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1. Extra credit
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As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
2. Ghost boys
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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.
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A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
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Haunted after helping her father on his ghost-themed Chicago bus tour, twelve-year-old Claire must discover what the spectral boy from the bus wants before it is too late.
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"Nadine has rules for surviving as the new kid: Keep your head down. Mind your own business. Don't stick your neck out for anyone. Especially not for Francis Pepper, the boy everyone in school picks on. Nadine just wants to get through the rest of the year without any trouble. She knows that once her mom is out of rehab, it'll be back to the unpredictable in Chicago. But when she's paired with Francis for a project about Centralia, Illinois, her new...