2015 SUMMER READING BOOKLIST
AGES 0–2 (By Title, Author & Illustrator)
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1, 2 at the Zoo, Sue DiCicco
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Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Mo Willems
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The Froggy series, Jonathan London &
Frank Remkiewicz
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Get Happy, Malachy Doyle & Caroline Uff
1-2-3 Peas, Keith Baker
Always, Emma Dodd
Are You My Daddy?, Ilanit Oliver & Guy Parker-Rees
Are You My Mommy?, Joyce Wan
Baby Bear Sees Blue, Ashley Wolff
Bears! Bears! Bears!, Bob Barner
Carry and Learn Colors, Sarah G. Ward
Chick ‘n’ Pug, Jennifer Sattler
Cindy Moo, Lori Mortensen & Jeff Mack
Clifford the Small Red Puppy board books,
Norman Bridwell
Don’t Worry Bear, Greg Foley
Counting Dogs, Eric Barclay
Duck & Goose Colors, Tad Hills
Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed, Eileen Christelow
Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart,
Mary Ann Hoberman & Michael Emberley
Giggle!, Caroline Jayne Church
Good Luck Bear, Greg Foley
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site,
Sherri Duskey Rinker & Tom Lichtenheld
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Here Comes Destructosaurus!, Aaron Reynolds &
Jeremy Tankard
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How Do Dinosaurs series, Jane Yolen & Mark Teague
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Let’s Get Dressed!, Caroline Jayne Church
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This Little Piggy: A Fingers & Toes Nursery Rhyme Book,
Natalie Marshall
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We Belong Together, Joyce Wan
Where’s Ellie?: A Hide-and-Seek Book, Salina Yoon
If Animals Kissed Goodnight, Ann Whitford Paul &
David Walker
Little Scholastic: Please and Thank You, Jill Ackerman
Little Scholastic: Welcome Summer, Jill Ackerman
Llama Llama series, Anna Dewdney
My Lucky Little Dragon, Joyce Wan
Ninja, Ninja, Never Stop!, Todd Tuell & Tad Carpenter
One Drowsy Dragon, Ethan Long
Otis series, Loren Long
Peep and Ducky, David Martin & David Walker
Piggy Paints, Jim Benton
The Pout-Pout Fish, Deborah Diesen & Dan Hanna
Rain, Rain, Go Away, Caroline Jayne Church
Roar, Roar, Baby!, Karen Katz
Shoe-La-La!, Karen Beaumont & LeUyen Pham
Ten Tiny Toes, Caroline Jayne Church
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2015 SUMMER READING BOOKLIST
AGES 3–5 (By Title, Author & Illustrator)
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All Kinds of Families!, Mary Ann Hoberman &
Marc Boutavant
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Bailey series, Harry Bliss
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Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss
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If Kids Ran the World, Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon
Bugs in My Hair!, David Shannon
Chu’s Day, Neil Gaiman & Adam Rex
Clifford the Big Red Dog series, Norman Bridwell
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Journey, Aaron Becker
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Me…Jane, Patrick McDonnell
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No, David!, David Shannon
The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
Digger, Dozer, Dumper, Hope Vestergaard & David Slonim
Dragons Love Tacos, Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?, Mo Willems
Emeraldalicious, Victoria Kann
Glamourpuss, Sarah Weeks & David Small
Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears, Corey Rosen Schwartz,
Beth Coulton & Nate Wragg
The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Hi Koo!, Jon J Muth
Hot Rod Hamster series, Cynthia Lord & Derek Anderson
How Big Were Dinosaurs?, Lita Judge
I Got the Rhythm, Connie Schofield-Morrison &
Frank Morrison
If You Take a Mouse to School, Laura Numeroff &
Felicia Bond
Kindergarten Rocks!, Katie Davis
Ladybug Girl series, David Soman & Jacky Davis
Let’s Count to 100!, Masayuki Sebe
Lola at the Library, Anna McQuinn & Rosalind Beardshaw
Maria Had a Little Llama/María Tenía Una Llamita,
Angela Dominguez
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Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure, Derek Anderson
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Tony Baloney series, Pam Muñoz Ryan &
Edwin Fotheringham
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Train, Elisha Cooper
Memoirs of a Goldfish, Devin Scillian & Tim Bowers
Meow Said the Cow, Emma Dodd
Mighty Dads, Joan Holub & James Dean
The Max Spaniel series, David Catrow
This Is Not My Hat, Jon Klassen
Stuck, Oliver Jeffers
Superworm, Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
The There Was an Old Lady… series, Lucille Colandro &
Jared Lee
The Watermelon Seed, Greg Pizzoli
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, Peter Brown
My Five Senses, Aliki
My Grandfather’s Coat, Jim Aylesworth &
Barbara McClintock
Pete the Cat series, Eric Litwin & James Dean
Please, Mr. Panda, Steve Antony
Rooster’s Off to See the World, Eric Carle
Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan
Shark vs. Train, Chris Barton & Tom Lichtenheld
The Sky is Falling!, Mark Teague
The Snail and the Whale, Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
The Snatchabook, Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty
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2015 SUMMER READING BOOKLIST
AGES 6–7 (By Title, Author & Illustrator)
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Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti,
Gerald McDermott
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Battle Bunny, Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett & Matthew Myers
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Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems, Paul B. Janeczko &
Melissa Sweet
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The Flat Stanley series, Jeff Brown & Macky Pamintuan
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I SPY series, Jean Marzollo & Walter Wick
Beatrice’s Goat, Page McBrier & Lori Lohstoeter
The Black Lagoon series, Mike Thaler & Jared Lee
The Book with No Pictures, B.J. Novak
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Ice Cream Summer, Peter Sís
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Jackie Robinson: American Hero, Sharon Robinson
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Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life,
Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm
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Locomotive, Brian Floca
Clark the Shark: Tooth Trouble, Bruce Hale & Guy Francis
Coral Reefs, Jason Chin
Creepy Carrots!, Aaron Reynolds & Peter Brown
The Diary of a… series, Doreen Cronin & Harry Bliss
Every Thing On It: Poems and Drawings, Shel Silverstein
Exclamation Mark, Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld
Extra Yarn, Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen
Family Pictures/Cuadros de familia, Carmen Lomas Garza
The Fancy Nancy series, Jane O’Connor &
Robin Preiss Glasser
The Fly Guy series, Tedd Arnold
Fly Guy Presents series, Tedd Arnold
Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon, Patty Lovell & David Catrow
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground
Railroad, Ellen Levine & Kadir Nelson
If You Decide to Go to the Moon, Faith McNulty &
Steven Kellogg
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The Pain and the Great One, Judy Blume
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Ricky Ricotta series, Dav Pilkey & Dan Santat
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Rubia & the Three Osos, Susan Middleton Elya &
Melissa Sweet
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Scholastic Discover More: See Me Grow,
Penelope Arlon
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Splat the Cat series, Rob Scotton
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Stink series, Megan McDonald
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What If You Had Animal Teeth?, Sandra Markle &
Howard McWilliam
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Winter’s Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to
Swim Again, Craig Hatkoff, Juliana Hatkoff &
Isabella Hatkoff
The Junie B. Jones series, Barbara Park & Denise Brunkus
Little Rhino: My New Team, Ryan Howard, Krystle Howard &
Erwin Madrid
Lon Po Po, Ed Young
The Magic School Bus series, Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport & Bryan Collier
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National Geographic Kids™: Weather, Kristin Baird Rattini
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Nugget and Fang: Friends Forever—Or Snack Time?,
Tammi Sauer & Michael Slack
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One Cool Friend, Toni Buzzeo & David Small
Nelson Mandela, Kadir Nelson
Nic Bishop Snakes, Nic Bishop
Niño Wrestles the World, Yuyi Morales
The Notebook of Doom series (Branches Early Chapter Books),
Troy Cummings
Race the Wild series, Kristin Earhart
Rainbow Magic series, Daisy Meadows
Ranger in Time #1: Rescue on the Oregon Trail,
Kate Messner & Kelley McMorris
Ron’s Big Mission, Rose Blue, Corinne Naden &
Don Tate
A Stick is an Excellent Thing: Poems Celebrating Outdoor
Play, Marilyn Singer & LeUyen Pham
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo,
Monica Brown & Rafael Lopez
Owl Diaries series (Branches Early Chapter Books),
Rebecca Elliott
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2015 SUMMER READING BOOKLIST
AGES 8–10 (By Title, Author & Illustrator)
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10 True Tales series, Allan Zullo
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Flora & Ulysses, Kate DiCamillo & K.G. Campbell
100 Most Feared Creatures on the Planet, Anna Claybourne
11 Birthdays, Wendy Mass
The 39 Clues series, Various Authors
The Baby-sitters Club series, Ann M. Martin
Bad Kitty series, Nick Bruel
Beneath, Roland Smith
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Big Nate series, Lincoln Peirce
Captain Underpants series, Dav Pilkey
Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett
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Infinity Ring series, Various Authors
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National Geographic: Our Country’s Presidents,
Ann Bausum
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Neon Aliens Ate My Homework: And Other Poems,
Nick Cannon, Art Mobb, caliFAWNia, Captain Kris, MAST,
Mike P, Morf & Queen Andrea
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The New Kid on the Block, Jack Prelutsky & James Stevenson
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Plunked, Michael Northrop
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Drones: From Insect Spy Drones to Bomber Drones,
Scholastic & Martin J. Dougherty
Fudge series, Judy Blume
Geronimo Stilton series, Geronimo Stilton
Goosebumps series, R.L. Stine
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A Handful of Stars, Cynthia Lord
The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling
Honey, Sarah Weeks
How to Speak Dolphin, Ginny Rorby
I Am… series, Grace Norwich
I Survived series, Lauren Tarshis
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I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters,
Lauren Tarshis FA
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Inside Out & Back Again, Thanhha Lai
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
Judy Moody series, Megan McDonald & Peter H. Reynolds
Kinda Like Brothers, Coe Booth
Loot, Jude Watson
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A Snicker of Magic, Natalie Lloyd
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TombQuest series, Michael Northrop
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We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s
March, Cynthia Levinson
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Whatever After series, Sarah Mlynowski
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Who Would Win? series, Jerry Pallotta & Rob Bolster
Millicent Min, Girl Genius, Lisa Yee
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: The SeaQuel, Mo O’Hara &
Marek Jagucki
Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures,
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Scholastic Discover More: Ancient Egypt, Penelope Arlon
Scholastic Discover More: Explorers, Penelope Arlon
Sidekicks, Dan Santat
Spirit Animals series, Various Authors
Star Wars: Jedi Academy series, Jeffrey Brown
Starring Jules series, Beth Ain
Sugar, Jewell Parker Rhodes
Swindle series, Gordon Korman
Tales of Famous Animals, Peter Roop, Connie Roop &
Zachary Pullen
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While You Were Sleeping (Fun Facts), Steve Murrie &
Matthew Murrie
Wonder, R.J. Palacio
The Year of Billy Miller, Kevin Henkes
The Yeti Files: Meet the Bigfeet, Kevin Sherry
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What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the
Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy
Crazy!, Barbara Kerley & Edwin Fotheringham
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down,
Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney
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The Way Home Looks Now, Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Sisters, Raina Telgemeier
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2015 SUMMER READING BOOKLIST
AGES 11–13 (By Title, Author & Illustrator)
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All the Wrong Questions series, Lemony Snicket
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The Amulet series, Kazu Kibuishi
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia
Earhart, Candace Fleming
The Ascendance trilogy, Jennifer A. Nielsen
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917,
Sally M. Walker
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The Bone series, Jeff Smith
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Confetti Girl, Diana Lopez
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The Finisher, David Baldacci
Cardboard, Doug TenNapel
Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith,
Deborah Heiligman
Dear Dumb Diary series, Jim Benton
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Jeff Kinney
Dork Diaries series, Rachel Renée Russell
Drawing from Memory, Allen Say
The Dumbest Idea Ever!, Jimmy Gownley
Echo, Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising, Pam Muñoz Ryan
Ever After High series, Shannon Hale
Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions,
and Debates, Jill Rubalcaba & Peter Robertshaw
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front
Lines of the Civil Rights Movement, Ann Bausum
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Gaby, Lost and Found, Angela Cervantes
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The Giant and How He Humbugged America, Jim Murphy
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My Secret Guide to Paris, Lisa Schroeder
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Okay for Now, Gary D. Schmidt
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Ghosts in the Fog: The Untold Story of Alaska’s WWII
Invasion, Samantha Seiple
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean
The Great Greene Heist, Varian Johnson
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, Wendy Wan-Long Shang
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Heat, Mike Lupica
The Honest Truth, Dan Gemeinhart
The Hypnotists series, Gordon Korman
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Icefall, Matthew J. Kirby
Into the Killing Seas, Michael P. Spradlin
The Last Dragon Chronicles series, Chris d’Lacey
Lawless, Jeffrey Salane
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One Crazy Summer, Rita Williams-Garcia
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A Thunderous Whisper, Christina Diaz Gonzalez
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The Underland Chronicles series, Suzanne Collins
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Wings of Fire series, Tui T. Sutherland
The Madman of Piney Woods, Christopher Paul Curtis
Magisterium: Iron Trial, Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
Mark of the Thief, Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg,
Rodman Philbrick
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured
the World’s Most Notorious Nazi, Neal Bascomb
The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate
The Origami Yoda series, Tom Angleberger
Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, Rick Riordan
Pieces and Players, Blue Balliett
The Sixties trilogy: Countdown, Deborah Wiles
Rules, Cynthia Lord
Scholastic Discover More: Ocean and Sea, Steve Parker
Seeds of America trilogy, Laurie Halse Anderson
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of
Independence, Dennis Brindell Fradin & Michael McCurdy
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, Deborah Hopkinson
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi
Tyme #1: Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel,
Megan Morrison
Ungifted, Gordon Korman
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963,
Christopher Paul Curtis
Woof, Spencer Quinn
Words in the Dust, Trent Reedy
Zach’s Lie, Roland Smith
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Waterfire Saga series, Jennifer Donnelly
One Came Home, Amy Timberlake
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YOUNG ADULT (By Title, Author & Illustrator)
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,
Sherman Alexie
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American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang
The Bluford High series, Paul Langan
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most
Dangerous Weapon, Steve Sheinkin
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Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big
Business—and Won!, Emily Arnold McCully
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If I Stay, Gayle Forman
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The Legend trilogy, Marie Lu
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The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure,
Heroism & Treachery, Steve Sheinkin
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Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie,
Barbara Goldsmith
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Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff
Inhuman, Kat Falls
The Kidney Hypothetical: Or How To Ruin Your Life in
Seven Days, Lisa Yee
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The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival,
Marcel Prins, Peter Henk Steenhuis & Laura Watkinson
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“The President Has Been Shot!”: The Assassination of
John F. Kennedy, James L. Swanson
The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer
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The Raven Boys series, Maggie Stiefvater
Battle Magic, Tamora Pierce
Better Off Friends, Elizabeth Eulberg
Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
Can’t Look Away, Donna Cooner
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, James L. Swanson
The Darkest Path, Jeff Hirsch
The Divergent trilogy, Veronica Roth
The Divided We Fall trilogy, Trent Reedy
Embassy Row series, Ally Carter
Endangered, Eliot Schrefer
Fangirl: A Novel, Rainbow Rowell
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
The Freedom Summer Murders, Don Mitchell
The Geography of You and Me, Jennifer E. Smith
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The Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers, Steve Sheinkin
The Lunar Chronicles series, Marissa Meyer
Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer, Katie Alender
The Maze Runner trilogy, James Dashner
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,
Ransom Riggs
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano, Sonia Manzano
Rook, Sharon Cameron
The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater
The Selection series, Kiera Cass
Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi
The Sin Eater’s Daughter, Melinda Salisbury
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
Sunrise Over Fallujah, Walter Dean Myers
Trapped, Michael Northrop
What I Saw and How I Lied, Judy Blundell
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to
Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way),
Sue Macy
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek, Maya Van
Wagenen
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Waterfire Saga series, Jennifer Donnelly
Pinned, Sharon G. Flake
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