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Running in Flip Flops from the End of the World
Justin A. Reynolds - Scholastic Audio
Format: Hardcover
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When twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway and his friends are left home from Beach Bash, aka the greatest party of the year, only to realize that everyone in town has disappeared without a trace, they do what any smart, responsible kids would do . . . have the best day ever!No parental... |
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Keeping Pace
Laurie Morrison - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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Laurie Morrison's Keeping Pace is a poignant middle-grade novel about friends-turned-rivals training for a half-marathon - and rethinking what it means to win and what they mean to each other. Grace has been working for years to beat her former friend Jonah Perkins's GPA so she can be named... |
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Sunny Parker Is Here to Stay
Margaret Finnegan - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A determined girl spends the summer before middle school learning to stand up for her low-income community in this funny, fast-paced read just right for fans of Kelly Yang's Front Desk.
Sunny Parker loves the Del Mar Garden Apartments, the affordable housing complex where she lives.... |
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The Cats of Silver Crescent
Kaela Noel - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this stand-alone novel with themes of friendship and family, twelve-year-old Elsby discovers a family of talking cats living in the house next door and must help them harness the magic that made them that way. From the author of the acclaimed Coo, The Cats of Silver Crescent is for fans... |
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The Night War
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words comes a middle grade novel set at the border between freedom and fear in World War II France, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, where a Jewish girl who has lost everything but her life must decide... |
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This Again?
Adam Borba - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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How far would you go to have the best day of your life? This funny and thrilling time travel adventure tackles questions of fate and free will. Noah Nicholson has plenty to be grateful for. He has solid grades and great friends, he's finally becoming closer with Lucy Martinez - his crush... |
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Ghost Forest (Secrets of the Sky, Book Three)
Sayantani DasGupta - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Kiya and Kinjal return to the Kingdom Beyond.For their next adventure in the Kingdom Beyond, twins Kiya and Kinjal must help the flying horses with a sudden invasion of their lands. It turns out that the tree ghosts are losing their forest! To save the trees, and the Kingdom, they must... |
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War of the Wind
Victoria Williamson - Neem Tree Press
Format: Paperback
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A Financial Times Book of the YearShortlisted for The Week Junior Book Prize in 2023 An award-winning climate fiction novel that explores unlikely friendships as a group of children with disabilities find themselves at the heart of an eco-mystery.On a remote Scottish island, 14-year-old... |
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The Second Favorite Daughters Club 1: Sister Sabotage
Colleen Oakes - Pixel Ink
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Sisters and Netflix's The Baby-sitter's Club, a contemporary series for the siblings who always come in last.. Santana Barnes is tired of playing second fiddle to her ballet protégé, honor student older sister Victoria. Casey Hammond is sick of her cute-as-a-button,... |
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Winnie Nash Is Not Your Sunshine
Nicole Melleby - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In this powerful novel by an award-winning author, 12-year-old Winnie Nash is forced to live with her grandma for the summer and finds herself torn between her family's secrets and the joy of celebrating Pride. Winnie Nash never used to have so many secrets.. But then she agreed to stay... |
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Cruzita and the Mariacheros
Ashley Granillo - Carolrhoda Books ®
Format: Hardcover
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Cruzita is going to be a pop star. All she has to do is win a singing contest at her favorite theme park and get famous. But she can't go to the theme park this summer. Instead, she has to help out at her family's bakery, which has been struggling ever since Tío Chuy died. Cruzita's... |
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Sona and the Golden Beasts
Rajani LaRocca - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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From Newbery Honor and Walter Award-winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a gripping middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent's Secret and The Last Mapmaker. Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling class... |
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Finding Normal
Stephanie Faris - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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Perfect for fans of Jamie Sumner and Barbara Dee, this heartfelt middle grade novel about friendship, belonging, and the power of community follows a girl whose family is uprooted after a flood destroys their house.. After a horrible storm floods her neighborhood, twelve-year-old Temple... |
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Lightningborn (Storm Dragons)
Julie Kagawa - Disney Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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In a world in the clouds where only the rich own dragons, a poor boy named Remy finds a wild baby dragon - believed to be extinct - and becomes the focus of an evil pirate's vengeance.. REMY spends his days trying to survive the mean streets of Cutthroat Wedge - one of the many islands... |
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The Wrong Way Home
Kate O'Shaughnessy - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is a lie? This is a huge-hearted story about a girl learning to question everything - and to trust in herself.. Fern's lived at the Ranch, an off-the-grid, sustainable community in upstate... |
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Deep Water
Jamie Sumner - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"Readers will feel every wave of Tully's emotions as she risks everything to try to get her mom's attention. A powerful novel in verse." - Lisa Fipps, author of Printz Honor book Starfish An impactful, gripping middle grade novel in verse from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner... |
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Isabel in Bloom
Mae Respicio - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Hardcover
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A girl discovers a connection between her home in the Philippines and her new home in the U.S. through a special garden in this middle grade novel that celebrates nourishment and growth.. Twelve-year-old Isabel is the new kid in her San Francisco middle school. It's the first time in many... |
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Spotting Dottie (Orca Currents)
Gail Anderson-Dargatz - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Charlotte is going to prove her grandma is right -- the lake monster is real!When Charlotte gets a drone for her fourteenth birthday, she's determined to get footage of Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Dorothy Lake. Her grandma, who has dedicated her life to searching for the monster,... |
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The Equinox Test (School for Unusual Magic #1)
Liz Montague - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Three friends discover magic and mayhem around every corner of their school in this brand-new illustrated series from New Yorker cartoonist and NAACP Image Award nominee Liz Montague.It's time to put their magic to the test!Welcome to the Brooklyn School of Magic, where seeds of enchantment... |
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Olivetti
Allie Millington - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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A heartfelt debut middle-grade told from the unique vantage points of a witty typewriter and an introverted boy -- for fans of Wishtree and A Rover's Story.Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer,... |
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The Secret Language of Birds
Lynne Kelly - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a girl who discovers a pair of endangered birds about to lay eggs in the marshes of her summer camp...and the secret plan she hatches to help them.. Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out,... |
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Paige Not Found
Jen Wilde - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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An adventure story that examines consent and privacy in a way that books have not had to before this generation where everything is online.A week ago, if someone had told Paige she'd be stuck in traffic with three total strangers on a mission to stop a global organization from controlling... |
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A Game of Noctis
Deva Fagan - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling middle grade fantasy about a girl who must participate in a deadly game with a ragtag team of players to save her grandfather from a terrible fate - perfect for fans of James Riley and Shannon Messenger!. In the opulent, sinking city of Dantessa, the Great Game rules all. Pia Paro... |
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Trouble at the Tangerine
Gillian McDunn - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning author Gillian McDunn pens a delightfully quirky mystery that examines the meaning of home, perfect for fans of The Vanderbeekers series.. Simon's family is always on the move. Every few months, they load up their van, "Vincent Van Go," and set off for a new adventure.... |
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Uprising
Jennifer A. Nielsen - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author of Iceberg, Jennifer A. Nielsen inspires readers with a brand-new thriller based on the remarkable true story of a young Polish girl who bravely fought, participating in the Warsaw city uprising, and took a stand in the name of freedom.Twelve-year-old... |
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Gut Reaction
Kirby Larson - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Critically acclaimed, bestselling author and Newbery Honor-winner, Kirby Larson, and her daughter, debut author, Quinn Wyatt, pen this gorgeously moving and often funny story that explores what living with a chronic illness is like. Inspired by Quinn's own personal journey, Gut Reaction... |
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Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice
Anna Lapera - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover
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"Anna Lapera expertly voices a young girl's middle school trials, but with a voice so unique and heartfelt you will be cringing one moment and cheering the next. She weaves a distinctive story filled with humor, family heartache, and secrets while a young girl releases the fear... |
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Sing It Like Celia
Mónica Mancillas - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover
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Perfect for fans of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise and Merci Suárez Changes Gears, Sing It Like Celia is a revelatory story about a Mexican American girl who finds her voice and herself with the help of her role model and icon, Celia Cruz.
Twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez has always... |
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Garden Surprise: Kaleidoscope Club Series Book #1
Marie Mazas - Blue Dot Kids Press
Format: Hardcover
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Two friends dream up plans to build a tree house in a hidden garden and learn valuable lessons on STEAM, growth mindset, and community.. Nine-year-old besties Nour and August stumble upon the perfect place for their dream hideaway - a hidden garden full of majestic trees.. Excited to build... |
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Louder Than Hunger
John Schu - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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"Every so often a book comes along that is so brave and necessary, it extends a lifeline when it's needed most. This is one of those books." - Katherine Applegate, author of the Newbery Medal-winning, The One and Only IvanRevered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John... |
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The World Divided by Piper
Caela Carter - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the critically acclaimed author of the ALA Notable and Charlotte Huck Honor Book Forever, or a Long, Long Time comes the story of Piper Franklin, the girl who is way too busy to grow up . . . until she has to. Perfect for fans of Alyson Gerber and Rebecca Stead. Piper Franklin has big plans.... |
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The Mystery of Locked Rooms
Lindsay Currie - Sourcebooks Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house.From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch and What Lives in the Woods comes a action-packed adventure novel about three friends who team up to find a hidden treasure in an abandoned 1950's funhouse.Twelve-year-old Sarah Greene... |
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We Built This City
Cat Patrick - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning author Cat Patrick returns with a charming tale full of first crushes and new friendships, as one girl learns a little more about who she is and who she wants to be all while on the road trip of lifetime.. It's the summer of 1985, when air guitar, jelly bracelets, and huge... |
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Listen to This
Jennifer Blecher - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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Secrets, rumors, shifting friendships, overbearing parents, and, on top of all that, a first dance - how does anyone survive seventh grade? Told from dual points of view, this novel about two tweens finding their voices and standing up for themselves is for fans of Lisa Yee, Leslie Connor,... |
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Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution
Melanie Florence - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Paperback
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In this funny yet moving coming-of-age novel, a girl finds comfort, and eventually her voice, by writing letters to The Doctor from her favorite TV show, Doctor Who.Lo and Jazz have been best friends ever since Jazz defended her when Bobby Zucker called her a horse face in second grade.... |
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The Other Side of Perfect
Melanie Florence - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Two kids from two different worlds form an unexpected friendship in this lens into the interworking of empathy. Told in alternating narratives, The Other Side of Perfect is infused with themes of identity, belonging, and compassion, reminding us that we are all more than our circumstances,... |
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Maple's Theory of Fun
Kate McMillan - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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Perfect for fans of Dork Diaries and Emmie & Friends, this first book in a diary-style illustrated middle grade series follows an anxious, science-minded sixth grader determined to become fun and win back her friend.. Sixth grade has been pretty disaster-free for aspiring astronaut Maple... |
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The Liars Society
Alyson Gerber - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Inheritance Games and One of Us is Lying for middle grade -- beloved author Alyson Gerber's new series is an unforgettable mystery featuring a secret society, a mysterious island, and dangerous family secrets.Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious... |
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Warriors: A Starless Clan #3: Shadow
Erin Hunter - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
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Erin Hunter's #1 bestselling Warriors series continues! Discover more thrilling adventures in this third book in the Starless Clan arc.A crossroads for the Clans - and the warrior code!The warrior code now allows a cat to formally change Clans, but ShadowClan's newest arrival feels... |
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The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry
Anna Rose Johnson - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers - and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking ... . Selena Lucy Landry (named for a ship, as every sailor's... |
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The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines
Mo Netz - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this debut spooky adventure, Jerry and her trusty wheelchair move into a creepy motel at the edge of the woods where nothing is as it seems. When her mom disappears, it's up to Jerry to brave the forest and its demons so she can save what's left of her family.
Ever since her dad died,... |
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Maybe It's a Sign
E. L. Shen - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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An uplifting middle-grade novel about loss, luck . . . and deep-dish chocolate chip cookies - perfect for fans of King and the Dragonflies and The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. . Seventh-grader Freya June Sun has always believed in the Chinese superstitions spoon-fed to her since... |
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Walkin' the Dog
Chris Lynch - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"Lynch is back and better, smarter, and funnier than ever." - Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award Winner A boy learns how to be a friend from man's best friend in this funny and moving middle grade novel about humans being able to change and dogs changing us from acclaimed... |
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Daughters of the Lamp
Nedda Lewers - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Percy Jackson meets Arabian fairy tales in this stunning middle grade fantasy debut about a girl who becomes the guardian of Ali Baba's legendary treasure.. Believe in fairy tales.. Sahara Rashad lives by logic. Loves science. And always has a plan. Except her dad just whisked her away... |
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Kyra, Just for Today
Sara Zarr - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a gorgeously crafted and deeply personal story about a young girl, her alcoholic mother, and the hope that ties them together.Krya has always felt like she's a bit too much. Too tall. Too loud. Too earnest. But she's okay with that, because... |
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Lucky Duck
Chris Kurtz - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the critically acclaimed author of The Adventures of a South Pole Pig comes a heartwarming middle grade animal adventure story about Frank, the odd one out in a family of ducks, who discovers both his courage and unique identity as he braves the unknown to save his family from an invading... |
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Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd
Lyla Lee - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook
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This first book in a sparkling middle grade series giving a fresh take on The Baby-Sitters Club follows a young Korean American girl who starts a business with her best friends to support her artistic dreams.Jiyoung "Gigi" Shin loves to create, from her zany outfits to self-executed... |
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The First State of Being
Erin Entrada Kelly - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed forever. From bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly, winner of the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe and a Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space, this novel explores themes of family, friendship,... |
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Warrior on the Mound
Sandra W. Headen - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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Narrated by twelve-year-old Cato, this intense and evocative story of racial unrest in prewar North Carolina ends with a dramatic match between white and Black little league teams.. 1935. Twelve-year-old Cato wants nothing more than to play baseball, perfect his pitch, and meet Mr. Satchel... |
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The Color of Sound
Emily Barth Isler - Carolrhoda Books ®
Format: Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old Rosie is a musical prodigy whose synesthesia allows her to see music in colors. Her mom has always pushed her to become a concert violinist, but this summer Rosie refuses to play, wanting a "normal" life. Forced to spend the summer with her grandparents, Rosie... |
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Bumps in the Night
Amalie Howard - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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The creepy middle grade debut from USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard in which a girl stays with her grandmother in Trinidad for the summer and discovers that she comes from a long line of powerful witches.. Darika "Rika" Lovelace is in trouble. The kind of trouble that... |
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The Partition Project
Saadia Faruqi - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani American girl whose passion for journalism starts a conversation about her grandmother's experience of the Partition of India and Pakistan - and the bond that the two form as she helps... |
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Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion)
Adam Gidwitz - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"Max in the House of Spies is everything you could hope for in a book," -R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder, White Bird, and Pony. "Espionage! Secrets! Suspense! If you've ever dreamed of being a spy, this book is for you." -Alan Gratz,... |
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The Curse of Eelgrass Bog
Mary Averling - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover
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Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse.. Nothing about Kess Pedrock's life is normal. Not her home (she lives in her family's Unnatural History Museum) , not her interests (hunting for megafauna... |
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Maya Plays the Part
Calyssa Erb - Annick Press
Format: Hardcover
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A heartwarming middle-grade debut with autism representation and a musical flair.Maya lives and breathes musicals. When her chance to finally be a part of the summer musical program at the community theater comes up, Maya is convinced she will get the lead. After all, who knows The Drowsy... |
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Ferris
Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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The masterful Kate DiCamillo has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother, and growing up.. It's the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become... |
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The Thirteenth Circle
MarcyKate Connolly - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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The X-Files meets Scooby-Doo in THE THIRTEENTH CIRCLE, a middle-grade mystery from MarcyKate Connolly and Kathryn Holmes, featuring two unexpected friends, crop circles, science fairs, and Men in Black, perfect for both the highly scientific and cryptid enthusiasts alike.. Cat knows aliens... |
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One Big Open Sky
Lesa Cline-Ransome - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free - or cost them everything they have - in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement.. 1879, Mississippi. Young dreamer Lettie may have her head in the stars,... |
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Lost Kites and Other Treasures
Cathy Carr - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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Cathy Carr's Lost Kites and Other Treasures is a moving and heartfelt middle-grade novel about mental illness, the transformative power of art, and the ever-changing complications and joys of family life.
"Sincere and funny . . . leaves readers with a sense of hope." -Sara... |
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Wayfinders
Bryan Chick - Blackstone Publishing Inc
Format: Paperback
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From the author of the bestselling Secret Zoo series, Wayfinders is a delightful tale of a father and daughter who set out on a quest to save a group of fairy tale creatures.Between school and family drama, Chloe Summers has more than enough on her plate.But when a giant literally crashes... |
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Amil and the After
Veera Hiranandani - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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A hopeful and heartwarming story about finding joy after tragedy, Amil and the After is a companion to the beloved and award-winning Newbery Honor novel The Night Diary, by acclaimed author Veera Hiranandani. At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home... |
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Light and Air
Mindy Nichols Wendell - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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It's 1935, and tuberculosis is ravaging the nation. Everyone is afraid of this deadly respiratory illness. But what happens when you actually have it?. When Halle and her mother both come down with TB, they are shunned - and then they are sent to the J.N. Adam Tuberculosis Hospital:... |
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Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
Alan Gratz - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee; Ground Zero; Two Degrees) is a major publishing moment. A new World War II novel from Alan Gratz? That's even bigger! Get ready for an action-packed, inventive, and powerful take on the attack on Pearl Harbor,... |
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