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Illinois Read for a Lifetime book list for the 2020-2021 school year.
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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4.49 avg rating — 788,495 ratings
score: 200,
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The Call of the Wild
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3.91 avg rating — 465,626 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
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4.48 avg rating — 7,604 ratings
score: 183,
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 2,418,542 ratings
score: 181,
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2 people voted
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Circe
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Madeline Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 1,308,036 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
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Holly Black (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,667,580 ratings
score: 97,
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A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1)
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Brigid Kemmerer (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 177,609 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Dig
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A.S. King (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 9,425 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Don't Get Caught
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Kurt Dinan (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 2,634 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
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Ben Philippe (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 8,342 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Fountains of Silence
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Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 80,450 ratings
score: 92,
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The Haunted (The Haunted, #1)
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Danielle Vega (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 3,395 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Heroine
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Mindy McGinnis (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 13,270 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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3.84 avg rating — 495,374 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
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4.08 avg rating — 6,142 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Internment
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Samira Ahmed (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 20,183 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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Jackpot
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Nic Stone (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 6,562 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
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3.93 avg rating — 19,179 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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Monday's Not Coming
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Tiffany D. Jackson (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 75,413 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Patron Saints of Nothing
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4.21 avg rating — 19,666 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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Pet (Pet, #1)
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Akwaeke Emezi (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 33,788 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)
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Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 177,247 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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Two Can Keep a Secret
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 169,094 ratings
score: 78,
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1 person voted
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Wilder Girls
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Rory Power (Goodreads Author)
3.45 avg rating — 98,804 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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With the Fire on High
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Elizabeth Acevedo (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 89,197 ratings
score: 76,
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