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Abduction! by Peg KehretThirteen-year-old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six-year-old brother Matt and their dog Pookie are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventure. (2011)
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The Abracadabra Kidby Sid FleischmanThe award-winning author of The Whipping Boy relates his own tale of life as a magician, writer, and screenwriter, accompanied by black-and-white photographs and helpful advice for would-be writers. (2000)
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Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon CreechThirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for his biological father. (2001)
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The Alchemystby Michael ScottWhen the legend that Nicholas Flamel lives due to his ability to make the elixir for life is discovered to be true, Dr. John Dee begins his plot to steal the Book of Abraham the Mage from him in order to rule the world, but knowing that they are the only ones with the power to stop him, Josh and Sophie quickly set their own plan in motion to do so. (2012)
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Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer CholdenkoA twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. (2007, 2020)
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Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer CholdenkoLiving on Alcatraz in 1935 with his family and father who is employed as a guard, Moose decides to write prisoner Al Capone a note to see if he could use his influence to get his sister into the school of her dreams, but after it happens and he receives a note asking for a favor in return, Moose realizes that he has gotten in way over his head. (2011)
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Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett SmithUnhappy at being sent to stay with his grandmother at the inn she operates, The Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, Scrub discovers that each room is actually a portal to space and the inn's visitors are aliens who are vacationing on Earth. (2013)
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Ready or Notby Meg CabotNow a high school junior, Samantha Madison tries to decide whether she is ready to have sex with her boyfriend David, who happens to be the President's son, in the sequel to All-American Girl. (2005)
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The Amazon Papers by Beverly KellerAthletic, straight-A student Iris finds herself in trouble for the first time in her life when her mother's vacation gives way to a wrecked car, two unlikely boyfriend prospects, and a zany scheme to fix everything. (1998)
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Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson HaddixIn a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.(2000)
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Among the Imposters by Margaret Peterson HaddixIn a future where the law limits a family to only two children, third-born Luke has been in hiding for twelve years, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong and he then enters boarding school under an assumed name. (2003)
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by Maile Meloy
Meeting fearless Benjamin Burrows when she moves to London in 1952, 14-year-old Janie Scott helps Benjamin on a quest to rescue his kidnapped father while protecting a sacred apothecary tome from dangerous Russian spies. A first children's novel by the award-winning author of A Family Daughter. (2014, 2015)
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The Apprentice Witch by James NicolSent away in disgrace after failing her witch's assessment, Arianwyn learns that the remote community where she works as a magic apprentice is under the shadow of a dark hex infestation, a situation that is further complicated by a spiteful rival and mysterious dark elements that affect her magic. (2021)
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Archvillain by Barry LygaTwelve-year-old Kyle Camden develops greater mental agility and superpowers during a plasma storm that also brings Mighty Mike, an alien, to the town of Bouring, but while each does what he thinks is best, Kyle is labeled a villain and Mike a hero. (2013)
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Armageddon Summer by Jane YolenWhen Reverend Beelson proclaims that the world will end in the year 2000, Marina and Jed's parents take them to a mountain to witness the Righteous Conflagration that will end the world, but Marina and Jed begin a new love. (2000).
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Athletic Shortsby Chris CrutcherA collection of short stories about athletes features characters from some of the author's best-loved novels and includes themes such as bigotry, heroism, and coming-of-age. (1997).
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The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor LisleIn 1942, Robert and his cousin Elliot uncover long-hidden family secrets while staying in their grandparents' Rhode Island town, where they also become involved with a German artist who is suspected of being a spy. (2003)
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Artemis Fowl by Eoin ColferWhen a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. (2005)
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen CushmanDragged along to California during the Gold Rush, shy and bookish Lucy intends to be miserable until she can return to her New England home and writes yearning letters to those she left behind. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice. (2001)
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Bearstoneby Will HobbsA troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man. (1997)
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Beastly by Alex FlinnPresents a modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form. (2009)
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Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth WhiteWhen Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives. (1999)
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Belly Up by Stuart GibbsTwelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction--Henry the hippopotamus--is murdered. (2015)
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Best Foot Forward by Joan BauerBetween school and Al-Anon meetings, Jenna Boller helps Mrs. Gladstone cope with escalating problems that result from the merger of Gladstone Shoes with Shoe Warehouse Corporation, while managing a new employee with a shoplifting record. (2007, 2008)
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The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. HigginsAfter running away from his evil parents in the City, Ludlow Fitch meets Joe Zabbidou, a pawnbroker of secrets who enlists Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of the remote village of Pagus Parvus. (2012)
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The Boggart and the Monster by Susan CooperIn this companion volume to "The Boggart", the invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of its few remaining cousins. (1998)
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Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss BertmanAfter Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to figure out the secrets of an odd book they find before the men who attacked Emily's hero solve the mystery or come after the friends. (2017, 2018)
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. RitterWhen Tom Gallagher makes an unnecessary statement, a series of events takes place that results in a major baseball game that will determine the fate of Dillontown, and now Tom must find a way to get the best coaches on his side in order to win the game and redeem himself. (2006)
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Brian's Winter by Gary PaulsenInstead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book "Hatchet," this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet. (1999)
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Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul CurtisTen-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. (2002)
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Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen CushmanThe 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. (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
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Change-up : Mystery at the World Series by John FeinsteinWhile covering baseball's World Series, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story. (2014)
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Chasing Vermeer by Blue BalliettWhen strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. (1997)
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The Chocolate War by Robert CormierA high-school freshman who refuses to participate in the annual fund-raising chocolate sale is forced to defend his convictions. (1997)
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Eighth Grade Bites by Zac BrewerIn addition to being harassed by the principals and the bullies at his school, outcast Vlad has to find a way to curb his vampire cravings and hide his enlarged fangs, but when a substitute teacher becomes too inquisitive and he learns that he is being hunted by a vampire killer, Vlad's social life becomes the least of his concerns. (2012)
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Chomp by Carl HiaasenWhen the difficult star of the reality television show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to findhim while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father. (2013, 2014)
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Circus Mirandus by Cassie BeasleyEven though his awful Great-Aunt Gertrudis doesn't approve, Micah believes in the stories his dying Grandpa Ephraim tells him of the magical Circus Mirandus: the invisible tiger guarding the gates, the beautiful flying birdwoman, and the magician more powerful than any other--the Man Who Bends Light. Finally, Grandpa Ephraim offers proof. The Circus is real. And the Lightbender owes Ephraim a miracle. With his friend Jenny Mendoza in tow, Micah sets out to find the Circus and the man he believes will save his grandfather. The only problem is, the Lightbender doesn't want to keep his promise. And now it's up to Micah to get the miracle he came for. (2018, 2019)
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The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauIn the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. (2007, 2020)
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Close to Famous by Joan BauerTwelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there. (2012)
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Code Orange by Caroline B. CooneyWhile conducting research for a school paper on smallpox, Mitty finds an envelope containing 100-year-old smallpox scabs and fears that he has infected himself and all of New York City. (2008)
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The Collectors by Jacqueline WestOverlooked in class, a hearing-impaired boy who collects lost or discarded trinkets discovers a dangerous underground world full of stolen wishes and the people who collect them. (2021)
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Coraline by Neil GaimanWhen 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. (2006)
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Cosmic by Frank Cottrell BoyceFrequently mistaken for an adult because of his mature appearance, 12-year-old Liam tires of the few benefits he's been able to take advantage of as a result and cons his way onto a spaceship for civilians by pretending to be an adult chaperone, a situation that lands him between worlds far from home. (2012)
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Crash by Jerry SpinelliChronicles the zany antics and adventures of Crash Coogan, a vain, arrogant, and shallow seventh-grade super-athlete; his best friend Mike Deluca; Penn Webb, a dweeby, vegetarian Quaker kid; his environmentalist little sister; and cheerleader-turned-activist Jane Forbes. (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
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Crispin : the Cross of Lead by AviAfter being accused of a crime, thirteen-year-old Crispin becomes a wanted man and so must use a new identity and keep on the run in order to stay alive, in a suspenseful middle reader set in fourteenth-century England.(2005)
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Danger Zone by David KlassAs the only white basketball player on the American "Dream Team," Jimmy Doyle makes some discoveries about racism, prejudice, and politics when the team plays in an international tournament. (2005)
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David & Dellaby Paul ZindelTeenage playwright David Mahooley, suffering from a major case of writer's block, finds his world turned upside down by the eccentric and thoroughly adult actress and writing coach Della Jones, who urges David to write about true teenage love. (1997)
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Dead End in Norvelt by Jack GantosIn the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore. (2014)
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Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeBored with her proper, circumscribed life as a princess, Cimorene runs away to join a powerful, fascinating dragon named Kazul and encounters a host of adventures along the way. (1997, 1998)
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The Detective's Assistant by Kate HanniganA tale inspired by the life of America's first female detective follows the experiences of 11-year-old orphan Nell Warne, who becomes an indispensable helper to her Pinkerton Detective Agency employee aunt, Kate. By the author of the Cupcake Cousins series. (2018)
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Dogsong by Gary PaulsenA fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy takes a perilous and arduous dogsled trek across the frozen Alaskan wilderness, a journey that becomes a quest for self-discovery. (1997)
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Don't Scream by Joan Lowery NixonThinking that the year is looking up when two new boys enter her high school, Jes is unaware that one of the boys has been given a new identity by the government and the other is seeking revenge. (2001)
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Down a Dark Hall by Lois DuncanSuspicious and uneasy about the atmosphere at her new boarding school, fourteen-year-old Kit slowly realizes why she and the other three students at the school were selected. (2004)
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Downsiders by Neal ShustermanWhen fourteen-year-old Lindsay meets Talon, who lives in the secret Downsider community that evolved in the subterranean passages of the subway built in New York in 1867, she and her new friend try to bridge the differences between their two cultures. (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
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Driver's Ed by Caroline B. CooneyMr. Fielding's Driver's Ed class means impending freedom for Remy and Morgan, but it also means responsibility, as they learn after their innocent prank, stealing a stop sign, has deadly consequences. By the author of Don't Blame the Music. (2005)
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Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineIn a first novel and 1998 Newbery Honor Book based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against a childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris GrabensteinTwelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape. (2015, 2016)
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Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanEsperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. (2006)
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The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. CooneyA photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity. (1998, 2016)
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Far North by Will HobbsWhen their plane goes down in the remote frozen wilderness of Canada's Northwest Territories, fifteen-year-old Gabe Rogers and his roommate, Raymond Providence, a Dene Indian boy, must depend on each other as they struggle to survive the harsh subarctic winter and reach safety. (2003)
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Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonIn 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. (2003)
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Flight #116 is Down by Caroline B. CooneyAn award-winning dramatic thriller finds a young girl confronting her fears and making heroic efforts at the terrifying scene of a crashed 747. (2004)
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Flush by Carl HiaasenWith their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home. (2008, 2020)
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Framed! by James PontiIn Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret help thwart the biggest art heist in United States history. (2018)
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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. (2000, 2016)
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Fuzzy Mud by Louis SacharTwo middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world. (2018)
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Gathering Blue by Lois LowryLame 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. (2003)
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The Giver by Lois LowryGiven his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. (1999)
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by Neil Gaiman
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. (2011) |
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Greetings from Witness Protection! by Jake BurtNikki Demere is an orphan and a kleptomaniac, making her the perfect girl to portray the Trevors' daughter in witness protection, but she soon learns that the biggest threat to her new family's security comes from her own past. (2019)
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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne CollinsWhen eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy. (2011, 2012)
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The Grimm Legacy by Polly ShulmanAfter high school student Elizabeth, working as a page, gains access to the Grimm Collection of magical objects, she and the other pages are drawn into a series of frightening adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods. (2014)
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Harris and Meby Gary PaulsenSent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his rude, crude, trouble-minded distant cousin, Harris, and is given an introduction to a whole new world. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. (1998)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K RowlingWhen the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school. (2001)
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. RowlingDuring his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths. (2002)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K RowlingRescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. (2000, 2016)
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Heat by Mike LupicaPitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof. (2008)
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Heist Society by Ally CarterA group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector. (2012)
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Hidden Talents by David LubarA debut young adult novel from a popular children's author tells the story of thirteen-year-old Martin Anderson, who arrives at the Edgewater Alternative School as an outcast but quickly finds his place among other teens with strange gifts. (2008, 2009)
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Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace by Nan MarinoWhen musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, where he spends the summer working with his aunt and cousin at Piney Pete's Pancake Palace, the perfect place to remain anonymous until he meets Cecilia, a girl who can't seem to help blurting out whatever's on her mind. (2015)
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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. Newbery Medal Winner. (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
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Homeless Bird by Gloria WhelanDiscovering that her arranged husband-to-be is too young and desperately ill, thirteen-year-old Koly knows that her life will never be the same after she is married and so must find a way to make things better for herself despite the difficulties she must endure due to family traditions in her native India. A National Book Award Winner. (2004)
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Hoot by Carl HiaasenRoy, who is new to his small Florida community, befriends a mysterious boy who introduces him to potty-trained alligators, burrowing owls, and sparkly-tailed poisonous snakes. (2005)
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Hope was Here by Joan BauerWhen sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor. (2003, 2016)
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The Hypnotists by Gordon KormanDiscovering that his persuasive powers are linked to his hypnotist bloodlines when he is accepted into a special educational program for unusually gifted kids, Jackson Opus uncovers a sinister agenda that compels him to use his talents to save his family, friends and government. By the best-selling author of The 39 Clues, Book 2: One False Note. (2015)
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I'd Tell You I Love You, But then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterCammie Morgan, who attends the spy school The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, can speak fourteen different languages, hack CIA computer codes, and kill a man seven different ways, but she is ill-prepared when she falls in love with an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. (2011)
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti BowlingAven was born without arms and has trouble fitting in at her new school after her parents take a job at a dying western theme park, but she makes a new friend in a fellow disabled boy who helps her solve a mystery at the park. (2021)
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The Iron Trial by Holly BlackWarned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past. (2017)
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Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellLeft alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life. (1997)
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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack GantosTo the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription medications wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired. (2002)
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The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie LloydMissing her late mother while leading cemetery tours and trying to communicate with a famous ghost, Emma anticipates having a destiny-revealing dream that will enable her to talk with her mother's spirit only to confront a mystery about her family. (2018)
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The Kingdom Keepers : Disney After Dark by Ridley PearsonFinn Whitman and his fellow DHIs, teenagers chosen to serve as actors for a new technology, must investigate strange occurrences at Disney theme park attractions, racing to uncover a supernatural force that could destroy the world. (2010)
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Last Shotby John FeinsteinAfter winning the prize of a press pass to New Orleans to watch the Final Four, Steven and his fellow winner, Susan, delight in all the behind-the-scenes activities, but when they overhear a blackmail plot involving an MSU star player that could result in the big game being thrown, the two junior guest reporters know that it is up to them to break the story and put a stop to the devious plan. (2009)
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Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney (Despite knowing the doomed outcome of the apprentices before him, twelve-year-old Thomas Ward is determined to learn everything he will need to know to stay alive when his time comes to ward off boggarts, witches, ghosts, and other evil-spirited creatures from the land that he was born to protect. (2012, 2013)
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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 sent to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a catastrophic war between the gods. (2009, 2010)
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Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly GiffDuring a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently (2000)
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. LewisFour English school children enter the magic land of Narnia through the back of a wardrobe and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in defeating the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter. (2004)
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Lootby Jude WatsonWhen Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels," and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had--and the perfect partner to carry on the family business. (2017)
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Love Among the Walnuts by Jean FerrisBorn and raised in isolation in a wealthy, eccentric family, Sandy is shocked when he, his parents, and their servants become victims of a vicious plot by his greedy uncles to incapacitate them and take their money. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.(2009)
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The Man Who Was Poe by AviIn Providence, R.I., in 1848, Edgar Allan Poe reluctantly investigates the problems of eleven-year-old Edmund, whose family has mysteriously disappeared and whose story suggests a new Poe tale with a ghastly final twist. (2006)
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Maniac Mageeby Jerry SpinelliAfter his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary as he accomplishes athletic feats and other extraordinary exploits that awe his contemporaries. (1999)
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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanishby Pablo CartayaAfter a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his brother to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago. (2021)
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Marley : a Dog Like No Other by John GroganFollows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever that gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures. (2009)
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Maximum Ride : the Angel Experiment by James PattersonAfter the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "bird kids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose. (2008)
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Found by Margaret Peterson HaddixWhen thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time. (2010, 2019)
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Mortal Engines by Philip ReeveIn the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another. (2014)
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon KormanTruthful Wallace gives a thumbs-down to a book much to the chagrin of his English teacher, who sentences him to help with a stage version of the book but is unaware that Wallace's plot-improvement suggestions will wind up changing the entire production. (2005, 2006, 2007)
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Nothing But the Truthby AviDetermined to get even with English teacher Miss Narwin for keeping him off the track team, Philip Malloy decides to hum along with the tape of "The Star-Spangled Banner," in violation of school rules. (1999)
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Once Upon a Marigold by Jean FerrisIn the style of The Princess Bride, a hilarious and clever tale follows Christian, who, while spying on the royal family, saves the life of Princess Marigold and falls madly in love with her, but a devious plot devised by her own mother, the Queen, to take over the kingdom threatens to destroy them. (2006)
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Out of the Dust by Karen HesseA poem cycle that reads as a novel narrates the story of fifteen-year-old Billie Jo and her battle against the elements during the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of 1934. (1999)
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. KonigsburgUpon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her grand uncles have been building in their back yard for over forty years. (2007).
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Peak by Roland SmithAfter being arrested for scaling a New York skyscraper and then sent to live with his long-lost father and fellow climber, Peak Marcello finds it difficult to rebuild their bond, thus when his father suddenly pushes him to climb Mt. Everest, Peak must take into consideration his father's questionable motives. (2010)
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Peeled by Joan BauerThinking that the editor of the local paper is behind the hysteria surrounding ghostly sightings and strange happenings at the Ludlow house, high school newspaper reporter Hildy Biddle decides to investigate the strange events herself and ends up making enemies while uncovering facts that some feel should remain secret. (2010)
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Penny From Heaven by Jennifer L. HolmAs she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death. (2017)
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Poached by Stuart GibbsTwelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is the prime suspect when FunJungle's newly-acquired koala goes missing, thanks to a prank staged by middle school bully Vance Jessup. (2021)
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Point Blank by Anthony HorowitzFourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps. (2007)
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Popular Clone by M. E. CastleTormented by bullies in school for his smaller size, 12-year-old Fisher Bas, the brainy son of Nobel Prize-winning parents, experiments with his mother's Advanced Growth Hormone to clone himself so that he can stay home while his double attends school, a plan that backfires when his clone proves unexpectedly popular. (2014)
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QB 1 by Mike LupicaFrom the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Travel Team, Heat and Million Dollar Throw comes a cheer-worthy, family-friendly novel about 14-year-old Jake Cullen, who lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally gets his chance to shine. (2017)
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The Ruins of Gorlan by John FlanaganWhen fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and ends up protecting the kingdom from danger. (2010, 2011)
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The Real Boy by Anne UrsuSpending his days working in the dark cellar of a powerful magician's shop, young misfit Oscar worries that the magic that has long protected his city is failing when children begin falling dangerously ill. By the award-winning author of Breadcrumbs. (2018)
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The Red Blazer Girls : the Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. BeilCatholic-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. (2011)
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The Red Pyramid by Rick RiordanEgyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey to save him. (2013)
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The Rithmatist by Brandon SandersonAs Wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and Rithmatists are humanity's only defense, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice. (2015)
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Ruby Electricby Theresa NelsonEscaping into the fantasy world of the movies, where fathers don't disappear, mothers have no secrets, and little brothers don't cry over missing stuffed animals, twelve-year-old Ruby Miller, while performing community service for a crime she didn't commit, is forced to face the reality of her life. (2007)
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Rules of the Road by Joan BauerSixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who wants her to retire. (2002)
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Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson HaddixWhen a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children. (2002)
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Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary by Wendelin Van DraanenWhen Sammy Keyes, who is usually cool under pressure, is caught off guard at a New Year's Eve party and begins to doubt her instincts--she wonders how she can figure out who burned down Moustache Mary's pioneer cabin, how a 200-pound pig vanished, and why a boy wants to hold her hand. (2002)
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Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van DraanenThirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother. (2004)
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Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man by Wendelin Van DraanenOn Halloween night, seventh grader Sammy stumbles onto a mystery involving a twenty-year-old family feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume. (2005)
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Save Me a Seat by Sarah WeeksTwo boys, one white, one Indian-American, gain strength from each other from afar as they struggle to navigate middle school, family relationships and friendships. Co-written by the award-winning author of Pie. (2019)
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Schooled by Gordon KormanAfter his hippie grandmother ends up in the hospital, Cap Anderson is forced to leave the commune where he is homeschooled and attend Claverage Middle School, where his odd looks and behavior make him the target of bullies. (2010, 2017)
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The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva IbbotsonOdge Gribble, a young hag, joins an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on a journey from their magical island kingdom to London through a tunnel which opens every nine years for nine days, to try and rescue the young prince who had been stolen asan infant nine years before. (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
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The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. BlackwoodWhen Widge the orphan is ordered by his demanding master to steal Shakespeare¡s play, he feels he has no choice but to obey and soon finds himself in the Globe Theatre searching for his treasure. An ALA Notable Book. (2001)
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Sidetracked by Diana Harmon AsherSeventh-grader Joseph Friedman, friendless, puny, and with ADD, spends most of his time hiding in the Resource Room, but when he reluctantly agrees to join the school's cross-country team, he befriends a tough, athletic new student, Heather (2019)
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesAs they part for the summer, four friends, Carmen, Lena, Tibby, and Bridget, embark on a journey of self-discovery when they decide to share an old pair of worn jeans that were purchased from a thrift shop and form the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. (2004)
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Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David LubarDealing with bullies, the separation of old friends, and unsuccessful romances as a high school student, Scott decides to write a journal for his younger sibling in order to give him a helpful guide for surviving all the dramas, struggles, and issues he will be forced to face when he gets put into the game. (2011)
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Slider by Pete HautmanHoping to win a cash prize in a pizza eating contest after racking up a tab on his mother's credit card, David must juggle his competitive eating training with the responsibility of looking after his autistic younger brother. (2021)
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The Snake-Stone by Berlie DohertyFifteen-year-old James, a championship diver, finds himself torn between his dreams of Olympic glory, his love for his adoptive parents, and his desperate need to find his birth mother. (2001)
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So B. Itby Sarah WeeksLiving with her mentally disabled mother who only knows just over twenty words, young Heidi has learned to live in her special world until a new word is suddenly used and repeated by her mother; causing Heidi to think it might be a key to a secret past about which she knows so little. (2006)
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So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane DuaneThirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she will not fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension. (2006)
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Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean MyersA teenage boy accompanies his father, who has recently escaped from prison, on a trip that turns out to be a time of often painful discovery for them both. (2004)
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SOS Titanic by Eve BuntingJourneying to New York aboard the Titanic, Barry O'Neill resists leaving his grandparent's loving home to reunite with his parents and worries about the bullying Flynn brothers, only to find himself in the middle of a disaster. (1997, 1998)
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Space Case by Stuart GibbsWhile living on a moon base with fellow lunarnauts, Dashiell Gibson investigates the murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors. (2016, 2017)
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Squashed by Joan BauerAs sixteen-year-old Ellie pursues her two goals--growing the biggest pumpkin in Iowa and losing twenty pounds herself--she strengthens her relationship with her father and meets a young man with interests similar to her own. (2001)
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Stargirl by Jerry SpinelliIn this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever. (2003, 2019)
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Stormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzAfter the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6. (2006, 2016)
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The Supernaturalist by Eoin ColferIn futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures. (2006, 2007)
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Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. TolanJake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had. (2013)
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Sweetgrass by Jan HudsonLiving on the western Canadian prairie in the nineteenth century, Sweetgrass, a fifteen-year-old Blackfoot Indian girl, saves her family from a smallpox epidemic and proves her maturity to her father. (1998)
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Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonaldDual perspectives reveal the aftermath of seventeen-year-old Michael MacKenzie's birthday celebration during which he discharges an antique Winchester rifle and unknowingly kills the father of high school classmate Jenna Ward. (2004)
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Sweet Friday Island by Theodore TaylorVacationing on what they think is an uninhabited island, fifteen-year-old Peg and her father find their adventure turned into a fight for survival. (1997)
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Tangerine by Edward BloorTwelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother, Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Theodore Boone : the Abduction by John GrishamWhen his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April. (2013)
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The Thief by Megan Whalen TurnerGen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone. (2001, 2018)
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Things Not Seen by Andrew ClementsWhen fifteen-year-old Bobby suddenly becomes invisible, he has bigger problems on his hands than not being noticed by the popular kids at school, yet when his parents get into a car accident, Bobby is left alone and must find a way to break the spell in order to be seen once more. (2007).
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Three Black Swans by Caroline B. CooneyWhen sixteen-year-old Missy Vianello decides to try to convince her classmates that her cousin Claire is really her long-lost identical twin, she has no idea that the results of her prank will be so life-changing. (2013)
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Three Times Lucky by Sheila TurnageMaking a home in a small North Carolina town where she washed up as a baby during a hurricane 11 years earlier, sixth-grader Mo taps the power of her strong will and tough attitude when a lawman arrives in town to investigate a murder case that threatens to destabilize Mo's adopted family. (2015)
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Travel Team by Mike LupicaWhen twelve-year-old Danny Walker is cut from the travel team for questionable reasons, his father and he decide to take matters in their own hands by joining forces with other determined kids to make a team of their own and prove the coach wrong in a show of strength on the court. (2007)
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AviAs the only passenger, and the only female, on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte finds herself caught between a murderous captain and a mutinous crew. (1998)
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True Legend by Mike LupicaFifteen-year-old Drew "True" Robinson loves being the best point-guard prospect in high school basketball, but learns the consequences of fame through a former player, as well as through the man who expects to be his manager when True reaches the NBA. (2015)
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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittThe Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older (2000)
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Turnabout by Margaret Peterson HaddixEighty-five years after participating in a flawed scientific experiment to reverse the aging process, Melly and Anny Beth face the fear of being unable to care for themselves as they continue to grow younger. (2009)
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The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson LevineWhen her sister goes missing, shy Addie knows that she must muster all of her strength to take on a dangerous journey in order to find her, save her life, and save the future of their kingdom of Bamarre. (2008)
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Ungifted by Gordon KormanDue to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school. (2014)
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Vanished! by James PontiIn Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret must uncover the truth behind a series of private middle school pranks that may or may not involve the daughter of the President of the United States. (2019)
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The View from Saturday by E. L. KonigsburgFour students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition. (1999)
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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisThe ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963. (1999)
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The Wednesday Wars by Gary D SchmidtDuring the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns muchof value about the world he lives in. (2010)
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The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance. (1998, 1999)
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What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World by Henry ClarkDiscovering a rare crayon between the cushions of a mysterious sofa found at their bus stop, River, Freak and Fiona unwittingly embark on a quest to save the world from an alien invasion unleashed by a criminal mastermind. (2016)
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When My Name was Keoko by Linda Sue ParkWith national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis HoltDuring the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world. (2002)
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by Lauren St. John
After moving to a wildlife game preserve in South Africa, Martine begins to hear rumors from the locals about a white giraffe that roams the land, but when her grandmother and others tell her that the animal does not exist, Martine has to wonder why they are covering up the truth after seeing it with her own eyes. (2009)
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Williwaw! by Tom BodettIn their father's absence, thirteen-year-old September and her younger brother Ivan disobey his orders by taking the boat out on their Alaska bay, where they are caught in a terrifying storm called a williwaw. (2003)
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Winterhouse by Ben GutersonA first entry in a planned trilogy set in a magical hotel filled with secrets finds orphan Elizabeth Somers shipped away by her malevolent guardians to a mysterious hotel, where she discovers a magic book of puzzles with ties to her host's sinister family and a fateful curse. (2019)
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Wolf Riderby AviAfter receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him. (2008)
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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleMeg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. (2005, 2017)
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