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Dragons Don't Dance Ballet
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Jennifer Carson (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 92 ratings
score: 600,
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6 people voted
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Where is Uncle Al?
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Eva Hibbs (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 300,
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3 people voted
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Last Stop on Market Street
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Matt de la Peña (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 18,508 ratings
score: 293,
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Red: A Crayon's Story
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4.40 avg rating — 9,335 ratings
score: 282,
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
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4.28 avg rating — 95,110 ratings
score: 265,
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3 people voted
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The Journey
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4.25 avg rating — 4,268 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Stepping Stones / حَصى الطُرُقات: A Refugee Family's Journey / رحلة عائلة لاجئة
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Margriet Ruurs (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 1,015 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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In Our Mothers' House
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4.31 avg rating — 1,416 ratings
score: 197,
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The Name Jar
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Yangsook Choi (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 6,791 ratings
score: 195,
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2 people voted
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The Other Side
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Jacqueline Woodson (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 8,575 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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Pink and Say
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4.49 avg rating — 11,683 ratings
score: 178,
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Ruth and the Green Book
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4.33 avg rating — 2,502 ratings
score: 175,
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Show Way
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Jacqueline Woodson (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 3,493 ratings
score: 164,
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2 people voted
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Freedom Summer
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Deborah Wiles (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,944 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Absurdimals: Lola Goes to School
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4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Crocodile's Crossing: A Search for Home
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3.91 avg rating — 85 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Bryla's Amazing Imagination: Bryla Visits the Moon
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LaTasha Reynolds (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 100,
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Rain Before Rainbows
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4.36 avg rating — 1,649 ratings
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A Person Can Be ...
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Kerri Kokias (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 87 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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I Never Knew Your Name
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Sherry Garland (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 46 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Princess and the Pee
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4.19 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Fox: A Circle of Life Story
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Isabel Thomas (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 416 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Luna's Red Hat: An Illustrated Storybook to Help Children Cope With Loss and Suicide
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Emmi Smid (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 107 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Getting Ready for an Earthquake: A Fun and Empowering Guide to Earthquake Safety for Kids
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Fei Zheng-Ward (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff
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Meghan Mccarthy (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 350 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Circles in the Sky
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4.39 avg rating — 392 ratings
score: 98,
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When The Ground Shakes: Earthquake Preparedness Book for Physical and Emotional Health of Children
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Irit Almog Ma (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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My Two Blankets
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4.30 avg rating — 967 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page
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3.21 avg rating — 58 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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What Happens Next
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Susan Hughes (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 203 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Tag! You're It: A Story on Inclusion with Gabby & Nicky
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Jannesy DeLeon (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 29 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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What Can a Citizen Do?
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3.79 avg rating — 735 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Death Is Stupid
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4.51 avg rating — 755 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Bunnybear
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Andrea J. Loney (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 648 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Divorce Is the Worst
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4.17 avg rating — 235 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Junkyard Wonders
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4.57 avg rating — 2,622 ratings
score: 93,
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Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
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4.33 avg rating — 2,172 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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The Paper Bag Princess
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4.31 avg rating — 52,225 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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From Far Away
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4.02 avg rating — 501 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Swimmy
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4.15 avg rating — 24,159 ratings
score: 89,
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White Socks Only
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4.40 avg rating — 1,116 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Whitewash
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4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Those Shoes
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Maribeth Boelts (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 4,046 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
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Michelle Markel (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 3,734 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Suki's Kimono
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4.24 avg rating — 1,143 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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I'm New Here
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Anne Sibley O'Brien (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 926 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Megan's Year: An Irish Traveler's Story
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3.54 avg rating — 65 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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In Andal's House
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3.55 avg rating — 51 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
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4.28 avg rating — 1,453 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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Lily and the Paper Man
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Rebecca Upjohn (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 109 ratings
score: 76,
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1 person voted
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For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story
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Rebecca Langston-George (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 963 ratings
score: 75,
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1 person voted
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Every Day is Malala Day
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4.32 avg rating — 271 ratings
score: 74,
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1 person voted
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Each Kindness
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Jacqueline Woodson (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 7,849 ratings
score: 72,
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1 person voted
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Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust
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4.34 avg rating — 1,742 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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The Cats In Krasinski Square
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4.14 avg rating — 1,165 ratings
score: 69,
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Benno and the Night of Broken Glass
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Meg Wiviott (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 565 ratings
score: 68,
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