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Radiant
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A historical middle-grade novel in verse from multiple Coretta Scott King winner Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.. As school begins in 1963, Cooper Dale wrestles with what it means to "shine" for a black girl in a predominantly white community near Pittsburgh. Set against the historic... |
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Someone's Been Messing with Reality
John Hearne - Little Island Books
Format: Paperback
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When Martin Ryan sees a video of his father flying unaided through the air, he realises everything he believed about his life has been a lie.Now his parents have disappeared and Martin discovers something weird brewing in the disused mines of the seaside village where he lives. Something... |
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Cinderella and the Beast (or, Beauty and the Glass Slipper) (The Princess Swap)
Kim Bussing - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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What would happen if Cinderella found herself in the beast's castle, and Beauty woke up in some evil stepmother's home? Fairy tales meet Freaky Friday in this series, where there's a magical mix-up for every princess!. *The magical first edition paperback of Cinderella and the Beast... |
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Golemcrafters
Emi Watanabe Cohen - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover
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Emi Watanabe Cohen's sophomore novel travels from the most awkward surface tensions to the beautiful depths of Jewish culture and lore for a tale of magical and emotional discovery. Faye has a tough time concentrating in School. It's easier to be silent and fade into the woodwork... |
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Happy Town
Greg van Eekhout - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Stay calm and remain HAPPY. Help is on the way. Perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Jennifer L. Holm, this adventure-packed middle grade story, set in a world not too far from our own, follows a family that moves to a remote company town that seems perfect on the surface....Keegan knows... |
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Lola
Karla Arenas Valenti - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A simmering tale of magic, adventure, and the extraordinary bond between a brother and sister who'd journey to the ends of the Earth to save each other. From the acclaimed author of Lotería comes a heartfelt story rooted in Mexican magical realism.. Ten-year-old Lola has always been... |
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Will's Race for Home
Jewell Parker Rhodes - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes goes West in this thrilling adventure story about a son and his father who set out to win land during the Oklahoma Land Rush-if they can survive the journey. It's 1889, barely twenty-five years after the Emancipation Proclamation,... |
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Danilo Was Here
Tamika Burgess - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Sincerely Sicily, Tamika Burgess, comes a timely coming-of-age story about a young boy's fight to save his family and his dreams in the aftermath of the US military invasion of Panamá. Perfect for fans of Janae Marks, Adrianna Cuevas, and Chrystal D. Giles!Danilo... |
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Safe Harbor
Padma Venkatraman - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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An uplifting novel in verse about an immigrant girl adjusting to life in the US through her love of nature, music, and poetry, by the award-winning author of The Bridge Home. When Geetha and her mom move from India to Rhode Island after her parents' divorce, they leave everything Geetha... |
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A Copycat Conundrum (The Misfits)
Lisa Yee - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When San Francisco is under strange attacks - like earthquakes affecting only two city blocks at a time - who're you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that's who! The Misfits are on the case in this hilarious illustrated series!. "For any kid who's... |
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Windy Creek Stables: Presley and the Impossible Dream
Kaitlyn Sage Patterson - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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"A sure-fire hit for horse lovers!" - Kirkus. Presley and the Impossible Dream is the first book in the middle grade Windy Creek Stables series set at a rural Virginia riding school - a 21st-century Saddle Club, full of authentic detail, realistic drama, and tons of heart..... |
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All the Blues in the Sky
Renée Watson - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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# 1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor author Renée Watson explores friendship, loss, and life with grief in this poignant novel in verse and vignettes.. Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching... |
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Girl of the Year 2025 Novel (American Girl® Girl of the Year™)
Clare Hutton - American Girl Publishing
Format: Paperback
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The original middle-grade novel featuring the story of American Girl's 2025 Girl of the Year! Includes full color illustrations throughout plus an exceprt from American Girl's bestselling series, "A Smart Girl's Guide"! |
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Old School
Gordon Korman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables comes a hilarious story about a boy who is homeschooled in his grandmother's retirement community ... until he is forced to go to public school. Dexter Foreman is twelve going on eighty. He has lived at The Pines retirement... |
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The Doomsday Vault (Everwhen School of Time Travel (and Other Odd Sciences))
Thomas Wheeler - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From the screenwriter of Academy Award-nominated Puss in Boots and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish comes an inventive middle grade adventure about an interdimensional school for time travelers perfect for fans of the Spy School and Mr. Lemoncello's Library series.. When Bertie Wells... |
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Ice Apprentices
Jacob North - Simon & Schuster Audio UK
Format: Audiobook
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A frozen world, mighty monsters and spellbinding magic. Journey to the very edge of the world in this BREATHTAKING fantasy trilogy. Perfect for fans of Skandar and Philip Pullman . . .. "The Ice Apprentices is an extraordinary fantasy debut. The world-building is stunning, the pacing... |
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Same Page
Elly Swartz - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the beloved author of Hidden Truths comes a novel about take-charge sixth grader Bess Stein, who brings together friends and a group of rockstar librarians called the Book Warriors to fight a book ban happening at her middle school.. Bess Stein is more than ready to be 6th grade class... |
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The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks, and the Gods: A Tale of the Persian Wars
Tom Holland - Candlewick Studio
Format: Hardcover
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The magic of mythology meets the grit of history in a blazing blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars from award-winning author Tom Holland, lavishly illustrated by Jason Cockcroft.. I come to tell you a story. A story unlike any that has been told before. . The Trojan War is ancient... |
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All the Best Dogs
Emily Jenkins - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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For anyone who loves a dog--and anyone who loves a laugh, comes this sensitive (and silly!) story about growing up and mending fences. An enduring message of friends, community, and the joy of pets.. Ask anyone who has a dog and they'll tell you that their dog is the best. Really,... |
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Swimming with Spies
Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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As war escalates between the Russians and Ukrainians in the port city of Sevastopol, can one girl and a pod of dolphins prove that communication is the greatest weapon of all? It's February of 2014 in the seaport city of Sevastopol in Crimea. Sofiya Oleksandrivna only wants two things:... |
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On the Block: Stories of Home
Ellen Oh - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes an inspiring middle-grade anthology that follows the loosely interconnected lives of multigenerational immigrant families, the residents at the Entrada apartment building. Edited by Ellen Oh, a founding... |
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Harriet Hound
Kate Foster - Walker Books Australia
Format: Hardcover
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The world's happiest and most dog-friendly superhero is here! A brand new adventure for junior readers from Kate Foster.. Meet Harriet Hound. She's eight years old and loves dogs!. But Harriet has something else that makes her super ... the power to summon the dogs from her family's... |
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All Mixed Up
Raj Tawney - Paw Prints Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times essayist, Raj Tawney, delivers a gripping story of a multi-ethnic American boy who forges a complex friendship with a Pakistani immigrant in the wake of 9/11. It's 2002--less than one year after the September 11th attacks-- and sixth-grader Kamal Rao is tackling a brave... |
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Unicornia: Learning to Fly
Ana Punset - Candlewick
Format: Paperback
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Do you believe in unicorns? School, friendship, and a certain magical beast will enchant beginning readers in this first of a series.. Welcome to Unicornia, the most wonderful place ever! Claudia is about to start her first day at the Unicornia Academy of Magic, where she'll learn all about... |
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Mr. Lemoncello's Fantabulous Finale (Mr. Lemoncello's Library)
Chris Grabenstein - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Do you have what it takes to be the new owner of Mr. Lemoncello's epic gaming empire? Find out in this fantabulous finale to the beloved, New York Times Bestselling Mr. Lemoncello's Library series!. Mr. Lemoncello's ENTIRE game-making empire is up for grabs!. It's time for one last... |
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Off the Map
Meika Hashimoto - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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From Meika Hashimoto, author of The Trail, comes an action-packed adventure about doing what it takes to survive -- and realizing you can't do it alone.Amos and Marlo have always been best friends. From hiking trips to backyard camp-outs, from playing soccer at the park to sitting together... |
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Bleakwatch Chronicles: Tinker Bell and the Lost City (Bleakwatch Chronicles, 1)
Zack Loran Clark - Disney Press
Format: Hardcover
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Tinker Bell makes a dazzling new debut in this exciting adventure series for middle grade readers!. "This charming tale sparkles with wit, mystery, and pixie dust...Sure to enchant fairies and humans alike - and keep them guessing until the very last page!" - Jessica Khoury,... |
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Happy & Sad & Everything True
Alex Thayer - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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With charm and sincerity reminiscent of Judy Blume and Rebecca Stead, this debut middle grade novel is a heartfelt, hopeful story about a girl finding herself through secretly giving out advice to classmates.. Back when Dee and Juniper were still friends, Dee never hid in the bathroom.... |
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Take It from the Top
Claire Swinarski - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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Set at a camp over the course of six summers, this novel dives into the falling-out of two girls from different backgrounds who thought they'd be friends forever. Claire Swinarski, Edgar Award nominee of the ALA Notable What Happened to Rachel Riley?, tackles privilege, perspective,... |
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Mallory in Full Color
Elisa Stone Leahy - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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A funny, poignant middle grade novel about a tween who navigates questions of identity and friendship when her anonymous web comic goes viral, from the acclaimed author of Tethered to Other Stars.Mallory Marsh is an expert at molding into whatever other people want her to be. Her true thoughts... |
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A Split Second
Janae Marks - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Janae Marks delivers a stunningly crafted and twisty mystery about the tests of friendships that examines what matters most when everything can change in a split second - perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Anne Ursu.That clock can't be right. When... |
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Rolling On
Jamie Sumner - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover
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In this heartfelt companion to Jamie Sumner's acclaimed and beloved novels Roll with It and Time to Roll, Ellie finds herself faced with first love and learning to let go. It's the very end of eighth grade and all everyone can talk about is high school - everyone except Ellie Cowan.... |
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The Mystery of Mystic Mountain
Janet Fox - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A girl tackles a summer filled with mystery, treasure, and learning to be her true self in this middle grade adventure that's a modern-day Holes set on a dusty dude ranch in Montana.. Becca Soloway's perfect summer goes up in smoke when her mom flees a looming divorce by dragging... |
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Ain't It Funny
Margaret Gurevich - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Stand Up, Yumi Chung! and The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl comes an honest and heartfelt novel about a girl who's determined not to let her growing anxiety and OCD hold her back from using stand-up comedy to bring her parents back together.. Eleven-year-old Maya's... |
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Lost in the Empire City
Avi - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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Newbery Medalist Avi is back with a gripping exploration of the immigrant experience at the turn of the twentieth century. A must-read for fans of Moon over Manifest and Echo Mountain.When Santo's father left their tiny town in Italy for America, he made Santo promise to keep their... |
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The House with a Dragon in It
Nick Lake - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From the creators of Lily and the Night Creatures comes another illustrated middle grade adventure of magic and granted wishes perfect for fans of The Beast and the Bethany and Kelly Barnhill.. Summer has moved around a lot and knows better than to trust her current foster family. She knows... |
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The Empty Place
Olivia A Cole - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful and imaginative story about a girl fighting to find her way back home from a mind-bending land of the lost. When Henry's father goes missing in the forest on her tenth birthday, her entire world shatters. The last thing she expects is for him to emerge from the trees exactly... |
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Reasons to Look at the Night Sky
Danielle Daniel - Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover
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A sensitive middle grade novel in verse about a space-obsessed girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut - and begins to see the world differently when a substitute teacher enters her orbit.. Luna has always loved the night sky. She's an eleven-year-old who knows everything there is to know... |
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Thea and the Mischief Makers
Tracy Badua - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this magical adventure that's perfect for fans of Lisa Yee and Erin Entrada Kelly, star athlete Thea must face her worst fears when two mischievous duwendes, Filipino goblins, threaten to wreak havoc on her life - and destroy her town.Thea gets a chance to begin anew at Coastview... |
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The Headless Doll
Mike Ford - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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From the author of The Lonely Ghost comes a chilling new tale about a vengeful ghost who wants her doll back -- or else.A headless doll. A deserted island. A haunted lighthouse. Twelve-year-old Jen's summer vacation is not going anything like she expected it to. She's staying... |
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Popcorn
Rob Harrell - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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The beloved author of Wink is back with a hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety on a day when everything is going wrong. Andrew's just trying to make it through Picture Day, which is easier said than done when it seems like the whole world is out to get him - from a bully... |
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Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial
Joe Todd-Stanton - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover
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A new action-packed series for fans of fantasy and RPG games!. CALLING ALL DUNGEON RUNNERS - There's space for a new team of heroes. This is your chance to enter the leagues and fight your way to the top! Kit has dreamed of being a Dungeon Runner all his life, although being a gnorf... |
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Still Sal (A Miller Family Story)
Kevin Henkes - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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A stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes's award-winning and acclaimed The Year of Billy Miller. With themes of family, friendship, and resilience, this very funny school story focuses on Billy's little sister, Sal, and her first day of school. For fans... |
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Rougarou Magic
Rachel M. Marsh - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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After discovering that the creatures from Cajun folklore actually exist, Feliciana is torn between hiding her Southern heritage and starting fresh at her new school - all while caring for an unexpected magical friend. Rachel M. Marsh's debut novel is for fans of Tracey Baptiste's... |
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Monster Movie!
Chuck Wendig - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In this hair-raising and hilarious novel by New York Times bestselling author Chuck Wendig, a boy must face his many fears to save his town from a cursed videotape - before "The Scariest Movie Ever Made" devours his friends and family.. Ethan Pitowski is afraid of everything.... |
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Rise of the Spider (1) (The Web of the Spider)
Michael P. Spradlin - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Paperback
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Witness the chilling rise of Hitler's Germanythrough the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy in this first book in the action-packed middle grade series Web of the Spider for fans of I Survived and A Night Divided.. 1929, Heroldsberg, Germany. Rolf might only be twelve years old, but he's... |
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Eyes on the Ice
Anna Rosner - Groundwood Books
Format: Paperback
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In 1963, under the brutal Communist regime, two hockey-loving brothers must throw a game in a Soviet-Czech tournament to help their imprisoned father.Ten-year-old Lukas and his brother Denys want nothing more than to play hockey, but it's 1963, and they live in Czechoslovakia, where... |
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Spirals and Stars
Kate Gordon Gordon - Wombat Books
Format: Paperback
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Its 1993. Beth McMaugh is eleven years old and about to start her final year of middle school. Her best friend since kindergarten is Ashlee, but Ashlee is changing. She wears surf brand clothes now, and watches teenage TV and knows all the words to all the songs by Girlfriend and Peter... |
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The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters collected by C.C. Cecily
Richard Ayoade - Walker Books US
Format: Hardcover
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What if you could send fan mail to your fairy tale idols? And what if they wrote back? "Happily ever after" takes on a new meaning in this book from actor-comedian-author Richard Ayoade and best-selling illustrator David Roberts. . It's once upon a time . . . as only the irreverently... |
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The Best Friend Bracelet
Nicole D. Collier - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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A tender, funny story about making - and keeping - friends, perfect for fans of Sarah Mlynowski.At Hurston Middle School, best friendship is a big deal. And Zariah Brown makes the best best friendship bracelets in town. Business is booming; Zariah can hardly keep up with orders. The problem... |
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Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood
Robert Beatty - Disney Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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Robert Beatty, author of the Serafina Series, has crafted a brand-new story filled with mystery and adventure.. Thirteen-year-old Sylvia Doe has lived at the Highground Home for Children nearly all her life. Whenever the administrators try to place her with a foster family, she runs away--back... |
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Chasing the Shy Town
Erika McGann - Little Island Books
Format: Paperback
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Senan uses his binoculars to spy out the Shy Town, a sweet little place on a hill, with winding streets and red and yellow roofs. Senan calls it the Shy Town because it often hides and is hard to find. He tells his next-door friend Joshua about the Shy Town, and they set off, with Senan's... |
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Mystery at the Biltmore
Colleen Nelson - Pajama Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Biltmore in New York City is full of mysteries, and Elodie LaRue, a novice detective, plans to piece together the clues and solve the case of the missing jewels.Left behind by her globe-trotting detective parents once again, Elodie decides to prove she's worthy of joining them on a case... |
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The Hotel Balzaar (The Norendy Tales)
Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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In a wise and magical follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst, Kate DiCamillo revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within tales - and every moment is a story in the making. . At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta... |
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Hungry Bones
Louise Hung - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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A chilling middle grade novel about a girl haunted by a hungry ghost.Molly Teng sees things no one else can.By touching the belongings of people who have died, she gets brief glimpses into the lives they lived. Sometimes the "zaps" are funny or random, but often they leave her feeling... |
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The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents
Nicki Pau Preto - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook
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A middle grade magic school fantasy perfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil and Witchlings, in which a girl with unparalleled power must work with her misfit classmates to save her new school.
Lavinia "Vin" Lucas is out of control and out of options. Stranded by parents... |
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Deer Run Home
Ann Clare LeZotte - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Effie is Deaf, and no one in her family speaks sign language, her language. This moving story of survival and found family, inspired by a true court case, is perfect for fans of Wonder and Out of My Mind."Will break your heart and then make it whole again." -- Holly Goldberg... |
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Answers to Dog
Pete Hautman - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award winner Pete Hautman explores a friendship like no other - and the universal truth that dogs make life better, especially for underdogs.. Evan doesn't seem to fit in at school or at home. He goes out of his way to avoid attention. He sits at the back of the bus, keeps... |
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Make a Little Wave
Kerry O'Malley Cerra - Carolrhoda Books ®
Format: Hardcover
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Swim with the current, or go against the flow?Savannah has been feeling out of place ever since her family moved to Sandy Dune, Florida. She finds it easier to make friends with animals than people. Plus, everyone in Sandy Dune seems to love spending time in the ocean, and Sav never feels... |
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The Flicker
H.E. Edgmon - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Perfect for fans of The Marrow Thieves, Hatchet and The City of Ember, H.E. Edgmon's middle grade debut offers a bittersweet tale of hope and survival, a modern classic for the climate change generation.One year ago, a solar flare scorched the Earth and destroyed life as we know it..... |
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The No-Brainer's Guide to Decomposition
Adrianna Cuevas - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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In Pura Belpré Honor-winning author Adrianna Cuevas's new spooky middle grade novel. Frani must fight to stop the undead from rising in her father's body-farm laboratory - that is, if she can embrace the true nature of her brain and its ADHD. No one has ever called Frani Gonzalez... |
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A Two-Placed Heart
Doan Phuong Nguyen - Tu Books
Format: Hardcover
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Afraid her sister (and maybe even herself) could lose sight of their Vietnamese identity, twelve-year-old Bom writes a poetic memoir to help them both remember--a love letter in verse to sisterhood and the places we leave behind. Bom can't believe that her sister doesn't see herself... |
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Wish Monster
J. A. White - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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From J. A. White, the acclaimed author of Nightbooks, comes another spine-chilling stand-alone middle grade horror novel about a pair of friends who discover a strange creature in a cave that can make any wish come true - including bringing the dead back to life.In the darkness, something... |
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Tig
Heather Smith - Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover
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A new, heartwarming middle-grade story from the critically acclaimed author Heather Smith featuring Tig, a young girl struggling to find peace within herself and in her new family. For fans of Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.. After months of living without electricity... |
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The Everybody Experiment
Lisa Moore Ramée - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning author of A Good Kind of Trouble, Lisa Moore Ramée, comes a hilarious and heartfelt young middle grade novel, in the vein of Judy Blume, about friendship, fitting in, and the ups and downs of middle school. Sure to resonate with fans of Rebecca Stead, Meg Medina,... |
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Jasmine Is Haunted
Mark Oshiro - Starscape
Format: Hardcover
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Jasmine Garza has a problem: a ghost has been following her for years, ever since her Papi died. Not that Mami will admit anything supernatural is going on. But even the ghost she won't acknowledge makes real trouble, so Jasmine and her mami are moving (again) to a new apartment in East... |
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The Long Way Around
Anne Nesbet - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover
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In an exciting wilderness adventure, three cousins are cut off from their parents by a huge earthquake - and must hike long and treacherous mountain trails back to safety, with only each other to rely on.. During a hiking trip with their parents in the mountains of California, cousins Owen,... |
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The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From beloved Saturday Night Live alum Kate McKinnon comes a madcap new adventure about three sisters, a ravenous worm, and a mysterious mad scientist.. So, you want to be a young mad scientist. Congratulations! Admitting it is the first step. The second step is reading the (definitely true)... |
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All the Ways to Go
Jessie Janowitz - Sourcebooks Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of The Doughnut Fix comes another funny, heartfelt book about overcoming the fear of letting down the people you love and the amazing things that can come from a summer of nothing going your way. Milo Bloom, chess prodigy, has a secret: he doesn't want to play chess... |
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Library Girl
Polly Horvath - Margaret Ferguson Books
Format: Hardcover
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After living in the public library for the last eleven years, Essie must learn to adapt to a world that's not as perfect as the stories she's grown up with in this heartfelt middle grade novel from Newbery Honor author Polly Horvath.. Essie has grown up in the public library, raised... |
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The Girls of Skylark Lane
Robin Benway - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award winner Robin Benway debuts a coming-of-age middle grade novel about friendships, family, and discovering the person you're meant to be. Babysitters Club meets The Sandlotwhen twin sisters join a ragtag neighborhood girls softball team at a time when growing up could... |
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Black Star (The Door of No Return series, 2)
Kwame Alexander - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Door of No Return trilogy stars Kofi's granddaughter, Charley, who's set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball but who soon has to contend with the tensions about to boil over in her segregated... |
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Wishbone
Justine Pucella Winans - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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Coraline meets Ghost Squad in this terrifying story about what happens when you aren't careful what you wish for.. Ollie Di Costa wishes things could be different. . He wishes the bullies at school would leave him alone. He wishes his parents would stop fighting. He wishes his sister... |
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The Queen of Ocean Parkway
Sarvenaz Tash - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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An 11-year-old podcaster-turned-sleuth teams up with the new kid in the building to find their missing neighbor! A captivating adventure perfect for fans of When You Reach Me and Only Murders in the Building.. Eleven-year-old Roya is the superintendent's kid in her regal Brooklyn apartment... |
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The Sherlock Society (1)
James Ponti - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Nancy Drew, four kids and one grandfather in Miami tackle a decades-old mystery in this first book in the action-packed and funny Sherlock Society middle grade series from New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award-winning author James Ponti!. Siblings Alex and Zoe Sherlock... |
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Splinter & Ash (Splinter & Ash, 1)
Marieke Nijkamp - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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"An essential middle grade fantasy where all readers will find heroes to love and to cheer!" - Alex London, author of Battle Dragons and The Princess Protection Program"Every kid deserves to see themselves as princesses or knights or whatever role they wish to play, and Nijkamp... |
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The Beautiful Game
Yamile Saied Méndez - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful story about family, futbol, and playing like a girl, perfect for fans of Front Desk, The Academy, and, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret from the award-winning author of Furia.. At thirteen years old, Valeria "Magic" Salomón is already the best soccer player... |
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Glass: A Cinderella Tale
Kathryn Lasky - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Newbery Honoree and New York Times bestselling author of the Guardians of Ga'Hooleseries Kathryn Lasky delivers an enchanting prequel to the Cinderella story from the perspective of a young fairy godmother.In a grand glass house, there was a girl named Bess whose power would, one day,... |
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Onyx & Beyond
Amber McBride - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Onyx lives with his mother, who is showing signs of early-onset dementia. He doesn't want to bring attention to his home -- if Child Protective Services finds out, they'll put him into foster care.. As he's trying to keep his life together, the Civil Rights Movement is accelerating.... |
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Kwame Crashes the Underworld
Craig Kofi Farmer - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Discover a stunning middle grade fantasy about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help his grandmother save humanity, perfect for fans of Tristan Strong and Amari and the Night Brothers.. Twelve-year-old Kwame Powell isn't ready to deal with losing his grandmother, even as he and his family... |
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The Serpent Rider
Yxavel Magno Diño - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this middle grade debut inspired by Filipino folklore, a spunky, determined warrior must claim her destiny in order to save her sister, perfect for fans of Witchlings and The Owl House.. Tani dreams of fulfilling her destiny as a Serpent Rider, fighting alongside an elemental serpent... |
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The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night
Steven Banbury - Little, Brown Young Readers
Format: Audiobook
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A spooky yet heartwarming adventure about one girl's journey into the land of the undead, and the unexpected family she finds along the way. Perfect for fans of Nevermoor and the hit series Wednesday.
On Halloween, it is always wise to expect the unexpected, but no amount of planning... |
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Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
Patrick Ness - Walker Books US
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of A Monster Calls, this funny, wise middle-grade series explodesevery stereotype - including what it means to be a hero - in a brilliant reptilian take on surviving school.. When Principal Wombat makes monitor lizards Zeke, Daniel, and Alicia hall monitors,... |
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Time Travelers (Goddess Girls)
Joan Holub - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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Athena and her friends have a time traveling mishap in this thirtieth and final Goddess Girls adventure!. Athena can't believe it's almost her little sister Hebe's birthday ... or that it's been a year since Athena found herself at Mount Olympus Academy. It turns out Athena... |
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Gracie Under the Waves
Linda Sue Park - Allida
Format: Hardcover
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An empowering story from #1 New York Times bestseller and Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park starring a young snorkeling enthusiast who draws inspiration for fighting climate change from interacting with her pesty little brother. Snorkeling is the best! Gracie loves floating above underwater... |
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When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
Alice Hoffman - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history's most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding.Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has captivated and inspired readers... |
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Camp Twisted Pine
Ciera Burch - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover
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Whispering Pines meets Small Spaces in this spooky middle grade novel about a girl whose first summer camp experience is disrupted by a menacing creature abducting her fellow campers.. Eleven-year-old Naomi loves all things outdoors - birds and beetles, bats and bunnies - in theory. She explores... |
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Westfallen (1)
Brashares Ann - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants author Ann Brashares and her brother Ben Brashares comes an action-packed middle grade alternate history thriller that asks what it would be like to wake up in present-day America if Germany had won World War II.. Henry,... |
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Quagmire Tiarello Couldn't Be Better
Mylisa Larsen - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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A fiercely independent nonconformist, Quagmire must recalibrate his formidable survival skills when his mother's unstable mental health forces him to build a new life and forge ties with found family. . Fans of Gary D. Schmidt and Rebecca Stead will cheer for Quagmire Tiarello, a boy who prides... |
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Rosa by Starlight
Hilary McKay - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning author Hilary McKay comes an enchanting illustrated middle grade novel in the spirit of Matilda about a lonely orphan who dreams of escaping her ghastly aunt and uncle.. Rosa has always believed there is magic in the world. Or at least, she hopes there is. She lost her parents... |
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Puppet
David Almond - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Writing in the tradition of Pinocchio, Hans Christian Anderson Award winner David Almond brings his ineffable touch to a warm and wistful story that shows anything is possible with imagination and trust.. "You're a mystery, aren't you, Puppet? But isn't everything a mystery?... |
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A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
Jasmine Warga - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Home comes an extraordinary story about two friends, a ghost, a missing painting, and a turtle named Agatha. The perfect next read for fans of The Swifts, Kate DiCamillo, and Erin Entrada... |
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On a Wing and a Tear
Cynthia L Smith - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover
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A living legend roosting in the backyard. An unmissable game. A hair-raising mystery. A road trip full of adventure and danger. And all the overlapping circles that connect us throughout Creation.Melanie "Mel" Roberts and Ray Halfmoon may be from different Indigenous Nations,... |
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When Wishes Were Horses
Cynthia Voigt - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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What would you wish for? In this young middle-grade novel by the Newbery Medal- and Newbery Honor-winning author, four kids in the same town are each granted two wishes. Full of magic, adventure, friendship, family, surprises, and lots of dogs, this is for readers who love Katherine Applegate... |
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Cool Cat: A Wish Novel
Jazz Taylor - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Meow or Never and Starting From Scratch, a story about friendship, anxiety, and internet culture.Nova doesn't lie -- she tells hopes for the future. That's why she tells her mom she got an A on her math quiz, even though she got a B. It's also why she doesn't... |
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The Secret Dead Club
Karen Strong - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The Baby-Sitters Club meets Stranger Things in this eerie middle grade novel about friendship, fitting in, and the afterlife, following a girl who discovers she's not the only one at her new school who can see ghosts.. Wednesday Thomas sees ghosts. But that doesn't mean she has to talk... |
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The Night Train
Lorelei Savaryn - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The past has come calling in the town of Hush, and for one girl, that means facing her ghosts. Perfect for fans of the satisfyingly scary Small Spaces quartet!. Maddie Maverick likes to win. Whether it's track team races or one-liners she delivers on her parents' home renovation... |
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The Truth About 5th Grade
Mark Parisi - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Charlotte "Charli" Wilson thought Alex Andropov would always be her best BFF in the whole wide world. From crushes to butterfly phobias to secret hidden blankies, there's never been a secret they couldn't share. Charli even showed Alex the supersecret hiding spot for her diary.... |
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The Creepening of Dogwood House
Eden Royce - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook
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The Walter Award Honor-winning author of Root Magic returns with a terrifying story in the Southern Gothic tradition, inspired by the hoodoo practice of hair burning.At night, Roddie still dreams of sitting at his mother's feet while she braids his Afro down. But that's a memory... |
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The Chainbreakers
Julian Randall - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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In this action-packed fantasy, thirteen-year-old Violet Moon must rescue her father and save her enchanted underwater world -- perfect for fans of The Marvellers and Tristan Strong series.. All Violet Moon has ever wanted is to be a Reaper captain like her father. Born on the Tides of the Lost,... |
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Jaden Powers and the Inheritance Magic
Jamar J. Perry - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this magical middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Marvellers and Amari and the Night Brothers, a shy boy must step up and become his own hero after his best friend disappears at a magical school. . Jaden and Elijah have been best friends since they were born. They're so close... |
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Read at Your Own Risk
Remy Lai - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Read at Your Own Risk is the illustrated sketch diary of a girl who is being haunted after a game goes terribly wrong and an evil spirit starts conversing with her on the page -- perfect for fans of R.L. Stine and Steven Seagle's Camp Midnight.. Hannah and her friends were just having... |
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Grow Up, Luchy Zapata
Alexandra Alessandri - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A funny, relatable middle school drama about two Colombian American girls who have always been BFFs - until sixth grade turns everything upside down.. Luchy Zapata is starting middle school, and she's muy excited. She and her two best friends, Cami and Mateo, will finally be at the same... |
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The Train of Dark Wonders (A Train of Dark Wonders adventure)
Alex Bell - Rock the Boat
Format: Hardcover
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Jump aboard for a journey to strange and spectacular lands ... . The magical must-read middle-grade novel from the bestselling author of THE POLAR BEAR EXPLORERS' CLUB and FROZEN CHARLOTTE. Bess has always loved her grandfather's collection of curiosities. So she's delighted... |
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