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The Junior Great Books Series
Tales of Ulm- Grace Chetwin
The Best Little Girl in the World
Chronicles of Prydain- Lloyd Alexander
1. the Castle of Llyr
2. Taran, Wanderer
3. The High King
4. The Foundling
5. The Black Cauldron
6. The Book of three
The Westmark Trilogy – Lloyd Alexander
1. Westmark
2. The Kestrel
3. The Beggar Queen
The Last Unicorn
Black Beauty
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
The Journey of Natty Gann
The Chronicles of Narnia- C.S. Lewis
1. The Magician’s Nephew
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle
Go Ask Alice- Anonymous
Are You There, God, it’s Me, Margaret
The Austins – Madeleine L’Engle
The Wrinkle in Time Trilogy -Madeleine L’Engle
1. A Wrinkle in Time
2. A Swiftly Tilting Planet
3. A Wind in the Door
Many Waters – Madeleine L’Engle
In Our House Scott is My Brother – Carol C.S. Adler
Cat Man’s Daughter – Barbara Abercrombie
The Magic Glits – Carol C.S. Adler
Binding Ties – Carol C.S. Adler
Get Lost Little Brother – Carol C.S. Adler
The Evidence that wasn’t there – Carol C.S. Adler
If you need me – Carol C.S. Adler
Fly Free – Carol C.S. Adler
Roadside Valentine – Carol C.S. Adler
Shadow’s on Little Reef Bay – Carol C.S. Adler
Carly’s Buck – Carol C.S. Adler
The Silver Coach – Carol C.S. Adler
Split Sisters – Carol C.S. Adler
Kiss the Clown – Carol C.S. Adler
Once in a While Hero – Carol C.S. Adler
The Cat that was Behind – Carol C.S. Adler
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series- Joan Aiken
A Whisper in the Night books- Joan Aiken
Dido and Pa – Joan Aiken
A Bundle of Nerves – Joan Aiken
The Shadow Guests – Joan Aiken
Foul Matter – Joan Aiken
If I were You – Joan Aiken
Return to Harken House – Joan Aiken
Nightfall – Joan Aiken
Blackground – Joan Aiken
Haunting Christmas Tales – Joan Aiken
If I were You – Joan Aiken
No More Candy – Patricia Aks
You don’t have to be a perfect girl – Patricia Aks
All That Glitters series – Kristi Andrews
Best Friends series – Susan Smith
Blue Ribbon series – Chris St.John
Caitlin books – Francine Pascal
Campus Fever series – Joanna Wharton
Caprice Romances – Ace Tempo books
Dance books series – Caroline B. Cooney
Cedar River Daydreams books – Judy Baer
Center Stage series – Ellen Ashley
Changes – Barbara A. Steiner
Charisma Inc. – Ruth Glick & Eileen Buckholtz
Cheerleaders series – Caroline B. Cooney
Crystal Falls – Meredith Hill
Class of ’88 series- Linda A. Cooney
Couples series – Linda A. Cooney
Crosswinds books – Sylvia Smith-Smith
Dawn of Love series – Dee Austin
Degrassi books
Diana Winthrop Mysteries – Kate Chambers
Dream Girls books – Rosemary Joyce
Electric High – Jane Foster Thornton
Elizabeth Gail books- Hilda Stahl
Endless Summer series – Linda Davidson
Fat Glenda series – Lila Perl
Fifteen series – Signet Vista
First Kiss books- Ivy
First Love – Silhouette
First Love- Blossom Valley series – Silhouette
The Girls of Canby Hall – Emily Chase
Going for It series – Avon
Going Places – Laurel-Leaf
The Gymnasts -Elizabeth Levy
Remember the Moonlight – Margaret Dana
Heart to Heart – Ballantine
Heartbreak Cafe – Janet Quin-Harkin
Headlines- Pan
Hearts and Diamonds – Leonore Fleischer
Heavenly Romances
Homeroom series – Nancy Norton
Dream your own Romances – Wanderer
Follow Your Heart Romances – Archway
Make Your Dreams Come True – Warner
Turning Points – Signet
Living Hope Series – John Benton
Junior High Series – Kate Kenyon
Keepsake Romances – Crosswinds
Junior Prom – Patricia Aks
Senior Prom- Patricia Aks
The Two Worlds of Jill- Patricia Aks
Who Needs a Stepsister – Patricia Aks
Lisa’s Choice- Patricia Aks
Love Knots – Patricia Aks
Impossible Love – Patricia Aks
A Song for Mandy – Dawn Alderidge
Katie – Dawn Aleridge
The Versper Holly Series – Lloyd Alexander
1. The Illyrian Adventure
2. The El Dorado Adventure
3. The Drackenberg Adventure
4. The Jedera Adventure
5. The Philadelphia Adventure
You’re really a model now – Marcie Anderson
Nothing to Cheer About – Marcie Anderson
The Bridesmaid Wears Track Shoes – Marilyn D Anderson
I’m Nobody Who are You? Mary Anderson
Step on a Crack – Mary Anderson
The Rise and Fall of a Teenage Wacko – Mary Anderson
R.I.S.K. – Mary Anderson
Tune in Tomorrow – Mary Anderson
Do You Call that a Dream Date? – Mary Anderson
Who says Nobody’s Perfect? – Mary Anderson
Castle Crespin – Allen Andrews
The Pig Plantegenet – Allen Andrews
Dear Lola, or, How to Build Your Own Family – Judie Angell
Don’t Rent my Room – Judie Angell
Leave the Cooking to Me – Judie Angell
A Word From our Sponsor, or, My Friend Alfred – Judie Angell
In Summertime It’s Tuffy – Judie Angell
Secret Selves – Judie Angell
The Wierd Disappearance of Jordan Hall – Judie Angell
Tina Gogo – Judie Angell
One Way to Asonia – Judie Angell
First the Good News – Judie Angell
The Original Preppy Joke Book – D.J. Arneson
Zorro and the Pirate Raiders – D.J. Arneson
Zorro Rides Again – D.J. Arneson
Sometimes in the Dead of Night – D.J. Arneson
The Most Famous Ghost of all and other stories – D.J. Arneson
The Haunted Planet – D.J. Arneson
God’s Radar – Fran Arrick
Nice Girl from Good Home – Fran Arrick
Steffie Can’t come out to Play- Fran Arrick
Things are Seldom What They Seem – Sandy Asher
Just like Jenny – Sandy Asher
Ballet One Series – Sandy Asher
Daughters of the Law – Sandy Asher
Everything is not Enough – Sandy Asher
Missing Pieces – Sandy Asher
Dinner Ladies don’t count- Bernard Ashley
Terry on the Fence – Bernard Ashley
Lifelines series – Victora Althoff
Dawn of Love series – Dee Austin
Which Way Series – R.G. Austin
The Preppy Problem – Stephanie Austin
Kelly Blake series – Yvonne Green
We Hate Everything But Boys (WHEBB) – Linda Lewis
Magic Moments books – Signet
Make Me a Star series- Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Makeover Club – Suzanne Weyn
Megan the Klutz – Alida Young
Merivale Mall series – Jana Ellis
Mirrors – Danielle Barlette
Moonstone Mystery Romances- Archway
On Our Own – Janet Quin-Harkin
Overnight Sensation series – Fran Lantz
Palm Beach Prep – Lynx/ Tor
The Party Line – Carrie Austen
Paris McKenzie – Elizabeth Howard
Pen Pals series- Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Perfect 10 – Holly Simpson
Private Eyes – Julia Winfield
Roommates – Susan Blake / Alison Blair
Roots of Love – Stuart Buchan
Satin Slippers – Elizabeth Bernard
Seniors – Eileen Goudge
Silver Skates – Barbara J. Mumma
Sisters- Jennifer Cole
Sorority Girls – Ann Hunter Lowell
Sorority Sisters – Marjorie Sharmat
The Stepsisters – Tina Oaks
Sugar and Spice – Janet Quin-Harkin
Sunfire series – Scholastic
Sunset High – Linda A. Cooney / Ballentine
Susan Sand Mysteries – Marilynn Ezzell
Sweet Dreams series – Bantam
Sweet Dreams nonfiction series
Sweet Valley High – Francine Pascal
Swept Away – Eileen Goudge
Teen Witch – Megan Barnes
Three of a Kind – Marilyn Kaye
Two by Two – Warner Paperbacks
Two Hearts – Pacer
Victoria – Francine Pascal
The Whitney Cousins – Jean Thesman
Wildfire series
Windswept series
Wishing Star books – Scholastic
The Zodiac Club
The Girl Inside
Private School – Steve Charles
Twilight series (80s)
The Things I did for Love – Ellen Conford
Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Patterson
Flowers in the Attic- V.C. Andrews
Petals on the Wind – V.C. Andrews
If there be Thorns – V.C. Andrews
Heaven – V.C. Andrews
Garden of Shadows – V.C. Andrews
Seeds of Yesterday – V.C. Andrews
Dark Angel – V.C. Andrews
Fallen Hearts – V.C. Andrews
Web of Dreams – V.C. Andrews
Midnight Whispers – V.C. Andrews
Gates of Paradise – V.C. Andrews
Logan Family Series – V.C. Andrews
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