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2) Inkheart
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Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
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"Stacey's favorite day of the week is Thursday, when the whole class goes to the library and she gets to lose herself in her beloved books. On one of these special days, Stacey discovers that a new student named Julie has trouble reading in English, so they begin sharing books and stories to practice. Soon, more students start to join them."--
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"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--
9) Library Lil
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A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well.
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Celebrating Libraries and Reading
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
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Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit their local library to return and check out books, attend story readings, and share a special treat.
12) A child of books
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"A young reader introduces a boy to the many imaginative worlds that books bring to life"--OCLC.
13) The book hog
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The Book Hog loves books and has a large collection, although he never learned to read.
14) Born to read
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A little boy named Sam discovers the many unexpected ways in which a love of reading can come in handy, and sometimes even save the day.
18) Fish in a tree
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"Ally's greatest fear is that everyone will find out she is as dumb as they think she is because she still doesn't know how to read"--Provided by the publisher.
20) Book Scavenger
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Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends.