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Fiction Byars, Betsy. Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover. F Bya Carter, Alden. Bull Catcher. F Car Cleary, Beverly. Strider. F Cle Conrad, Pam. Stonewords: A Ghost Story. F Con Cooney, Caroline B. Driver’s Ed. F Coo -----. Face on the Milk Carton. F Coo -----. A Family Apart. F Coo Crutcher, Chris. Ironman. F Cru Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963. F Cur Davis, Enny. Sex Education. F Dav DeFelice, Cynthia. Weasel. F DeF Draper, Sharon M. Forged by Fire. F Dra Duncan, Lois. Gallows Hill. F Dun Fleischman, Paul. The Borning Room. F Fle Fleischman, Sid. The Midnight Horse. F Fle Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden. F Had Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders. F Hin -----. Rumble Fish. F Hin -----. Taming the Star Runner. F Hin -----. Tex. F Hin Hoover, H. M. Away is a Strange Place to Be. F Hoo Justice League Adventures. F Jus Klause, Annette. Curtis. Blood and Chocolate. F Kla -----. Silver Kiss. F Kla Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. F Kon Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted. F Lev Lipsyte, Robert. The Brave. F Lip MacLachlan, Patricia. Journey. F Mac Murphy, Jim. The Boys' War. F Mur Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. F Mye -----. Somewhere in the Darkness. F Mye Nixon, Joan Lowery. Caught in the Act. F Nix -----. In the Face of Danger. F Nix -----. A Place to Belong. F Nix -----. Search for the Shadowman. F Nix O'Dell, Scott. Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. F ODe Paulsen, Gary. Brian’s Winter. F Pau -----. Call Me Francis Tucket. F Pau -----. Mr. Tucket. F Pau -----. The River. F Pau -----. Sarny: A Life Remembered. F Pau -----. The Schernoff Discoveries. F Pau -----. Woodsong. F Pau Petersen, P.J. White Water. F Pet Quattlebaum, Mary. Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns. F Qua Schusterman, Neil. The Dark Side of Nowhere. F Sch Smith, Eff. Bone: Out from Boneville. F Smi Smith, Robert Kimmel. The War with Grandpa. F Smi Soto, Gary. Taking Sides. F Sot Speare, Elizabeth George. The Sign of the Beaver. F Spe Spinelli, Erry. There's a Girl in My Hammerlock. F Spi Stoker, Bram. Dracula. F Sto Ultimate Spider-Man. F Ult Vail, Rachel. Wonder. F Vai Velde, Vivian Vande. Never Trust a Dead Man. F Van Williams, Carol Lynch. The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson. F WiL Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. Vampire Bugs: Stories Conjured from the Past. F Wye

Non-Fiction

Daldry, Eremy. The Teenage Guy's Survival Guide: The Real Deal on Girls, Growing Up, and Other Guy Stuff. 305.235 D Fogle, Bruce. The Encyclopedia of the Cat. 636.8 F Fritz, Ean. Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt. 921 R Gates, Phil. The History News: Medicine. 610.9 G Janulewicz, Mike. Yikes! Your Body, Up Close ! 611 J Enkins, Steve. Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest. 796.522 E King, Martin Luther. I Have A Dream. 611 Kramer, Stephen. Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley. 778.9 Marschall, Ken. Inside the Titanic. 910.916 M O'Grady, Scott. Basher Five-Two: The True Story of f-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady. 921 O Stine, R. L. It Came From Ohio: My Life as a Writer. 810.92 S Willson, Quentin. Classic American Cars. 629.222 W

Repetitive Texts / Pattern Books Aardema, V. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. E Aar Zemach, H. The Judge. E Zem

Poetry and Verse Adoff, Arnold. All the Colors of the Race. 811.54 A Adoff, A. Street Music: City Poems. 811 A Agard, J. and G. Nichols. A Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean Poets. 811 B Bruchac, J. Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons. 811 B Carlsen, L. M. Cool Salsa: Bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States. 811 C Cole, JoAnna. Anna Banana: 101 Jump-Rope Rhymes. 398 C -----. Miss Mary Mack and Other Children’s Street Rhymes. 796.1 M Cole, W. Poem Stew. 811.54 C Feelings, T. Soul Looks Back in Wonder. 811 S Fletcher, Ralph. Relatively Speaking: Poems About Family 811 F Glen, Mel. Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems. F Gle -----. The Taking of Room 114: A Hostage Drama in Poems. F Gle Myers, Walter Dean. Harlem. 811 M Prelutsky, Jack. The New Kid on the Block. 811 P -----. Rolling Harvey Down the Hill. 811.54 P Rylant, Cynthia. Something Permanent. 811.54 E Silverstein, Shel. A Light in the Attic. 811 S -----. Where the Sidewalk Ends. 811 S Tripp, W. A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me. 398.8 T Viorst, Judith. If I Were in Charge of the World. 811.54 V Books for Readers Theater / Read-Aloud Texts Cuyler, M. That’s Good! That’s Bad. E Lex McKissack, Patricia. Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? 921 T Martin, Bill. Knots on a Counting Rope. E Mar Raschka, Chris. Yo! Yes? E Ras Trivizas, E. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. E Tri

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Books with Lists of Titles for Reluctant Readers Ammon, Bette. More Rip-Roaring Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers. 028.535 A Benedict, Susan. Beyond Words: Picture Books for Older Readers and Writers. 028.535 B LiBretto, Ellen. High/Low Handbook: Encouraging Literacy in the ‘90’s. 027.626 H Pillo, Marianne Laino. The Best: High/Low Books for Reluctant Readers. 016.0285 P -----. Resources for Middle-Grade Reluctant Readers: A Guide for Librarians. 016.371926 P Rosow, La Vergne. Light ‘n Lively Reads for ESL, Adult and Teen Readers: A Thematic Bibliography. 428.64016 R Sherman, Gale. W. Rip-Roaring Reads for Reluctant Teens. 028.535 S