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Ghost Squad

Claribel Ortega - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Coco meets Stranger Things with a hint of Ghostbusters in this action-packed supernatural fantasy.For Lucely Luna, ghosts are more than just the family business.Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking...
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Joel Meyerowitz: Seeing Things: A Kid's Guide to Looking at Photographs

Joel Meyerowitz - Aperture
Format: Print book

Aimed at children between the ages of eight and twelve, "Seeing Things" is a wonderful introduction to photography that asks how photographers transform ordinary things into meaningful moments. In this book, acclaimed and beloved photographer Joel Meyerowitz takes readers on a journey...
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Dog Diaries #6: Sweetie

Kate Klimo - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

George Washington's transformation from farmer to Father of Our Country - as told by his dog Sweetlips! Sweetie was the finest foxhound in George Washington's kennel. But Sweetie's idyllic days at Mount Vernon were cut short when her master was chosen to represent Virginia...
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The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher (Family Fletcher Series)

Dana Alison Levy - Yearling
Format: Hardcover

"Fans of Beverly Clearys Quimbys, Judy Blumes Hatchers, and, more recently, Jeanne Birdsalls Penderwicks will fervently hope that more Fletcher misadventures are yet to come." - School Library Journal, Starred The start of the school year is not going as the Fletcher brothers...
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Spirit's Key

Edith Cohn - Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Format: Hardcover

By now, twelve-year-old Spirit Holden should have inherited the family gift: the ability to see the future. But when she holds a house key in her hand like her dad does to read its owner's destiny, she can't see anything. Maybe it's because she can't get over the loss of her beloved...
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Will Puberty Last My Whole Life?: REAL Answers to REAL Questions from Preteens About Body Changes, Sex, and Other Growing-Up Stuff

Julie Giesy Metzger - Little Bigfoot
Format: Paperback

An expanded and revised edition of the popular flip book for preteens. One half of the book is filled with questions commonly asked by girls entering puberty, and the other half with questions asked by boys. "If you can only afford one book on puberty for this age group, this is the one to have."--School...
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I Funny: Around the World

JAMES PATTERSON - Little
Format: Print book

Comedian Jamie Grimm, accompanied by Uncle Frank, New Aunt Flora, and friends, circles the globe as host of regional competitions, then competes, himself, in the Planet's Funniest Kid Worldwide contest.--Provided by Publisher.
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Coyotes

Jennifer Zeiger - Children's Press, 2014.
Format: Paperback

Discover how these creatures survive in the wild, how they raise their young, and how they are related to other species. Each title also raises important ideas about conservation by examining the animal's current status and explaining the ways humans have affected it throughout the years....
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Thurgood Marshall

Rebecca Carey Rohan - Cavendish Square Publishing
Format: Print book

Thurgood Marshall is best known for being the first African-American Supreme Court justice. However, he also was the lawyer who successfully overturned Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which desegregated public schools. Court cases that Marshall presided over are analyzed in this...
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Lalani of the Distant Sea

Erin Entrada Kelly - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

"Fast-paced and full of wonder, this is a powerful, gripping must-read." - Kirkus (starred review) "A lush and mysterious fable, full of beauty, full of wonder." - Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach MeNewbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly's...
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