Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

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Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade.  And he almost is, until the new girl in school. Leslie Burke, outpaces him.  The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia.  One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs.  It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa.  She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells-taken without her knowledge in 1951- became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more.  Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance.  This phenomenal New Your Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.

BFG by Roald Dahl

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The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!

Code Girls by Liza Mundy

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Code Girls reveals a hidden army of female cryptographers, whose work played a crucial role in ending World War II.… Mundy has rescued a piece of forgotten history and given these American heroes the recognition they deserve. —Nathalia Holt, bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

The Witches by Roald Dahl

Excellent Book!  I enjoyed reading it to my class.