Books I recommend to my favorite students

Discover the top books I recommend to my favorite students—curated list of must-reads for learning, growth, and inspiration. Find your next great read here!

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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

by Jack Gantos

Joey Pigza can't sit still. He can't pay attention, he can't follow the rules, and he can't help it -- especially when his meds aren't …
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Stargirl

by Jerry Spinelli

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A modern-day classic from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli, this …
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Maniac Magee

 

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Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

In Coraline's family's new flat there's a locked door. On the other side is a brick wall—until Coraline unlocks the door . . . and …
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Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen

This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has …
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Walk Two Moons

by Sharon Creech

"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned. "Oh, …
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Love That Dog

by Sharon Creech

Jack Room 105 -- Miss Stretchberry September 13 /center I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do. Meet Jack, who tells his …
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Ruby Holler

by Sharon Creech

"You are now entering Ruby Holler, the one and only Ruby Holler! Your lives are never going to be the same—" "Trouble twins" Dallas and …
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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963

 

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

A young girl's rebellion against bigotry culminates in a terrifying witch hunt and trial.
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The Giver

by Lois Lowry

In a future society, young Jonas is given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, and discovers the terrible truth about the society in …
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Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be courageous and resourceful as she helps shelter her Jewish friend from …
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Out of the Dust

by Karen Hesse

In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years …
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E.L. Konigsburg

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg’s beloved classic and Newbery …
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Holes

 

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Carry on, Mr. Bowditch

 

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