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Books by theme

Historical Stories (American History - After WWI)

Historical Stories (American History - Before WWI)

Historical Stories (American History - Before WWI)

Criss Cross (2006)

Kira Kira(2005)

A Year Down Yonder (2001)

Bud, No Buddy (2000)

Out of the Dust (1998)

Jacob Have I Loved (1981)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1977)

Up a Road Slowly (1967)

It’s Like This, Cat (1964)

Miracle on Maple Hill (1957)

…And Now Miguel (1954)

Thimble Summer (1939)

Historical Stories (American History - Before WWI)

Historical Stories (American History - Before WWI)

Historical Stories (American History - Before WWI)

Sarah, Plain and Tall (1986)

The Gathering of Days (1980)

The Slave Dancer (1974)

Sounder (1970)

Island of the Blue Dolphins (1961)

The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959)

Rifles for Watie (1958)

Johnny Tremain (1944)

Caddie Woodlawn (1936)

Historical Stories (World History)

Historical Stories (American History - Before WWI)

Historical Stories (World History)

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village(2008)

Crispin: The Dross of Lead(2003)

A Single Shard (2002)

The Midwife’s Apprentice (1996)

Number the Stars (1990)

I, Juan de Pareja (1966)

Shadow of a Bull (1965)

The Wheel on the School (1955)

Secret of the Andes (1953)

The Door in the Wall (1950)

Animal Stories

Fantasy Stories and Folklore

Historical Stories (World History)

When you Trap a Tiger (2020)

Flora & Ulysses (2014)

The One and Only Ivan (2013)

Shiloh (1992)

Julie of the Wolves (1973)

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1972)

It’s Like This, Cat (1964)

Ginger Pye (1952)

King of the Wind (1949)

Rabbit Hill (1945)

Gay-Neck: the Story of a Pigeon (1928)

Smokey the Cowhorse (1927)

Fantasy Stories and Folklore

Fantasy Stories and Folklore

Fantasy Stories and Folklore

When You Trap a Tiger (2020)

The Girl Who Drank the Moon (2017)

The Tale of Despereaux (2004

The Whipping Boy (1987)

The Hero and the Crown (1985)

The Grey King(1976)

Mrs. Fisby and the Rats of NIMH (1972)

The High King (1969)

A Wrinkle in Time (1963)

The Twenty-One Balloons (1948)

Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1923)

Realistic Stories

Fantasy Stories and Folklore

Fantasy Stories and Folklore

New Kid (2020)

Merci Suarez Changes Gears (2019)

Hello Universe (2018)

The Crossover (2015)

When You Reach Me (2010)

The Higher Power of Lucky (2007)

The View from Saturday (1997)

Walk Two Moons (1995)

Missing May (1993)

Shiloh (1992)

Maniac Magee (1991)

Dear Mr. Henshaw (1984)

Dicey’s Song (1983)

Bridge to Terabithia (1978)

M. C. Higgins, the Great (1975)

Summer of the Swans (1971)

From the Mixed-Up Files of  Mrs. Basil E. (1968)

Adventure and Survival Stories

Short Books (Finish it Quickly)

Adventure and Survival Stories

The Whipping Boy (1987)

Julie of the Wolves (1973)

Island of the Blue Dolphins (1961)

The Door in the Wall (1950)

Call it Courage (1941)

Poetry and Plays

Short Books (Finish it Quickly)

Adventure and Survival Stories

The Crossover (2015)

Good Master! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (2008)

Out of the Dust (1998)

Joyful Noise:  Poems for Two Voices(1989(

A Visit to William Blake’s Inn (1982)

Short Books (Finish it Quickly)

Short Books (Finish it Quickly)

Short Books (Finish it Quickly)

Sarah, Plain and Tall (1986)

The Cat Who Went to Heaven (1931)

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (2008)

The Whipping Boy (1987)

The Door in the Wall (1950)

The Midwife’s Apprentice (1996)

Number the Stars (1990)

Comedy and Tall Tales

Science Fiction and Supernatural

Short Books (Finish it Quickly)

Flora & Ulysses (2014)

Holes (1999)

Maniac Magee (1991)

Twenty-One Balloons (1948)

Mysteries

Science Fiction and Supernatural

Science Fiction and Supernatural

When You Reach Me (2010)

The Westing Game (1979)

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1968)

Science Fiction and Supernatural

Science Fiction and Supernatural

Science Fiction and Supernatural

Flora & Ulysses (2014)

When you Reach Me (2010)

The Graveyard Book (2009)

The Giver (1994)

Doll Stories

Biography (Non-Fiction)

Biography (Non-Fiction)

Miss Hickory (1947)

Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1930)

Biography (Non-Fiction)

Biography (Non-Fiction)

Biography (Non-Fiction)

Lincoln: A Photobiography (1988)

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (1956)

Invincible Louisa(1934)

Biography (Non-Fiction)

   

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