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A middle school boy’s life is changed when Jessica, a girl receiving burn treatments, starts attending his school. Grades 4-8
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Twelve-year-old Lily hasn’t talked since her brother died two years earlier, and she is hiding a secret about what happened. Grades 4-7
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Sara Crewe is left in poverty when her father dies, but is rescued by a mysterious benefactor. Grades 3+
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Addie learns to fend for herself when her mother leaves her in a small trailer by the railroad tracks. Grades 6-8
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In spite of tremendous odds, Willie and his dog are determined to win a dog sled race and the prize money. Grades 3-5
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Hollis remembers her previous happy life with a foster family as she struggles to stay and take care of an elderly artist. Grades 4-8
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Travis is faced with a tough decision when he takes over the family farm. Grades 7-9
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A heartwarming true story about a Labrador Retriever named Marley and his life spent with the family he loves. Grades 3-7
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Sadie and her family leave drought-stricken Missouri and arrive in Texas to find that even the children must work to make ends meet. Grades 5-8
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Martha visits her grandmother over the summer and learns about life and family and friends. Grades 5+
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Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure at sea. Grades 6-10
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After her mother’s death, Annie receives a special scrapbook made by her mother’s former students. Grades 3-7
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Toby, a young cancer patient, learns about life and death from an elderly poet and her cow. Grades 5-7
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When her beloved sister, Claire, steps in front of a car and winds up in a coma, Nat's anticipated summer is transformed into a nightmare of doctors, hospitals, and well-meaning neighbors. Grades 8-10
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Lise spends the summer on an island in Maine with her self-reliant mother and her oddly mute, but bright brother and encounters a hurricane. Grades 5-8
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Two sisters grow up together in rural Georgia and their family despairs when one sister becomes terminally ill. Grades 5-9
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A champion Irish setter and a trapper’s son share adventures as they grow up together, roaming the wilderness. Grades 5-7
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In the wake of his father's sudden death, twelve-year-old Finn feels he is becoming invisible as his hair and skin become whiter by the day, and so he writes and illustrates a book to try to understand what is happening and to hold on to himself and his father. Grades 5-8
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After breaking his leg, Nate can’t help on the farm and feels worse when his father brings home an orphan boy to help. Grades 3-7
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Catherine longs for a normal life but comes to accept her autistic brother through the help of a paraplegic friend. Grades 4-7
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Rosa is delighted with her mother’s pregnancy until tragedy strikes and her family struggles to deal with the grief. Grades 4-6
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A high school diving champion develops bone cancer in this story told from the points of view of the diver, his best friend, his sister, and his girlfriend. Grades 8-10
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Hachiko, a loyal Akita, waits for his master at the train station every afternoon, until the day the dog dies. Grades 3-5
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Sam, who has leukemia, has 3 months to live and writes a book about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him. Grades 4-7
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Sam, who has leukemia, has 3 months to live and writes a book about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him. Grades 4-7
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Jess’s life changes when he tries to reach a secret hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. Grades 5+
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Angel’s mother leaves her and her younger brother with their frail great-grandmother. Grades 5-8
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Learning disabled Max, and his physically challenged friend, Freak, team up to together. Grades 6-9
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Two boys, soldiers in the Civil War, meet and care for each. Grades 4+
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A boy wins his heart’s desire when he has the chance to train two coon-hound pups for the annual coon-hunt contest. Grades 4+
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A hearing impaired young girl widens her world with the friendship of a neighbor and his chimp, but the chimp’s life is threatened when the neighbor dies. Grades 5+
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Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth in Mexico and join the labor camps in California during the Great Depression. Grades 6+
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A horse in nineteenth-century England tells his story about his experiences with both good and bad masters. Grades 4 -8
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A young boy grows to manhood while experiencing the generosity of a tree which gives and asks nothing in return. Grades 1-3
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Jack Cooper ends up being in charge of her siblings when her mother leaves them with their great-grandmother in a small town. Grades 5-8
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After her older brother Scott is killed in a drunken driving accident, Tessa is forced to reach out to the world. Grades 4-6
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Thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated marriage and must decide if she should stay with tradition or find her own way. Grades 5-8
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Heart-wrenching events begin when 10-year-old Comfort’s beloved great-uncle, Edisto, suddenly dies. Grades 4-6
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Heart-wrenching events begin when 10-year-old Comfort’s beloved great-uncle, Edisto, suddenly dies. Grades 4-6
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A series of poems tell how two sisters help each other when their mother is working and their father is in jail. Grades 2-4
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Grace does her best to keep up with her studies and to work at the cotton mill, but things change when a reporter shows up in town. Grades 3-7
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