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MALAD MIDDLE SCHOOL RECOMMENDED READING LIST
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Those titles marked with the * are available at
the Oneida County Library |
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Author |
Title |
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Fiction |
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ADVENTURE |
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Sperry, Armstrong |
Call it Courage* |
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London, Jack |
Call of the Wild* |
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Latham, Jean Lee |
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch* |
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George, Jean Craighead |
Julie of the Wolves* |
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London, Jack |
Klondike |
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London, Jack |
Sea Wolf |
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Wyss, Johann |
Swiss Family Robinson* |
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London, Jack |
White Fang* |
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ANIMAL STORIES |
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Kjelgaard, Jim |
Big Red* |
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Burnford, Sheila |
Incredible Journey* |
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O’Dell, Scott |
Island of the Blue Dolphins* |
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Henry, Marguerite |
King of the Wind |
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Morey, Walt |
Lemon Meringue Dog* |
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O’Hara, Mary |
My Friend Flicka* |
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Morey, Walt |
Scrub Dog of Alaska* |
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Kjelgaard, Jim |
Stormy* |
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Rawls, Wilson |
Summer of the Monkeys* |
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London, Jack |
White Fang |
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Rawlings, Marjorie K. |
Yearling* |
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CLASSICS |
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Sewell, Anna |
Black Beauty* |
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London, Jack |
Call of the Wild* |
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Twain, Mark |
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court* |
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Alcott, Louisa May |
Eight Cousins* |
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Spyri, Johanna |
Heidi* |
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Bronte, Charlotte |
Jane Eyre* |
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Stevenson, Robert Louis |
Kidnapped* |
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Alcott, Louisa May |
Little Women* |
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Hemingway, Ernest |
Old Man and the Sea* |
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Dickens, Charles |
Oliver Twist* |
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Twain, Mark |
Prince and the Pauper* |
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Twain, Mark |
Pudd’n Head Wilson* |
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Eliot, George |
Silas Marner* |
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Stevenson, Robert Louis |
Treasure Island* |
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ESPECIALLY FOR BOYS |
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Taylor, Theodore |
Cay* |
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Dahl, Roald |
Danny the Champion of the World |
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Peck, Robert Newton |
Day No Pigs Would Die* |
| White, Robb |
Deathwatch* |
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George, Jean |
My Side of the Mountain* |
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Steinbeck John |
Of Mice and Men* |
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Murphy, Robert |
Pond* |
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Hinton, S. E. |
Rumbel Fish |
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Morey, Walt |
Run Far, Run Fast* |
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Holman, Felice |
Slake’s Limbo |
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Fox, Paula |
Slave Dancer* |
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Kidd, Ronald |
That’s What Friends are For* |
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Kyle, Ducan |
White Out |
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ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS |
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Webster, Jeam |
Daddy Long Legs* |
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Cleary, Beverly |
Fifteen |
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Walsh, Jill Paton |
Fireweed* |
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Miller, Helen |
Kirsti* |
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
Little Princess |
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Cleary, Beverly |
Luckiest Girl* |
| Sawyer, Ruth |
Roller Skates* |
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
Secret Garden* |
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Daly, Maureen |
Seventeenth Summer* |
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Cleary, Beverly |
Sister of the Bride* |
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Green, Bette |
Summer of My German Soldier* |
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Voigt, Cynthia |
Tell Me if the Lovers are Losers |
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Hunt, Irene |
Up a Road Slowly* |
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ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS CULTURES |
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Brown, Dee |
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* |
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Baer, Edith |
Frost in the Night |
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Greene, Bette |
Get on Out of Here, Philip Hall* |
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de Trevino, Elizabeth Borton |
I, Juan de Pareja* |
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Peterson, Katherine |
Jacob Have I Loved* |
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Taylor, Mildred D. |
Let the Circle Be Unbroken* |
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Richter, Conrad |
Light in the Forest* |
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Greene, Bette |
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe* |
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Taylor, Mildred D. |
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry* |
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Wojciechowska, Maia |
Shadow of a Bull* |
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Taylor, Mildred D. |
Song of the Trees |
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Lee, Harper |
To Kill a Mockingbird* |
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Borland, Hal |
When the Legends Die |
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Sebestyen, Quida |
Words by Heart* |
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FANTASY |
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Cassedy, Sylvia |
Behind the Attic Wall* |
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McKinely, Robin |
Blue Sword* |
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Cooper, Susan |
Grey King* |
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McKinley, Robin |
Hero and the Crown* |
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Tolkien, J.R.R. |
Hobbit* |
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HISTORICAL NOVELS |
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Hunt, Irene |
Across Five Aprils* |
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Schiee, Ann |
Ask Me No Questions |
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Leekley, John |
Blue and the grey |
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Speare, Elizabeth |
Bronze Bow* |
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Clark, Margaret |
Freedom Crossing |
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Forbes, Esther |
Johnny Tremain* |
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Keith, Harold |
Rifles for Waite* |
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O’Dell, Scott |
Sarah Bishop* |
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Branson, Karen |
Streets of Gold |
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Speare, Elizabeth George |
Witch of Blackbird Pond* |
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HOME AND FAMILY |
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Montgomery, Lucy Maud |
Anne of Green Gables* |
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Mayer, Franklin |
Me and Caleb* |
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Mayer, Franklin |
Me and Caleb Again |
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Sorensen, Virginia |
Miracles on Maple Hill* |
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Fox, Paula |
One-Eyed Cat* |
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North, Sterling |
So Dear to My Heart* |
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MYSTERIES |
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Paterson, Katherine |
Bridge to Terabithia* |
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Voigt, Cynthia |
Callender Papers |
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Hentoff, Nat |
Day They Came to Arrest the Book |
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Voigt, Cynthia |
Dicey’s Song* |
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L’Engle, Madeleine |
Dragon in the Waters |
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Voight, Cynthia |
Homecoming* |
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan |
Hound of the Baskervilles* |
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Cormier, Robert |
I am the Cheese |
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Miller |
Kathy |
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Scoppettone, Sandra |
Late Great Me |
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Hunt, Irene |
Lottery Rose* |
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Krumgold, Joseph |
Onion John* |
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L’Engle, Madeleine |
Ring of Endless Light* |
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Duncan, Lois |
They Never Came Home* |
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Dixon, Paige |
Time to Love, A Time to Mourn |
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Raskin, Ellen |
Westing Game* |
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Snyder, Zilpha Keatley |
Witches of Worm* |
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SCIENCE FICTION |
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Verne, Jules |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
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Stevenson, Robert Louis |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* |
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Stoker, Bram |
Dracula* |
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Shelley, Mary |
Frankenstein* |
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Verne, Jules |
Journey to the Center of the Earth |
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L’Engle, Madeleine |
Swiftly Tilting Planet |
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Wells, H.G. |
Time Machine* |
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Wells, H.G. |
War of the Worlds* |
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L’Engle, Madeleine |
Wind in the Door* |
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L’Engle , Madeleine |
Wrinkle in Time* |
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SPORTS |
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Carol |
Full Court Pirate |
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Lee |
It’s a Mile from Here to Glory |
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Decker |
Long Ball to Left Field |
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Dygard, Thomas J. |
Quarterback Walk-On* |
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Decker |
Running Scared |
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Duel |
Soccer |
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Decker |
Starting Pitcher |
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Decker |
Switch Hitter |
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WAR |
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Dunn, Mary Lois |
Man in the Box: A Story from Vietnam |
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Collier, James and Christopher |
My Brother Sam is Dead* |
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WESTERN AND FRONTIER |
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Brink, Carol Ryrie |
Caddie Woodlawn* |
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Cather, Willa |
My Antonia* |
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Levitin, Sonja |
No-Return Trail* |
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O’Dell, Scott |
Sarah Bishop* |
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Schaefer, Jack |
Shane |
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Karuf, Kent |
Tie that Binds |
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Wister, Owen |
Virginian* |
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Johnson, Anabel and Edgar |
Wilderness Bride |
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Non-Fiction |
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BIOGRAPHY |
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Sandburg, Carl |
Abe Lincoln Grows Up* |
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Twain, Mark |
America’s Own Mark Twain |
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Gaines, E. |
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman |
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Wyatt, Edgar |
Chochiese: Apache Warrior and Statesman |
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Garst |
Crazy Horse |
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Williams |
Great Houndini |
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Petry, Ann Lane |
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad* |
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Earhart, Amelia |
Last Flight |
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Donovan |
P.T. 109 |
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Kennedy, John F. |
Profiles in Courage* |
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Lindbergh, Charles H. |
Spirit of St. Louis* |
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Keller, Helen |
Story of My Life* |
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Washington, Booker T. |
Up from Slavery* |
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Garst |
Will Rogers Immortal Cowboy |
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North, Sterling |
Young Tom Edison |
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HOME AND FAMILY |
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Gilbreth, Frank B., Jr. |
Belles on their Toes * |
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Gilbreth, Frank B., Jr. |
Cheaper by the Dozen* |
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Meigs, Cornelia |
Invincible Louisa * |
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Day, Clarence |
Life With Father |
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Moody, Ralph |
Little Britches* |
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Forbes, Katheryn |
Mama's Bank Account* |
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Robertson, Dougal |
Survive the Savage Sea |
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Stuart, Jesse |
Thread, That Runs So True |
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Forbes, Katheryn |
Waiting for Mama |
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Forbes, Katheryn |
Witch of Fourth Street |
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SOCIAL ISSUES |
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Anson, Jay |
Amityville Horror* |
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Considine |
Babe Ruth Story |
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Archibald |
Billy Martin Story |
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Griffen, John Howard |
Black Like Me* |
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Morris, Jeannie |
Brian Piccolo: A Short Season |
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Gunther, John |
Death Be Not Proud* |
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Shapiro |
Don Drysdale Story |
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Anonymous |
Go Ask Alice* |
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Gibson, Althea |
I Always Wanted to be Somebody |
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Greenberg, Joanne |
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* |
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Sullivan |
If You Could See What I Hear |
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Graham, Frank |
Lou Gehrig: A Quiet Hero* |
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Wooden, John |
They Call Me Coach |
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Lester, Julius |
To be a Slave |
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Washington, Booker T. |
Up from Slavery* |

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