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- Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Wendelin Van Draanen
- Doll Bones Holly Black
- One Came Home Amy Timberlake
- The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord
- Wringer Jerry Spinelli
- Wild Born Brandon Mull
- Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Rachel Ignotofsky
- Fuzzy Mud Louis Sachar
- Inside Out and Back Again Thanhha Lai
- The War that Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Danny the Champion of the World Roald Dahl
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken
- The Wild Robot Peter Brown
- The Secret Keepers Trenton Lee Stewart