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Genre |
Definition |
Book Examples |
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Autobiography |
The story of a real person's life that
is written by that person. |
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Through My Eyes
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Michelle Kwan, Heart of a Champion,
an Autobiography
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Once Upon a Time by Eve Bunting
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Biography |
A story of a real person's life written
by another person. |
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Abe Lincoln, the Boy Who Loved Books
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NBA Superstar Shaquille O'Neal
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
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Fantasy |
A story including elements that are
impossible such as talking animals and
magic powers. |
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Historical Fiction |
A fictional story that takes place in a
particular time period in the past.
Often the setting is real but the
characters are made up from the author's
imagination. |
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Informational |
Texts that provide facts about a variety
of topics (sports, animals, science,
history, careers, travel, geography,
space, weather, etc.) |
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Mystery or Adventure |
A suspenseful story about a puzzling
event that is not solved until the end
of the story. |
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Poetry |
Poetry is verse written to create a
response of thought and feeling from the
reader. It often uses rhythm and rhyme.
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Beast Feast
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
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The New Kid on the Block
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Realistic Fiction |
A story using made up characters but
could happen in real life. |
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Junie B. Jones
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8
-
Thank You, Mr. Falker
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Science Fiction |
A type of fantasy that uses science &
technology (robots and machines)
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Traditional Literature |
Stories that are passed down from one
group to the other in history. This
includes folk takes, legends, fables,
fairy tales, tall tales, and myths from
different cultures. |
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Thanks to Beth Newingham for these great genre
poster definitions.
Genre Posters by Beth Newingham
|
Here
are some great authors and titles to
help
fourth
graders get started in a great
book. The important thing is to read,
read, read! |
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AUTHOR
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TITLE
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Angelou, Maya
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My Painted House
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Armstrong, William
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Sounder
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Avi
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Blue Heron
Crispin, the Cross
of Lead
Night Journeys
The Fighting
Ground
Ragweed
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Bailey, Carolyn
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Miss Hickory
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Banks, Lynn Reid
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The Fairy Rebel
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Blume, Judy
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Blubber
Freckle Juice
Superfudge and any
of the Fudge series
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Bond, Michael
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A Bear Called
Paddington
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Bridges, Ruby
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Through My Eyes
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Brink, Carol R.
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Caddie Woodlawn
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Butterworth, Olive
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The Enormous Egg
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Byars, Betsy
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Bingo Brown series
Blossoms series
Coast to Coast
The Summer of the
Swans
The Computer Nut
The Cybil War
The Dark Stairs
The Night Swimmers
Tornado
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Caudill, Rebecca
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Did You Carry the
Flag Today, Charley?
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Caudill, Rebecca
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Tree of Freedom
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Christopher, Matt
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Dirt Bike Racer
The Fox Steals
Home
Ice Magic
Long Stretch at First Base
No Arm in the Left
Field
Skateboard Tough
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Cleary, Beverly
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Beezus and Ramona
(any of the series )
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Ellen Tebbits
Henry Huggins (any
of the series)
Muggie Maggie
Socks
Strider
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Clements, Andrew
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Janitor's Boy
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Coerr, Eleanor
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Sadako and the
Thousand Paper Cranes
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Colfer, Eoin
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Artemis Fowl
(series)
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Colville, Ann
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My Teacher Fried
My Brains
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Colville, Bruce
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I Was a Sixth
Grade Alien
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Creech, Sharon
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Bloomability
Love That Dog
Walk Two Moons
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Curtis,
Christopher
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Bud, Not Buddy
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Curtis,
Christopher
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The Watsons Go to
Birmingham
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Cutler, Jane
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No Dogs Allowed
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Dahl, Roald
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The B.F.G.
Esio Trot
Witches
(and any other book by Roald Dahl)
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Davidson, Margaret
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The Story of
Jackie Robinson, the Bravest Man In
Baseball
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DeCamillo, Kate
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Because of Winn Dixie
The Tale of
Despereaux
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Denenberg, Barry
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Stealing Home: A
Story of Jackie Robinson
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Edmonds, Walter
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The Matchlock Gun
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Estes, Eleanor
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The Moffats
(series)
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Fitzhugh, Louise
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Harriet the Spy
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Fleischman, Paul
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Bull Run
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Fritz, Jean
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And Then What
Happened, Paul Revere?
Can't You Make
Them Behave, King George?
George
Washington's Breakfast
Shh! We're Writing
the Constitution
The Double Life of Pocahontas
What's the Big
Idea, Ben Franklin?
Where Do You Think
You're Going, Columbus?
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Gardiner, John
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Stone Fox
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Giff, Patricia
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Lily's Crossing
Nory Ryan's Song
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Gipson, Fred
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Old Yeller
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Gutman, Dan
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Honus and Me
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Haywood, Carolyn
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Betsy (series, any books)
The Eddie (series) |
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Henry, Marguerite
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Black Gold
King of the Wind
(series)
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Hiaasen, Carl
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Hoot
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Holling, Holling
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Paddle-to-the Sea
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Howe, Deborah
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Bunnicula
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Howe, James
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Howliday Inn
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Hughes, Langston
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The Dreamkeeper
and other Poems
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Hunter, Mollie
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The Mermaid Summer
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Hurwitz, Johanna
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Aldo (any in the
series)
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Jacques, Brian
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Redwall (series)
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Jerry Spinelli,
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Wringer
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Joseph, Lynn
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The Color of My
Words
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Juster, Norton |
The Phantom Tollbooth |
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King-Smith, Dick
|
Pigs Might Fly
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Konigsburg, E. L.
|
From the Mixed-Up
Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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Krumgold, Joseph
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Onion John
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Lawson, Robert
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Ben and Me
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L'Engle, Madeleine
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A Wind in the Door
A Wrinkle in Time (series) |
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Levers, Gail
Carson
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Ella Enchanted
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Lewis, C. S.
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Chronicles of
Narnia (series)
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Lindgren, Astrid
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Pippi Longstocking
(series) |
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Lovelace, Maud
Hart
|
Betsy-Tacy
(series)
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Lowry, Lois
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All About Sam
Anastasia (series)
Attaboy, Sam
Number the Stars
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MacLachlan,
Patricia
|
Sarah, Plain and
Tall
|
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Martin, Rafe
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Rough Face Girl
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McDonald, Betty
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
(series)
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Mochizuki, Ken
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Baseball Saved Us
|
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Naylor, Phyllis
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Beetles Lightly Toasted
Saving Shiloh
|
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Norton, Mary
|
The Borrowers
(series)
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O'Dell, Scott
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Sing Down the Moon
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Park, Linda Sue
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A Single Shard
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Peck, Richard
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A Long Way From Chicago
A Year Down Under
Voices After
Midnight
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Peck, Robert
Newton
|
Soup (series)
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Porter, Eleanor
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Pollyanna
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Reid Banks, Lynn
|
The Indian in the
Cupboard
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Reilly Giff,
Patricia
|
Fourth Grade
Celebrity
Pictures of Hollis
Woods
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Robinson, Barbara
|
The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever
|
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Rockwell, Thomas
|
How to Eat Fried
Worms
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Rowling, J. K.
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Harry Potter
(series)
|
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Ryan, Pam
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Esperanza Rising
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Rylant, Cynthia
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A Blue-Eyed Daisy
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Sachar, Louis
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Holes
Sixth Grade
Secrets
There's a Boy in
the Girl's Bathroom
Wayside School is
Falling Down
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Various authors
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Dear America
(series)
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Scieska, Jon
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Summer Reading Is Killing Me
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
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Silverstein, Shel
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Falling Up
The Giving Tree |
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Simon, Seymour
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Big Cats
|
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Snicket, Lemony
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Bad Beginning
(series)
|
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Sobol, Donald J.
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Encyclopedia
Brown (series)
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Sperry, Armstrong
|
Call It Courage
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Spinelli, Jerry
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Fourth Grade Rats
Stargirl
Knots in My Yo-Yo
String
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Steig, William
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