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The following books are recommended by the Syracuse City School Library Media Specialists

Featured Nonfiction Books for Upper Elementary Readers Selection

The Vegetables We Are

by Gail Gibbons

Featured Nonfiction Books for Young Readers Selection

Z is for Zookeeper

by Marie Smith

Featured Quick Reads for Middle Readers Selection

Brothers in Arms
(2008)

by Paul Langan

Featured Quick Reads for Older Readers Selection

Ordinary Ghosts
(2008)

by Eireann Corrigan

Featured Good Authors for Young Readers Selection

The Tale of Pale Male: A True Story

by Jeanette Winter

Featured Good Authors for Upper Elementary Readers Selection

The Princess Test

by Gail Carson Levine

Featured Good Authors for Middle Readers Selection

Double Identity

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Featured Good Authors for Older Readers Selection

Darkness at Noon
(1968)

by Arthur Koestler

Featured Books for Young Boys Selection

Sumo Boy
(2006)

by Hirotaka Nakagawa

Featured Books for Boys Selection

Mummies: The Newest, Coolest and Creepiest from Around the World
(2005)

by Shelley Tanaka Abrams

Featured Books for Older Boys Selection

Invisible
(2005)

by Pete Hautman

Featured Easy Chapter Books Selection

The Giant Germ
(2000)

by Anne Capeci

Featured Multicultural Books for Young Readers Selection

Raccoon's Last Race: A traditional Abenaki Story
(2004)

by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac

Featured Multicultural Books for Upper Elementary Readers Selection

A River Dream.
(Houghton Mifflin, 1998. (Asian American))

by Allen Say.

Featured Multicultural Books for Middle Readers Selection

Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu.
(Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998. (Chinese))

by Emily Arnold McCully.

Featured Multicultural Books for Older and Mature Readers Selection

The World in Grandfather's Hands.
(Clarion Books, 1996. (Native American))

by Craig Strete.

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*Featured ALA Best Books for Young Adults Selection*
		What the World Eats. by Menzel, Peter and D Aluisio, Faith Review » Search

*Featured ALA Notable Books for Children Selection*
		Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Stone, Tanya Lee. Review » Search

*Featured Caldecott Medal Winners Selection*
		Black and White by David Macaulay Review » Search

*Featured Newbery Medal Winners Selection*
		Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Search

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