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Mrs. Lucas's Book Report Picks
For my beautiful students at HCC, this a list of books I think every one of you should read. They are enlightening choices for your book reports.
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,175,557 ratings
score: 383,
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4 people voted
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The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only #1)
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Katherine Applegate (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 205,981 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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Crenshaw
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Katherine Applegate (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 37,142 ratings
score: 180,
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2 people voted
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,749,494 ratings
score: 173,
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2 people voted
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Ms. Bixby's Last Day
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John David Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 8,985 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Inside Out & Back Again
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Thanhhà Lại (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 65,915 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Wishtree
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Katherine Applegate (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 40,910 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Pax (Pax, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 63,152 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Coraline
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 764,791 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Matilda
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4.33 avg rating — 1,083,054 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Milkweed
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4.02 avg rating — 31,368 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
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Nancy Farmer (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 95,774 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 132,674 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,341,245 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,267,308 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Pashmina
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Nidhi Chanani (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 10,403 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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The Librarian of Auschwitz
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4.15 avg rating — 62,550 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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A Handful of Stars
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4.15 avg rating — 5,875 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Okay for Now
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4.25 avg rating — 38,111 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Mockingbird
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4.20 avg rating — 35,541 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 334,691 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 45,377 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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Son (The Giver, #4)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 111,921 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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Messenger (The Giver, #3)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 146,702 ratings
score: 78,
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1 person voted
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Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 205,873 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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Summerlost
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 7,945 ratings
score: 75,
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1 person voted
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 avg rating — 4,370,779 ratings
score: 74,
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1 person voted
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The Pearl
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3.56 avg rating — 263,955 ratings
score: 73,
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1 person voted
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My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 83,683 ratings
score: 72,
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1 person voted
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The Little Prince
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4.33 avg rating — 2,397,370 ratings
score: 71,
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1 person voted
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 1,087,208 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 112,682 ratings
score: 69,
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1 person voted
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The Thing About Jellyfish
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4.10 avg rating — 43,782 ratings
score: 68,
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1 person voted
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 1,455,532 ratings
score: 67,
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1 person voted
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The Secret Tree
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Natalie Standiford (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 2,535 ratings
score: 66,
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1 person voted
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Karma Khullar's Mustache
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Kristi Wientge (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 565 ratings
score: 65,
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1 person voted
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Sit
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 740 ratings
score: 64,
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1 person voted
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Jacqueline Woodson (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 92,128 ratings
score: 63,
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1 person voted
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Fish in a Tree
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 82,827 ratings
score: 62,
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1 person voted
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The Cay (The Cay, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 37,954 ratings
score: 61,
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1 person voted
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The Wednesday Wars
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4.12 avg rating — 46,565 ratings
score: 60,
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1 person voted
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Tangerine
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3.58 avg rating — 33,136 ratings
score: 59,
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1 person voted
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Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 112,566 ratings
score: 58,
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1 person voted
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Airborn (Matt Cruse, #1)
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Kenneth Oppel (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 26,254 ratings
score: 57,
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1 person voted
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 500,736 ratings
score: 56,
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1 person voted
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The Graveyard Book
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 561,958 ratings
score: 55,
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1 person voted
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46 books ·
4 voters ·
list created December 7th, 2017
by Sarah Lucas (votes) .
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