Grade 5 & 6
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 | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | | A Little Princess | Sara Crewe, "imprisoned" at Miss Minchin’s London School, refuses to believe that her father is dead.
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|  | Choldenko, Gennifer | | Notes From a Liar and Her Dog | Feeling alienated from her perfect family, Ant MacPherson takes comfort in the company of her best friend Harrison, her chihuahua Pistachio, and her supportive art teacher, Just Carol, until her truth-bending goes too far.
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|  | Collins, Suzanne | | Gregor the Overlander | Gregor and his baby sister accidentally "slip" into an underground world where they befriend strange creatures, and fight others to the death.
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|  | Creech, Sharon | | The Wanderer | Told from two points of view, this sea-faring adventure explores what it means to belong to a family, and how hard some people try to do just that.
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|  | Curtis, Christopher Paul | | The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 | The Birmingham Alabama church bombings of 1963 form a backdrop to a touching, tragic, and often very funny novel told by nine-year-old Kenny Watson.
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|  | DuPrau, Jeanne | | The City of Ember | Through her new assignment as Messenger, Lina hopes she can discover something about the only city she knows, that is quickly disintegrating before her eyes. Stark and thrilling!
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|  | Henkes, Kevin | | Words of Stone | Quiet, shy Blaze Werla is fascinated by spellbinding new neighbor Joselle and the two become fast friends. But when betrayal threatens their bond, the pair must struggle to forgive and be forgiven.
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|  | Hesse, Karen | | Witness | Free verse poems from eleven points of view illuminate Ku Klux Klan problems in 1920s Vermont.
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|  | Pratchett, Terry | | The Wee Free Men | Tiffany, studying to be a witch, bites off more than she can chew, and seeks the help of the Nac Mac Feegle, aka the Wee Free Men.
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|  | Rawls, Wilson | | Where the Red Fern Grows | This hearbreaking favorite focuses a gentle eye on one boy’s dream of two hunting hounds, and the bumpy nature of love.
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|  | Spinelli, Jerry | | Crash | John "Crash" Coogan, football star, and Penn Webb, self-proclaimed geek, couldn’t be more different. And yet, in a tender, believable novel, they discover much about what it is to be a friend.
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|  | Wolff, Virginia Euwer | | Bat 6 | Racism infects the annual "Bat 6" softball game between the girls of the two sixth grade classes in a small, 1950 Oregon town.
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