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1984
by George Orwell
Ace of Spades
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
A Court of Frost and Starlight
by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Silver Flames
by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Wings and Ruin
by Sarah J. Maas
A Crystal of Time
by Soman Chainani
A Curse for True Love
by Stephanie Garber
Afternoon on the Amazon
by Mary Pope Osborne
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson
A Grimm Warning
by Chris Colfer
A is for Activist
by Innosanto Nagara
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
A Light in the Flame
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
All American Boys
by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely
All Are Welcome
by Alexandra Penfold
All Boys Aren't Blue
by George M. Johnson
Allegiant
by Veronica Roth
Allies
by Alan Gratz
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
An Author's Odyssey
by Chris Colfer
And Tango Makes Three
by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell
An Ember in the Ashes
by Sabaa Tahir
Antiracist Baby
by Ibram X. Kendi
A Reaper at the Gates
by Sabaa Tahir
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
Aru Shah and the City of Gold
by Roshani Chokshi
Aru Shah and the End of Time
by Roshani Chokshi
Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality
by Roshani Chokshi
Aru Shah and the Song of Death
by Roshani Chokshi
Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
by Roshani Chokshi
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket
A Shadow in the Ember
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
A Sky Beyond the Storm
by Sabaa Tahir
A Tale of Two Kitties
by Dav Pilkey
A Torch Against the Night
by Sabaa Tahir
A World Without Princes
by Soman Chainani
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
Best Friends
by Shannon Hale
Beyond the Kingdoms
by Chris Colfer
Big Jim Begins
by Dav Pilkey
Big Shot
by Jeff Kinney
Bloodmarked
by Tracy Deonn
Blubber
by Judy Blume
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Brawl of the Wild
by Dav Pilkey
Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Burned
by Ellen Hopkins
Cabin Fever
by Jeff Kinney
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman
by Dav Pilkey
Caraval
by Stephanie Garber
Carrie
by Stephen King
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
by Tomi Adeyemi
City of Ashes
by Cassandra Clare
City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare
City of Fallen Angels
by Cassandra Clare
City of Glass
by Cassandra Clare
City of Heavenly Fire
by Cassandra Clare
City of Lost Souls
by Cassandra Clare
Class Act
by Jerry Craft
Claudia and Mean Janine
by Raina Telgemeier
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Crank
by Ellen Hopkins
Crooked Kingdom
by Leigh Bardugo
Crown of Midnight
by Sarah J. Maas
Darkness of Dragons
by Tui T. Sutherland
Deenie
by Judy Blume
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney
Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne
Diper Överlöde
by Jeff Kinney
Divergent
by Veronica Roth
Dog Days
by Jeff Kinney
Dog Man
by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man and Cat Kid
by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man Unleashed
by Dav Pilkey
Dolphins at Daybreak
by Mary Pope Osborne
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
by Mo Willems
Double Down
by Jeff Kinney
Drama
by Raina Telgemeier
Drum Dream Girl
by Margarita Engle
Eclipse
by Stephenie Meyer
Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell
Empire of Storms
by Sarah J. Maas
Escape from Lucien
by Kazu Kibuishi
Escaping Peril
by Tui T. Sutherland
Esperanza Rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Everblaze
by Shannon Messenger
Exile
by Shannon Messenger
Fetch-22
by Dav Pilkey
Firelight
by Kazu Kibuishi
Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Flamer
by Mike Curato
Flashback
by Shannon Messenger
Flora & Ulysses
by Kate DiCamillo
Forever
by Judy Blume
For Whom the Ball Rolls
by Dav Pilkey
Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros
Fox in Socks
by Dr. Seuss
Freewater
by Amina Luqman-Dawson
From Blood and Ash
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Front Desk
by Kelly Yang
Gender Queer
by Maia Kobabe
Ghost
by Jason Reynolds
Ghost Boys
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ghosts
by Raina Telgemeier
Ghost Town at Sundown
by Mary Pope Osborne
Glass
by Ellen Hopkins
Go Ask Alice
by Anonymous
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
Grenade
by Alan Gratz
Grime and Punishment
by Dav Pilkey
Ground Zero
by Alan Gratz
Guts
by Raina Telgemeier
Hair Love
by Matthew A. Cherry
Hard Luck
by Jeff Kinney
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Heartstopper: Volume 1
by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper: Volume 2
by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper: Volume 3
by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper: Volume 4
by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper: Volume 5
by Alice Oseman
Heather Has Two Mommies
by Lesléa Newman
Heir of Fire
by Sarah J. Maas
Holes
by Louis Sachar
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
by Jessica Townsend
Hop on Pop
by Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who!
by Dr. Seuss
Hot Mess
by Jeff Kinney
House of Earth and Blood
by Sarah J. Maas
House of Flame and Shadow
by Sarah J. Maas
House of Roots and Ruin
by Erin A. Craig
House of Salt and Sorrows
by Erin A. Craig
House of Sky and Breath
by Sarah J. Maas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
by Dr. Seuss
I Am Enough
by Grace Byers
I Am Invited to a Party!
by Mo Willems
I Am Jazz
by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings
Identical
by Ellen Hopkins
Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell
Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhha Lai
Insurgent
by Veronica Roth
Introducing Teddy
by Jessica Walton
Iron Flame
by Rebecca Yarros
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
It
by Stephen King
It Ends with Us
by Colleen Hoover
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
Julian Is a Mermaid
by Jessica Love
Keeper of the Lost Cities
by Shannon Messenger
Kingdom of Ash
by Sarah J. Maas
King & King
by Linda de Haan & Stern Nijland
King of Scars
by Leigh Bardugo
Knuffle Bunny
by Mo Willems
Kristy's Great Idea
by Raina Telgemeier
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña
Legacy
by Shannon Messenger
Legendborn
by Tracy Deonn
Lodestar
by Shannon Messenger
Looking for Alaska
by John Green
Lord of the Fleas
by Dav Pilkey
Lu
by Jason Reynolds
Mae Among the Stars
by Roda Ahmed
Mary Anne Saves the Day
by Raina Telgemeier
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
Maze Runner
by James Dashner
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
by Jesse Andrews
Melissa (George)
by Alex Gino
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
by Pedro Martín
Midnight on the Moon
by Mary Pope Osborne
Midnight Sun
by Stephenie Meyer
Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins
Moon Rising
by Tui T. Sutherland
Mothering Heights
by Dav Pilkey
Mummies in the Morning
by Mary Pope Osborne
My Friend Is Sad
by Mo Willems
My Name Is Yoon
by Helen Recorvits
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
by Jessica Townsend
Neverseen
by Shannon Messenger
New Kid
by Jerry Craft
New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer
Nightfall
by Shannon Messenger
Night of the Ninjas
by Mary Pope Osborne
Nimona
by ND Stevenson
No Brainer
by Jeff Kinney
November 9
by Colleen Hoover
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
by Dr. Seuss
Old School
by Jeff Kinney
Once Upon a Broken Heart
by Stephanie Garber
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss
One of Us Is Lying
by Karen M. McManus
One of Us Is Next
by Karen M. McManus
One True King
by Soman Chainani
Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga
Out of My Mind
by Sharon M. Draper
Paper Towns
by John Green
Patina
by Jason Reynolds
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
by Eric Litwin
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
by Eric Litwin
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes
by Eric Litwin
Pete the Cat Saves Christmas
by James Dean
Pet Sematary
by Stephen King
Pirates Past Noon
by Mary Pope Osborne
by Katherine Applegate
Prince Caspian
by C.S. Lewis
Prince & Knight
by Daniel Haack
Prince of the Elves
by Kazu Kibuishi
Queen of Shadows
by Sarah J. Maas
Quests for Glory
by Soman Chainani
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe
Real Friends
by Shannon Hale
Red: A Crayon's Story
by Michael Hall
Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston
Refugee
by Alan Gratz
Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinney
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
Room to Dream
by Kelly Yang
Ruin and Rising
by Leigh Bardugo
Rule of Wolves
by Leigh Bardugo
Separate Is Never Equal
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Shadow and Bone
by Leigh Bardugo
Shatter Me
by Tahereh Mafi
Siege and Storm
by Leigh Bardugo
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
by Becky Albertalli
Sisters
by Raina Telgemeier
Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo
Skandar and the Chaos Trials
by A.F. Steadman
Skandar and the Phantom Rider
by A.F. Steadman
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
by A.F. Steadman
Smile
by Raina Telgemeier
Sold
by Patricia McCormick
Something Happened in Our Town
by Marianne Celano
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
Sulwe
by Lupita Nyong'o
Sunny
by Jason Reynolds
Sunset of the Sabertooth
by Mary Pope Osborne
Superfudge
by Judy Blume
Supernova
by Kazu Kibuishi
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume
Talons of Power
by Tui T. Sutherland
The 5th Wave
by Rick Yancey
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey
The Arabic Quilt
by Aya Khalil
The Austere Academy
by Lemony Snicket
The Ballad of Never After
by Stephanie Garber
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins
The Battle of the Labyrinth
by Rick Riordan
The BFG
by Roald Dahl
The Blood of Olympus
by Rick Riordan
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
The Brightest Night
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Burning Maze
by Rick Riordan
The Carnivorous Carnival
by Lemony Snicket
The Cartoonists Club
by Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
by Dr. Seuss
The Chalice of the Gods
by Rick Riordan
The Cloud Searchers
by Kazu Kibuishi
The Colors of Us
by Karen Katz
The Cousins
by Karen M. McManus
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
The Crown of Gilded Bones
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Cruel Prince
by Holly Black
The Dangerous Gift
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Dark Prophecy
by Rick Riordan
The Dark Secret
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Day You Begin
by Jacqueline Woodson
The Death Cure
by James Dashner
The Deep End
by Jeff Kinney
The Dragonet Prophecy
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Enchantress Returns
by Chris Colfer
The End
by Lemony Snicket
The Ersatz Elevator
by Lemony Snicket
The Eyes and the Impossible
by Dave Eggers
The Family Book
by Todd Parr
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
The Final Gambit
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Flames of Hope
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Getaway
by Jeff Kinney
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
The Grim Grotto
by Lemony Snicket
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
The Hand on the Wall
by Maureen Johnson
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
The Hawthorne Legacy
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Hidden Kingdom
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Hidden Oracle
by Rick Riordan
The Hidden Witch
by Molly Knox Ostertag
The Hive Queen
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Hostile Hospital
by Lemony Snicket
The House in the Cerulean Sea
by TJ Klune
The House of Hades
by Rick Riordan
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
The Infinite Sea
by Rick Yancey
The Inheritance Games
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Kill Order
by James Dashner
The Knight at Dawn
by Mary Pope Osborne
The Last Council
by Kazu Kibuishi
The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera
The Last Ever After
by Soman Chainani
The Last Olympian
by Rick Riordan
The Last Star
by Rick Yancey
The Last Straw
by Jeff Kinney
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
The Long Haul
by Jeff Kinney
The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss
The Lost Continent
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Lost Heir
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Lost Hero
by Rick Riordan
The Magician's Nephew
by C.S. Lewis
The Mark of Athena
by Rick Riordan
The Meltdown
by Jeff Kinney
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo
The Miserable Mill
by Lemony Snicket
Then Again, Maybe I Won't
by Judy Blume
The Name Jar
by Yangsook Choi
The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
The Penultimate Peril
by Lemony Snicket
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
The Poison Jungle
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Proudest Blue
by Ibtihaj Muhammad
The Queen of Nothing
by Holly Black
There Is a Bird On Your Head!
by Mo Willems
The Reptile Room
by Lemony Snicket
The Scarlet Shedder
by Dav Pilkey
The School for Good and Evil
by Soman Chainani
The Scorch Trials
by James Dashner
The Sea of Monsters
by Rick Riordan
The Serpent and the Wings of Night
by Carissa Broadbent
The Shining
by Stephen King
The Skin You Live In
by Michael Tyler
The Slippery Slope
by Lemony Snicket
The Sneetches and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss
The Son of Neptune
by Rick Riordan
The Stonekeeper
by Kazu Kibuishi
The Stonekeeper's Curse
by Kazu Kibuishi
The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
The Third Wheel
by Jeff Kinney
The Titan's Curse
by Rick Riordan
The Tower of Nero
by Rick Riordan
The Truth About Stacey
by Raina Telgemeier
The Tyrant's Tomb
by Rick Riordan
The Ugly Truth
by Jeff Kinney
The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles
by Michelle Cuevas
The Undefeated
by Kwame Alexander
The Vanishing Stair
by Maureen Johnson
The Vile Village
by Lemony Snicket
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C.S. Lewis
The War of Two Queens
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Wicked King
by Holly Black
The Wide Window
by Lemony Snicket
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
by Various
The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
The Wild Robot Escapes
by Peter Brown
The Wild Robot Protects
by Peter Brown
The Wishing Spell
by Chris Colfer
The Witch Boy
by Molly Knox Ostertag
The Witches
by Roald Dahl
They Both Die at the End
by Adam Silvera
Thirteen Reasons Why
by Jay Asher
This Day in June
by Gayle E. Pitman
Three Keys
by Kelly Yang
Throne of Glass
by Sarah J. Maas
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Too Bright to See
by Kyle Lukoff
Tower of Dawn
by Sarah J. Maas
Tricks
by Ellen Hopkins
Truly Devious
by Maureen Johnson
Turtles All the Way Down
by John Green
Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
by Dav Pilkey
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
Two Can Keep a Secret
by Karen M. McManus
Ugly Love
by Colleen Hoover
Uncle Bobby's Wedding
by Sarah S. Brannen
Under the Whispering Door
by TJ Klune
Unlocked
by Shannon Messenger
Verity
by Colleen Hoover
We're Different, We're the Same
by Bobbi Kates
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
When Aidan Became a Brother
by Kyle Lukoff
When You Trap a Tiger
by Tae Keller
Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
by Janet Pascal
Who Was Albert Einstein?
by Jess Brallier
Who Was Anne Frank?
by Ann Abramson
Who Was George Washington?
by Roberta Edwards
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
by Bonnie Bader
Who Was Rosa Parks?
by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Winter Turning
by Tui T. Sutherland
Wishtree
by Katherine Applegate
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
Worlds Collide
by Chris Colfer
Wrath of the Triple Goddess
by Rick Riordan
Wrecking Ball
by Jeff Kinney
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
by Jessica Townsend
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