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THE STUDENTS ALWAYS HAVE READING HOMEWORK: 15-30 Minutes during the weeknight and 30-60 minutes per day on each full day off (weekends, vacations, etc.)
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- National-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
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- National: Carter G. Woodson Book Award and Honor Winners
- National: The Cybils: Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literacy Awards
- Texas Lone Star Reading List
- Truman Readers Award-Blog
- Vermont-Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
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- Alane Ferguson
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- Steve Sheinkin
- Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Suzanne Morgan Williams
- The Disco Mermaids
- Tony Abbott
Recommended Reading Lists
- Center for Teaching and Learning-Kids Reccommend Book Lists
- International Reading Association-Teachers’ Choices Reading List
- International Reading Association-Young Adults’ Choices Reading List
- NPR's 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All-Time
- Peggy Sharp's Picks
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
- Recommended Teen Reading
- YALSA's Teens' Top Ten
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