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

	Owen and Mzee by Isabella Hatkoff Search

	Bunches of Buttons by Michael Dahl Search

	Fight for Life  (2007) by Laurie Halse Anderson Search

	Killer's Cousin  (2009) by Nancy Welin Search

	My Life as a Chicken by Search

	Crispin  (2002) by Avi Search

	Bang by Sharon Flake Search

	Drawing a Blank  (2006) by Trevor Ristow Search

	Pittsburgh Steelers  (2006) by Nate LeBoutillier Search

	Flush  (2005) by Carl Hiaasen Search

	Jude  (2004) by Kate Morgenroth Search

	Moose crossing  (2005) by Stephanie Greene Search

	What a Wonderful World.  (Atheneum, 1995. (Multi-ethnic)) by George David Weiss and Bob Thiele. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Search

	I Love You Like Crazy Cakes.  (Little Brown, 2000. (Chinese)) by Rose Lewis. Search

	Behind You.  (Putnam Publishing, 2004. (African American)) by Jacqueline Woodson. Search

	With Every Drop of Blood.  (Delacorte Press, 1994. (African American)) by James Lincoln Collier. Search

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Featured ALA Best Books for Young Adults Selection
		The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation by Anderson, M.T. Review » Search

Featured ALA Notable Books for Children Selection
		The London Eye Mystery by Dowd, Siobhan. Review » Search

Featured Caldecott Medal Winners Selection
		Flotsam by David Wiesner Review » Search

Featured Newbery Medal Winners Selection
		Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata Review » Search

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