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See You in the Cosmos
by Jack Cheng
Aspiring to send his golden iPod into space the way his hero, Carl Sagan, launched his Golden Record on Voyager, 11-year-old Alex documents a road trip to New Mexico as a record of what life is like on Earth, an endeavor that leads to a greater understanding about his late father.
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| Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Badness of Badgers by John Dougherty; illustrated by Sam RicksAdventure. A crimewave is sweeping the island of Great Kerfuffle, and Stinkbomb's piggy bank is the latest victim. The culprits? A gang of no-good, mustache-wearing badgers, OBVIOUSLY. Seeking justice, Stinkbomb and his sister Ketchup-Face ask King Toothbrush Weasel to banish badgers from the island, and the king agrees -- but sends the siblings on a quest to round up the badgers themselves! Bursting with cartoony artwork and silly remarks aimed directly at you, the reader, this zany fantasy adventure is just right for readers who love Philip Reeve's Not-So-Impossible Tales series. |
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Last Day on Mars
by Kevin Emerson
Moving to Mars with his scientist parents and the other survivors of Earth when the sun inexplicably starts to go supernova, Liam, a boy from the early 23rd century, makes a profound discovery about the nature of time and space.
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The Castle in the Mist
by Amy Ephron
Looking for excitement during a boring summer in the English countryside, Tess discovers a hidden castle where wishes come true and carnival games are in abundance before discovering that her family and friends are at risk of being trapped in a world of sinister hawthorn trees. A first novel.
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| The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale and Dean HaleFantasy. Doreen Green is new in town, and she's hiding a big secret: she has the proportional strength and speed of a squirrel -- not to mention the fluffy tail. Doreen wants to fit in, but when a villain threatens her new neighborhood, she knows it's time to step up and become a superhero. She gains support for her new mission from her squirrel pal Tippy-Toe as well as from Ana Sofía, a classmate who uses hearing aids and shares Doreen's curiosity (and love of the Avengers). Whether you're a Marvel fan or a newcomer, you'll be nuts about the upbeat energy and quirky humor in Squirrel Girl's leap from comics to chapter books. |
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| Hazy Bloom and the Tomorrow Power by Jennifer Hamburg; illustrated by Jenn HarneyIt begins with a weird prickly feeling and a sudden image of flying green peas. It takes third-grader Hazel "Hazy" Bloom a while to figure out that it's a vision of the near future, and it's just the first of many. High-spirited Hazy can't resist a challenge -- whether it's building a cupcake tower or trying to fit marshmallows up her nose -- but decoding her confusing visions seems to cause more disasters than it prevents. Can Hazel get a handle on her "tomorrow power" before it messes up her family, her friendships, and the school's spring carnival? Pick up this funny, fast-paced series-starter to find out. |
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Midnight Without a Moon
by Linda Williams Jackson
Living with her sharecropper grandparents on a white man's mid-20th-century cotton plantation, Rose Lee Carter joins local resistance activities in the wake of a black youth's murder by a white mob that has been unjustly acquitted.
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| The Someday Birds by Sally J. PlaIf Charlie can just spot all of the "someday" birds, his dad will be okay. At least that's what the 12-year-old hopes after his dad is injured and sent across the country for treatment. Charlie likes order and rituals, so as he and his siblings -- along with mysterious, pink-haired family friend Ludmila -- drive all the way from California to join their dad in Virginia, he carefully tries to complete his and his dad's birdwatching bucket list. Charlie's voice is both thoughtful and authentic as he describes the national landmarks, family drama, and desperate hope of this offbeat family road trip. |
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Finding Perfect
by Elly D Swartz
When Molly's mother decides to leave the family to take a job far away, promising to return in one year, Molly hatches a plan to win the Lakeville Middle School Poetry Slam Contest so that her mother will come home sooner, but as Molly's world becomes harder to manage and her OCD spins out of control, she learns there is no such thing as perfect.
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The Goldfish Boy
by Lisa Thompson
Suffering from a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that prevents him from going to school and subjects him to terrible episodes, Matthew is challenged to step outside of his insular world when he realizes he is the last person who saw a missing toddler.
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