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Deer Creek Public Schools
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5th-8th grade Required Novels - (this is a list of all novels currently board-approved for whole group instruction; some required novels may not currently be in use); ***All additional novels adopted with HMH Into Reading and Amplify curriculum are approved for whole-class instruction
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GradeNovelYear PublishedAuthorAuthor's GenderAuthor's Country of BirthAuthor's Race or EthnicityGenreProtagonist's GenderProtagonist's Race or Ethnicity
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5Chains2010
Laurie Halse Anderson
FemaleAmericaWhiteHistorical FictionFemaleAfrican American
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5Hatchet1987Gary PaulsenMaleAmericaWhiteAdventureMaleWhite
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5Kokopelli's Flute1995Will HobbsMaleAmericaWhiteMagical RealismMaleWhite
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5George Washington's Socks1991Elvira WoodruffFemaleAmericaWhiteHistorical Fiction / Science FictionMaleWhite
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5Fever 17932000
Laurie Halse Anderson
FemaleAmericaWhiteHistorical FictionFemaleWhite
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5My Side of the Mountain1959
Jean Craighead George
FemaleAmericaWhiteAdventureMaleWhite
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5Ben and Me: an Astonishing Life...1939Robert LawsonMaleAmericaWhiteHistorical FictionMaleWhite
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5Orphans of Ellis Island1997Elvira WoodruffFemaleAmericaWhiteHistorical FictionMaleWhite
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5Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid2020Mikaila UlmerFemaleAmericaBlackNonfictionFemaleBlack
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6The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 19632000
Christopher Paul Curtis
MaleAmericaBlackHistorical FictionMaleBlack
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6Where the Red Fern Grows1961Wilson RawlsMaleAmericaWhiteRealistic FictionMaleWhite
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6The Devil's Arithmetic1988Jane YolenFemaleAmericaWhiteHistorical FictionFemaleWhite
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6Boy in the Striped Pajamas2006John BoyneMaleIrishWhiteHistorical FictionMaleWhite
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6Freak the Mighty1993
Rodman Philbrick
MaleAmericaWhiteRealistic FictionMaleWhite
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6Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry1976Mildred D. TaylorFemaleAmericaBlackHistorical FictionFemaleBlack
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6Tuck Everlasting1975Natalie BabbittFemaleAmericaWhiteFantasyFemaleWhite
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6Treasure Island1883
Robert Louis Stevenson
MaleScotlandWhiteAdventureMaleWhite
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6Far North1996Will HobbsMaleAmericaWhiteSurvival StoriesMaleWhite
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6Petey1998Ben MikaelsenMaleBoliviaWhiteRealistic FictionMaleWhite
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6Stealing Home: the True Story of Jackie Robinson1990Barry DenenbergMaleAmericaWhiteNonfictionMaleBlack
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6Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster2018Jonathan AuxierMaleCanadaWhiteFantasyFemaleWhite
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1984.857143
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7Ground Zero2021Alan GratzMaleAmericaWhiteHistorical Fic and Realist FicMale & FemaleWhite Male, Afghan Female
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7Restart2017Gordon KormanMaleAmericaWhiteRealistic FictionMaleWhite
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7The Giver1993Lois LowryFemaleAmericaWhiteScience FictionMaleWhite
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7Red Kayak2004
Priscilla Cummings
FemaleAmericaWhiteRealistic FictionMaleWhite
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7Tangerine1997Edward BloorMaleAmericanWhiteRealistic FictionMaleWhite
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7Peak --> shorter CRF 200-250 pages2007Roland SmithMaleAmericaWhiteAdventureMaleWhite
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7Iron Heart2011Brian BoyleMaleAmericaWhiteMemoirMaleWhite
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7I am Malala (young readers version)2014Malala YousafzaiFemalePakistanAsianMemoirFemaleAsian
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7Hidden Figures (young readers version)2016
Margot Lee Shetterly
FemaleAmericaBlackNonfictionFemaleBlack
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7The Great Fire1995Jim MurphyMaleAmericaWhiteNonfictionMale & FemaleWhite
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7A Christmas Carol1843Charles DickensMaleEnglandWhiteFictionMaleWhite
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8The Pearl1947John SteinbeckMaleAmericaWhiteRealistic FictionMaleHispanic
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8Diary of Anne Frank (the play)1959
Frances Goodrich
FemaleAmericaWhitePlayFemaleWhite
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8The Outsiders1967S.E. HintonFemaleAmericaWhiteRealistic FictionMaleWhite
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8Chasing Lincoln's Killer2009
James L. Swanson
MaleAmericaWhiteNonfictionMaleWhite
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8That Was Then, This Is Now1971S.E. HintonFemaleAmericaWhiteRealistic FictionMaleWhite
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8The Crossover2014
Kwame Alexander
MaleAmericaBlackRealistic FictionMale twinsBlack
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8The Boy on the Wooden Box2013Leon LeysonMalePolish-AmericanWhite
Nonfiction-Memior
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