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The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
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Lincoln and Kennedy: a Pair to Compare
by Gene Barretta
A picture book dual portrait of two of America's most popular presidents describes the different ways they grew up, their respective political approaches, the historical events they helped shape and the astonishing things they shared in common.
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Freckle Juice
by Judy Blume
Believing freckles will change his prospects for the better, young Andrew pays fifty cents to an obnoxious classmate for her secret recipe only to endure a tummy-churning disaster.
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Bobbie the Wonder Dog
by Tricia Brown
Bobbie the Wonder Dog was a scotch collie mix who was lost on a family trip from Oregon to Indiana and walked all the way home, nearly 3,000 miles and six months to the day he was lost, to the people he loved.
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Tornado
by Betsy Cromer Byars
As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life, along with its doghouse, by another tornado when he was a boy.
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The Chocolate Touch
by Patrick Skene Catling
A title first published in 1952 recounts the trials and tribulations of a greedy boy's predicament when everything John Midas touches turns to chocolate.
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Muggie Maggie
by Beverly Cleary
Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she discovers that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up an entirely new world of knowledge for her.
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Frindle
by Andrew Clements
Fifth-grade language arts teacher Mrs. Granger comes to regret her lesson that language is controlled by human beings when Nick Allen begins a wildly successful campaign to rename the ballpoint pen.
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The Lemonade War
by Jacqueline Davies
Evan Treski, who is people-smart, and his younger sister Jesse, who is math-smart, battle it out through competing lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn one hundred dollars.
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Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
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Phineas L. MacGuire... Erupts!
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Hilarious chaos ensues, involving mold and volcanoes, when Phineas L. MacGuire, a boy-genius who is allergic to the color purple, girls, and the telephone, is paired with his un-best friend Mac in the upcoming science fair.
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Boxes for Katje
by Candace Fleming
With the end of World War II, Katje and her family must struggle to survive in their small Dutch town, but when a package from America arrives and is offered as gesture of goodwill from a stranger across the ocean, Katje is overwhelmed and writes a letter of appreciation that marks the beginning of something magical.
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The Infamous Ratsos
by Kara LaReau
Rat brothers Louie and Ralphie Ratso try to prove they can be as rough and tough as their father in the Big City, but every time they try to show how tough they are, they end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.
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Nim's Island
by Wendy Orr
Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it with even while her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who can help.
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Clementine
by Sara Pennypacker
Armed with attitude, individuality, and a penchant for disaster, Clementine, a wonderfully wacky girl who is the inventor of the world's first pair of bologna glasses, makes her first appearance in this hilarious chapter book.
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Knights of the Kitchen Table
by Jon Scieszka
When Joe, Fred, and Sam are sent back in time by a magic book, they find themselves face-to-face with giants, dragons, wizards, and the Knights of the Round Table.
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I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919
by Lauren Tarshis
A latest entry in the best-selling series that includes I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 draws on extensive historical research in the story of a young witness and survivor of a catastrophic tank failure that flooded Boston’s North End with 3 million gallons of molasses.
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The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Four orphans take shelter in an old, red boxcar during a storm, and, determined to make it on their own, they turn it into a safe, cozy home.
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Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
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You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
by Jonah Winter
Offers a look at the professional accomplishments and personal struggles this noted pitcher experienced in the big leagues, including the discrimination he experienced as one of the only Jews in the game and the injury that caused him to retire at the peak of his career.
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