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Temple Grandin
Sy Montgomery

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Terror at Bottle Creek
Watt Key

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Tesla's Attic
Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Tex
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1979

That's Not My Name
Megan Lally

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

That's Not What Happened
Kody Keplinger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

That Was Then, This Is Now
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1971

The 21 Balloons
William Pene du Bois

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1947

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives (2017)
Dashka Slater

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2017

The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
Sean Covey

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1998

The Absent Author
Ron Roy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Academy
T. Z. Layton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Mary E. Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1884

The Adventures of Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1883

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Roger Lancelyn Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1956

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1876

The Adventures of Ulysses
Bernard Evslin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

The Alchemyst
Michael Scott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Amulet of Samarkand
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
Dan Santat

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Assassin's Blade
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Astonishing Color of After
Emily X. R. Pan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Ballad of Never After
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Bar Code Tattoo
Suzanne Weyn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Barren Grounds
David Alexander Robertson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant
W.D. Wetherell

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1983

The Batboy
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Alice Dalgliesh

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Beatryce Prophecy
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Beginning of Everything
Robyn Schneider

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Bell Bandit
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Benefits of Being an Octopus
Ann Braden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Berlin Boxing Club
Robert Sharenow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Best at It
Maulik Pancholy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Best Halloween Ever
Barbara Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

The Best of Iggy
Annie Barrows

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The BFG
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

The Big Field
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Big Wave
Pearl S. Buck

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1947

The Birchbark House
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Bite of the Mango
Mariatu Kamara

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Bitter Side of Sweet
Tara Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Black Pearl
Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1967

The Black Stallion
Walter Farley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

The Blood of Olympus
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Body
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1982

The Body in the Woods: A Point Last Seen Mystery
April Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Bone Season
Samantha Shannon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Bone Sparrow
Zana Fraillon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Book of Azrael
Amber Nicole

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Book of Bill
Alex Hirsch

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2024

The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Book of Lost Things
John Connolly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Book of Three
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Borrowers
Mary Norton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Boxcar Children
Gertrude Warner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1924

The Boy at The Top of the Mountain
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Boy in the Black Suit
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Boy On The Wooden Box
Leon Leyson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2013

The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Adaptation): The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics
Daniel James Brown

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2015

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
Phillip M. Hoose

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2015

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy

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

The Boy Who Dared
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Boy Who Saved Baseball
John H. Ritter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Breadwinner
Deborah Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Bridge Home
Padma Venkatraman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Bronze Bow
Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1961

The Brooklyn Nine
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Brothers Hawthorne
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Bully
Paul Langan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

The Burning God
R. F. Kuang

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Burning Maze
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Butcher Game
Alaina Urquhart

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 2024

The Butterfly Lion
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Cage
Ruth Minsky Sender

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

The Candymakers
Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Candy Shop War
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Canyon's Edge
Dusti Bowling

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Cardboard Kingdom
Chad Sell

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Castle in the Attic
Elizabeth Winthrop

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

The Cay
Theodore Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

The Cellar
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Children of Húrin
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Chocolate Touch
Patrick Skene Catling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Chosen
Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
Francisco Jiménez

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1997