Dead End in Norvelt
By: Jack Gantos
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dead End in Norveltis the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to chil…
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1. The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1)
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3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
"Asta's Son" is all he's ever been called. The lack of a name is appropriate, because he and his mo… read more
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2. I Was a Rat!
By: Philip Pullman
3.97
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"I Was a Rat!" So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it's true. But what is he now? A terrify… read more
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3. Elijah of Buxton
By: Christopher Paul Curtis
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel f… read more
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4. Dead End in Norvelt
By: Jack Gantos
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dead End in Norveltis the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to chil… read more
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5. A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2)
By: Richard Peck
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Mary Alice remembers childhood summers packed with drama. At fifteen, she faces a whole long year w… read more
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6. Criss Cross
By: Lynne Rae Perkins
3.91
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
She wished something would happen. Something good. To her. Looking at the bright, fuzzy picture in … read more
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7. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
By: Paul Fleischman , Eric Beddows
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noiseis a collection of… read more
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8. Missing May
By: Cynthia Rylant
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
This critically acclaimed winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award joins Sc… read more
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9. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
By: Robert Byrd , Laura Amy Schlitz
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
Step back to medieval 1255 England and meet 22 villagers, illustrated in pen and ink, inspired by t… read more
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10. Hello, Universe
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
3.49
Format: 465 pages, Hardcover
In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more
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11. Moon Over Manifest
By: Clare Vanderpool
3.67
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award. The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my e… read more
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12. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
By: Kate DiCamillo , K.G. Campbell
3.88
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequence… read more
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"So many miracles have not yet happened."-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
"She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble"-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
"I love your round head, the brilliant green, the watching blue, these letters, this world, you. I am very, very hungry."-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
"He would write and write. He would make wonderful things happen. Some of it would be true. All of it would be true. Most of it would be true."-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
13. The Higher Power of Lucky (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #1)
By: Susan Patron
4.27
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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14. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 (Royal Diaries #3)
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3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
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15. Shadow Of A Bull
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3.92
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Manolo Olivar was the son of his father. Which may not seem like a necessary thing to say. But in M… read more
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16. His Forefathers and Mick
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more
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"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
17. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
By: K. Ritz
4.33
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more
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"At what point does faith become insanity?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
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18. Isabella Warrior Queen
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.30
Format: None pages, ebook
The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more
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"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
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19. The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
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4.33
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Tired of the "them or us" politics that the Democrats and Republicans are pushing down our throats?… read more
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"It became increasingly common to resolve international tensions by legal means. The chant “Criminal Trials, Not Missiles"-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
"Written twenty years after she held office, this abridged biography is being released now, prior to taking place. Maybe we can learn from history before it happens."-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
"I wheeled and dealed with leaders from all over the world on behalf of the American people. In fact, my favorite headline from Washington Speaks magazine was “She Walks, She Talks, She Negotiates"-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
"Educate not Legislate Refusing to pass unnecessary laws requires a converse – encouraging education and understanding. We started by slashing the salaries of legislators (Dubbed “Bloodbath on the Bel…"-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
20. Victor's Blessing
By: Barbara Sontheimer
4.34
Format: 582 pages, Paperback
Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more
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"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid. Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
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"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go. "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me! What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
21. Merci Suárez Changes Gears
By: Meg Medina
4.19
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, famil… read more
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