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A

A to Z Mysteries / Ron Roy

The Adventure Novels of Will Hobbs
After the First Death / Robert Cormier
Ain’t Gonna Study War No More / Milton Meltzer

The Alchemyst / Michael Scott

Alida's Song / Gary Paulsen

All-of-a-Kind Family / Sydney Taylor
All the Way Home / Patricia Reilly Giff

The American Story / Jennifer Armstrong
The Amber Spyglass / Philip Pullman 
Amy's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Andrew Lost Science Series / J.C. Greenburg
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave / Virginia Hamilton

Anyone But You / Lara M. Zeises
Ashes of Roses / Mary Jane Auch

As Good As Anybody / Richard Michelson

The Astronaut Handbook / Meghan McCarthy
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky / Faith Ringgold

B

B for Buster / Iain Lawrence

The Baboon King / Anton Quintana

Babymouse series / Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

Baghead / Jarrett J. Krosoczka
The Battle for the Castle / Elizabeth Winthrop

The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room / Patricia Reilly Giff
Becoming Mary Mehan / Jennifer Armstrong

Before I Die / Jenny Downham
Belle Prater's Boy / Ruth White

The Berenstain Bears / Stan and Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and the Dress Code / Stan and Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and No Guns Allowed / Stan and Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and the School Scandal Sheet / Stan and Jan Berenstain

The Best Place to Read / Debbie Bertram and Susan Bloom; illustrated by Michael Garland
Betsy Zane: The Rose of Fort Henry / Lynda Durrant
Beyond the Chocolate War / Robert Cormier

Big & Little / John Stadler

Bindi Babes / Narinder Dhami

Blubber / Judy Blume

The Books of Ember / Jeanne DuPrau
Both Sides Now / Ruth Pennebaker

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas / John Boyne

The Boy/Girl Battle Books / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The Boy Who Loved Words / Roni Schotter

Boys Against Girls / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The Boys Start the War / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Brian Books / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Return / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter / Gary Paulsen

Bringing Up the Bones / Lara M. Zeises
Bud, Not Buddy / Christopher Paul Curtis

Bullying: A Guide / Blubber, Macaroni Boy, Spider Boy, True Blue, Feather Boy
Burning Up / Caroline B. Cooney

C

Call Me Francis Tucket / Gary Paulsen

The Candy Corn Contest / Patricia Reilly Giff

Capital Mysteries guide / Ron Roy
The Castle in the Attic / Elizabeth Winthrop
The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library Series
Cat Running / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Caught in the Act / Joan Lowery Nixon

The Cay / Theodore Taylor

Celebrating Chinese Culture
Censorship Issues
The Century for Young People / Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster

The Champ / Tonya Bolden; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Charlotte’s Rose / A.E. Cannon  
Cherokee Sister / Debbie Dadey
Chinese Cinderella / Adeline Yen Mah
Chocolate Fever / Robert Kimmel Smith; illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi
The Chocolate War / Robert Cormier

The City of Ember / Jeanne DuPrau

Clarence the Copy Cat / Patricia Lakin; illustrated by John Manders

Cleversticks / Bernard Ashley; illustrated by Derek Brazell
The Cobtown Books
A Cobtown Christmas / Julia Van Nutt; illustrated by Robert Van Nutt

Counting on Grace / Elizabeth Winthrop

Contents Under Pressure / Lara M. Zeises
The Cricket in Times Square / George Selden; drawings by Garth Williams

D

A Dangerous Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Daring Adventures of Penhaligon Brush / S. Jones Rogan

Daughters of Eve / Lois Duncan

A Day No Pigs Would Die / Robert Newton Peck
The Day the Sky Fell / Milton Meltzer
Dear Austin / Eliva Woodruff
Dear Levi / Elivra Woodruff

December Secrets / Patricia Reilly Giff

The Decoding of Lana Morris / Laura and Tom McNeal

Diamonds in Shadow / Caroline B. Cooney

Diego / Jonah Winter; illustrated by Jeanette Winter

Dinosaurs / Dr. Thomas R. Holtz
Don't Look Behind You / Lois Duncan
The Door in the Wall / Marguerite De Angeli
Down a Dark Hall / Lois Duncan
Downriver / Will Hobbs

Dragonfly Books Classroom Activity Guide
Driver's Ed / Caroline B. Cooney

Duck and Goose / Tad Hills - Activity Sheets

Dust / Arthur Slade

E

The Edge Chronicles / Paul Stewart and Chirs Riddell

The Egypt Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
8 Plus 1 / Robert Cormier

Eldest / Christopher Paolini

Eleven / Patricia Reilly Giff

Endymion Spring / Matthew Skelton
Eragon / Christopher Paolini

Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature / Robin Brande

Eyes of the Emperor / Graham Salisbury

F

A Family Apart / Joan Lowery Nixon

The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary / Candace Fleming

Far-Flung Adventures / Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

Feather Boy / Nicky Singer
Flags of Our Fathers / James Bradley with Ron Powers; adapted for young people by Michael French

The Fire-Eaters / David Almond

Fish / L.S. Matthews

Fish Face / Patricia Reilly Giff

Fish is Fish / Leo Lionni

The Five Ancestors Series / Jeff Stone

Flush / Carl Hiaasen
Forgotten Fire / Adam Bagsadarian

Fortune Cookie Fortunes / Grace Lin
Freedom Beyond the Sea / Waldtraut Lewin
Frenchtown Summer / Robert Cormier

Fresh Girl / Jaira Placide
The Friends / Kazumi Yumoto
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler / E.L. Konigsburg

G

The Gadget / Paul Zindel

Gallows Hill / Lois Duncan
Gathering Blue / Lois Lowry: Teachers Guide!
Gathering Blue / Lois Lowry:  Readers Guide!
Ghost Boy / Iain Lawrence
Gib and the Gray Ghost / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Gib Rides Home / Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The Girls Get Revenge / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Giver / Lois Lowry  Readers Guide!
Goddess of Yesterday / Caroline B. Cooney
The Golden Compass / Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass: Read the Book, See the Movie Discussion Guide / Philip Pullman

Guinevere's Gift / Nancy McKenzie  

Grandfather Tang's Story / Ann Tompert; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker
The Great God Pan / Donna Jo Napoli
Guts / Gary Paulsen
The Gypsy Game / Zilpha K. Snyder

H

Half and Half / Lensey Namioka
Hammer of the Gods, MythQuest #2 / novelization by John Whitman

Hannah and the Angels
Harriet Spies Again / Helen Ericson
Harriet the Spy / Louise Fitzhugh

Harry Sue / Sue Stauffacher

Hattie Big Sky / Kirby Larson
Haveli / Suzanne Fisher Staples
Heaven Eyes / David Almond
Her Father’s Daughter / Mollie Poupeney
Heroes / Robert Cormier
His Dark Materials Trilogy / Philip Pullman 
Holes / Louis Sachar

Hoot / Carl Hiaasen

Horton Hears A Who! / Dr. Seuss

How I Live Now / Meg Rosoff

How I Spent My Summer Vacation / Mark Teague

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World / Marjorie Priceman

I

I Am the Cheese / Robert Cormier
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This / Jacqueline Woodson
I Know What You Did Last Summer / Lois Duncan
If I Forget, You Remember / Carol Lynch Williams
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer / Irene Opdyke with Jennifer Armstrong
In The Face of Danger / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Invisible Princess / Faith Ringgold; illustrated by the author
Ironman / Chris Crutcher
Island of the Blue Dolphins / Scott O'Dell

J

Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns / Mary Quattlebaum
Jefferson’s Children: The Story of One American Family / Shannon Lanier and Jane Feldman; photographs by Jane Feldman
Jo's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Journey / Patricia Maclachlan
Junie B. Jones Series / Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus

K

Keeping Secrets / Joan Lowery Nixon

The Kids of the Polk Street School / Patricia Reilly Giff

The Killer's Tears / Anne-Laure Bondoux
Killing Mr. Griffin / Lois Duncan
Kit’s Wilderness / David Almond

L

Land of Hope / Joan Lowery Nixon

Landmark Books: Meet Christopher Columbus, Meet George Washington, Meet Thomas Jefferson, Meet Abraham Lincoln, Meet Martin Luther King, Jr.
Landmark Books: Biographies
The Last Mission / Harry Mazer
The Last Safe Place on Earth / Richard Peck

Leepike Ridge / N.D. Wilson
Left for Dead / Peter Nelson
Lena / Jacqueline Woodson

The World of Leo Lionni
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt / C. Coco De Young

Light Years / Tammar Stine
Lily's Crossing / Patricia Reilly Giff

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy / Gary D. Schmidt
Locked in Time / Lois Duncan

London Calling / Edward Bloor
The Long Secret / Louise Fitzhugh

The Lorax / Dr. Seuss
Lord of the Deep / Graham Salisbury
Lord of the Nutcracker Men / Iain Lawrence

Love, Stargirl / Jerry Spinelli
Lucy's Wish / Joan Lowery Nixon

M

Madapple / Christina Meldrum

Macaroni Boy / Katherine Ayres

Maggie's Door / Patricia Reilly Giff
Magic Tree House Fiction Adventures and Nonfiction Research Guides / Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Many Waters / Madeleine L'Engle
Mardi Gras Mix-Up / Linda Lowery Keep
Matilda Bone / Karen Cushman

Maude March / Audrey Couloumbis

Maya Running / Anjali Banerjee

Me and My Amazing Body / Joan Sweeney; illustrated by Annette Cable
Meet Abraham Lincoln / Barbara Cary

Meet Christopher Columbus / James T. de Kay
Meet George Washington / Joan Heilbroner
Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. / James T. de Kay

Meet Thomas Jefferson / Marvin Barrett
Meg's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Memories of Summer / Ruth White

Messenger / Lois Lowry

Milkweed / Jerry Spinelli
Minokichi, MythQuest #4 / novelization by John Whitman0

The Minotaur, MythQuest #1 / novelization by Tom Mason and Dan Danko

Mirandy and Brother Wind / Patricia C. McKissak; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Missing May / Cynthia Rylant

Mother, Mother, I Want Another / Maria Polushkin Robbins; illustrated by Jon Goodell
Mr. Tucket / Gary Paulsen

Mrs. Katz and Tush / Patricia Polacco

My Daddy and Me / Jerry Spinelli; illustrated by Seymour Chwast

My Dog is As Smelly As Dirty Socks / Hanoch Piven
My Dream of Martin Luther King / Faith Ringgold

My Friend the Enemy / J. B. Cheaney

My Little Sister Ate One Hare / Bill Grossman; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
My Louisiana Sky / Kimberly Willis Holt
Mythology Readers Guide

MythQuest Series Readers Guide

N

Nappy Hair / Carolivia Herron
Nate the Great Series Teachers Guide and Printer-Friendly Activity Sheets / Marjorie Weinman Sharmat; illustrated by Marc Simont or Martha Weston

The Navigator / Eoin McNamee

A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories / Joan Aiken
New York's Bravest / Mary Pope Osborne
Nightjohn / Gary Paulsen
North by Night / Katherine Ayres
Nory Ryan’s Song / Patricia Reilly Giff

Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson / Sue Staffacher 
The Novels of Joyce McDonald
The Novels of Lois Duncan

The Novels of Lois Lowry
The Novels of Scott O'Dell

Number the Stars / Lois Lowry

O

An Ocean Apart, A World Away / Lensey Namioka

On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey / David M. Schwartz; illustrated by Paul Meisel
On My Honor / Marion Dane Bauer
One More Valley, One More Hill / Linda Lowery

The Orphan Train Adventures / Joan Lowery Nixon

P

Pale Male / Janet Schulman

The Pee Wee Scouts Series

The Penderwicks / Jeanne Birdsall

Penny from Heaven / Jennifer Holm

The People of Sparks / Jeanne DuPrau

Picture Book Biographies

Pictures of Hollis Woods / Patricia Reilly Giff 
A Piece of Heaven / Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Pieces of Georgia / Jennifer Bryant
The Pigman / Paul Zindel  
A Place to Belong / Joan Lowery Nixon

Pompeii: Lost and Found / Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Bonnie Christensen

Poetry Activity Guide and Poetry Journal
Portraits of Little Women / Susan Beth Pfeffer

The Prophet of Yonwood / Jeanne DuPrau

The Purple Balloon / Chris Raschka

Q

Quiver / Stephanie Spinner
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R

Radiance Descending / Paula Fox
The Rag and Bone Shop / Robert Cormier
Ransom / Lois Duncan
The Ransom of Mercy Carter / Caroline B. Cooney

Raleigh's Page / Alan Armstrong

Red Wolf's Daughter, MythQuest #3 / novelization by Tom Mason and Dan Danko

Red Glass/ Laura Resau

Refugees / Catherine Stine

The Rifle / Gary Paulsen

Ringside, 1925 / Jen Bryant
The River / Gary Paulsen
River Thunder / Will Hobbs

Rodzina / Karen Cushman
Rumble Fish / S.E. Hinton

Runaway / Wendelin Van Draanen

Runemarks / Joanne Harris

S

The Salamander Room / Anne Mazer; illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

Sarny / Gary Paulsen
Satchmo's Blues / Alan Schroeder; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Saving Uncle Sean / Linda Lowery Keep
Search for the Shadowman / Joan Lowery Nixon

See the City / Matteo Pericoli

See You Down the Road / Kim Ablon Whitney
Shabanu / Suzanne Fisher Staples
Shades of Simon Gray / Joyce McDonald
Shadow People / Joyce McDonald

The Shadows of Ghadames / Joelle Stolz

Shredderman series / Wendelin Van Draanen
The Sign of the Beaver / Elizabeth George Speare
A Single Shard / Linda Sue Park 
Skellig / David Almond
The Slave Dancer / Paula Fox

Small Steps / Louis Sachar
Soft Rain / Cornelia Cornelissen
Soldier's Heart / Gary Paulsen

Song and Dance Man / Karen Ackerman; illustrated by Stephen Gammell

Song of Sampo Lake / William Durbin

Spider Boy / Ralph Fletcher
Spite Fences / Trudy Krisher
Sport / Louise Fitzhugh
Stargirl / Jerry Spinelli
Stealing Freedom / Elisa Carbone
Storm Warriors / Elisa Carbone
Stranger with My Face / Lois Duncan
Strudel Stories / Joanne Rocklin
The Subtle Knife / Philip Pullman 
Summer of Fear / Lois Duncan
Summer of the Monkeys / Wilson Rawls
Swallowing Stones / Joyce McDonald

Swear to Howdy / Wendelin Van Draanen

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt / Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by James Ransome
The Sweetwater Run / Andrew Glass; illustrated by the author
A Swiftly Tilting Planet / Madeleine L'Engle

Swimmy / Leo Lionni

T

A Thousand Never Evers / Shana Burg

Tadpole / Ruth White

Taken / Edward Bloor

Talking About Guns
Talking to Faith Ringgold / Freeman; Faith Ringgold
Tall Tales
Taming The Star Runner / S.E. Hinton
Tar Beach / Faith Ringgold
Tenderness / Robert Cormier

Tex / S.E. Hinton
There Comes a Time / Milton Meltzer

They Called Her Molly Pitcher / Anne Rockwell; illustrated by Cynthia von Buhler
They Never Came Home / Lois Duncan
The Third Eye / Lois Duncan
They Called Her Molly Pitcher / Anne Rockwell
Ties that Bind, Ties that Break / Lensey Namioka

Tiger / Jeff Stone
Time Capsule / Donald L. Gallo

Tomas and the Library Lady / Pat Mora; illustrated by Raul Colon

The Trial / Jennifer Bryant

A Traitor Among the Boys / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Trouble Don't Last / Shelley Pearsall

True Blue / Jeffrey Lee
The Tucket Books / Gary Paulsen
Tucket's Gold / Gary Paulsen
Tucket’s Home / Gary Paulsen
Tucket's Ride / Gary Paulsen
Twelve Shots / Harry Mazer

U

Under the Blood Red Sun / Graham Salisbury
Under the Mermaid Angel / Martha Moore

V

Vampire Bugs / Sharon Dennis Wyeth
The Voice on the Radio / Caroline B. Cooney

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly / Alan Madison

W

Water Street / Patricia Reilly Giff

The War Between the Classes / Gloria D. Miklowitz

The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 / Christopher Paul Curtis

When My Name Was Keoko / Linda Sue Park
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town / Kimberly Willis Holt
Where the Red Fern Grows / Wilson Rawls
Whirligig / Paul Fleischman

Whittington / Alan Armstrong
A Wind in the Door / Madeleine L'Engle

A World At War Guide (How I Live Now, Light Years, The Prophet of Yonwood, Fish, and Refugees)
The World of Dick King-Smith / Dick King-Smith
A Wrinkle In Time / Madeleine L'Engle

Y

Yearling Educator Bind-up

The Young Adult Novels of S.E. Hinton

Young Pele: Soccer's First Star / Lesa Cline-Ransome

Z

Zia / Scott O'Dell