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4) Sunny
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"Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves." --
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"Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. Now that she's fourteen years old, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but...
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In a New England village after the Civil War, Jack Minot and Janey Pecq are such fast friends that they earn nicknames from the famous nursery rhyme. One winter day they really do go up a hill, only to be seriously injured in a sledding accident. Their recovery, and lessons learned, forms the basis for this 1880 children's book.
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It seems like Rachel is living the perfect life, but things are far from perfect thanks to her older brother Charles. To her it feels like Charles just wants to drive her crazy. To add to the pressure, it looks like Jeremy Dragon, one of the cutest boys in school, is beginning to pay attention to her.
14) The Blackwoods
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"Told from multiple points of view, Ardith and Hollis Blackwood's lives are upended when their great-grandmother, legendary actress Blossom Blackwood, passes away, and family secrets emerge."--
15) Sounder
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Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship with his devoted dog Sounder.
16) Ramona forever
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Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.
18) Alice the brave
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The summer before eighth grade, Alice tries to confront her fears, not the least of which is a fear of deep water.
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