Grade 4 & 5
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 | Avi, illustrated by Brian Floca | | Poppy | Poppy the deer mouse thinks that a home next to the corn field would be grand. Mrs. Ocax the owl agrees, but for very different reasons...
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|  | Billingsley, Franny | | Well Wished | The well in Bishop gives every resident one wish per lifetime. But these wishes rarely turn out they way they’re intended. What will happen to Nuria when her wish is granted?
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|  | Creech, Sharon | | Heartbeat | Disparate themes (apples, babies, grandparents, running) come together in a moving free verse novel about one girl’s burgeoning identity.
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|  | DiCamillo, Kate | | Tiger Rising | A mythic quality pervades this deep story about two Florida friends who conspire to free a caged tiger.
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|  | Dowell, Frances O’Roark | | Where I’d Like to Be | Sweet humor and marvellous dialogue characterize this gentle story of an orphan girl who finds family where least expected.
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|  | Fine, Anne | | Up on Cloud Nine | Occasional humor colors this story of one boy’s search for answers about events that put his best friend in the hospital in critical condition.
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|  | George, Jean Craighead | | My Side of the Mountain | A young boy tells stories of a year spent in the Catskill mountains, alone except for the companionship of the wildlife he encounters.
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|  | Levine, Gail Carson | | Ella Enchanted | Cursed with the “gift” of obedience, along with the requisite wicked stepmother and stepsisters, Ella sets out on a quest to lift her fairy gift once and for all.
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|  | Lewis, C.S., illustrated by Pauline Baynes | | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | A seemingly abandonned wardrobe is the portal to an enchanted winter world where four children must do battle with a white witch and her snowy spells.
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|  | Philbrick, Rodman | | REM World | The REM Sleep Device, a "miracle" weight loss contraption, accidently catapults Arthur into an alternate universe, where he must battle the Nothing, before it’s too late.
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|  | Prue, Sally | | Cold Tom | Part elf, part human, Tom is cast out of his Elvin tribe, and must flee the very family who bore him in search of a place to belong.
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|  | Van Draanen, Wendelin | | Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief | Sammy speaks her mind and sticks her nose in. This time, her push-the-envelope penchant lands her in a world of hurt and intrigue.
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