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No empire-line dresses, no three-headed
aliens, no smug vampires, no goblins, and no talking
rabbits. Real characters making tough decisions about
life right now.
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Cloud busting
by Malorie Blackman (2004)
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The midnight fox
by Betsy Byars (1968)
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Ruby Holler
by Sharon Creech (2002)
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Matilda
by Roald Dahl (1988)
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Out of my mind
by Sharon M. Draper (2010)
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Matty forever
by Elizabeth Fensham (2009)
First book in the Matty and
Bill series
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Joey Pigza swallowed the key
by Jack Gantos (1998)
First book in the Joey Pigza
series |
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Ban this book
by Alan Gratz (2017)
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Refugee
by Alan Gratz (2017)
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Ugly
by Robert Hoge (2015)
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My life as an alphabet
by Barry Jonsberg (2013)
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The miscalculations of lightning
girl
by Stacy McAnulty (2018)
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Journey to Jo'burg
by Beverley Naidoo (1985)
First book in the Journey to
Jo'burg series |
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The boy at the back of the class
by Onjali Q. Rauf (2018)
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Dogs don't tell jokes
by Louis Sachar (1991)
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Counting by 7s
by Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013)
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The bad beginning
by Lemony Snicket (1999)
First book in the A series of
unfortunate events series
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Mr Stink
by David Walliams (2009)
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Other words for home
by Jasmine Warga (2019)
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Being Miss Nobody
by Tamsin Winter (2017)
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The eighteenth emergency
by Betsy Byars (1973)
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A stone in my hand
by Cathryn Clinton (2002)
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The lemonade war
by Jacqueline Davies (2007)
First book in The
lemonade war
series |
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Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine (2010)
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George
by Alex Gino (2015)
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Misery guts
by Morris Gleitzman (1991)
First book in the Misery
guts series
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When friendship followed me home
by Paul Griffin (2016)
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Don't pat the wombat
by Elizabeth Honey (1996)
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Small as an elephant
by Jennifer Richard Jacobson (2011)
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The turbulent term of Tyke Tiler
by Gene Kemp (1977)
First book in the Cricklepit
School series |
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Inside out and back again
by Thanhha Lai (2011)
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Rules
by Cynthia Lord (2006)
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The higher power of lucky
by Susan Patron (2006)
First book in the Lucky
series |
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Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick (2011)
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Here in the real world
by Sara Pennypacker (2020)
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Liar and spy
by Rebecca Stead (2012)
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