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Get A Grip Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit – J F KAP Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class. |
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Brave Like That by Lindsey Stoddard – J F STO Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave. |
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Booked by Kwame Alexander – TWEEN F ALE Twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. |
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Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi – TWEEN F CHO Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon. |
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia – J F MBA Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies, John Henry and Brer Rabbit must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky. |
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A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat – J F SOO This fantasy novel follows two children, Pong, a boy who escapes the prison he was born in, and Nok, the prison warden’s daughter who has become a warrior. As Nok tries to track him down, Pong discovers how the rich of Chattana thrive while the poor struggle, and he and his friend Somkit band together to bring justice. |
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Spy School (series) by Stewart Gibbs – J F GIB Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA’s highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school. |
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Restart by Gordon Korman – J F KOR When Chase returns to middle school after falling off the roof and losing his memory, he learns that the person he was before the amnesia is not someone he likes. |
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The Canyon’s Edge by Dusti Bowling – J F BOW A year after her mother’s death in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong. |
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The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas – J F CUE A Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule Vieja, a witch that transforms into different animals. |
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What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado – J F MAL Biracial sixth-grader Stephen questions the limitations society puts on him after noticing how strangers treat him when he hangs out with his white friends and learns about the Black Lives Matter movement. |
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Ana Marâia Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle by Hilda Eunice Burgos – J F BUR With a new sibling (her fourth) on the way and a big piano recital on the horizon, Dominican-American Ana Maria Reyes tries to win a scholarship to a New York City private school. |
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The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden – J F BRA Seventh-grader Zoey Albro focuses on caring for three younger siblings and avoiding wealthy classmates at school until her fascination with octopuses gets her on the debate team, and she begins to speak out. |
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The Thief of Worlds by Bruce Coville – J F COV To save heavily polluted Earth and his ailing mother, eleven-year-old Hurricane must travel to magical worlds aboard a giant, winged tiger to rescue the wind and other elements. |
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The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner – GRAPHIC J STE Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. When some eighth-grade bullies try to ruin her Halloween, something extraordinary happens. It turns out that her town has a history of witch drama, and her family is at the center of it all! |
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Secrets of Camp Whatever by Chris Grine – GRAPHIC J GRI Eleven-year-old Willow doesn’t want to go to her dad’s weird old summer camp any more than she wants her family to move to the odd old town where that camp is located. Soon Willow finds herself neck-deep in a confounding mystery involving stolen snacks, suspected vampires, missing campers, and more. |
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This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews – GRAPHIC J AND Ben and his friends are determined to find out where the paper lanterns of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival go, so they follow the river as far as they can until the only followers left are Ben and Nathaniel. |
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Mischief and Mayhem (series) by Kenneth Lamug – GRAPHIC J LAM A hilarious middle-grade graphic novel series starring Mischief and Mayhem–a dynamic duo that falls into super-villainy after they’re kicked out of superhero camp. |
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Becoming Brianna by Terri Libenson – GRAPHIC J LIB Brainy Brianna worries she has taken on too much when she agrees to learn a new language, give a speech, and organize a party while juggling drama at school and home. |
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Who Was/ What Was (series by various authors) – J B WHO A series of illustrated biographies for young readers featuring significant historical figures, including artists, scientists, and world leaders. |
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How to Speak Dog: A Guide to Decoding Dog Language by Aline Alexander Newman – J 636.7 NEW A guide about understanding a dog’s body language and behavior illustrates such critical concepts as barking, howling, panting, bared teeth, and wagging tail. |
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The American Revolution (History Smashers Series) by Kate Messner – J 973.3 MES Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth behind the Revolutionary War with a fun mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels. |
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Fashion Drawing by Carolyn Scrace – J 746.92 SCR Offers beginners step-by-step instruction on how to draw and construct figures and outfits in a variety of styles. |
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History of the World in Comics by Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu – J 576.83 PAN A paleontologist and a storyteller take two children through the birth of our planet to the present day, covering significant geological periods and the evolution of life on Earth. |