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Blackbird Fly
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Black Butler
Yana Toboso

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Black Duck
Janet Taylor Lisle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Black Gold
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Blood, Bones and Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2011

Blood Red Horse
K.M. Grant

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Blood Water Paint
Joy McCullough

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bonechiller
Graham McNamee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Book of a Thousand Days
Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Books for Living
Will Schwalbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Boot Camp
Todd Strasser

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Born At Midnight
C.C. Hunter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Born Confused
Tanuja Desai Hidier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Born to Run
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Bottled Up
Jaye Murray

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Boxers and Saints
Gene Yang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Box of Shocks
Chris McMahen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Boy Nobody
Allen Zadoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Boys Without Names
Kashmira Sheth

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Boy Toy
Barry Lyga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Brain Jack
Brian Falkner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Bread and Roses, Too
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Breaking Beautiful
Jennifer Shaw Wolf

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It
Sundee T. Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Briar Rose
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Brida
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Brighton Rock
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1938

Broken Glass
Adrian Stirling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Bucking the Sarge
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Buddha Boy
Kathe Koja

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Bull Rider
Suzanne Morgan Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Burned
Ellen Hopkins

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2006

By Any Other Name
Laura Jarratt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Caged Warrior
Alan Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Candor
Pam Bachorz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Captain Nobody
Dean Pitchford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Carpe Diem
Autumn Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Carrie's War
Nina Bawden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

Carter Finally Gets It
Brent Crawford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Carve the Mark
Veronica Roth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Chanda's Secrets
Allan Stratton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Deborah Heiligman

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2009

Charm
Leyla Atke

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Chasing Redbird
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Check, Please: #Hockey
Ngozi Ukazu

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Mark Victor Hansen

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1997

Child of Dandelions
Shenaaz Nanji

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Child of the Owl
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Children of the River
Linda Crew

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

China Boy
Gus Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Chinese Handcuffs
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Choosing Up Sides
John H. Ritter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Cinderella
Grimm Brothers

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1812

City of Fallen Angels
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

City of Gold
Daniel Blackaby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Rita Williams-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Climbing the Stairs
Padma Venkatraman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Closely Watched Trains
Jiri Menzel

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1965

Close to Famous
Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Coffee Will Make You Black
April Sinclair

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Colin Fischer
Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Confessions of a Closet Catholic
Sarah Darer Littman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty
Jody Gehrman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Counting on Grace
Elizabeth Winthrop

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Courage for Beginners
Karen Harrington

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Courage Has No Color
Tanya Lee Stone

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Crackback
John Coy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Crashing America
Katia Noyes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Crispin: At the Edge of the World
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Criss Cross
Lynne Rae Perkins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Cuba 15
Nancy Osa

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Curveball
Jordan Sonnenblick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Dairy Queen
Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Damsel
Elana K. Arnold

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Daniel Half Human: And the Good Nazi
David Chotjewitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Dark Inside
Jeyn Roberts

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Das Mädchen Wadjda
Haifaa al-Mansour

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Deadly Little Secret
Laurie Faria Stolarz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Dear Nobody
Berlie Doherty

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

December Stillness
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

Denton Little's Deathdate
Lance Rubin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Desdemona, Twelve Going on Desperate
Beverly Keller

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Destroying Avalon
Kate Mccaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Diamonds in the Shadow
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Dicey's Song
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Discworld
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Divided We Fall
Trent Reedy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

(Don't) Call Me Crazy
Kelly Jensen

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2018

Don't Look Behind You
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Dope Sick
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Dork in Disguise
Carol Gorman

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Dovey Coe
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Down a Dark Hall
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

Down the Rabbit Hole
Peter Abrahams

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Dragon Rider
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Dragon's Gate
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Dragon Slippers
Jessica Day George

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Dragonspell
Donita K. Paul

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004