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7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
Grades 7-9
30 copies
Explores the adolescent years and draws on extensive research to offer teens practical ways to cope with such important issues as peers, parents, relationships, school choices, and the future.

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Grades 10-12
30 copies
Meeting on the ledge of their school's bell tower, misfit Theodore Finch and suicidal Violet Markey find acceptance and healing that are overshadowed by Finch's fears about Violet's growing social world.

Alvin Ho: allergic to camping, hiking, and other natural disasters by Lenore Look
Grades 2-4
30 copies
When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their home-town hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything.

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Grades 4-8
21 copies
A government decree allows each family only two children. For Luke, a third child, this has meant a lifetime of hiding. But could a stray glimpse of a child hiding in the house across the way lead to freedom?

Arthur's Teacher Trouble by Marc Brown
Grades K-3
10 copies
Third-grader Arthur is amazed when he is chosen to be in the school spellathon.

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Grades 4-6
30 copies
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.

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Grades 3-6 
30 copies
Beezus worries because there are times when she doesn't like her little sister Ramona, until their mother and Aunt Beatrice tell Beezus what they were like while growing up.

The BFG by Roald Dahl
Grades 3-6
30 copies
The BFG--Big Friendly Giant--kidnaps Sophie from her bed in the orphanage and takes her back to Giantland where she becomes involved in a scheme to end the loathsome activities of nine evil giants.

Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead
Grades 3-6
30 copies
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Grades 3-5
30 copies
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are brothers and sisters. They're orphans too, and the only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. When the children find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, they decide to call it home—and become the Boxcar Children.

A Boy Called BAT by Elana K. Arnold
Grades 3-6
30 copies
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises—some of them good, some not so good. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together.

Bridge to Terabithia by Katerine Paterson
Grades 5-8
30 copies
Ten-year-old Jesse Aarons, who has lived all his life on a farm in Virginia, becomes friends with Leslie Burke, a "city girl" who has moved into a farmhouse down the road and opens doors to culture and imaginative play. But then tragedy strikes. Newbery Award Winner.

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Grades 4-7
30 copies
Ten-year-old Bud a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. Newbery Award Winner.

Bunnicula by James Howe
Grades 3-5
30 copies
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Grades K-3 
9 copies
A dreary day turns into a wild romp when this beloved story introduces readers to the Cat in the Hat and his troublemaking friends, Thing 1 and Thing 2.

The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Grades 5-8
20 copies
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a teenage white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean Island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Grades 3-6
30 copies
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Grades 3-5
28 copies
The story of Wilbur, the pig, smallest of the litter, who is raised by the farmer's daughter, and who finds a friend in Charlotte, the spider.

Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
Grades 3-5
30 copies
From eating too much chocolate, Henry breaks out in brown bumps that help him foil some hijackers and teach him a valuable lesson about self-indulgence.

Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Grades 3-5 
30 copies
A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate.

Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
Grades 8-12
30 copies
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Grades 3-5
14 copies
The story of an eight-year-old girl who finds the courage to accompany her father into the Connecticut wilderness and remain with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.

Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Grades 5-8
30 copies
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.

Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Grades 8-12
30 copies
Discovered in the attic where she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.

Don’t you Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Grades 7-9
30 copies
In the journal she is keeping for English class, sixteen-year-old Tish chronicles the changes in her life when her abusive father returns home after a two-year absence.

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Grades 3-5
30 copies
Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Grades 5-8
30 copies
Sixth-grader Ally Nickerson has been to seven schools in seven years, and the same thing happens at each one: she spends more time in the principal’s office than in class. The pattern is repeating at Ally’s current school until a long-term substitute teacher, Mr. Daniels, discovers that Ally is acting out to hide the fact that she can’t read.

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Grades 1-3
30 copies
Stanley Lambchop is flattened to half an inch thick when a bulletin board collapses on him, and now he can do many amazing things.

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Grades 5-8
30 copies
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Grades 3-5
30 copies
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.

Frindle by Andrew Clements
Grades 3-5
30 copies
When he decides to turn his fifth-grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Grades 4-7
30 copies
Claudia and her brother run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she sees a statue so beautiful, she must identify its sculptor. To find out, she must visit the statue's former owner, the elderly Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Newbery Award Winner.

The Giver by Lois Lowery
Grades 5-9
30 copies
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade. Newbery Award Winner.

The Glass Castle by Jennette Walls
Grades 9-12
30 copies
The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.

The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown
Grades 4-9
30 copies
A graphic novel account of the giant dust storms in the Midwest in the 1930s discusses the ecological and agricultural damage caused by the storms.

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Grades K-3
10 copies
Kids will love the terrific tongue-twisters as the list of places to enjoy green eggs and ham gets longer and longer...and they might even learn a thing or two about trying new things!

Guts by Raina Telegmeier
Grades 3-6
30 copies
Developing a chronic upset stomach that she initially dismisses as a bug, young Raina discovers that her symptoms are related to her anxieties about school, food and changing friendships, in a story based on the Eisner Award-winning author's childhood.

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Grades 5-8
30 copies
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Grades 9-12
20 copies
After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.

Holes by Louis Sachar
Grades 5-8
30 copies
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. Newbery Award Winner.

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Grades 3-6
30 copies
Billy isn't one to back down from a bet, but this one is gross: If he eats fifteen worms in fifteen days, Alan will pay him fifty dollars.

I Survived: The Battle of D-Day, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis
Grades 3-5
30 copies
When Paul, a French boy living in a Nazi controlled village, finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home, he has a chance to play a role in the Allies plan to crush the Nazis.

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Grades 4-7
30 copies
A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Grades 4-7
30 copies
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life. Newbery Award Winner.

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Grades 3-6
30 copies
A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Grades 9-12
14 copies
The Last Lecture is a college professor's final message to the world before his impending death of cancer at a relatively young age, offering meaningful life advice, significant words of wisdom, and a great deal of optimism and hope for humanity.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Grades 4-6
30 copies
After learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Grades 4-6
30 copies
Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Grades 3-6
19 copies
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.

The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin
Grades 2-4
20 copies
Carl Erik journeys with his family from Sweden to America during the famine of 1868.

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Grades 5-8
30 copies
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats. Newbery Award Winner.

Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard
Grades K-2
29 copies
When their teacher has to go away for a week, Miss Nelson's kids are excited to "really act up" But when the principal ends up being the most boring substitute teacher ever, they hatch a plan to turn their week from dull to delightful.

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
Grades K-2
30 copies
Miss Nelson's class always acts up—especially when their teacher is absent from school! But after a week with their strict substitute, Viola Swamp, the kids can't wait for Miss Nelson to come back.

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Grades 3-5
30 copies
A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Grades 3-5
29 copies
The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Grades 3-5
30 copies
From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to parents her marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis.

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Grades 4-8
30 copies
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

Night by Elie Wiesel
Grades 9-12
30 copies
Born into a Jewish ghetto in Romania, as a teenager, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity - the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith.

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Grades 5-7
30 copies
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. Newbery Award Winner.

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Grades 3-6
30 copies
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. Newbery Award Winner.

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Grades K-3
9 copies
From counting to opposites to Dr. Seuss's signature silly rhymes, this book has everything a beginning reader needs! Meet the bumpy Wump and the singing Ying, and even the winking Yink who drinks pink ink.

The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Grades 9-12
25 copies
Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Grades 7-12
28 copies
Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents' death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves "outsiders."

Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Grades 4-7
30 copies
When his father enlists in the military and makes him return his beloved pet fox to the wild, Peter, who has been sent to live with his grandfather hundreds of miles away, embarks on a journey filled with astonishing discoveries to be reunited with his fox.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Grades 9-12
20 copies
Human foibles and early nineteenth-century manners are satirized in this romantic tale of English country family life as Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters are encouraged to marry well in order to keep the Bennet estate in their family.

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Grades 9-12
30 copies
An African-American family is united in love and pride as they struggle to overcome poverty and harsh living conditions.

Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary
Grades 3-5
29 copies
Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Grades 3-5
30 copies
Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Grades 5-8
29 copies
A Black family living in the South during the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand. Newbery Award Winner.

Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Grades 7-12
30 copies
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, to keep the size of the population under control.

The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
Grades 4-7
30 copies
In 1963, 13-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton.

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Geroge Speare
Grades 4-6
27 copies
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.

Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Grades 5-12
30 copies
An autobiography in graphic novel format describes how the author lost two of her front teeth in an accident when she was twelve, and her subsequent struggles with various corrective dental techniques throughout adolescence.

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Grades 6-9
30 copies
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
Grades 7-12
30 copies
High school senior Eric Calhoune was a fat kid -- a really fat kid -- but has slimmed down since joining the swim team. Now the same people who used to call him "Moby" (as in Moby Dick, the whale) want to be his friends, but Eric remains loyal to Sarah Byrnes, who knows what it's like to be an outcast.

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Grades 3-6
30 copies
The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. Newbery Award Winner.

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Grades 3-5
29 copies
Two is a crowd when Peter and his little brother, Fudge, are in the same room. Grown-ups think Fudge is absolutely adorable, but Peter and his pet turtle, Dribble, know the truth. From throwing temper tantrums to smearing mashed potatoes on the wall, Fudge causes mischief wherever he goes!

Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Grades 1-2
30 copies
When Mr. Carter mistakes the lovable, literal-minded Amelia Bedelia for the new teacher, class will never be the same again!

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Grades 9-12
30 copies
Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer, likes to spend her summers building treehouses, swimming, and catching lightning bugs with her big brother Jem. But one summer, when a black man is accused of raping a white woman, Scout's carefree days come to an end. In the county courtroom, she will join her father in a desperate battle against ignorance and prejudice.

Tree House Mystery byGertrude Chandler Warner
Grades 3-5
30 copies
Six children help solve the mystery of a missing spyglass that has kept two brothers feuding for years.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Grades 4-6
30 copies
A family accidentally stumbles upon a spring with water endowing them with the gift of eternal life. Seventy years later, without having grown a day older, a young girl discovers them and learns their secret.

Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Grades 7-12
12 copies
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Grades 4-7
30 copies
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance. Newbery Award Winner.

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Grades 5-8
15 copies
A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Grades 3-5
27 copies
A bratty prince and his "whipping boy" have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws. Newbery Award Winner.

Who Moved My Cheese? For Teens by Spencer Johnson
Grades 6-12
30 copies
Presents the author's parable about change framed in a story about a group of high school friends trying to handle change in their lives.

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Grades 3-5
30 copies
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Grades 4-8
30 copies
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.

Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Grades 4-7
30 copies
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Grades 4-8
28 copies
Meg and Charles Wallace set out with their friend Calvin in a search for their father. His top-secret job as a physicist for the government has taken him away and the children search through time and space to find him. Newbery Award Winner.