Maniac Magee
By: Jerry Spinelli
4.00
Format: 222 pages,
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an…
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1. Because of Winn-Dixie
By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban
3.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more
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- classics
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
2. Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1)
By: Paul O. Zelinsky , Beverly Cleary
4.39
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Beverly Cleary's timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecu… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
3. Tuck Everlasting
By: Natalie Babbitt
4.02
Format: 424 pages,
Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wand… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- school
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
4. Keeping Score
By: Linda Sue Park
4.33
Format: 260 pages,
Both Maggie Fortini and her brother, Joey-Mick, were named for baseball great Joe DiMaggio. Unlike … read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
5. Freak the Mighty (Freak The Mighty, #1)
By: Rodman Philbrick
4.16
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Two boys - a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces - … read more
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7. Shiloh (Shiloh, #1)
By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3.79
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sig… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
8. Maniac Magee
By: Jerry Spinelli
4.00
Format: 222 pages,
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an… read more
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- childrens
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
9. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
By: Sara Pascoe
4.30
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"What’s “ague?"-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
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- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
11. 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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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
12. 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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13. 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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14. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
By: Christopher Paul Curtis
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Newbery Honor-winning American classic, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 , celebrates 20 year… read more
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15. Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
By: Gary Paulsen
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane … read more
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16. Esperanza Rising
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
4.29
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fan… read more
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17. The Whipping Boy
By: Peter Sís , Sid Fleischman
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses … read more
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18. Walk Two Moons
By: Sharon Creech
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you… read more
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19. The View from Saturday
By: E.L. Konigsburg
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
How has Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But we… read more
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20. Island of the Blue Dolphins
By: Scott O'Dell
3.87
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, … read more
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- classics
- childrens
- school
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
"They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy."-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
"Everyone in our tribe had two names, the real one which was secret and was seldom used, and one which was common, for if people use your secret name it becomes worn out and loses its magic."-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
"Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet."-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
