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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

Updated January 22, 2018

*previously approved at higher grade level 1

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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

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook Connor, Leslie 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



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Anna to the Infinite Power Ames, Mildred 6

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

Artemis Fowl Colfer, Eoin 6

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



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Begger Queen Alexander, Lloyd 6

Begonia for Miss Applebaum, A Zindel,Paul 6

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

Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond, The Woods, Brenda 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



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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

Brocaded Slipper and Other Vietnamese Tales, The Vuong, Lynette Dyer 6

Brown Girl Dreaming Woodson, Jacqueline 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



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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

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

Classic Starts: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Saski, Chris, as retold from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle original6

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



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Coming and Going Men Fleischman, Paul 6

Complete Tales and Poems Poe, Edgar Allan 6

Conjuring Summer In Ames, Mildred 6

Connect the StarsSantos, Marisa De Los and

Teague, David 6

Connections Gallo, Donald 7

Contender, The Lipsyte, Robert 8

Cookcamp, The Paulsen, Gary 6

Counting by 7s Sloan, Holly Goldberg 6

Courage Has No Color (BOE Approved April 2015) Stone, Tanya Lee 6

Cracker Kadohata, Cynthia 6

Cracker Jackson Byars, Betsy 6

Crash Spinelli, Jerry 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



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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

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



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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

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



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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

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



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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

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



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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

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

George Gino, Alex 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



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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

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



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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

Hate U Give, The Thomas, Angie 8

Haunted St. George, Judith 6

Haunting Mahy, Margaret 6

Haymeadow, The Paulsen, Gary 6

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



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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

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



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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

In the Beginning:Creation Stories From Around the World Hamilton, Virginia 6

Indian Tales and Legends Grey, J.E.M. 6

Inside Out and Back Again Lai, Thanhha 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



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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

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



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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

Lawn Boy Paulsen, Gary 6

Legend Days Highwater, Jamake 6

Legislative Branch, The Smalley, Carol Parenzan 6

Let the Circle Be Unbroken Taylor, Mildred 6

Letter, The Witch, & the Ring Bellairs, John 6

Letting Go Hall, Lynn 6

Life as We Knew It Pfeffer, Susan Beth 7

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



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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

Lockdown Myers, Walter Dean 7

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

Lost in the Sun Graff, Lisa 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

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



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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

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



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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

Ms. Bixby's Last Day Anderson, John David 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

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



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Never Cry Wolf Mowat, Farley 6

Nice Girl From Good Home Arrick, Fran 6

Night Weissel, Elie 6

Night Divided, A Nielsen, Jennifer A. 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

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



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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

One for the Murphys Hunt, Lynda Mullaly 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 My Mind Draper, Sharon 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

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



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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

Raisin in the Sun, A* Hansberry, Lorraine 8

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

Red Kayak Cummings, Priscilla 6

Red Pencil, The Pinkney, Andrea Davis 6

Red Pony, The Steinbeck, John 6



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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

Restart Korman, Gordon 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

Save Me a Seat Weeks, Sarah 6

Say Goodnight, Gracie Deaver, Julie Reece 6



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Say Hello to the Hitman Bennett, Jay 6

Scar Island Gemeinhart, Dan 6

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



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Shane Schaefer, Jack 6

Shark Beneath The Reef George, Jean Craighead 6

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



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Somewhere In the Darkness Myers, Walter Dean 6

Son of Interflux Korman, Gordon 6

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

Sticks & Stones Cooper, Abby 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



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Stranger Came Ashore Hunter, Mollie 6

Stranger With My Face Duncan, Lois 6

Stranger, You And I Calvert, Patricia 6

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



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Tancy Hurmence, Belinda 6

Tangerine (BOE Approved April 2014) Bloor, Edward 6

Taran Wanderer Alexander, Lloyd 6

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



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Ties that Bind, Ties that Break Namioka, Lensey 6

Tiger Eyes Blume, Judy 6

Tiger in the Well, The Pullman, Philip 7

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



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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

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

Twelfth Night* Shakespeare, William 8

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



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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

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

War that Saved My Life, The Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker 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



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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

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

Wishing World, The Fahnestock, Todd6

Witch Week Jones, Diana Wynne 6

With Every Drop of BloodCollier, James and

Christopher6

Wizard of Earthsea, A Le Guin, Ursula K 6

Wolf Hollow Wolk, Lauren 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



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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

Zach's Lie (BOE Approved April 2014) Smith, Roland 6



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