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6th-8th Grade Must Reads!
If you are in middle school, you ought to read these!
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
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The Eighth Day (Eighth Day, #1)
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Dianne K. Salerni (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 4,834 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,750,010 ratings
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 3,359,632 ratings
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The Secret Garden
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A Little Princess
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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
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Escape from Sleepy Hollow: Headless in New York
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4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Old Yeller
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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The Westing Game
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,175,712 ratings
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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 — 206,021 ratings
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Frindle
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3.85 avg rating — 124,051 ratings
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Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
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Sharon M. Draper (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 184,486 ratings
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The Founder's Curse (New Zigon, #1)
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Danelle O'Donnell (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Legend of Decimus Croome: A Halloween Carol
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Kevin Purdy (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 139 ratings
score: 299,
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Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 112,585 ratings
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Counting by 7s
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Holly Goldberg Sloan (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 86,289 ratings
score: 288,
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
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Jeff Kinney (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 756,163 ratings
score: 235,
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Black Beauty
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The Doll People (Doll People, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 17,482 ratings
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Aether Warriors (The Hidden War Series #1)
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Dean Ravenola (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 200,
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Raising Sleeping Stones
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P.H.T. Bennet (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Iqbal
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3.97 avg rating — 7,562 ratings
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Kira-Kira
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3.97 avg rating — 27,935 ratings
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Inside Out & Back Again
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Thanhhà Lại (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 65,926 ratings
score: 191,
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Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
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4.17 avg rating — 44,864 ratings
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Mattimeo (Redwall, #3)
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My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 83,692 ratings
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Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 71,778 ratings
score: 187,
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Dragon Wing
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Rebecca K. Busch (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 186,
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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 61,065 ratings
score: 185,
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Keeper
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Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 3,198 ratings
score: 184,
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Fears of Darkness
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J.M. Northup (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 183,
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Matched (Matched, #1)
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 810,914 ratings
score: 168,
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Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912
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Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914
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Carolyn Meyer (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 10,572 ratings
score: 163,
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Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1)
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Rachel Renée Russell (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 114,732 ratings
score: 130,
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Glory Be
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Augusta Scattergood (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 5,435 ratings
score: 127,
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The Fourth Apprentice (Warriors: Omen of the Stars, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 20,342 ratings
score: 125,
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The Forgotten Warrior (Warriors: Omen of the Stars, #5)
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4.43 avg rating — 14,166 ratings
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The Raven
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4.29 avg rating — 164,722 ratings
score: 112,
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The Rose (A Lady Katherine Novel, #1)
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Dennis Berry (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 100,
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Stone Ram (Leopard King Saga, #1.3)
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T.A. Uner (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The False Prince (Ascendance, #1)
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Jennifer A. Nielsen (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 107,263 ratings
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Feline Fascinations: The Adventures of Boris and Olga
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J.M. Northup (Goodreads Author)
4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy (Amanda Lester, Detective, #1)
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Paula Berinstein (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 159 ratings
score: 100,
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Marianna Mestre: Nothing's As It Seems
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Kristin O'Ferrall (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Mystery of the Egyptian Scroll (Zet Mystery Case #1)
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Scott Peters (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 613 ratings
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The Awakening (Poppy the Pixie, #1)
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Maya Collins (Goodreads Author)
4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Disneylanders
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Kate Abbott (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 266 ratings
score: 99,
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Amanda Lester and the Orange Crystal Crisis (Amanda Lester, Detective, #2)
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Paula Berinstein (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 44 ratings
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The Shark Caller
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Dianne Wolfer (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 111 ratings
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I Escaped North Korea
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Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Legend of Decimus Croome: A Halloween Carol
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Kevin Purdy (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 139 ratings
score: 99,
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Amanda Lester and the Purple Rainbow Puzzle (Amanda Lester, Detective, #3)
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Paula Berinstein (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings
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A Rose for the ANZAC Boys
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4.02 avg rating — 2,232 ratings
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Saving Mr. Terupt
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The Princess Bride
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4.27 avg rating — 939,536 ratings
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Amanda Lester and the Blue Peacocks' Secret (Amanda Lester, Detective #4)
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Paula Berinstein (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 2,614 ratings
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Born to Run
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The Crystal Prison (The Deptford Mice, #2)
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4.02 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
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The Turnkey
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Allison Rushby (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 307 ratings
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A Ripple of Fear
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J.M. Northup (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Final Reckoning (The Deptford Mice, #3)
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The Boy in the Dress
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The Alchymist's Cat (The Deptford Histories, #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 961 ratings
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Storm Boy
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The Oaken Throne (The Deptford Histories, #2)
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4.22 avg rating — 604 ratings
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Ingo
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Rules
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3.97 avg rating — 64,036 ratings
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Thomas (The Deptford Histories, #3)
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4.12 avg rating — 389 ratings
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The Tide Knot
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Mockingbird
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The Deep
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The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 420,960 ratings
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Moving Day (Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls, #1)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 6,711 ratings
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The Crossing of Ingo
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4.10 avg rating — 3,447 ratings
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The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 225,229 ratings
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Risked (The Missing, #6)
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4.20 avg rating — 4,711 ratings
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Stormswept
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3.84 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
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The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 1,329,125 ratings
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13 Secrets (Thirteen Treasures, #3)
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Michelle Harrison (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 4,385 ratings
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The Undrowned Child
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3.84 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
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The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 178,152 ratings
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The 13 Curses (Thirteen Treasures, #2)
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Michelle Harrison (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 5,735 ratings
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The Prince of Mist (Niebla, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 65,021 ratings
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United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)
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Ally Carter (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 38,403 ratings
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The Watcher in the Shadows (Niebla #3)
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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 — 1,187,741 ratings
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The Empty City (Survivors, #1)
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1916 (Australia's Great War, #3)
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