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EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken

Sally Warner - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes is sick of getting picked on. But every time he tries to defend himself against class bully Jared Matthews, EllRay is the one who winds up in trouble. Its just not fair! Then his dad offers him a deal: If EllRay can stay out of trouble for a week, theyll go to Disneyland!...
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Second Chance Summer

Sarah Kapit
Format: Hardcover

Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it's with your best friend. Can these two ex-besties survive summer camp together? Maddie and Chloe have always been best friends, until last year, when Chloe's popularity and budding fame as an actor left Maddie in the dust one too many...
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Judy Blume - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback

Celebrate 45 years of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing!The #1 New York Times bestselling author's first book in her classic Fudge series.Two is a crowd when Peter and his little brother, Fudge, are in the same room. Grown-ups think Fudge is absolutely adorable, but Peter and his pet turtle,...
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George

Alex Gino - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants...
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Forsooth

Jimmy Matejek-Morris - Carolrhoda Books ®
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Calvin knows he's destined to be a star. . . if he can just stop making embarrassing mistakes onstage, like getting stuck on a single line -- "Forsooth!" -- during the school play. The summer after seventh grade, he's hoping for a fresh start. All he has to do is prove...
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Beezus and Ramona

Beverly Cleary - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Having a little sister like four-year-old Ramona isnt always easy for Beezus Quimby With a wild imagination disregard for order and an appetite for chaos Ramona makes it hard for Beezus to be the responsible older sister she knows she ought to beespecially when Ramona threatens to ruin...
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Ruby and the Booker Boys #1: Brand New School, Brave New Ruby

Derrick Barnes - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Meet 8-year-old ultra-fabulous Ruby Marigold Booker!Eight-year-old Ruby Booker is the baby sis of Marcellus (11), Roosevelt (10), and Tyner (9), the most popular boys on Chill Brook Ave. When Ruby isn't hanging with her friend, Theresa Petticoat, she's finding out what kind of mischief...
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Remember Us

Jacqueline Woodson - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply into life's burning questions about time and memory and what we take with us into the future.. It seems like Sage's whole world is on fire the summer before she starts seventh grade....
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The No.1 Car Spotter

Atinuke. - Kane Miller
Format: Paperback

Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is Number 1. He's the Number 1 car spotter in his village. The Number 1 car spotter in the world! The start of an exciting new series about the irresistible Number 1, whose hobby is car spotting but who is good at solving all sorts of problems for his village....
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Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

Nikki Grimes - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Dyamonde Daniel may be new in town, but that doesn't stop her from making a place for herself in a jiffy. With her can-do attitude and awesome brain power she takes the whole neighborhood by storm. The only thing puzzling her is the other new kid in her class. He's awfully grouchy - but Dyamonde's...
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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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The First Rule of Punk

CELIA C PREZ - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From debut author and longtime zine-maker Celia C. Prez, The First Rule of Punk is a wry and heartfelt exploration of friendship, finding your place, and learning to rock out like no one's watching. There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school - you can't fix it with...
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The Labors of Hercules Beal

Gary D. Schmidt - ‎Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

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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The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman

Mari Lowe - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover

SHAINDY is a twelve-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl who struggles in school and has no good friends. She watches with envy as her next-door neighbor, GAYIL, excels socially and academically. They have little to do with each other, and it comes as a surprise when Shaindy looks out her window...
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Harper Collins Publishers Bridge To Terabithia

Katherine Paterson - Harper & Row
Format: Print book

This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss.Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him....
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Grounded

Aisha Saeed - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestselling and award-winning authors. When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister,...
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Camp QUILTBAG

Nicole Melleby - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed authors of Hurricane Season and Ana on the Edge, an unforgettable story about the importance of and joy in finding a community, for fans of Alex Gino and Ashley Herring-Blake. Twelve-year-old Abigail (she/her/hers) is so excited to spend her summer at Camp QUILTBAG,...
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