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Fantasy and Science Fiction

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  Greg van Eekhout. (2021). Weird Kid . HarperCollins. Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson. (2023). Eagle Drums . Roaring Brook Press.

Contemporary Realism

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  Reynolds, J., & Nabaum, A. (2019). Look both ways : a tale told in ten blocks . Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. King, A. S. (2022). Attack of the black rectangles . Scholastic Press.

Mystery and Adventure

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  Ireland, J. (2021). Ophie’s ghosts . Balzer + Bray, An Imprint Of Harper Collins Publishers. Paulsen, G. (2022). Northwind . Farrar Straus Giroux.

Historical Realism

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  Rinaldi, A. (1999). My heart is on the ground: The diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux girl. Scholastic , Inc.  For further information on the problematic elements of this book, please see this article . Williams-Garcia, R. (2010). One Crazy Summer . Amistad, An Imprint Of Harper Collins Publishers. Ann Clare Lezotte. (2021). Show me a sign . Scholastic Inc.

Graphic Novels

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  Sturm, J., Arnold, A., Frederick-Frost, A., & Center For Cartoon Studies. (2009). Adventures in cartooning . First Second. Bell, C. (2019). Chick and Brain. Smell my foot! Candlewick Press. May, C., & Bream, T. (2021). Another kind . Harper Alley, An Imprint Of Harpercollins Publisher. Martin, P. (2023). Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir . Michael O’Mara Books. Wang, J. (2019). Stargazing . First Second.

Beginning and Transitional Readers

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  Pizzoli, G. (2019). The book hog . Disney Hyperion. Adler, D. A. (2021). Don’t Throw It To Mo!. Random House. English, K. (2013). Nikki and Deja: Substitute Trouble . HarperCollins. Pilkey, D. (2022). Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #12) . Scholastic Inc.

Books of Information

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  Harris, R. H., & Emberley, M. (2016). It’s so amazing! : a book about eggs, sperm, birth, babies, and families . Candlewick Press. Williams, S., & Engel, T. (2021). Your legacy : a bold reclaiming of our enslaved history . Abrams Books For Young Readers. Portis, A. (2020). Hey, water! Scallywag Press. María Dolores Águila. (2024). Barrio Rising . Penguin. Kevin Noble Maillard. (2019b). Fry Bread . Roaring Book Press.

Poetry!

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  Bowles, D. (2018). They call me Güero : A Border Kid’s Poems . Cinco Puntos Press. Grimes, N. (2018). ONE LAST WORD : wisdom from the harlem renaissance. Bloomsbury Children’s Books. Raczka, B. (2016). Wet cement : a mix of concrete poems . Roaring Brook Press. Sanders, R. (2024). Queer and Fearless . Penguin.

Folklore

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  F. Isabel Campoy, & Alma Flor Ada. (2006). Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection . Atheneum. Dembicki, M. (2016). Trickster: Native American Tales A Graphic Collection . Fulcrum Publishing.