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The Hero and the Crown (Damar, #2)
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4.21 avg rating — 54,862 ratings
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| 500 |
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The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
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3.84 avg rating — 33,067 ratings
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| 500 |
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
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4.33 avg rating — 103,895 ratings
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| 504 |
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The Facttracker
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Jason Carter Eaton (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 116 ratings
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| 504 |
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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4.09 avg rating — 94,806 ratings
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
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4.24 avg rating — 187,320 ratings
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| 504 |
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The Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites
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4.44 avg rating — 75,651 ratings
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| 508 |
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Wizard's Hall
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 1,846 ratings
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| 509 |
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The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 236,801 ratings
score: 175,
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| 510 |
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If You Give a Pig a Pancake
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Laura Joffe Numeroff (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 66,701 ratings
score: 174,
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| 511 |
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The Doll People Collection (Doll People, #1-#2)
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4.12 avg rating — 313 ratings
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| 511 |
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Kenny & the Dragon
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Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 5,864 ratings
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| 511 |
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A Kiss for Little Bear (Little Bear, #5)
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4.30 avg rating — 13,554 ratings
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| 514 |
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Ginger Pye (The Pyes, #1)
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3.69 avg rating — 13,553 ratings
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| 514 |
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Blubber
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 37,229 ratings
score: 172,
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| 514 |
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,344,003 ratings
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| 517 |
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The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
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Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 115,268 ratings
score: 171,
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| 517 |
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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 61,129 ratings
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| 519 |
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The Great Unexpected
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3.73 avg rating — 5,122 ratings
score: 170,
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| 519 |
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Rules
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3.97 avg rating — 64,091 ratings
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| 519 |
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The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 1,191,055 ratings
score: 170,
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| 522 |
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Becoming Naomi León
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4.07 avg rating — 13,096 ratings
score: 169,
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| 522 |
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I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
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4.18 avg rating — 20,994 ratings
score: 169,
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| 524 |
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The Wednesday Wars
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4.12 avg rating — 46,664 ratings
score: 168,
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| 525 |
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A Little History of the World
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4.10 avg rating — 31,176 ratings
score: 167,
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| 526 |
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The First Four Years (Little House, #9)
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3.87 avg rating — 44,214 ratings
score: 166,
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| 526 |
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This Is Not My Hat
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4.22 avg rating — 25,725 ratings
score: 166,
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| 528 |
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The Thief of Always
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Clive Barker (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 36,701 ratings
score: 165,
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| 528 |
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Fromage (Fromage, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 165,
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| 528 |
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White Fang
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4.05 avg rating — 282,211 ratings
score: 165,
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| 528 |
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The Whipping Boy
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3.60 avg rating — 28,415 ratings
score: 165,
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| 532 |
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Journey to the River Sea
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4.20 avg rating — 17,320 ratings
score: 164,
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| 532 |
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Night of the Living Dummy (Goosebumps, #7)
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R.L. Stine (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 33,742 ratings
score: 164,
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2 people voted
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| 534 |
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Hikari Okami: Kitsune Series
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Lolah Runda (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 163,
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| 534 |
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The Complete Adventures of Curious George
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4.23 avg rating — 44,886 ratings
score: 163,
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| 536 |
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Red Sails to Capri
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,104 ratings
score: 162,
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| 536 |
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Stone Fox
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4.04 avg rating — 19,667 ratings
score: 162,
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3 people voted
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| 536 |
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Roller Girl
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4.27 avg rating — 69,181 ratings
score: 162,
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| 536 |
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Llama Llama Red Pajama
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4.31 avg rating — 52,787 ratings
score: 162,
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| 540 |
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The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
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3.84 avg rating — 2,333 ratings
score: 161,
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| 540 |
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The Second Mrs. Gioconda
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3.71 avg rating — 3,232 ratings
score: 161,
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| 540 |
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The Very Busy Spider
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4.22 avg rating — 40,999 ratings
score: 161,
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| 543 |
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 378,599 ratings
score: 160,
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| 544 |
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Now One Foot, Now the Other
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4.44 avg rating — 1,187 ratings
score: 159,
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| 545 |
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We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
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4.26 avg rating — 4,075 ratings
score: 157,
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| 545 |
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Escape to Witch Mountain
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3.91 avg rating — 3,640 ratings
score: 157,
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| 545 |
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Days with Frog and Toad (Frog and Toad, #4)
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4.30 avg rating — 24,294 ratings
score: 157,
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3 people voted
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| 545 |
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The Magician's Elephant
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Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 27,186 ratings
score: 157,
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| 545 |
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The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2)
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Susan Cooper (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 60,166 ratings
score: 157,
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| 550 |
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The Harry Potter Collection 1-4 (Harry Potter, #1-4)
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4.69 avg rating — 69,014 ratings
score: 156,
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3 people voted
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| 550 |
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Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (Junie B. Jones, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 29,900 ratings
score: 156,
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| 552 |
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The Complete Wreck
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Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 16,642 ratings
score: 155,
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2 people voted
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| 552 |
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Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7)
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4.08 avg rating — 35,155 ratings
score: 155,
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| 552 |
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Melissa
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4.09 avg rating — 47,497 ratings
score: 155,
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| 555 |
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The Book of Dragons (Looking Glass Library 4)
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3.84 avg rating — 3,847 ratings
score: 154,
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3 people voted
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| 555 |
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Smile (Smile, #1)
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Raina Telgemeier (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 303,770 ratings
score: 154,
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2 people voted
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| 557 |
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The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
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4.02 avg rating — 15,665 ratings
score: 153,
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| 558 |
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The Song of the Lioness Quartet (Song of the Lioness, #1-4)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 14,078 ratings
score: 152,
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| 558 |
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The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
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Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 152,015 ratings
score: 152,
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| 558 |
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When You Reach Me
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4.08 avg rating — 115,766 ratings
score: 152,
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| 558 |
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Chrysanthemum
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4.34 avg rating — 56,365 ratings
score: 152,
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| 562 |
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Felicity: An American Girl
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Valerie Tripp (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 7,388 ratings
score: 151,
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| 562 |
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Quidditch Through the Ages
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3.80 avg rating — 187,392 ratings
score: 151,
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| 564 |
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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3.89 avg rating — 1,579,040 ratings
score: 150,
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| 564 |
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Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
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4.28 avg rating — 190,739 ratings
score: 150,
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| 566 |
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Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
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4.18 avg rating — 117,553 ratings
score: 149,
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| 567 |
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The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #3)
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Jeff Kinney (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 168,273 ratings
score: 147,
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| 567 |
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Little Men (Little Women, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 67,389 ratings
score: 147,
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| 567 |
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Animalia
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4.27 avg rating — 23,039 ratings
score: 147,
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| 567 |
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The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1)
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Kazu Kibuishi (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 110,295 ratings
score: 147,
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| 567 |
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Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35,041 ratings
score: 147,
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| 572 |
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The Faraway Tree Stories (The Faraway Tree #1-3)
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4.30 avg rating — 16,110 ratings
score: 146,
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| 572 |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
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4.07 avg rating — 140,657 ratings
score: 146,
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| 572 |
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The Silver Donkey: A Novel for Children
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3.80 avg rating — 2,072 ratings
score: 146,
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| 572 |
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The Poky Little Puppy
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4.13 avg rating — 83,339 ratings
score: 146,
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| 576 |
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The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #4)
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3.96 avg rating — 41,991 ratings
score: 145,
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| 577 |
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,343,045 ratings
score: 143,
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| 578 |
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Miss Rumphius
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4.45 avg rating — 28,386 ratings
score: 142,
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| 578 |
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
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4.28 avg rating — 94,823 ratings
score: 142,
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| 580 |
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The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
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Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 134,120 ratings
score: 141,
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| 580 |
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Socks
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3.94 avg rating — 10,580 ratings
score: 141,
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| 580 |
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The Missing Piece (The Missing Piece, #1)
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4.28 avg rating — 31,218 ratings
score: 141,
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| 580 |
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A Monster Calls
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4.35 avg rating — 286,218 ratings
score: 141,
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| 584 |
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The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 11,896 ratings
score: 140,
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| 585 |
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The Magicians of Caprona (Chrestomanci, #4)
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3.93 avg rating — 13,479 ratings
score: 138,
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| 586 |
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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Oz, #4)
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3.73 avg rating — 14,991 ratings
score: 137,
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| 586 |
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Danny and the Dinosaur (Danny and the Dinosaur, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 30,974 ratings
score: 137,
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| 588 |
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The Very Quiet Cricket
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4.07 avg rating — 21,014 ratings
score: 136,
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| 589 |
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The King's Swift Rider
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3.71 avg rating — 185 ratings
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| 590 |
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Aesop’s Fables
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4.05 avg rating — 128,974 ratings
score: 133,
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| 591 |
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The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
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4.36 avg rating — 156,682 ratings
score: 132,
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| 592 |
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The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #1)
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Maryrose Wood (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 22,892 ratings
score: 131,
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| 593 |
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Corduroy
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4.33 avg rating — 228,152 ratings
score: 130,
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| 593 |
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The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 93,099 ratings
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| 595 |
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The Grouchy Ladybug
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4.12 avg rating — 35,184 ratings
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| 596 |
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
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3.82 avg rating — 4,920 ratings
score: 126,
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| 596 |
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Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, #1)
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3.72 avg rating — 31,171 ratings
score: 126,
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| 598 |
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The Master Puppeteer
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3.75 avg rating — 3,585 ratings
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| 598 |
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Fudge-a-Mania (Fudge, #4)
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 32,588 ratings
score: 125,
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| 598 |
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The Silmarillion
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4.03 avg rating — 328,611 ratings
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Dec 14, 2009 06:43PM
WHat a great list! I have read many of these in Elementary school and loved all of them!!!
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I was trying to think of books I could buy my niece for her upcoming fifth birthday - this list was a great place to start.
Great list to remember for Sarah and Mark.
I was looking for a new chapter book for my class as a read-aloud (we just finished #7), and I found this list - it's great! I'm having them vote on their favourite from the top 10 tomorrow!
a realy good book is dear mr. henshaw by beverly cleary it's about a boy named leigh botts and he has a s.a on a good book so he doe's mr. henshaw.
oh poo i came to this place to find dork diaries do they have it
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Good books
good read can make it easier for you to relate to others. Literary fiction, specifically, has the power to help its readers understand what others are .
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How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
