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Ms. Bixby's Last Day
John David Anderson - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover
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A funny, heartwarming, and heartbreaking contemporary story about three boys, one teacher, and a day none of them will ever forget.Everyone knows there are different kinds of teachers. The boring ones, the mean ones, the ones who try too hard, the ones who stopped trying long ago. The ones... |
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Home of the Brave
Katherine Applegate - Square Fish
Format: Print book
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A man I helped to settle heretaught me a saying from Africa.I'll bet you would like it:A cow is God with a wet nose.Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived. Now she's missing, and Kek has been... |
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Sounder
William H Armstrong
Format: Book
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A new series of companions to well loved and often read middle-grade novels.Sounder by William H. Armstrong is a favorite middle grade novel. This companion gives background on the author, questions to guide reading, clues to themes, plot, characters, and setting of the bo |
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Ruby on the Outside
Nora Raleigh Baskin - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Ruby's mom is in prison, and to tell anyone the truth is to risk true friendship in this novel from the author of The Summer Before Boys that accurately and sensitively addresses a subject too often overlooked.Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes is about to start middle school, and only her aunt... |
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Gertie's Leap to Greatness
Kate Beasley - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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"Meet the new Ramona Quimby!" -- Entertainment WeeklyGertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother... |
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A Whole New Ballgame
Phil Bildner - Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015.
Format: Print book
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"From the first morning with their odd new teacher fifth grade is full of shocking surprises for best friends Rip and Red"-- |
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The Distance to Home
Jenn Bishop - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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For fans of Lynda Mullaly Hunt and Rita Williams-Garcia, Jenn Bishop s heartwarming debut is a celebration of sisterhood and summertime, and of finding the courage to get back in the game. Last summer, Quinnen was the star pitcher of her baseball team, the Panthers. They were headed for the championship,... |
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The Pinballs
Betsy Cromer Byars
Format: Book
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Three children of diverse backgrounds are placed with the Masons, who have taken care of many other foster children, and begin to help one another accept things as they are |
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Strider
Beverly Cleary
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Strider has a new habit. Whenever we stop, he places his paw on my foot. It isn't an accident because he always does it. I like to think he doesn't want to leave me. Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run; because of Strider,... |
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All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
Leslie Connor - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids' Indie Next List PickFrom Leslie Connor, award-winning author of Waiting for Normal and Crunch, comes a soaring and heartfelt story about love, forgiveness, and how innocence makes us all rise up. All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook is a powerful... |
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The Boy on the Porch
Sharon Creech - HarperCollins
Format: Book
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Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Ruby Holler will love her latest tween novel about finding family when you least expect it.When a young couple finds a boy asleep on their porch, their lives take a surprising turn. Unable to speak, the boy Jacob can't explain his history.... |
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P.s. Longer Letter Later
Paula Danziger - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book
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Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara*Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara*Starr's family moves to another state, in a complex and emotionally rich novel about two friends coping with overwhelming change. Reprint. |
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Stella Diaz Has Something to Say
ANGELA DOMINGUEZ - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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In her first middle-grade novel, award-winning picture book author and illustrator Angela Dominguez tells a heartwarming story based on her own experiences growing up Mexican-American. Stella Diaz loves marine animals, especially her betta fish, Pancho. But Stella Diaz is not a betta fish.... |
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Out of My Mind
Sharon M Draper - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"If there is one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, Out of My Mind" should be it" (Denver Post") .Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything... |
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Mockingbird (Mok'ing-brd)
Kathryn Erskine - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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In Caitlin's world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That's the stuff Caitlin's older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon's dead and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl... |
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Karina Yan Glaser - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home... |
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Absolutely Almost
Lisa Graff - Penguin Group USA
Format: Book
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From the author of the National Book Award nominee A Tangle of Knots comes an inspiring novel about figuring out who you are and doing what you love.Albie has never been the smartest kid in his class. He has never been the tallest. Or the best at gym. Or the greatest artist. Or the most... |
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Vilonia Beebe Takes Charge
Kristin L Gray - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover
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Vilonia is determined to prove she's responsible enough to care for a dog in this "sensitive and uplifting coming-of-age" (Publishers Weekly) novel.Being responsible is NOT easy. Fourth grader Vilonia hasn't lost her rain coat in the three weeks she's had it and... |
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Lights, Camera, Cook!
Charise Mericle Harper - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A zesty series for fans of MasterChef Jr. and Kids Cook-off! It's "lights, camera, cook!" for four tween contestants - energetic Tate, charming Rae, worldly Caroline, and hyper-competitive Oliver - who are all about to enter a televised cooking competition. What will the kids... |
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Hope Is a Ferris Wheel
Robin Herrera - Harry N Abrams Inc
Format: Hardcover
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Ten-year-old Star Mackie lives in a trailer park with her flaky mom and her melancholy older sister, Winter, whom Star idolizes. Moving to a new town has made it difficult for Star to make friends, when her classmates tease her because of where she lives and because of her layered blue... |
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Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller!The author of the beloved One for the Murphys gives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel that will speak to anyone who's ever thought there was something wrong with them because they didn't fit in. "Everybody is smart in different... |
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You Go First
ERIN ENTRADA KELLY - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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Funny and poignant, Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestseller Erin Entrada Kelly's national bestseller You Go First is an exploration of family, bullying, word games, art, and the ever-complicated world of middle school friendships.In a starred review, School Library Journal wrote... |
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Slacker
Gordon Korman - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book
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Cameron Boxer is very happy to spend his life avoiding homework, hanging out with his friends, and gaming for hours in his basement. It's not too hard for him to get away with it . . . until he gets so caught up in one game that he almost lets his house burn down around him. Oops. It's... |
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A Handful of Stars
Cynthia Lord - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers.When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago... |
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Rules
Cynthia Lord - transcribed by Seedlings Braille Books for Children
Format: Audio CD
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A heartfelt and witty debut about feeling different and finding acceptance--beyond the rules.Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach... |
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Number the Stars
Lois Lowry - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover
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As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles... |
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The Charming Life of Izzy Malone
Jenny Lundquist - Aladdin Books
Format: Print book
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Izzy Malone, a spunky girl who wants to be part of an elite rowing club, must first attend a very unique charm school in this first novel of a brand-new duology from the author of Seeing Cinderella and Plastic Polly.Izzy Malone isn't your typical sixth grader. She wears camouflage... |
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Slacker
Gordon Korman - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book
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Cameron Boxer is very happy to spend his life avoiding homework, hanging out with his friends, and gaming for hours in his basement. It's not too hard for him to get away with it . . . until he gets so caught up in one game that he almost lets his house burn down around him. Oops. It's... |
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Annie's Life in Lists
Kristin Mary Mahoney - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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If you love kids like: 1. Anatastia Krupnik2. Ramona Quimby3. The Penderwicksthen you will love Annie! For Annie, lists are how she keeps her whole life in order. And there is a lot to keep track of!Annie's a shy fifth grader with an incredible memory and a love of making lists.... |
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Rain Reign
Ann M Martin - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller!Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein) , which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands... |
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Confessions from the Principal's Kid
Robin Mellom - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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During the school day, fifth-grader Allie West is an outsider. Everyone knows the principal's kid might tattle to her mom! But after school, Allie is an insider. She's friendly with the janitor, knows the shortest routes around the building, and hangs out with the Afters, a group... |
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Wish
Barbara O'Connor - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A touching story about a girl and her dog, perfect for young animal loversEleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing... |
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Wonder
R J Palacio - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY!Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. The book that inspired the Choose Kind... |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
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The timeless Newbery Honor Book from bestselling author Katherine Paterson about a wisecracking, ornery, completely unforgettable young heroine. Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and shes hated them all. She has a reputation for being brash,... |
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Love From Your Friend, Hannah
Mindy Warshaw Skolsky
Format: Hardcover
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Here is a year of letters, at times hilarious, at others, touching or suspenseful. The principal correspondent is Hannah Diamond of quiet Grand View, New York, who writes one day to Edward Winchley, a farm boy of Wichita, Kansas. "when I picked that piece of paper out of the |
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Save Me a Seat
Sarah Weeks - Scholastic Pr
Format: Hardcover
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Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.Joe's lived in the same town all his life, and was doing just fine until his best friends moved away and left him on his own. Ravi's family just moved to America from India, and he's finding... |
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Front Desk
Kelly Yang - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Mia Tang has a lot of secrets.Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests.Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner,... |
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