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Genesis Begins Again
Alicia D. Williams · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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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