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The Great Jeff

Tony Abbott · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

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Tree of Dreams

Laura Resau · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Dear Coco and Leo,I miss you! We all miss you! The whole forest misses you! I hear their thanks and wishes in my dreams. I hope you do, too.Prepare for a journey into a world filled with what so many crave -- the sweet savoring of a chocolate drop. A drop that can melt even the most troubled...
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The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day

Christopher Edge · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

As in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, math and science inform this mind-bending mystery about a girl who must work with the laws of the universe and trust the love of her family if she is to set her world right.It's the morning of Maisie's tenth birthday, and she can't...
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The Size of the Truth

Andrew Smith · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A boy who spent three days trapped in a well tries to overcome his PTSD and claustrophobia so he can fulfill his dream of becoming a famous chef in this charming novel that is Andrew Smith's first foray into middle grade storytelling.When he was four years old, Sam Abernathy was trapped...
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Caterpillar Summer

Gillian McDunn · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This beautifully written, emotional debut perfect for fans of Lynda Mullaly Hunt or Ali Benjamin tells the story a girl, her special needs brother, and the summer they will never forget."An engaging, honest book." --Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That...
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Over the Moon

Natalie Lloyd · Scholastic Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Mallie knows better than to dream. In Coal Top, you live the story you're given: boys toil in the mines and girls work as servants. Mallie can't bear the idea of that kind of life, but her family is counting on her wages to survive.It wasn't always this way....
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