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Here are some hard to find independent authors that are writing some cutting edge literature for the 21st century child. A lot of these are hard to find or in independant bookstores. Most are carried on Amazon.com.
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The Lollipop (Adventures of Alex and Katie #2)
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Julia Gousseva (Goodreads Author)
4.74 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Starring Tracy Beaker (Tracy Beaker, #3)
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3.64 avg rating — 4,261 ratings
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The Silver Donkey: A Novel for Children
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3.80 avg rating — 2,066 ratings
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Airborn (Matt Cruse, #1)
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Kenneth Oppel (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 26,254 ratings
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The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga, #4)
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Andrew Peterson (Goodreads Author)
4.74 avg rating — 16,943 ratings
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The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
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Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 561,748 ratings
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Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)
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Shannon Messenger (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 59,824 ratings
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The Adventures of Sissy Dog: It’s Nice To Meet You (The Adventures of Sissy Dog: A Rhyming Children's Series)
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The Downs (The King of the Trees, #5)
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William D. Burt (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Matilda Bone
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Karen Cushman (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 3,638 ratings
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When I Build With Blocks
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Niki Alling (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 88 ratings
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The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two (Fairyland, #3)
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Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 5,596 ratings
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Tall Tales for Short People
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Julia Gousseva (Goodreads Author)
4.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Story of Tracy Beaker (Tracy Beaker, #1)
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3.78 avg rating — 21,314 ratings
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Jasper Jones
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Craig Silvey (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 42,604 ratings
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Inside Out & Back Again
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Thanhhà Lại (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 65,915 ratings
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The Elephant's Child
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3.95 avg rating — 953 ratings
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The Devil's Deceptions: Where we go After we Die
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4.86 avg rating — 187 ratings
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The Adventures of Sissy Dog: It’s Nice To Meet You (The Adventures of Sissy Dog: A Rhyming Children's Series Book 1)
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K. Michelle Edge (Goodreads Author)
4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Clementine, Friend of the Week (Clementine, #4)
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4.17 avg rating — 3,511 ratings
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Kyleah's Mirrors (The King of the Trees, #6)
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William D. Burt (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo, #1)
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D.M. Cornish (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 8,223 ratings
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The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
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Andrew Peterson (Goodreads Author)
4.68 avg rating — 18,531 ratings
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The Adventures of Sissy Dog: In the Chicken Coop: A Rhyming Children's Series (The Adventures of Sissy Dog: A Rhyming Children's Series Book 2)
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4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Birthing Tree (The King of the Trees, #7)
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William D. Burt (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings
score: 94,
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North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)
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Andrew Peterson (Goodreads Author)
4.55 avg rating — 20,881 ratings
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Eight Days of Luke
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3.89 avg rating — 3,272 ratings
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I Was a Rat!
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3.58 avg rating — 2,879 ratings
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The Prince Warriors and the Swords of Rhema (The Prince Warriors, #3)
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Plain Kate
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Erin Bow (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 6,167 ratings
score: 92,
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The Prince Warriors and the Unseen Invasion (The Prince Warriors, #2)
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The Runaway Princess (The Runaway Princess, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 2,568 ratings
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The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci, #6)
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4.10 avg rating — 9,395 ratings
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The Prince Warriors (The Prince Warriors, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 2,692 ratings
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Mystery of the Silver Coins (Viking Quest, #2)
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4.31 avg rating — 1,323 ratings
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Pickity Witch - The Chosen One
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James Nailen-Smith (Goodreads Author)
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score: 89,
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Raiders from the Sea (Viking Quest, #1)
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4.25 avg rating — 2,137 ratings
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The Invisible Friend (Viking Quest, #3)
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4.34 avg rating — 1,202 ratings
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Heart of Courage (Viking Quest, #4)
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4.37 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
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The Secret Lives of Princesses
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4.21 avg rating — 1,423 ratings
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Raider's Promise (Viking Quest, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
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The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3)
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4.36 avg rating — 19,392 ratings
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The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4)
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4.41 avg rating — 12,386 ratings
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The Penderwicks at Last (The Penderwicks #5)
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4.17 avg rating — 9,113 ratings
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I Was a Sixth Grade Alien (Sixth Grade Alien, #1)
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3.65 avg rating — 316 ratings
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Ballet Shoes
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4.07 avg rating — 38,106 ratings
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Swindle (Swindle, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 19,441 ratings
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Avalon High
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 47,385 ratings
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Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, #1)
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3.72 avg rating — 31,153 ratings
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The Misadventures of Maude March (Maude March Misadventures #1)
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Audrey Couloumbis (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 1,743 ratings
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The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 17,258 ratings
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The Mother-Daughter Book Club
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4.06 avg rating — 15,107 ratings
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The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 261,205 ratings
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Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1)
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Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 121,181 ratings
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Savvy (Savvy, #1)
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Ingrid Law (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 49,562 ratings
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Midnight for Charlie Bone (The Children of the Red King, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 44,344 ratings
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Tiffany
640 books
301 friends
301 friends
Todd Fonseca
533 books
438 friends
438 friends
Theresa
12 books
10 friends
10 friends
Eric
49 books
442 friends
442 friends
Dee
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497 friends
497 friends
Kevis
1711 books
799 friends
799 friends
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I love Pippi as much as the next person, but how can a book continuously in print since 1945 be considered "cutting edge literature for the 21st century child"? I hope the book remains popular, but I have disqualified it from this list. I hope that isn't a problem.
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Has anyone else read FingerTip Island? My school's using it for our imagination series project. It's so good! I couldn't stop laughing at Gus.
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