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Read for Fun: Being Human

Book recommendations for eager readers

Kindness/Compassion

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: F W898j BRO
ISBN: 9780399252518
Publication Date: 2014
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Call Number: F SL634h COU
ISBN: 9780803738553
Publication Date: 2013
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Call Number: F K56s FIN
ISBN: 9780553536539
Publication Date: 2016
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo; K. G. Campbell (Illustrator)
Call Number: F D545k FLO
ISBN: 9780763687649
Publication Date: 2016
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
Call Number: F M211k HOW
ISBN: 9780805098693
Publication Date: 2014
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Call Number: F Z38s HOW
ISBN: 9780316036054
Publication Date: 2012
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Call Number: F Z96m IAM
ISBN: 0375836675
Publication Date: 2006
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric L. Gansworth
Call Number: F G199e IFI
ISBN: 9780545417310
Publication Date: 2015
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai
Call Number: F L185t INS
ISBN: 9780061962790
Publication Date: 2013
March by John Lewis; Nate Powell (Artist)
Call Number: C LEW vol.1-3
ISBN: 9781603093958
Publication Date: 2016
Restart by Gordon Korman
Call Number: F K84g RES
ISBN: 9781338053777
Publication Date: 2017
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Call Number: F SP757j STA
ISBN: 037582233X
Publication Date: 2002
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Call Number: F P153r WON
ISBN: 9780375869020
Publication Date: 2012

Digital Citizens

The Future of Us by Carolyn Mackler
Call Number: F AS825j FUT
ISBN: 9781595145161
Publication Date: 2012
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
Call Number: F ST799r GOO
ISBN: 9780385743174
Publication Date: 2015
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
Call Number: F Z56j SER
ISBN: 9780553524055
Publication Date: 2017

Healthy Self-Image

Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
Call Number: F B658j AR
ISBN: 9780330398084
Publication Date: 2010
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Call Number: F L665g FAI
ISBN: 9780060734107
Publication Date: 2012
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Call Number: F H161s PRI Bk 1
ISBN: 9780439888110
Publication Date: 2005
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Call Number: F P153r WON
ISBN: 9780375869020
Publication Date: 2012
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Call Number: F C321r GIR Bk1
ISBN: 9780062026507
Publication Date: 2012