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Elementary Grades - Grades 5-6
Great stories with a variety of characters and cultures will appeal to older elementary age readers. |
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Alexander, William (William Joseph) Ghoulish Song When the music of a bone flute given to her by a goblin separates Kaile's shadow from herself, her family believes she has died and become a ghoul, and Kaile must set out to prove that she still lives. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Applegate, Katherine The One and Only Ivan When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Baldacci, David Day of Doom When they deliver the last ransom, Amy and Dan discover Vesper One's terrifying endgame. The objects he demanded are vital pieces in a Vesper plot that will harm millions of innocent people. Now the two siblings and their friends are in an all-out sprint to stop Vesper One before the whole world goes boom! Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Balliett, Blue Hold Fast On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Barnholdt, Lauren Girl Meets Ghost Seventh-grader Kendall can see dead people. Not only can she see them, she can speak to them. . . and they can speak to her. They want Kendall be a psychic sleuth and figure out what unresolved issues are keeping them from moving on. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Barrow, Randi G. Saving Zasha In 1945 Russia, those who own German shepherds are considered traitors, but thirteen-year-old Mikhail and his family are determined to keep the dog a dying man brought them, while his classmate Katia strives to learn his secret. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Oz. The Complete Collection Volume 1 Discover the marvelous land of Oz in this collection of the first three books in L. Frank Baum's classic American fairy tale series. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Blythe, Daniel Shadow Breakers After moving from London to what seems like a dull seaside town, twelve-year-old Miranda is recruited by a group of friends from school to help identify and stop the evil that is shadowing Miranda and causing weird events in town. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Columbus, Chris House of Secrets Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Curtis, Christopher Paul The Mighty Miss Malone With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) Out of My Mind Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Ferris, Jean Thrice Upon a Marigold When Princess Poppy, the daughter of Queen Marigold and King Christian of Zandelphia-Beaurivage, is kidnapped by the kingdom's former torturer-in-chief and poisoner-in-chief, a ragtag group sets out to rescue her. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Frederick, Heather Vogel Wish You Were Eyre As the Mother-Daughter Book Club reads Jane Eyre, the girls and some of their mothers are involved in some serious competitions, Becca finds romance when the Wyoming pen pals come for a visit, and a wedding brings the British Berkeley brothers and even Stinkerbelle to Concord. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Gaiman, Neil The Graveyard Book Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Giff, Patricia Reilly Gingersnap When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Hahn, Mary Downing Closed for the Season : a Mystery Story When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Korman, Gordon Hideout Luthor's former owner, Swindle, is back trying to reclaim his dog, and it is up to Griffin Bing, Savannah Drysdale and their friends to hide the Doberman until they can come up with a plan to rescue him from the vicious crook. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Kraatz, Jeramey The Cloak Society Alex Knight, a twelve-year-old in training to be a supervillain in the elite Cloak Society, becomes friends with a young superhero and begins to question where his loyalty lies. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Lasky, Kathryn Star Wolf The Ring of Sacred Volcanoes has been destroyed and Faolan is leading his small band of wolves across the ice bridge to the hoped for safety of the Distant Blue--but his old enemy Heep is pursuing him and the icy path ahead is filled with danger. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Law, Jerel Spirit Fighter Seventh-grader Jonah Stone discovers that he is one-quarter angel--his mother is the daughter of a human and a fallen angel--and when she is kidnapped, Jonah and his sister Eliza must try to rescue her, with the help of prayers and a guardian angel. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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