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The Terribles #1: Welcome to Stubtoe Elementary

Travis Nichols - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The Terribles might be monsters, but they're also kids just like you! Well, sort of. This hilarious peek into the world of vampires, mummies, swamp-things, and bigfoots (bigfeet?) is perfect for fans of the Hotel Transylvania movies.Vampires, mummies, and gelatinous balls of goo (oh my!)...
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Ravenous Things

Derrick Chow - ‎Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

"Beautifully written and spectacularly spooky, Ravenous Things is an instant new favorite!" -- Claribel Ortega, New York Times best-selling author of WitchlingsClimb aboard the midnight train! Things wondrous and terrible await you...Twelve-year-old Reggie Wong has a quick temper...
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Golden Ticket

Kate Egan - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

A middle grade novel by Kate Egan, Golden Ticket, explores friendship, academic anxiety, and what it means to be special."It's practically like a private school," Mrs. Silver said bitterly. "The best teacher, for such a tiny group of students. Who wouldn't succeed...
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Chester Keene Cracks the Code

Kekla Magoon - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Kindle Edition

Cracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author. Chester Keene takes great comfort in his routines. Afterschool Monday to Thursday is bowling, and Friday, the best of days, is laser tag! But besides...
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Hazard

Frances O'Roark Dowell - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover

A kid filled with rage, kicked off the football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his father, newly home from the war in Afghanistan, reckon with the injuries they've caused to others and themselves in this unflinching middle grade novel in verse about love and forgiveness.Everybody...
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Ali Cross: The Secret Detective (Ali Cross, 3)

James Patterson - ‎jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

The #1 bestselling kid detective is back! Mysteries, crime-solving, homeroom - all in a day's work for Ali Cross. Ali Cross has always looked up to his father, the famous detective Alex Cross. And after helping to solve two big cases, Ali knows he has what it takes to follow in his father's...
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Treasure Tracks

Sallie Anne Rodriguez - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A debut middle-grade adventure about a young teen who goes on a treasure hunt for undersea riches to help his ailing abuelo.Twelve-year-old Fernando "Fin" joins his grandfather on a secret quest to find a long-lost treasure swept to sea. But when their first mission takes a near-deadly...
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Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation

Sylvia Liu - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

"A refreshing, imaginative take on a cyberpunk future, filled with wickedly cool technology and unraveling intrigue!" -Xiran Jay Zhao, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow and Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor Perfect for fans of Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee, this...
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The Secret Battle of Evan Pao

Wendy Wan Long Shang - ‎Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poignant and timely take on prejudice, bullying, and claiming our own histories, perfect for fans of Front Desk.A fresh start. That's all Evan Pao wants as he, along with his mother and sister,...
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Iggy The Legend

Annie Barrows - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The fourth book in the Iggy series about the lovable troublemaker from New York Times bestselling author of Ivy Bean.Grownups are always changing the rules! When grown-ups make money, it's good. But when Iggy makes money, all of a sudden it's bad. When grown-ups find something...
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