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Miscellaneous/Coming of Age/Special Needs
- *Best foot forward by Joan Bauer (high school jobs, ethical dilemmas)
- *Blind sighted by Peter Moore (physically challenged)
- *Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (N, death, middle school)
- *Criss cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (N, poetry, language)
- *The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time: A Novel by Mark Haddon (BBYA, W, autism, math)
- *Deaf child crossing by Marlee Matlin (physcially challenged)
- *Deenie by Judy Blume (physically challenged)
- *Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (NH, 1970s, hearing impaired, Emily Dickinson, faith, prejudice)
- *Heaven by Angela Johnson (CSK)
- *Hope was Here by Joan Bauer (NH)
- *I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (self-esteem)
- *Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (N)
- *Kit's Wilderness by David Almond (MLP)
- *A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- *M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton (N, NBA)
- *The Monument by Gary Paulsen (physically challenged)
- *Multiple choice by Janet Tashjian (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, middle school)
- *November Blues by Sharon M. Draper (CSKH, death, football, teen pregnancy)
- *One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke (MLPH, family, Australia)
- *The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- *Overboard by Elizabeth Fama (BBYA, survival)
- *The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (physically challenged)
- *Send me down a miracle by Han Nolan (Christian, middle school)
- *Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (BBYA, LSRL, psychology, tolerance)
- *The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars (physically challenged)
- *Sweet by and by by Patricia Hermes
- *True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff (ACU has audio version)
- *Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (PHB)
- *Twists and Turns by Janet McDonald (business)
- *The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (N, physically challenged teacher)
- *Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (N)
- *Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera and Bill Cleaver (poverty)
- *The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean (MLP, survival, hearing impaired, Antarctic)
- *Wringer by Jerry Spinelli (NH)
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (N, cemeteries, ghosts)
- Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (MLP, poverty, boarding school, family)
- Savvy by Ingrid Law (NH, brothers, sisters, traveling, magic)
