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Birdsall — The Penderwicks: a Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
Four sisters share adventures while vacationing in the Berkshires with their father.
- Cleary — Ramona the Pest (and others)
Ramona meets a lot of interesting people in kindergarten
- Estes — The Hundred Dresses
When Wanda tells her classmates she has 100 dresses, they laugh at her, but soon learn a lesson about teasing.
- Feiffer — A Room with a Zoo
Julie loves animals so much that she seems to have a zoo in her room.
- George — Julie of the Wolves
Thirteen-year-old Julie, lost in the woods, is adopted by a pack of wolves.
- Godden — Premlata and the Festival of Lights
Premlata and her family, in Bengal, India, are too poor to celebrate Diwali.
- Hoffman — Starring Grace (and others)
Grace and her friends have many adventures during summer vacation.
- Holm —Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf
Ginny’s first year of middle school is both exciting and scary.
- Lin — The Year of the Dog
A year in the life of a young Taiwanese American girl and her family.
- Lisle — The Lost Flower Children
Two sisters move in with their great aunt, and hear stories about the Flower Children.
- Look — Ruby Lu, Brave and True
Ruby Lu, almost 8, tells about her family and her adventures.
- Lord — Rules
Frustrated by life with an autistic brother, Catherine just wants a normal life.
- Lowry — Gooney Bird Greene (and others)
Gooney tells only absolutely true stories, but the fun is finding out exactly how her stories are true.
- MacLachlan — Sarah, Plain and Tall
Anna and Caleb get to know Sarah, who has moved out west to marry their father.
- Marsden — The Gold-Threaded Dress
When Oy and her family move to a new neighborhood, she finds it hard to make friends.
- McKay — Saffy’s Angel (and others)
Saffy, with the help of her eccentric family, tries to find a memento from her past.
- O’Dell — Island of the Blue Dolphins
Karana, an Indian girl, survives alone on an island for 18 years.
- Pennypacker —Clementine
Eight-year-old Clementine is only trying to help, but she is often misunderstood.
- Potter — Olivia Kidney (and others)
When 12-year-old Olivia explores her apartment building, she finds some very strange things.
- Ryan — Esperanza Rising
Esperanza and her mother must leave their privileged life in Mexico to work in labor camps in Southern California.
- Soto — The Skirt
Miata is worried about what her parents will say when they find out she left the skirt for a dance performance on a bus.
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