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Middle School Books and Readalikes Weetzie Bat, by Francesca Lia Block
Shadow Children series, by Margaret Peterson Haddix Fear Street series, by R.L. Stine Island series, by Gordon Korman The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline B. CooneyFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple
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- How Can I Help You, by Laura Sims
- Thornhedge, by T. Kingfisher
- The Forest Brims Over, by Maru Ayase; translated by Haydn Trowell
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- Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, by Melissa L. Sevigny
- How Can I Help You, by Laura Sims
- Thornhedge, by T. Kingfisher
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