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Summer of My German Soldier
Bette Greene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

Summer of Riley
Eva Bunting

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Summer of the Mariposas
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Summer of the Monkeys
Wilson Rawls

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Sunny
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Sunny Side Up
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Sunrise on the Reaping
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Sunrise Over Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Superfudge
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Supergifted
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Surviving the Applewhites
Stephanie S. Tolan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Swallowing Stones
Joyce Mcdonald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Swallows and Amazons
Arthur Ransome

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1930

Swami and Friends
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1935

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Jonathan Auxier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas

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

Swindle
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Swing
Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2018

Sylvia And Aki
Winifred Conkling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Symptoms of Being Human
Jeff Garvin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Take Back the Block
Chrystal D. Giles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Taking Sides
Gary Soto

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

Taming 7
Chloe Walsh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Tangerine
Edward Bloor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
Ibtisam Barakat

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Tears of a Tiger
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Tell Me Three Things
Julie Buxbaum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Carol Rifka Brunt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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
Eric Elfman, Neal Shusterman

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 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 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 Apothecary
Maile Meloy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

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 Bad Guys: Episode 1
Aaron Blabey

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

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 Best School Year Ever
Barbara Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

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 Bletchley Riddle
Steve Sheinkin, Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

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 Back of the Class
Onjali Q. Raúf

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018