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Anastasia Krupnik

Written by Lois Lowry, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 8 9 10 11

Anastasia's 10th year has some really good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother and some bad things like finding out about an impending baby brother.

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Commander in Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

Written by Albert Martin, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 10 11 12

A biography of the sixteenth president, which focuses on his Civil War years and how he dealt with events and people during that period in history.

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Dancing on the Edge

Written by Han Nolan, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 10 11 12

Raised in one of the world's most dysfunctional families, Miracle makes a harrowing journey to the brink of insanity before taking tentative steps to reclaim her life. A compassionate novel written with sensitivity and pathos.

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Dealing With Dragons

Written by Patricia C. Wrede, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 9 10 11 12

Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragon's kingdom.

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Habibi

Written by Naomi Shihab Nye, illustrated by Naomi Shihab Nye

Recommended Ages: 9 10 11 12

Liyanna Abbohd's father wants to go home to Jerusalem. 14 year old Liyanna isn't sure she wants to move so far away from familiar things until she discovers that home is a place you carry with you.

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Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns

Written by Mary Quattebaum, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 8 9 10 11

When his mother gives him a garden plot for his 10th birthday, Jackson Jones hopes to earn enough money to buy a basketball, but all he seems to get is trouble.

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Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter For Workers' Rights

Written by Judith Pinkerton Josephson, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 10 11 12

An account of the life and work of the outspoken labor organizer and reformer loaded with her very own fiery words and indomitable spirit.

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Peeling the Onion

Written by Wendy Orr, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 10 11 12

After suffering spinal trauma in a car accident, Anna, 17, begins a painful physical and emotional recovery that peels away her old life and strips her down to her very core. A gripping narrative, told with honesty.

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Phantom Toll Booth

Written by Norton Jester, illustrated by Jules Feiffer

Recommended Ages: 8 9 10 11

A journey through a land where learning the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for Milo's boredom.

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Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry

Written by Mildred Taylor, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 9 10 11 12

A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand.

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Shiloh

Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, illustrated by Barry Moser

Recommended Ages: 9 10 11 12

When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and mistreat dogs.

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Silverwing

Written by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by S. D. Schindler

Recommended Ages: 9 10 11 12

An exciting fantasy about shade, a small young bat who wants to see the sunrise (forbidden to bats) and then must battle owls, other bats, and the elements, in order to prove himself.

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Stranger With My Face

Written by Lois Duncan, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 9 10 11 12

A 17 year old thinks she is being spied on and probably impersonated, but, when she discovers what actually is occurring, it is more unbelievable than she ever imagined.

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Tangerine

Written by Edaward Bloor, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 9 10 11 12

Tangerine is a town where lightning can start underground fires, sports are more important than the truth, and the soccer player, Paul, must discover what role his brother played in the loss of his sight.

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The Buffalo Tree

Written by Adam Rapp, illustrated by

Recommended Ages: 10 11 12

The brutal world of juvenile detention center is the setting for this compelling story of survival and redemption, re-created through a 13 year old's inventive use of language.

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