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"The President Has Been Shot!": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
James L. Swanson - Scholastic Focus
Format: Paperback
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This YALSA-ALA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award Finalist is a breathtaking and dramatic account of JFKs assassination by NY Times bestselling author of CHASING LINCOLNS KILLER.In his award-winning young-adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport readers... |
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A Season of Gifts
Richard Peck - Listening Library
Format: Audio CD
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One of the most adored children's book characters of all time is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery Medal - winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor - winning A Long Way from Chicago. And it turns out that her story isn't over-not even... |
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A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
Madeleine L'Engle - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Fifty years ago, Madeleine L'Engle introduced the world to A Wrinkle in Time and the wonderful and unforgettable characters Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe. When the children learn that Mr. Murry has been captured by the Dark Thing, they time travel... |
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Framed!
James Ponti - Aladdin
Format: Print book
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Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most wanted lists all because of his Theory of All Small Things in this hilarious start to a brand-new middle grade mystery series.So you're only halfway through your homework and the Director... |
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Hide and Seek
Katy Grant - Peachtree Publishers
Format: Paperback
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When a teenage boy on a high-tech treasure hunt inadvertently stumbles into the middle of a crime, he finds himself in a dangerous situation that could turn deadly.After a summer cooped up in his family's store selling bait, tackle, and soft drinks to tourists, fourteen-year-old Chase finally... |
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House Arrest
K A Holt - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book
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Timothy is a good kid who did a bad thing. Now he's under house arrest for a whole year. He has to check in weekly with a probation officer and a therapist, keep a journal, and stay out of trouble. But when he must take drastic measures to help his struggling family, staying out of trouble... |
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Ghost
Jason Reynolds - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying... |
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Life as We Knew It
Susan Beth Pfeffer - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still would be open.High school sophomore Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic.... |
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Pax
Sara Pennypacker - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award Longlist * New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the YearFrom bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become... |
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Peak
Roland Smith - Harcourt
Format: Paperback
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The only thing you’ll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below. – Peak MarcelloAfter fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices:... |
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Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II
Alan Gratz - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage.World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Ireland, now lives in Nazi Germany with his parents. Like the other boys in his school, Michael is a member of the Hitler Youth.But Michael has a secret. He and his parents are spies. Michael despises... |
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Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
Caren Barzelay Stelson - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Hardcover
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A Minnesota Book Award FinalistA Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book Longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Young People's Literature "[A] book that is both personal and universal, both thoroughly researched and real."--The New York Times Book Review This striking... |
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Some Kind of Courage
Dan Gemeinhart - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Joseph Johnson has lost just about everyone he's ever loved. He lost his pa in an accident. He lost his ma and his little sister to sickness. And now, he's lost his pony-fast, fierce, beautiful Sarah, taken away by a man who had no right to take her.Joseph can sure enough get her back,... |
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Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White
Melissa Sweet - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller A People Magazine Best Children's BookA Washington Post Best Book A Publishers Weekly Best Book Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary... |
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Terror at Bottle Creek
Watt Key - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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In this gritty, realistic wilderness adventure, thirteen-year-old Cort is caught in a battle against a Gulf Coast hurricane. Cort's father is a local expert on hunting and swamp lore in lower Alabama who has been teaching his son everything he knows. But when a deadly Category 3 storm makes... |
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The Blackthorn Key
Kevin Sands - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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Following a series of murders, an apothecary's apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world in this suspenseful debut novel."Tell no one what I've given you." Until he got that cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy,... |
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Regan Barnhill - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2017 Newbery Award The New York Times Bestseller An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2016 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2016 A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016 An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016 A Publishers Weekly Best Book... |
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"The President Has Been Shot!": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
James L. Swanson - Scholastic Focus
Format: Paperback
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This YALSA-ALA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award Finalist is a breathtaking and dramatic account of JFKs assassination by NY Times bestselling author of CHASING LINCOLNS KILLER.In his award-winning young-adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport readers... |
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The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one. Start here to follow Sophie, Agatha, and everyone at school from the beginning!With her glass slippers and devotion... |
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Wolf Hollow
Lauren Wolk - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A 2017 Newbery Honor BookNew York Times BestsellerA young girl's kindness, compassion, and honesty overcome bullying. * An NPR Best Book of the Year* A BOOKLIST Best Book of the Year* An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of the Year* A Kirkus Reviews... |
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