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6th Grade Recommended Reads
2026 Mock Newbery - Anderson's
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2026 Mock Newbery - Anderson's
GPLD 2025 Spring Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels
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When thirteen-year-old Sage's best friend dies, Sage struggles with grief and feels that she is at fault, but when she joins a grief group, she slowly learns to heal.
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Jeremiah or Conrad? (SCPL-YA)
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (teens)
Books on Tap: 2022
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (teens)
Books on Tap: 2022
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Seventeen-year-old Julie fell in love with Sam the day she met him, and planned to attend college with him; but Sam died, and getting rid of his things, trying to erase him from her life is not working, so desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls his cellphone expecting to hear his voicemail--but then Sam answers, and suddenly their cellphones become the living connection between them, a connection Julie finds impossible to let go.
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BBD Hispanic Culture 2024
Chapter Books Focused on Inclusion and Access (SCPL-YS)
Disability Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
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Chapter Books Focused on Inclusion and Access (SCPL-YS)
Disability Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
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In order to heal after his mother's death, Sal learned how to meditate. But no one expected him to be able to take it further and 'relax' things into existence. Turns out he can reach into time and space to retrieve things from other universes.
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As he attempts to fulfil a list left behind by his deceased best friend, nineteen-year-old Case meets eighteen-year-old Winnie, a hardworking ranch hand with aspirations of her own, and together they embark on an unexpected journey as they chase down their rodeo dreams.
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"Lucretia Sanderson has a secret. Lucretia and her mother have come to tiny Candle Island, Maine (Population: Summer, 986; Winter, 315) to escape--escape memories of the car accident that killed her father and escape the journalists that hound her mother, a famous and reclusive artist. The rocky coast and ocean breeze are a welcome respite for Lucretia, who dedicates her summer days to painting, exploring the island, and caring for an orphaned osprey...
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Gift Guide 2025: For the Young Reader of Kidlit's Most Notable, Tried & True Authors
May Buzzworthy Books Kids
Children's Staff Picks 10/2025
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May Buzzworthy Books Kids
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Stone spirit Jin is stuck in the People's world, but with the help of his new friends Lulu and Worm, he hopes to find a way back home through the Old City Gate before it disappears forever -- provided by publisher.
Jin, a bored Stone Lion guardian, accidentally kicks the Sacred Sphere into the human world and must team up with unlikely allies to recover it and save his realm before it's too late.
9) Missing May
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After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living. Twelve-year-old Summer, her classmate Cletus, and her grieving Uncle Ob set off across West Virginia in search of a "Small Medium at Large" in fond hopes of reaching Aunt May beyond the grave. Their journey is heartening, funny, and altogether unforgettable.
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Middle School Books (teens) -- Full List
Middle School Fantasy (teens)
Teen Short Reads: Books 250 Pages or Less
Middle School Fantasy (teens)
Teen Short Reads: Books 250 Pages or Less
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When his father is killed unexpectedly, Milo must take over the Ferryman's role and guide his father's spirit on the dangerous journey to the Island of the Broken Tower.
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2022 Caudill Award Nominees
Father's Day for Kids
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Father's Day for Kids
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Twelve-year-old Coyote and her father rush to Poplin Springs, Washington, in their old school bus to save a memory box buried in a park that will soon be demolished.
13) Umbrella summer
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After her brother Jared dies, ten-year-old Annie worries about the hidden dangers of everything, from bug bites to bicycle riding, until she is befriended by a new neighbor who is grieving her own loss.
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Middle School Books (teens) -- Full List
OBD Middle Grade Books - YOUTH
OBD Mother's Day (May) - YOUTH
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OBD Middle Grade Books - YOUTH
OBD Mother's Day (May) - YOUTH
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"After the death of her mother, Lydia moves in with her aunts and learns to find a new family of inspiring women and loving dogs"-- Provided by publisher.
16) Rabbit & Juliet
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"Seventeen-year-old Rabbit has been struggling to stay above water since her mom died. In the span of a year and half, her small Georgia town has become unbearably hellish: Her ex-boyfriend, resident golden boy Richard, turned into an unrelenting stalker; her friends are nonexistent; and her dad is campaigning hard for Functioning Alcoholic of the Year. But all that changes when the sarcastic, gorgeous, and frustratingly impenetrable Juliet Bergman...
17) One wrong step
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Twelve-year-old Atlas Wade has been climbing mountains for years, but after being forced to stay behind as his father joins a team of Mount Everest climbers, he sees an avalanche trapping his father's expedition, then--along with their Sherpa Chodak and an American girl, Maddie--Atlas begins a perilous journey to rescue the team.
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"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...
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#6. Be brave, Waive B! You got as much right to a good life as anybody, so find it! Right before Wavie's mom died, she gave Wavie a list of instructions to help her move on. But little did her mom know that a whild turn of events would bring Wavie to Conley Hollow, the Appalachian home her mom had hoped to forever leave behind. Now Wavie's back in the Holler - and in the clutches of a dastardly aunt. Living with rotten relatives stinks, but Wavie...
20) Just what to do
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"A child discovers that there is no single right thing to do when someone is sad or grieving"-- Provided by publisher.
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