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Blood on the River

Elisa Carbone

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Bloom

Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Blubber

Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1974

Bluebeard

Charles Perrault

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1697

Bluefish

Pat Schmatz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Bob

Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Bone

Jeff Smith

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 1991

Bone Gap

Laura Ruby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Bones & All

Camille DeAngelis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Booked

Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Book Scavenger

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Born Behind Bars

Padma Venkatraman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Born to Rock

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Boy21

Matthew Quick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Boy of the Painted Cave

Justin Denzel

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1988

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Roald Dahl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2022

Breaking Stalin's Nose

Eugene Yelchin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Breaking Through

Francisco Jiménez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2001

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

Natalia Sylvester

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Breathing Underwater

Alex Flinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Brian's Hunt

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Brian's Return

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Brian's Winter

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Bride

Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Bridge of Clay

Markus Zusak

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Bridge To Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1984

Brisingr

Christopher Paolini

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bronx Masquerade

Nikki Grimes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Brother: A Novel

David Chariandy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

Nonfiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Bull Run

Paul Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery

Deborah Howe, James Howe

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1979

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Viviana Mazza

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Buried Onions

Gary Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Butterfly Yellow

Thanhha Lai

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Bystander

James Preller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

By the Great Horn Spoon!

Sid Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1963

By the Shores of Silver Lake

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1939

By the Waters of Babylon

Stephen Vincent Benét

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1937

Caddie Woodlawn

Carol Ryrie Brink

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1935

Cajas de Carton

Francisco Jiménez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Call it Courage

Armstrong Sperry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

Call Me Maria

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2004

Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History

Jeff Chang

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2021

Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1955

Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow

Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Catalyst

Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA

Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Caterpillar Summer

Gillian McDunn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Catherine, Called Birdy

Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Cemetery Boys

Aiden Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Chain of Gold

Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Challenger Deep

Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Charles

Shirley Jackson

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1948

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

Charming as a Verb

Ben Philippe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin

James L. Swanson

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2018

Chasing Vermeer

Blue Balliett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Check & Mate

Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Chinese Cinderella

Adeline Yen Mah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1999

Chomp

Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Christmas In Camelot

Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Cinder

Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Cinderella is Dead

Kalynn Bayron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Circus Mirandus

Cassie Beasley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

City of Bones

Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

City of Ghosts

V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

City of Glass

Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

City of Orphans

Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

City of the Beasts

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

City Spies

James Ponti

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2020

Class Act

Jerry Craft

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

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Phillip Hoose

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2009

Clean Getaway

Nic Stone

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Clementine

Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Closed for the Season

Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Code Name Verity

Elizabeth Wein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Code of Honor

Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Code Orange

Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Code Talker

Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Columbus

Joaquin Miller

Nonfiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1900

Concrete Rose

Angie Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Copper Sun

Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Coraline

Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Counting by 7s

Holly Goldberg Sloan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Crabbe

William Bell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

Cracker

Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Crank

Ellen Hopkins

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2004

Crash

Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996