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NON-FICTION
CINDY – The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border by Juan Pablo Villalobos – HIGH
The Secret Side of Empty by Maria E. Andreu
MIDDLE GRADE
CINDY – Twins by Varian Johnson – HIGH
Rookie of the Year by Phil Bildner
LISA – The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate – ESSENTIAL
The One and Only Ivan by Applegate
Missing Mike by Shari Green – ESSENTIAL
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parr
Ivan: the remarkable true story of the shopping mall gorilla
CINDY – Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown by Ann E. Burg – ESSENTIAL
Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards
The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
LISA – The Great Upending by Beth Kephart – ESSENTIAL
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
Hope in the Holler by Lisa Lewis Tyre
CINDY – So This is Love: A Twisted Tale by Elizabeth Lim – ESSENTIAL
A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
LISA – Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley – ESSENTIAL
My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder
When You Know What I Know by Sonja K. Solter
CINDY – Louder Than Words by Kathy Kacer – ESSENTIAL
Don’t Tell the Nazis by Marsha Furchuk Skrypuch
Mapping the Bones by Jane Yolen
LISA – Forget Me Nat by Maria Scrivan – ESSENTIAL
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
CINDY – The Invasion by K.A. Applegate and Michael Grant – ESSENTIAL
LISA – Things Seen From Above by Shelley Pearsall – ESSENTIAL
The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
The Losers Club by Andrew Clements
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Picture book – The Buddy Bench by Patty Brozo and Mike Deas
CINDY – City Spies by James Ponti – ESSENTIAL
Cherub: The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
YOUNG ADULT
LISA – Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yousef Salaam – HIGH
This Is My America by Kim Johnson
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
CINDY – All These Monsters by Amy Tintera – HIGH
LISA – Bloom by Kenneth Oppel – ESSENTIAL
Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman
What Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt
CINDY – This Vicious Cure by Emily Suvada – HIGH
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
CINDY – Between Burning Worlds by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell – ESSENTIAL
Shadow Run by Strickland and Miller
Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray
LISA – Under the Broken Sky by Mariko Nagai – ESSENTIAL
The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
CINDY – Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters by Emily Roberson – ESSENTIAL
The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
LISA – Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo – HIGH
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
CINDY – A Proper Charade by Esther Hatch – ESSENTIAL
A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller
Adoring Abigail by Chalon Linton
LISA – The Upside of Falling by Alex Light – HIGH
How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee
CINDY – Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon – HIGH
There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins – ESSENTIAL
The Midnight Dance by Nikki Katz
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