Books & Reading

Books about Growing Up

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Middle Readers

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume
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Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady
by Betsy Byars
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Julian’s Glorious Summer
by Ann Cameron
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary
jFiction
Staying Nine
by Pam Conrad
jFiction
Do Bananas Chew Gum?
by Jamie Gilson
jFiction
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon
by Bette Greene
jFiction
Isabelle Shows Her Stuff
by Constance Greene
jFiction
Heads, I Win
by Patricia Hermes
jFiction
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
by E.L. Konigsburg
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Me and Katie (The Pest)
by Ann Martin
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Kid in the Red Jacket
by Barbara Park
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Twenty Ways to Lose Your Best Friend
by Marilyn Singer
jFiction

Older Readers

Charlie Pippin
by Candy Boyd
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Anything for a Friend
by Ellen Conford
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The Divorce Express
by Paula Danziger
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You’ve Been Away All Summer
by Sheila Hayes
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Kim/Kimi
by Hadley Irwin
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Rabble Starkey
by Lois Lowry
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Unclaimed Treasures
by Patricia MacLachlan
jFiction
The Trouble with Thirteen
by Betty Miles
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One and Only Cynthia Jane Thornton
by Claudia Mills
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Reluctantly Alice
by Phyllis Naylor
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Maggie, Too
by Joan Lowery Nixon
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Bridge to Terabitha
by Katherine Paterson
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Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes
by Louis Sachar
jFiction
Underdog
by Marilyn Sachs
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