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Full Cicada Moon
Marilyn Hilton - Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group
Format: Print book
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Inside Out and Back Again meets One Crazy Summer and Brown Girl Dreaming in this novel-in-verse about fitting in and standing up for what's rightIt's 1969, and the Apollo 11 mission is getting ready to go to the moon. But for half-black, half-Japanese Mimi, moving to a predominantly... |
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The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate - Harper
Format: Book
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Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated... |
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Blubber
Judy Blume - Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Format: Hardcover
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Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what its like when she, too, becomes a target., |
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Because of Mr. Terupt
Rob Buyea - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book
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Features seven narrators, each with a unique story, and each with a different perspective on what makes their teacher so special.It's the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There's . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who's having a hard time fitting... |
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Lost in the Sun
Lisa Graff - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of A Tangle of Knots and Absolutely Almost, a touching story about a boy who won't let one tragic accident define him. Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in fifth grade, when a freak accident... |
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Rhyme Schemer
K.A. Holt - Chronicle Books (CA)
Format: Hardcover
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Kevin has a bad attitude. He's the one who laughs when you trip and fall. In fact, he may have been the one who tripped you in the first place. He has a real knack for rubbing people the wrong way - and he's even figured out a secret way to do it with poems. But what happens when... |
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Same Sun Here
Silas House - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this extraordinary novel in letters, an Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner's son find strength and perspective by sharing their true selves across the miles.Meena and River have a lot in common: fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers... |
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Rain Reign
Ann M Martin - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller!Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein) , which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands... |
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Freak The Mighty
W R Philbrick - Blue Sky Press
Format: Hardcover
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Two boys - a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces - forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force. (Made into the film, The Mighty.) * \u201cA wonderful story of triumph over imperfection, shame, and loss.\u201d... |
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Ninth Ward
Jewell Parker Rhodes - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
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Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. She doesn't have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street. But what she does have is Mama Ya-Ya, her fiercely loving caretaker, wise in the ways of the world... |
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Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli - Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Edition, 3rd printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of “Stargirl, Stargirl.” She captures Leo Borlock’s heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students... |
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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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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's LiteratureA New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Another Brooklyn, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing... |
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