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Fiction, heart warming with relevant universal theme, heavy topic

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Culturally or socially diverse

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Fiction, feel good, comedic

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Based on a true story or nonfiction

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Animal/object fantasy, fiction

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By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Main Characters: Marty, Shiloh
Setting: Shiloh, West Virginia 1900s
Summary: Marty finds a Shiloh, a dog, and insists that his father would let him keep him. However, they find the original owner is abusive and Shiloh returns to Marty.
2 Activities: draw their dream pet, comprehension questions

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By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated By: Micha Archer
Main Character: Bobbi Gibb
Setting: Boston Marathon 1966
Summary: Bobbi goes against stereotypes and rules to become the first female to run in the Boston Marathon.
2 Activities: Hold a race, discuss things students want to accomplish and how to accomplish them

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By: Jory John
Illustrated By: Pete Oswald
Main Characters: the cool bean, other friends at school
Setting: Beanside Elementary School
Summary: The Cool bean felt uncool until he was in a situation where the other cool beans helped him. He ended up knowing that he was cool enough to be liked even if he was different.
2 Activities: had each student a cool bean so they remember the story, have each person draw their own bean and personalize it.

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By: Emily Clark
Illustrated By: Becky Radtke
Main Characters: Run hen, cat, duck, and dog
Setting: a farm
Summary: The little red hen asks his friends for help but they always say no until the hen makes bread and offers it. The hen tells them no because they never wanted to help him in the first place.
2 Activities: make bread with the kids, act out scenes from the story.

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By: Jerry Spinelli
Main Characters: Amanda, Mrs. Beale, John McNab, Maniac & Mars Bar Thompson
Setting: Pennsylvania, 1959
Summary: Maniac, an orphan boy, is in search of a home within the town of Two Mills but it is segregated ultimately becoming problematic.
2 Activities: discussion on racism & inequality within the novel, watch the movie

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By: Rob Sanders
Illustrated By: Steven Salerno
Main Characters: Harvey Milk, Gilbert Baker
Setting: 1978, multiple locations including stages
Summary: Harvey Milk created the Pride flag and other Pride laws based on a dream on equality.
2 Activities: history lesson on gay rights in America, find symbols within the classroom

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Jazz Day: The Making of A Famous Photograph (2016)

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Jazz Day: The Making of A Famous Photograph (2016)

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By: Roxanne Orgill
Illustrated By: Francis Vallejo
Main Characters: Roxanne, Joe, Francis
Setting: Harlem 1958
Summary: The creation of the jazz music in Harlem becomes one of the most iconic moments in history.
2 Activities: history lesson over the famous photograph, listen to jazz music

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By: Kwame Alexander
Illustrated By: Ekua Holmes
Main Characters: Multiple
Setting: Varies
Summary: The book covers a wide variety of different poems that emphasize singing and wonder.
2 Activities: write a poem, analysis on a poem

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By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Main Characters: Ada, Jamie, Susan, Mam
Setting: England, World War II
Summary: Ada who is disabled avoids her mother who refuses to let her outside of the apartment because of her disability. Jamie and Ada are able to escape the cruelty of their mother to live with Susan but they run into problems when a bomb is dropped on Susan's house.
2 Activities: have students read in groups and have discussions about the novel, project covering themes within the novel

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There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (1988)

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There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (1988)

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By: Louis Sachar
Main Characters: Bradley, Carla, Jeff, Colleen
Setting: Red Hill School, modern time
Summary: Bradley is the biggest bully at school but when the new counselor shows him compassion, Bradley's behavior changes.
2 Activities: make a diary from Bradley's prospective, create comic strips

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Written & Illustrated By: Jeff Kinney
Main Characters: Greg, Rowley, Rodrick, Manny
Setting: suburban area, Plainview, school, modern
Summary: Greg is learning how to deal with the horrors of middle school. Greg writes about his experiences in the diary.
2 Activities: write diary entrees about school, comic strips of students' school experience

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By: Beverly Cleary
Illustrated By: Arthur Dories and Tracy Dockray
Main Characters: Beezus, Ramona, Henry, Howie
Setting: Portland, Oregon; school; 1990s/present
Summary:Being sisters, Beezus and Ramona have a lot of annoyance towards each other especially with Ramona's behavior. However, they learn to love each other and get along.
2 Activities: Book report, write about siblings/friends who are like siblings

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By: Nicholas Sparks
Main Characters: Julie, Mike, Richard, & Singer
Setting: Swansboro, North Carolina
Summary:Julie experiences the death of her husband which leads her to date a psycho path who tries to kill her and her new found love. Her dog, Singer, ends up being her ultimate guardian and saves her.
2 Activities: reflection paper on the importance of healthy relationships, discussion how the loyalty of dogs

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By: Gary Soto
Illustrated By: Ed Martinez
Main Characters: Maria, her mother
Setting: Hispanic family in their home during Christmas
Summary: After Maria and her family spend time making tamales, her mother's ring is lost in the tamales but they end up finding it on mom's finger.
2 Activities: bring tamales as a snack, have kids make a family tree

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By: Mercer Mayer
Illustrated By: Mercer Mayer
Main Characters: Little Critter, His father
Setting: At Little Critter's House/Bedroom
Summary: Little Critter hates bedtime and refuses but after lots of convincing from his father, he finally gives up and goes to sleep.
2 Activities: Have the kids draw their favorite pajamas, discuss with the kids their favorite parts of bedtime.

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By: Clandia Harrington
Illustrated By: Joe Persico
Main Characters: Roxy & Lenny
Setting: Roxy's house
Summary: Lenny observes Roxy at her home life and learns that love is important when being in family where special needs is present.
2 Activities: Discuss friendships with different students, have kids practice conversations with students

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By: Louise Horden
Illustrated By: Adam Gustavson
Main Characters: Matthew Perez, Mrs. Mallory
Setting: Albert E. Chapman Elementary School
Summary: It is the last day of school for Matthew Perez so he is working on finding the right time to give a gift to his teacher.
2 Activities: Have the kids bring gifts to give to each other, ask the kids what they would want to do over the summer

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By: Patti Henderson
Illustrated By: Elizabeth Edge
Main Character:Kangaroo
Setting: Out in nature, under a tree
Summary: A kangaroo prays for a baby every night and one day a baby bird falls out of a tree into the kangaroo's pouch.
2 Activities: An appreciation note to our moms, draw a picture of a mother and a baby.

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Tell me Again About the Night I was Born (1996)

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Tell me Again About the Night I was Born (1996)

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By: Jamie Lee Curtis
Illustrated By: Laura Cornell
Main Character: Child, Mother, Father
Setting: Hospital and Airport
Summary: A young child asking her parents to describe how her adopted parents met her.
2 Activities: Allow kids to share their knowledge of being a child, activity describing adoption

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By: Eve Bunting
Illustrated: David Diaz
Main Character:Daniel, his mother
Setting: Apartment in Los Angeles during riot
Summary: Daniel and his mother are living through a riot which causes multiple fires and distress with his missing cat, Jasmine.
2 Activities: Have kids make "goodie" bags to give to a shelter, color sheet of a cat

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By: Eve Bunting
Illustrated: Ronald Humler
Main Characters: boy, his father
Setting: airport terminal
Summary: The boy and his father are living in the airport. One day the boy sees a bird gain it's freedom outside the terminal which makes him hopeful of a future outside the airport.
2 Activities: kids draw planes, write a list of hopes the kids have

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By: Jim Tobin
Illustrated By: Dave Coverly
Main Characters: Michael, other peers
Setting: At school, modern era
Summary: Michael learned a bad word and shared it with his classmates without understanding it is a bad word until their teacher addresses it!
2 Activities: list of words that are appropriate and fun to use, acrostic poem

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By: Candace Feeming
Illustrated: Nancy Carpenter
Main Characters: Imogene
Setting: Liddleville, New Hampshire at school
Summary: When Imogene finds out the Liddleville Historical Society building is being torn town she works to make it a national landmark.
2 Activities: Anytime Imogene quotes a famous person in history,wave your flags and a research project over one of the famous historians mentioned in the book.

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By: Anika Aldamuy Denise
Illustrated By: Paloa Escobar
Main Characters: Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpre
Setting: New York Public Library
Summary: In New York, Pura Belpre became a bilingual assistant teaching kids of stories from all types of cultures.
2 Activities: students share on their culture, bring different snacks that represent different cultures

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By: Shana Corey
Illustrated By: Rebecca Gibbon
Main Characters: Katie Casey, other girls playing baseball
Setting: World War II is occurring, baseball stadium
Summary: While entertainment has stopped due to war, Katie Casey proves to society that girls can make baseball just as exciting as boys can.
2 Activities: Take the kids to play baseball, watch an appropriate clip from "A League of Their Own"

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Written & Illustrated By: Ludwig Bemelmans
Main Characters: Madeline, Madame Clavel, other girls
Setting: Paris at Catholic boarding school
Summary: Madeline is taken to the hospital to remove her appendix and when the other girls learn of this, they tell Madame Clavel, they too need their appendix removed.
2 Activities: teach science by using diagram showing where the appendix is, watch Madeline.

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By: Cece Bell
Illustrated By: Cece Bell
Main Characters: donkey and a yam
Setting: Nothing specific but on a farm in a vegetable garden
Summary: A yam is trying to help the donkey with his grammar but the donkey is a lost cause and eats the entire garden of vegetables.
2 Activities: have students calculate all the grammar errors, worksheet with the story using correct grammar

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By: Kelly Benett
Illustrated By: Noah Z Jones
Main Characters: Norman and a young boy
Setting: School and the house of the boy
Summary: The boy only wants a furry pet he can hold but when given a fish he learns to adjust he wants and appreciate the friendship he built with Norman.
2 Activities: have kids draw a pet they want, talk with the kids about the importance in appreciating what they already have

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By: Barbara Park
Main Characters: Phoebe, Mick, Zoe, Mother & Father
Setting: Modern Day at school, memorial, home, and soccer field
Summary: When Phoebe loses her brother, Mick, to an accident, she learns how to cope with death.
2 Activities: essay on dealing with death and how to help those who experience loss, presentation on themes within the novel

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By: Alan Gratz
Main Characters: Josef, Isabel, Mahmoud
Setting: Berlin (1938), Cuba (1994), Syria (2015)
Summary: Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud are each fighting with a life full of danger in hopes of escaping some higher power.
2 Activities: have students complete an activity that will help refugees today, in depth essay on character analysis

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By: Jean Ferris
Main Characters: Christian, Ed, & Princess Marigold
Setting: Medieval Times
Summary: Christian uses his inventions to win the heart of Princess Marigold.
2 Activities: quiz/discussion questions per chapter, presentation over an important invention that has helped the student.

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By: Kate DiCamillo
Main Characters: Opal & Winn-Dixie
Setting: Church, grocery store, pet store, library, house in Naomi, Florida
Summary: After Opal finds a dog in the store, she learns how to cope with abandonment leading her to build relationships with people willing to be present.
2 Activities:  have students create a mistake tree, vocabulary chart (Name that Word).

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By: Katherine Applegate
Main Characters: Ivan, Bob, Stella, Ruby & Julia
Setting: Big Top Mall (Exit 8)
Summary: Ivan, a silverback gorilla, overcomes struggles with communication to humans in order to free him and his other animal friends from an abusive circus.
2 Activities: Research charities that help fight animal cruelty, draw a picture of something you wish you could communicate with humanity.

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By: R.J. Palacio
Main Characters: August, Olivia, & Jack Will
Setting: New York City, In August's home and school
Summary: August has avoided school, because of his physical birth detect, until now. As he goes to school, he faces many challenges but ultimately learns to overcome them and love all his imperfections.
2 Activities: socratic seminar over character development and themes, paper discussing the effects of social interaction on a person's happiness.

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By: Kwame Alexander
Main Characters: Josh Bell, Jordan & Da Man
Setting: Junior High School in a small town
Summary: Josh and Jordan Bell have inherited their father's basketball skills. After ignored health issues, their father days and they learn to carry on his name through basketball.
2 Activities: have student analyze the "Basketball Rules" poems more in depth, socratic seminar on themes within the novel.

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By: Sadie Robertson
Main Characters: Sadie, Jesus, the reader
Setting: non-fiction with no setting, conversation between God and you (wherever that may be)
Summary: Sadie leads the reader with helpful tips on how to truly live a godly life.
2 Activities: discussion with students how they will change to truly live, find scripture that reminds them of the book

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By: Ben Stuart
Main Characters: Ben, God, the reader
Setting: Devotional, where you find God
Summary: Despite the stage of relationship you are in, there are purposes God creates within every season. Ben gives advice and teaches ways every generation can improve.
2 Activities: Give examples of what each stage should look like, write prayers for each stage

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By: Sharon Creech
Main Characters: Jack, Sky & Ms. Stretchberry
Setting: at school, modern day
Summary: Jack grows a love for poetry through the death of his dog.
2 Activities: have students annotate the poetry within the book, have kids write their own poem to present to the class

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By: Wendy Mass
Main Characters: Rory, Annabelle, Sari & Jake
Setting: Willow Falls, modern day era
Summary: Rory has been dying to turn 12 in order to gain more freedom. However, when her birthday comes she runs into multiple setbacks which teach her valuable lessons.
2 Activities: have students write their own birthday wish list, chapter quizzes

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By: Roald Dahl
Illustrated By:Quentin Blake
Main Characters: narrator (boy), grandmama, grand high witch, the witches, Mr. & Mrs. Jenkins
Setting: Norway/United Kingdom, 1980s
Summary: After the boy's parents die, he goes to live with his grandma who tells many tails of witches.
2 Activities: watch movie, book report

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By: Louis Sachar
Illustrated By: Vladimir Radunsky
Main Characters: Hector, Stanley, Marion, Madame Zeroni
Setting: detention camp, 19th/20th century
Summary: Stanley was sent to a detention camp after wrongfully being accused of something he didn't do. Each day they boys at the detention camp dig holes in search of Kissin' Kate Barlow's fortune.
2 Activities: watch movie, study guide questions

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By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Main Characters: Jay, Myrtle, Nick, and Daisy
Setting: New York, 1920s
Summary: Nick moves to New York in search of the American Dream where he meets many characters who seem to be experiencing the American Dream already.
2 Activities: Watch the movie, research project on the roaring 20s.

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By: Holly Goldenberg Sloan
Main Characters: Assef, Sohrab, Rahim Khan, Amir, Hassan
Setting: Afghanistan and United States between the 1960s and 2000s.
Summary: Amir as an adult struggles to understand his purpose within the United States and reflects on his childhood spent in Afghanistan.
2 Activities: compare & contrast Amir's childhood to adulthood, reflective paper discussing themes.

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By: Randy Pausch
Main Characters: Randy, Jai, Andy Van Damn, & Randy's Mother
Setting: Carnegie Mellon University lecture hall (2007)
Summary: Randy Pausch has been diagnosed with cancer and decides to tell his story from his childhood up until is death. He speaks one last time at the University over the topic "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams."
2 Activities: students write their own last lecture, reflection paper on how the story changed their outlook on life

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By: Matthew A. Cherry
Illustrated By: Vashti Harrison
Main Characters: Zuri, her father and mother
Setting: At Zuri's house in the bathroom
Summary: It is up to Zuri and her father to style her crazy hair. Eventually they figure it out and she learns to love her hair.
2 Activities: watch short film, have kids look in the mirror and describe one thing they love about themselves

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By: S.E. Hinton
Main Characters: Ponyboy, Sodapop, Dallas, Darrel, Johnny & Two-Bit
Setting: Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 60s
Summary: The rival gangs, Greasers and Socials, brawl leading to some difficult consequences. After experiencing the consequences, some members make a change while others are stuck with the repercussions of choosing such a violent life.
2 Activities: watch the movie, Venn diagram comparing the Greasers and Socials.

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By: George Orwell
Main Characters: Napoleon, Snowball, Old Major
Setting: Farm in England
Summary: A group of animals take over the farm but when the a group of pigs discover the injustice, they fight back.
2 Activities: Project comparing the book to the Soviet Union under communism, study guide question worksheets

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By: Rebecca Stead
Main Characters: Georges, Safter, Dallas & Mr. X
Setting: Brooklyn, modern era
Summary: Georges and Safer are two middle school boys who are working to discover a spy within their building. Along the way, Georges learns some valuable lessons.
2 Activities: lesson on how to deal with bullying, paintings using pointillator method

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By: Patricia McCormik
Illustrated By: Iacopo Bruno
Main Character: Sergeant Reckless, US Marines
Setting: Korean War
Summary: After some US marines find an abandoned horse, they learn that after being nursed back to health, the horse wins two Purple Hearts for bravery.
2 Activities: research on this particular horse, movie

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By: Robert Munsch
Illustrated By: Sheila McGraw
Main Characters: a boy and his mother
Setting: Their Home
Summary: As her son grows up, she reminds him daily that no matter how old he gets, he will always be his little baby.
2 Activities: have kids write note to their caretaker, a coloring sheet

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By: Rely Charlip
Illustrated By: Remy Charlip
Main Characters: Ned
Setting: Changes from Ned's house, the street, multiple other places
Summary: Ned is on his way to a surprise party but on his way, he experiences a lot unfortunate and fortunate events to get there.
2 Activities: have students predict what is coming next in the story, have students write one good thing and one bad thing that happened during their day.

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By: Alexandra Penfold
Illustrated By: Suzanne Kaufman
Main Characters: group of children
Setting: school
Summary: A group of kids with various background diversity learn to play together and have fun.
2 Activities: have each student color an outline of a person and attach all of them, write out "All Are Welcome" to remind kids of the message