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| Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart GibbsIntroducing: twelve-year-old super-genius Charlie Thorne, who’s just been recruited (okay, blackmailed) by the CIA to help them beat a terrorist group in the race to find an explosive, long-hidden equation by Albert Einstein.
Read it for: breathless action, fascinating cryptography, and a rebellious heroine who can outwit anyone.
Series alert: This is only the 1st of many adventures for Charlie Thorne. |
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| The Okay Witch by Emma SteinkellnerWhat it’s about: Lonely 13-year-old outsider Moth Hush is shocked to discover her hidden witchy abilities, as well as a long history of power and prejudice in her family and her Massachusetts hometown.
Who it’s for: fans of Molly Ostertag’s Witch Boy series, as well as anyone looking for a fun, inclusive, and thought-provoking graphic novel about the perks and perils of magical heritage. |
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| Shadow School: Archimancy by J.A. WhiteWelcome to: Shadow School, an eerie old mansion turned middle school where new student Cordelia Liu keeps seeing ghosts in old-fashioned clothes. Can her new friends Benji and Agnes help her figure out who the spirits are, and how to set them free?
Why you might like it: This paranormal story, the 1st in a trilogy, is smart, scary, and suspenseful.
You might also like: Avi’s School of the Dead, another creepy tale set at an uncanny academy. |
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| My Life As an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi ZoboiWhat it’s about: After moving from Alabama, where she lived her NASA engineer grandfather, to New York City to live with the father she barely knows, space-obsessed Ebony-Grace has a hard time fitting in with the other kids in 1984 Harlem.
Why you might like it: Sprinkled with science fiction comics and dispatches from Ebony-Grace’s outer-space “imagination location,” this book isn’t just outside the box -- it’s out of this world. |
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The house with a clock in its walls by John BellairsA boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.
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The Halloween tree
by Ray Bradbury
Featuring dramatic illustrations by the artist of The Dangerous Alphabet, a rerelease of a 1972 book by the award-winning author of Fahrenheit 451 features a magical journey through space and time in search of the true origins of Halloween.
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Nightmares! by Jason SegelA first installment in a trilogy co-written by the actor from How I Met Your Mother and The Muppets follows the misadventures of young Charlie Laird, who struggles with nightmares and a conviction that his stepmother is a witch.
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The screaming staircase by Jonathan StroudWhen London is overrun by malevolent spirits, a talented group of young psychic detectives compete against other ghostbusting agencies in the debut of a new series that finds three intrepid colleagues investigating one of England's most haunted houses.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 10-13!
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Avon Lake Public Library 32649 Electric Blvd. Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 440-933-8128alpl.org |
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