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Galar Region Handbook

Scholastic - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

The new Galar Region Pokmon are here, and kids gotta catch 'em all! The Galar Region Handbook has all the stats and facts kids need to know about the brand-new Pokmon from Sword and Shield, the new games for Nintendo Switch.Meet all the Pokmon of Galar, a brand-new region! Every amazing...
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Super Sidekicks #1: No Adults Allowed

Gavin Aung Than - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Superheroes have it soooo easy. They don't have to clean their secret headquarters, wash alien bloodstains out of their costumes, or walk Super Mutt. NO! They leave that for their sidekicks, while they get all the credit.Well, Junior Justice, aka J.J., has had ENOUGH! He thinks it's...
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The Importance of Good Sources (Young Citizens Guide to News Literacy)

Lisa A. Mcpartland - Powerkids Pr
Format: January 15

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The Hidden Witch

Molly Knox Ostertag - Graphix
Format: Paperback

Aster and his family are adjusting to his unconventional talent for witchery; unlike the other boys in his family, he isn't a shapeshifter. He's taking classes with his grandmother and helping to keep an eye on his great-uncle whose corrupted magic wreaked havoc on the family.Meanwhile,...
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Bark vs. Snark:

Spencer Quinn - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Arthur doesn't always remember where he buried his bone, or what he was doing before he started scratching his ear, but he never forgets three important facts:1) Bacon is delicious2) He loves his humans, twins Bro and Harmony, with all his heart3) Queenie the cat is out to destroy...
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Whats Gender Equality

KATIE KAWA - Kidhaven
Format: Paperback

The fight for gender equality has its roots in the past, affects the lives of all people in the present, and will shape the future in important ways. However, before young people can begin to join the fight for gender equality, they first have to understand it. What is feminism? Why are women...
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Geeked Out

Obert Skye - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Book 1 in a post-apocalyptic diary fiction odyssey!Waddle Jr. High has become a dystopian outpost with divided cliques -- Pepville, Jockstown, Staffland, and even Geekdom. Society may be in danger but middle school must go on. Enter geeky Tip and all his friends: easy-to-blush Owen, coding...
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Geeky Fab 5 Vol. 2: Mystery of the Missing Monarchs

Liz Lareau - Papercutz
Format: Hardcover

In their next adventure, the Geeky Fab Five discover a hidden garden filled with Monarch butterflies and honeybees. While the girls are learning in science class that Monarchs and bees are becoming endangered, something threatens their secret butterfly garden behind Earhart. To solve the mystery,...
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Conspiracy Theories and Fake News

Phil Corso - PowerKids Press
Format: Library Binding

It is no secret that an ever-changing media landscape has changed the ways we create and consume news, but with the rising role of social media and digital technology, misinformation has found more creative ways to sneak into the collective discussion, muddying the waters and leaving readers...
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My So-Called Superpowers

Heather Nuhfer - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

The first book in a new middle grade series, Heather Nuhfer's My So-Called Superpowers is a quirky and funny coming-of-age novel celebrating individuality. More than anything, Veronica McGowan wants to fit in with the cool kids. There's just one problem: they barely know she exists....
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