By: Nikki Grimes
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Self confident, cheerful, and bright but friendless, Dyamond is the newest kid in Mrs. Cordell's 3rd grade. That is, until a grumpy boy named Free moves to town — and a friendship begins.

By: Brian Floca
Relive the journey of the Apollo 11 where the first people stepped on the moon's surface and saw Earth from a very different perspective. Eloquent language and illustrations combine to present this historical event in a unique, unforgettable way.
By: Brian Dennis Kirby Larson Mary Nethery
Nubs was the leader of a pack of wild dogs in Iraq but became part of a human pack when he met Marine Major Brian Dennis. The story of this amazing friendship is all the more remarkable as it happened in a war zone.
By: Jane Yolen
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The story of a Russian family's emigration to the United States parallels the travel from Paris of Bartholdi’s statue of Lady Liberty. Both tell moving sagas and intersect in a unique way. poignant illustrations make this a memorable presentation.
By: Katherine Zecca
Follow the life of a puffin pair as they nest, hatch, care for, and teach their "puffling" until it can live independently. A note about Puffin Project concludes this handsome and dramatic book.
By: Julie Bertagna
Another dystopic tale, this one in a futuristic world in which floods threaten to drown all of civilization. Mara sets out on a flotilla to find food and land, but some of those she encounters suspect she is more than just an ordinary 15-year old.
By: Jenny Valentine
Lonely teenage Lucas becomes the keeper of some human ashes he finds neglected in a taxicab office. As he searches for their owner, some coincidences (HUGE coincidences!) lead him to realize the ashes may be tied to his M.I.A. father.
By: Roland Smith
Peak is the son of two famous, now-divorced, climbers. (get it? Peak?) When arrested for attempting to scale a large city building, his punishment is to go live with his father.

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