During the summer of 2020, NPR polled its audience about their favorite books for young readers. The submissions were curated into a list of 100 must-reads by a panel of authors, publishers, librarians, and other book lovers.
We were so impressed by this list that we wanted to give our customers the opportunity to browse it with links to purchase the various titles! Check out the NPR article here for information about the selection process, as well as a short blurb about each title.
Happy reading!
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers -
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Published: HarperCollins - December 26th, 2012
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Published: Norton Young Readers - January 7th, 2020
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Published: Agate Bolden - October 10th, 2017
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ISBN: 9780763690458
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Published: Candlewick - April 23rd, 2018
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - November 8th, 1982
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ISBN: 9780689716966
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Published: Aladdin - March 31st, 1993
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ISBN: 9780316362382
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - April 10th, 2018
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ISBN: 9780517885444
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Published: Dragonfly Books - December 3rd, 1996
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ISBN: 9781328780966
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Published: Versify - April 2nd, 2019
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ISBN: 9780590543408
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Published: Scholastic Press - February 1st, 1997
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ISBN: 9780593110416
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Published: Kokila - June 16th, 2020
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ISBN: 9780060775858
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Published: HarperCollins - January 23rd, 2007
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ISBN: 9780688149000
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Published: Greenwillow Books - September 20th, 1996
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ISBN: 9780689807480
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Published: Little Simon - February 1st, 1996
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ISBN: 9780399226908
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Published: World of Eric Carle - March 23rd, 1994
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ISBN: 9780671449049
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Published: Little Simon - November 30th, 1982
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ISBN: 9780374307523
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - January 14th, 2020
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ISBN: 9780394800202
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Published: Random House Books for Young Readers -
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ISBN: 9780544602250
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Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - September 1st, 2015
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ISBN: 9780399257742
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - January 8th, 2015
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ISBN: 9780735263598
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Published: Tundra Books - February 4th, 2020
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ISBN: 9780823440559
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Published: Neal Porter Books - September 4th, 2018
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ISBN: 9780763678388
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Published: Candlewick - May 9th, 2017
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ISBN: 9780735229358
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Published: Dial Books - February 20th, 2018
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ISBN: 9781534425361
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 15th, 2019
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ISBN: 9780062667120
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Published: Balzer + Bray - March 6th, 2018
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ISBN: 9780688128975
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Published: Greenwillow Books - January 24th, 2006
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ISBN: 9780316519007
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 10th, 2019
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ISBN: 9780399246524
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - October 2nd, 2012
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ISBN: 9781534419193
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - April 21st, 2020
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ISBN: 9781338157826
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Published: Arthur A. Levine Books - June 25th, 2019
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ISBN: 9780689711732
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - July 15th, 1987
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ISBN: 9781626727465
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - October 22nd, 2019
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ISBN: 9780688040741
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Published: Greenwillow Books - January 23rd, 2007
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ISBN: 9780525553410
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Published: Kokila - May 14th, 2019
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ISBN: 9781484767603
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - June 5th, 2018
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ISBN: 9781684360222
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Published: Picture Window Books - August 1st, 2018
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ISBN: 9780525553366
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Published: Kokila - May 14th, 2019
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ISBN: 9781623708030
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Published: Capstone Young Readers - August 1st, 2017
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ISBN: 9780807508527
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Published: Albert Whitman & Company - January 1st, 1989
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ISBN: 9780152062873
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Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - August 1st, 2007
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ISBN: 9780140501735
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Published: Puffin Books - September 30th, 1976
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ISBN: 9780140502343
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Published: Puffin Books - June 30th, 1977
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ISBN: 9781596434028
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - May 25th, 2010
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ISBN: 9781484730881
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Published: Disney-Hyperion - November 24th, 2015
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ISBN: 9780307010858
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Published: Golden Books - December 31st, 1999
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ISBN: 9780670175918
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers -
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ISBN: 9781681340777
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Published: Minnesota Historical Society Press - May 1st, 2018
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ISBN: 9780439551908
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Published: Scholastic Inc. - April 1st, 2003
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ISBN: 9781484799673
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Published: Hyperion Books for Children - May 2nd, 2017
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ISBN: 9780689810053
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Published: Simon Spotlight - June 1st, 1996
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ISBN: 9780763645045
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Published: Candlewick - December 22nd, 2009
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ISBN: 9780545581608
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Published: Graphix - August 30th, 2016
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ISBN: 9780671666064
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - September 3rd, 1979
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ISBN: 9780399252969
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - October 5th, 2009
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ISBN: 9780670844876
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - October 1st, 1992
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ISBN: 9780316404488
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - August 28th, 2018
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ISBN: 9780689847318
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - January 1st, 2003
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ISBN: 9780061953385
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Published: Balzer + Bray - January 17th, 2012
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ISBN: 9780763678883
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Published: Candlewick - April 14th, 2015
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ISBN: 9780679843368
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - January 4th, 1993
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ISBN: 9781536204940
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Published: Candlewick - March 24th, 2020
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ISBN: 9780440421214
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Published: Yearling - December 27th, 2005
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ISBN: 9781442450707
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Published: Little Simon - August 28th, 2012
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ISBN: 9781609805395
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Published: Triangle Square - November 19th, 2013
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ISBN: 9780142403877
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Published: Puffin Books - March 2nd, 2006
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ISBN: 9780395259399
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Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - October 12th, 1977
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ISBN: 9780062051851
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Published: Michael di Capua Books - June 3rd, 1999
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ISBN: 9781596439757
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - October 7th, 2014
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ISBN: 9781419721373
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Published: Harry N. Abrams - September 6th, 2016
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ISBN: 9780803741713
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Published: Dial Books - September 30th, 2014
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ISBN: 9780060256678
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Published: HarperCollins - February 18th, 2014
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ISBN: 9780062742469
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Published: HarperCollins - January 16th, 2018
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ISBN: 9781524768287
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Published: Schwartz & Wade - January 7th, 2020
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ISBN: 9781452103143
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Published: Chronicle Books - January 14th, 2014
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ISBN: 9780064440202
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Published: HarperCollins - February 18th, 2003
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ISBN: 9780064440042
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Published: HarperCollins - February 18th, 2003
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ISBN: 9781536206395
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Published: Candlewick - March 5th, 2019
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ISBN: 9780147510679
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Published: Puffin Books - July 7th, 2015
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ISBN: 9780679826422
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Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - July 28th, 1992
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ISBN: 9780811849098
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Published: Chronicle Books - May 3rd, 2007
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ISBN: 9780786838837
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - February 15th, 2008
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ISBN: 9781547600564
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - April 28th, 2020
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ISBN: 9780064408677
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Published: HarperCollins - September 1st, 2020
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ISBN: 9780062875853
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - January 14th, 2020
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ISBN: 9780440420477
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Published: Yearling - March 13th, 2007
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ISBN: 9780062691194
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Published: Quill Tree Books - February 5th, 2019
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ISBN: 9780316382007
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - April 7th, 2020
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ISBN: 9780593225233
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Published: Penguin Workshop - July 7th, 2020
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Published: HarperCollins - August 14th, 2007
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Published: Puffin Books - February 5th, 1985
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ISBN: 9780142408889
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Published: Puffin Books - September 6th, 2007
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ISBN: 9781250183880
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Published: First Second - September 10th, 2019
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ISBN: 9781616205928
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Published: Algonquin Young Readers - April 26th, 2016
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ISBN: 9781481422130
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - April 26th, 2016
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ISBN: 9781534429130
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - September 18th, 2018
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Published: Clarion Books - March 3rd, 2020