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Blueberry Bonanza

Lauren L. Wohl · Persnickety Press
Pages: 72
Format: Hardcover

Why was eight-year-old Nicholas named Best Businessman in town? All it took was managing a hungry bear and picking and selling TONS of blueberries!
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Sif and the Dwarfs' Treasures

Joan Holub · Aladdin
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the authors of the Goddess Girls series comes the second book in a brand-new series steeped in Norse mythology, magic, adventure, and friendship.Twelve-year-old Sif is goddess of the harvest, with her abilities woven into her long, blonde hair. She also has special prophetic powers...
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The Friendship Code #1

STACIA DEUTSCH · Penguin Workshop
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Babysitters Club and anyone interested in computer science, this series is published in partnership with the organization Girls Who Code!Loops, variables, input/output - Lucy can't wait to get started with the new coding club at school. Finally, an after school activity...
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Garbage Island

Fred Koehler · Boyds Mills Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Stuart Little and Poppy, here is a middle-grade adventure in which a mouse and a shrew, lost at sea, try to navigate to their home in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Braving multiple dangers, they discover they have more in common than they could ever have imagined.Mr. Popli,...
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Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea

LYNNE RAE PERKINS · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From Newbery Medalist Lynne Rae Perkins, this effervescent story introduces two sisters - Alix and Jools - and takes readers on an unforgettable journey to the beach. In the style of the author's acclaimed Nuts to You, this joyful celebration of sisters, family, and the ocean contains black-and-white...
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Our Castle by the Sea

Lucy Strange · Chicken House
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Growing up in a lighthouse, 11-year-old Pet's world has been one of storms, secret tunnels, and stories about sea monsters. But now the country is at war and the clifftops are a terrifying battleground. Pet will need to muster all her bravery to uncover why her family is being torn...
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The Storm Runner

Jennifer Cervantes · Rick Riordan Presents
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A contemporary adventure based on Mayan mythology from Rick Riordan Presents! Zane Obispo spends every day exploring the sleeping volcano in his backyard. "The Beast," as he calls it, is the one place where he can escape other kids, who make fun of him because he has a limp and walks...
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Genesis Begins Again

Alicia D. Williams · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

This deeply sensitive and powerful debut novel tells the story of a thirteen-year-old who must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself.There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps...
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The Darkdeep

ALLY CONDIE · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

"Move over, Stranger Things . . . The Darkdeep will pull you into an irresistibly eerie world beyond your wildest dreams--and nightmares." --Melissa de la Cruz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Descendants series"The stakes are huge, the action high-throttle, but what...
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