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Loser
by Jerry Spinelli |
Among the Hidden
by Margaret P. Haddix |
The Pigman
by Paul Zindel |
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On My Honor
by Marion Dane Bauer |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II |
A Wind in the Door
by Madeline L'Engle |
A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon |
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare |
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain |
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien |
Interstellar Pig by William Sleator |
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant |
White Fang by Jack London |
Boy: Tales of Childhood
by Roald Dahl |
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff |
The Foxman by Gary Paulsen |
Nothing but the Truth by Avi |
Lyddie by Katerine Paterson |
Something Upstairs by Avi |
Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen |
City of Embers by Jeanne Duprau |
Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi |
A Summer to Die by Lois Lowery |
Heroes Gods and Monsters of Greek Myth by B. Evslin |
The Face on the Milk Cartoon by Caroline B. Cooney |
Snowbound by Harry Mazer |
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War by Thomas B. Allen |
Begging for Change by Sharon G. Flake |
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech |
The Island Shipwreck by Gordon Korman |
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson |
The Silent Boy Lois Lowery |
There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom by Louis Sachar |
Coraline by Neil Gaiman |
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowery |
The Million Dollar Kick by Dan Gutman |
Inkheart by Cornelia Funk |
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer |
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger and Anna Martin |
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi |
This Must be Love by Tui T. Sutherland |
The Million Dollar Strike by Dan Gutman |
Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan |
Teen Ink Written in the Dirt: Fiction for Teens |
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Small Steps by Louis Sachar |
A Stir of Bones by Nina K. Hoffman |
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The Stunning Science of Everything: Science With the Squishy Bits Left In by Nick Arnold |
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman |
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Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Zelznick |
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah |
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Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine |
Uglies
by Scott Westerfield |
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Island
by Gary Paulsen |
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer |
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Letters to a Bullied Girl
by Olivia Gardner |
The Misfits
by James Howe |
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Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin |
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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
by Jack Gantos |
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Invasion of the Road Weenies
by David Lubar |
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Just as Long as We’re Together
by Judy Blume |
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Loser
Jerry Spinelli |
Al Capone Does My Shirts
Gennifer Choldenko |
Nothing but the Truth
Avi |
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On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer |
Inkheart Cornelia Funke |
Interstellar Pig William Sleator |
A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon |
Olive’s Ocean Kevin Henkes |
October Sky Homer Hickman |
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
Running Out of Time Margaret Peterson Haddix |
Green Angel Alice Hoffman |
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant |
Skellig David Almond |
Dawn Elie Wiesel |
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff |
Tangerine
Edward Bloor |
A Stir of Bones Nina Hoffman |
Lyddie by Katerine Paterson |
A Mango Shaped Space Wendy Mass |
The Messenger Lois Lowry |
City of Embers by Jeanne Duprau |
A Step From Heaven An Na |
Deception Point Dan Brown |
Heroes Gods and Monsters of Greek Myth by B. Evslin |
The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer |
The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger |
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War by Thomas B. Allen |
Once Upon a Marigold Jean Ferris |
Ironman Chris Crutcher |
The Island Shipwreck
by Gordon Korman |
Begging For Change Sharon Flake |
Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson |
There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom by Louis Sachar |
Hush Jacqueline Woodson |
A Northern Light Jennifer Donnelly |
The Million Dollar Kick by Dan Gutman |
Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata |
The River Between Us Richard Peck |
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger and Anna Martin |
Non Fiction
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Pirates!
Celia Rees |
The Million Dollar Strike by Dan Gutman |
Field of Fury: the American Civil War James M. McPherson |
The Truth About Forever Sarah Dessen |
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In Defense of Liberty: the Story of America’s Bill of Rights Russell Freedom |
Non Fiction
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Freedom Roads: Searching for the Underground Railroad Joyce Hansen |
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Aron Ralston |
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Inside the Alamo Jim Murphy |
Getting Away with Murder: the True Story of the Emmett Till Case Chris Crowe |
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What a Great Idea! Inventions that Changed the World Stephen Tomecek |
Gladiator Richard Watkins |
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An American Plague: the True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Jim Murphy |
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Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa Susan Goldman Rubin |
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Navajo Code Talkers Nathan Aaseng |
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The Voice that Challenged the Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights Russell Freedman |
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Privacy and Plunder: a Murderous Business Milton Meltzer |