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Up for Air

Laurie Morrison · Amulet Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Annabelle struggles in school, no matter how hard she tries. But as soon as she dives into the pool, she's unstoppable. She's the fastest girl on the middle school swim team, and when she's asked to join the high school team over the summer, everything changes....
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The Astonishing Maybe

Shaunta Grimes · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Friendship, heartbreak, and defining what family means are rarely as sensitively, beautifully portrayed in middle-grade fiction. Shaunta Grimes is an extraordinary new talent. Gideon hates the idea of moving to Nevada from the East Coast. It's so empty and hot in his new neighborhood....
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Young Captain Nemo

Jason Henderson · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Armed with his wits, his friends, and his Nemotech submarine, a twelve-year-old descendant of Jules Verne's famous antihero is determined to help make the ocean a safer place one adventure at a time in Jason Henderson's Young Captain Nemo, first in a new middle-grade series. Gabriel...
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Dragonfell

Sarah Prineas · HarperCollins
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

"An adventurous dragon tale that delivers an emotionally satisfying ending." - KirkusFly with the dragons in this stunning fantasy from Sarah Prineas, author of the acclaimed Magic Thief series!Rafi Bywater is unlike anyone else. The people in his village don't trust him because...
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Magic on the Map #1: Let's Mooove!

Courtney Sheinmel · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 128
Format: Library Binding

Travel around the United States of America with twins Finn and Molly in this new chapter book series that highlights a different state in each book!Magic and mystery from sea to shining sea!We must be dreaming! That's what twins Finn and Molly Parker think when they discover a camper...
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Spark

Sarah Beth Durst · Clarion Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

When a shy girl and her dragon-like companion discover their country's idyllic weather comes at a steep - and secret - cost, they recruit fellow students to defy authority and attempt to spread the truth.Storm beasts and their guardians create perfect weather every day, and Mina longs...
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Mya's Strategy to Save the World

Tanya Lloyd Kyi · Puffin Canada
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Mya Parsons could save the world and organize her family, if only she had her own cell phone. A Dork Diaries for today's socially conscious young readers.Mya Parsons runs her school's social justice club with her best friend, Cleo. Her lifelong desire is to work...
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Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

Jeff Kinney · Amulet Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Get ready for a whole new look into Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Introducing the newest Wimpy Kid author - Rowley Jefferson! Rowley's best friend Greg Heffley has been chronicling his middle-school years in thirteen Diary of a Wimpy Kid journals . . . and counting. But it's...
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Planet Earth Is Blue

Nicole Panteleakos · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 240
Format: Library Binding

"Tender and illuminating. A beautiful debut." --Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach MeA heartrending and hopeful debut novel about a nonverbal girl and her passion for space exploration, for fans of See You in the Cosmos, Mockingbird, and The Thing About...
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A Zombie Ate My Homework

Tommy Greenwald · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

From the hilarious mind behind the Crimebiters series comes a new trilogy that fans of The Last Kids on Earth will love to pieces (literally) . Arnold Z. Ombee has escaped a secret government lab that's developing zombies. Young, scared, and alone, he is found by the Kinders, a warmhearted...
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