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Above by Roland Smith
Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick
Accidental Time Traveller by Janis Mackay
Act by Kayla Miller
The Active-Enzyme Lemon-Freshened Junior High School Witch by E.W. Hildick
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm
Adventures in Cartooning: Characters in Action by James Sturm
Adventures in Cartooning: Christmas Special by James Sturm
Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl by Daniel Pinkwater
The Adventures of the Hotsy Totsy by Clive Cussler
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
The Adventures of Tittletom by Ellis Credle
The Adventures of Vin Fiz by Clive Cussler
Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr
Afternoon on the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer Choldenko
Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy From Mars by Daniel Pinkwater
The Alcatraz Escape by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Alida's Song by Gary Paulsen
All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown by Sydney Taylor
All Four Stars by Tara Dairman
All My Friends by Hope Larson
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
All That I Can Fix by Crystal Chan
All Together Now by Hope Larson
Allie, First at Last by Angela Cervantes
Along the Saltwise Sea by A. Deborah Baker
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
The Amazing Crafty Cat by Charise Mericle Harper
The Amelia Six by Kristin L. Gray
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
Among the Impostors by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Amulet 1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
Amulet 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse by Kazu Kibuishi
Amulet 3: The Cloud Searchers by Kazu Kibuishi
Amulet 4: The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi
Amulet 5: Prince of the Elves by Kazu Kibuishi
Amulet 6: Escape From Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi
Amulet 7: Firelight by Kazu Kibuishi
Amulet 8: Supernova by Kazu Kibuishi
Amulet Keepers by Michael Northrop
Amy and the Missing Puppy by Callie Barkley
And the Tide Comes in... by Merryl Alber
And Then There Were Gnomes by Colleen AF Venable
Andy McBean and the War of the Worlds by Dale Kutzera
Angelfish by Laurence Yep
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
Another Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis Smith
Anton and Cecil: Cats at Sea by Lisa Martin
Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley
The Aquanaut by Dan Santat
Archimancy by J.A. White
Are You Afraid Yet? by Stephen James O'Meara
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Armstrong and Charlie by Steven B. Frank
Around the World by Matt Phelan
The Art of Flying by Judy Hoffman
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
Arthur and the Invisibles by Luc Besson
As Simple as It Seems by Sarah Weeks
Asking for Trouble by Sarah Prineas
Attack of the Ninja Frogs by Ursula Vernon
Ava and Taco Cat by Carol Weston
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part One by Faith Erin Hicks
Avatar: The Last Airbender - North and South, Part One by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender - North and South, Part Two by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South, Part Three by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 3 by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search, Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search, Part 3 by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow Part Three by Gene Luen Yang
Avenging the Owl by Melissa Hart
The Aviary by Kathleen O'Dell
Aw Yeah Comics! And... Action! by Art Baltazar
Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
Azalea, Unschooled by Liza Kleinman
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Sabotage at Willow Woods by Carolyn Keene
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
The Salamander Spell by E.D. Baker
Samantha Spinner and the Boy in the Ball by Russell Ginns
Samantha Spinner and the Perplexing Pants by Russell Ginns
Samantha Spinner and the Spectacular Specs by Russell Ginns
Samantha Spinner and the Super Secret Plans by Russell Ginns
Sarah Whitcher's Story by Elizabeth Yates
The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
Saturdays at Sea by Jessica Day George
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Saving Baby Doe by Danette Vigilante
Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech
The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Scholastic Dictionary of Spelling by Marvin Terban
School-Tripped by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Dog House by Jean Lewis
A Script for Danger by Carolyn Keene
Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie
Sea Change by Frank Viva
The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum
Sea Gift by John Ashby
Sea Glass by Laurence Yep
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
The Sea Shack by Mark McNulty
Sealed with a Secret by Lisa Schroeder
Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
Secret at Mystic Lake by Carolyn Keene
Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes
Secret Coders: Potions & Parameters by Gene Luen Yang and Matthew Holmes
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
The Secret of Ka by Christopher Pike
Secret Letters from 0 to 10 by Susie Morgenstern
The Secret Lives of Princesses by Philippe Lechermeier
The Secret of the Old Clock by Caroline Keene
The Secret of the Pink Pokémon by Tracey West
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis
The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School by Judy Sierra and Stephen Gammell
Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea by Lynne Rae Perkins
The Secret of the Stone Frog by David Nytra
The Secret Three by Mildred Myrick
Secrets & Sequences by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes
The Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
See You On a Starry Night by Lisa Schroeder
The Seer of Shadows by Avi
Serendipity and Me by Judith L. Roth
Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale by Charles de Lint
The 78-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux
Shadowghast by Thomas Taylor
The Shadows by Jacqueline West
Shatterproof by Roland Smith
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
Sherlock Bones 1 by Yuma Ando
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Showing Off by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins
A Side of Sabotage by C.M. Surrisi
The Sign in the Smoke by Carolyn Keene
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat by Gary Paulsen
1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen E. Lange
The 65-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
Sky Island by L. Frank Baum
Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
Skywalkers: Mohawk Ironworkers Build the City by David Weitzman
Skyward: The Story of Female Pilots in WWII by Sally Deng
Slacker by Gordon Korman
The Sleepover by Jen Malone
Slider by Pete Hautman
Slog's Dad by David Almond and Dave McKean
Slug Days by Sara Leach
Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Watson Hackl
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Small Pig by Arnold Lobel
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
Smashie McPerter and the Mystery of Room 11 by N. Griffin
Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors
Smells Like Pirate by Suzanne Selfors
Smells Like Treasure by Suzanne Selfors
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
So Done by Paula Chase
So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart
Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson
Something to Say by Lisa Moore Ramée
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Son of Slappy by R.L. Stine
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier
The Soprano's Last Song by Irene Adler
SOS at Night by M.A. Wilson
The Sound of Thunder by J. Torres and Faith Erin Hicks (Illustrations) (2014)
Soupy Leaves Home by Cecil Castellucci
Speed of Life by Carol Weston
Speedy in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Spell & Spindle by Michelle Schusterman
Spiders and Scorpions: A Look Inside Series by P. D. Hillyard
A Sprinkle of Spirits by Anna Meriano
Spy on History: Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring by Enigma Alberti
Spy on History: Victor Dowd and the World War II Ghost Army by Enigma Alberti
Stage Fright on a Summer Night (Magic Tree House #25) by Mary Pope Osborne
The Staircase by Ann Rinaldi
Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
Stanley in Space by Jeff Brown
Stanley Will Probably Be Fine by Sally J. Pla
Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
Star Scouts by Mike Lawrence
Stargazing by Jen Wang
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
State Birds by Arthur and Alan Singer
Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley
Sticks & Stones by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins
Sticks and Stones by Peter Kuper
Sticky Burr: Adventures in Burrwood Forest by John Lechner
Stealing the Game by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
Steinbeck's Ghost by Lewis Buzbee
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
Stitch Head by Guy Bass
The Stolen Show by Carolyn Keene
The Stone Heart by Faith Erin Hicks
The Stone Warriors by Michael Northrop
Stop the Train! by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes
Storm Warning by Linda Sue Park
Strange But True America by John Hafnor
Strangers on a Train by Carolyn Keene
The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth by Ian Lendler
Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds and Raúl the Third
The Summer Experiment by Cathie Pelletier
Summerlost by Ally Condie
Sunny by Jason Reynolds
Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave by Jen White
The Swallow: A Ghost Story by Charis Cotter
Swallow's Dance by Wendy Orr
Swap'd by Tamara Ireland Stone
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeline L'Engle
Swing it, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan