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Below are more book recommendations.

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Mysteries & Spies

The Buried Bones Mystery by Sharon M. Draper; Jesse Joshua Watson (Illustrator)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Treasure Hunters by James Patterson; Chris Grabenstein; Mark Shulman (As told to); Juliana Neufeld (Illustrator)
Masterpiece by Elise Broach; Kelly Murphy (Illustrator)
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett; Adam Rex (Illustrator)
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Super Puzzletastic Mysteries by Chris Grabenstein; Stuart Gibbs; Lamar Giles; Bruce Hale; Peter Lerangis; Kate Milford; Tyler Whitesides
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
Greenglass House by Kate Milford; Jaime Zollars (Illustrator)
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Framed! by James Ponti
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) by Ellen Raskin
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

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Mac Undercover by Mac Barnett; Mike Lowery (Illustrator)
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
City Spies by James Ponti
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

Scary Stories

The Witches by Roald Dahl; Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374384576
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker; Junyi Wu (Illustrator)
Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition by Dave McKean (Illustrator); Neil Gaiman
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean (Illustrator)

Realistic Fiction

The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad; Hatem Aly (Illustrator); S. K. Ali (As told to)
Freedom Soup by Tami Charles; Jacqueline Alcántara (Illustrator); Bahni Turpin (Narrated by)
Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami; Julianna Swaney (Illustrator)
A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold; Charles Santoso (Illustrator)
Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord
ISBN: 9780545914246
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson; Nina Mata (Illustrator)
Wish by Barbara O'Connor
One-Third Nerd by Gennifer Choldenko; Églantine Ceulemans (Illustrator)
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt
Maxi's Secrets by Lynn Plourde
The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane by Kate O'Shaughnessy
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly; Isabel Roxas (Illustrator)
Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Publication Date: 2018-09-11

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HUMOR

The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows; Sam Ricks (Illustrator)
Hamster Princess by Ursula Vernon
Max and the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce
ISBN: 9781101931080
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian; Nasaya Mafaridik (Illustrator)
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren; Florence Lamborn (Translator); Louis S. Glanzman (Illustrator)
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar; Adam McCauley (Illustrator)
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett; Kevin Cornell (Illustrator); Jory John (As told to)
I Funny by James Patterson; Chris Grabenstein; Laura Park (Illustrator)
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass

Graphic Novels

The Great Pet Escape by Victoria Jamieson (Illustrator)
The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey (Illustrator)
(Series)
Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
(Series)
Camp by Kayla Miller
(Series)
Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang
(Series)
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell
Stargazing by Jen Wang (Illustrator)
Zeus by George O'Connor (Illustrator)
(Series)
The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
(Series)
Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)
New Kid & Class Act by Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson (Illustrator); Omar Mohamed; Iman Geddy (Illustrator)

Historical Fiction

Winnie's Great War by Lindsay Mattick; Josh Greenhut; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Home in the Woods by Eliza Wheeler (Illustrator)
Thirty Minutes over Oregon by Marc Tyler Nobleman; Melissa Iwai (Illustrator)
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
ISBN: 9780553510386
Freedom over Me by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Skunked! by Jacqueline Kelly; Teagan White (Illustrator); Jennifer L. Meyer (Illustrator)
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
May B. by Caroline Rose
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
War Stories by Gordon Korman
ISBN: 9781338290202
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz; Ruth Gruener; Jack Gruener
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin (Illustrator)
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

Non-Fiction & Biographies

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers; Eiko Ojala (Illustrator); Shawn Harris (Artist)
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots by Michael Rex (Illustrator)
Crossings by Katy S. Duffield; Mike Orodán (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534465794
Shackleton's Journey by William Grill (Illustrator)
A Voice Named Aretha by Katheryn Russell-Brown; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
Mario and the Hole in the Sky by Elizabeth Rusch; Teresa Martinez (Illustrator)
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life by Laurie Wallmark; Katy Wu (Illustrator)
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Moonshot by Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
Camp Panda by Catherine Thimmesh
The Boy Who Fell off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune by P. J. Lynch (Illustrator)
From an Idea to Disney by Lowey Bundy Sichol; C. S. Jennings (Illustrator)
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales by Nathan Hale
War in the Ring by John Florio; Ouisie Shapiro
Rocket to the Moon! by Don Brown
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Mulan: Before the Sword by Grace Lin
Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Fantasy & Science Fiction

Sandcastle by Einat Tsarfati (Illustrator)
In a Jar by Deborah Marcero (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525514596
Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon
The Ember Stone by Katrina Charman; Jeremy Norton (Illustrator)
Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro; Marion Lindsay (Illustrator)
The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet by Tony Abbott; Tim Jessell (Illustrator)
The Magnificent Makers #1: How to Test a Friendship by Theanne Griffith; Reggie Brown (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780593122983
Publication Date: 2020-05-19
Heroes in Training: Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom by Joan Holub; Suzanne Williams; Craig Phillips (Illustrator)
The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths; Terry Denton (Illustrator)
McTavish Goes Wild by Meg Rosoff; Grace Easton (Illustrator)
Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat #1 by Johnny Marciano; Robb Mommaerts (Illustrator); Emily Chenoweth
The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Creature of the Pines by Adam Gidwitz; Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
(Series)
The Boy Who Grew Dragons (or later books in series) by Andy Shepherd
Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins; Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski; Lauren Myracle; Emily Jenkins
(Series)
The Land of Stories: the Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
Cog by Greg van Eekhout; Beatrice Blue (Illustrator)
The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier; Douglas Holgate (Illustrator)
(Series)
We're Not from Here by Geoff Rodkey
The Wonder of Wildflowers by Anna Staniszewski
Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry; Mónica Armiño (Illustrator)
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Book 1) by Carlos Hernandez
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel; Sydney Smith (Illustrator)
The Ickabog by J. K. Rowling
Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry; Ridley Pearson; Greg Call (Illustrator)
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands