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Elf Dog and Owl Head
M. T. Anderson - Dreamscape Media Format: Hardcover
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Clay has had his fill of home life. A global plague has brought the world to a screeching halt, and with little to look forward to but a summer of video-calling friends, vying with annoying sisters for the family computer, and tuning out his parents' financial worries, he's only... |
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Simon Sort of Says
Erin Bow - Disney-Hyperion Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Kate DiCamillo and Jack Gantos, a hilarious, wrenching, hopeful novel about finding your friends, healing your heart, and speaking your truth.Simon O'Keeffe's biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca... |
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The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers - Knopf Books for Young Readers Format: May 9
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From the award-winning author of The Every and the illustrator behind the beloved picture book Her Right Foot comes an endearing and beautifully illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals.. Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea.... |
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The Probability of Everything
Sarah Everett - Clarion Books Format: Hardcover
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A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and facts, as she navigates grief and loss at a moment when life as she knows it changes forever.Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands... |
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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
Beth Lincoln - Dutton Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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"An absolutely delightful debut with heartwarming character growth and a clever, genre-savvy country-house mystery." - Kirkus, starred review"The suspenseful denouement is positively writhing with twists." - BOOKLIST , starred reviewOn the day they are born, every... |
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The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine
Katherine Marsh - Roaring Brook Press Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Nowhere Boy - called "a resistance novel for our times" by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s.Thirteen-year-old... |
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The Labors of Hercules Beal
Gary D. Schmidt - Clarion Books Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday Wars,in which a seventh grader has to figure out how to fulfill an assignment to perform the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life - and makes discoveries about friendship, community, and himself... |
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Hidden Truths
Elly Swartz - Delacorte Press Format: Hardcover
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How far would you go to keep a promise? Told from alternating points of view, Hidden Truths is a story of changing friendships, the lies we tell, the secrets we keep, and the healing power of forgiveness.. Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade.... |
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Eagle Drums
Nasugraq Rainey Hopson - Roaring Brook Press Format: Book
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A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Alaskan tradition.As his family prepares for winter, a young, skilled hunter must travel up the mountain to collect obsidian for knapping -- the same mountain where his two older... |
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The Firefly Summer
Morgan Matson - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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The Penderwicks meets The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street in New York Times bestselling author Morgan Matson's middle grade debut about a young girl who gets to know her mom's side of the family and hunts for hidden treasure over the course of one chaotic summer.. For as long as Ryanna... |
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A Sky Full of Song
Susan Lynn Meyer - Union Square Kids Format: Hardcover
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This heartwarming, beautifully written middle-grade historicalnovel about an untold American frontier story is destined to be a cherished classic. North Dakota, 1905 After fleeing persecution in the Russian Empire, eleven-year-old Shoshana and her family, Jewish immigrants, start a new life... |
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The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
Daniel Nayeri - Levine Querido Format: Hardcover
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A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri. This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called "Seller of Dreams". The man is a scammer; his biggest... |
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Iceberg
Jennifer A. Nielsen - Scholastic Press Format: Hardcover
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The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempting to find answers to her many questions about the ship, suddenly finds herself caught up in the desperate struggle to survive after it strikes an iceberg.Hazel Rothbury is traveling all alone... |
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Leeva at Last
Sara Pennypacker - Balzer Bray Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning, bestselling author Sara Pennypacker and illustrator Matthew Cordell come together in this hilarious absurdist tale about a precocious girl who transforms her community in surprising ways.What are people for?That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom.Fame!... |
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Finally Seen
Kelly Yang - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a gripping middle grade novel about a young girl who leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, and learns about sisterhood, family, and the power of community.My sister got to grow up with my parents.... |
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Mexikid
Pedro Martín - Dial Books Format: Paperback
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A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico to live with them.. Pedro Martín has grown up hearing stories about his abuelito - his legendary crime-fighting,... |
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A First Time for Everything
Dan Santat - First Second Format: Hardcover
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A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping,... |
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Oliver's Great Big Universe
Jorge Cham - Amulet Books Format: Hardcover
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Cosmos meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in this new illustrated middle-grade fiction series that blends science with narrative. I know what you're thinking. What makes an average 11-year-old kid qualified to tell you anything about the universe?. Am I famous scientist? No.. Am I a super-genius... |
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library: The Graphic Novel
Chris Grabenstein - Random House Graphic Format: Hardcover
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The BESTSELLING book is now a full color, fun packed GRAPHIC NOVEL!. The Lemoncello books have spent over 100 Weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List and are on 44 State Award Lists!. Find out if game loving Kyle Keeley can escape from what James Patterson calls "the coolest library... |
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Things in the Basement
Ben Hatke - First Second Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author Ben Hatke comes Things in the Basement, a young readers graphic novel about Milo, a young boy who discovers a portal to a secret world in his basement.. It was supposed to just be a normal basement -- some storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement... |
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Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd - Graphix Format: Hardcover
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From the powerhouse duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a spirited new graphic novel about finding your own space ... especially when you're in a family of nine!Eleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. She loves her neighborhood, school, and the end-of-summer... |
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