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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

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On the Banks of Plum Creek

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 338 pages

Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.

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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

Margaret Sidney · 226 pages

A fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman.

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All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown

Sydney Taylor · 187 pages

The further adventures of five sisters and their brother growing up on New York's East Side in the early twentieth century.

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Caddy Ever After

Hilary McKay · 160 pages

The fourth (or fifth counting the prequel) book in the Casson Family Series by Hillary McKay. This book is about the whole family, but mainly focuses on Caddy (short for Cadmium), the eldest Casson child.

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Rainbow Valley

L.M. Montgomery · 240 pages

The grown-up Anne of Green Gables, her husband, and their six children live in a special hideaway known as Rainbow Valley. Anne's children and the children of the widowed minister, Mr. Meredith, become close friends.

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Beezus and Ramona

Beverly Cleary · 160 pages

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Superfudge

Judy Blume · 166 pages

Superfudge is a children's novel by Judy Blume, published in 1980. It is the sequel to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Otherwise Known as Sheila The Great, and is the third in the Fudge series. Won – Books I Love Best Yearly: Early Readers Award (1990)-1991 ---------- Also contained in: [Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing / Superfudge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24313213W)

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The Lighthouse Mystery

Gertrude Chandler Warner · 128 pages

The Alden Children spend the Summer in a mysterious lighthouse, where a strange woman walks the beach, and a young man named, Larry, makes weird food out of seaweed!

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Dragon of the Red Dawn

Mary Pope Osborne · 108 pages

Merlin the magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! The brother-and-sister team quickly head off in the magic tree house on another magical and historical adventure.

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Eight Cousins

Louisa May Alcott · 216 pages

Rose, a shy orphan, blossoms in the company of her spirited relatives when she takes up residence at "The Aunt Hill." This captivating novel by the author of Little Women offers readers of all ages endearing, inspiring stories about growing up, making friends, and facing life with kindness and courage.

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Jewels of the Sun

Nora Roberts · 384 pages

Determined to re-evaluate her life, Jude Murray flees America to take refuge in Faerie Hill Cottage, where she immerses herself in the study of Irish folklore--and discovers hope for the future in the magic of the past... Finally back home in Ireland after years of traveling, Aidan Gallagher possesses an uncommon understanding of his country's haunting myths. Although he's devoted to managing

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Ballet Shoes

Noel Streatfeild · 281 pages

**Fame, Fortune, and Fun!** When three orphans--Pauline, Petrova, and Posy--vow to make a name for themselves, they have no idea that it's going to be such hard work! With the help of a kindly benefactress, they launch themselves into the world of show business, complete with working papers, the glare of the footlights...and practice, practice, practice. Each girl quickly finds her own speci

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My Life Next Door

Huntley Fitzpatrick · 432 pages

When Samantha, the seventeen-year-old daugher of a wealthy, perfectionistic, Republican state senator, falls in love with the boy next door, whose family is large, boisterous, and just making ends meet, she discovers a different way to live, but when her mother is involved in a hit-and-run accident Sam must make some difficult choices.

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Jenny Han · 384 pages

What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them… all at once? Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Covey keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would nev

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The Relatives Came

Cynthia Rylant · 32 pages

The relatives come to visit from Virginia and everyone has a wonderful time.

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The Best School Year Ever

Barbara Robinson · 117 pages

The six horrible Herdmans, the worst kids in the history of the world, cause mayhem throughout the school year.

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl · 176 pages

Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

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The Borrowers

Mary Norton · 180 pages

This book is full of fun and adventure, explaining the life of not exactly normal people. Journey alongside the "Borrowers" as they go on a daring adventure, outwitting every problem they face.

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The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After

Julia Quinn · 374 pages

Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series remains one of the most beloved among historical romance readers, and this collection of “second epilogues” -- stories that take place after the original books end -- offer fans more from their favorite characters. Previously published as ebook originals, these second epilogues include those from On the Way to the Wedding; It's in His Kiss; When He Was Wicked; To Si

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Midsummer's Mayhem

Rajani LaRocca · 351 pages

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The Unexpected Everything

Morgan Matson · 528 pages

Andie has a plan. And she always sticks to her plan. Future? A top-tier medical school. Dad? Avoid him as much as possible (which isn t that hard considering he s a Congressman and he s never around). Friends? Palmer, Bri, and Toby pretty much the most awesome people on the planet, who needs anyone else? Relationships? No one s worth more than three weeks.

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The Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport

Laura Lee Hope · 178 pages

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No Offense

Meg Cabot · 340 pages

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Fablehaven

Brandon Mull · 351 pages

For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic in a cynical world. Enchanting? Absolutely! Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite . . . Kendra and her brother Seth have no idea that their grandfather is the current c

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