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Freckle Juice
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
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Fudge-a-Mania (Fudge, #4)
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
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Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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The Secret Garden
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Take Command: Find Your Inner Strength, Build Enduring Relationships, and Live the Life You Want
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Joe Hart (Goodreads Author)
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How to Steal a Dog
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Barbara O'Connor (Goodreads Author)
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Demon Copperhead
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Miss Daisy Is Crazy! (My Weird School, #1)
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Call the Canaries Home
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Laura Barrow (Goodreads Author)
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The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
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Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did (Lancaster Prep, #1)
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Monica Murphy (Goodreads Author)
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Punk 57
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Penelope Douglas (Goodreads Author)
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The Beast of Cretacea
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Todd Strasser (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 614 ratings
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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The Stars Don't Lie
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Boo Walker (Goodreads Author)
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One Moment in Time
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Shari Low (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 33,390 ratings
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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
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Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,911,608 ratings
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The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
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The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1-5)
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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Tom Lake
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Credence
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Penelope Douglas (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 552,972 ratings
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Woke Up Like This
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Amy Lea (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 24,403 ratings
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Number the Stars
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 611,414 ratings
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The Eighth Day (Eighth Day, #1)
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Dianne K. Salerni (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 4,834 ratings
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 2,138,774 ratings
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Queen of the World! (Babymouse, #1)
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Jennifer L. Holm (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 19,797 ratings
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Ghosts
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Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
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Freak the Mighty (Freak the Mighty, #1)
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Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop, #2)
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The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger's Apprentice, #1)
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, #1)
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West With Giraffes
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Lynda Rutledge (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 186,977 ratings
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Billy Makes Cookies
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Pria Dee (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations #1)
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B.B. Alston (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 35,223 ratings
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SMILES FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Silly Seasonal Short Stories
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The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence (Zodiac Legacy, #1)
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The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1)
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Soman Chainani (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 133,284 ratings
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Dippy and the Crocuses
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My Teacher Is an Alien (My Teacher Is an Alien, #1)
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
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A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, #1)
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Jessica Cluess (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 16,972 ratings
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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Kelly Barnhill (Goodreads Author)
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Lord of the Flies
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Hidden Talents (Talents, #1)
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
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Simon Sinek (Goodreads Author)
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One Good Dragon Deserves Another (Heartstrikers, #2)
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Rachel Aaron (Goodreads Author)
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The Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders, #1)
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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
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Michael Bungay Stanier (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 28,045 ratings
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The Iron-Jawed Boy (The Guardians of Illyria, #1)
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Treasure Island
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Matilda
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Pride and Prejudice
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No More Dead Dogs
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Holly Jolly: Campfire Stories
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Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
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The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
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Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author)
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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Where the Red Fern Grows
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The Magic Misfits (The Magic Misfits, #1)
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NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (NERDS, #1)
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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The Friendly Mouse
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Sophia R. Tyler (Goodreads Author)
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Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks
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Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
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Tiago Forte (Goodreads Author)
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
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The Vincenzo Adventure (Fingertip Island, #1)
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Ned Rauch-Mannino (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
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Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author)
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Attack of the Growling Eyeballs (Who Shrunk Daniel Funk?, 1)
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Off the Grid: The Catalyst
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Brian Courtney (Goodreads Author)
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
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Speak
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
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Top Secret
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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Bentwhistle the Dragon in a Threat from the Past
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Paul Cude (Goodreads Author)
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
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Paper Towns
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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The Giving Tree
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1)
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White Fang
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The You Beyond You: The Knowledge of the Willing
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Ramzi Najjar (Goodreads Author)
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Where the Wild Things Are
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The False Prince (Ascendance, #1)
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Jennifer A. Nielsen (Goodreads Author)
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The Worst Years of My Life (Middle School #1)
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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Coraline
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
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The Westing Game
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Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
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I LOVE this list, what a good idea! It sure has given me some good ones - we just picked up #45 on the list, Fingertip Island: The Vincenzo Adventure. Grade stepping stone to chapterbooks. Keep up the good new suggestions!
I love to read so i love this website.
Ilooooove this website!not just because i like to read........i read to get ideas to do my english,paper 2(section b)
lol....lol....lol....lol....lol!!!!!!!!!!!
I really like this list although I think it's missing some...The BFG by Rhoald Dahl? The Bruno & Boots books by George Korman? Nancy Drew. The Wayside School Stories, and There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar. Those are some of the first ones that got me into reading.
OMG i dont have barely any friends can people add me as friend if u like THE LEGEND OF KORRA!
these are the only books my brother reads
I HATE THIS WEBSITE!!!!! Lol.. I'm serious. I'm using this for school, and I COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME!!! There's NO POINT TO THIS WEBSITE!!!!!!
hahahahahahahahahahahaha me to i like 2 read a little but ya so ya hola hloa byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I am not a fan of this website. But I guess, if I have to I will use it. It's not as bad as I said it was.
this website is super cool. this website helps me keep track of all the books I read. if you are not a fan of this website. why do you use it
i love this website. there are so many books at look at.
i like this website A lot. I love reading and this makes it so much easier to find books for myself.
Jordan wrote: "how do you read books"troll
I think "The DOM wars" 1-3 and 4-6 needs to be removed from this list. Not exactly for youngster that are reluctant readers as it is BDSM erotica. Also the "Ruin" series.
only problem is that it doesnt give any suggestions! already read them all. :(
If one wants to scare off a reluctant reader forever, one should advice him or her to read A Clockwork Orange (#347)...Don't get me wrong, it is a great book and a magnificent accomplishment, but it is certainly not the kind of book suited for reluctant readers and it certainly will not encourage youngsters to read, as it is far too difficult.
AYL wrote: "how old exactly is a 'youngster'? Because some of these books aren't targeted toward children...."This list is under the "children's" category, so that's like middle grade (MG for short) which is typically ages 8-12/13 so yeah books like twilight or hunger games shouldn't be on here, those are young adult or YA novels. But yeah I know what you mean.
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