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The Sword in the Tree
by Clyde Robert Bulla
When young Shan is forced away from his home at Weldon Castle by his ruthless uncle, he becomes determined to return in the future in order to reclaim what is rightfully his.
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Dandelions
by Eve Bunting
Moving to their new home on the prairie, Zoe sees that her mother is unhappy with their desolate lifestyle, but while on a ride to the nearby town, Zoe sees something special that may make her mother happy once again.
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The Enormous Egg
by Oliver Butterworth
When twelve-year-old Nate Twitchell takes care of an gigantic egg laid by one of his hens, he is shocked to find that it hatches into a triceratops.
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Henry Huggins
by Beverly Cleary
When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow.
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Jake Drake, Bully Buster
by Andrew Clements
Provides the "memoirs" of Jake Drake, a boy who transformed himself from first-grade geek to the cool dude of the fourth grade by using his wit to outsmart the bullies at his school.
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Honus and Me : a Baseball Card Adventure
by Dan Gutman
Cleaning out Miss Young's attic, young baseball fan Joe Stoshack is ecstatic when he discovers the world's most valuable baseball card, which magically transports him back in time to the 1909 World Series and to the side of the legendary Honus Wagner.
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Invisible Inkling
by Emily Jenkins
When Hank Wolowitz runs into trouble in the form of a lunch-stealing bully, he finds an unlikely ally in an invisible refugee pumpkin-loving bandapat named Inkling
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Orphan Train Girl : the Young Readers' Edition of Orphan Train
by Christina Baker Kline
Molly, close to aging out of the foster care system, takes a position helping an elderly woman named Vivian and discovers that they are more alike than different as she helps Vivian, who was an orphan, solve a mystery from her past
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
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Rabbit Hill
by Robert Lawson
When a new family moves into the neighborhood the animals of Rabbit Hill are very curious about how these human inhabitants will act.
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Judy Moody Gets Famous!
by Megan McDonald
When a third grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself
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The Superlative A. Lincoln : Poems About Our 16th President
by Eileen R. Meyer
Whimsical poems, engaging artwork and fun facts combine in a young reader’s portrait of the 16th president that highlights his lesser-known qualities, from his dislike of his “Honest Abe” nickname and his status as the tallest president to his talents as a wrestler and storyteller.
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Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne
When he and his younger sister discover a tree house that travels through time, Jack and his younger sister, Annie, begin an adventure that takes them to the era of dinosaurs.
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My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
by Patricia Polacco
Patricia's freckled-faced older brother is always showing her up and rubbing it in her face with that extra-rotten, weasel-eyed, greeny-toothed grin of his, but when Patricia finally finds something at which she can beat Richard, she becomes his biggest fan.
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May B. : a Novel
by Caroline Starr Rose
A gripping novel in verse follows the experiences of young May, who is separated from her family when she is sent to help at a neighbor's Kansas prairie homestead and who struggles for survival when she is abandoned and left to fend for herself in an isolated, snow-covered sod house.
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How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
by Rosalyn Schanzer
This book focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as an inventor of whimsical gadgets and practical contraptions, with an emphasis on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm.
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The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden
A musically inclined country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York City is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat as well as Mario, a boy who rescues Chester from a dusty corner of the subway station and brings him to live in the safety of his parents' newsstand.
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Stuart Little
by E. B. White
Follows the adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden
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Christopher Mouse : the Tale of a Small Traveler
by William Wise
Having escaped from a taxidermist, ran for his life from a hungry cat at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and successfully maneuvered through other great adventures, Christopher Mouse has got quite a lot of stories to tell for just a simple, little mouse.
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