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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 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...
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| Title | Alabama Moon |
| Author | Watt Key |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • action/adventure • adventure • change • choices • coming of age • death • growing up • homelessness • If You Liked Hatchet • If You Liked Tangerine • journeys • loss • middle reader • older reader • realistic fiction • self-control • self-reliance • society • Survival • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Ten-year-old Moon Blake has been living in the wilds with his father for years. He knows how to build a fire without matches and how to make his own bow...
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| Title | Angry Management |
| Author | Chris Crutcher |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • a tissue box book • abuse • acceptance • accepting others • anger • bullies • bullying • character • child abuse • choices • coming of age • dysfunctional families • high school • homosexuality • injustice • mature issues • mature reader • murder • parenting • relationships • self-control • self-reliance • Survival • teens • trust • truth • understanding others • very mature readers • violence • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • obesity |
Counselor Nak, Mr. Nakatani, has a new job. In a jurisdiction covering three school districts, there has been a streak of tragedy in the past year with two suicides...
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| Title | Anh's Anger |
| Author | Gail Silver |
| Illustrator | Christiane Kromer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • anger • family • feelings • Read aloud to 3's, 4's, 5's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • self-control • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Young Anh is building a tower in the living room while Grandfather is preparing dinner. Grandfather calls Anh to dinner but the tower is not finished yet. Anh doesn't want...
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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 |
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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...
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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 |
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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...
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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...
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| Title | Bird Lake Moon |
| Author | Kevin Henkes |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • anger • change • choices • death • divorce • feelings • friendship • growing up • helping others • If You Liked Bridge to Terabithia • If You Liked Tangerine • middle reader • older reader • realistic fiction • risk • self-control • sensitivity • Belonger/Connector |
Mitch has come to live at Bird Lake when his mother and father decide to divorce. Mitch is angry and wants things to go back to the way they were...
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| Title | Black Cowboy, Wild Horses |
| Author | Julius Lester |
| Illustrator | Jerry Pinkney |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • African American • cowboys • horses • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • persistence • read aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s • self-confidence • self-control • self-reliance • slavery • teamwork • Wild West • wisdom • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
We have some wonderful tall tales in our culture that excite our imaginations of our children, but this is the story of a real man who lived and wrestled the...
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| Title | Bobby Bramble Loses His Brain |
| Author | Dave Keane |
| Illustrator | David Clark |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • being yourself • boys • choices • great read aloud • independent readers • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • reluctant listener • responsibility • self-control • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • behavior • conduct |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
by Dave Keane and illus by David Clark
If you know a young fellow who is always on the move and thinking up exciting adventures, this is just the...
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| Title | Books of Bayern: Forest Born |
| Author | Shannon Hale |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • action/adventure • adventure • being different • being yourself • choices • coming of age • courage • danger • fears • feelings • heroines • If You Liked Ella Enchanted • If You Liked Robin McKinley • If You Liked Tamora Pierce • middle readers • older readers • queens • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • self-reliance • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is the fourth of the Books of Bayern. Meet Rinna girl, Razo's younger sister who is gifted with a power that has made her want to run from herself....
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| Title | Books of Bayern: River Secrets |
| Author | Shannon Hale |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • bravery • character • choices • coming of age • courage • heroines • If You Liked Charlie Bone • If You Liked Ella Enchanted • If You Liked Robin McKinley • If You Liked Tamora Pierce • intrigue • middle readers • older readers • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • self-reliance • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Delightfully, the Books of Bayern continue. In this tale Razo has been selected as one of Bayern's Own, a great honor. The soldiers of Bayern's Own are to accompany the...
Books » Sports
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| Title | Boy Who Saved Baseball |
| Author | John H. Ritter |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • baseball • character • choices • courage • If You Liked Tangerine • middle reader • older reader • overcoming obstacles • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • self-reliance • sports • traditions • Belonger/Connector |
This is a good one. It's not your usual sport book for boys. Meet Tom who loves baseball. He lives next door to an old man who owns a lot...
Books » Fantasy
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| Title | Bright Shadow |
| Author | Avi |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • adventure • being different • being yourself • choices • friendship • girl power • helping others • If You Liked Ella Enchanted • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • intrigue • middle reader • older reader • power • self-control • superpowers • wishes • Seeker/Leader |
This is one of my absolute favorite fantasy books to hand to girls. Pindel, the wizard, is deathly ill and holds within him the last five wishes left in the...
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| Title | Chameleon |
| Author | Charles R. Smith Jr. |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • basketball • being different • being yourself • change • character • choices • coming of age • courage • family • fears • feelings • first love • friendship • gangs • getting along • If You Liked Tangerine • journeys • manhood • mature readers • older readers • self-confidence • self-control • self-reliance • society • teens • violence • Belonger/Connector |
Fourteen-year-old Shawn has a summer of decisions ahead of him. They're decisions about who he is going to be, where he is going to go to high school, and what...
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| Title | Chocolate-Covered-Cookie Tantrum, The |
| Author | Deborah Blumenthal |
| Illustrator | Harvey Stevenson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • anger • behavior • preschooler • Read aloud to 2's, 3's, 4's • reluctant listener • self-control • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • chocolate • tantrum |
Oh the passionate intensity of a two year old who knows exactly what she wants and in this case Sophie has seen someone else in the park with a chocolate...
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| Title | Circle of Magic Quartet, Book 2: Tris's Book |
| Author | Tamora Pierce |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • adventure • coming of age • fears • feelings • heroines • identity • If You Liked Ella Enchanted • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • magic • middle readers • older readers • quests • self-confidence • self-control • self-reliance • series • superpowers • teamwork |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
This is Book Two in the Circle of Magic Quartet. Again the four mages will need to combine their special gifts to combat the forces of evil this time coming...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Crooked River |
| Author | Shelley Pearsall |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • discrimination • girl power • historical fiction • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils • If You Liked My Brother Sam Is Dead • injustice • middle reader • Native American • older reader • prejudice • racial differences • racism • self-control • values • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
It's 1812 out in the pioneer territory of Ohio, and you can almost smell the Native American who is chained upstairs in the loft, accused of murder. The two sisters...
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| Title | Finn Throws A Fit |
| Author | David Elliott |
| Illustrator | Timothy Basil Ering |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • anger • feelings • Read aloud to 1's, 2's and 3's • self-control • Storytime • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
Look out. Today is not a good day. Finn usually likes peaches but for some reason he doesn't like them today. He doesn't like ANYTHING today. Oh no. Here it...
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| Title | Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin |
| Author | Susan Goldman Rubin |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • art • courage • helping others • heroes • heroines • Nazis • role-models • self-control • sensitivity • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Holocaust |
Amidst the horror of life in a concentration camp, art therapist, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, brought her art supplies with her and taught art to the children imprisoned around her. Her strength...
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| Title | Hero |
| Author | S.L. Rottman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • abuse • bravery • change • character • child abuse • coming of age • courage • dysfunctional families • heroes • hope • horses • If You Liked Bridge to Terabithia • If You Liked Tangerine • journeys • mature reader • older reader • realistic fiction • risk • self-confidence • self-control • self-reliance • sensitivity • trust • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Fifteen -year-old Sean looks like a bad kid – one of those kids who can't be reasoned with. They are giving him a last chance by sending him out to...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Highway Robbery |
| Author | Kate Thompson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • character • choices • fiction • greed • historical fiction • horses • identity • Independent reader • independent readers • middle reader • middle readers • older reader • older readers • responsibility • self-control • trust • values • Belonger/Connector |
The sound of horses hooves pounding the road reaches the ears of a young beggar boy who is just settling into his spot for the day. The dashing rider of...
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| Title | It's Hard to be Five Learning How to Work My Control Panel |
| Author | Jamie Lee Curtis |
| Illustrator | Laura Cornell |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • boys/girls • feelings • girls • growing up • preschooler • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • self-control |
Being five asks so much of a little person. You have so many rules to follow, and you have to try to "steer" yourself in the right direction. You have...
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| Title | Kickoff |
| Author | Tiki and Ronde Barber with Paul Mantell |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • character • choices • courage • football • identity • middle readers • mothers • older readers • risk • self-confidence • self-control • self-esteem • self-reliance • sports • Belonger/Connector |
Tiki and Ronde are twins, and they are about to start the seventh grade. They are facing junior high school and all it will ask of them. Their mother has...
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