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King George What Was His Problem? Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You about the American Revolution

Written by Steve Sheinkin and Illustrated by Tim Robinson
The story of the birth of our nation, complete with soldiers, spies, salmon sandwiches, and real...
4th - 10th
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Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny

Written and Illustrated by John Himmelman
Introducing Isabel, aka Bunjitsu Bunny! She is the BEST bunjitsu artist in her school, and she can...
1st - 3rd
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Wonder Woman: An Origin Story

Written by John Sazaklis and Illustrated by Luciano Vecchio
She was once a young princess on the secret island inhabited by warrior women known as the Amazons...
Pre-K - 2nd
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Who Was Steve Jobs?

Written by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso and Illustrated by John O'Brien
In this Who Was...? biography, learn all about the man behind Apple Inc. from his young obsession...
3rd - 7th
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March: Book One

Written by John Lewis and and Andrew Aydin and Illustrated by Nate Powell

This graphic novel is a first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil...

- 12th
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March: Book Two

Written by John Lewis and and Andrew Aydin and Illustrated by Nate Powell
Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement...
- 12th
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Johnny Tremain

Written by Esther Forbes and Illustrated by Michael McCurdy

The story of Johnny Tremain, a 14-year-old boy who becomes a horse boy for The Boston Observer and a...

5th - 7th
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Julie of the Wolves

Written by Jean Craighead George and Illustrated by John Schoenherr

Julie, or Miyax as she is known in her Eskimo village, runs away to escape danger, but she gets lost...

5th - 9th
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Onion John

Written by Joseph Krumgold and Illustrated by Symeon Shimin

The story of the friendship between a European immigrant named Onion John, so called because of his...

5th - 8th
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Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

Written by Boyne and John and Illustrated by Jeffers
The day the First World War broke out Alfie Summerfield s father promised he wouldn t go away to...
4th - 6th
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Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny

Written by Himmelman and John and Illustrated by Himmelman
Introducing Isabel, aka Bunjitsu Bunny! She is the BEST bunjitsu artist in her school, and she can...
1st - 2nd
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Wolf Keepers

Written by Broach and Elise and Illustrated by Ratterree
Twelve-year-old Lizzie Durango and her dad have always had a zoo to call their home. Lizzie spends...
4th - 6th
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Fab Four Friends The Boys Who Became the Beatles

Written by Reich and Susanna and Illustrated by Gustavson
In 1957 in Liverpool, England, a young lad named John Lennon and his band played music at a local...
2nd - 3rd
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John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy (Based on a True Story)

Written by E. F. Abbott
In 1861, nine-year-old Johnny Clem sneaks onto a train filled with men from the 3rd Ohio Union...
3rd - 4th
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A Christmas Carol (Scholastic Classics)

Written by Charles Dickens and Illustrated by Dean Morrissey
The classic Charles Dickens story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean, miserly man who learns the true...
7th - 10th
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The Fault in Our Stars

Written by John Green
Through the miracles of modern science, Hazel Grace Lancaster is still alive, though her cancer is...
7th - 12th
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Knots on a Counting Rope

Written by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault and Illustrated by Ted Rand
A boy grows up by coming to terms with his blindness and his beloved grandfather's impending death...
Pre-K - 3rd

Leveled Reading Passage: Annie Christmas (Hard)

After reading John Henry: An American Legend, choose from three leveled reading passages that relate...

Leveled Reading Passage: Annie Christmas (Medium)

After reading John Henry: An American Legend, choose from three leveled reading passages that relate...

Leveled Reading Passage: Protesting Peacefully

After reading Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis, choose from three leveled...

Leveled Reading Passage: Protesting Peacefully

After reading Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis, choose from three leveled...
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John Henry: An American Legend

Written and Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
The story of John Henry and how he used his hammer to lay railroad tracks across prairies and...
Pre-K - 2nd
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The Story of Jumping Mouse

Written and Illustrated by John Steptoe
Based on a Native American legend, this story is about a mouse who goes on a long, dangerous journey...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Classic Starts Peter Pan

Written by J. M. Barrie and adapted by Tania Zamorski
This edition of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, is specially designed for young readers. Told...
2nd - 4th

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