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Be Prepared
by Vera Brosgol
Nine-year-old misfit Vera, who's hoping that she'll finally fit in among the other Russian kids at a Russian American summer camp. From mean girls to a terrifying outhouse, camp is nothing like Vera expected -- can she make even one friend before it's finally time to go home? This funny, relatable graphic novel is based on the real-life summer camp woes of author Vera Brosgol.
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The Alcatraz Escape
by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Legendary literary game-maker Garrison Griswold is back in action--this time with "Unlock the Rock." For his latest coup, Griswold has partnered with the notoriously reclusive mystery writer Errol Roy to plan an epic escape-room challenge on Alcatraz Island. But just as the fun starts for Emily and James, they realize they've become a target. Threatening notes, stolen items, and a vicious plot to frame Emily's brother, Matthew, emerge to sabotage the sleuthing duo--at any cost. Now the friends must find their invisible enemy as they compete in Unlock the Rock, and both mysteries will pull them into the perilous Alcatraz underground.
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The Wild Robot Escapes
by Peter Brown
A sequel to The Wild Robot finds a shipwrecked Robot Roz struggling to survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island. By the award-winning author of Creepy Carrots!
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Like Vanessa
by Tami Charles
It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.
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Shadow Weaver
by MarcyKate Connolly
Twelve-year-old Emmeline possesses the unique ability to manipulate shadows, but when her magical powers are threatened by a noble family she desperately turns to Dar, her shadow friend, who offers to save her if Emmeline makes Dar flesh again, but this bargain only puts Emmeline's life in further jeopardy
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The Lifters
by Dave Eggers
When Gran and his family move to Carousel, he has no idea that the town is built atop a secret. Little does he suspect, as he walks his sister to school or casually eats a banana, that mysterious forces lurk mere inches beneath his feet, tearing up the earth like mini-hurricanes and causing the town to slowly but surely sink. When Gran's friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, presses a silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway to underground, he knows that she is extraordinary and brave, and that he will have no choice but to follow wherever she leads. With luck on their side, and some discarded hockey sticks for good measure, Gran and Catalina might just find a way to lift their town--and the known world--out of danger.
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The Science of Breakable Things
by Tae Keller
Given a challenging assignment in school to answer an important question using the scientific method, young Natalie endeavors to help her botanist mother fight depression, an effort that leads to a new understanding that parents are people too.
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Big Foot and Little Foot
by Ellen Potter; illustrated by Felicita Sala
One day during hide-and-go-sneak class, young sasquatch Hugo accidentally reveals his existence to a human boy named Boone, and a curious, cross-cultural friendship begins. If you like the good-natured humor and cartoon art in this easy-to-read chapter book, you're in luck -- it's the 1st in a series about Hugo and Boone's adventures.
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Sunny
by Jason Reynolds
Sunny, the defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
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Stuck in the Stone Age
by Geoff Rodkey
A glitchy time machine strands a bumbling janitor and a brilliant scientist in the distant past, and they must find their way home before they're attacked by angry cavemen or eaten alive by a saber-toothed tiger.
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