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Fresh Air, Clean Water: Our Right to a Healthy Environment

Written by Megan Clendenan and Illustrated by Julie McLaughlin

Everyone depends on clean air to breathe, safe water to drink and healthy soil for growing food. But...

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The Standing Rock Sioux Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline (Taking a Stand)

Written by Clara MacCarald

Explores the history, events, and aftermath of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribes protest of the Dakota...

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The Great Gatsby

Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career...

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Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change

Written by Garth Sundem

Eleven-year-old Tilly saved lives in Thailand by warning people that a tsunami was coming. Fifteen...

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Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters

Written by Laurie Ann Thompson

Do you wish you could make a difference in your community or even the world? Are you one of the...

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A Lonely Girl

Click this link to read A Lonely Girl from ReadWorks®

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What Linnaeus Saw

Written by Karen Magnuson Beil

In What Linnaeus Saw, Karen Magnuson Beil chronicles Linnaeus’s life and career in readable...

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Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

Written by Marc Aronson

On June 23rd, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the...

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Rowley Jeffersons Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories

Written by Jeff Kinney

Scare yourself silly with Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney, the #1...

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Magellan

On September 6, 1522, a horribly battered ship manned by eighteen malnourished, scurvy-ridden...

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Sports Illustrated Kids STATS!: The Greatest Number in Sports

Count up the most fascinating numbers behind sports' greatest moments in STATS! The Biggest Numbers...

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Wolfpack (Young Readers Edition)

In this young readers adaptation of her #1 New York Times bestselling book, two-time Olympic gold...

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Imperfect II: poems about perspective: an anthology for middle schoolers

Written by Tabatha Yeatts (Editor) and Laura Shovan & Liz Garton Scanlon (Contributors)
Being human means to sometimes lose perspective. We focus on the one negative comment we received...
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Outcasts United

Written by Warren St. John

A moving account of how a soccer team made up of diverse refugees inspired an entire community here...

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This Is Your Time

Written by Ruby Bridges
Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your...
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A Dangerous Life

Written by Sheila Hamanaka
This book is a graphic novel, aimed at middle school-aged readers, about an American teen’s trip to...
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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice

Written by Debbie Levy

Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a modern feminist icon—a leader in the fight for equal...

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Leveled Reading Passages Supporting The Diary of a Young Girl

This set of leveled reading passages can be used to supplement the book The Diary of a Young Girl....
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A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Written by Claire Hartfield
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally...
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10 True Tales: Young Civil Rights Heroes

Written by Allan Zullo
This book is a collection of 10 vignettes about the civil rights era. The focus of these stories is...
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This Side of Wild

Written by Gary Paulsen

Sled dogs rescued author Gary Paulsen in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a...

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Lincoln's Grave Robbers

Written by Steve Sheinkin
The first teen-centric book to tell the nearly unknown tale of a brazen, 1875 attempt to steal...
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Lawn Boy Returns

Written by Gary Paulsen
A riding lawn mower from his grandmother jump-starts a rollicking adventure accumulating money...
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Love That Dog

Written by Sharon Creech
A charming tale of a boy who finds his own voice with the help of a teacher who won't stop giving...
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