Books for young readers

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

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Audience: 9 and up

Rating: B
Synopsis:
Meggie’s father, Mortimer, has a powerful reading voice. So powerful, in fact, that when he reads aloud the characters climb right off the pages. But some of the characters he’s conjured aren’t peaceful, and they aren’t satisfied [...]

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Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

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The Dairy Queen Series: Book 1
Audience: Middle School
Rating: B+
Synopsis:
DJ has enough responsibility for three high school students! She’s in charge of doing all the farm work on her family’s dairy farm while her father recovers from an injury. [...]

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

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Audience: 8 and up

Rating: B
Synopsis:
Greg Heffley’s mom is making him write in a journal. And it’s a journal, NOT a diary! The narrator is a funny, selfish, and very often clueless kid who draws and journals his way through the first [...]

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