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The Slave Dancer
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3.70 avg rating — 10,549 ratings
score: 197,
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Firegirl
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3.75 avg rating — 9,121 ratings
score: 196,
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Bridge to Terabithia
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4.06 avg rating — 584,177 ratings
score: 194,
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,347,106 ratings
score: 190,
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Black Beauty
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score: 190,
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Witness
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3.72 avg rating — 5,725 ratings
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Mahtab's Story
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3.57 avg rating — 426 ratings
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Running Wild
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4.21 avg rating — 5,428 ratings
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Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe
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Jo Watson Hackl (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
score: 100,
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Together The Ants Save the Trees
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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CON-Fidence
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Todd Strasser (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 251 ratings
score: 99,
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A Rose for the ANZAC Boys
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4.02 avg rating — 2,239 ratings
score: 99,
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Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
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John Boyne (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 11,816 ratings
score: 99,
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The Liberation of Gabriel King
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K.L. Going (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 2,050 ratings
score: 98,
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The Silver Donkey: A Novel for Children
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3.80 avg rating — 2,072 ratings
score: 98,
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Good Night, Mr. Tom
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4.32 avg rating — 52,673 ratings
score: 98,
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The Thing About Jellyfish (National Book Award Finalist)
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4.10 avg rating — 44,061 ratings
score: 97,
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An Elephant in the Garden
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4.20 avg rating — 12,256 ratings
score: 97,
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The Shark Caller
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Dianne Wolfer (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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A Boy Called Christmas (Christmas, #1)
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Matt Haig (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 25,179 ratings
score: 96,
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Us Minus Mum
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4.21 avg rating — 103 ratings
score: 95,
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War Horse (War Horse, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 58,380 ratings
score: 95,
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Dovey Coe
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Frances O'Roark Dowell (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 2,620 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Maybe a Fox
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Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 4,749 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Garden of Eve
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K.L. Going (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 2,473 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Wonderling
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Mira Bartok (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 2,025 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Shakespeare's Secret
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3.89 avg rating — 8,694 ratings
score: 92,
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Kira-Kira
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3.97 avg rating — 27,992 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Playing Beatie Bow
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3.95 avg rating — 5,394 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Trouble Don't Last
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Shelley Pearsall (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 1,189 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Perfect
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Natasha Friend (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 14,162 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Flipped
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Wendelin Van Draanen (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,259 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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Orchards
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Holly Thompson (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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The Land of Forgotten Girls
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Erin Entrada Kelly (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 2,936 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Phoenix Rising
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3.95 avg rating — 1,734 ratings
score: 84,
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Friedrich
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3.75 avg rating — 4,772 ratings
score: 83,
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Weedflower
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3.92 avg rating — 4,900 ratings
score: 82,
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Catherine, Called Birdy
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Karen Cushman (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 43,172 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale
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Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 4,443 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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The Devil's Arithmetic
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 61,777 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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Letters from Rifka
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3.92 avg rating — 11,188 ratings
score: 78,
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