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Great Middle School Reads

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  • 85 Videos
  • 83 Book Readings
  • 183 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 881 resources

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Wonder
Wonder
  • by R.J. Palacio
    • Multimedia Resources: 35
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    Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The
    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
  • by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney
    • Multimedia Resources: 29
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    Graveyard Book, The
    The Graveyard Book
  • by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
    • Multimedia Resources: 29
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    Poet Slave of Cuba, The: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
    The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
  • by Margarita Engle and Sean Qualls
    • Multimedia Resources: 27
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    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
  • by Phillip Hoose
    • Multimedia Resources: 27
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    Locomotion
    Locomotion
  • by Jacqueline Woodson
    • Multimedia Resources: 26
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    Rules
    Rules
  • by Cynthia Lord
    • Multimedia Resources: 26
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    One Crazy Summer
    One Crazy Summer
  • by Rita Williams-Garcia
    • Multimedia Resources: 24
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    Under the Mesquite
    Under the Mesquite
  • by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
    • Multimedia Resources: 24
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    Al Capone Does My Shirts
    Al Capone Does My Shirts
  • by Gennifer Choldenko
    • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Prime Baby
    Prime Baby
  • by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim
    • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Wall, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
    The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
  • by Peter Sís
    • Multimedia Resources: 22
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    When You Reach Me
    When You Reach Me
  • by Rebecca Stead
    • Multimedia Resources: 22
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    Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
    Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
  • by Tanya Lee Stone
    • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Monster Calls, A
    A Monster Calls
  • by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay
    • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
    Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
  • by Jack Gantos
    • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Kira-Kira
    Kira-Kira
  • by Cynthia Kadohata
    • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    After Tupac and D Foster
    After Tupac and D Foster
  • by Jacqueline Woodson
    • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Hoot
    Hoot
  • by Carl Hiaasen
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Home of the Brave
    Home of the Brave
  • by Katherine Applegate
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Rapunzel's Revenge
    Rapunzel's Revenge
  • by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Nathan Hale
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Rock and the River, The
    The Rock and the River
  • by Kekla Magoon
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Ninth Ward
    Ninth Ward
  • by Jewell Parker Rhodes
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Way a Door Closes, The
    The Way a Door Closes
  • by Hope Anita Smith and Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Every Soul a Star
    Every Soul a Star
  • by Wendy Mass
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Olive's Ocean
    Olive's Ocean
  • by Kevin Henkes
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Way, The
    The Way
  • by Joseph Bruchac
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Revolution of Evelyn Serrano, The
    The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
  • by Sonia Manzano
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Stargirl
    Stargirl
  • by Jerry Spinelli
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Drawing from Memory
    Drawing from Memory
  • by Allen Say
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Hidden
    Hidden
  • by Helen Frost
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Totally Joe
    Totally Joe
  • by James Howe
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    When My Name Was Keoko
    When My Name Was Keoko
  • by Linda Sue Park
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    See You at Harry's
    See You at Harry's
  • by Jo Knowles
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Wolves in the Walls, The
    The Wolves in the Walls
  • by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Shug
    Shug
  • by Jenny Han
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Waiting for Normal
    Waiting for Normal
  • by Leslie Connor
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    How to Steal a Dog
    How to Steal a Dog
  • by Barbara O'Connor
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
    Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
  • by Tonya Bolden
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Dairy Queen
    Dairy Queen
  • by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems
    Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems
  • by Elizabeth Alexander, Marilyn Nelson, and Floyd Cooper
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Bluefish
    Bluefish
  • by Pat Schmatz
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Word Nerd
    Word Nerd
  • by Susin Nielsen
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
    Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
  • by Albert Marrin
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Camo Girl
    Camo Girl
  • by Kekla Magoon
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Other Half of My Heart, The
    The Other Half of My Heart
  • by Sundee T. Frazier
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
    Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
  • by Chris Crowe
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    London Eye Mystery, The
    The London Eye Mystery
  • by Siobhan Dowd
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
    Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
  • by Jim Murphy
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Warp Speed
    Warp Speed
  • by Lisa Yee
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    There Is No Long Distance Now: Very Short Stories
    There Is No Long Distance Now: Very Short Stories
  • by Naomi Shihab Nye
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order)
    37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order)
  • by Kekla Magoon
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Begging for Change
    Begging for Change
  • by Sharon G. Flake
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    So Hard to Say
    So Hard to Say
  • by Alex Sanchez
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Hero
    Hero
  • by Perry Moore
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World
    Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World
  • by Sid Fleischman
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Little Blog on the Prairie
    Little Blog on the Prairie
  • by Cathleen Davitt Bell
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Want to Go Private?
    Want to Go Private?
  • by Sarah Darer Littman
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Saffy's Angel
    Saffy's Angel
  • by Hilary McKay
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Fold, The
    The Fold
  • by An Na
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Shepherd's Granddaughter, The
    The Shepherd's Granddaughter
  • by Anne Laurel Carter
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees
    Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees
  • by Deborah Ellis
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Boys Without Names
    Boys Without Names
  • by Kashmira Sheth
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Silhouetted by the Blue
    Silhouetted by the Blue
  • by Traci L. Jones
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Chanda's Wars
    Chanda's Wars
  • by Allan Stratton
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust
    Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust
  • by Ruth Thomson
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    After Eli
    After Eli
  • by Rebecca Rupp
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair, The
    The Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair
  • by Russell Martin and Lydia Nibley
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    7 Days at the Hot Corner
    7 Days at the Hot Corner
  • by Terry Trueman
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution
    Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution
  • by Moying Li
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Kind of Friends We Used to Be, The
    The Kind of Friends We Used to Be
  • by Frances O'Roark Dowell
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    10 P.M. Question, The
    The 10 P.M. Question
  • by Kate De Goldi
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Re-Gifters
    Re-Gifters
  • by Mike Carey, Sonny Liew, and Marc Hempel
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Sidekicks
    Sidekicks
  • by Jack D. Ferraiolo
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low
    First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low
  • by Ginger Wadsworth
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Trap, The
    The Trap
  • by John Smelcer
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Leo and the Lesser Lion
    Leo and the Lesser Lion
  • by Sandra Forrester
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Now Is the Time for Running
    Now Is the Time for Running
  • by Michael Williams
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Freak
    Freak
  • by Marcella Pixley
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Fish in the Sky
    Fish in the Sky
  • by Fridrik Erlings
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Freshman: Tales of 9th Grade Obsessions, Revelations, and Other Nonsense
    Freshman: Tales of 9th Grade Obsessions, Revelations, and Other Nonsense
  • by Corinne Mucha
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