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1. Ghost boys

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Author:
Rhodes, Jewell Parker
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Description:
After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.

2. The meltdown

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Author:
Kinney, Jeff
Series:
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 13.
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4.5 stars
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90 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
Athens Drive Community - Childrens Fiction
J KINNEY
Oberlin Regional - Childrens Fiction
J KINNEY
Richard B Harrison - Childrens Fiction
J KINNEY
Description:
When snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.

3. Ramona Quimby, age 8

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Author:
Cleary, Beverly, 1916-
Series:
Ramona Quimby volume 6.
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4.4 stars
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23 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Express - Fayetteville St. - Childrens Fiction
J CLEARY
Holly Springs Community - Childrens Fiction
J CLEARY
Middlecreek Community - Childrens Fiction has 2
J CLEARY
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Description:
The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.

4. Sounder

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Author:
Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999
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2.7 stars
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14 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Childrens Fiction
J ARMSTRONG
East Regional - Childrens Fiction
J ARMSTRONG
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Fiction
J ARMSTRONG
Description:
A young African-American boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope. Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with...

5. Wonder

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Author:
Palacio, R. J.
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40 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Childrens Fiction
J PALACIO
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Fiction
J PALACIO
Oberlin Regional - Childrens Fiction
J PALACIO
Description:
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.