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Great Books for Family Reading

Whatever your family looks like, here are some great chapter books titles to read together!

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Home of the brave [2007]

Katherine Applegate

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El deafo [2014]

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The BFG [1982]

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Because of Winn-Dixie [2000]

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Out of my mind [2010]

Sharon M Draper

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The hundred dresses [1944]

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Joey Pigza swallowed the key [1998]

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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street [2017]

Karina Yan Glaser

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The liberation of Gabriel King [2005]

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Same sun here [2011]

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From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E.… [1967]

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Where the mountain meets the moon [2009]

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The Watsons go to Birmingham : 1963 [2020]

Christopher Paul Curtis

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Rules [2006]

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The season of Styx Malone [2018]

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Rain reign [2014]

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The turtle of Oman : a novel [2014]

Naomi Shihab Nye

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The small adventure of Popeye and Elvis [2009]

Barbara O'Connor

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A wolf called Wander [2019]

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Hatchet [1987]

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The mouse and the motorcycle [1965]

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Clementine [2006]

Sara Pennypacker

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Nuts to you [2014]

Lynne Rae Perkins

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Esperanza rising [2000]

Pam Muñoz Ryan

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Trouble magnet [2009]

Graham Salisbury

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Just like Jackie [2018]

Lindsey Stoddard

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Roll of thunder, hear my cry [1976]

Mildred D Taylor

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Skunk and Badger [2020]

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Other words for home [2019]

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Charlotte's web [1952]

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Clayton Byrd goes underground [2017]

Rita Williams-Garcia

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Harbor me [2018]

Jacqueline Woodson

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Locomotion [2003]

Jacqueline Woodson