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| Title | House of Djinn |
| Author | Suzanne Fisher Staples |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • desert • family • finding your voice • finding yourself • intrigue • mature readers • mothers/daughters • multicultural • older readers • Pakistan • self-control • self-reliance • standing up for yourself • struggle • trilogy |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Muti lives with her relatives and suffers death by"a thousand pinpricks" at the hands of Leyla. Her cousin, Jameel, is her best friend, but he lives in San Francisco, so...
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| Title | A Beach Tail |
| Author | Karen Lynn Williams |
| Illustrator | Floyd Cooper |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • beach • fathers/sons • finding yourself • getting lost • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's • Separation • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
A young African American boy and his father are walking on the beach. The boy draws a picture of a lion in the sand and his father names it Sandy....
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| Title | A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend |
| Author | Emily Horner |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accidents • ambiguity • being yourself • bicycles • character • choices • coming of age • courage • danger • death • family • finding your voice • finding yourself • first love • growing up • high school • homosexuality • identity • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • journal • journeys • labeling • letting go • prejudice • quests • reputation • standing up for yourself • summer • Survival • Belonger/Connector |
AfterJulia’s death in a car crash, Cass can’t stay in town as the Drama Kids getready to perform Julia’s “top secret” play as a tribute to begin their senioryear...
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| Title | After Ever After |
| Author | Jordan Sonnenblick |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • a tissue box book • acceptance • accepting others • brothers • cancer • change • character • choices • coming of age • courage • diseases • family • finding yourself • first love • friends • friendship • growing up • middle readers • middle school • older readers • physical challenges • relationships • reluctant reader • risk • role-models • self-reliance • special needs • standing up for yourself • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Jeffrey Alper, eighth grader, is headed to the first day of a new school year when he stops to help a girl in the hallway who has dropped her papers....
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Alchemy and Meggy Swann |
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • apprenticeship • being yourself • disabilities • dysfunctional families • English history • England • fathers/daughters • finding yourself • friendship • historical fiction • love • middle readers • murder • older readers • overcoming obstacles • science • self-confidence • self-esteem • self-reliance • Seeker/Leader |
To be released April 2010: “If she could find sixpence for the carter she could return to the village and the alehouse” where her mother, bad temper and all, was...
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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...
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| Title | Apple Pie Fourth of July |
| Author | Janet S. Wong |
| Illustrator | Margaret Chodos-Irvine |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • accepting others • being different • being yourself • belonging • finding yourself • food • holidays • patriotism • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's • summer • traditions • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
No one wants Chinese food on the Fourth of July, I say. We're in apple-pie America, and my parents are cooking chow mein! . . . They just don't get...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Babylonne |
| Author | Catherine Jinks |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • abandonment • adventure • coming of age • finding yourself • French • journeys • medieval times • religion • self-reliance • war |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Coming of age storyset during the Middle Ages, sixteen-year-old Babylonne runs away from her auntand abusive grandmother. Disguisedas a boy, feisty, independent and resourceful, Babylonne would rather seek alife...
Books » Poetry
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| Title | Becoming Billie Holiday |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Illustrator | Floyd Cooper |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • biography • coming of age • drug abuse • fathers/daughters • finding your voice • finding yourself • grandmother • jazz • mature issues • mature reader • mothers/daughters • poems • poetry |
In ninety-seven poems using the titles from Billie Holiday's song list, the first twenty-five years of Billie Holiday's life are celebrated. It wasn't always an easy life and she grew...
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| Title | Before John Was a Jazz Giant |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Illustrator | Sean Qualls |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • family • finding your voice • finding yourself • growing up • jazz • music • picture books • poems • poetry • Read aloud to 6's, 7's, 8's • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
John Coltrane wasn't born playing jazz. No sirree. But, he was born into a wondrous world of a cacaphony of sound. There was the sound of the food cooking in...
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| Title | Black Magic |
| Author | Dinah Johnson |
| Illustrator | R. Gregory Christie |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • accepting others • African American • being yourself • diversity • finding yourself • poetry • preschooler • racial differences • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • respect • Storytime • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
What does it mean to be black? "Black is big like a star-filled sky." It can be delicious, silly, silky, musical, surprising, and majestic. It isn't the same thing for...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Blue Fingers: A Ninja's Tale |
| Author | Cheryl Aylward Whitesel |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • adventure • coming of age • danger • family • finding yourself • Japan • middle readers • Ninjas • older readers • risk • self-reliance • traditions • twins • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
The power and prowess of ninja never seem to lose their appeal to young readers, especially boys. Blue Fingers, a suspenseful, action-packed coming-of-age story set in feudal Japan, offers an...
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| Title | Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots |
| Author | Abby McDonald |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • adventure • character • consequences • environment • finding yourself • friendship • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • mature readers • outdoors • relationships • standing up for yourself • travel • understanding others • vacations • very mature readers • Belonger/Connector • Answerman |
Jenna is a Green Teen for environmental awareness at her high school, so when she can choose between spending the summer in the Canadian woods with her godmother Susie...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Cate of the Lost Colony |
| Author | Lisa Klein |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • American history • character • conflict • consequences • English history • England • expectations • finding yourself • girl power • growing up • historical fiction • history • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils • intrigue • journeys • mystery • Native American • nature • older readers • orphans • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • queens • relationships • self-reliance • ships • standing up for yourself • travel • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Seeing Indians in Queen Elizabeth’s court, young Lady Catherine Archer is enthralled by Sir Walter Raleigh’s reports of his New World colony and by Sir Walter himself. But when...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Clockwork Three, The |
| Author | Matthew Kirby |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • bravery • character • conflict • consequences • expectations • family • finding your voice • finding yourself • freedom • friendship • girl power • greed • growing up • If You Liked Inkheart • If You Liked Tamora Pierce • If You Liked The Westing Game • intrigue • inventions • magic • making a difference • mothers/daughters • nature • orphans • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • persistence • relationships • role-models • self-reliance • ships • standing up for yourself • suspense • teamwork • teens • treasure • understanding others • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
A shipwrecked violin whose music is magical… 62 holly leaves carved into the hotel woodwork (or is it 63?)… a mechanical man with no head and a...
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| Title | Countdown |
| Author | Deborah Wiles |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • American history • family • fears • feelings • finding your voice • finding yourself • friendship • 5th Grade Read Alouds • historical fiction • middle readers • older readers • relationships • siblings • standing up for yourself • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
“There are always scary things happening in the world.
There are always wonderful things happening in the world.
It’s up to you how you are going to approach...
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| Title | Crooked Kind of Perfect, A |
| Author | Linda Urban |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • being yourself • choices • dreams • family • fathers/daughters • finding your voice • finding yourself • getting along • growing up • humor • middle readers • music • older readers • overcoming obstacles • relationships • school story • self-confidence |
Zoe has a dream: to be a concert pianist and play at Carnegie Hall. However, her father buys her an electronic organ instead of a piano, and the 11-year-old decides...
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| Title | Dear Mr. Rosenwald |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Illustrator | R. Gregory Christie |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • books that make a difference • finding yourself • helping others • independent readers • middle readers • overcoming obstacles • picture books • poems • poetry • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • read aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s • respect • responsibility • school story • self-reliance • sharing • society • teamwork • understanding others • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
In the rural South back in the early 1900's, schools for African American children were leaking, crumbling or non-existent. A man named Mr. Rosenwald, who just happened to be the...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Dear Whiskers |
| Author | Ann Whitehead Nagda |
| Illustrator | Stephanie Roth |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • finding your voice • finding yourself • helping others • independent readers • letters • pen pal • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • relationships • self-confidence • self-esteem • sensitivity • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Fourth-grader Jenny yearns for recognition. When her class is assigned to pretend to be a mouse and write a letter to a pen pal with a second-grader, Jenny struggles. Even...
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| Title | Door of No Return, The |
| Author | Sarah Mussi |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • Africa • African • bravery • cooperation • English history • finding yourself • foster child • foster family • grandfather • history • journeys • kings • manhood • mistakes • power of positive thinking • reluctant reader • self-reliance • slavery • treasure • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Set in England and Ghana, this story ofadventure and mystery is narrated by Zach Baxter after the death of hisgrandfather, the founder of a club for older African...
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| Title | Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life |
| Author | Rachel Renee Russell |
| Illustrator | Lisa Vega |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • belonging • coming of age • finding yourself • growing up • humor • If you Liked Diary of A Wimpy Kid • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • older readers • reluctant reader • reputation • school story • self-confidence • self-esteem • self-reliance • social skills |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Imagine Diary of a Wimpy Kid but from a girl's point of view. Nikki J. Maxwell desperately wants to fit in with the CCP (cute, cool and popular) group at...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Drizzle |
| Author | Kathleen Van Cleve |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • choices • family • farm • feelings • finding your voice • finding yourself • friendship • magic • magical creatures • middle readers • overcoming obstacles • responsibility • risk • role-models • self-reliance • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
You live on a rhubarb farm where the rhubarb tastes like chocolate? And it rains everyday at 1:00pm? And there's a lake in which nothing can die? Try explaining that...
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| Title | Erika-San |
| Author | Allen Say |
| Illustrator | Allen Say |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • Asian culture • fairy tales • finding yourself • Japan • journeys • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • traditions • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Caldecott Medalist Allen Say creates a beautiful story about an American girl who seeks adventure in Japan and discovers more than she could have imagined.In her grandmother's house there is...
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| Title | Escaping the Giant Wave |
| Author | Peg Kehret |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • accepting others • adventure • bullies • bullying • choices • courage • disasters • earthquakes • family • finding your voice • finding yourself • getting along • heroes • middle readers • older readers • reluctant reader • self-confidence • self-esteem • self-reliance • Separation • siblings • tsunamis • vacations • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Thirteen-year-old Kyle Davidson's father is Salesman of the Year and the whole family gets to go on a dream vacation to the Oregon coast. They'll be staying in a luxury...
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| Title | Extra Credit |
| Author | Andrew Clements |
| Illustrator | Mark Elliott |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • Afghanistan • being yourself • discrimination • fears • finding your voice • finding yourself • friendship • If You Liked Frindle • If You Liked Tangerine • letters • middle readers • older readers • pen pal • prejudice • school story • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Abby Carson is in endanger of failing the sixth grade and she will be held back to repeat the sixth grade if she does not shape up. She meets with...
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