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Early chapter books are fine, but please no picture books or NA.
Early chapter books are fine, but please no picture books or NA.
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Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
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3.84 avg rating — 6,632 ratings
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Becoming Joe DiMaggio
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3.64 avg rating — 124 ratings
score: 279,
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The Schwa Was Here (Antsy Bonano, #1)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 9,989 ratings
score: 197,
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The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 66,854 ratings
score: 194,
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Penny from Heaven
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Jennifer L. Holm (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 9,781 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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Hope in My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #1)
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score: 175,
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Under Copp's Hill (American Girl History Mysteries, #8)
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Katherine Ayres (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 568 ratings
score: 173,
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2 people voted
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Dear Mr. President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Letters from a Mill Town Girl
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Elizabeth Winthrop (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 156,
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2 people voted
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Bloomability
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4.06 avg rating — 10,633 ratings
score: 154,
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2 people voted
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Probably the World's Best Story About a Dog and the Girl Who Loved Me
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D. James Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 130,
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2 people voted
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The Day Grandma Came to Stay
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4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 100,
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A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
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3.90 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
score: 100,
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Rosa, Sola
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Carmela A. Martino (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 82 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Before the Wildflowers Bloom
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4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Possibilities of Sainthood
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Donna Freitas (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 1,047 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Kimchi & Calamari
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3.64 avg rating — 1,402 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Macaroni Boy
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Katherine Ayres (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 333 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Fire at the Triangle Factory
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4.11 avg rating — 66 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Isabella for Real
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Margie Palatini (Goodreads Author)
3.17 avg rating — 75 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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The Beckoning Hills
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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One Hundred Spaghetti Strings
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4.09 avg rating — 299 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Bread and Roses, Too
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3.78 avg rating — 2,696 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Boys of San Joaquin
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D. James Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Alligator Bayou
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Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 555 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Everything Else in the Universe
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Tracy Holczer (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 332 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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One Time
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3.93 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Nicky Deuce: Welcome to the Family
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3.48 avg rating — 60 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Then Again, Maybe I Won't
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 14,759 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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Within These Lines
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Stephanie Morrill (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 1,591 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Snow Lane
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3.77 avg rating — 474 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Joey the Good
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Erin Fry (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Where the Water Takes Us
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3.74 avg rating — 258 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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Every Single Second
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Tricia Springstubb (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 640 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
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Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 1,833 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
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3.77 avg rating — 2,776 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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The Orphan of Ellis Island
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3.85 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
score: 78,
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1 person voted
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The King of Mulberry Street
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Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 859 ratings
score: 75,
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1 person voted
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American Ace
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Marilyn Nelson (Goodreads Author)
3.41 avg rating — 671 ratings
score: 74,
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1 person voted
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Burn It All Down
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Nicolas DiDomizio (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 1,003 ratings
score: 73,
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1 person voted
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Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story
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Julie Gilbert (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 166 ratings
score: 72,
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1 person voted
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Here to Stay
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 71,
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1 person voted
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Stars for Cristy
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3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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Eddie Spaghetti
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3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 69,
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1 person voted
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Sweet America: An Immigrant's Story
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 68,
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1 person voted
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Keeping Score
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3.80 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
score: 67,
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Hill of Little Miracles
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score: 66,
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A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
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Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 359 ratings
score: 65,
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1 person voted
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Golden Gate
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3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 64,
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1 person voted
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Because She's My Friend
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3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 63,
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1 person voted
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Baseball Genius (Baseball Genius, #1)
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Tim Green (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 715 ratings
score: 62,
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1 person voted
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No Steady Job for Papa
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4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 61,
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The Other Shore
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score: 60,
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Annie on My Mind
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4.02 avg rating — 55,492 ratings
score: 58,
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The Summer of Dreams: The Story of a World's Fair Girl
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it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 57,
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1 person voted
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A Place for Joey
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3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 55,
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1 person voted
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The 1970s: Arguments
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4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 54,
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10 Blind Dates
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Ashley Elston (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 28,640 ratings
score: 53,
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1 person voted
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Confusion Is Nothing New
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Paul Acampora (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 236 ratings
score: 52,
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1 person voted
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Again, But Better
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Christine Riccio (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 35,289 ratings
score: 51,
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1 person voted
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Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous
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Kathryn Williams (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
score: 50,
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When I Dream of Heaven: Angelina's Story
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3.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 49,
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They're Always With You
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Mary Clare Lockman (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 48,
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Jersey Angel
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Beth Ann Bauman (Goodreads Author)
3.11 avg rating — 643 ratings
score: 47,
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1 person voted
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Mafia Girl
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Deborah Blumenthal (Goodreads Author)
2.99 avg rating — 373 ratings
score: 46,
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1 person voted
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Don't Go to Sleep
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Bryce Moore (Goodreads Author)
3.20 avg rating — 1,746 ratings
score: 45,
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Anyone but You (Twisted Lit #3)
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Kim Askew (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 141 ratings
score: 44,
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Chiara in the Dark
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Maya Chhabra (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 43,
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The Long Run
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James Acker (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 4,036 ratings
score: 42,
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Daystar
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it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 41,
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The 1930s: Directions
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4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Cecelia's Locket
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A Night Without Stars
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3.99 avg rating — 172 ratings
score: 38,
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Crash (Visions, #1)
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Lisa McMann (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 8,777 ratings
score: 37,
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Lost in Rome (Lost in Europe #3)
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Cindy Callaghan (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 375 ratings
score: 36,
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Letters from Italy
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Sea Beach Express
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Nicky Deuce: Home for the Holidays
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Cristy at Skippinghills
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The Other Side of Freedom
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Cynthia T. Toney (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 56 ratings
score: 30,
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Eddie Spaghetti on the Homefront
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It Was September When We Ran Away the First Time
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D. James Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 28,
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Papa Luigi's Marionettes
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When Love Gives You Lemons
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Steven Salvatore (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 324 ratings
score: 26,
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