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Positively Izzy

Libenson, Terri · Balzer Bray
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning comics creator and author of the bestselling Invisible Emmie Terri Libenson returns with a companion graphic novel that captures the drama, angst, and humor of middle-school life. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Jennifer Holm, and Victoria Jamieson.Middle school is all about...
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Invisible Emmie

Libenson, Terri · Balzer Bray
Pages: 185
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L. Holm, Invisible Emmie is a humorous and surprising debut graphic novel by Terri Libenson, creator of the internationally syndicated, Reuben Award-winning comic strip The Pajama Diaries. This is the story of two totally different girls...
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Just Jaime

Libenson, Terri · Balzer Bray
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Another spot-on story of middle school drama and friendship from Terri Libenson, national bestselling author of Invisible Emmie and Positively Izzy.Friends. Frenemies. Middle school...The last day of seventh grade has Jaime and Maya wondering who their real friends are.Jaime knows something...
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Good Dog, McTavish

Rosoff, Meg · Candlewick
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

A dog with a plan adopts a chaotic family in a wry comedy extolling the virtues of common sense.When Ma Peachey takes up yoga, the rest of the family finds themselves abandoned to chaos: no one cooks dinner, no one picks up the dirty laundry, the children are always late for school, and there...
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Solving for M

Swender, Jennifer · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Raymie Nightingale and The Fourteenth Goldfish, this heartfelt middle-grade novel seamlessly melds STEAM content with first loss in an honest and striking debut.When Mika starts fifth grade at the middle school, her neat life gets messy. Separated from old friends and starting...
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Knights vs. Monsters

Phelan, Matt · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Renowned for their courage, their chivalry, and their ability to fight mythical creatures, the Knights of the Round Table face a new band of dangerous opponents - MONSTERS! In the rip-roaring sequel to Matt Phelan's acclaimed Knights vs. Dinosaurs, four daring knights and one intrepid...
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Finding Orion

Anderson, John David · Walden Pond Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day and Posted returns with an unforgettable tale of love and laughter, of fathers and sons, of what family truly means, and of the ways in which we sometimes need to lose something in order to find ourselves.Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family....
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Shout Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts

Spalding, Esta · Tundra Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The third book in a Dahl-esque middle-grade series by award-winning poet and screenwriter Esta Spalding.The plucky Fitzgerald-Trout siblings (who live on a tropical island where the grown-ups are useless but the kids can drive) are back! After losing the boat...
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What Is the Story of Hello Kitty?

Anderson, Kirsten · Penguin Workshop
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library! Say hello to the premier title in the What Is the Story Of? series. Hello Kitty!This cute cartoon character who's shaped like a bobtail cat and wears a bow in her hair has become an icon of our times. Hello Kitty, as she is known,...
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Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

Kinney, Jeff · 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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