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Books for Reluctant Grade School Readers, Female Protagonist
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Drama
by Raina Telgemeier
Designing sets for her middle school's play, Callie tries to overcome limited carpentry skills, low ticket sales and squabbling crew members only to find her efforts further complicated by the arrival of two cute brothers. By the award-winning author of Smile. Simultaneous.
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The frog princess
by E. D Baker
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again
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Ivy + Bean
by Annie Barrows
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister Nancy, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected. Reprint.
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The red blazer girls : the ring of Rocamadour
by Michael D. Beil
Catholic-schooled seventh-graders Sophie, Margaret, Rebecca, and Leigh Ann help an elderly neighbor solve a puzzle her father left for her estranged daughter twenty years ago
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Sahara Special
by Esmé Raji Codell
When her mother insists that she be taken out of the special ed class, Sahara Jones fears what is to come when she goes back to the regular fifth-grade class, but when she encounters her new teacher, Miss Pointy, and her special way of teaching, Sahara finds someone who understands her and starts to shine as one of the class's star pupils. Reprint.
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Catherine, called Birdy
by Karen Cushman
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off
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Matilda
by Roald Dahl
Matilda, a brilliant, sensitive little girl, uses her talents and ingenuity to seek revenge on her crooked father, lazy mother, and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, her wicked headmistress, and save her beloved teacher, Miss Honey
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Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
When Coraline attempts to leave her family's new flat, she discovers that she and her family are trapped by a dangerous presence, thus a battle between good and evil must take place in order to break out and set her loved ones free. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Reprint.
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Dragon slippers
by Jessica Day George
Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits a simple pair of blue slippers that can either save or destroy her kingdom which is on the verge of war. Reprint.
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From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
Having 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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Love, Aubrey
by Suzanne M. LaFleur
While living with her Gram in Vermont, eleven-year-old Aubrey writes letters as a way of dealing with losing her father and sister in a car accident, and then being abandoned by her grief-stricken mother
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Fairest
by Gail Carson Levine
Gifted with a beautiful voice that has the power to captivate all who hear it, kindhearted Aza, believing that she is plain, catches the attention of a handsome prince--and an evil new queen--plunging her into a world of adventure, danger, and romance. Reprint. 125,000 first printing.
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Drita, my homegirl
by Jenny Lombard
As a refugee from Kosovo and a new student at her school in New York City, Drita's transition is made even more difficult when Maxie, a tough African-American girl, teases her for just about everything she says and does, but a special assignment from their teacher makes Maxie more sensitive to Drita's situation and leads to a friendship that surprises everyone involved. Reprint.
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Rules
by Cynthia Lord
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic
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Touch blue
by Cynthia Lord
When the state of Maine plans to shut down an island schoolhouse because it lacks enough students to justify keeping it open, the islanders bolster enrollment by taking in foster children, including a 13-year-old trumpet player who comes to stay in young Tess's home. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Rules.
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Gathering blue
by Lois Lowry
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians
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The case of the time-capsule bandit
by Octavia Spencer
Twelve-year-old Randi, unhappy about moving from Brooklyn to Deer Creek, Tennessee, after her mother's death, soon finds new friends and a case to solve surrounding a stolen time capsule and rumors of a centuries-old treasure. Reprint.
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Emma-Jean Lazarus fell out of a tree
by Lauren Tarshis
Having always lived as the outsider of the social circle at school, Emma-Jean decides to use the logic her brilliant mathematician father taught her to fix the problem, but when her logical approach doesn't work, Emma-Jean realizes that she will need to use a new approach to implement the changes she so eagerly wants. Reprint.
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Princess of the wild swans
by Diane Zahler
Twelve-year-old Princess Meriel must sew shirts from stinging nettles in order to rescue her five older brothers from their evil stepmother's spell lest they remain swans forever. Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, "The Wild Swans." 40,000 first printing.
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