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A Night To Remember

When Aubree suggests stealing their rival school's mascot before the big game tomorrow night, she doesn't think Finn will actually take her up on it. This is sure to be a night to remember.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 4.6

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Divided In Land But Together In Heart: A Tale Of Cyprus

Living on opposite sides of a divided Cyprus, two teen girls—one of Turkish descent, one of Greek descent—become friends with a shared goal: to bring together old friends and new.

Interest Level:
Post High School, High School, Middle School, Late Elementary, All Ages
Reading Level: (GLE) 4.0

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Instructions For My 5th-grade Self

Yijia's fifth-grade self has a knack for attracting attention from Mrs. Lou... but not the good kind of attention. One moment stands out in particular, one that she just can't ever forget.

Interest Level:
Post High School, High School, Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.8

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5 Steps To Win Her Heart

Mateo's best friend Kat Nguyen breaks up with him, and he’s far from over it. He has to win her back, but how? The 1950s book "5 Steps to Win Her Heart" just might be the answer he’s looking for.

Interest Level:
Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 1.3

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The Market At Night

Angela thinks she knows every corner of her beloved Pike Place Market, but she discovers there's a whole other, magical Market waiting to be explored at night.

Interest Level:
High School, Middle School, All Ages
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.3

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Two beetle leaves, three beetle nuts, an unbroken coconut, and a five-paise coin. Will the forest goddess, Maramma, accept these offerings and heal the boy who delivers them to her?

Interest Level:
Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.5

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Fortunate Fayola

Stephanie Mhango

A famine threatens the village, and Fayola will do anything to keep her son from going hungry. Her situation quickly goes from bad to worse . . . but perhaps fortune will smile on her in the end.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 5.6

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Angela desperately wants to make her Ma happy, but it's an impossible task. Maybe it's time to focus on her own happiness instead.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.8

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Room For Company

Aunt Delly has always told Noelle that naughty children get taken away. When Noelle comes to find herself "stolen" by the roaders, it's nothing like what she'd been told.

Interest Level:
Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.2

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Julian Siminski

What begins as a math assignment quickly becomes something so much more personal and important for one student.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 5.3

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I Want To Be A Writer

Alex knows he wants to be a writer but doesn't know how to write very well. With the help of his English teacher, Alex learns how to improve his writing and how to use it to cope with family issues.

Interest Level:
Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.3

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My Dad's Secret

Abby's classmates have great topics for their family history projects. Their families are so much more interesting than hers, or so she thinks, until she begins asking the right questions.

Interest Level:
Middle School, High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.4

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Melanie needs a job, and she needs it now, but the only place hiring is the very last place she would ever want to work.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.4

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It feels dangerous and lonely to be "different" for Caleb. If he admits who he is, will things get better or worse?

Interest Level:
Late Elementary
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.1

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Noah is angry, and getting bullied at his new school doesn't help. But when he befriends the principal's daughter, Noah learns how art and friendship can help him heal.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.1

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The Syrian Drummer And The Cactus Crimson Paint

Can three friends put their minds together to save their new bandmate from the prejudices threatening him and his family?

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.9

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Poppies For Amelia

Nash is fourteen years old when he drives a car through Mr. Leiberman's fence. His choices now are to help rebuild what he has broken or face arrest.

Interest Level:
High School, Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.6

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Running The Point

Ennie's aunt forbids him to spend time with Kelly, afraid that the girl will derail Ennie from his dreams. But doesn't she see that Kelly needs his help?

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.9

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Walks With Augustus

Afternoon walks with a troublesome white terrier change everything for Sofia, but not in the way anyone would have expected. Especially her.

Interest Level:
Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.4

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Jaclyn Westlake

Zigg finally makes his escape. For the first time in his life, he gets a taste of freedom, but it doesn't last. Soon, a new set of captors are after him.

Interest Level:
Post High School, High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.3

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Jacob's Trouble

Life isn't fair; that's what makes Jacob so angry and what pushes him onto a path that's leading towards trouble.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 1.9

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Lorelei And The White Mare

Jacqueline Kolosov

Since her mother died last year, time has stood still for Lorelei, although the rest of the world has continued spinning. Confused and alone, she pours herself into her job at the local stable.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 4.0

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Holly is lonely and angry. To avoid being bullied, she becomes the bully herself. Can something as small as a ring change everything?

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.5

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Jacob And The Bee Man

Jacob has committed a crime, and now it's time to pay for it. Will his bad decisions stick with him forever, or can he grow past them?

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 1.4

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Gift Of The Curupira

Serge de Moliere

A love potion, some dark magic, and a warning from Elena's aunt . . . what can possibly go wrong?

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.3

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Long Road To Redemption

Victor is seventeen years old when he is sentenced to 35 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice System. Can he change his story from here, or is this really all there is to his tale?

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 5.0

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Susan's Friday night plans had looked so different before her parents force her to attend her grandparents' Sabbath dinner. Ugh.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 4.1

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Sienna's parents are arrested after being caught stealing from an art museum. Can a series of messages and some unlikely friends help her navigate her life's new normal?

Interest Level:
Late Elementary
Reading Level: (GLE) 1.6

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No Pickles For Annabelle

Dollie Stiemsma

As a pickle farmer's daughter and a fifth grader with terrible spelling skills, Annabelle believes she is destined to pick prickly green pickles and be the worst speller forever.

Interest Level:
Middle School, Late Elementary
Reading Level: (GLE) 4.9

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Lucky Henry Walker: Hurricane Refugee

Meet Lucky Henry Walker: a real-life Hurricane Katrina canine refugee.

Interest Level:
Late Elementary
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.2

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The People Movers bandmates risk everything to reunite Jorge, an immigrant refugee child, with the parents he's been separated from.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.8

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Lily Azalea wants to stay with Molly Rose, who treats her almost as if she's a white girl too. When Lily's mother arranges for Lily to escape through the Underground Railroad, she doesn't want to go.

Interest Level:
High School, Middle School, Late Elementary
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.7

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Lulu Garlic, Contraband

In the midst of the Civil War, Lulu, an escaped slave, offers her time and services to treat those who've been injured. Among them, she finds the most unlikely of soldiers.

Interest Level:
Middle School, High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.9

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Chance And Little Star

A teenage girl faces a life-or-death problem. No one can seem to help her, that is, until she meets a boy with autism who ends up changing her life forever.

Interest Level:
Post High School, High School, Middle School, All Ages
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.2

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Darius Quinton Coleman: Boy Genius

Darius is a young mechanical genius, but are his talents enough to solve a real-life crime?

Interest Level:
Late Elementary, Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.9

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Jannette LaRoche

All Tom wants to do is impress a girl. When he runs a red light, three lives change forever.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.4

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Pius Agbangbatin

Dulani never thinks he'll grow old enough to tell his story to the world. People like him are often targeted for their differences — for their skin. To be albino in Malawi is a dangerous thing.

Interest Level:
Post High School, High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 5.6

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A Skateboarding Story

Three friends, one rock, and a busted window—that's how everything changes.

Interest Level:
Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.7

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Brother No More

This is a tale of tragedy and loss. A girl has died and her big brother feels responsible. Can any good come from something so terrible?

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 1.3

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His goal is to be accepted, but all things come with a price. He isn't sure this price is worth it.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.4

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Becoming Beautiful

Brittney doesn't want to hurt her best friend Beauti's feelings, but there's no way Beauti can win the Miss Libertyville High Pageant. Shouldn't Beauti know?

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.3

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Escaping The Storm

It's the most unlikely alliance during World War II: Naomi, a young Jewish girl; Blaze, the young soldier who should want to kill her; and Michaela, the German girl who should thank him for it.

Interest Level:
High School, Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.0

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Deaf Like Pluto

Maya Bhattiprolu

Pluto is different from other planets... kind of like Kaira is different from other people. She's all too familiar with how it feels to not fit in, but maybe things are about to change.

Interest Level:
Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.3

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Kevin James Moore

When Paul Joyce meets Anna at the Winter Dance, his world changes. But when the dance ends, the two are separated once more by an enormous brick wall.

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 2.2

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Chorus Of Bells

Lester, a skeptical young man, is patrolling the village cemetery for his first night as the graveyard lookout. He expects a silent night, but it ends up being anything but quiet.

Interest Level:
Middle School, High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 4.7

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Erin And The Indian Bride

Erin dreads moving to India from her native London. She feels shy and helpless at her new school until she meets smart, capable Vennela. Their friendship ends up being a lifeline for both of them.

Interest Level:
Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.5

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Anton's Sweet, Sweet Life

Anton loves four things: music, making violins in his workshop, his pet parrot, and dessert! Be warned: this book WILL make you hungry.

Interest Level:
Late Elementary
Reading Level: (GLE) 4.0

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Breaking The Cycle

Naomi Fitzgerald

Amy is nominated to run for committee leader at school. However, a battle of boys versus girls ensues when her opponent, Mathew, and his cronies argue against the possibility of a girl being a leader.

Interest Level:
High School, Middle School
Reading Level: (GLE) 4.2

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Sometimes the right things are the hardest things to do. If Dylan stands up for his awkward next-door neighbor, will he become an outcast himself?

Interest Level:
High School
Reading Level: (GLE) 3.0

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Abigail Mitchell

The king's daughter has been cursed, but she's no damsel in distress. If her fate is to be changed, she wishes to be the one to change it.

Interest Level:
Late Elementary
Reading Level: (GLE) 4.7

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