When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

When you read this awesome book, you will be entering Miranda's crazy sixth grade life!  In everyones' life, there will always be a crazy person.  For Miranda, it's the guy on the corner.  There are a lot of cause-and-effects in her life.  Most of them don't even seem like they should match up, but sometimes life likes to throw you a curveball.  When Miranda starts getting notes about saving lives, and lots of other things, she knows that this is more abnormal than the usual weirdness in her life.  One of the letters demands that Miranda writes a letter back.  She suddenly knows that these notes are very, very important.  This book is a great science fiction novel.

Hint-Hint: You need to read A Wrinkle In Time before you read this book because it will give away a lot of the end of A Wrinkle In Time.
                                                                                         

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Petey by Ben Mikaelson

This book is about making a difference.  Trevor protects a nursing home patient from bullies, but he worries that they will bully him instead.  As soon as Trevor and Petey (the nursing home patient) meet, Petey knows that they are meant to be friends.  Petey has cerebral palsy and he was misdiagnosed when he was a baby.  Lots of people think that Petey is scary and crazy, but Trevor learns that you just have to get to know him.  This book is a perfect, hopeful story.
                                                                           

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Out Of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Melody remembers everything since the moment she was born.  She is so extremely advanced but nobody knows it.  Nobody knows because Melody can't talk.  Melody has cerebral palsy. Melody is in a wheelchair.  She can't run, eat, or go to the bathroom by herself.  Well, actually  she can't run at all.  She has to keep all  her thoughts in her head.  Until she discovers the Medi-Talker, a machine that talks for people who can not talk.  Some people in Melody's class don't think she should be able to talk.  They think she doesn't have thoughts or feelings.  You'll need tissues to read this book.
                                                                         

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Boom by Mark Haddon

Jim must agree that some of his actions are just plain stupid.  Jim sometimes just does things, without even thinking.  Usually things end up well, but this time, Jim isn't really sure.  Charlie might be one of the reasons.  Charlie likes to take risks.  When you ignore your best friend, you will always come crawling back.  That's what happened to Jim.  He knew that going into his teacher's house was not a good idea, just because he was suspicious that she talks a strange language with one other teacher alone.  He just went along with Charlie because ignoring your friend is a hard thing to do, so you just give in.  After that moment, when they went into their teacher's house and found things, weird stuff started to happen.  This book will keep you on your toes!
                                                                             

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The Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix

All the third children in this society either get killed, are in hiding, or get a fake I.D.  One day, Luke, a third child, escapes to his neighbor's, since they had a shadow child there too.  That shadow child was Jen, who later held a rally for third children's rights.  All of the shadow children in that rally got killed.  Luke got a fake I.D. and was sent to boarding school.  Someone at that school was pretending that they were a third to collect shadow children's real names and tell the government.  Now all the third children don't know who they can trust.  Read the series to find out more!

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The Fairy Tale Matchmaker by E. D. Baker

Cory is a tooth fairy in training.  She does not like collecting teeth though.  Plus, she never gets to see her friends because she sleeps during the day and collects teeth during the night.  So one day, she quits!  She starts doing odd jobs for people.  Some people ask her to find boyfriends for them.  Cory finds this odd, since she is having visions of couples.  Ever since Cory has quit being a tooth fairy, the tooth fairy guild has been pestering her with all sorts of things.  This book is a perfect fantasy find.
                                                               

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The Talent Show by Dan Gutman

The Talent Show is about a tornado that completly destroyed the town.  Now they are having a talent show to raise money for rebuilding.  Lots of people sing, play music, dance, tell jokes, and one kid raps.  Don Potash auditions to tell jokes but forgets his lines, so he ends up being on stage crew.  At the talent show, the whole town shows up! Just as the performance starts, there is a blackout and a tornado!  How will the show go on?  Read the book to find out!
                                                                         

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