The Racers: How an Outcast Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Challenged Hitler's Best (Scholastic Focus)
By: Neal Bascomb
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The heart-pounding story of an unlikely band of ragtags who took on Hitler's Grand Prix driver. In …
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1. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake
3.68
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie … read more
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"You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that."-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
"It was an unhappy truth, he told himself, that nearly all people in the world behave badly when there is something really big at stake."-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
"The President said a very rude word into the microphone and ten million children across the nation began repeating it gleefully and got smacked by their parents."-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
"It's very difficult to phone people in China, Mr President,' said the Postmaster General. 'The country's so full of Wings and Wongs, every time you wing you get the wong number."-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
2. Fortunately, the Milk
By: Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young
4.06
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this:… read more
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"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashes about in their bowl, ominously."-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk
"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashed about in their bowl, ominously."-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk
"Dinosaurs are reptiles, sir," said Professor Steg. "We do not go in for milk."-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk
"Being a geological formation gives you a lot of time to think. Also, I subscribed to a number of learned journals."-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk
3. Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)
By: James Ponti
3.70
Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition
Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most… read more
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4. Refugee
By: Alan Gratz
3.16
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming,… read more
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5. Project Mulberry
By: Linda Sue Park
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
Julia Song and her friend Patrick want to team up to win a blue ribbon at the state fair, but they … read more
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6. The Bronze Bow
By: Elizabeth George Speare
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Sa… read more
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"the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow
"It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow
7. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
By: Steve Sheinkin
3.00
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
From Steve Sheinkin, the award-winning author of The Port Chicago 50 and Bomb comes a tense, exciti… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
8. The Midwife's Apprentice
By: Karen Cushman
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
From the author of Catherine, Called Birdy comes another spellbinding novel set in medieval England… read more
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9. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
By: Phillip Hoose
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nati… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- history
10. Surprised by Oxford
By: Carolyn Weber
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
A "girl-meets-God" style memoir of an agnostic who, through her surprising opportunity to study at … read more
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11. Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
By: Ammon Shea
5.00
Format: 64 pages,
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12. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition
By: William Kamkwamba , Bryan Mealer
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
The New York Timesbestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Ma… read more
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13. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
By: Linda Sue Park
4.01
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more
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15. The Castle in the Attic (The Castle in the Attic, #1)
By: Elizabeth Winthrop
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
One of the classic fantastical adventures of all time! William has just received the best present o… read more
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16. Ghost Radio
By: Leopoldo Gout
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Ghost Radiois a terrifying novel about a ghost-story call-in radio show that inadvertently opens a … read more
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17. The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
By: Susan Orlean
4.22
Format: 160 pages,
The Orchid Thiefis Susan Orlean's tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered f… read more
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18. Once Upon a Wardrobe
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
College student Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George’s last wish by uncov… read more
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"The way stories change us can't be explained,' Padraig says. 'It can only be felt. Like love."-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe
"Because even with the dark and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served."-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe
"The fantastic and the imaginative aren't escapism . . . Good stories introduce the marvelous. The whole story, paradoxically, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion sends us back with r…"-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe
19. Prairie Lotus
By: Linda Sue Park
4.29
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more
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20. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
21. Iceberg
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more
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"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg
22. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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- nonfiction
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
23. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
24. All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.51
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
An account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a you-are-there style that blends suspense, scie… read more
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- sports
- history
25. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.28
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more
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26. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
By: Jonathan Freedland
4.37
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the … read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- history
27. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
By: Stacy McAnulty
4.29
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more
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28. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood
By: Gary Paulsen
3.99
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing memoir from three-time Newbery Honor–winning author Gary Paulsen—whose books have sol… read more
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- nonfiction
"I got stuck in a toilet."-Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood
29. Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
By: Cecelia Watson
3.67
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuat… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The semicolon was born in Venice in 1494"-Cecelia Watson, Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
"At times I've felt less like a punctuation theorist than like a punctuation therapist"-Cecelia Watson, Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
30. Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
By: Candace Fleming
4.15
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave an… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- history
31. The Racers: How an Outcast Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Challenged Hitler's Best (Scholastic Focus)
By: Neal Bascomb
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The heart-pounding story of an unlikely band of ragtags who took on Hitler's Grand Prix driver. In … read more
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- history
- politics
- world war ii
- nonfiction
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