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Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina
W R Philbrick - The Blue Sky Press
Format: Hardcover
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Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.Zane Dupree is a charismatic 12-year-old boy of mixed race visiting a relative in New Orleans when Hurricane... |
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Teddy Mars Book #1: Almost a World Record Breaker (Teddy Mars, 1)
Molly B. Burnham - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Sid Fleischman Humor Award Winner!Fans of Jeff Kinneys humor and Sharon Creechs heartfelt stories will love this hilarious new series about a ten-year-old boy from a big family who dreams of making it into The Guinness Book of World Records.Teddy Mars is determined to stand out in a world... |
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Absolutely Almost
Lisa Graff - Penguin Group USA
Format: Book
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From the author of the National Book Award nominee A Tangle of Knots comes an inspiring novel about figuring out who you are and doing what you love.Albie has never been the smartest kid in his class. He has never been the tallest. Or the best at gym. Or the greatest artist. Or the most... |
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Catch That Pass!
Matt Christopher - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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Only one thing keeps Jim from being the best linebacker in the team - his fear of getting tackled. But his friend Chuckie knows Jim isn't a coward. With Chuckie's special courage as an example, can Jim find the strength to face his fears head-on? |
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Another Day as Emily
Eileen Spinelli - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Book
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"Taut, fast-paced, economical, devoid of sham, Spinelli's book echoes Dickinson's own deceptive simplicity."--The New York Times Book ReviewEleven-year-old Suzy just can't win. Her brother is a local hero for calling 911 after seeing their elderly neighbor collapse, and only... |
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The Waffler
Gail Donovan - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When one boy waffles back and forth, it's going to take a few little kids-and one pet rat-to get him to finally make a decision.Monty is a waffler-he can never make up his mind, which always gets him in trouble. But when each student in his fourth-grade class is assigned a kindergarten... |
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Anna Was Here
Jane Kurtz - Greenwillow Books
Format: Print book
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Ten-year-old Anna Nickel is moving from Colorado to Kansas, and she is not happy about leaving her friends behind! This is a moving, often humorous coming-of-age story about family, faith, God's love, and the meaning of home, perfect for fans of Katherine Paterson and The Penderwicks.Ten-year-old... |
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Binny for Short
Hilary McKay - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover
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A tender, sweet, and hilarious novel about growing up with a loving family and a perfectly rambunctious dog, from an author who "has set the standard of brilliance" (Horn Book) .When she was eight, Binny's life was perfect: She had her father's wonderful stories and Max,... |
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The Friendship Matchmaker
Randa Abdel-Fattah - Walker & Co.
Format: Paperback
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Lara Zany is known throughout the school yard as the Friendship Matchmaker-kids call on her expertise and follow her hard-and-fast rules to find best friendships. Lara's documented everything from friendship categories (the BOBF, or Bus Only Best Friend; the TL, or Total Loner; the LBC,... |
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Ready to Wear
Chloe Taylor - Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover
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A tween fashion designer's blog garners A-list attention in this chic start to a new middle grade series.Over the summer, fashion-loving Zoey Webber gets the best news ever: Her middle school is getting rid of uniforms! There's just one problem. Zoey has sketchbooks full of fashion designs,... |
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33 Minutes
Todd Hasak-Lowy - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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This school-based boy friendship story is "funny, fast-paced, and quite poignant" (R. J. Palacio, author of Wonder) .Sam Lewis is going to get his butt kicked in exactly thirty-three minutes. He knows this because yesterday his former best friend Morgan Sturtz told him,... |
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Lula Bell on Geekdom, Freakdom, & the Challenges of Bad Hair
C.C. Payne - Amazon Children's
Format: Hardcover
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While Lula Bell Bonner tries desperately to fit in by not standing out, her wise and irrepressible Grandma Bernice says: Let your light shine! It's Grandma Bernice who provides the joy that balances Lula Bell's difficult school life, but when this balance is upended, when Kali Keele turns... |
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A Whole Lot of Lucky
Danette Haworth - Walker & Co.
Format: Print book
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Hailee Richardson never realized how much she hated her Salvation Army life and Goodwill accessories until the night her family wins the lottery. All of a sudden she's no longer the only girl at school without a cell phone or a brand-new bike! And the newfound popularity that comes with... |
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Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year In Stuff
Jennifer L. Holm - Random House
Format: Library Binding
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Part graphic novel, part scrapbook and altogether original - New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Holm's Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick is just right for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries and Babymouse!Ginny has big plans for eighth grade. She's going... |
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Cool Down
Cassie Waters - Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover
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As summer ends, a new poolside friendship is formed - one that could lead to trouble - in this addition to a tween series that puts drama in the deep end.Labor Day is just around the corner. Swim team is over, and many of the Riverside Swim Club regulars have gone away for the last days... |
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STAT: Standing Tall and Talented #1: Home Court - Library Edition
Amar'e Stoudemire - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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STAT: Standing Tall And Talented - A slam-dunk new fiction series from NBA superstar Amar'e Stoudemire! Eleven-year-old Amar'e Stoudemire has a lot going on. He plays sports with his friends. He takes his schoolwork seriously. He helps out with his dad's landscaping company. And he loves... |
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About Average
Andrew Clements - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Can average be amazing? A girl challenges herself to become extraordinary in the latest from bestselling author Andrew Clements.. Jordan Johnston is average. Not short, not tall. Not plump, not slim. Not blond, not brunette. Not gifted, not flunking out. Even her shoe size is average. Shes... |
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Monica and the Sweetest Song
Diana G Gallagher - Stone Arch Books
Format: Book
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Monica wants Rory's band to win the Battle of the Bands, but Claudia is cheering for Brad's band. How can best friends let boys come between them? |
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Alice-Miranda at School
Jacqueline Harvey - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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Move over Matilda and Madeline, there's a charming miniature heroine ready to make her mark! Her name is Alice-Miranda--and she's full of spunk!Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennigton-Jones can't wait to start boarding school. When she arrives at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper... |
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Chocolate Fever
Robert Kimmel Smith - Putnam's
Format: Print book
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Henry loves chocolate so much, it practically flows through his veins. Chocolate cake, chocolate cereal, chocolate syrup, chocolate milk and chocolate cookies-and that's just breakfast! Still, it comes as a shock when he suddenly breaks out in chocolaty brown spots and is diagnosed with... |
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey - Scholastic
Format: Book
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Young readers will laugh out loud at this actioin-packed, easy-to-read chapter book by award-winning author and Caldecott Honor illustrator Dav Pilkey. Introducing FLIP-O-RAMA, a wonderfully silly and fun-filled illustration technique that allows readers to animate the action. |
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Henry and Beezus
Beverly Cleary - Morrow
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Henry Huggins is friends with Beezus Quimby -- even though she's a girl and has a pesky little sister. Her name is Ramona, and she's got a way of causing trouble!When Henry finds a bonanza of gum balls, Beezus helps him take them to school to sell. She knows he's trying to earn money for a bike.... |
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Loser
Jerry Spinelli - Joanna Cotler Books
Format: Hardcover
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There are winners everywhere .... The sidewalks. The backyards. The alleyways. The playgrounds ...Except for Zinkoff. Zinkoff never wins.But Zinkoff doesn't notice. Neither do the other pups.Not yet.Zinkoff is like all kids -- running, playing, riding his bike. Hoping for snow days, wanting... |
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No Talking
Andrew Clements - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"You have the right to remain silent." However... The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys at Laketon Elementary don't get along very well. But the real problem is that these kids are loud and disorderly. That's why the principal uses her red plastic bullhorn. A lot.... |
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11 Birthdays
Wendy Mass - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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GROUNDHOG DAY meets FLIPPED in this tale of a girl stuck in her birthday.It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited -- after all, 11 is so different from 10. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, Leo, with whom she's... |
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Confetti Girl
Diana LoÌpez - Little
Format: Print book
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Apolonia "Lina" Flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a science lover, and a girl who's just looking for answers. Even though her house is crammed full of books (her dad's a bibliophile) , she's having trouble figuring out some very big questions, like why her dad seems... |
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Eleven
Lauren Myracle - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Book
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Starting with her birthday in March, every chapter brings a new month and a new event in Winnie's life. From surviving her teenage sister's grumpy mood swings in April to dealing with prissy new rival Gail Grayson in September, there's a calendar full of ups and downs of being eleven years... |
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The Kind of Friends We Used to Be
Frances O'Roark Dowell - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book
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Kate and Marylin are best friends forever.... Well, except for last year when they weren't friends anymore.... And except for this year when they both want to be friends again, but just don't know how. But the thing is, even as they are trying to fix their broken friendship, they... |
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Smiles to Go
Jerry Spinelli - Joanna Cotler Books
Format: Library Binding
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What is stargazer, skateboarder, chess champ, pepperoni pizza eater, older brother, sister hater, best friend, first kisser, science geek, control freak Will Tuppence so afraid of in this great big universe?Jerry Spinelli knows. |
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Flat Stanley. his original adventure!
Jeff Brown - Harper
Format: Paperback
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When Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning, his brother, Arthur, is yelling. A bulletin board fell on Stanley during the night, and now he is only half an inch thick! Amazing things begin happening to him. Stanley gets rolled up, mailed, and flown like a kite. He even gets to help catch... |
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Save Me a Seat
Sarah Weeks - Scholastic Pr
Format: Hardcover
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Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.Joe's lived in the same town all his life, and was doing just fine until his best friends moved away and left him on his own. Ravi's family just moved to America from India, and he's finding... |
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A Long Pitch Home
Natalie Dias Lorenzi - Charlesbridge
Format: Paperback
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A sensitive and endearing middle grade novel about a young Pakistani immigrant adjusting to his new life in contemporary America Ten-year-old Bilal liked his life back home in Pakistan. He was a star on his cricket team. But when his father suddenly sends the family to live with their... |
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