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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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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

ALEX GINO · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born Deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. A big fantasy reader, Jilly connects with another fan, Derek, who is a Deaf Black ASL user. She goes to Derek for advice but doesn't always know the best way to ask for it and makes...
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The Losers Club

Andrew Clements · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 231
Format: Hardcover

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 - Alec takes...
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The Collector

K R ALEXANDER · Scholastic Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Josie always liked visiting her grandmother in the countryside. But when her mother loses her job in the city and they're forced to relocate along with Josie's sister, Annie, she realizes she doesn't like the country that much. Especially because Grandma Jeannie has some strange...
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Earth-Friendly Science Crafts

Veronica Thompson · Lerner Pub Group
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Science stars can transform recycled materials into science-themed crafts. Convert old clothing into space gear using ice, turn broken crayons into a candle with heat, and grow crystallized candy in a recycled jar. Photos and detailed instructions walk you through each step. Additional...
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Earth-Friendly Tech Crafts

Veronica Thompson · Lerner Pub Group
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Create new technology crafts from old household materials. Devise a sundial from recycled cardboard, refresh old earbuds with string, and make a cell phone charging cradle from a recycled container. Detailed instructions and photos of the steps and the finished product will guide crafty...
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Robotify It! Robots You Can Make Yourself

ELSIE OLSON · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Makerspaces are places designed to inspire creativity and collaboration. In Robotify It! Robots You Can Make Yourself, kids will make a mini monster robot that responds to light, a spinning robotic pencil holder, and more! Colorful step-by-step photos bring each project to life. Techniques...
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Code It! Programming and Keyboards You Can Create Yourself

JESSIE ALKIRE · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Makerspaces are places designed to inspire creativity and collaboration. In Code It! Programming and Keyboards You Can Create Yourself, kids will make a computer key out of a banana and use popular software programs to code music, game characters, and more! Step-by-step photos bring each...
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Lenny's Book of Everything

Karen Foxlee · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Holy Batman, this is a gorgeous, heartbreaking, heartwarming book." --R.J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WonderPerfect for readers who love Liar and Spy, Counting by 7s, and Bridge to Terabithia, a heartwarming and transformative novel about family, loss, and never...
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All Summer Long

Hope Larson · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's been acting kind of weird lately anyway. So it's up to Bina to see how much fun she can have on her own. At first it's...
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Ruby in the Sky

Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Ruby Moon Hayes does not want her new classmates to ask about her father. She does not want them to know her mother has been arrested. And she definitely does not want to make any friends. Ruby just wants to stay as silent and invisible as a new moon in the frozen sky. She and her mother...
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The Casket of Time

Andri Snaer Magnason · Restless Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

An entrancing adventure for today's troubled planet, The Casket of Time is a fantastical tale of time travel and environmental calamity from celebrated Icelandic author Andri Snær Magnason.Teenage Sigrun is sick of all the apocalyptic news about the "situation" and, worse,...
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