Middle School Supplemental Reading List: 6th Grade



Henry County Middle School Supplemental Reading List

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6th Grade

811 SIL

Silverstein, Shel. A light in the attic. New York : HarperCollins, c1981.

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

974.1 FEN

Fendler, Donn. Lost on a mountain in Maine. New York : Beech Tree, 1992,c1978.

A twelve-year-old describes his nine-day struggles to survive after being separated from his companions in the mountains of Maine in 1939.

B NOR

North, Sterling. Rascal. New York : Puffin, 1990,c1963.

The author recalls his boyhood in a small Midwestern town in 1918, and his adventures with his pet raccoon.

B SUL

Davidson, Margaret. Helen Keller's teacher. New York : Scholastic, [1992],c1965.

Story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller, their hardships and successes.

B WHI

White, Ryan. Ryan White, my own story. New York : Signet, [1992], c1991.

Ryan White describes how he got AIDS, engaged in a legal battle to return to school, and became a celebrity and spokesman for issues concerning the deadly disease.

FIC AVI

Avi, 1937-. Nothing but the truth : a documentary novel. New York : Avon, 1993, c1991.

A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national news story.

FIC BAN

Banks, Lynne Reid. The secret of the Indian. New York : Avon, 1990,c1989.

In this third book about Omri and his magic cupboard, Omri and his friend Patrick must risk grownups' discovering their secret when they find themselves in need of a friend's toy plastic doctors to save wounded people from the dangerous world of the Old West which the cupboard enables them to enter.

FIC BRI

Brink, Carol Ryrie, 1895-. Caddie Woodlawn. [New ed.]. New York : Macmillan, [1973].

The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.

FIC BRI

Brittain, Bill. Who knew there'd be ghosts? 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1988, c1985.

Three spunky youngsters join forces with two lively ghosts to save a historic mansion from being destroyed by a crooked antique dealer.

FIC BUC

Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. The big wave. New York : HarperCollins, c1976.

When his family and village are swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.

FIC BUR

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden. Kidsbooks, 2001.

FIC BYA

Byars, Betsy Cromer. The summer of the swans. New York : Viking, 1970.

A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.

FIC CLE

Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw. New York : Morrow Junior Books, 1983.

In letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce and finding his own place in the world.

FIC CUR

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, not Buddy. New York : Delacorte Press, c1999.

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.

FIC CUS

Cushman, Karen. Catherine, called Birdy. New York : Clarion Books, c1994.

The daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.

FIC CUS

Cushman, Karen. The midwife's apprentice. New York : Clarion Books, c1995.

In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.

FIC DE

De Angeli, Marguerite, 1889-. The door in the wall. New York : Doubleday, 1989, c1949.

A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.

FIC DES

DeSpain, Pleasant. The emerald lizard : fifteen Latin American tales to tell in English and Spanish = La lagartija esmeralda : quince cuentos tradicionales latinoamericanos. Little Rock, AR : August House, 1999.

A retelling in English and Spanish of fifteen traditional tales from a variety of Latin American countries.

FIC ENR

Enright, Elizabeth, 1909-1968. Gone-Away Lake. 1st Harcourt Young Classics ed. San Diego : Harcourt, 2000, c1957.

Portia and her cousin Julian discover adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.

FIC FIT

Fitzgerald, John D. The great brain. New York : Dial, 2000,c1967.

In a small town in turn-of-the-century Utah, a precocious boy hatches scheme after scheme to gain prestige and money.

FIC FLO

Avi, 1937-. Poppy. New York : Avon Books, 1997, c1995.

Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.

FIC FOX

Fox, Paula. One-eyed cat : a novel. Scarsdale, N.Y. : Bradbury Press, c1984.

An eleven-year-old shoots a stray cat with his new air rifle, subsequently suffers from guilt, and eventually assumes responsibility for it.

FIC GAN

Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza swallowed the key. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1998.

Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired. Sequel: Joey Pigza loses control.

FIC GEO

George, Jean Craighead, 1919-. My side of the mountain. New York : Dutton, c1988.

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.

FIC GIF

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Lily's crossing. New York : Delacorte, c1997.

During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.

FIC HOW

Howe, Deborah. Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1979.

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.

FIC HUN

Hunt, Irene. The lottery rose. Pacer ed. New York : Berkley, 1986, c1976.

A young victim of child abuse gradually overcomes his fears and suspicions when placed in a home with other boys.

FIC KER

Kerr, Judith. When Hitler stole pink rabbit. New York, NY : Putnam & Grosset, 1997.

Recounts the adventures of a nine-year-old Jewish girl and her family in the early 1930s as they travel from Germany to England.

FIC LEN

L'Engle, Madeleine. A wrinkle in time. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1962.

Three extraterrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to another world.

FIC LEW

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. New York : HarperCollins, [1994].

Four English schoolchildren 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.

FIC LEW

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. The magician's nephew. New York : HarperCollins, [1994].

When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.

FIC MCS

McSwigan, Marie. Snow treasure. New York : Scholastic, c1942.

An adventure based on a true story about a group of Norwegian children who smuggled nine million dollars in gold past Nazi sentries during World War II.

FIC NAY

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Shiloh. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000.

When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.

FIC OBR

O'Brien, Robert C. Z for Zachariah. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1987, c1974.

After living alone for a year, believing herself to be the only survivor of a nuclear holocaust, sixteen-year-old Ann makes a startling discovery--a scientist named John Loomis has also survived--but this pleasant surprise very quickly turns sinister.

FIC PAU

Paulsen, Gary. Dogsong. Rev. ed. New York : Aladdin, 1999.

A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.

FIC PAU

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. Rev. cover ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 1999, c1987.

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.

FIC PAU

Paulsen, Gary. Woodsong. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002, c1990.

For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.

FIC PHI

Philbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman). Freak the Mighty. New York : Scholastic Signature, [2001], c1993.

At the beginning of eighth grade, Max, who has a learning disability, 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.

FIC ROW

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. 1st American ed. New York : A.A. Levine Books, 1998.

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

FIC RUC

Ruckman, Ivy. Night of the twisters. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1986, c1984.

A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, as experienced by a twelve-year-old, his family, and friends.

FIC SAC

Sachar, Louis, 1954-. Holes. New York : Dell Yearling, [2000], c1998.

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.

FIC SPE

Speare, Elizabeth George. The witch of Blackbird Pond. New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, [1987], c1986.

A young girl's rebellion against bigotry culminates in a terrifying witch hunt and trial.

FIC SPI

Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee : a novel. Boston : Little, Brown, c1990.

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

FIC TAY

Taylor, Theodore. The cay. New York : Delecorte Press, [1987], c1969.

After the freighter on which Phillip and his mother were traveling from wartime Curacao to the U.S. is torpedoed, the boy finds himself dependent on an old West Indian for survival.

FIC TAY

Taylor, Theodore, 1921-. Timothy of the cay. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1993.

Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.

FIC TWA

Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court. New York : Bantam, 1981.

A blow on the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom.

FIC VIN

Vining, Elizabeth Gray, 1902-. Adam of the road. New York : Viking, c1970, c1942.

The adventures of an eleven-year-old boy in 13th century England as he searches for his father and his dog.

FIC VOI

Voigt, Cynthia. Dicey's song. New York : Atheneum, 1982.

Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey must decide what she wants for her siblings and herself.

FIC WHI

White, T. H. The sword in the stone. New York : Dell, 1963.

The first book of the Arthurian trilogy in which Arthur is taught by Merlin the lessons designed top prepare him to be a ruler.

FIC ZIN

Zindel, Paul. The pigman : a novel. New York : HarperCollins, c1968.

A teenage boy and a girl, high school sophomores from unhappy homes, tell of their bizzare relationship with an old man.

SC SOT

Soto, Gary. Local news. New York : Scholastic, 1994, c1993.

A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley.

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7th Grade

|811 SIL |

|Silverstein, Shel. Where the sidewalk ends. 30th anniversary special ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2004. |

|A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's|

|own drawings. |

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|812 GIB |

|Gibson, William. The miracle worker. New York : Pocket, 2002,c1956. |

|A text of the television play, intended for reading, of Annie Sullivan Macy's attempts to teach her pupil, Helen Keller, to communicate. |

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|B GIL |

|Gilbreth, Frank B. Cheaper by the dozen. New York : HarperPerennial, 2002,c1948. |

|Follows the Gilbreth clan through many growing pains. |

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|B HUY |

|Huynh, Quang Nhuong. The land I lost : adventures of a boy in Vietnam. New York : HarperTrophy, 1986,c1982. |

|A collection of personal reminiscences of the author's youth in a village on the central highlands of Vietnam. |

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|B JIA |

|Jiang, Ji-li. Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1998, c1997. |

|The author tells about the happy life she led in China up until she was twelve-years-old when her family became a target of the Cultural Revolution, and |

|discusses the choice she had to make between denouncing her father and breaking with her family, or refusing to speak against him and losing her future |

|in the Communist Party. |

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|FIC ALC |

|Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little men : life at Plumfield with Jo's boys. New York : Puffin, 1994. |

|With two sons of her own, and twelve boys at the Plumfield school, Jo March--now Jo Bhaer--couldn't be happier. But despite the help of the whole March |

|family, boys have a habit of getting into scrapes, and there are plenty of troubles and adventures in store. |

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|FIC ALC |

|Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women. Edina, MN : Abdo Publishing, 2002. |

|Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England. |

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|FIC AND |

|Anderson, Laurie Halse. Fever, 1793. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002, c2000. |

|In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to |

|cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. |

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|FIC AVI |

|Avi. The man who was Poe. New York : Avon, 1997,c1989. |

|In Providence, R.I., in 1848, Edgar Allan Poe investigates the problems of Edmund, whose family has mysteriously disappeared. |

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|FIC AVI |

|Avi. Windcatcher. New York : Avon, 1992,c1991. |

|While learning to sail during a visit to his grandmother's house on the Connecticut shore, 11-year-old Tony becomes excited about the rumors of sunken |

|treasure in the area. |

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|FIC AVI |

|Avi, 1937-. Wolf rider : a tale of terror. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1986. |

|After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father |

|crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him. |

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|FIC BUR |

|Burnford, Sheila Every. The incredible journey. Mattituck, N.Y., : Amereon House,. |

|A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family. |

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|FIC CHO |

|Choi, Sook Nyul. Year of impossible goodbyes. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1991. |

|A young Korean girl survives the oppressive Japanese and Russian occupation of North Korea during the 1940s, to later escape to freedom in South Korea. |

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|FIC CHO |

|Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-. Al Capone does my shirts. New York : Putnam's, c2004. |

|A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new|

|environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. |

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|FIC COO |

|Cooney, Caroline B. The face on the milk carton. New York : Laurel-Leaf books, 1994, c1990. |

|A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search of her real identity. |

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|FIC CRE |

|Creech, Sharon. Walk two moons. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1996, c1994. |

|After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal |

|recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. |

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|FIC CRE |

|Crew, Linda. Children of the river. New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, [1991], c1989. |

|Having fled Cambodia four years earlier to escape the Khmer Rouge army, seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between remaining faithful to her own people |

|and adjusting to life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American. |

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|FIC CUR |

|Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963. New York : Dell, 1997, c1995. |

|The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they |

|go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963. |

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|FIC DAH |

|Dahl, Roald. Danny, the champion of the world. New York : Puffin Books, 1998. |

|A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together. |

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|FIC DIC |

|Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Baronet Books, 1979. |

|A series of encounters change Scrooge's mind and spirit forever in this beloved Christmas story. |

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|FIC END |

|Ende, Michael. The neverending story. New York : Dutton Children's Books, 1997. |

|Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to |

|fulfill. |

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|FIC FAR |

|Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm. Orchard Books, 2004. |

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|FIC GEO |

|George, Jean Craighead, 1919-. My side of the mountain. New York : Dutton, c1988. |

|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. |

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|FIC HAD |

|Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the hidden. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000, c1998. |

|In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear|

|on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong. |

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|FIC HIN |

|Hinton, S. E. The outsiders. New York : Viking Press, 1967. |

|The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent |

|society. |

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|FIC HIN |

|Hinton, S. E. Rumble fish. Laurel-Leaf ed. New York : Dell, 1989, c1975. |

|A junior high school boy idolizes his older brother, the coolest, toughest guy in the neighborhood, and wants to be just like him. |

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|FIC HOL |

|Holm, Anne, 1922-. I am David. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, [2004], c1965. |

|After escaping from an Eastern European concentration camp where he has spent most of his life, a twelve-year-old boy struggles to cope with an entirely |

|strange world as he flees northward to freedom in Denmark. |

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|FIC HUN |

|Hunt, Irene. Up a road slowly. Berkley Jam ed. New York : Berkley Jam Books, 2003, c1966. |

|After her mother's death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows |

|from seven to eighteen. |

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|FIC LEN |

|L'Engle, Madeleine. A wind in the door. New York : Bantam Doubelday Dell Books for Young Readers, [1976], c1973. |

|With Meg Murry's help, the dragons her six-year-old brother saw in the vegetable garden play an important part in his struggle between life and death. |

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|FIC LON |

|London, Jack, 1876-1916. The call of the wild. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1995. |

|Duplicates the original first book edition of Jack London's novel about the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896, and includes photographs from the Gold Rush years|

|and line-by-line annotations on the text. |

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|FIC LOW |

|Lowry, Lois. The giver. New York : Dell, 2002, c1993. |

|Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers |

|the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Includes readers guide. |

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|FIC LYO |

|Lyons, Mary E. Letters from a slave girl : the story of Harriet Jacobs. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York, NY : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996. |

|A fictionalized version of the life of Harriet Jacobs, told in the form of letters that she might have written during her slavery in North Carolina and |

|as she prepared for escape to the North in 1842. |

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|FIC MCG |

|McGraw, Eloise Jarvis. The golden goblet. New York : Puffin Books, 1986, c1961. |

|A young Egyptian boy struggles to reveal a hideous crime and reshape his own destiny. |

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|FIC MIK |

|Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952-. Touching Spirit Bear. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2001. |

|After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based |

|on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life. |

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|FIC PAT |

|Paterson, Katherine. The great Gilly Hopkins. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1987, c1978. |

|An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly. |

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|FIC PAU |

|Paulsen, Gary. Soldier's heart : a novel of the Civil War. New York : Delacorte Press, c1998. |

|Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat. |

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|FIC RAS |

|Raskin, Ellen. The Westing game. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1978. |

|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. |

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|FIC RAW |

|Rawls, Wilson. Where the red fern grows : the story of two dogs and a boy. New York : Bantam Books, 1974, c1961. |

|Young Billy having purchased two dogs for fifty dollars is determined to create the valley's best hunting team. |

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|FIC ROW |

|Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban : Year 3. 1st American ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999. |

|During his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his |

|parents' deaths. |

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|FIC STE |

|Steinbeck, John. The red pony. New York : Penguin, 1992,c1965. |

|A young boy learns about life and human nature on his father's farm. |

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|FIC TAY |

|Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of thunder, hear my cry. New York : Dial, c1976. |

|An African-American family living in the South during the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children don't understand. |

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|FIC TWA |

|Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. The prince and the pauper. Modern Library pbk. ed. New York : Modern Library, 2003. |

|Young Prince Edward and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who looks just like the royal youth, both learn something about "pleasures and palaces" when they |

|accidentally switch places in sixteenth-century England. Includes an introduction by Christopher Paul Curtis, and a reading group guide. |

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|FIC VER |

|Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Around the world in eighty days. 1st Tor ed. New York : Tor, 1990, c1988. |

|Englishman Phileas Fogg races around the world on a daring wager in the seemingly impossible time of eighty days. |

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|FIC WAT |

|Watkins, Yoko Kawashima. So far from the bamboo grove. 1st Beech Tree ed. New York : Beech Tree Books, 1994, c1986. |

|A fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old Yoko escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and sister at the end of World War II. |

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|FIC YEP |

|Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings. New York : HarperCollins, c1975. |

|In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine. |

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