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Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
Kate Clifford Larson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Rose Under Fire
Elizabeth Wein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Rotters
Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Rucker Park Setup
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Rules of Attraction
Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Runaway Twin
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Run for Your Life
Silvana Gandolfi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Running on Empty
Colette Ballard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Sabriel
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Sahara Special
Esmé Raji Codell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Sailor Moon
Naoko Takeuchi

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Saint Anything
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Saint Iggy
K. L. Going

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Sammy And Juliana In Hollywood
Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Sarah Bishop
Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1980

Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
James Sturm

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Saving Francesca
Melina Marchetta

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Saving Zasha
Randi Barrow

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Say What You Will
Cammie McGovern

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Scarlet
A.C. Gaughen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Scribbler of Dreams
Mary E. Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Second Star to the Right
Deborah Hautzig

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

Secret Letters from 0 to 10
Susie Morgenstern

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Seeing Red
Kathryn Erskine

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

See You at Harry's
Jo Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Seraphina
Rachel Hartman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Seventeenth Summer
Maureen Daly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1942

Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
Suzanne Fisher Staples

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Shackleton's Stowaway
Victoria Mckernan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Shades of Simon Gray
Joyce Mcdonald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Shadow of a Bull
Maia Wojciechowska

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Shadow of the Dragon
Sherry Garland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

Shadow Spinner
Susan Fletcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Shakespeare's Scribe
Gary L. Blackwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Shakespeare's Secret
Elise Broach

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Shane
Jack Schaefer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1949

Shark Girl
Kelly Bingham

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

She is Not Invisible
Marcus Sedgwick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Shizuko's Daughter
Kyoko Mori

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

Shooting Stars
Brian Falkner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Shug
Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Silent Snow, Secret Snow
Conrad Aiken

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1934

Silverfin
Charlie Higson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Singing in the Rain
Tim Hopgood

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

Skellig
David Almond

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Skim
Mariko Tamaki

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Slake's Limbo: 121 Days
Felice Holman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

Slated
Teri Terry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Sleeping Beauty
Charles Perrault

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1697

Slot Machine
Chris Lynch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Snow Falling in Spring
Moying Li

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2008

Snow White
Jacob Grimm

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1812

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Wanda Gág

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

So Far from the Bamboo Grove
Yoko Kawashima Watkins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
Patricia Mckissack, Fredrick Mckissack

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Soldier Dog
Sam Angus

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am
Peter Lerangis, Harry Mazer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Some Boys
Patty Blount

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Peter Cameron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Something Like Fate
Susane Colasanti

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Somewhere in the Darkness
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Song of the Buffalo Boy
Sherry Garland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Son of a Gun
Anne de Graaf

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

So Yesterday
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Spanking Shakespeare
Jake Wizner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Spark
Rachael Craw

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Spies of Mississippi
Rick Bowers

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2010

Spirit Bound
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Split
Swati Avasthi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Starclimber
Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Still Life with Tornado
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Stitches
David Small

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2009

Stolen Children
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Stolen Into Slavery
Judith Fradin, Dennis B. Fradin

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Stoner and Spaz
Ronald Koertge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Stones in Water
Donna Jo Napoli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Storm Catchers
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Stowaway
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Stranger in the Woods
Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2000

Stranger With My Face
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Streams to the River, River to the Sea
Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

Such A Pretty Girl
Laura Wiess

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Summerlost
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Summer of the Gypsy Moths
Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Surviving Hitler
Andrea Warren

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Sway
Jennifer Gibson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Swear to Howdy
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Swim That Rock
John Rocco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Swim the Fly
Don Calame

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Symphony for the City of the Dead
M. T. Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2015

Taken
Edward Bloor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Talkin' About Bessie
Nikki Grimes

Nonfiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2002

Taming The Star Runner
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Tending to Grace
Kimberly Newton Fusco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Ten Things I Hate About Me
Randa Abdel-Fattah

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Terrible Typhoid Mary
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Thanks to My Mother
Schoschana Rabinovici

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998