My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion
By: Tanitoluwa Adewumi
4.34
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Tani Adewumi didn’t know what Boko Haram was or why they had threatened his family. All he knew was…
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1. Twisted
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
3.82
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background—average st… read more
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"I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Twisted
"Did you read last nights assignments?" Say "yes'" and get hammered again. Say "no'" and the same thing would happen."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Twisted
"I looked in the mirror and realized that I was already dead. I let you kill me one piece at a time, starting when I was, what? Eight years old? Nine? You killed yourself and then you came after us."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Twisted
"I am so sorry. I wish you knew even one tenth of one percent of how sorry I am. ...It was my fault. Can I kill myself here, or should I do it outside, so the mess on your carpet doesn't upset your mo…"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Twisted
2. The Little Village School
By: Gervase Phinn
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Elisabeth Devine is something of a mystery. Why should a highly successful head teacher of an inner… read more
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- contemporary
"Is there something else?" "Well, there is actually. I can't get out of the chair. I'm stuck!"-Gervase Phinn, The Little Village School
3. How to be Champion: My Autobiography
By: Sarah Millican
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Part autobiography, part self help, part confession, part celebration of being a common-or-garden w… read more
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4. Forward: A Memoir
By: Karen Abbott , Abby Wambach
3.24
Format: 0 pages, ebook
Forwardis the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in … read more
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5. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
By: Barbara Ehrenreich
3.78
Format: 377 pages,
Reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity--a land of Big Box… read more
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6. Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
3.47
Format: None pages,
A New York PostBest Book of 2016 One of Kirkus Reviews' Ten Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Fa… read more
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7. I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived, #11)
By: Lauren Tarshis
3.95
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Could an entire city really burn to the ground? Oscar Starling never wanted to come to Chicago. But… read more
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8. The Hundred Dresses
By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin
4.11
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute t… read more
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9. Shadows of the Workhouse
By: Jennifer Worth
4.00
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
In this follow up to CALL THE MIDWIFE, Jennifer Worth, a midwife working in the docklands area of E… read more
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10. The Attacks of September 11th, 2001 (I Survived, #6)
By: Lauren Tarshis
2.60
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
On the day that shocks the world, one boy just wants to find his family. A powerful addition to the… read more
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11. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (I Survived, #3)
By: Lauren Tarshis
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The horror of Hurricane Katrina is brought vividly to life in this fictional account of a boy, a do… read more
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12. Dangerous Jesus: Why the Only Thing More Risky than Getting Jesus Right Is Getting Jesus Wrong
By: Kevin "KB" Burgess
4.50
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
No one was more dangerous than the Lord Jesus. From the moment He arrived on the scene, Jesus pose… read more
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- christian non fiction
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13. You Never Know: A Memoir
By: Tom Selleck
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern Ca… read more
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14. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
15. I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 (I Survived, #17)
By: Lauren Tarshis
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the historic grizzly bear attacks in Glaci… read more
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16. A Night Divided
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.34
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more
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"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
17. Ground Zero
By: Alan Gratz
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at … read more
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"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero
18. The Year I Didn't Eat
By: Samuel Pollen
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even… read more
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19. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
By: Glory Edim
4.37
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular boo… read more
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"This often has a lot to do with racism and sexism, and the stories we are "allowed" to tell as people of colour."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"They both squealed in the face of hope and the audacity for a black body to exist despite the system designed to dismember it."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
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20. Enemies in Love
By: Alexis Clark
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a love story like no other: Elinor Powell was an African American nurse in the US military … read more
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21. My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion
By: Tanitoluwa Adewumi
4.34
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Tani Adewumi didn’t know what Boko Haram was or why they had threatened his family. All he knew was… read more
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