Mildred E. Strang Middle School Summer Reading List 2003
All students are expected to read two
selections during the summer.
In the fall, students will be asked to respond to their reading with an in-class
writing assignment. This is a suggested list.
If you would like to read books not included on this list, please have them
approved by your English teacher
BEFORE you leave for summer vacation.
A NOTE TO PARENTS: Maturity and reading ability of middle school children varies tremendously. We recognize that parents are the best judge of their children's readiness. The titles listed below have been chosen for their appeal to 6th, 7th and 8th graders.
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Author |
Titles |
Genre |
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Adams, Douglas |
The Hitchhiker's Trilogy |
sci fi |
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Adams, Richard |
Watership Down; Tales from Watership Down |
fantasy |
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Alcott, Louisa May |
Little Women; Little Men |
real life |
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Almond, David |
Skellig; Kit's Wilderness; Secret Heart |
sci fi |
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Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia |
In the Forests of the Night |
mystery |
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Avi |
Any Title |
real life |
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Barrett, Tracy |
Anna of Byzantium |
historical fiction |
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Barron, T.A. |
Lost Years of Merlin series |
fantasy |
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Bell, William |
Forbidden City |
historical fiction |
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Bennett, Cherie |
Zink |
real life |
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Blackwood, Gary |
The Shakespeare Stealer; Shakespeare's Scribe |
historical fiction |
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Blume, Judy |
Blubber; Deenie; Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret |
real life |
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Brooks, Bruce |
Throwing Smoke |
fantasy |
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Brown, Roberta Simpson |
Queen of the Cold Blooded Tales |
adventure |
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Brashares, Ann |
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
real life |
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Bradbury, Ray |
Any Title |
sci fi |
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer |
The Mists of Avalon; Lady of Avalon; Priestess of Avalon |
historical fiction |
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Bruchac, Joseph |
Skeleton Man |
mystery |
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Bunting, Eve |
SOS Titanic |
historical fiction |
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
The Secret Garden |
real life |
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Chabon, Michael |
Summerland |
fantasy |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Ender's Game; Ender's Shadow |
sci fi |
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Christie, Agatha |
Any Title |
mystery |
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Christopher, Matt |
Any Title |
sports fiction |
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Clancy, Tom |
Net Force Series |
adventure |
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Cleary, Beverly |
Emily's Runaway Imagination; Ribsy; Sister of the Bride; Strider |
real life |
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Collins, Brad |
Hot Cargo |
adventure |
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Cooney, Caroline |
Any Title |
mystery |
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Cooper, James Fenimore |
Any Title |
classic |
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Cooper, Susan |
Dark is Rising Series |
fantasy |
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Creech, Sharon |
Any Title except Walk Two Moons |
real life |
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Crichton, Michael |
Jurassic Park; The Andromeda Strain; The Great Train Robbery |
fantasy |
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Crutcher, Chris |
Any Title |
sports fiction |
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Cushman, Karen |
Any Title |
historical fiction |
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Danziger, Paula |
The Divorce Express; Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes; Make Like a Tree and Leave |
real life |
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Dahl, Roald |
The Witches; The BFG; Matilda |
humor |
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan |
Any Sherlock Holmes Title |
mystery |
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Dumas, Alexandre |
The Count of Monte Cristo/Man in the Iron Mask |
classic |
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Duncan, Lois |
Any Title |
mystery |
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Ellerbee, Linda |
Get Real Series, Any Title |
real life |
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Engdahl, Sylvia Louise |
Enchantress from the Stars |
fantasy |
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Fleishman, Sid |
The Whipping Boy; Jingo Django; By the Great Horn Spoon |
adventure |
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Fox, Paula |
Monkey Island |
real life |
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Frost, Betty |
Secrets of the Rain Forest |
adventure |
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Gantos, Jack |
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key; Joey Pigza Loses Control |
real life |
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Gardner, John Champlin |
Grendel |
fantasy |
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Greene, Janice |
Under Siege; Escape from Earth |
sci fi |
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Gutman, Dan |
Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure |
fantasy |
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Hamill, Pete |
Snow in August |
real life |
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Hemingway, Ernest |
Any Title |
real life |
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Hesse, Karen |
Out of the Dust; Witness |
real life |
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Hinton, S.E. |
The Outsiders; That Was Then, This is Now |
real life |
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Hoban, Russell |
The Mouse and His Child |
fantasy |
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Hunter, Erin |
Into the Wild |
fantasy |
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Ibbotson, Eva |
Dial-A-Ghost |
adventure |
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Ives, David |
Monsieur Eek |
fantasy |
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Jackson, Shirley |
The Haunting of Hill House |
mystery |
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Jacques, Brian |
Redwall Series |
fantasy |
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Johnston, Tony |
Any Small Goodness |
real life |
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Jones, Diana Wynne |
Archer's Goon; Castle in the Air; Howl's Moving Castle |
fantasy |
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Klise, Kate |
Trial by Journal |
real life |
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Koss, Amy Goldman |
Strike Two |
real life |
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Krisher, Trudy |
Spite Fences |
historical fiction |
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Lasky, Katherine |
Beyond the Burning Time; True North |
historical fiction |
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L'Engle, Madeleine |
Any Title |
fantasy |
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Levine, Gail Carson |
Two Princesses of Bamarre; Dave at Night; Ella Enchanted |
historical fiction |
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Lewis, C.S. |
Any Title except The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
fantasy |
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London, Jack |
White Fang; The Call of the Wild; The Sea Wolf; To Build a Fire |
real life |
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Lowry, Lois |
Any Title except Number the Stars, The Giver |
real life |
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MacLachlan, Patricia |
Sarah, Plain and Tall |
real life |
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MacLean, Norman |
A River Runs Through It |
real life |
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Martinez, Victor |
Parrot in the Oven |
real life |
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Mazer, Harry |
Any Title |
adventure |
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Mazer, Norma Fox |
Any Title |
real life |
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Meyer, Carolyn |
Beware Princess Elizabeth; Mary Bloody Mary |
historical fiction |
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McCaffrey, Anne |
Dragon Riders of Pern Series |
fantasy |
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McKinley, Robin |
Beauty |
fantasy |
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Mikaelsen, Ben |
Touching Spirit Bear; Sparrow Hawk Red |
adventure |
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Montgomery, L.M. |
Anne of Green Gables, Any other |
real life |
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Morris, Gerald |
The Squire's Tale Series |
fantasy |
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Myers, Walter Dean |
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues; Mop, Moondance and the Nagasaki Knights; Monster |
real life |
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Naidoo, Beverly |
The Other Side of Truth |
real life |
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Napoli, Donna Jo |
Three Days |
mystery |
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Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Shiloh |
real life |
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Nester, Julius |
Othello; Pharaoh's Daughter |
historical fiction |
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Nixon, Joan Lowery |
Keeping Secrets; Spirit Seeker; Overnight Sensation |
mystery |
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O'Brien, Robert |
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh |
fantasy |
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Paterson, Katherine |
Any title except Bridge to Terabithia |
real life |
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Paulsen, Gary |
Any Title |
real life |
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Peck, Richard |
A Long Way to Chicago; A Year Down Yonder |
real life |
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Pierce, Tamora |
Protector of the Small Series |
historical fiction |
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Poe, Edgar Allen |
The Pit and the Pendulum; The Tell-Tale Heart |
horror |
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Propp, Vera |
When the Soldiers Were Gone |
historical fiction |
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Rees, Celia |
Witch Child; City of Shadows; Sorceress |
historical fiction |
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Rinaldi, Ann |
Any title |
historical fiction |
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Pullman, Phillip |
The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass |
fantasy |
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Rowling, R. K. |
Harry Potter series |
fantasy |
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Ryan, Pam |
Esperanza Rising |
historical fiction |
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Sachar, Louis |
Holes, Dogs Don't Tell Jokes |
real life |
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Salisbury, Graham |
Lord of the Deep |
real life |
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Series |
Dear America |
historical fiction |
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Series |
Dear Mr. President |
historical fiction |
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Series |
In Their Own Words |
historical fiction |
|
Series |
My Name is America |
historical fiction |
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Series |
Royal Diaries |
historical fiction |
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Sewell, Anna |
Black Beauty |
real life |
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Shreve, Susan |
Blister |
real life |
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Singer, Marilyn |
Stay True Short Stories for Strong Girls |
real life |
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Sleator, William |
House of Stairs; Interstellar Pig; Singularity |
fantasy |
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Snicket, Lemony |
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series |
adventure |
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Snyder, Zilpha Keatley |
Any Title except The Egypt Game |
real life |
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Spinelli, Jerry |
Maniac Magee; Crash; Stargirl; Loser |
real life |
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Stanley, Diane |
The Mysterious Matter of I.M.Fine |
mystery |
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Stoker, Bram |
Dracula |
horror |
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Swift, Jonathan |
Gulliver's Travels |
fantasy |
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Taylor, Dan |
The Missing Cash Box |
mystery |
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Tolkien, J.R.R. |
Lord of the Rings Series |
fantasy |
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Van Leeuwen, Jean |
Bound for Oregon |
historical fiction |
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Verne, Jules |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
sci fi |
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Wells, H. G. |
War of the Worlds; The Time Machine; The Invisible Man |
sci fi |
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Wilde, Oscar |
Canterville Ghost |
real life |
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Wiles, Debbie |
Love, Ruby Lavender |
classic |
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Wilson, Nancy Hope |
Mountain Pose |
real life |
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Wrede, Patricia |
Dealing with Dragons |
real life |
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Wright, Bob |
Strike Zone; Fast Break |
sports fiction |
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Yep, Laurence |
Dragon Cauldron; Dragon's Gate |
fantasy |
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Yolen, Jane |
Pit Dragons Series |
fantasy |
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Zindel, Paul |
Any Title except The Pigman |
fantasy |
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Zinnen, Linda |
The Truth About Rats, Rules & Seventh Grade |
fantasy |
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real life |
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Non Fiction |
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Author |
Title |
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Allen, Thomas |
Remember Pearl Harbor |
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Armstrong, Jennifer |
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The extrodinary true story of Shackelton and the Endurance |
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Blumberg, Rhonda |
Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy, Full Steam Ahead: The race to build the transcontinental railroad |
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Brenner, Barbara |
On the Frontier with Mr. Audubon |
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Carter, Forrest |
The Education of Little Tree |
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Cheng, Long |
I Am Jackie Chan |
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Christopher, Matt |
At the Plate with Sammy Sosa |
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Coerr, Eleanor |
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes |
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Davidson, Margaret |
Louis Braille, Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind |
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Davis, Kenneth |
Don't Know Much About the 50 States |
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Deem, James |
Bodies from the Bog |
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Fleischman, Sid |
The Abracadabra Kid |
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Grabowski, Dan |
Baseball's Greatest Games |
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Helprin, Mark |
Ellis Island and Other Stories |
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Herriot, James |
All Things Bright and Beautiful; All Creatures Great and Small |
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Hoose, Phillip |
We Were There Too! |
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Hughes, Langston |
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes |
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Junger, Sebastian |
The Perfect Storm |
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Jussim, Daniel |
Double Take: The Story of Twins |
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Krakauer, Jon |
Into the Wild, Into Thin Air |
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Kroll, Steven |
Ellis Island Doorway to Freedom |
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Lu and White |
Double Luck: Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan |
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Lyons, Jeffrey |
Out of Left Field: Over 1,134 Newly Discovered Amazing Baseball Records, Connections, Coincidences and More! |
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Mah, Adeline Yen |
Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter |
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Meltzer, Milton |
Case Closed: The Real Scoop on Detective Work |
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Miller and Nelson |
The United States of America: A State by State Guide |
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Morley, Jacqueline |
Across America Story of Lewis and Clark |
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Murphy, Jim |
The Great Fire; The Boy's War; Across America on an Emigrant Train |
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Paulsen, Gary |
Guts |
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Provensen, Alice |
The Buck Stops Here the Presidents of the US |
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Robinson, Sharon |
Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By |
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Shannon, George |
True Lies; More True Lies |
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Shura, Mary Francis |
Gentle Annie |
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Silverstein, Shel |
Where the Sidewalk Ends, Any other |
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Simon, Seymour |
Strange Mysteries from Around the World |
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Stanley, Diane |
Joan of Arc |
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Stanley, Jerry |
I Am An American, True Story of a Japanese Internment Camp; Children of the Dust Bowl |
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Stewart, Mark |
Baseball: A History of the National Pastime |
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Thomas, Lyn |
Ha!Ha!Ha! |
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Visconti, Guido |
Genius of Leonardo |
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Washington, Booker T. |
Up from Slavery |
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Whitehead, Jenny |
Lunch Box Mail |
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