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1) A long walk to water: based on a true story

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#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Paperback list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 75 week(s).

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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

2) The one and only Ivan

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Applegate, Katherine

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#3 on the Children’s Middle Grade Paperback list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 75 week(s).

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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

3) Percy Jackson's Greek gods

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Riordan, Rick

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#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade Paperback list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 26 week(s).

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Percy Jackson, a modern-day demigod, tells the origin stories of the gods of Olympus and provides an insider's point of view while offering a personal take on his ancient associates.

4) Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library

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Grabenstein, Chris

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#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade Paperback list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 71 week(s).

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Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape--

5) The war that saved my life

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Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

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#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade Paperback list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 22 week(s).

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A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

6) Brown girl dreaming

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Woodson, Jacqueline

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#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Paperback list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 10 week(s).

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Writer Jacqueline Woodson tells the story of her childhood in free verse.

7) Out of my mind

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Draper, Sharon M

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#10 on the Children’s Middle Grade Paperback list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 72 week(s).

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Local Collection Book, Local Media

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A brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, considered by many to be mentally retarded, discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.