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A Guide to the Works of Jacqueline Woodson

The guide is a comprehensive look at the works of Jacqueline Woodson, a comprehensive Jacqueline...
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Simon B. Rhymin'

Written by Dwayne Reed

Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes dreams of becoming a world-famous rapper that everyone calls Notorious...

3rd - 7th

STEM Exploration Activity Guide for 6-8

This activity guide supports STEM-related topics for grades 6-8.

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Ghost Boys

Written by Jewell Parker Rhodes

After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his...

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I Funny: I Even Funnier

Written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein and Illustrated by Laura Park
Middle-schooler Jamie Grimm is excited. He's just won the state finals in New York for the Planet's...
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I Funny: I Totally Funniest

Written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein and Illustrated by Laura Park
In the third installment of the I Funny series, Jamie Grimm did really well on national television...
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Brown Girl Dreaming

Written by Jacqueline Woodson
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid...
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Brown Treesnake

Written by Barbara A Somervill
Discover how brown tree snakes arrived in Guam about 60 years ago, the problems they cause for the...
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The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement

Written by Teri Kanefield
Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on...
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Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women

Written by Cornelia Meigs

Before Louisa May Alcott wrote her iconic and beloved novel, Little Women, she had her own...

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Maniac Magee

Written by Jerry Spinelli
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee's life took a strange turn after his parents died and left him an...
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The Magic Misfits

Written by Neil Patrick Harris and Illustrated by Lissy Marlin

From award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, comes the magical first book in a new series with...

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Starry River of the Sky

Written by Grace Lin
Rendi runs away from home and finds himself in a village where the Moon is missing. He works at the...
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Written and Illustrated by Grace Lin
A poor girl named Minli lives in a rundown shack with her parents in the valley of Fruitless...
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