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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

Cabin Fever
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Caddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1935

Cajas de Carton
Francisco Jiménez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Calico Captive
Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

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

Canyons
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey

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

Capture The Flag
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

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

Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

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

Charlie Thorne And The Last Equation
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

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 the Falconers
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

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

Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Tomi Adeyemi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Chinese Cinderella
Adeline Yen Mah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1999

Chip War
Chris Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Chomp
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Christmas In Camelot
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Christy
Catherine Marshall

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

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 Ashes
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

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

Click
Kayla Miller

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

Clockwork Angel
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Closed for the Season
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Clues to the Universe
Christina Li

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

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

Count Me In
Varsha Bajaj

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

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

Crave
Tracy Wolff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Crenshaw
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Crossed
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Crossing the Wire
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Cue for Treason
Geoffrey Trease

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1940

Daffodils
William Wordsworth

Nonfiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

Dance of Thieves
Mary E. Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

Daniel's Story
Carol Matas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Danny, the Champion of the World
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Adib Khorram

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Dark Age
Pierce Brown

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Dark Life
Kat Falls

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Darkness Before Dawn
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Darkness of Dragons
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Dark Water Rising
Marian Hale

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Dash
Kirby Larson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Daughter of No Worlds
Carissa Broadbent

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Daughter of the Deep
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Daughter of the Pirate King
Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri d'Aulaire

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1962