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Meet Molly: An American Girl

Valerie Tripp · back to the book

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Molly Story Collection

Valerie Tripp, Nick Backes, Keith Skeen

World War IIMiddle GradeChildren'sHistorical Fiction
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The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis · 121 pages

"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is the enchanting first installment in C.S. Lewis's timeless fantasy series, "The Chronicles of Narnia." The story unfolds with the discovery of a magical world beyond the back of a wardrobe, where four siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—stumble upon the wondrous land of Narnia. In Narnia, the land is under the oppressive rule of the White Witch

World War IIChildren'sMiddle GradeSibling Rivalry
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Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I Mean It!

Barbara Park · 86 pages

With Halloween approaching, Junie B. needs to find a costume that will scare off the real witches and ghosts that she believes will be out on the holiday.

HalloweenChildren'sMiddle GradeFemale Lead
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Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns

R.L. Stine · 130 pages

Drew and her friend Walker, desperate to get revenge against stuck-up Tabby and Lee for a nasty Halloween joke, come up with a plan designed to scare the wits out of the snobby duo, but Drew and Walker end up getting a fright themselves when their trick goes a little too well.

HalloweenChildren'sMiddle GradeFemale Lead
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Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise

Kate DiCamillo · 80 pages

When the Watsons decide to zip their porcine wonder into a formfitting princess dress for Halloween – complete with tiara – they are certain that Mercy will be beautiful beyond compare. Mercy is equally certain she likes the sound of trick-or-treating and can picture piles of buttered toast already. As for the Lincoln Sisters next door, how could they know that their cat would lead them all on a H

HalloweenChildren'sMiddle GradeCharming
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Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery · 308 pages

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Middle GradeChildren'sHistorical FictionSeries Starter
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The Witch Family

Eleanor Estes · 223 pages

HalloweenMiddle GradeChildren'sFemale Lead
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Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill

Maud Hart Lovelace · 171 pages

Children'sMiddle GradeHistorical FictionSeries
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Little House in the Big Woods

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 237 pages

The first in a series of truly charming tales of life on the early American frontier, Little House in the Big Woods introduces us to Laura Ingalls, her Ma and Pa, big sister Mary and Baby Carrie. She lives in an isolated cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and spends her days helping Ma with household chores, learning how to care for a house, farm and family. The descriptions of typical activities

Children'sHistorical FictionMiddle GradeSeries Starter
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A Faraway Island

Annika Thor · 247 pages

In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to join them in fleeing the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.

World War IIMiddle GradeHistorical FictionSeries Starter
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Number the Stars

Lois Lowry · 138 pages

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend, Ellen Rosen, often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching in their town. The Nazis won't stop. The Jews of Denmark are being "relocated," so Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be part of the family. Then Annemarie is as

World War IIMiddle GradeChildren'sHistorical Fiction
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The Great Brain

John D. Fitzgerald · 175 pages

Children'sMiddle GradeSeries StarterHistorical Fiction
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First Term at Malory Towers

Enid Blyton · 160 pages

Darrell Rivers begins her happy life at Malory Towers two terms later than the other girls, but she soon makes firm friends with Sally, the steady one, and the adoring Mary Lou.

Middle GradeChildren'sSeries StarterFemale Lead
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The School at the Chalet

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer · 300 pages

Children'sMiddle GradeNostalgicFemale Friendship
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The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

Michael Morpurgo · 192 pages

When Boowie reads the diary that his grandmother sends him, he learns of her childhood in World War II England when American and British soldiers practiced for D-Day's invasion in the area of her home, and about her beloved cat, Adolphus Tip, and the cat's namesake.

World War IIChildren'sMiddle GradeHistorical Fiction
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Little House on Rocky Ridge

Roger Lea MacBride · 368 pages

Children'sMiddle GradeHistorical FictionSeries Starter
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Best Friends

Jamie Suzanne · 104 pages

The twins' close friendship is threatened when Jessica is admitted to an exclusive girls' club.

Middle GradeSibling RivalrySeries StarterFemale Friendship
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Journey to America

Sonia Levitin · 185 pages

A Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 endures innumerable separations before they are once again united.

World War IIMiddle GradeHistorical FictionSeries Starter
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Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust

Loic Dauvillier · 76 pages

World War IIChildren'sMiddle GradeHistorical Fiction
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The Secret of the Old Clock

Carolyn Keene · 198 pages

Nancy Drew's first mystery begins when she becomes intrigued by a missing will that could change the fortunes of several families in her town. As she follows a trail of clues connected to an old clock, Nancy uncovers secrets, confronts schemers, and proves her determination and resourcefulness. Blending suspense, clever deduction, and charm that launched a legendary series, this story introduces t

Middle GradeChildren'sSeries StarterNostalgic
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Hitler's Daughter

Jackie French · 136 pages

The bombs were falling and the smoke rising from the concentration camps, but all Hitler's daughter knew was the world of lessons with Fraulein Gelber and the hedgehogs she rescued from the cold. Was it just a story or did Hitler's daughter really exist? And If you were Hitler's daughter, would all the horror that occurred be your fault, too? Do things that happened a long time ago still matter?

World War IIMiddle GradeChildren'sHistorical Fiction
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The Halloween Tree

Ray Bradbury · 170 pages

"A fast-moving, eerie...tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meanin

HalloweenChildren'sMiddle GradeNostalgic
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The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp

Richard Peck · 183 pages

It's Halloween, 1914. Teenage psychic Blossom Culp sneaks into the house where the rest of her class is having a party-and that's when everything goes haywire. Suddenly Blossom is hurled into a time warp. Her psychic powers have found a way to send her into the future-our time. But will they be able to send her back?

HalloweenMiddle GradeFemale LeadHistorical Fiction
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Theater Shoes

Noel Streatfeild

World War IIChildren'sMiddle GradeFemale Lead

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