Middle School Approved Literature List by Title Title...
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101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids, The Ultimate
Handbook (BOE approved April 2014)Fonseca, Christina 6
2001: A Space Odyssey Clarke, Arthur 6
2002: A Space Odyssey Clarke, Arthur 6
2061: Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur 6
79-Squares Bosse, Malcolm 6
A Night to Remember Lord, Waler 6
Abby My Love Irwin, Hadley 6
Abe Lincoln Grows Up Sandburg, Carl 6
Absolutely Almost (BOE approved Nov 2015) Graff, Lisa 6
Accident, The Strasser, Todd 6
Acids and Bases Baldwin, Carol 8
Acorn People Jones, Ron 6
Across China Jenkins, Peter 8
Adam of the Road Grey, Elizabeth Jane 6
Adrift:Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea Callahan, Steven 6
Adventures of Johnny May Branscum, Robbie 6
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Author Conan 6
Adventures of Tom Sawyer* Twain, Mark 6
Adventures of Ulysses Evslin, Benard 6
African Folktales Abrahams, Roger 8
African Poison Murders Huxley, Elspeth 8
After the Bomb Miklowitz, Gloria 6
After the Bomb: Week One Miklowitz, Gloria 6
After the Dancing Days Rostkowski, Margaret 6
Middle School Approved Literature List by Title
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After the First Death* Cormier, Robert 6
After the Rain Mazer, Norma Fox 6
Aleutian Sparrow Hesse, Karen 6
All Creatures Great & Small* Herriot, James 6
Amazing and Death Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman Zindel, Paul 6
America’s History Bernstein, Vivian 8
America’s Story Bernstein, Vivian 8
An End to Perfect Newton, Suzanne 6
Anastasia Again Lowry, Lois 6
Anastasia Ask Your Analyst Lowry, Lois 6
Anastasia At Your Service Lowry, Lois 6
Anastasia Has the Answers Lowry, Lois 6
Anastasia on Her Own Lowry, Lois 6
Anastasia's Chosen Career Lowry, Lois 6
Ancient ChinaDeady, Kathleen W.
DuBois, Muriel L. DuBois6
Ancient Egypt Deady, Kathleen W. 6
Ancient Greece Covert, Kim 6
Ancient One, The Baron, T.A. 6
Ancient Rome DuBois, Muriel L. 6
And Both Were Young L'Engle, Madeleine 6
And One For All Nelson, Theresa 6
And Then There Were None* Christie, Agatha 6
Animal Farm* (BOE approved October 2013) Orwell, George 7
Anna to the Infinite Power Ames, Mildred 6
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Anne Frank Remembered Gies, Miep 6
Anne Frank:Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Ann 6
Annie John Kincaid, Jamaica 6
Anything To Win Miklowitz, Gloria 6
April Morning* Fast, Howard 8
Archer's Goon Jones, Diana Wynne 6
Arm of the Starfish L'Engle, Madeleine 6
Art of Keeping Cool, The Lisle, Janet Taylor 7
Ask Me No Questions Schlee, Ann 6
Atami Dragons Klass, David 6
Athletic Shorts Crutcher, Chris 8
Back Home Magorian, Michelle 6
Badger On the Barge Howker, Janni 6
Bagthorpes Abroad Cresswell, Helen 6
Bagthorpes Haunted Cresswell, Helen 6
Bagthorpes Unlimited Cresswell, Helen 6
Bagthorpes Vs the World Cresswell, Helen 6
Banner In the Sky Ullman, James Ramsey 6
Bathing Ugly Busselle, Rebecca 6
Battle Off Midway Island Taylor, Theodore 6
Beauty:Retelling of Beauty & the Beast McKinley, Robin 6
Because of Mr. Terupt (BOE Approved April 2014) Buyea, Rob 6
Begger Queen Alexander, Lloyd 6
Begonia for Miss Applebaum, A Zindel,Paul 6
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Best Little Girl in the World Levenkron, Steven 6
Best of Friends, The Rostkowski, Margaret 6
Beyond Safe Boundaries Sacks, Margaret 6
Beyond the Burning Lands Christopher, John 6
Beyond the Chocolate War Cormier, Robert 6
Beyond the Divide Lasky, Kathryn 6
Bible As History Keller, Werner 8
Bigger Book of Lydia Willey, Margaret 6
Black Cauldron Alexander, Lloyd 6
Blitzcat Westall, Robert 6
Blood & Thunder Adventures On Hurrican Peak Mahy, Margaret 6
Blue Sword McKinley, Robin 6
Blue-Eyed Daisy Rylant, Cynthia 6
Boat to No Where, A Wartski, Maureen Crane 6
Book of Three Alexander, Lloyd 6
Book Thief, The (BOE Approved Oct 2012) Zusak, Markus 7
Born Free Adamson, Joy 6
Born Into Light Jacobs, Paul Samuel 6
Borrowed Children Lyon, George 6
Boundary Waters Nichols, James 6
Boy in the Off White Hat Hall, Lynn 6
Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The (BOE Approved Oct 2012) Boyne, John 7
Boy Who Reversed Himself, The Sleator, William 6
Boy: Tales of Childhood (BOE Approved October 2013) Dahl, Roald 6
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Brocaded Slipper and Other Vietnamese Tales, The Vuong, Lynette Dyer 6
Brown Waters, Black Berets Cutler, Thomas 8
Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher 6
Buddies Park, Barbara 6
Buffalo Brenda Pinkwater, Jill 6
Building Blocks Voigt, Cynthia 6
Bumblebee Flies Anyway Cormier, Robert 6
Bystander (BOE Approved April 2015) Preller, James 6
Cage, The Sander, R. 6
Cages of Glass, Flowers of Time Culin, Charlotte 6
Cal Cameron By Day, Spiderman By Night Canon, A. E. 6
Call of the Wild London, Jack 6
Camilla L'Engle, Madeleine 6
Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? Danziger, Paula 6
Canyons Paulson, Gary 6
Carrie King, Stephen 6
Case of the Baker Street Irregular Newman, Robert 6
Castle Life in the Middle Ages (book2web)Eileen Giuffre Cotton, Carole
F. Stice, Phoebe Carroll7
Castle of Llyr Alexander, Lloyd 6
Catalogue of the Universe Mahy, Margaret 6
Catherine, Called Birdy Cushman, Karen 6
Ceremony of Innocence Highwater, Jamake 6
Changeover Mahy, Margaret 6
Chapters: My Growth as a Writer Duncan, Lois 6
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer (BOE Approved April 2013) Swanson, James L. 8
Cheaper by the Dozen Gilbreth, Frank 6
Chemical Reactions Baldwin, Carol 8
Children Of The River Crew, Linda 6
Children of the Wolf Yolen, Jane 6
Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies Roberts, Moss 8
Chinese Lives Zhang X, Sang Y 8
Chocolate War Cormier, Robert 6
Circle of Fire Hooks, William 6
City Not Long After, The Murphy, Pat 6
City of Gold & Lead Christopher, John 6
Class Pictures Sachs, Marilyn 6
Classification: From Mammals to Fungi Spilsbury, Louise and Richard 7
Close to the Edge Miklowitz, Gloria 6
Clouds Trueit, Trudi Strain 6
Clover Sanders, Dori 6
Cold Sassy Tree Burns, Olive 6
Come a Stranger Voigt, Cynthia 6
Coming About Clements, Bruce 6
Coming and Going Men Fleischman, Paul 6
Complete Tales and Poems Poe, Edgar Allan 6
Conjuring Summer In Ames, Mildred 6
Connections Gallo, Donald 7
Contender, The Lipsyte, Robert 8
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Cookcamp, The Paulsen, Gary 6
Courage Has No Color (BOE Approved April 2015) Stone, Tanya Lee 6
Cracker Jackson Byars, Betsy 6
Crazy Horse Electric Game, The Crutcher, Chris 6
Crazy Quilt Riley, Jocelyn 6
Creatures Townsend, John 6
Crispin Avi 6
Crossing Paulsen, Gary 6
Crumbling Earth: Erosion and Landslides Mary Closon 8
Crutches Hatling, Peter 6
Cuckoo Sister Alcock, Vivien 6
Curse of the Blue Figurine Bellairs, John 6
Dancing Carl Paulsen, Gary 6
Dark & Deadly Pool Nixon, Joan Lowry 6
Dark Behind the Curtain Cross, Gillian 6
Dark is Rising Cooper, Susan 6
Darkangel Pierce, Meredith 6
Daughters of Eve Duncan, Lois 6
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles 6
Day No Pigs Would Die Beck, Robert 6
Day the Senior Class Got Married Miklowitz, Gloria 6
Deadly Game of Magic Nixon, Joan Lowery 6
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam Edelman, Benard 6
Death Knell Wilde, Nicholas 6
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Death On The Nile Agatha, Christie 6
Deathwatch White, Robb 6
Deenie Blume, Judy 6
Deep Wizardry Duane, Diane 6
Define “Normal” Peters, Julie Anne 7
Demons, Gods & Holy Men - Indian Myths Husain, Shahrukh 8
Deryni Archives Kurtz, Katherine 6
Deryni Checkmate Kurtz, Katherine 6
Deryni Rising Kurtz, Katherine 6
Deserts Steele, Christy 6
Destiny Grove, Vicki 6
Devil's Arithmetic Yolen, Jane 6
Dicey's Song Voigt, Cynthia 6
Disappearance, The Guy, Rosa 6
Divorce Express, The Danziger, Paula 6
Doc Graber, Richard 6
Dogsbody Jones, Diana Wynne 6
Don't Look Behind You Duncan, Lois 6
Doolittle Raid, The Schultz Duane 8
Doomsday Plus Twelve Forman, James 6
Door in the Air, The Mahy, Margaret 6
Down a Dark Hall Duncan, Lois 6
Downriver Hobbs, Will 6
Downsiders Shusterman, Neal 7
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Downtown Mazer, Norma Fox 6
Downwind Moeri, Louise 6
Dr. Franklin’s Island Halam, Ann 7
Dr.Chill's Project Hoobler, Thomas 6
Dragondrums McCaffrey, Anne 6
Dragon's Blood Yolen, Jane 6
Dragons Dawn McCaffey, Anne 6
Dragons in the Waters L'Engle, Madeleine 6
Dragonsinger McCaffrey, Anne 6
Dragonsong McCaffrey, Anne 6
Dream Time Gascoigne, Toss 6
Duplicate, The Sleator, William 6
Durango Street Bonham, Frank 6
Earth Erupts Closon, Mary 8
Effect of Gamma Rays On..... Zindel, Paul 6
Egyptian Cinderella Climo, Shirley 6
Eight Plus One Cormier, Robert 6
Eighth Moon Lord, Bette Bao 6
El Dorado Adventure Alexander, Lloyd 6
Empire Of The Sun Ballard, J.G. 6
Empty Sleeve, The Garfield, Leon 6
Enders Game Card, Orson Scott 6
Endless Steppe, The Hautzig, Elizabeth 6
Erin McEwan Your Days Are Numbered Ritchie, Alan 6
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Escape from Warsaw Serraillier, Ian 6
Essential Gandhi: An Anthology, The Fischer, Louis 6
Eva: A Novel Dickerson, Peter 6
Everest: Book One: The Contest Korman, Gordon 6
Everest: Book Three: The Summit Korman, Gordon 6
Everest: Book Two: The Climb Korman, Gordon 6
Everlasting Hills, The Hunt, Irene 6
Every Living Thing Rylant, Cynthia 6
Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes Danziger, Paula 6
Executive Branch, The Smalley, Carol Parenzan 6
Face at the Edge of the World Bunting, Eve 6
Face the Music Corcoran, Barbara 6
Facts & Fictions of Minna Pratt, The MacLachlan, Patricia 6
Faery Flag, The Yolen, Jane 6
Fallen Angels Myers, W.D. 8
Fantastic Freshman Brittain, Bill 6
Far from Home Sebestyen, Ouida 6
Farthest Shore LeGuin, Ursula 6
Fat Girl Sachs, Marilyn 6
Father Figure Peck, Richard 6
Fell Back Kerr, M. E. 6
Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 8
Figure in the Shadows Bellairs, John 6
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye Lowry, Lois 6
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Finding David Dolores Willey, Margaret 6
Fire and Hemlock Jones, Diana Wynne 6
Fire In The Heart Murrow, Lisa Ketchum 6
Firegirl (BOE Approved April 2015) Abbott, Tony 6
First Light Stead, Rebecca 6
Fish in a Tree (BOE approved Nov 2015) Hunt, Lynda Mullaly 6
Flame Trees of Thika Huxley, Elspeth 6
Flame-Colored Taffeta Sutcliff, Rosemary 6
Flight of the Cassowary LeVert, John 6
Flip Flop Girl Paterson, Katherine 6
Flipped (BOE Approved April 2013) Van Draanen, Wendelin 7
Flyaway Hall, Lynn 6
Food Chains and Webs: From Producers to Decomposers Spilsbury, Louise and Richard 7
Football Dreams Guy, David 6
Forbidden City Bell, William 7
Forecasting William F. Schley 6
Forests Nelson, Julie 6
Formal Feeling, A Oneal, Zibby 6
Found (The Missing, Book 1) Haddix, Margaret Peterson 6
Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story (BOE Approved
October 2013)
Perl, Lila
Blumenthal Lazan, Marion6
Fourteen Sachs, Marilyn 6
Frank and Stein and Me Platt, Kin 6
Freak the Mighty Philbrick, Rodman 6
Freedom Songs Moore, Yvette 8
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Friedrich Richter, Hans Peter 6
Friends Till the End Strasser, Todd 6
Friends, The Guy, Rosa 6
Futuretrack 5 Westall, Robert 6
Gandhi Fischer, Louis 6
Gathering Blue Lowry, Lois 6
Gathering of Old Men, A Gaines, Ernest 6
Gem X (BOE Approved April 2012) Singer, Nicky 8
Gentlehands Kerr, M. E. 6
Ghost Belonged to Me Peck, Richard 6
Ghost Next Door St.John, Wylly Folk 6
Ghost of Now Nixon, Joan Lowery 6
Ghosts I Have Been Peck, Richard 6
Girl of His Dreams, The Mazer, Harry 6
Girl Who Wanted A Boy, The Zindel, Paul 6
Giver, The Lowry, Lois 6
Glory Field, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Myers, Walter Dean 8
Go Ask Alice Anonymous 6
Go Well, Stay Well Jones, Toeckey 6
Goats, The Cole, Brock 6
God, the Universe and Hot Fudge Sundaes Howe, Norma 6
Good Courage, A Tolan, Stephanie 6
Good Night, Mr. Tom Magorian, Michelle 6
Good Times Are Killing Me, The Barry, Lynda 6
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Goodbye and Keep Cold Davis, Jenny 6
Goodbye Mr. Chips Hilton, James 6
Goodbye Tomorrow Miklowitz, Gloria 6
Grace in the Wilderness Siegal, Aranka 6
Granny Was A Buffer Girl Doherty, Berlie 6
Grasslands Scheff, Duncan 6
Great Computer Dating Caper Bethancourt, T. Ernesto 6
Great Skinner Strike, The Tolan, Stephanie 6
Green Plants: From Roots to Leaves Spilsbury, Louise and Richard 7
Greenwitch Cooper, Susan 6
Grey King Cooper, Susan 6
Grey Whales Are Missing Thrush, Robin 6
Growing Season Carter, Alden R. 6
Guardian of Isis Hughes, Monica 6
Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and The Brian
BooksPaulsen, Gary 6
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood Conford, Ellen 6
Half Nelson, Full Nelson Stone, Bruce 6
Hanging Out With Cici Pascal, Francine 6
Harris and Me Paulsen, Gary 6
Harry & Hortense at Hormone High Zindel, Paul 6
Harry's Mad King-Smith, Dick 6
Haunted St. George, Judith 6
Haunting Mahy, Margaret 6
Haymeadow, The Paulsen, Gary 6
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Hazel Rye Cleaver, Vera and Bill 6
Heartbeat And Other Stories Sieruta, Peter 6
Heart's Blood Yolen, Jane 6
Here At The Scenic View Motel Wyss, Thelma 6
Hero Ain't Nothing But a Sandwich Childress, Alice 6
Hero and the Crown McKinley, Robin 6
Hero’s Trail: A Guide for a Heroic Life, The 2002 Barron, T. A. 6
Heroes & Monsters Of Greek Myths Evslin, Benard 6
Hidden Talents (BOE Approved April 2014) Lubar, David 6
Hide and Seek Vos, Ida 6
High Deryni Kurtz, Katherine 6
High King Alexander, Lloyd 6
High Voyage, The: The Final Crossing of Christopher
ColumbusLitowsky, Olga 7
Him She Loves Kerr, M.E. 6
Hiroshima Hersey, John 6
His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsot Carter, Dorothy Sharp 6
Hit and Run Phipson, Joan 6
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 6
Hobbit Tolkien, J. R. R. 6
Hold Fast (BOE Approved November 2014) Balliett, Blue 6
Holding Me Here Concord, Pam 6
Home Before Morning Van Devanter, Lynda 6
Homecoming Voigt, Cynthia 6
Homeless Bird Whelan, Gloria 7
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Honest Truth, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Gemeinhart, Dan 6
Hoops Myers, Walter Dean 6
Hope was Here Bauer, Joan 6
Horse to Remember Savitt, Sam 6
House of Dies Drear Hamilton, Virginia 6
House of Stairs Sleator, William 6
House of the Scorpion, The Farmer, Nancy 7
House With the Clock in its Walls Bellairs, John 6
How Angel Peterson Got His Name: And other outrageous
tales about extreme sports (BOE Approved October 2013)Paulsen, Gary 6
Howl's Moving Castle Jones, Diana Wynne 6
Hunger Scream Ruckman, Ivy 6
Hunter in the Dark Hughes, Monica 6
I Am Rosemarie Moskin, Marieta 6
I Am the Cheese Cormier, Robert 6
I Feel Like The Morning Star Maguire, Gregory 6
I Heard the Owl Call My Name Craven, Margaret 6
I Know What You Did Last Summer Duncan, Lois 6
I Never Loved Your Mind Zindel, Paul 6
I Wear the Morning Star Highwater, Jamake 6
I Will Call It Georgie's Blues Newton, Suzanne 6
Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Exepedition (BOE Approved November 2014)
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody 6
Illyrian Adventure Alexander, Lloyd 6
In Search Of Tutankhamun Ventura, Piero and Ceserani 6
In Summer Light Oneal, Zibby 6
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In the Beginning:Creation Stories From Around the World Hamilton, Virginia 6
Indian Tales and Legends Grey, J.E.M. 6
Interstellar Pig Sleator, William 6
Invincible Louisa Alcott, Louisa 6
Invincible Summer Ferris, Jean 6
Isaac Campion Howker, Janni 6
Isis Pedlar, The Hughes, Monica 6
Island Of Ogres Namioka, Lensey 6
Island on Bird Street Orlev, Uri 6
Island, The Paulsen, Gary 6
It's An Ardvark Eat Turtle World Danziger, Paula 6
It's Like This, Cat Neville, Emily Cheney 6
Izzy Willy Milly Voigt, Cynthia 6
Jackal's Head Peters, Elizabeth 6
Jackaroo: A Novel of the Kingdom Voigt, Cynthia 6
Jacob Have I Loved Paterson, Katherine 6
Japanese Tales and Legends McAlpine, Helen 6
Jason's Women Okimato, Jean Davies 6
Jim the Boy Earley, Tony 6
Jimmy D. Sidewinder and Me Salassi, Otto 6
Journey Back, The Reiss, Johanna 6
Journey Into War Donaldson, Margaret 6
Journey to An 800 Number Konigsburg, E. L. 6
Journey To Jo'burg Naidoo, Beverly 8
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Journey to the Center of the Earth Verne, Jules 6
Judicial Branch, The Smalley, Carol Parenzan 6
Julie of the Wolves George, Jean Craighead 6
Julie's Daughter Rodowsky, Colby F. 6
Jungle Book Kipling, Rudyard 6
Just One Friend Hall, Lynn 6
Kafir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age
In Apartheid South AfricaMathabane, Mark 6
Keeper of the Isis Light Hughes, Monica 6
Keeper, The Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 6
Kestral, The Alexander, Lloyd 6
Kidnapped Stevenson, Robert Louis 6
Killing Mr. Griffin Duncan, Lois 6
Killing Season Brenner, Barbara 6
Kim Kipling, Rudyard 6
Kindness Rylant, Cynthia 6
King of the Wind Henry, Marguerite 6
Kon Tiki Heyerdahl, Thor 6
Kumquat May, I'll Always Love You Grant, Cynthia 6
Language of Goldfish Oneal, Zibby 6
Last Manchu Pu Yi, Henry 6
Last Mission Mazer, Harry 6
Last of the Breed L'amour, Louis 7
Legend Days Highwater, Jamake 6
Legislative Branch, The Smalley, Carol Parenzan 6
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Let the Circle Be Unbroken Taylor, Mildred 6
Letter, The Witch, & the Ring Bellairs, John 6
Letting Go Hall, Lynn 6
Life Without Friends White, Ellen Emerson 6
Life.Is.Not.Fair. Bargar, Gary W. 6
Like Mother,Like Daughter Bauer, Marion 6
Limit, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Landon, Kristen 6
Lion In The Valley Peters, Elizabeth 6
Lisa Bright & Dark Neufeld, John 6
Little Love, A Hamilton, Virginia 6
Little Princess Burnett, Frances Hodgson 6
Little Women Alcott, Louisa May 6
Lives of Christopher Chant Jones, Diana Wynne 6
Living Up the Street Soto, Gary 6
Locked In Time Duncan, Lois 6
London Eye Mystery, The (BOE Approved November 2014) Dowd, Siobhan 6
Long Live The Queen White, Ellen Emerson 6
Long Walk to Water, A (BOE approved April 2014) Park, Linda Sue 6
Lord Valentine's Castle Silverberg, Robert 6
Lyddie Paterson, Katherine 6
Machine Gunners, The Westall, Robert 6
Machineries of Joy, The Bradbury, Ray 7
Magicians of Caprona Jones, Diana Wynne 6
Makra Choria Mayhar, Ardath 6
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Man in the Woods, The Wells, Rosemary 6
Man of the Family Moody, Ralph 6
Man Who Was Poe Avi 6
Many Waters L'Engle, Madeleine 6
Mara, Daughter of the Nile McGraw, Eloise 6
Marisol and Magdalena Chambers, Veronica 6
Mark of Conte Levitin, Sonia 6
Master Puppeteer Paterson, Katherine 6
Matilda Bone Cushman, Karen 7
Max + Me + the Time Machine Greer, Gery 6
May I Cross Your Golden River? Dixon, Paige 6
Maze Runner, The (BOE Approved October 2013) Dashner, James 6
Me and the Terrible Two Conford, Ellen 6
Meaning of Maggie, The (BOE Approved April 2015) Sovern, Megan Jean 6
Meantime, The MacKinnon, Bernard 6
Meet the Austins L'Engle, Madeleine 6
Memories of My Life in a Polish Village, 1930-1949 Fluek, Toby 6
Memory Mahy, Margaret 6
Men of Iron Pyle, Howard 6
Messenger Lowry, Lois 6
Metals Baldwin, Carol 8
Microlife: From Amoebas to Viruses Claybourne, Anna 7
Midnight Hour Encores Brooks, Bruce 6
Midnight Zone Woodward, John 6
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Million Dollar Jeans Roy, Ron 6
Mindscapes: Poems for the Real World Peck, Richard 6
Mixtures, Compounds and Solutions Baldwin, Carol 8
Monday, I Love You Greene, Constance C. 6
Monster Myers, Walter Dean 7
Moon and the Face McKillip, Patricia 6
Moon Over Manifest (BOE approved Nov 2015) Vanderpool, Clare 6
Moondial Cresswell, Helen 6
Moon-Flash McKillip, Patricia 6
Moonlight Man, The Fox, Paula 6
Mortal Engines Reeve, Philip 7
Mossflower Jacques, Brian 6
Mottled Lizard Huxley, Elspeth 6
Moves Make the Man, The Brooks, Bruce 6
Mr. Terupt Falls Again (BOE Approved April 2014) Buyea, Rob 6
Mrs. Fish, Ape & Me the Dump Queen Mazer, Norma Fox 6
Mummies Made In Egypt Aliki 6
Mummy Case Peters, Elizabeth 6
Murder for Her Majesty Hilgartner, Beth 6
Murder In A Pig's Eye Hall, Lynn 6
Music of Dolphins, The Hesse, Karen 6
Mustang: A Combat Marine Averill, Gerald 6
My Daniel Conrad, Pam 6
My Darling, My Hamburger Zindel, Paul 6
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My Hundred Children Kuchler-Silberman, L. 6
Mysterious Benedict Society, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Stewart, Trenton Lee 6
Name of This Book is Secret, The (BOE Approved November
2014)Bosch, Pseudonymous 6
Nanda Devi: The Tragic Expedition Roskelly, John 6
Nargun And The Stars Wrightson, Patricia 6
Necessary Parties Dana, Barbara 6
Nell's Quilt Terris, Susan 6
Never Cry Wolf Mowat, Farley 6
Nice Girl From Good Home Arrick, Fran 6
Night Weissel, Elie 6
Night Kites Kerr, M. E. 6
Night Riding Martin, Katherine 6
Night Shift King, Stephen 6
Night Tokyo Burned, The Edoin, Hoito 6
Nightpool Murphy, Shirley Rousseau 6
No Kidding Brooks, Bruce 6
Nobody Else Can Walk it For You Peterson, P. J. 6
Nobody's Baby Now Benjamin, Carol Lea 6
Nobody's Family Is Going to Change Fitzhugh, Louise 6
Nonmetals Baldwin, Carol 8
Nory Ryan's Song Giff, Patricia Reilly 8
Nothing But the Truth Avi 6
Obnoxious Jerks Manes, Stephen 6
Ocean Biome, The Smithyman, Kathryn 6
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Oceans Steele, Christy 6
Of Nightingales That Weep Paterson, Katherine 6
Okay for Now (BOE Approved April 2012) Schmidt, Gary D. 6
On Fire Sebestyen, Ouida 6
On Fortune's Wheel Voigt, Cynthia 7
On the Beach Shute, Nevil 6
On The Devil's Court Deuker, Carl 6
On the Edge Cross, Gillian 6
One Child Hayden, Torey L. 6
One Fat Summer Lipsyte, Robert 6
Only My Mouth is Smiling Riley, Jocelyn 6
Other Side of the Family, The Pople, Maureen 6
Other Side of the Island, The 2008 Goodman, Allegra 6
Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen 6
Outer Space and All That Junk Gilden, Mel 6
Outlaws of Sherwood McKinley, Robin 6
Outside Shot, The Myers, Walter Dean 6
Outsiders, The Hinton, S. E. 6
Over Sea Under Stone Cooper, Susan 6
Page Four Klass, Sheila Solomon 6
Pardon Me You're Stepping on My Eyeball Zindel, Paul 6
Park's Quest Paterson, Katherine 6
Paul's Game Towne, Mary 6
Permanent Connections Bridger, Sue E 6
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Phoenix Rising:How to Survive Your Life Grant, Cynthia 6
Pictures of Adam Levoy, Myron 6
Pig Out Blues Greenberg, Jan 6
Pigman Zindel, Paul 6
Pigman's Legacy Zindel, Paul 6
Pistachio Prescription, The Danziger, Paula 6
Pool of Fire Christopher, John 6
Prairie Songs Conrad, Pam 6
Prank Lasky, Kathryn 6
President's Daughter White, Ellen Emerson 6
Prince and the Pauper Twain, Mark 6
Prince in Waiting, The Christopher, John 6
Princess Ashley Peck, Richard 6
Princess Bride, The (BOE Approved October 2012) William Goldman 7
Probably Still Nick Swansen Wolff, Virginia Euwer 6
R is for Rocket Bradbury, Ray 7
Rabbit Ears Montgomery, Robert 6
Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog(Adapted for young readers) (BOE Approved Oct 2012)
Stein, Garth 7
Rain Reign (BOE approved Nov 2015) Martin, Ann M. 6
Rainbow Jordan Guy 6
Ranger's Apprentice: Book One The Ruins of Gorlan (BOE Approved Oct 2012)
Flanagan, John 7
Ratha's Creature Bell, Claire 6
Rear View Mirrors Fleischman, Paul 6
Rebels Of The Heavenly Kingdom Paterson, Katherine 6
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Red Pony, The Steinbeck, John 6
Redwall Jacques, Brian 6
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle Dunning, Stephen 6
Reluctant God, The Service, Pamela 6
Remember Me to Harold Square Danziger, Paula 6
Remembering the Good Times Peck, Richard 6
Return of The King Tolkien, J. R. R. 6
Rich And Famous Like My Mom Coleman, Hila 6
Riding The Iron Rooster Theroux, Paul 6
Ring of Endless Light L'Engle, Madeleine 6
River Rats Stoermer, Caroline 6
Rivers, Lakes, and PondsBraun, Eric and Sandra
Donovan6
Robot Dreams Asimov, Isaac 7
Robots & Empire Asimov, Isaac 6
Rock 'n' Roll Nights Strasser, Todd 6
Roscoe's Leap Cross, Gillian 6
Rosetta Stone, The Budge, E. A. Wallis 6
Ruby in the Smoke Pullman, Philip 6
Rumble Fish Hinton, S. E. 6
Rumor of Otters Savage 6
Runner Voigt, Cynthia 6
S is for Space Bradbury, Ray 7
Say Goodnight, Gracie Deaver, Julie Reece 6
Say Hello to the Hitman Bennett, Jay 6
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Scorpions Myers, Walter Dean 6
Seafloor Woodward, John 6
Seance Nixon, Joan Lowery 6
Searching for Candlestick Park Kehret, Peg 6
Season for Unicorns, A Levitin, Sonia 6
Seasons Of Splendour - Tales Of India Jaffrey, Madhur 8
Second Mrs. Giaconda, The Konigsburg, E. L. 7
Secret City, USA Holman, Felice 6
Secret Silent Screams Nixon, Joan Lowery 6
Secret Under My Skin, The McNaughton, Janet 6
Seedfolks Fleischman, Paul 7
Sending of Dragons Yolen, Jane 6
Sentries Paulsen, Gary 6
Seventeen Against The Dealer Voigt, Cynthia 6
Seventh Son Card, Orson Scott 6
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind Staples, Suzanne Fisher 6
Shadow and Light Bacon, Katherine Joy 6
Shadow Club Shusterman, Neal 6
Shadow in the North, The Pullman, Philip 6
Shake Hands with Shakespeare Cullum, Albert 6
Shakespeare Stealer, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Blackwood, Gary 6
Shakespeare’s Scribe Gary Blackwood 7
Shane Schaefer, Jack 6
Shark Beneath The Reef George, Jean Craighead 6
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Show Me No Mercy Perske, Robert 6
Sign of the Chrysanthemum, The Paterson, Katherine 6
Silver Mazer, Norma Fox 6
Silver on the Tree Cooper, Susan 6
Singularity Sleator, William 6
Sirens and Spies Lisle, Janet Taylor 6
Sixteen Gallo, Donald R. 6
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You DeClements, Barthe 6
Skeeter Smith, Kay Jordan 6
Sky Inside, The 2008 Dunkle, Clare B. 6
Sleepers, Wake Jacobs, Paul Samuel 6
Snarkout Boys & the Avocado of Death Pinkwater, Daniel 6
Snarkout Boys & the Baconburg Horror Pinkwater, Daniel 6
Snow Bound Mazer, Harry 6
So Long At The Fair Irwin, Hadley 6
So You Want to Be a Wizard Duane, Diane 6
Soldier's Heart Paulsen, Gary 8
Solitary Hill, L. 6
Solitary Blue. A (The Tillerman Cycle) Voigt, Cynthia 6
Somehow Tenderness Survives Rockman, Hazel 6
Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island Bunting, Eve 6
Something Upstairs; A Tale Of Ghosts Avi 6
Somewhere In the Darkness Myers, Walter Dean 6
Son of Interflux Korman, Gordon 6
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Sons from Afar Voigt, Cynthia 6
SOS Titanic Bunting, Eve 7
Soul-Singer of Tyrnos Mayhar, Ardath 6
Sound of Chariots, A Hunter, Mollie 6
Specter Nixon, Joan Lowery 6
Spell for Chameleon Anthony, Piers 6
Spell of the Sorceror's Skull Bellairs, John 6
Stalker Nixon, Joan Lowery 6
Stargirl (BOE Approved April 2014) Spinelli, Jerry 6
States of Matter Baldwin, Carol 8
Stepping on the Crackes Hahn, Mary Downing 6
Stone Pony, The Calvert, Patricia 6
Stonewalkers, The Alcock, Vivien 6
Stonewall’s Gold: A Novel of the Civil War Mrazek, Robert J. 8
Stonewards; A Ghost Story Conrad, Pam 6
Stories of the North London, Jack 6
Storm Runners (BOE Approved April 2014) Smith, Roland 6
Storm Runners: Eruption (BOE Approved April 2014) Smith, Roland 6
Storm Runners: The Surge (BOE Approved April 2014) Smith, Roland 6
Stotan! Crutcher, Chris 6
Strange Attractors Sleater, William 6
Stranger Came Ashore Hunter, Mollie 6
Stranger With My Face Duncan, Lois 6
Stranger, You And I Calvert, Patricia 6
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Strictly for Laughs Conford, Ellen 6
String in the Harp Bond, Nancy 6
Suddenly Super Rich Miklowitz, Gloria 6
Suds Angell, Judie 6
Sugar Blue Cleaver, Vera 6
Summer Life, A Soto, Gary 6
Summer of Fear Duncan, Lois 6
Summer of My German Soldier Greene, Bette 6
Summer of the Green Star Lee, Robert C 6
Sun, He Dies. The Highwater, Jamake 6
Sunlit Zone Woodward, John 6
Supernaturalist,The 2004 Colfer, Eoin 6
Surviving the Applewhites Tolan, Stephanie 6
Sweet Bells Jangled Out of Tune Brancato, Robin F. 6
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Hamilton, Virginia 6
Swiftly Tilting Planet L'Engle, Madelieine 6
Switcharound Lowry, Lois 6
Sword of the Spirits, The Christopher, John 6
Taking Terri Mueller Mazer, Norma Fox 6
Tales of An Ashanti Father Appiah, Peggy 6
Taming the Star Runner Hinton, S. E. 6
Tancy Hurmence, Belinda 6
Tangerine (BOE Approved April 2014) Bloor, Edward 6
Taran Wanderer Alexander, Lloyd 6
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Tarantula & the Red Chigger Robertson, Mary Elsie 6
Teen Angel: And Other Stories Gingher, Marianne 6
Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea LeGuin, Ursula 7
Ten Little Indians Christie, Agatha 6
Tex Hinton, S. E. 6
Thank You, Jackie Robinson Cohen, Barbara 6
That Was Then, This is Now Hinton, S. E. 6
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Farmer, Nancy 6
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (BOE approved Nov 2015) Grisham, John 6
There's A Bat in Bunk Five Danzinger, Paula 6
Thin Wood Walls (BOE Approved October 2013) Patneaude, David 6
Things I Did for Love Conford, Ellen 6
Things Not Seen (BOE Approved April 2014) Clements, Andrew 6
Third Eye, The Duncan, Lois 6
This Place Has No Atmosphere Danzinger, Paula 6
Those Summer Girls I Never Met Peck, Richard 6
Three Comedies of American Fam. Life Various Authors 6
Three Cups of Tea, Young readers editionMortenson, Greg and Relin,
David6
Through the Hidden Door Wells, Rosemary 6
Thunderwith Hathorn, Libby 6
Tidal Zone Woodward, John 6
Ties that Bind, Ties that Break Namioka, Lensey 6
Tiger Eyes Blume, Judy 6
Tiger in the Well, The Pullman, Philip 7
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Time Machine, The Wells, H. G. 6
Time of Angels, A Hesse, Karen 7
To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper 6
To Life Sender, Ruth Minsky 6
To Take a Dare Zindel, Paul 6
Tombs of Atuan Le Guin, Ursula K 6
Tomorrow's Sphinx Bell, Claire 6
Touching Spirit Bear Michaelson, Ben 6
Tournament Upstart Dygard, Thomas J. 6
Transall Saga, The (BOE approved April 2014) Paulsen, Gary 6
Trap, The (BOE approved April 2014) Smelcer, John 6
Travelers Through Time #1: Back to the Titanic Gormley, Beatrice 7
Travels of Ferdinand Magellan, The Mattern, Joanne 7
Travels of Francisco de Coronado, The Crisfield, Deborah 7
Travels of Francisco Pizarro, The Bergen, Lara 7
Travels of Henry Hudson, The Mattern, Joanne 7
Travels of Herman Cortes, The Crisfield, Deborah 7
Travels of John and Sebastian Cabot, The Mattern, Joanne 7
Travels of Juan Ponce de Leon, The Crisfield, Deborah 7
Travels of Lewis and Clark, The Bergen, Lara 7
Travels of Marco Polo, The Bandon, Alex 7
Travels of Samuel de Champlain, The Mattern, Joanne 7
Travels of Sieur de la Salle, The Bergen, Lara 7
Travels of Vasco da Gama, The Mattern, Joanne 7
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Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis 6
Treasure of Alpheous Winterboren, The Bellairs, John 6
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Smith, Betty 6
Tricksters, The Mahy, Margaret 6
Trouble with Gramary Levin, Betty 6
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The Avi 6
True Talents (BOE Approved April 2014) Lubar, David 6
Tundra Nelson, Julie 6
Tunes for Bears to Dance To Cormier, Robert 6
Tunnel Vision Arrick, Fran 6
Tunnels of Cu Chi, The: A Harrowing Account of America's
Tunnel Rats in the Underground Battlefields of VietnamMangold, Tom 6
Twerp (BOE approved Nov 2015) Goldblatt, Mark 6
Twilight Zone Woodward, John 6
Twisted Window Duncan, Lois 6
Two Towers Tolkien, J. R. R. 6
Uglies Westerfeld, Scott 7
Uglies, 2005 Westerfeld, Scott 6
Undertakers Gone Bananas, The Zindel, Paul 6
Uneasy Money-Paper Brancato, Robin F. 6
Up Country Carter, Alden R. 6
Upon the Head Of A Goat Siegel, Aranka 6
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere (BOE Approved April
2015)Lamana, Julie 6
Vietnam War, The Devaney, John 6
Village By the Sea, The Fox, Paula 6
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Visions: 19 Short Stories Gallo, Donald R. 6
Visiting Miss Caples Kimmel, Elizabeth C. 7
Voyage of the Frog, The Paulsen, Gary 6
Waiting for Anya Morpurgo, Michael 6
Waiting For The Rain Gordon, Sheila 6
Wake Me When The Band Starts Playing Hopper, Nancy J. 6
Walk Through Cold Fire Forshay-Lunsford, Cin 6
Walkabout Marshall, James Vance 6
War At Home, The Green, Connie Jordan 6
War Between the Classes, The Miklowitz, Goria 6
Wart, Son of Toad Carter, Alden R. 6
Watership Down* Adams, Richard G. 6
We Beat The Streets: How a Friendship Pact Led to
Success (BOE Approved October 2013)
Davis, Sampson
Jenkins, George6
West With The Night Markham, Beryl 6
Westmark Alexander, Lloyd 6
Wheels for Walking Richmond, Sandra 6
When the Phone Rang Mazer, Harry 6
When We First Met Mazer, Norma Fox 6
When You Reach Me (BOE Approved April 2014) Stead, Rebecca 6
Where the Lilies Bloom Cleaver, Bill 6
White Fang London, Jack 6
White House Autumn White, Ellen Emerson 6
Who is Carrie ? Collier, James and Christopher 6
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburger Williams, Sheila 6
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Wild Children, The Holman, Felice 6
Wind in the Door, A L'Engle, Madeleine 6
Winning Brancato, Robin F. 6
Winning Kicker Dygard, Thomas J. 6
Winter Hero Collier, James Lincoln 6
Winter Room, The Paulsen, Gary 6
Witch Week Jones, Diana Wynne 6
With Every Drop of BloodCollier, James and
Christopher6
Wizard of Earthsea, A Le Guin, Ursula K 6
Wolf of Shadows Strieber, Whitley 6
Wolf Rider; A Tale of Terror Avi 6
Words by Heart Sebestyen, Ouida 6
World War I McGowen, Tom 7
World War I (book2web)Eileen Giuffre Cotton, Carole
F. Stice, Chester A. Cotton7
World War II McGowen, Tom 7
World War II (book2web)Eileen Giuffre Cotton, Carole
F. Stice, Chester A. Cotton7
Wringer Spinelli, Jerry 6
Year of Impossible Goodbyes Choi, Sook N. 6
Year Of The Gopher, The Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 6
Year Without Michael, The Pfieffer, Susan Beth 6
Yearling, The Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan 6
Yesterday's Daughter Calvert, Patricia 6
Young Unicorns L'Engle, Madeleine 6
Z for Zachariah O'Brien, Robert C. 6
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