Stars next to the most amazing books.
| SUMMER | 2007 |
| sarah weeks -- | so b. it |
| alisa smith & j.b. machinnon -- | plenty |
| trenton lee stewart -- | the mysterious benedict society |
| randa abdel-fattah -- | does my head look big in this? |
| j.k. rowling -- | harry potter and the deathly hallows |
| philip pullman -- | count karlstein |
| curtis sittenfeld -- | prep |
| ian frazier -- | gone to new york: adventures in the city |
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| SPRING | 2007 |
| wendy mass -- | jeremy fink and the meaning of life |
| patricia c. wrede and caroline stevermer -- | the mislaid magician |
| curtis sittenfeld -- | prep |
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| WINTER | 2007 |
| caroline stevermer -- | a college of magics |
| laynie browne -- | the agency of wind |
| lynne cox -- | grayson |
| natalie fast -- | the secret apartment |
| jordan sonnenblick -- | notes from the midnight driver |
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| FALL | 2006 |
| *tarjei vesaas -- | palace of ice |
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| SUMMER | 2006 |
| naomi shihab nye -- | going going |
| edward fenton -- | hidden trapezes |
| dar williams -- | lights, camera, amalee |
| ellen raskin -- | figgs and phantoms |
| e. nesbit -- | the story of the amulet |
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| SPRING | 2006 |
katy kelly -- | lucy rose: here's the thing about me |
| *meg rosoff -- | how i live now |
| *arthur ransome -- | swallows and amazons |
| laynie browne -- | mermaid's purse |
| laynie browne -- | drawing of a swan before memory |
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| WINTER | 2005-2006 |
| jerry spinelli -- | there's a girl in my hammerlock |
| paul fleischman -- | zap |
| laynie browne -- | rebecca letters |
| e. nesbit -- | wet magic |
| *laynie browne -- | acts of levitation |
| maureen seaton -- | fear of subways |
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| FALL | 2005 |
| bruce clements -- | what erika wants |
| ruth stiles gannett -- | elmer and the dragon |
| diana wynne jones -- | howl's moving castle |
| gordon korman -- | the 6th grade nickname game |
| eleanor cameron -- | the wonderful flight to the mushroom planet |
| *e. nesbit -- | the railway children |
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| JULY | 2005 |
| paul bajoria -- | the printer's devil |
| susan cooper -- | greenwitch |
| j.k. rowling -- | harry potter and the half blood prince |
| susan cooper -- | the dark is rising |
| susan cooper -- | over sea, under stone |
| elizabeth enright -- | return to gone-away lake |
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| MAY AND JUNE | 2005 |
| gail carson levine -- | ella enchanted |
| cynthia voigt -- | the callender papers |
| *eleanor cameron -- | the court of the stone children |
| j.m. barrie -- | peter pan (original play) |
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| APRIL | 2005 |
| tea benduhn -- | gravel queen |
| sonja sones -- | one of those hideous books where the mother dies |
| e.r. frank -- | america |
| *m.t. anderson -- | burger wuss |
| kieran scott -- | i was a non-blonde cheerleader |
| *jaclyn moriarty -- | the year of secret assignments |
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| FEB AND MARCH | 2005 |
| *nerissa nields -- | plastic angel |
| zilpha keatley snyder -- | the magic nation thing |
| caroline stevermer and patricia c. wrede -- | the grand tour |
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| JANUARY | 2005 |
| wedelin van draanen -- | flipped |
| ann m. martin -- | a corner of the universe |
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| DECEMBER | 2004 |
| kevin henkes -- | olive's ocean |
| mark haddon -- | the curious incident of the dog in the night-time |
| megan mcdonald -- | judy moody, m.d.: the doctor is in! |
| natalie goldberg -- | the great failure |
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| FALL | 2004 |
| e.r. frank -- | friction |
| lois lowry -- | the messenger |
| amélie nothomb -- | the book of proper names |
| *amy goldman koss -- | the cheat |
| francesca lia block -- | wasteland |
| cynthia voigt -- | when she hollers |
| joan bauer -- | hope was here |
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| AUGUST | 2004 |
| peter lerangis -- | spy x |
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| JULY | 2004 |
| noelle howey -- | dress codes |
| gennifer choldenko -- | al capone does my shirts |
| *caroline stevermer and patricia c. wrede -- | sorcery and cecelia |
| dar williams -- | amalee |
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| JUNE | 2004 |
| eoin colfer -- | artemis fowl |
| carol plum-ucci -- | the she |
| carol plum-ucci -- | the body of christopher creed |
| philip pullman -- | lyra's oxford |
| cynthia voigt -- | it's not easy being bad |
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| MAY | 2004 |
| sharon creech -- | bloomability |
| *beverly cleary -- | ramona the brave |
| blue balliett -- | chasing vermeer |
| beverly cleary -- | ramona quimby, age 8 |
| ellen raskin -- | the mysterious disappearance of leon (i mean noel) |
| beverly cleary -- | ramona and her father |
| beverly cleary -- | beezus and ramona |
| donna shirley -- | managing martians |
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| APRIL | 2004 |
| *lynne truss -- | eats, shoots & leaves |
| kimberly willis holt -- | when zachary beaver came to town |
| katherine paterson -- | jacob have i loved |
| carl hiaasen -- | hoot |
| lois lowry -- | gathering blue |
| *han nolan -- | when we were saints |
| davida wills hurwin -- | the farther you run |
| eireann corrigan -- | splintering |
*david levithan -- | boy meets boy |
maud hart lovelace -- | betsy-tacy and tib |
maud hart lovelace -- | betsy-tacy |
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| MARCH | 2004 |
| gordon korman -- | no more dead dogs |
sid hite -- | the king of slippery falls |
lisa yee -- | millicent min, girl genius |
*stephanie s. tolan -- | surviving the applewhites |
e.l. konigsburg -- | the outcasts of 19 schuyler place |
willo davis roberts -- | hostage |
polly horvath -- | everything on a waffle |
eleanor estes -- | ginger pye |
noel streatfield -- | dancing shoes |
jennifer holm -- | our only may amelia |
noel streatfield -- | ballet shoes |
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| FEBRUARY | 2004 |
| nancy garden -- | annie on my mind |
art spiegelman -- | maus ii |
art spiegelman -- | maus i |
megan mcdonald -- | judy moody |
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| JANUARY | 2004 |
| ruth s. gannett -- | my father's dragon |
| e.l. konigsburg -- | the dragon in the ghetto caper |
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| DECEMBER | 2003 |
| jennifer richard jacobson -- | winnie (dancing) on her own |
| *e.r. frank -- | life is funny |
| veronica tennant -- | on stage, please |
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| FALL | 2003 |
| l.m. boston -- | an enemy at green knowe |
| m.t. anderson -- | the game of sunken places |
| philippa pierce -- | tom's midnight garden |
| zilpha keatley snyder -- | the egypt game |
| *e.l. konigsburg -- | (george) |
| cynthia voigt -- | bad, badder, baddest |
| l.m. boston -- | the river at green knowe |
| *l.m. boston -- | the treasure of green knowe |
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| AUGUST | 2003 |
| *l.m. boston -- | the children of green knowe |
| *philip pullman -- | the amber spyglass |
| *philip pullman -- | the subtle knife |
| lemony snicket -- | the bad beginning |
| adele griffin -- | amandine |
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| JULY | 2003 |
| jeannette winterson -- | sexing the cherry |
| *sharon creech -- | walk two moons |
| e.l. konigsburg -- | father's arcane daughter |
| e.l. konigsburg -- | t-backs, t-shirts, coat and suit |
| roderick townley -- | the great good thing |
| *cynthia voigt -- | bad girls |
| *e. nesbit -- | the magic city |
| *mark dunn -- | ella minnow pea |
| philip pullman -- | the golden compass |
| e.l. konigsburg -- | about the b'nai bagels |
| alice hoffman -- | indigo |
| karen hesse -- | out of the dust |
| alice hoffman -- | green angel |
| **carol plum-ucci -- | what happened to lani garver |
| louis sachar -- | holes |
| j.k. rowling -- | harry potter & the order of the phoenix |
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| JUNE | 2003 |
| e.l. konigsburg -- | journey to an 800 number |
| sharon creech -- | love that dog |
| *e.l. konigsburg -- | the view from saturday |
| blake nelson -- | the new rules of high school |
| e.l. konigsburg -- | jennifer, hecate, macbeth, william mckinley, and me, elizabeth |
| edward bloor -- | tangerine |
| *e.l. konigsburg -- | silent to the bone |
| laurie halse anderson -- | fever 1793 |
| e.l. konigsburg -- | up from jericho tel |
| neil gaiman -- | coraline |
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| SPRING | 2003 |
| cynthia voigt -- | sons from afar |
| betsy lerner -- | food and loathing |
| e.l. konigsburg -- | from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankenweiler |
| **m.t. anderson -- | feed |
| michael ende -- | the neverending story |
| davida wills hurwin -- | a time for dancing |
| joan bauer -- | rules of the road |
| zibby oneal -- | a formal feeling |
| zibby oneal -- | the language of goldfish |
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| JANUARY | 2003 |
| astrid lindgren -- | pippi longstocking |
| francesca lia block -- | echo |
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| FALL | 2002 |
| *ann cameron -- | the secret life of amanda k. woods |
| e. nesbit -- | house of arden |
| judy blume -- | double fudge |
| ellen raskin -- | the westing game |
| sarah dessen -- | someone like you |
| sarah dessen -- | that summer |
| barthe declements -- | nothing's fair in fifth grade |
| randy powell -- | run if you dare |
| *han nolan -- | dancing on the edge |
| *laurie halse anderson -- | catalyst |
| *louise fitzhugh -- | harriet the spy |
| jeanne betancourt -- | kate's turn |
| deborah hautzig -- | second star to the right |
| patrice kindl -- | owl in love |
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| SPRING | 2002 |
| c.s. lewis -- | the last battle |
| tuck everlasting -- | natalie babbitt |
| angela's ashes -- | frank mccourt |
| the handmaid's tale -- | margaret atwood |
| afternoon of the elves -- | janet taylor lisle |
| izzy, willy nily -- | cynthia voigt |
| the phoenix and the carpet -- | e. nesbit |
| the little prince -- | antoine de st-exupéry |
| judy blume -- | are you there, god? it's me, margaret |
| the giver -- | lois lowry |
| sarah, bright and dark -- | john neufield |
| seventeen against the dealer -- | cynthia voigt |
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| SUMMER | 2001 |
| *the perks of being a wallflower -- | stephen chbosky |
| two towers -- | j.r.r. tolkien |
| mutts sundays -- | patrick mcdonnell |
| the tao of pooh -- | benjamin hoff |
| the phantom tollbooth -- | norton juster |
| *dogsbody -- | diana wynne jones |
| power of three -- | diana wynne jones |
| skating shoes -- | noel streatfeild |
| between dances -- | karen strickler dean |
| cut -- | patricia mccormick |
| maggie adams, dancer -- | karen strickler dean |
| angie and me -- | rebecca c. jones |
| the lives of christopher chant -- | diana wynne jones |
| witch week -- | diana wynne jones |
| the fellowship of the ring -- | j.r.r. tolkien |
| charmed life -- | diana wynne jones |
| the girl with the silver eyes -- | willo davis roberts |
| if on a winter's night a traveler -- | italo calvino |
| *daphne's book -- | mary downing hahn |
| anastasia on her own -- | lois lowry |
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| SPRING | 2001 |
| the bell jar -- | sylvia plath |
| wild mind -- | natalie goldberg |
| harry potter books I-IV -- | j.k. rowling |
| the romance of tristan and iseult -- | (retold by) joseph bediér |
| writing down the bones -- | natalie goldberg |
| *long quiet highway -- | natalie goldberg |
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baby be-bop -- | francesca lia block |
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missing angel juan -- | francesca lia block |
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cherokee bat and the goat guys -- | francesca lia block |
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witch baby -- | francesca lia block |
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weetzie bat -- | francesca lia block |
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| FALL | 2000 |
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*speak -- | laurie halse anderson |
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sophie's world -- | jostein gaarder |
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go ask alice -- | anonymous |
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girl, interrupted -- | susanna kaysen |
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stick figure -- | lori gottlieb |
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*the hanged man -- | francesca lia block |
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nell's quilt -- | susan terris |
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*the bigger book of lydia -- | margaret willey |
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perk! -- | liza f. hall |
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dumb house: a chamber novel -- | john burnside |
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*the passion of alice -- | stephanie grant |
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tuesday -- | david wiesner |
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anastasia krupnik -- | lois lowry |
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*wasted -- | marya hornbacher |
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the best little girl in the world -- | steven levenkron |
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the luckiest girl in the world -- | steven levenkron
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a wind in the door -- | madeleine l'engle |
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arm of the starfish -- | madeleine l'engle |
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dragons in the waters -- | madeleine l'engle |
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swiftly tilting planet -- | madeleine l'engle |
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a wrinkle in time -- | madeleine l'engle |
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who will run the frog hospital? -- | lorrie moore |
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tumble home -- | amy hempel |
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