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#1 THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
Katherine Applegate
A gorilla living in a mall meets an elephant.
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#2 A LONG WALK TO WATER
Linda Sue Park
A Sudanese tale of survival.
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#3 THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON
Kelly Barnhill
A sacrificial girl is saved by a good witch.
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#4 BROWN GIRL DREAMING
Jacqueline Woodson
A memoir in verse; a 2014 National Book Award winner.
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#5 GHOST BOYS
Jewell Parker Rhodes
After Jerome is shot by a white police officer, his ghost wanders the earth with other victims of racially charged violence.
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#6 PAX
Sara Pennypacker
Separation makes a boy and his pet fox wilder and tougher.
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#7 THE CROSSOVER
Kwame Alexander
A hoops prodigy’s family story, told in verse.
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#8 FISH IN A TREE
Lynda Mullaly Hunt
A new teacher helps a disruptive girl overcome her dyslexia.
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#9 OUT OF MY MIND
Sharon M Draper
A brilliant girl with cerebral palsy longs to speak.
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#10 THE WILD ROBOT
Peter Brown
A semi-sentient automaton washes ashore, a shipwreck's sole survivor.
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