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1970s-1980s Kids Books

These are books I read growing up in the late 1970s and 1980s. This list is mostly limited to chapter books geared toward young people.
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Katherine Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia
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A Gift of Magic (Lois Duncan)
A Gift of Magic
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Lois Duncan
Blubber (Judy Blume)
Blubber
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Judy Blume
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
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Judy Blume
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Judy Blume)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
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Judy Blume
Superfudge (Judy Blume)
Superfudge
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Judy Blume
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
7
Wilson Rawls
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
8
Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Then Again, Maybe I Won't
9
Taking Terri Mueller (Norma Fox Mazer)
Taking Terri Mueller
10
Norma Fox Mazer
Run, Run, as Fast as You Can (Mary Pope Osbourne)
Run, Run, as Fast as You Can
11
Mary Pope Osbourne
Julie of the Wolves (Jean Craighead George)
Julie of the Wolves
12
Jean Craighead George
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
13
Scott O'Dell
The Dark Is Rising (Susan Cooper)
The Dark Is Rising
14
Susan Cooper
Over Sea, Under Stone (Susan Cooper)
Over Sea, Under Stone
15
Susan Cooper
Greenwitch (Susan Cooper)
Greenwitch
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Susan Cooper
Silver on the Tree (Susan Cooper)
Silver on the Tree
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Susan Cooper
The Grey King (Susan Cooper)
The Grey King
18
Susan Cooper
Taran Wanderer (Lloyd Alexander)
Taran Wanderer
19
Lloyd Alexander
Birth of the Firebringer (Firebringer #1) (Meredith Ann Pierce)
Birth of the Firebringer (Firebringer #1)
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Meredith Ann Pierce
Harriet the Spy (Louise Fitzhugh)
Harriet the Spy
21
Louise Fitzhugh
Do Bananas Chew Gum? (Jamie Gilson)
Do Bananas Chew Gum?
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Jamie Gilson
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
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Natalie Babbitt
The Great Gilly Hopkins (Katherine Paterson)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
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Katherine Paterson
Sing Down the Moon (Scott O'Dell)
Sing Down the Moon
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Scott O'Dell
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Robert C. O'Brien)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
26
Robert C. O'Brien
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E. L. Koningsburg)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
27
E. L. Koningsburg
Misty of Chincoteague (Marguerite Henry)
Misty of Chincoteague
28
Marguerite Henry
Zia (Scott O'Dell)
Zia
29
Scott O'Dell
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
30
Madeleine L'engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Madeleine L'engle)
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
31
Madeleine L'engle
Charlotte's Web (1952)
Charlotte's Web
32
1952
The View From the Cherry Tree (Willo Davis Roberts)
The View From the Cherry Tree
33
Willo Davis Roberts
Jacob Have I Loved (Katherine Patterson)
Jacob Have I Loved
34
Katherine Patterson
I Am the Cheese (Robert Cormier)
I Am the Cheese
35
Robert Cormier
Bunnicula (James Howe)
Bunnicula
36
James Howe
The Trumpet of the Swan (E.B. White)
The Trumpet of the Swan
37
E.B. White
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
38
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
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Mark Twain
Sadako and the Ten Thousand Cranes (Eleanor Coerr)
Sadako and the Ten Thousand Cranes
40
Eleanor Coerr
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