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The Library of Ever

Zeno Alexander · Imprint
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The Library of Ever is an instant classic for middle grade readers and booklovers everywhere -- an adventure across time and space, as a young girl becomes a warrior for the forces of knowledge.With her parents off traveling the globe, Lenora is bored, bored, bored -- until she discovers...
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The Lost Boy's Gift

Kimberly Willis Holt · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

There are places where you want to go and places where you want to leave. There are also places where you want to stay.Nine-year-old Daniel must move across the country with his mom after his parents' divorce. He's leaving behind his whole life -- everything -- and he's taking a suitcase...
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Silver Meadows Summer

Emma Otheguy · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

"Beautiful and wise, [this] is a gem of a book." --Adam Gidwitz, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Inquisitor's TaleJust right for fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan, this story of moving out and moving on is a touching portrayal of the experience of leaving one's home country and making...
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A Kind of Paradise

Amy Rebecca Tan · HarperCollins B and Blackstone Audio
Pages: 1
Format: Audiobook

Read the book that Ali Standish (author of The Ethan I Was Before) calls ""a heartwarming story"" and Melissa Roske (author of Kat Greene Comes Clean) calls ""a joyful, heartfelt debut!""Thirteen-year-old Jamie Bunn made a mistake at the end of the school...
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My Happy Life

Rose Lagercrantz · Gecko Pr
Pages: 134
Format: Hardcover

Dani is happy to be starting school and she is even happier when she meets a girl named Ella who becomes her best friend, but something unexpected happens to Dani and Ella's friendship.
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Hurricane Season

Nicole Melleby · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

This debut novel - about taking risks and facing danger, about love and art, and about growing up and coming out - will make its way straight into your heart. Fig, a sixth grader, wants more than anything to see the world as her father does. The once-renowned pianist, who hasn't composed...
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Waylon! The Most Awesome of All

Sara Pennypacker · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Waylon can't wait to participate in the Boston Science Expo June 14. He's confident that his project will impress the crowd, and his idol, Neil deGrasse Tyson, is sure to be in attendance. Maybe Waylon will finally get a chance to meet him! The Expo is on the same day of his sister's performance...
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Spill the Beans

Sarah Mlynowski · Scholastic Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

The moment Jonah has long anticipated arrives: Abby and Jonah fall into the story of Jack and the Beanstalk! Magical beanstalks and golden eggs may sound appealing, but can the siblings escape from the terrible giant? Plenty of magical hijinks await in this 13th installment of the New York...
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Endling #2: The First

Katherine Applegate · HarperCollins
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Endling #2: The First is the second book in an epic middle grade animal fantasy series by Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, and Crenshaw!To learn if she truly is the last dairne in the world - the endling...
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Polly Diamond and the Super Stunning Spectacular School Fair: Book 2

Alice Kuipers · Chronicle Books
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Polly and her magic book, Spell, have all kinds of adventures together because whatever Polly writes in Spell comes true! But when Polly and Spell join forces to make the school fair super spectacular, they quickly discover that what you write and what you mean are not always the same....
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Just South of Home

Karen Strong · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Cousins Sarah and Janie unearth a tragic event in their small Southern town's history in this witty middle grade debut novel that's perfect for fans of Stella by Starlight, The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing, and As Brave as You.Twelve-year-old Sarah is finally in charge. At last, she can spend...
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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. Suddenly,...
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