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Angel Of Greenwood

Randi Pink

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Anger Is a Gift

Mark Oshiro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

A Night Divided

Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, Debbie Reese

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2019

Anne of Avonlea

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1909

Anne Of Green Gables

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1908

Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

Any Small Goodness

Tony Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Anything But Typical

Nora Raleigh Baskin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

A Place to Hang the Moon

Kate Albus

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Apple: Skin to the Core

Eric Gansworth

Nonfiction | Memoir in Verse | YA | Published in 2020

April Morning

Howard Fast

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1961

A Reaper at the Gates

Sabaa Tahir

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1872

A Rover's Story

Jasmine Warga

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Aru Shah and the End of Time

Roshani Chokshi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

As Brave As You

Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

A Scatter Of Light

Malinda Lo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

A Separate Peace

John Knowles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1959

As Good As Dead

Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Ashes

Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Ashes Of Roses

Mary Jane Auch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

A Sicilian Romance

Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1790

A Single Shard

Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Ask Me No Questions

Marina Budhos

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Zoulfa Katouh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

A Snake Falls to Earth

Darcie Little Badger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Snicker of Magic

Natalie Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

A Song Below Water

Bethany C. Morrow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

A Study in Charlotte

Brittany Cavallaro

Fiction | Novel | YA

A Tale Dark and Grimm

Adam Gidwitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

A Tangle of Knots

Lisa Graff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

A Taste of Blackberries

Doris Buchanan Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

Athlete Vs. Mathlete

W.C. Mack

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

A Thousand Steps into Night

Traci Chee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Attack Of The Black Rectangles

A.S King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

At the Back of the North Wind

George MacDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1871

At the Sea-Side

Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1913

Auggie & Me

R. J. Palacio

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Augustown: A Novel

Kei Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

A Visit of Charity

Eudora Welty

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1941

A Week in the Woods

Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

A Wind In The Door

Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

A Wish in the Dark

Christina Soontornvat

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1968

Awkward

Svetlana Chmakova

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

A Wolf Called Wander

Rosanne Parry, Illustr. Mónica Armiño

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

A Wrinkle In Time

Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1962

A Young People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2007

Balto and the Great Race

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Bamboo People

Mitali Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Banner In The Sky

James Ramsey Ullman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1954

Ban This Book

Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Barakah Beats

Maleeha Siddiqui

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

Alda P. Dobbs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Bearstone

Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

Beartown

Fredrik Backman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Beautiful Creatures

Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Beauty and the Beast

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1740

Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast

Robin McKinley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1978

Because of Mr. Terupt

Rob Buyea

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Because of the Rabbit

Cynthia Lord

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Becoming Muhammad Ali

James Patterson, Kwame Alexander

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

Becoming Naomi Leon

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Beezus and Ramona

Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

Before I Die

Jenny Downham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Before I Fall

Lauren Oliver

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Before the Ever After

Jacqueline Woodson

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

Before We Were Free

Julia Alvarez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy

Seymour Reit

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Behind the Bedroom Wall

Laura E. Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Belly Up

Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Be More Chill

Ned Vizzini

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Be Not Far from Me

Mindy Mcginnis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Better Nate Than Ever

Tim Federle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Better Than the Movies

Lynn Painter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Betty Before X

Ilyasah Shabazz, Renée Watson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Beverly, Right Here

Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Beware of the Dog

Roald Dahl

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1946

Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out

Susan Kuklin

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2014

Beyond the Bright Sea

Lauren Wolk

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl

Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Big Nate: In a Class by Himself

Lincoln Peirce

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Big Red

Jim Kjelgaard

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1945

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1877

Black Brother, Black Brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Blackout

Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Black Ships Before Troy

Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

Blankets

Craig Thompson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2003

Bleachers

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Blended

Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Bloodmarked

Tracy Deonn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022