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Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Med Head
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Meet the Austins
Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1960

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Gabrielle Zevin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Michael Vey
Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Middle of Nowhere
Caroline Adderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Miguel Street
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 1959

Miriam
Aimée Sommerfelt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

Missing May
Cynthia Rylant

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Monster Book
Alice Hoogstad

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2008

Mr. Splitfoot
Samantha Hunt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder
Nie Jun

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

My Book of Life by Angel
Martine Leavitt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

My Brother's Keeper
Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

My Darling, My Hamburger
Paul Zindel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

My Heart and Other Black Holes
Jasmine Warga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

My Jim
Nancy Rawles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

My Life Next Door
Huntley Fitzpatrick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

My Most Excellent Year
Steve Kluger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

My Name is Parvana
Deborah Ellis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Annabel Pitcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

My Sister Rosa
Justine Larbalestier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Mystery at Lake Placid
Roy MacGregor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Nancy Drew Mystery Series
Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1930

Nation
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Nearly Gone
Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Nelson Mandela
Kadir Nelson

Nonfiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2013

Nevermore
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Nice Work
David Lodge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Nightbird
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Nightingale
David Farland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Nightmare Mountain
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Night of the Howling Dogs
Graham Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born
Miranda Paul

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2019

Noah Barleywater Runs Away
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
Darnell L. Moore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Noggin
John Corey Whaley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

North Of Beautiful
Justina Chen Headley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Roxane Gay

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2018

Of Nightingales That Weep
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

Of Poseidon
Anna Banks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Of Sound Mind
Jean Ferris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Once Upon a Marigold
Jean Ferris

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

One Came Home
Amy Timberlake

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

One Fat Summer
Robert Lipsyte

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1977

Only Ever Yours
Louise O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

On the Wings of Heroes
Richard Peck

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
Karen Foxlee

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Our Only May Amelia
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Out of Bounds
Beverley Naidoo

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 2001

Out of Salem
Hal Schrieve

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Over A Thousand Hills I Walk With You
Hanna Jansen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Overboard
Elizabeth Fama

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Over Sea, Under Stone
Susan Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Paper Princess
Erin Watt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Parrot In The Oven
Victor Martinez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Peaches
Jodi Lynn Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Peeps
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Penny from Heaven
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Perfect Chemistry
Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

Picture Me Gone
Meg Rosoff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Playing for the Devil's Fire
Phillippe Diederich

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Please Ignore Vera Dietz
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Poison
Bridget Zinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Poison Study
Maria V. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
Maya Van Wagenen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2014

Postcards from No Man's Land
Aidan Chambers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Princess in Love
Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
Steve Coll

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Prophecy Of The Sisters
Michelle Zink

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Pushing The Limits
Katie McGarry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy
Bil Wright

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Queenie Peavy
Robert Burch

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1966

Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
Sabrina Jones, Marc Mauer

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2013

Raiders Night
Robert Lipsyte

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1966

Rainbow Boys
Alex Sanchez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Raining Sardines
Enrique Flores-Galbis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Ramona
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era
Sterling North

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1963

Rat Life
Tedd Arnold

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Raven's Gate
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Reached
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1903

Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
Sandra Dallas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Red Cap
G. Clifton Wisler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Red Card
Matthew LaBrot, Daniel J. Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Redemption
Julie Chibbaro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Red Moon at Sharpsburg
Rosemary Wells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Revolution
Deborah Wiles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Ying Chang Compestine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Rewind
William Sleator

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Rich Lizard: And Other Poems
Deborah Chandra

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Rikers High
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

River Boy
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Robert Frost
Harold Bloom

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Robot Dreams
Sara Varon

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

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1992