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Book Themes Relating to
Other Values and Conflicts

Book Recommendations by Theme are listed here in order to help teachers, book club organizers, and other readers find books organized around a common principle, or big idea. Please see the Main Page List of Themes for more categories, as well as Book Lists by Topic
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Kindness, Caring, Empathy

See also: Social Relationships - Teamwork and Friendship, Being a Good Friend
Absolutely Almost
After Ever After
Blue Jasmine
The Book of a Thousand Days
Courage for Beginners
Dog Whisperer: Rescue
Fish in a Tree
The Hundred Dresses
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
Inside Out and Back Again
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
It's Raining Cupcakes
The Magician's Elephant
Out of My Mind
Rebel McKenzie
Rescued
Restart
Salt to the Sea   
The View from Saturday
The Wednesday Wars
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wishtree
Wonder

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Optimism, Hope

Anne of Green Gables
Feathers
Free Thaddeus
Front Desk

The One and Only Ivan
So Totally Emily Ebers (Rancho Rosetta series)
The Underneath


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Good vs. Evil

The Bad Apple
The Chronicles of Prydain
Dog Man
Fake Mustache
The Genius Files
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Harry Potter
Heroes of Olympus

Number the Stars
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The School for Good and Evil
The Sisters Grimm
The Underground Abductor
The Unwanteds

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Loyalty, Betrayal, Trust

See also: Integrity - Ethics, Honor and Responsibility and Honesty, Truth
American Born Chinese
The Ascendance Trilogy
Breaking Stalin's Nose
The Chronicles of Prydain
Code Name Verity
Code Talker
Dangerous
Divergent
Echo
Eleanor & Park
Ella Enchanted
Ever
Ever After High
Hachiko Waits
I Am Number Four
The Last Book in the Universe
Legend
Maus
My Life with the Liars

Orbiting Jupiter
The Other Side of Truth
Palace of Stone
The Player King
Rescued
River Secrets
Romeo Blue
The Secret Diary of Lydia Bennet    
The Sisters Grimm
Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave
The Tale of Despereaux
The Thief
The Two Princesses of Bamarre
The Underneath
Wake Up Missing
The Wednesday Wars
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Where the Red Fern Grows



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The Power of Small Actions

See also Kindness, Caring, and Empathy, above
Anne of Green Gables
Counting By 7s
Free Thaddeus
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
The Summer I Saved the World in 65 Days
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Redemption, Forgiveness

A Diamond in the Desert
The 57 Bus
Holes
Lost in the Sun
The Magician's Elephant
Maybe a Fox

Rescued
The Schwa Was Here
Shooting Kabul
The Tale of Despereaux


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Balancing Ambition with Ethics

See also: Integrity - Ethics, Honor and Integrity - Hard Work in Pursuit of a Goal
Airborn
All the Answers
All's Faire in Middle School
Artemis Fowl
Bionic
Breaking Stalin's Nose
Checked
Ender's Game
Eragon
Fairest
The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
Gold Medal Summer
Grandmaster
Harry Potter
I Heart Band
It's Raining Cupcakes
The Kidney Hypothetical
Legend
The Lemonade War

Notes from an Accidental Band Geek
Peak
The Thief
The Trials of Apollo
Tumbling
Ultra
Vincent Shadow, Toy Inventor

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Faith, Spiritual Beliefs

Amina's Voice
Does My Head Look Big in This?
Ever
The Garden of My Imaan
My Basmati Bat Mitzvah
One True Way
The Porcupine of Truth
Resistance

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Resourcefulness

See also: Integrity - Hard Work and Education - Valuing Different Ideas
The Book of a Thousand Days
Boys Without Names
The Breadwinner Trilogy
Dangerous
Dealing with Dragons
Ella Enchanted
Enola Holmes
Escape Under the Forever Sky
Fever, 1793
Front Desk
Harry Potter
How to Train Your Dragon

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The Sign of the Beaver
The True Meaning of Smekday

The World Ends in April
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Claiming Autonomy, Independence /
Finding Agency

See also: Self - Being an Independent Thinker and Overcoming Obstacles - Lack of Freedom/Abuse of Power
Catherine, Called Birdy
Climbing the Stairs
Dealing with Dragons
Ella Enchanted
Ever After High
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Half a World Away
Hatchet
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Keeping Corner
My Life with the Liars

Out of My Mind
Piecing Me Together
Pippi Longstocking
The Princess in Black
The Pros of Cons
River Secrets
Secret Keeper
The Secret School
Speak
The True Meaning of Smekday
When You Trap a Tiger

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Exploring Something New

See also: Values - Changing Perspectives, Being Open-Minded
Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chu Ju's House
The Courage Test
A Crooked Kind of Perfect
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
A Handful of Stars
How to Avoid Extinction
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
Love That Dog

One Half from the East
Roller Girl
Short
Star Wars: Jedi Academy
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet

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Authority and Rebellion

See also: Social Interactions - Resisting Injustice and Self - Being an Independent Thinker and Society - War
Airborn
Among the Hidden
Anger is a Gift
Artemis Fowl
The Ascendance Trilogy
Breaking Stalin's Nose
Code Name Verity
The Giver
I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President
Matched
The Mysterious Benedict Society

Palace of Stone
Resistance
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party
Ungifted
Uprising
The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy
A Year in the Life of a Total and Complete Genius

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Luck

Holes
How to Ditch Your Fairy

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  • Home
  • Book Recommendations
    • Alphabetical List of Book Recommendations >
      • Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood
      • Absolutely Almost
      • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
      • After Ever After
      • After Iris
      • Airborn >
        • Airborn Book Quiz and Resource Page
      • Alex Rider - series
      • All Fall Down
      • All the Answers
      • All the Broken Pieces
      • Allegedly
      • All's Faire in Middle School
      • Amal Unbound
      • Amazing Grace
      • American Born Chinese
      • Amina's Voice
      • Among the Hidden - series
      • Anger is a Gift
      • Anne of Green Gables - series >
        • Anne of Green Gables Book Quiz and Resource Page
      • Artemis Fowl - series
      • Athlete vs. Mathlete
      • Awkward
      • The Bad Apple - Merits of Mischief
      • Bad Princess: True Tales from Behind the Tiara
      • Bamboo People
      • Ban This Book
      • Because of Mr. Terupt
      • Bernice Buttman, Model Citizen
      • Bionic
      • The Black Pearl
      • Blended
      • Blue Jasmine
      • Bomb: The Race to Make - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
      • The Book of a Thousand Days
      • Booked
      • A Boy Called Bat
      • Boys Without Names
      • The Breadwinner Trilogy
      • Breaking Stalin's Nose
      • Brown Girl Dreaming
      • Bud, Not Buddy
      • Bump
      • The Cardturner
      • Carry On
      • Caterpillar Summer
      • Catherine, Called Birdy >
        • Catherine, Called Birdy Book Quiz and Resource Page
      • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
      • Chasing Secrets
      • Chasing Vermeer
      • Checked
      • Chronicles of Prydain
      • Chu Ju's House
      • Circa Now
      • Click
      • Climbing the Stairs
      • Code Name Verity - Series
      • Code Talker
      • Colin Fischer
      • Come November
      • Confetti Girl
      • Count Me In
      • Counting By 7s
      • Courage for Beginners
      • The Courage Test
      • Crenshaw
      • Criss Cross
      • A Crooked Kind of Perfect
      • Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip
      • Dangerous
      • Dead End in Norvelt
      • Dealing with Dragons
      • Dear Mr. Henshaw
      • A Diamond in the Desert
      • The Dirt Diary - Series
      • Divergent - Series
      • Does My Head Look Big in This?
      • Dog Man
      • Dog Whisperer - Series
      • Drive Me Crazy
      • A Drop of Hope
      • Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
      • Echo
      • El Deafo
      • Eleanor & Park
      • Elephant Secret
      • Eleven Birthdays
      • Elijah of Buxton
      • Ella Enchanted
      • Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
      • Ender's Game
      • Enna Burning
      • Enola Holmes
      • Eragon
      • Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
      • Escape Under the Forever Sky
      • Esperanza Rising >
        • Esperanza Rising Book Quiz and Resource Page
      • Ever
      • Ever After High
      • Everything on a Waffle
      • Fairest
      • Falling Over Sideways
      • The False Prince Trilogy
      • Fake Mustache
      • Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes
      • Famous Phonies
      • Feathers
      • Fever, 1793
      • The Fifth Wave
      • The 57 Bus
      • Finding Perfect
      • The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
      • The First Rule of Punk
      • Fish in a Tree
      • Flora and Ulysses
      • Flygirl by Sherri Smith
      • Focused
      • Forget Me Not
      • The Fourteenth Goldfish
      • Framed!
      • Frankie Sparks - Series
      • Free Thaddeus!
      • From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler >
        • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Book Quiz and Resource Page
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      • Full Cicada Moon
      • The Garden of My Imaan
      • Garvey's Choice
      • Geek Girl - Series
      • The Genius Files >
        • The Genius Files: Resource Page
      • Ghost
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