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Diverse Realistic Fiction For Younger Readers

  • Nikki and Deja
  • Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
  • Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream
  • Ruby Lu, Brave and True
  • Lulu and the Duck in the Park

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Diverse Realistic Fiction For Older Readers

  • Dancing Home
  • How Tia Lola Came to Visit/Stay
  • Seaglass Summer
  • The Heart of a Chief
  • Vive la Paris

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Islamic Interest Books for Kids

  • Time to Pray
  • The White Nights of Ramadan
  • Nadia's Hands
  • Nabeel's New Pants: An Eid Tale
  • The Color of Home

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Readalikes for Diary of a Wimpy Kid

  • Knucklehead
  • Ellie McDoodle: Have Pen, Will Travel
  • Dear Dumb Diary: Let's Pretend This Never Happened
  • Cheesie Mack is Not a Genius or Anything
  • The Dunderheads

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Readalikes for A Series of Unfortunate Events

  • The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
  • Horton Halfpott, or The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor
  • The House With a Clock In Its Walls
  • The Witches
  • School of Fear

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Readalikes for Percy Jackson and the Olympians

  • Anatopsis
  • Artemis Fowl
  • Corydon and the Island of Monsters
  • Sea of Trolls
  • Skulduggery Pleasant

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Readalikes for Younger Fans of The Hunger Games

  • The Wikkeling
  • The Roar
  • Gregor the Overlander
  • Raider's Ransom
  • The City of Ember

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