Children of the River
By: Linda Crew
3.99
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was thirteen, …
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1. The Contender
By: Robert Lipsyte
3.64
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender. Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a highsc… read more
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- school
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- read for school
- fiction
- historical fiction
"It's the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward. "-Robert Lipsyte, The Contender
2. The Moves Make the Man
By: Bruce Brooks
3.70
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Reverse spin, triple pump, reverse dribble, stutter step with twist to the left, stutter into jumpe… read more
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- school
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
3. Parallel Journeys
By: Eleanor H. Ayer , Alfons Heck , Helen Waterford
4.03
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
She was a young German Jew. He was an ardent member of the Hitler Youth. This is the story of their… read more
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- school
- read for school
4. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
By: Melba Pattillo Beals
4.17
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
In this essential autobiographical account by one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most powerful figu… read more
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- school
- read for school
"My mother was one of the first few blacks to integrate the University of Arkansas, graduating in 1954."-Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
"The task that remains is to cope with our interdependence - to see ourselves reflected in every other human being and to respect and honor our differences."-Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
"Mother [Lois Marie Pattillo] began meeting with a few others from our community who were also determined to be admitted to the graduate school of education at the university."-Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
"Grandma entertained us with reading or checkers or chess so we wouldn't bother Mother as she studied for her night-school exams. She was determined to complete her master's degree."-Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
5. China's Long March
By: Jean Fritz
4.32
Format: 632 pages, Hardcover
In 1986, Jean Fritz went to China and talked to survivors of the Long March. It is from their recol… read more
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- school
- read for school
6. Alas, Babylon
By: Pat Frank
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United … read more
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- fiction
7. The Road from Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope
By: David Kherdian
3.90
Format: 144 pages,
David Kherdian re-creates his mother's voice in telling the true story of a childhood interrupted b… read more
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- school
8. Children of the River
By: Linda Crew
3.99
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was thirteen, … read more
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- romance
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- young adult
- read for school
- fiction
- historical fiction
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10. Robert Frost's Poems
By: Louis Untermeyer , Robert Frost
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
A proven bestseller time and time again, Robert Frost's Poemscontains all of Robert Frost's best-kn… read more
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11. The Wednesday Wars
By: Gary D. Schmidt
2.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero.The Wednesday… read more
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12. Cry, the Beloved Country
By: Alan Paton
3.71
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
Cry, the Beloved Country, the most famous and important novel in South Africa's history, was an imm… read more
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13. Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art
By: Jan Greenberg , None
3.57
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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15. Hope Was Here
By: Joan Bauer
4.01
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
When Hope and her aunt move to small-town Wisconsin to take over the local diner, Hope's not sure w… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- school
"Revenge of the Giant Grill Man."-Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here
"The sad heart needs work to do."-Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here
"Addie always keeps her promises. That's why my mother gave me to her."-Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here
"a man who was, as we say in the restaurant business, one taco short of a combo platter."-Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here
16. Living on the Devil's Doorstep: International Adventures
By: Floyd McClung
4.29
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
When thousands of young people checked out of Western society and sought enlightenment in the East,… read more
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17. The Great Gilly Hopkins
By: Katherine Paterson
4.09
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Watch out world! The Great Gilly Hopkins is looking for a home. She's a foster kid who's been angry… 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 Story That Cannot Be Told
By: J. Kasper Kramer
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade debut that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding … read more
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20. The Blackbird Girls
By: Anne Blankman
4.43
Format: None pages, None
On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- historical fiction
"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls
21. The Six-Day Hero
By: Tammar Stein
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Motti knows that war is coming. Israel is only nineteen years old, the same age as Motti's brave ol… read more
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