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Halfway Normal
BARBARA DEE - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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A cancer survivor must readjust to "normal" middle school life in this hopeful novel from the author of Star-Crossed and Truth or Dare.Norah Levy has just completed two years of treatment for leukemia and is ready to go back to the "real world" of middle... |
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
DUSTI BOWLING - Sterling Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even after the last page has turned." - School Library Journal (Starred review) Chosen for the Autumn 2017 Kids' Indie Next List!Winner of the 2017 Reading the West... |
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Joplin, Wishing
DIANE STANLEY - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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A heartfelt and magical middle grade novel in the tradition of Tuck Everlasting and Bridge to Terabithia, about family, wishes, and the power of true friends to work magic. While cleaning out her reclusive grandfather's house, Joplin discovers pieces of a broken platter in a cookie tin.... |
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The Losers Club
Andrew Clements - Yearling
Format: Paperback
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The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love! Sixth grader Alec can't put a good book down. So when Principal Vance lays down the law - pay attention in class, or else... |
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Mustaches for Maddie
Chad Morris - Shadow Mountain
Format: Paperback
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A funny, inspiring story about when lifes raindrops fall. Based on a true story. Maddie has a quirky sense of humor and a fondness for sporting fake mustaches, the more outrageous-looking, the better. Her world is turned upside down when shes diagnosed with a brain tumor. Readers will take... |
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One for Sorrow: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Annie, a new girl at school, is claimed as best friend by Elsie, a classmate who is a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other friends and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie. Elsie dies... |
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The peculiar incident on Shady Street
Lindsay Currie - Aladdin
Format: Paperback
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A girl unravels a centuries-old mystery after moving into a haunted house in this deliciously suspenseful read that Kirkus Reviews calls "just the ticket for a cold autumn night."Tessa Woodward isn't exactly thrilled to move to rainy, cold Chicago from her home in sunny... |
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Real Friends
Shannon Hale - First Second
Format: Paperback
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"Fresh and funny." -- New York Times Book ReviewNewbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends -- and why it's worth the journey.When best... |
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Restart
GORDON KORMAN - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name.... |
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Saving Marty
Paul Griffin - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback
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Fans of Because of Winn Dixie will adore this warm and heart-wrenching story of the friendship between a boy and a pig who thinks it's a dog. Eleven-year-old Lorenzo Ventura knows heroes are rare - like his father, who died in the war, or his friend Paloma Lee, who fearlessly pursues... |
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Walking with Miss Millie
Tamara Bundy - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback
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"A memorable and lovely debut."--Kirkus Reviews "Walking with Miss Millie is full of subtle wisdom. Its ending is satisfying though sobering and there are elements of this story that stay with you long after the last page has been read."--Karen... |
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Wishtree
Katherine Applegate - Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Library Binding
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A New York Times BestsellerA Publishers Weekly BestsellerAn Autumn 2017 Kids Indie Next List Top Pick TitleRed is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood wishtree * people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Reds branches. Along with her crow friend... |
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