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Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | A Day No Pigs Would Die |
| Author | Robert Newton Peck |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • coming of age • death • family • fathers • fathers/sons • growing up • If You Liked Hatchet • If You Liked Tangerine • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • middle readers • older readers • realistic fiction • respect • responsibility • self-control • self-reliance • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Robert is a young boy of the Plain People. This is the story of his pilgrimage to manhood. Life presents Robert with many lessons and behind them all is the...
Books » Humor
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| Title | A Whole Nother Story |
| Author | Dr. Cuthbert Soup |
| Illustrator | Jeffrey Stewart Timmins |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • family • fathers • humor • If You Liked Captain Underpants • If you Liked Diary of A Wimpy Kid • inventions • journeys • middle readers • reluctant reader • secret agents • time travel • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and that's "A Whole Nother Story." The entire Cheeseman family is piling into the white station wagon along with Dad's invention, the LVR,...
Books » Science Fiction
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| Title | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • being different • being yourself • books that make a difference • character • classic • family • fathers • identity • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • journeys • mature readers • middle readers • older readers • science fiction • society • space • struggle • time travel • values • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
"You were a star once, weren't you?" Charles Wallace asks Mrs. Whatsit and that line alone will give you the sense that this book takes you to a new place....
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Annie and Snowball and the Prettiest House |
| Author | Cynthia Rylant |
| Illustrator | Sucie Stevenson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Early Readers • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • being yourself • bunnies • early reader • fathers • fathers/daughters • finding yourself • friends • friendship • getting along • helping others • homes • Independent reader • neighborhoods • problem-solving • understanding others • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Have you read Henry and Mudge? Well, here are their next door neighbors, Annie and her bunny, Snowball. Henry and Annie are cousins and they like to play together. Henry...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure |
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • fathers • fathers/sons • sports • time travel |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Did Babe Ruth really "call his shot" in the 1932 World Series? Nobody knows for sure. So Stosh goes back to 1932 to see it happen with...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Between Madison and Palmetto |
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • abandonment • African American • being different • being yourself • change • coming of age • courage • fathers • friendship • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • middle readers • neighborhoods • older readers • prejudice • racism • risk • self-confidence • self-esteem |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Margaret and Maizon (rhymes with raisin) have been best friends for forever. Now, since Maizon has come back from boarding school, a new friend, Caroline, has entered the picture. Maizon...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Billy Baggs Trilogy: Farm Team |
| Author | Will Weaver |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • baseball • being yourself • change • coming of age • death • family • fathers • fathers/sons • feelings • hope • identity • If You Liked Tangerine • loss • mature readers • older readers • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • sports • Belonger/Connector |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is Book Two in the Billy Baggs Trilogy. In this book Billy's father is still struggling with his feelings about losing his older son five years previously. At the...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Billy Baggs Trilogy: Hard Ball |
| Author | Will Weaver |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • baseball • change • character • choices • competition • courage • death • family • fathers • fathers/sons • hope • identity • If You Liked Tangerine • mature reader • mature readers • older reader • older readers • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • self-reliance • sports • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Both boys are ballplayers. Both boys have struggles with their fathers. Baseball can be a great tool to find yourself and to figure out your relationship with your dad. This...
Books » Sports
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| Title | Billy Baggs Trilogy: Striking Out |
| Author | Will Weaver |
| Illustrator | Michael Koelsch |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • baseball • being yourself • coming of age • family • farm • fathers • fathers/sons • grief • If You Liked Tangerine • journeys • loss • mature readers • overcoming obstacles • realistic fiction • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • self-reliance • sports • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
When the older brother is killed in a tractor accident, the Baggs family has to find ways to go on. They set off in their own directions. Mother decides to...
Books » Sports
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| Title | Comeback Kids: Long Shot |
| Author | Mike Lupica |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • basketball • choices • competition • elections • fathers • fathers/sons • teamwork • values • Belonger/Connector |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Pedro is one of those guys who always plays for the team. He's never all about himself. When he plays basketball he is selfless and even makes other guys look...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | Daddy and Me, A Lift-The-Flap Book |
| Author | Karen Katz |
| Illustrator | Karen Katz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Babies • Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • board book • reluctant listener • babies • boys/girls • fathers • interactive • lift the flap book • read aloud to babies • Read aloud to 1's, 2's and 3's • Read aloud to 1's and 2's • Read aloud to 2's, 3's • toddler |
This time Karen Katz has tasked the baby with helping Daddy to build something. What could it be? Get all of your tools together and get ready to peek under...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | Daddy Hugs 1 2 3 |
| Author | Karen Katz |
| Illustrator | Karen Katz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Babies • Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • reluctant reader • board book • bedtime story • boys/girls • counting • fathers • hugs • interactive • love • preschooler • read aloud to babies • Read aloud to 1's and 2's • toddler |
When it's Daddy's turn to tuck the baby in, here's a great bedtime story to share together. This is a 'read and hug' book. Let's count all the hugs that...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | Father and Son |
| Author | Denize Lauture |
| Illustrator | Jonathan Green |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Babies • Young Listeners |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • board book • African American • fathers • fathers/sons • love • preschooler • Read aloud to 1's and 2's • Read aloud to 1's, 2's and 3's • Read aloud to 2's, 3's • Read with babies and 1's • toddler |
This is a beautifully poetic breeze describing the connection between a father and a son. It could be read to a preschooler or maybe a thoughtful toddler. The father and...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Fearless |
| Author | Elvira Woodruff |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • boys/girls • adventure • character • choices • courage • danger • disasters • fathers • fathers/sons • helping others • historical fiction • inventions • journeys • lighthouse • older readers • risk • role-models • sailing • Belonger/Connector • Answerman |
When word comes that father's ship may have gone down, Aunt Alice sends eleven-year old Digory Beale off to find out if father is still alive and instructs him that...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | First Part Last |
| Author | Angela Johnson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • babies • choices • coming of age • fathers • fiction • growing up • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • loss • love • mature reader • mature readers • parenting • realistic fiction • responsibility • teen pregnancy • teens • Belonger/Connector |
Bobby is sixteen years old, and he is trying to finish high school, have a life and raise his infant son. His family is supportive but refuses to do the...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | For Keeps |
| Author | Natasha Friend |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • choices • coming of age • fathers • grandparents • mothers/daughters • relationships • responsibility • romance • Separation • teen pregnancy • teens • truth • understanding others • values • women |
Paul and Kate fell in love, had sex and Kate got pregnant. She didn't want to have the baby and Paul moved away never to be seen or heard from...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | Gleam and Glow |
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| Illustrator | Peter Sylvada |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • change • family • fathers • fears • fish • historical fiction • history • hope • journeys • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • simile |
Papa is leaving the family to fight with the underground in the war in Bosnia. Mama, eight-year-old Viktor and his little sister, Marina, are left at home...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | Grizzly Dad |
| Author | Joanna Harrison |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • bears • behavior • fathers • fathers/sons • feelings • getting along • great read aloud • humor • overcoming obstacles • picture books • preschooler • Read aloud to 2's, 3's, 4's • Read aloud to 3's, 4's, 5's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • reluctant listener • toddler • young listener • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
You know who wonderful fathers are but sometimes they wake up on the wrong side of the bed and they really are a bear to live with. That's exactly what...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Horrible Harry and The Kickball Wedding |
| Author | Suzy Kline |
| Illustrator | Frank Remkiewicz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • change • family • fathers • fathers/sons • fears • feelings • fiction • friendship • getting along • Independent reader • independent readers • love • school story • Valentine's Day • weddings • Belonger/Connector |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
It's Valentine’s Day in room 2B and Sid's mother is getting remarried. Sid is a bit reluctant to pass out the invitations to his friends, as he's not very...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | Richard Egielski |
| Author | Richard Egielski |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • bugs • courage • fathers • fathers/sons • fun • imagination • independent readers • magic • overcoming obstacles • picture books • problem-solving • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • reading • reluctant reader • responsibility • risk • young listener |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
A young bug's father gets hurt at work and has to take to his bed with casts on three of his legs and "bandages on his head." The son, Jazper,...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Just Another Hero |
| Author | Sharon M. Draper |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • choices • coming of age • family • fathers • fears • feelings • growing up • homelessness • hope • If You Liked Sharon Draper • If You Liked Walter Dean Myers • loss • mature reader • mature readers • overcoming obstacles • parenting • relationships • struggle • teens • trilogy • values • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
It must be great to have such great clothes and the best phone and such a great house to live in. Well, it might be if you didn't have to...
Books » Science Fiction
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| Title | Kate Gordon: The Merlin Effect |
| Author | T.A. Barron |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • adventure • character • courage • fathers • girl power • heroes • heroines • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Ella Enchanted • magic • mature reader • Merlin • middle reader • nature • older reader • science fiction |
Kate Gordon has gone to Baja, California, to help her father find a sunken Spanish galleon. In her search, she learns that the ship may carry a drinking horn...
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | Let's Read and Find Out Science: Penguin Chick, Stage 2 |
| Author | Betty Tathan |
| Illustrator | Kelen K. Davie |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • reluctant reader • reluctant listener • Antarctica • biology • boys • boys/girls • fathers • Independent reader • information • Let's Read And Find Out Science • love • middle readers • mothers • mothers/babies • nature • non-fiction • overcoming obstacles • part of a series • penguins • science • struggle • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's • Survival |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Penguin mothers and fathers have some real parenting challenges. Where do penguins put their eggs if they don’t have any twigs or leaves to build a nest? Where do they...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Mexican Whiteboy |
| Author | Matt de la Pena |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • action • African American • baseball • being different • belonging • books that make a difference • boys • bravery • bullies • bullying • change • character • choices • coming of age • compassion • competition • courage • diversity • domestic violence • dysfunctional families • fathers • fears • feelings • getting along • Hispanic • immigrants • individuality • inner beauty • insights • journeys • overcoming obstacles • peer pressure • reluctant reader • respect • risk • rivalry • romance • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • self-reliance • sensitivity • values • violence • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
What a fabulous book! So often our middle school and high school boys are looking at the world around them and trying to figure out how to be a man...
Books » Sports
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| Title | Miracle on 49th Street |
| Author | Mike Lupica |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • basketball • fathers • fiction • middle readers • older readers • sports |
Twelve-year-old Molly Parker is a pretty good basketball player. She's also a big fan of the Boston Celtics. But Molly has a secret. She's pretty sure her real father is...
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