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Michael Printz
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Inspirational & Hopeful
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
The Holiday House stood for a thousand years, a place of miracles where every childhood fantasies come true. The is mysterious but will not release their captives without a battle.....
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
An adventurous tale about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs. Billy experiences love, adventure, pride and loss.
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Dark & Mysterious
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Growing up African American
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Kek is a refugee from Africa but separated from his mother and waits to hear of his mother's fate. As he experience America, Kek finds new friendships, strength in his memories, belief in his new country and finds a comfort from home: a cow.
13 Different Stories of Hope
"Newbery Medal-winning Seedfolks from Paul Fleischman tells thirteen stories from diverse perspectives—young and old, immigrant and native, haunted and hopeful. A fractured neighborhood unites with just a few seeds, turning a drab empty lot in Cleveland into beautiful green garden. " Amazon
brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement.
Freedom is not Free
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
"When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true". ~Goodreads
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Courage of Friendship
"Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out". ~Goodreads
Boy and His Dog
"Big Red was a champion Irish setter; Danny a young trapper who knew more about the ways of varmints and hounds than of the world of fancy kennels and dog shows. But Red's owner knew a good dog man when he saw one, and entrusted Red to Danny's training." Amazon
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