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How It All Ends

Emma Hunsinger - Greenwillow Books
Format: Paperback

"How It All Ends is hilarious, inventive, smart, and silly, and perfectly captures the overwhelming confusion, anxiety, and joy of a young gay crush." - Alice Oseman, bestselling author of Heartstopper"Emma Hunsinger's sharp wit and eclectic humor shines in this fantastic...
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We Are Big Time: (A Graphic Novel)

Hena Khan - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

SWISH! Cheer courtside for a Muslim teen as she joins an all-girls, hijab-wearing basketball team and learns that she's much more than a score. This energetic graphic novel is inspired by a true story!. Aliya is new to Wisconsin, and everything feels different than Florida. The Islamic...
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The Boy and the Elephant

Freya Blackwood - Random House Studio
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning illustrator comes a tender, magical, and gorgeously rendered wordless picture book about a boy who saves the trees in the lot next door from being cut down.. Amongst the hustle and bustle of the city is an overgrown piece of land where trees and wildlife thrive. A boy,...
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Pearl: A Graphic Novel

Sherri L. Smith - Graphix
Format: Hardcover

In a beautifully crafted and captivating graphic novel from award-winning writer Sherri L. Smith and Eisner-nominated artist Christine Norrie, a Japanese-American girl must survive years of uncertainty and questions of loyalty in Hiroshima during World War II.Amy is a thirteen-year-old...
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Before the Ships: The Birth of Black Excellence

Maisha Oso - Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover

Before the Ships is a powerful and poetic celebration of the early roots of Black history. The great achievements and accomplishments across Africa prior to the Transatlantic slave trade are told through melodious text and evocative illustrations, that culminate into the strength and resilience...
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Freedom Fire: Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos

Tracey Baptiste - Freedom Fire
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of the Jumbies series comes an Afro-Caribbean-inspired story about three cousins who discover they are mokos--protector spirits--during carnival season in Brooklyn. Weirdness and wonders abound in this colorful celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture by the author...
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The Duke's Curse (Sea of Gold Book 2) (A Middle Grade Adventure)

Gregory Mone - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Treasure Island, The Duke's Curse continues this thrilling middle-grade series following an unlikely young pirate on a high-stakes sea adventure, by New York Times bestselling author Gregory Mone . Young treasure hunter Fish - nicknamed for his swimming abilities...
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Clack, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story

Traci Sorell - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover

Vann, a struggling stickball player, competes in a game on the Cherokee Nation. Can he help his team win? Written by award-winning Cherokee author Traci Sorell.. Vann loves playing his tribe's stickball game, but he's not as skilled as his teammates. Vann stumbles, and he tries...
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The Secret Dead Club

Karen Strong - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The Baby-Sitters Club meets Stranger Things in this eerie middle grade novel about friendship, fitting in, and the afterlife, following a girl who discovers she's not the only one at her new school who can see ghosts.. Wednesday Thomas sees ghosts. But that doesn't mean she has to talk...
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Spy School Goes Wild

Stuart Gibbs - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In the twelfth book in Stuart Gibbs's New York Times bestselling Spy School series, superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley gets lost on a perilous mission with one of his greatest enemies.. Ben Ripley is recruited for a top secret mission to bring down his nemesis, Murray Hill, once and for all....
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