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Poppy
by Avi
Dreaming of romance and chivalry, Poppy the deer mouse refuses to believe that the mouse-eating horned owl Mr. Ocax truly protects her family, and she befriends the vegetarian porcupine Ereth.
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The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid BanksWhen Omri's plastic Indian, put in an unusual cupboard overnight, comes to life, Omri has a new friend who can teach him about another culture and another time.
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Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert BeattyLiving secretly in the basement of a grand estate where her pa works as a maintenance man, young Serafina narrowly escapes a black-cloaked man who has been abducting local children and who Serafina, aided by a youth from the estate, endeavors to expose.
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Masterpiece by Elise BroachWhen he finds himself involved in a case to recover a famous drawing stolen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 11-year-old James turns to his miniature and artistically talented friend, Marvin the beetle, for help in solving the mystery and bringing the culprit to justice.
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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettTen-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
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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 Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly ClearyA reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.
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The Wizards of Once by Cressida CowellThe magically inept son of a wizard king and the magic-possessing daughter of a warrior queen meet on the wildwood trail of a deadly witch before embarking on an adventure that changes the fabric of their worlds. By the best-selling author of How to Train Your Dragon.
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The BFG by Roald DahlKidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
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James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlAfter accidentally dropping magic crystals near the peach tree, it soon grows out of control and quickly is the size of a house, but James is intrigued and soon crawls into one piece of super-sized fruit where he meets three kind-hearted insects who make him feel right at home.
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Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
Upon receiving a special dog from her father, Opal's life greatly changes as the magic of his presence causes old pains to heal and new friendships to form.
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Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeTwelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
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My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles GannettA young boy tells about his father's adventures to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island. A Newbery Honor Book.
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My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeA young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. KonigsburgHaving run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
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Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineYoung Ella of Frell embarks on a quest to overcome the gift of obedience, a curse bestowed on her at birth by a fairy, and along the way, she encounters princes, ogres, fairy godmothers, and other fairy-tale creatures.
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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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Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart LovelaceAfter Tacy Kelly moves into the house across the street from Betsy Ray, the five-year-olds become inseparable friends.
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The Candymakers by Wendy MassWhen four 12-year-olds, including Logan, who has grown up never having left his parents' candy factory, compete in the Confectionary Association's annual contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process.
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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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Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorWhen 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 to mistreat his dogs.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'BrienHaving no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
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Hatchet by Gary PaulsenHeaded for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness.
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Wonder
by R. J. Palacio
Born with a facial deformity that initially prevented his attendance at public school, Auggie Pullman enters the fifth grade at Beecher Prep and struggles with the dynamics of being both new and different, in a sparsely written tale about acceptance and self-esteem.
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Pax by Sara PennypackerWhen his father enlists in the military and makes him return his beloved pet fox to the wild, Peter, who has been sent to live with his grandfather hundreds of miles away, embarks on a journey filled with astonishing discoveries in order to be reunited with his fox. By the award-winning author of the Clementine series.
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The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanIn an alternative world in which every human being is accompanied by an animal familiar, the disappearance of several children prompts Lyra and her bear protector to undertake a journey to the frozen Arctic in pursuit of kidnappers.
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The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanAfter learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. RowlingA winner of England's National Book Award, the acclaimed debut novel tells the outrageously funny, fantastic adventure story of Harry Potter, who escapes a hideous foster home thanks to a scholarship to The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Holes by Louis SacharStanley Yelnats is sent away to a boys' detention center where the warden instructs the boys to "build character" by digging holes everyday, but it doesn't take long for Stanley to figure out that the warden is up to something, and he decides to figure out what it is.
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The Cricket in Times Square by George SeldenThe adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.
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The invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian SelznickLiving in the walls of a busy Paris train station in 1931, clock keeper and orphan Hugo Cabret must constantly work to keep his secrets safe, but when an inquisitive girl and an old man who owns a toy store begin probing, he must do all he can to keep them at a safe distance.
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Mary Poppins by P. L. TraversAn extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
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The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Four orphaned children take up residence in an abandoned railroad boxcar.
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Charlotte's Web by E. B. WhiteFern raises the little runt pig, Wilbur, only to have her father give him away.
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Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderA year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
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One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaIn the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn, New York, to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, 11-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of their intrusion and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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