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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
4.26 average rating, · 7.1M ratings
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
4.12 average rating, · 534.3k ratings
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The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
4.03 average rating, · 1M ratings
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The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
4.15 average rating, · 353.2k ratings
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In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez
4.15 average rating, · 81.4k ratings
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Esperanza Rising
Pam Muñoz Ryan
4.05 average rating, · 117.3k ratings
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Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson
4.10 average rating, · 59.7k ratings
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Christopher Paul Curtis
4.01 average rating, · 71.7k ratings
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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
4.08 average rating, · 42.3k ratings
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Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
4.15 average rating, · 31.9k ratings
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Quo Vadis
Henryk Sienkiewicz
4.02 average rating, · 43k ratings
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L'amico ritrovato
Fred Uhlman
4.04 average rating, · 39.7k ratings
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Copper Sun
Sharon M. Draper
4.36 average rating, · 17.4k ratings
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham
4.14 average rating, · 21k ratings
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Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
Melba Pattillo Beals
4.18 average rating, · 16.6k ratings
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Uprising
Margaret Peterson Haddix
4.19 average rating, · 10.2k ratings
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The Farming of Bones
Edwidge Danticat
4.08 average rating, · 10.1k ratings
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By the Great Horn Spoon!
Sid Fleischman
4.12 average rating, · 8.6k ratings
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El Filibusterismo
José Rizal
4.26 average rating, · 6.6k ratings
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Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor
Susan Wise Bauer
4.29 average rating, · 5.8k ratings
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Twenty and Ten
Claire Huchet Bishop
4.17 average rating, · 6k ratings
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Desiree's Baby
Kate Chopin
4.00 average rating, · 6.2k ratings
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Dekada '70
Lualhati Bautista
4.30 average rating, · 4.8k ratings
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José Rizal: Life, Works, and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist, and National Hero
Gregorio F. Zaide
4.20 average rating, · 4.6k ratings
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