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The Firefly Code

Megan Frazer Blakemore - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Mori and her friends live a normal life on Firefly Lane in their utopian community, Old Harmonie. In a world this safe and perfect, theyve never had to question anything . . . never had to wonder about how their lives came to be. Until a new girl named Ilana moves in. Shes so perfect that...
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March of the Mini Beasts

Ada Hopper - Little Simon
Format: Print book

Danger! Action! Trouble! Adventure! Introducing The DATA Set, a brand-new chapter book series for young readers.What would happen if your next-door neighbor were a mad scientist? Gabe, Laura, and Cesar live on a quiet cul-de-sac. They are the whiz kids of Newtonburg Elementary and each...
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Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight

Wendy Mass - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Archie Morningstar learns a big family secret and helps save the universe. All before breakfast!Its not every day a regular kid like Archie gets to wake up at midnight. But today is Take Your Kid to Work Day, and Archie is finally allowed to ride along in his dads taxi cab. He has been...
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Star Wars: Jedi Academy

Jeffrey Brown - Scholastic
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Jeffrey Brown takes readers to a middle school in a galaxy far, far away... . This incredible, original story captures all of the humor, awkwardness, fun, and frustrations of middle school--all told through one boy's comics, journal entries,...
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Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor: Book One

Jon Scieszka - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

"I never thought science could be funny . . . until I read Frank Einstein. It will have kids laughing." - Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid "Huge laughs and great science - the kind of smart, funny stuff that makes Jon Scieszka a legend." - Mac Barnett,...
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Cosmic

Frank Cottrell Boyce - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover

Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This isprimarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer...
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Thresholds

Nina Kiriki Hoffman - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Maya?s family has just moved from Idaho to Spores Ferry, Oregon. She?s nervous about starting middle school and making new friends, but soon that?s the last thing on her mind. First, a fairy flies into her room. Then it turns out that the kids in the apartment building next door do magic,...
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You'll Like It Here

Ruth White - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

While Meggie and David Blue are from another planet theyre a lot like Earth kids with similar hopes and dreams and cant wait to grow up BUT they also have GROSSLY UNIQUE qualities such as blue streaks in their hair that pop up randomly and language skills that sound like nothing on this...
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Saving Thanehaven

Catherine Jinks - Egmont USA
Format: Hardcover

Noble is a knight with a heart that's true and, well, noble. With his not-so-trusty sword, Smite, he fights his way through a vicious, unfriendly landscape, sure (or at least, he thinks he's sure) that one day he'll defeat the bad guys (whoever they are) and win the heart (at least...
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A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

This is Book 1 of the Time Quintet Series It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory,"...
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Blackout

Peter Jay Black - Bloomsbury, 2015.
Format: Print book

"The world's most destructive computer virus has been unleashed, and it's up to the Urban Outlaws--five tough kids dedicated to bringing justice to their city--to destroy it"--
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The Arctic Code

Matthew J. Kirby - Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of the Percy Jackson and Seven Wonders series, The Arctic Code is the first book in an epic, fast-paced middle grade adventure trilogy by acclaimed author Matthew J. Kirby.It is the near future, and the earth has entered a new ice age. Eleanor Perry lives in Tucson, one of the most...
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Flashback Four #1: The Lincoln Project

Dan Gutman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

"History can be hilarious, at least in the hands of author Dan Gutman." - Washington PostIn New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman's all-new series, which blends fascinating real history with an action-packed and hilarious adventure, four very different kids are picked...
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Omega City

Diana Peterfreund

The first middle grade novel in an exciting new series from acclaimed author Diana Peterfreund, perfect for fans of The Goonies and City of Ember. Gillian Seagret doesn't listen to people who say her father's a crackpot. His conspiracy theories about the lost technology
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The Keepers: The Box and the Dragonfly

Ted Sanders - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Artifacts. Miseries. Mysteries . . .From the moment Horace F. Andrews sees the sign from the bus--a sign with his own name on it--everything changes. The sighting leads him underground to the House of Answers, a hidden warehouse brimming with peculiar devices. But there he finds only questions....
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Sky Jumpers: Book 1

Peggy Eddleman - Random House Children's Books
Format: Print book

Escape one danger. Jump into another. . . . "Eddleman brings a strong sense of atmosphere to this post-apocalyptic coming-of-age piece, and the underlying message - that it's possible to contribute in unexpected ways - is a positive one." - Publishers Weekly Twelve-year-old...
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Storm

Evan Angler - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

In a future United States under the power of a charismatic leader, everyone gets the Mark at age thirteen. The Mark lets citizen shop, go to school, and even get medical care—without it, you are on your own. Few refuse to get the Mark. Those who do . . . disappear. Logan Langly went...
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The Orphan Army

Jonathan Maberry - Simon & Schuster Books
Format: Print book

Milo's Louisiana bayou is overrun with alien bug invaders and magical creatures in this start to a breathtaking series that's "the perfect mix of science fiction and magic" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from bestselling author Jonathan Maberry.In a world filled with...
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Live and let swim

Mo O'Hara - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Print book

Frankie was a completely normal pet goldfish . . . until Tom's evil-scientist big brother tried to murder him with toxic gunge Luckily Tom and his best friend shocked Frankie back to life with a battery, and ever since he's been a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH. A normal trip to the aquarium...
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Found

Margaret Peterson Haddix - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who's also adoped, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, "You are one of the missing." The second one says, "Beware!...
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Insert Coin to Continue

John David Anderson - Aladdin Books
Format: Print book

Bryan Biggins wakes up to find that his life has become a video game in this funny, honest coming-of-age novel from the author of Sidekicked and Minion.Meet Bryan Biggins. Most of the time he's a freckle-faced boy, small for his age, who attends a school known for its unwritten uniform...
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Escape to Witch Mountain

Alexander Key - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Paperback

A sci-fi classic returns to print in its true, best, and original form! With renewed interest in Alexander Key's extraordinary 1968 novel, fans can dive into Escape to Witch Mountain as it was meant to be read. The powerful, thrilling story of Tony and Tia—twins joined by their...
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The 8th Continent

Matt London - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD MAKE YOUR OWN RULES?Evie and Rick Lane are determined to transform the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - a real life pile of floating garbage - into an eighth continent, using a special formula developed by their father. This new continent...
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25

Richard Paul Evans - Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Format: Hardcover

The electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling first installment of the action-packed Michael Vey series from author Richard Paul Evans.My name is Michael Vey, and the story I'm about to tell you is strange. Very strange. It's my story. To everyone at Meridian High School,...
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The Neptune Project

Polly Holyoke - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Nere has never understood why she feels so much more comfortable and confident in water than on land, but everything falls into place when Nere learns that she is one of a group of kids who-unbeknownst to them-have been genetically altered to survive in the ocean. These products of "The...
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Red Moon Rising

K A Holt - Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2016.
Format: Print book

Space-farmer Rae Darling is kidnapped and trained to become a warrior against her own people in this adventurous middle grade space western.Rae Darling and her family are colonists on a moon so obscure it doesn't merit a name. Life is hard, water is scarce, and the farm work she does...
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Infinity Ring Book 1: A Mutiny in Time - Library Edition

James Dashner - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Scholastics next multi-platform mega-event begins here! History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time to set it right! When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel a hand-held device known as the Infinity Ring theyre swept up in a centuries-long...
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Unnaturals: The Battle Begins

Devon Hughes - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Print book

Perfect for fans of the Animorphs and Warriors series, Devon Hughes's exhilarating debut is full of friendship, heroism, high stakes, and epic adventure.Castor has always been a stray, prowling with his pack in the back alleys of Lion's Head. That is, until the day that he's captured and taken...
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Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space

Philip Reeve - Bloomsbury USA Childrens; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Arthur (Art) Mumsby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in a huge and rambling house called Larklight…that just happens to be traveling through outer space. When a visitor called Mr. Webster arrives for a visit, it is far from an innocent social call. Before long...
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Six

M M Vaughan - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

"An X-Files worthy mystery keeps the pages turning," (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) as Parker and his sister do whatever it takes to find their father in this cosmic adventure packed with action from the author of The Ability and Mindscape.Parker...
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Trackers

Patrick Carman - Scholastic Press; 1 Slp edition
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Patrick Carman pushes the vbook to the next level with this thrilling book/video/web experience.In the 21st century landscape of bits and bytes, everyone leaves a digital footprint ... even the most advanced cyber criminals. And that's where the Trackers come in. Four...
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Spaced Out

Stuart Gibbs - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

The moon base commander has gone missing and Dash Gibson is on the case in the second mind-boggling mystery of the Moon Base Alpha series from the "New York Times "bestselling author of "Belly Up "and "Spy School. " There s nowhere to hide on the world s first...
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Holly Farb and the Princess of the Galaxy

Gareth Wronski - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

Guardians of the Galaxy meets Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in this laugh-out-loud funny debut novel about a girl's journey into space and beyond to find her place in the universe.Holly Farb is not the Princess of the Galaxy. She may be top of the class in every subject,...
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Horizon

Scott Westerfeld - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

This harrowing tale of supernatural suspense kicks off a new series from the visionary mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld.When a plane crash-lands in the arctic, eight young survivors step from the wreckage expecting to see nothing but ice and snow. Instead...
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Masterminds

Gordon Korman - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

The first book in the action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman is perfect for young fans of James Patterson and John Grisham. Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico. Honesty and integrity are valued above all else....
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The Time Museum

Matthew Loux - First Second
Format: Paperback

From dinosaurs to the burning of the Library of Alexandra -- this thrilling, visually dazzling new series from Matthew Loux is posed to conquer the 21st century.The internship program at the Time Museum is a little unusual. For one thing, kids as young as twelve get to apply for these...
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Keeper of the Lost Cities

Shannon Messenger - Aladdin; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

In this riveting debut, a telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world—before the wrong person finds the answer first.Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She’s skipped multiple grades and doesn’t really connect with the older...
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The Hypnotists (The Hypnotists, Book 1) (1)

Gordon Korman - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

The first book in an all-new, mesmerizing adventure from the masterful, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Gordon Korman -- now in paperback!Is it a gift . . . or is it a curse? Jax Opus can use his color-changing eyes to make people do things they dont want to do. (Only his color-blind...
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Under Their Skin

Margaret Peterson Haddix - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes the first book in a brand-new thrilling series about twins who are on a quest to discover the secrets being kept by their new family.Nick and Eryn's mom is getting remarried, and the twelve-year-old twins are skeptical...
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The Wild Robot Escapes

Peter Brown - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! The sequel to the bestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter Brown Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings--but can she survive...
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Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow

Nathan Bransford - Dial
Format: Hardcover

Jacob Wonderbar is used to detentions, but when a spaceship crashes near his house, he finds himself in a whole new level of trouble. After swapping a corn dog for the ship, he and his two best friends, Sarah Daisy and Dexter, take off on a madcap adventure. They accidentally cause an epic...
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Going Wild

Lisa Mcmann - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Spider-Man meets Animorphs in this thrilling middle grade series from Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of the Unwanteds series. Katherine Applegate - Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, and Endling - calls this book "gripping, action-packed,...
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