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2010 BEST BOOKS FOR TEENS: THE COMPLETE LIST
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Kirkus Star FORGE
by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Kirkus Star SUGAR CHANGED THE WORLD
by Marc Aronson
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Kirkus Star THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE KKK
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Kirkus Star THE DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN
by Josh Berk
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Kirkus Star WHITE CAT
by Holly Black
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DICK KING-SMITH'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS
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SOPHIE IN THE SADDLE
by Dick King-Smith
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Kirkus Star THREE TERRIBLE TRINS
by Dick King-Smith
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Kirkus Star THE SCHOOL MOUSE
by Dick King-Smith
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MR. POTTER'S PET
by Dick King-Smith
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THE STRAY
by Dick King-Smith
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Cover art for NO CRYSTAL STAIR
Kirkus Star NO CRYSTAL STAIR
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
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Kirkus Star MILES TO GO FOR FREEDOM
by Linda Barrett Osborne
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Kirkus Star BEST SHOT IN THE WEST
by Patricia C. McKissack
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Kirkus Star WE'VE GOT A JOB
by Cynthia Y. Levinson
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CAUSE
by Tonya Bolden
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GRIEVING A PET IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
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THE RETURN OF REX AND ETHEL
by Arnold Adoff
Cover art for THE FOREVER DOG
THE FOREVER DOG
by Bill Cochran
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Kirkus Star LOVE THAT DOG
by Sharon Creech
Cover art for SAYING GOODBYE TO LULU
SAYING GOODBYE TO LULU
by Corinne Demas
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GOODBYE MOUSIE
by Robie H. Harris
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OUT OF THIS WORLD - OUTER SPACE ADVENTURE
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OLIVER WHO WOULD NOT SLEEP!
by Mara Bergman
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MICKEY MOONBEAM
by Mike Brownlow
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Kirkus Star COSMIC
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
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Kirkus Star THE ROOFTOP ROCKET PARTY
by Roland Chambers
Cover art for COMETS, STARS, THE MOON, AND MARS
Kirkus Star COMETS, STARS, THE MOON, AND MARS
by Douglas Florian
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GREAT ST. PATRICK'S DAY READS FOR CHILDREN & TEENS
Cover art for THE DREAMS OF MAIRHE MEHAN
THE DREAMS OF MAIRHE MEHAN
by Jennifer Armstrong
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BLACK POTATOES
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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LEPRECHAUN GOLD
by Teresa Bateman
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NEVER WERE MEN SO BRAVE
by Susan Provost Beller
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Kirkus Star ACROSS A DARK AND WILD SEA
by Don Brown
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