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The House That Lou Built

Mae Respicio · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A coming-of-age story that explores culture and family, forgiveness and friendship, and what makes a true home. Perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Joan Bauer. Lou Bulosan-Nelson has the ultimate summer DIY project. She's going to build her own "tiny house, " 100 square feet...
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Willa of the Wood

ROBERT BEATTY · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Beatty comes a spooky, thrilling new series set in the magical world of Serafina. Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young night-spirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, is her clan's best thief. She creeps into the homes...
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Overboard!

Terry Lynn Johnson · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

A high-stakes adventure series perfect for fans of the I Survived series and Hatchet. Eleven-year-old Travis and his family are on a whale watch off the coast of Washington when disaster strikes. The boat capsizes, throwing everyone into the ice-cold chaotic waves. Separated from their...
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Waking the Rainbow Dragon: A Branches Book

Tracey West · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina....
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Sunny

Jason Reynolds · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover

Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they...
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Front Desk

Kelly Yang · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets.Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests.Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner,...
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Sticks & Stones

Sarah Mlynowski · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 193
Format: Paperback

The kids in Upside-Down Magic know their magic is a little out of control. But that doesn't make them weird--it only makes them human.Strange things are happening at Dunwiddle Magic School-and the Upside-Down Magic class is getting blamed! Yes, Marigold did shrink Lacey Clench to the size...
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Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

Jo Hackl · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A Mississippi ghost town and an art mystery combine in this gorgeously written debut just right for fans of Three Times Lucky and A Snicker of Magic!How far would you go to find something that might not even exist?All her life, Cricket's mama has told her stories about a secret room...
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The Jigsaw Jungle

Kristin Levine · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A mysterious treasure hunt helps to heal a broken family in critically acclaimed author Kristin Levine's first contemporary tale - perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Jennifer L. Holm Claudia Dalton's father has disappeared. What began as a late night at work has spiraled into a missing...
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Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School: Book 1

JULIE FALATKO · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Sassy and Waldo are good dogs. They spend the day keeping their house safe. Has a squirrel ever gotten inside? No! But every day their boy, Stewart, comes home from this terrible place called school smelling like anxiety and looseleaf paper. Sassy and Waldo decide to save Stewart. But they...
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Search for the Shadow Key

Wayne Thomas Batson · Thomas Nelson
Format: Book

Book 2 in a trilogy from fantasy author Wayne Thomas Batson explores the concept of dreams and their effects on us. Fourteen-year-old Archer Keaton discovers he has the ability to enter and explore his dreams. He is a dreamtreader, one of three selected from each generation. Their mission...
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Wolfie and Fly

CARY FAGAN · Tundra Books
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

A classic story of imagination, friendship, adventure and speeding through the ocean in a cardboard box. For fans of Ivy & Bean, Judy Moody or Nate the Great.Wolfie and Fly is an early chapter book at its simplest and best. Our heroine, Renata Wolfman (Wolfie) does everything by herself....
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A Problematic Paradox

Eliot Sappingfield · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Guardians of the Galaxy meets The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in this wild, warm-hearted, and hilarious sci-fi debut about a brainy young girl who is recruited for a very special boarding school.Nikola Kross has given up on living in harmony with classmates and exasperated teachers:...
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The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair

Amy Makechnie · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A ten-year-old girl is determined to find her missing neighbor, but the answers lead her to a places and people she never expected - and maybe even one she's been running away from - in this gorgeous debut novel that's perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish.Guinevere St. Clair...
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The Rhino in Right Field

Stacy DeKeyser · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A boy who loves baseball must get past his hard-working immigrant parents - and the rhino in the outfield - to become a batboy in this laugh-out-loud middle grade novel in the tradition of The Sandlot.Nick wants to change his life. For twelve whole years, he's done what his hard-working,...
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Where the Watermelons Grow

Cindy Baldwin · HarperCollins
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Fans of The Thing About Jellyfish and A Snicker of Magic will be swept away by Cindy Baldwin's debut middle grade about a girl coming to terms with her mother's mental illness. When twelve-year-old Della Kelly finds her mother furiously digging black seeds from a watermelon in the middle...
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A Hint of Hydra

Heidi Lang · Aladdin
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old chef Lailu Loganberry must stop a war between the elves and scientists in this follow-up to A Dash of Dragon, which Kirkus Reviews calls "a recipe for success."It's the Week of Masks, a festival held to chase away evil spirits. But Lailu doesn't have...
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Showing Off

Sarah Mlynowski · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback

Some people in school are afraid of the kids in the Upside-Down Magic class. Others just call them flops. But Nory and her friends in Upside-down Magic won't let that stop them. Not with a school-wide talent show coming up!Except... Nory's afraid her fluxing magic will go wonky...
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City of Islands

KALI WALLACE · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A dark and riveting middle grade fantasy from the critically acclaimed Kali Wallace about an archipelago of magical islands and one girl's dangerous discovery on the ocean floor. Perfect for fans of Holly Black and Kate Milford. In a foggy archipelago called the City of Islands, twelve-year-old...
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The Warrior Sheep Go Jurassic

Christine Russell · Egmont UK
Format: Paperback

The fourth hilarious adventure in the baaarilliant Warrior Sheep seriesThe Warrior Sheep know a dragon when they see one. Well, they don’t. They’ve never seen one. But when they spot a poster of what they think is a dragon, they just know that they’ve been called upon...
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