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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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Samantha Spinner and the super secret plans

Russell Ginns · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Mr. Lemoncello's Library and the Secret series, and classics like Holes and The Westing Game, here is the first book in a hilarious new series about a girl, her brother, and some super-big globe-trotting adventures.Samantha Spinner's uncle Paul disappeared, and here's what he left:...
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Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival Story

Mayumi Shimose Poe · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

In 1941, thirteen-year-old Alice's days are filled with swimming in the Hawaiian sea, going to school, and helping watch her younger siblings. But on December 7, everything changes when she experiences an act of war -- the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As the United States enters World War II, Alice's...
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Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure

Alex T. Smith · Peachtree Publishing Company
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Meet Mr. Penguin: adventurer (and penguin) !He has a dashing hat. He has a battered satchel. He has a packed lunch of fish finger sandwiches. Now he just needs an adventure! So when Bouddica Bones from the Museum of Extraordinary objects calls for help, Mr. Penguin swings into action....
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How High the Moon

Karyn Parsons · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

To Kill a Mockingbird meets One Crazy Summer in this powerful, bittersweet debut about one girl's journey to reconnect with her mother and learn the truth about her father in the tumultuous times of the Jim Crow South. In the small town of Alcolu, South Carolina, in 1944, 12-year-old...
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Tito the Bonecrusher

Melissa Thomson · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In Melissa Thomson's first standalone middle-grade novel, the beloved author of the Keena Ford chapter book series delivers a funny yet moving story about fathers, sons, and criminal justice. Oliver "Spaghetti-O" Jones's dad is about to be jailed for a crime he didn't commit,...
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The Eternity Elixir

Frank Cole · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Gordy Stitser is one of the few people who knows the truth about the secret society of potion masters, because not only is Gordy's mom on the Board of Ruling Elixirists Worldwide (B.R.E.W.) , but she has also been training Gordy in the art of potion-making. Gordy is a natural,...
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Never Evers

Lucy Ivison · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Jacky Ha-Ha and Disney Channel's Girl Meets World, this hilarious, tween-friendly story about a middle school ski trip is full of friendship, crushes, and the mishaps and misunderstandings that are bound to occur in seventh grade!Thirteen-year-old Mouse is pretty sure her life...
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Captain Superlative

J S PULLER · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Have no fear, citizens! Captain Superlative is here to make all troubles disappear!"Red mask, blue wig, silver swimsuit, rubber gloves, torn tights, high top sneakers and . . . a cape? Who would run through the halls of Deerwood Park Middle School dressed like this? And why?...
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The Unteachables

Gordon Korman · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordan Korman about what happens when the worst class of kids in school is paired with the worst teacher - perfect for fans of Ms. Bixby's Last Day. The Unteachables are a notorious class of misfits, delinquents, and academic...
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It All Comes Down to This

Karen English · Clarion Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

It's 1965, Los Angeles. All twelve-year-old Sophie wants to do is write her book, star in the community play, and hang out with her friend Jennifer. But she's the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents'...
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Merci Suárez Changes Gears

MEG MEDINA · Candlewick
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never...
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