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Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAn illustrated edition of the poignant story of the March family which centers on the lives and loves of Meg, Beth, Jo, and Amy.
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Serafina's Promise: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. BurgA novel in verse by the award-winning author of All the Broken Pieces features an intrepid Haitian girl who dreams of attending school and becoming a doctor in spite of terrible obstacles, including poverty, harsh weather and a devastating earthquake.
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Beezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyBig sister Beezus keeps herself busy by following her mischievous younger sister around and trying to keep the irrepressible Ramona Quimby out of trouble.
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The mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul CurtisAcademically gifted Deza Malone and her family embark on a journey to find her job-seeking father when he goes missing and end up in a shanty town in Flint, Michigan. By the Newbery Medal- and Coretta Scott King Medal-winning author of Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963.
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The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice DalglieshRemembering her mother's words, an eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.
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The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria ForesterAfter leaving her quiet farm to attend a top-secret school for kids with unique skills, Piper McCloud enjoys the ability to fly freely with her peers, but as everyone settles in to the daily routine, it becomes clear to all at this special place that Piper has a quality even more special than the rest.
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Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeWhile running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
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The Princess in Black by Shannon HaleHiding her secret identity as a monster-fighting superhero, Princess Magnolia interrupts her fancy tea with the unsuspecting Duchess Wigtower to stop a big blue monster from endangering her kingdom's goats. By the author of the Newbery Honor-winning Princess Academy.
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Easter Ann Peters' Operation Cool by Jody Lamb Twelve-year old Easter Ann Peters has a plan to make seventh grade awesome: Operation Cool. She's determined to erase years of being known as the quiet, straight-A student who can't think of a decent comeback to a bully she calls Horse Girl. When the confident new girl, Wreni, becomes her long-needed best friend, Easter lets her personality shine. But as tough times at school fade away, so does a happy life at home. Mom is drinking, and Easter works double-overtime to keep their secret in the tiny lakeside town. Operation Cool derails. Fast. Can Easter discover the solution in time? Or will seventh grade be her worst year yet?
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Siren Sisters by Dana LangerDestined to become a siren like her older sisters who are required by the Sea Witch to lure sailors to their doom, Lolly embarks on a daring sea rescue with her best friend when her sisters are targeted by curse-reversing fishermen.
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Invisible Emmie by Terri LibensonThe lives of two middle school girls, one a quiet artist, the other a popular overachiever, intersect on a day shaped by a misdelivered note, crushes, humiliations, boredom and drama.
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Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenRelates the antics of a rambunctious girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.
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Wildwood by Colin MeloyWhen her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest at the edge of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabitants.
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Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorAfter being stranded on a deserted island with a gang of bank robbers who they are certain want to kill them, Roxie and the other children must turn to the book of Lord Thistlebottom for much-needed advice for getting out of the dangerous situation they suddenly find themselves in.
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A good kind of trouble by Lisa Moore RaméeStrictly following the rules to pursue her junior high ambitions, 12-year-old Shayla is forced to choose between her education and her identity when her sister joins the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of a powerful protest.
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Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer TorresHating her family's taco truck and wishing that her father would take a "normal" job, Estefania becomes the truck's unlikely champion when her family's livelihood is threatened.
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Giants Beware! by Jorge Augusto AguirreLonging to slay a giant despite the peace her village enjoys, young Claudette embarks on a super-secret quest with her aspiring princess best friend and pastry chef apprentice brother in hopes of finding and defeating a giant before their parents drag them back home.
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Little Robot by Ben HatkeDiscovering an adorable robot in the woods, a wrench-wielding 5-year-old endeavors to save him from big bad robots that want to use the little robot to achieve their own nefarious ends.
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Diana: Princess of the Amazons by Shannon HaleEleven-year-old Diana, the gangly, sometimes clumsy, only child on the island of Themyscira, struggles to live up to the high Amazonian standards and longs for someone her own age whom she can talk to.
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Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonA graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart.
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Star Scouts by Mike LawrenceAccidentally abducted by an alien named Mabel, Avani joins Mabel at Camp Andromeda, a camp for Star Scouts where she has the adventure of a lifetime.
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Zita the Spacegirl: Far from Home Book 1 by Ben HatkeWhen young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home.
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Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala YousafzaiA first picture book by history's youngest Nobel Prize laureate describes how as a child in Pakistan she wished for a magic pencil to make others happy and to make her home cleaner and safer before she learned how to make positive changes without magic.
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Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel IgnotofskyA collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of 50 famous women in science, technology, mathematics and engineering profiles each notable individual in a volume complemented by infographics on such related topics as the development of lab equipment and the rates of women working in today's STEM fields.
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Frida by Jonah WinterThe companion to the author's book, Diego identifies the tragedies and suffering that Frida Kahlo overcame throughout her life by using her skill as a artist to express her pain and depression--and eventually, her joys and triumphs.
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