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***2022 Newbery Honor Book***

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Red, White, and Whole

by Rajani LaRocca

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

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The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame

The Hobbit
by J R R Tolkien

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll

Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Danny Champion of the World
by Roald Dahl