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Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet

Zanib Mian - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An exciting #OwnVoices middle-grade debut starring a Muslim boy with a huge imaginationWelcome to the imaginative brain of Omar!Omar and his family have just moved, and he is NOT excited about starting at a new school. What if the work is too hard or the kids are mean or the teacher is a zombie...
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Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom

Booki Vivat - Harper
Format: Print book

"Hilarious." (NPR's All Things Considered) "Honest, sweet, and laugh-out-loud funny. Fans of Smile and Diary of a Wimpy Kid will appreciate this debut." (Brightly.com) Meet Abbie Wu. Abbie is in crisis - and not just because she's starting middle school or because...
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My Life as a Youtuber

JANET TASHJIAN - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Book 7 of the much-loved My Life series that has the irrepressible Derek Fallon starting his own Youtube web series!Derek Fallon finally found something to get excited about at school -- an extracurricular class on making videos! Together with his friends Carly, Matt, and Umberto, Derek...
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Sam Wu Is Not Afraid of Spiders

Katie Tsang - Sterling Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

Who's afraid of spiders? NOT SAM WU! In this fourth book in the hilarious series, Sam must conquer his fears and help save the school pet tarantula. Sam Wu is NOT afraid of anything. Well, maybe some things - like ghosts, sharks . . . and the dark's pretty scary, too. And now he has something...
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Babies, Burglars, and Other Bumps in the Night

Lenore Look - Schwartz & Wade; Reprint edition

Here is the fifth book in the beloved and hilarious Alvin Ho chapter book series, which has been compared to Diary of a Wimpy Kid and is perfect for beginning and reluctant readers. Alvin, an Asian American second grader who's afraid of everything, has started to notice his mother getting...
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Dork Diaries Tales From a Not so Happy Heartbreaker

Rachel Renée Russell - Aladdin
Format: Print book

Love-and crushes-are in the air for Nikki Maxwell in this sixth book of the New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series. It's the biggest dance of the year and Nikki Maxwell is hoping her crush, Brandon, wants to be her date. But time is running out. What if he doesn't want to go with...
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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Tom Angleberger - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren't strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient....
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The Last Kids on Earth

Max Brallier - Listening Library
Format: Hardcover

A Netflix Original series!The first book in the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal best-selling series, with over 7 million copies in print!Ever since the monster apocalypse hit town, average 13 year old Jack Sullivan has been living in his tree house, which hes armed to the teeth...
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The Terrible Two Go Wild

Mac Barnett - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

From superstar authors and friends Mac Barnett and Jory John comes the third installment in their smart and funny New York Times bestselling Terrible Two series, The Terrible Two Go Wild. Everyone's favorite pranksters and founders of the International Order of Disorder are at it again!...
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Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom

Matthew Swanson - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Live each day as if it were your last.When Ben reads his fortune-cookie fortune, he's alarmed and inspired. Immediately, he begins drafting a bucket list of unfinished tasks and lifelong dreams (finish his 1000-piece model of the Taj Mahal, eat an entire cake, etc....) . As Ben marches...
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Mayhem Mission

Burhana Islam - Knights Of
Format: Paperback

Yusuf's older sister is getting married. He's ready for the delicious food, the fun with his cousins and the many presents but he s NOT ready to take her place as the responsible one. His only option: cause some chaos and ruin the wedding. The first book in the hysterically funny...
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