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Book Adventure and Read Across America Team Up
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The National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America has teamed up with Rex & Bailey for a reading adventure that will have you reading across the country without ever leaving your hometown! To start your adventure, select a state below and browse the titles related to our 50 states and the District of Columbia. Once you are finished reading the books, return to the website to complete the corresponding online quiz.
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Alabama
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Forever Amber Brown
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Danzinger, Paula
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3.0
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I Am Rosa Parks
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Parks, Rosa
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4.0
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Watsons Go to Birmingham, The
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Curtis, Christopher
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4.9
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The Forty Acre Swindle
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Jackson, Dave
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5.0
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Just Like Martin
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Davis, Ossie
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5.6
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State
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Title
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Reading
Level
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Alaska
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Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto, The
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Standiford, Natalie
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2.7
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Kiana's Iditarod
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Gill, Shelly
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4.0
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Julie of the Wolves
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Craighead, George
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5.6
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Gentle Ben
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Morey, Walt
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6.8
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Call of the Wild
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London, Jack
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8.1
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Arizona
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Annie and the Old One
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Miles, Miska
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3.0
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Tarantula Shoes
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Birdseye, Tom
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3.0
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon
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Henry, Marguerite
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6.3
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Arkansas
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Bound for Oregon
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Leeuwen, Jean Van
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4.0
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Only the Names Remain: The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears
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Bealer, Alex W.
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5.0
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Get Out of Here, Phillip Hall
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Greene, Bette
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5.2
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Summer of My German Soldier
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Greene, Bette
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7.4
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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California
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Working Cotton
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Williams, Sherley
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1.0
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Smoky Night
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Bunting, Eve
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2.0
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Grandfather's Journey
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Say, Allen
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2.4
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Song of the Swallows
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Politi, Leo
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3.0
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Earthquake Terror
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Kehret, Peg
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4.0
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Cat Running
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Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
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4.8
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Annie's Promise
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Levitin, Sonia
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5.2
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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O'Dell, Scott
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5.5
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Dragonwings
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Yep, Laurence
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5.5
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Ballad of Lucy Whipple
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Cuashman, Karen
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6.0
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Colorado
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In Search of the Grand Canyon: Down the Colorado with John Wesley Powell
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Fraser, Mary Ann; Powell, John Wesley
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3.0
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Dreamplace
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Lyon, George
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3.0
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Prairie School
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Lenski, Lois
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4.5
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Bearstone
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Hobbs, Will
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4.8
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Great Turkey Walk, The
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Karr, Kathleen
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5.0
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Seven Songs of Merlin, The
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Macaulay, David
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6.0
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Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde
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Arnold, Caroline
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6.1
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Bear Dance
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Hobbs, Will
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6.1
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State
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Title
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Reading
Level
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Connecticut
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McBroom Tells the Truth
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Fleishman, Sid
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3.0
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Courage of Sarah Noble, The
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Dalgliesh, Alice
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4.4
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Windcatcher
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Avi
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5.0
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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Konigsburg, E.L.
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6.0
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Witch of Blackbird Pond
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Speare, Elizabeth
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7.4
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Delaware
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Revolutionary War on Wednesday
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Osborne, Mary Pope
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2.0
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Between Earth and Sky
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Bruchac, Joseph
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4.0
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Light in the Storm
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Hesse, Karen
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5.0
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Light in the Forest, A
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Richter, Conrad
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7.6
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Dist. of Columbia
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Arthur Meets the President
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Brown, Marc
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2.0
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Wall Eye, The
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Bunting, Eve
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2.3
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Saving Grace
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Cummings, Patricia
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5.0
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Florida
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Sunken Treasure
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Gibbons, Gail
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2.8
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Shortcut
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Crews, Donald
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3.0
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Bigmama's
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Crews, Donald
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3.3
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Because of Winn Dixie
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DiCamillo, Kate
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4.0
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Stealing Home
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Stolz, Mary
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5.2
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Georgia
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Pink and Say
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Polacco, Patricia
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2.3
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Only the Names Remain: the Cherokee and the Trail of Tears
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Bealer, Alex W.
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5.0
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Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain
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Burch, Robert
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6.1
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Turn Homeward Hannalee
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Beatty, Patricia
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6.5
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Red Cap
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Wisler, G. Clifton
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6.8
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Hawaii
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Luka's Quilt
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Guback, Georgia
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1.0
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Pearl Harbor is Burning: A Story of World War II
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Kudlinkski, Kathleen
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3.8
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Dumpling Soup
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Rattigan, Jama K.
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4.0
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Under the Blood Red Sun
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Salisbury, Graham
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5.5
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Last Princess: The Story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawaii, The
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Stanley, Fay
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6.9
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Idaho
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Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel
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Wyss, Thelma
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6.1
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Walk Two Moons
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Creech, Sharon
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6.6
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Illinois
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Christmas Blizzard
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Ketteman, Helen
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2.0
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Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
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Brown, Don
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2.0
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Great Fire, The
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Murphy, Jim
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4.9
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Long Way from Chicago, A
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Peck, Richard
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6.0
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Lincoln, a Photo Biography
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Freedman, Russell
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6.5
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Year Down Yonder, A
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Peck, Richard
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7.0
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Across Five Aprils
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Hunt, Irene
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7.0
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Indiana
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Running Out of Time
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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5.1
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Red Sky at Morning
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Wyman, Andrea
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5.6
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Iowa
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Mystery of Pony Hollow
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Hall, Lynn
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0.0
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Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
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Wetterer, Margaret
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3.0
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McBroom Tells The Truth
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Fleischman, Sid
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3.0
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Ghost of Lizard Light, The
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Woodruff, Elvira; Clayton, Elaine
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4.0
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Squashed
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Bauer, Joan
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6.9
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Kansas
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Wagon Wheels
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Brenner, Barbara; Bolognese, Don
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2.4
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Little House on the Prairie
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls
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4.0
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Monument, The
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Paulsen, Gary
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5.0
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Rifles for Watie
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Harold, Keith
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7.1
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Kentucky
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Sally Ann Thunder and Whirlwind Crockett
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Kellogg, Steven
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2.0
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Tarantula Shoes
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Birdseye, Tom
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3.0
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Chasing Redbird
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Creech, Sharon
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5.7
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Daniel Boone
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Daugherty, James
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7.5
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Louisiana
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Blackwater Swamp
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Wallace, Bill
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4.8
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Home On The Bayou
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Karas, G. Brian
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2.5
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Million Fish...More or Less, A
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McKissack, Patricia; Schutzer, Dena
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2.0
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Mama Don't Allow
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Hurd, Thatcher
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2.5
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Story of Ruby Bridges, The
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Coles, Robert; Ford, George
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2.8
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Talking Eggs, The
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San Souci, Robert
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4.0
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State
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Title
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Reading
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Maine
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One Morning in Maine
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McClosky, Robert
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2.0
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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
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Roop, Peter; Roop, Connie
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2.5
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Time of Wonder
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McClosky, Robert
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3.2
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Blueberries for Sal
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McClosky, Robert
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3.8
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Fudge-A-Mania
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Blume, Judy
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4.0
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Sign of the Beaver
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Speare, Elizabeth George
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5.7
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Calico Bush
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Field, Rachel
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6.8
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State
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Title
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Author
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Reading
Level
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Maryland
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Chita's Christmas Tree
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Howard, Elizabeth
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2.4
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By Dawn's Early Light
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Kroll, Steven
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3.0
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Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, A
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Adler, David
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3.0
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Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)
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Howard, Elizabeth
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4.0
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Anna All Year Round
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Hahn, Mary Downing
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4.0
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String of Chances, A
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Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
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5.0
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State
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Title
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Reading
Level
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Massachusetts
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Letting Swift River Go
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Yolen, Jane
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1.0
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Comet's Nine Lives
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Brett, Jan
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2.8
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She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head
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Lasky, Kathryn
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3.0
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Make Way for Ducklings
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McClosky, Robert
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3.1
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Island Far From Home, An
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Donahue, John
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4.0
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Anastasia Krupnik
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Lowry, Lois
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4.0
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Anastasia at Your Service
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Lowry, Lois
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4.0
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Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst
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Lowry, Lois
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4.0
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Johnny Appleseed
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Kellog, Steven
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4.0
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Amos Fortune, Free Man
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Yates, Elizabeth
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5.0
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State
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Title
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Reading
Level
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Michigan
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Bud, Not Buddy
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Curtis, Christopher
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4.0
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Mrs. Mack
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Polacco, Patricia
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4.0
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Yolanda's Genius
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Fenner, Carol
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4.3
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Watsons Go to Birmingham, The
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Curtis, Christopher
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4.9
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Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A
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Smith, Betty
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7.0
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State
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Title
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Reading
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Minnesota
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Betsy-Tacy
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Lovelace, Maud
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3.9
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On the Banks of Plum Creek
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls
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4.5
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Tracker
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Paulsen, Gary
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6.5
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State
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Title
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Reading
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Mississippi
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Haunted Cabin Mystery, The: Boxcar Children Series
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Warner, Gertrude Chandler
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3.1
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Mississippi Bridge
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Taylor, Mildred
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4.0
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Friendship, The
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Taylor, Mildred
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4.0
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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Taylor, Mildred
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6.9
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Let The Circle Be Unbroken
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Taylor, Mildred
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7.3
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Missouri
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Great Shaking: An Account of the Earthquakes of 1811 & 1812, The
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Carson, Jo; Parker, Robert A.
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2.4
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Little House on Rocky Ridge
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MacBride, Roger
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4.5
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Story of Sacajawea: Guide to Lewis and Clark, The
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Rowland, Della
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5.0
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