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Matilda

Roald Dahl - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG!Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress....
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When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Paperback

Winner of the 2010 John Newbery Medal

Four mysterious letters change Miranda's world forever.

By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local...
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The World According to Humphrey

Betty G Birney - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback

The first book in the series about everyone's favorite classroom pet!You can learn a lot about life by observing another species. That's what Humphrey was told when he was first brought to Room 26. And boy, is it true! In addition to having FUN-FUN-FUN in class, each weekend this...
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Upside-Down Magic

Sarah Mlynowski - Scholastic Press
Format: Paperback

From New York Times bestselling authors Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins comes a new, offbeat series about a group of misfits who set out to prove that life on the other side of ordinary has its charms.

It's never easy when your magic goes wonky.
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Smile

Raina Telgemeier - GRAPHIX
Format: Paperback

Raina Telgemeiers 1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood! Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey...
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We the Children (Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School)

Andrew Clements - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Benjamin Pratt’s school is about to become the site of a new amusement park. It sounds like a dream come true! But lately, Ben has been wondering if he’s going to like an amusement park in the middle of his town—with all the buses and traffic and eight dollar slices of pizza....
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Wonder

R J Palacio - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY!Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. The book that inspired the Choose Kind...
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Bob

Wendy Mass - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

It's been five years since Livy and her family have visited Livy's grandmother in Australia. Now that she's back, Livy has the feeling she's forgotten something really, really important about Gran's house.It turns out she's right.Bob, a short, greenish creature dressed in a chicken suit,...
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Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story

Nora Raleigh Baskin - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

From the critically acclaimed author of Anything But Typical comes a touching look at the days leading up to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and how that day impacted the lives of four middle schoolers.

Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was serene and lovely,...
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Toys Go Out

Emily Jenkins - Yearling
Format: Paperback

Lumphy is a stuffed buffalo. StingRay is a stuffed stingray. And Plastic... well, Plastic isn't quite sure what she is. They all belong to the Little Girl who lives on the high bed with the fluffy pillows.Together is best for these three best friends. Together they look things up in the dictionary,...
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The Best Friend Battle

Lindsay Eyre - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Paperback

"Funny and human and clever and wise. I really, really like this sparkling, racing, hilarious little gem." -- Hilary McKay, author of SAFFY'S ANGEL and BINNY IN SECRETSylvie Scruggs doesn't like Georgie Diaz. He always calls her Scruggs. He always beats her in baseball....
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Quinny & Hopper

Adriana Brad Schanen - Disney-Hyperion Books, 2014.
Format: Paperback

Quinny has a lot to say. Hopper gets to the point.

Quinny has one speed: very, very, extra-very fast. Hopper proceeds with caution.

Quinny has big ideas. Hopper has smart solutions.

Quinny and Hopper couldn't be more different. They are an unstoppable...
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