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• The Gilded Ones

  Forna, Namina

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  Recommended for grades 7+ by School Library Journal

• The Rock and the River

  Magoon, Kekla

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  Recommended for grades 7 and up by School Library Journal.

• Dropping Beats

  Lessore, Nathanael,

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  Recommended for ages 12+ from Publisher's Weekly. This story follows 13-year-old aspiring rapper Shaun “Growls” and his best friend Zachariah “Shanks” as they enter a Raptology competition.

• I Rise

  Arnold, Marie

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  Recommended for Ages 12--up by Publisher's Weekly

• Briarcliff Prep

  Peppins, Brianna

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  Recommended for readers age 14 and up by Publisher's Weekly.

• Basil and Oregano

  Capriglione, Melissa

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  From BookRiot: While this particular title does feature older teens, it has great appeal to younger teen readers. This is the only book on the list that doesn’t have a younger teen at the center, but it’s included because this one hits so…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bookish Boyfriends

  Schmidt, Tiffany

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  A series of books recommended for grades 8+ by School Library Journal

• Alanna

  the First Adventure

  Pierce, Tamora,

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  Recommended for grades 5-8 by School Library Journal

• Inkheart

  Funke, Cornelia, 1958-

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  Recommended for grades 4-8 by School Library Journal

• A Face Like Glass

  Hardinge, Frances

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  Recommended for grades 5+ in School Library Journal

• Number the Stars

  Lowry, Lois

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  Recommended for grades 3-7 by School Library Journal

• Artemis Fowl

  Colfer, Eoin

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  Recommended for grades 5-8 in School Library Journal

• The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again

  Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973

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  Recommended for ages 9 and up by School Library Journal

• Eragon

  Paolini, Christopher

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  Recommended for grades 5+ by School Library Journal

• The Graveyard Book

  Gaiman, Neil

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  Recommended for grades 5-8 by School Library Journal

• The Neverending Story

  Ende, Michael

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  Recommended for grades 5+ in School Library Journal

• The Ruins of Gorlan

  Flanagan, John (John Anthony),

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  Recommended for grades 5-9 by School Library Journal

• Stormbreaker

  Horowitz, Anthony

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  Recommended for grades 5-9 by School Library Journal

• Hatchet

  Paulsen, Gary

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  Recommended for grades 5-12 by Booklist

• Among the Hidden

  Haddix, Margaret Peterson

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  Recommended for grades 5-8 by School Library Journal