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The Throne of Fire
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Tiger Rising
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Toll
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
Adrianna Cuevas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Tower of Nero
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Transall Saga
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Trouble With Chickens
Doreen Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

The Trumpet of the Swan
E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Leslie Connor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Tryout
Illustr. Joanna Cacao, Christina Soontornvat

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Turtle of Oman
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Twits
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

The Two Towers
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954

The Underdogs
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Underneath
Kathi Appelt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
Teresa Toten

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Unteachables
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Upside of Falling
Alex Light

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Upstairs Room
Johanna Reiss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1972

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Karina Yan Glaser

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Van Gogh Deception
Deron R. Hicks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The View From Saturday
E. L. Konigsburg

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Voyage of the Frog
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Lewis Carroll

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1871

The Wanderings of Odysseus
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The War I Finally Won
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The War That Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The War With Grandpa
Robert Kimmel Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Wave
Todd Strasser

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

The Way I Used to Be
Amber Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Weight of All Things
Sandra Benitez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Weight of Blood
Tiffany D. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Weight of Our Sky
Hanna Alkaf

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1978

The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

The Whipping Boy
Sid Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

The White Giraffe
Lauren St. John

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The White Mountains
John Christopher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Wicked King
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Wild Robot
Peter Brown

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Willoughbys
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1908

The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Witches
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

The Witch Of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1958

The Wolves: A Play
Sarah DeLappe

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 2018

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1900

The World According to Humphrey
Betty G. Birney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The World on Turtle's Back
Iroquois Creation Myth

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1816

The Worst Class Trip Ever
Dave Barry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Yearling
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

The Year of Miss Agnes
Kirkpatrick Hill

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Year of the Dog
Grace Lin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Young Landlords
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

The Young Man and the Sea
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

They Went Left
Monica Hesse

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Things Not Seen
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Thin Wood Walls
David Patneaude

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Third Grade Angels
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Thirst
Varsha Bajaj

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
Tiffany Jewell

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

This Book is Gay
Juno Dawson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2014

This Is My America
Kim Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

This Is Our Story
Ashley Elston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

This Is Where It Ends
Marieke Nijkamp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II
Andrew Fukuda

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2014

This Poison Heart
Kalynn Bayron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

This Side of Home
Renée Watson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

This Was Our Pact
Ryan Andrews

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

This Woven Kingdom
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Thousand Pieces of Gold
Ruthanne Lum McCunn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Three Keys
Illustr. Maike Plenzke, Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Three Little Words
Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2008

Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Through My Eyes
Ruby Bridges

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Through The Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1871

Thunderhead
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
Lensey Namioka

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Tight
Torrey Maldonado

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Tituba of Salem Village
Ann Petry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | YA

To Be a Slave
Julius Lester

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

Today Tonight Tomorrow
Rachel Lynn Solomon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020