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• Sounder

  Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999

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  First published in 1969.

• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

  Avi, 1937-

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  First published in 1990.

• Tuck Everlasting

  Babbitt, Natalie

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  First published in 1975. A couple of staff loved this one.

• The House With a Clock in Its Walls

  Bellairs, John

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  First published in 1973.

• The Velveteen Rabbit

  Bianco, Margery Williams, 1881-1944

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  First published in 1922.

• Freckle Juice

  Blume, Judy

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  First published in 1971.

• The Secret Garden

  Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924

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  First published in 1911. A few staff loved this one, especially the edition illustrated by Tasha Tudor.

• The Secret of the Mansion

  Campbell, Julie, 1908-1999

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  The Trixie Belden series launched in 1948, and the books can be read in any order.

• Beezus and Ramona

  Cleary, Beverly

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  First published in 1955, it's the start of an 8-book series. Call out to the novel "Ramona Quimby, Age 8"!

• The Mouse and the Motorcycle

  Cleary, Beverly

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  First published in 1965, it's the first of a 3-book series.

• Walk Two Moons

  Creech, Sharon

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  First published in 1994. A couple of staff loved this one.

• The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

  a Novel

  Curtis, Christopher Paul

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  First published in 1995.

• The BFG

  Dahl, Roald

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  First published in 1982.

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  Dahl, Roald

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  First published in 1964, it's followed by the book "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator"

• Danny the Champion of the World

  Dahl, Roald

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  First published in 1975.

• Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

  D'Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-1980

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  Children's nonfiction. First published in 1962.

• Because of Winn-Dixie

  DiCamillo, Kate

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  First published in 2005. A couple of staff loved this one.

• The Tale of Despereaux

  Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

  DiCamillo, Kate

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  First published in 2008.

• The Field Guide

  DiTerlizzi, Tony

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  First published in 2003, it's the first in a 5-book series. A couple of staff loved this one.

• The Hundred Dresses

  Estes, Eleanor, 1906-1988

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  First published in 1944.