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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume · 149 pages

Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She’s just moved from New York City to Farbook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends—Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret is happy to belong. But none of them can b

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Mary Poppins

P.L. Travers · 206 pages

An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.

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Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill

Maud Hart Lovelace · 171 pages

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Second Form at St Clare's

Enid Blyton · 181 pages

The first term in the second form is highly eventful. There are two new girls, Mirabel and Gladys who reveal unsuspected talents for acting and music. Elsie learns to be less mean, there's another midnight feast, and Mam'zelle continues to be teased. 9 yrs+

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Smile

Raina Telgemeier · 213 pages

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Anne of Avonlea

L.M. Montgomery

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What Katy Did at School

Susan Coolidge · 188 pages

Katy and her sister Clover dread being sent away to boarding school, but discover that being away from home isn't so bad after all.

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Ramona's World

Beverly Cleary · 192 pages

To the delight of Ramona Quimby readers everywhere, Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary has just made Ramona's world a little bit bigger.As she starts the fourth grade, Ramona believes that this year will be "the best year of her life, so far." She can show off her calluses from swinging on the rings in the park; the boy she calls Yard Ape sits across the aisle from her; her teacher praise

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A Hat Full of Sky

Terry Pratchett · 352 pages

Something is coming after Tiffany ...Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this!What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the fierce, six

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The School at the Chalet

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer · 300 pages

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Kristy's Great Idea

Raina Telgemeier, Ann M. Martin · 186 pages

Follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth. A graphic novel based on the 1988 book by the same name.

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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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White Boots

Noel Streatfeild · 286 pages

Can the friendship between Harriet, who skates for fun, and Lalla, future world champion, survive the threat from Lalla's formidable Aunt Claudia?

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Meet Molly: An American Girl

Valerie Tripp · 58 pages

While her father is away fighting in World War II, Molly finds her life full of change as she eats terrible vegetables from the victory garden and plans revenge on her brother for ruining her Halloween.

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P.S. Longer Letter Later

Paula Danziger, Ann M. Martin · 237 pages

Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara-Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara-Starr's family moves to another state.

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The Mysterious Howling

Maryrose Wood · 267 pages

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Amelia Bedelia

Peggy Parish · 63 pages

A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

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Eleven

Lauren Myracle · 201 pages

The year between turning eleven and turning twelve bring many changes for Winnie and her friends. The year that Winnie and her friends turn from age eleven to twelve brings many changes.

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Clementine, Friend of the Week

Sara Pennypacker · 161 pages

With her kitten, Moisturizer, missing and having fought with her best friend, Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine finds it hard to concentrate on doing her best as her classmate's Friend of the Week.

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A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 224 pages

This is a story about a different kind of princess than one might imagine; a princess that is an orphan - lonely, cold, hungry and abused. Sara Crewe begins life as the beloved, pampered daughter of a rich man. When he dies a pauper, she is thrown on the non-existent mercy of her small-minded, mercenary boarding school mistress. Stripped of all her belongings but for one set of clothes and a doll,

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Princess Academy

Shannon Hale · 314 pages

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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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Owls in the Family

Farley Mowat · 103 pages

Describes the many adventures of a family that adopts two owls.

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