I Love You, Grandma
by Jilliam Harker | 
Running Wild
by Michael Morpurgo |
A Boy Called Bat
by Elana K. Arnold | 
The Storm
by Cynthia Rylant |
The Black Fawn
by Jim Kjelgaard |
Swamp Cat
by Jim Kjelgaard |
The Tough Winter
by Robert Lawson | 
The Fast and the Furriest
by Andy Behrens | 
Three Terrible Trins
by Dick King-Smith | 
The School Mouse
by Dick King-Smith |
Kalak of the Ice
by Jim Kjelgaard | 
On the Road to Mr. Mineo's
by Barbara O'Connor |
The Fox Busters
by Dick King-Smith | 
Star in the Forest
by Laura Resau | 
Half a Chance
by Cynthia Lord | 
Touch Blue
by Cynthia Lord | 
Dear Zoo
by Rod Campbell | 
Rules
by Cynthia Lord | 
Snuggle Puppy!
by Sandra Boynton | 
The Most Magnificent Thing
by Ashley Spires |
This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of Rules explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers. When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma, the daughter of migrant workers, is in the small town with her family for the blueberry-picking season. After their initial chance meeting, Salma and Lily bond over painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather, and Salma's friendship transforms Lily's summer. But when Salma decides to run in the upcoming Blueberry Queen pageant, they'll have to face some tough truths about friendship and belonging. Should an outsider like Salma really participate in the pageant--and possibly win? Set amongst the blueberry barrens and by the sea, this is a gorgeous new novel by Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord that tackles themes of prejudice and friendship, loss and love.