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Ages 8–10

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Middle-grade adventures and classics.

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The Search for WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi

Ages 10–14

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Where the Red Fern Grows

Ages 9–12

Ages 10–14

Ages 7–10

Ages 10–14

Ages 8–12

Laurie Halse Anderson

Ages 10–14

Ages 9–9

The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate

Ages 8–12

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The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Ages 9–12

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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

Ages 9–12

Ages 9–12

Ages 10–18

Ages 10–14

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Ages 9–12

Ages 9–9

Robert Louis Stevenson

Ages 10–14

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

Ages 9–12

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Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin

Ages 10–14

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The Egypt Game

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Ages 9–12

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