•56 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - currently reading •51 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH •50 Summer of the Swans
•47 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler •42 A Wrinkle in Time •37 Rifles for Watie
•36 Miracles on Maple Hill •35 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch •34 The Wheel on the School •31 Ginger Pye •30 Amos Fortune, Free Man •29 The Door in the Wall •28 King of the Wind •27 The Twenty-One Balloons •24 Rabbit Hill •23 Johnny Tremain •18 Thimble Summer •15 Caddie Woodlawn •9 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years •8 The Trumpeter of Krakow •2 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
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