBIDDEN CITY by William Bell
GOOD JOB, OLIVER! By Laurel Molk
GOODBYE, AMANDA THE GOOD by Susan Shreve
HANDS ON! By Suzanne Herper
HELEN KELLER by Stewart Graff
HELEN KELLER by Johanna Hurwitz
HEROES by Robert Cormier
HOLES by Louis Sachar
IN THE FACE OF DANGER by Joan Lowery Nixon
IT’S A GIRL THING edited by Tonya Bolden
JELLY BELLY by Robert K. Smith
JUMBO by Bonnie Worth; illustrated by Christopher Santoro
JUNGLE DOGS by Graham Salisbury
JUNIE B. JONES AND SOME SNEAKY PEEKY SPYING by Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus
JUNIE B. JONES AND THE YUCKY BLUCKY FRUITCAKE by Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus
JUNIE B. JONES IS A PARTY ANIMAL by Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus
JUNIE B. JONES IS CAPTAIN FIELD DAY by Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus
JUNIE B. JONES LOVES HANDSOME WARREN by Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus
LAND OF HOPE by Joan Lowery Nixon
LAZY LIONS, LUCKY LAMBS by Patricia Reilly Giff
LIFE IN THE FAT LANE by Cherie Bennet
LOVE AND OTHER FOUR-LETTER WORDS by Carolyn Mackler
MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE by Mildred D. Taylor
MOLLY THE BRAVE AND ME by Jane O'Connor; illustrated by Sheila Hamanaka
MONKEY ISLAND by Paula Fox
MR. MCMOUSE by Leo Lionni
MYSTERIOUS MISS SLADE by Dick King-Smith
NATE THE GREAT AND THE PHONY CLUE by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat; illustrated by Marc Simont
NIGHTJOHN by Gary Paulsen
NOBODY ELSE HAS TO KNOW by Ingrid Tomey
NOTHING WRONG WITH A THREE-LEGGED DOG by Graham McNamee
PARTY GIRL by Lynne Ewing
PAWS AND CLAWS by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere
PEELING THE ONION by Wendy Orr
PET PARADE by Patricia Reilly Giff
PIONEER CAT by William H. Hooks
RAT TEETH by Patricia Reilly Giff
RUMBLE FISH by S.E. Hinton
SARAH AND THE NAKED TRUTH by Elisa Carbone
SARNY by Gary Paulsen
SIGHTS by Suzanna Vance
SNAGGLE DOODLES by Patricia Reilly Giff
SONG OF THE TREES by Mildred D. Taylor
SPARKS by Graham McNamee
SPECTACULAR STONE SOUP by Patricia Reilly Giff
SPIDER BOY by Ralph Fletcher
SUPER FAST, OUT OF CONTROL! By Louis Sachar; illustrated by Ann Wummer
SWALLOWING STONES by Joyce McDonald
SWIMMY by Leo Lionni
TAMING THE STAR RUNNER by S.E. Hinton
TEX by S.E. Hinton
THE BOY WHO LOST HIS FACE by Louis Sachar
THE BOY WHO OWNED THE SCHOOL by Gary Paulsen
THE CLOCK by James Collier
THE DOOR IN THE WALL by Marguerite De Angeli
THE GUY BOOK by Mavis Jukes
THE KILLER'S COUSIN by Nancy Werlin
THE LIKES OF ME by Randall Beth Platt
THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN HOME by Erika Tamar
THE PIGMAN by Paul Zindel
THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN by Kate McMullan
THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON by Margaret Davidson
THE STORY OF SACAJAWEA by Della Rowland
THE TRAIL OF TEARS Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by Diana Magnuson
THE TRUE COLORS OF CAITLYNNE JACKSON by Carol Lynch Williams
THE UNCIVIL WAR by Sheila Solomon Klass
THE WAR BETWEEN THE CLASSES by Gloria D. Miklowitz
THIN ICE by Marsha Qualey
TWENTY PAGEANTS LATER by Caroline B. Cooney
WANDER by Susan Hart Lindquist
WE ALL FALL DOWN by Robert Cormier
WHIRLIGIG by Paul Fleischman
WORDS BY HEART by Ouida Sebestyen

CULTURAL DIVERSITIY

145TH STREET by Walter Dean Myers
A MARE FOR YOUNG WOLF by Janice Shefelman
A PIECE OF HEAVEN by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
A SUMMER LIFE by Gary Soto
AN OCEAN APART, A WORLD AWAY by Lensey Namioka
ANNA OF BYZANTIUM by Tracy Barrett
BECOMING MARY MEHAN by Jennifer Armstrong
BEFORE WE WERE FREE by Julia Alvarez
BETSY ZANE, THE ROSE OF FORT HENRY by Lynda Durrant

BHANGRA BABES by Narinder Dhami
BLACK ANGELS by Rita Murphy
BLUE SKIN OF THE SEA by Graham Salisbury
BUD, NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis
BUFFALO BEFORE BREAKFAST by Mary Pope Osborne
CAESAR’S STORY: 1759 by Joan Lowery Nixon
CALL ME FRANCIS TUCKET by Gary Paulsen
CANYONS by Gary Paulsen
CHEROKEE SISTER by Debbie Dadey
CHILDREN OF THE RIVER by Linda Crew
CHINESE CINDERELLA by Adeline Yen Mah
DARNELL ROCK REPORTING by Walter Dean Myers
DAY OF THE DRAGON KING by Mary Pope Osborne
ECHOHAWK by Lynda Durrant
ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY by Frederick Douglass
FAMILY TREE by Katherine Ayres
FAREWELL TO MANZANAR by Jeanne Houston
FORBIDDEN CITY by William Bell
FRONT PORCH STORIES AT THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOL by Eleanora Tate
GONE FROM HOME by Angela Johnson
GOODBYE, VIETNAM by Gloria Whelan
GRANDFATHER TANG’S STORY by Ann Tompert
HAPPY NEW YEAR!/KUNG-HSI FA-TS’AI! by Demi
HAVELI by Suzanne Fisher Staples
HOOPS by Walter Dean Myers
HOW TÍA LOLA CAME TO VISIT/STAY by Julia Alvarez
I HADN'T MEANT TO TELL YOU THIS by Jacqueline Wilson
I REMEMBER THE ALAMO by D. Anne Love
IGGIE’S HOUSE by Judy Blume
ISHI, LAST OF HIS TRIBE by Theodora Kroeber
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS by Scott O’Dell
JACKIE ROBINSON AND THE STORY OF ALL BLACK BASEBALL by Jim O’Connor
JACKSON JONES AND THE PUDDLE OF THORNS by Mary Quattlebaum
JOIN IN by Donald R. Gallo
JULIAN, DREAM DOCTOR by Ann Cameron
JULIAN, SECRET AGENT by Ann Cameron
JULIAN’S GLORIOUS SUMMER by Ann Cameron
JUMP SHIP TO FREEDOM by James Collier
JUNEBUG by Alice Mead
JUNEBUG AND THE REVEREND by Alice Mead
JUNGLE DOGS by Graham Salisbury
JUST PLAIN FANCY by Patricia Polacco
JUSTIN AND THE BEST BISCUITS IN THE WORLD by Mildred Pitts Walter
KITES by Demi
LAND OF HOPE by Joan Lowery Nixon
LISTEN CHILDREN by Dorothy Strickland
LIVING UP THE STREET by Gary Soto
MAKE A WISH, MOLLY by Barbara Cohen
MANIAC MONKEYS ON MAGNOLIA STREET by Angela Johnson; illustrated by John Ward
MANY THOUSAND GONE by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
ME, MOP, AND THE MOONDANCE KID by Walter Dean Myers
MEET MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. by James T. deKay
MIEKO AND THE FIFTH TREASURE by Eleanor Coerr
MIRANDY AND BROTHER WIND by Patricia C. McKissack
MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE by Mildred D. Taylor
MORE STORIES HUEY TELLS by Ann Cameron
MORE STORIES JULIAN TELLS by Ann Cameron
MR. TUCKET by Gary Paulsen
MRS. KATZ AND TUSH by Patricia Polacco
MY DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING by Faith Ringgold
MY NAME IS NOT ANGELICA by Scott O’Dell
NAPPY HAIR by Carolivia Herron
NEXT SPRING AN ORIOLE by Gloria Whelan
NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON by Gloria Whelan
NIGHT OF THE NINJAS by Mary Pope Osborne
NIGHTJOHN by Gary Paulsen
NORTH BY NIGHT by Katherine Ayres
NORTH STAR TO FREEDOM by Gena K. Gorrell; foreward by Rosemary Brown
NOTHING WRONG WITH A THREE-LEGGED DOG by Graham McNamee
NUMBER THE STARS by Lois Lowry
ONE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES by Takayuki Ishii
ONLY PASSING THROUGH by Anne Rockwell; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
PRECIOUS GOLD, PRECIOUS JADE by Sharon E. Heisel
SARAH AND THE NAKED TRUTH by Elisa Carbone
SARNY by Gary Paulsen
SATCHMO’S BLUES by Alan Schroeder; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
SEESAW GIRL by Linda Sue Park
SHABANU by Suzanne Fishers Staples
THE SHADOW OF THE WOLF by Gloria Whelan
SHARK BAIT by Graham Salisbury
SING DOWN THE MOON by Scott O’Dell
SOCCER SAM by Jean Marzollo
SOFT RAIN by Debbie Dadey
SONG OF THE TREES by Mildred D. Taylor
SONGS OF FAITH by Angela Johnson
SPITE FENCES by Trudy Krisher
STEALING FREEDOM by Elisa Carborne
STEALING SOUTH by Katherine Ayres
STORM WARRIORS by Elisa Carbone
SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT by Deborah Hopkinson
TALKING TO FAITH RINGGOLD
TAR BEACH by Faith Ringgold
TASTY BABY BELLY BUTTONS by Judy Sierra
THE BABOON KING by Anton Quintana
THE BEADED MOCCASINS by Lynda Durrant
THE BROKEN BRIDGE by Philip Pullman
THE CAY by Theodore Taylor
THE CROSSING by Gary Paulsen
THE DARK-THIRTY by Patricia McKissack; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
THE DIARY OF MELANIE MARTIN by Carol Weston
THE DISAPPEARANCE by Rosa Guy
THE DREAM KEEPER AND OTHER POEMS by Langston Hughes
THE FRIENDS by Rosa Guy
THE FRIENDS by Kazumi Yumoto
THE INVISIBLE PRINCESS by Faith Ringgold
THE IRON DRAGON NEVER SLEEPS by Stephen Krensky
THE JUMPING TREE by René Saldaña, Jr.
THE KIDNAPPED PRINCE by Ann Cameron
THE KITE FIGHTERS by Linda Sue Park
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS by James Fenimore Cooper
THE LUCKY STONE by Lucille Clifton
THE MONUMENT by Gary Paulsen
THE NIGHT THE WHITE DEER DIED by Gary Paulsen
THE OUTSIDE SHOT by Walter Dean Myers
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
THE PROMISE by Jackie French Koller; illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
THE RANSOM OF MERCY CARTER by Caroline B. Cooney
THE SECRET FOOTPRINTS by Julia Alvarez
THE SECRET OF GUMBO GROVE by Eleanora E. Tate
THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER by Elizabeth Spears
THE SKIRT by Gary Soto
THE SLAVE DANCER by Paula Fox
THE SPRING TONE by Kazumi Yumoto
THE STORIES HUEY TELLS by Ann Cameron
THE STORIES JULIAN TELLS by Ann Cameron
THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN by Kate McMullan
THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON by Margaret Davidson
THE STORY OF SACAJAWEA by Della Rowland
THE TIMES THEY USED TO BE by Lucille Clifton
THE TRAIL OF TEARS by Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by Diana Magnuson
THE VERY BEST HANUKKAH GIFT by Joanne Rocklin
THE VOICES OF SILENCE by Bel Mooney
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
THE YEAR OF MY INDIAN PRINCE by Ella Thorp Ellis
THUNDER ROLLING IN THE MOUNTAINS by Scott O’Dell and Elizabeth Hall
TIES THAT BIND, TIES THAT BREAK by Lensey Namioka
TIGERS AT TWILIGHT by Mary Pope Osborne
TO WALK THE SKY PATH by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
TOMÁS AND THE LIBRARY LADY by Pat Mora
TUCKET’S GOLD by Gary Paulsen
TUCKET’S HOME by Gary Paulsen
TUCKET’S RIDE by Gary Paulsen
UNDER THE BLOOD-RED SUN by Graham Salisbury
WAITING FOR THE RAIN by Sheila Gordon
WAR COMES TO WILLY FREEMAN by James Collier
WHEN MULES FLEW ON MAGNOLIA STREET by Angela Johnson
WHO IS CARRIE? by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
WINTERING by William Durbin
WITH EVERY DROP OF BLOOD by James Collier
WORDS BY HEART by Ouida Sebestyen
YANG THE ELDEST AND HIS ODD JOBS by Lensey Namioka
YANG THE THIRD AND HER IMPOSSIBLE FAMILY by Lensey Namioka
YANG THE YOUNGEST AND HIS TERRIBLE EAR by Lensey Namioka
YEAR OF IMPOSSIBLE GOODBYES by Sook Nyul Choi
YOUNG FU OF THE UPPER YANGTZE by Elizabeth Lewis
YOUNG WOLF AND SPIRIT HORSE by Janice Shefelman
ZIA by Scott O’Dell

PEER PRESSURE

THE AMAZING FRECKTACLE by Ross Venokur
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET by Judy Blume
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MEATBALL FINKELSTEIN by Ross Venokur
BLUBBER, by Judy Blume
GOODBYE, AMANDA THE GOOD by Susan Shreve
PIG AND THE SHRINK by Pamela Todd
SARAH AND THE NAKED TRUTH by Elisa Carbone
THE SECRET CIRCLE by Dona Schenker
SPIDER BOY by Ralph Fletcher
THE WAR WITH GRANDPA by Robert Kimmel Smith

PREJUDICE

ADEM’S CROSS by Alice Mead
ALL IS WELL by Kristin Litchman
THE BABOON KING by Anton Quintana
BETSY ZANE, THE ROSE OF FORT HENRY by A.E. Cannon
BLUBBER by Judy Blume
BUCKAROO by Betty Traylor
BURNING UP by Caroline Cooney
CAT RUNNING by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
THE CAY by Theodore Taylor
CHEROKEE SISTER by Debbie Dadey
CHILDREN OF THE RIVER by Linda Crew
THE CRAYON BOX THAT TALKED by Shane DeRolf
DAVID’S SEARCH by Joan Lowery Nixon
THE DAY THE SKY FELL by Milton Meltzer
THE DROWNING OF STEPHAN JONES by Bette Greene
FAREWELL TO MANZANAR by Jeanne Houston
GATHERING BLUE by Lois Lowry
GHOST BOY by Iain Lawrence
THE GIVER by Lois Lowry
HELEN KELLER by Stewart Graff
I HADN’T MEANT TO TELL YOU THIS by Jacqueline Woodson
IN MY HANDS by Irene Opdyke with Jennifer Armstrong
IN THE SHADE OF THE NÍSPERO TREE by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
IRONMAN by Chris Crutcher
JUMP SHIP TO FREEDOM by James Collier
THE JUMPING TREE by Rene Saldaña, Jr.
LAND OF HOPE by Joan Lowery Nixon
 MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE by Mildred D. Taylor
MONSTERS ARE RED, MONSTERS ARE BLUE
MUSIC FROM A PLACE CALLED HALF MOON
MY NAME IS NOT ANGELICA by Sarah Albee, illustrated by Tom Brannon
THE NIGHT CROSSING by Karen Ackerman
NIGHTJOHN by Gary Paulsen
NORTH BY NIGHT: A STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Katherine Ayres
NOTHING WRONG WITH A THREE-LEGGED DOG by Graham McNamee
AN OCEAN APART, A WORLD AWAY by Lensey Namioka
OLA SHAKES IT UP by Joanne Hyppolite; illustrated by Warren Chang
ONE MORE VALLEY, ONE MORE HILL by Linda Lowery; with introduction by Pat McKissack
PAPER TRAIL by Barbara Gilbert
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
PRECIOUS GOLD, PRECIOUS JADE by Sharon E. Heisel
PROPHECY ROCK
ROMEO AND JULIET & WEST SIDE STORY by Norris Houghton
SARNY by Gary Paulsen
THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett
SING DOWN THE MOON by Scott O’Dell
THE SLAVE DANCER by Paula Fox
SOFT RAIN by Cornelia Cornelissen
SONG OF THE TREES by Mildred D. Taylor
SPITE FENCES by Trudy Krisher
STEALING FREEDOM by Elisa Carbone
STEALING SOUTH by Katherine Ayres
STORM WARRIORS by Elisa Carbone
THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON by Margaret Davidson
THE TIMES THEY USED TO BE by Lucille Clifton
TUNES FOR BEARS TO DANCE TO by Robert Cormier
UNDER THE BLOOD-RED SUN by Graham Salisbury
WAITING FOR THE RAIN by Sheila Gordon
THE WAR BETWEEN THE CLASSES by Gloria Miklowitz
WAR COMES TO WILLY FREEMAN by James Collier
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
WHALE TALK by Chris Crutcher
THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND by Elizabeth Speare
WITH EVERY DROP OF BLOOD by James Collier
WORDS BY HEART by Ouida Sebestyen
ZIA by Scott O’Dell