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Granted
by John David Anderson
A fairy-in-training who is among the select few who grant the wishes of unsuspecting people struggles to protect the fairy world in the face of waning magic levels, an effort that exposes her to the dangers of the human world. Call Number: J ANDERSON
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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
by Jonathan Auxier
In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow works as a "climbing boy" aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem. Call Number: J AUXIER
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Freya & Zoose
by Emily Butler
Craving adventure despite her upbringing as a proper and dignified rockhopper penguin, Freya hops aboard a hot-air balloon expedition to the North Pole before an accident forces her to partner with a wisecracking mouse stowaway in order to survive. Call Number: J BUTLER
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The Storm Runner
by Jennifer Cervantes
A contemporary adventure inspired by Maya mythology follows the experiences of an avid explorer with a disabled leg who discovers that the dormant volcano near his home in New Mexico is a gateway to another world. Call Number: J CERVANTE
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The Serpent's Secret
by Sayantani DasGupta
When a rakkhosh demon attacks her family on the morning of her 12th birthday, Kiranmala discovers that her parents' fantastical stories about their ties to royalty are true and is whisked away by two crush-worthy princes to a parallel dimension filled with magic, winged horses, moving maps and talking birds. Call Number: J DASGUPTA
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Dragons in a Bag
by Zetta Elliott
A witch neighbor enlists young Jaxon and his friends to help deliver a clutch of baby dragons to the safe magical world where they belong, a quest that is thrown into chaos by the trio's inability to follow strict dragon-care rules. Call Number: J ELLIOTT
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A Dash of Trouble
by Anna Meriano
Sneaking out of school and into the family bakery where she has been told she is too young to help prepare for the annual Dia de los Muertos festival, Leonora discovers that her female relatives come from a long line of brujas, Mexican witches, who pour a bit of sweet magic into everything they prepare. Call Number: J MERIANO
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Sanity and Tallulah
by Molly Brooks
Two best friends living on a dilapidated space station at the far end of the galaxy are challenged to save their home after creating an illegal but impossibly cute three-headed kitten that wreaks havoc throughout the station. Call Number: J BROOKS
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New Kid
by Jerry Craft
Enrolled in a prestigious private school where he is one of only a few students of color, talented seventh-grade artist Jordan finds himself torn between the worlds of his Washington Heights apartment home and the upscale circles of Riverdale Academy. Call Number: J CRAFT
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Sharks: Nature's Perfect Hunter
by Joe Flood
Presents facts about sharks, from the hammerhead and great white to the nurse shark and megalodon. Call Number: J 597.3 FLO
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Lafayette! A Revolutionary War Tale
by Nathan Hale
Designed for particular appeal to young Hamilton fans, a lively introduction to the French nobleman who helped save the American Revolution traces his rise from an orphan to a major contributor to history. Call Number: J 921 LAF
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The Epic Origin of Super Potato
by Laperla
After Doctor Malevolent turns him into a potato, Super Max must learn how to fight crime as a vegetable. Call Number: J LAPERLA
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Click
by Kayla Miller
"A debut graphic novel about friendship and finding where you ""click"" in middle school follows the efforts of a once-popular fifth-grader who struggles to find her place in a school variety show when her friends form separate groups without her." Call Number: J MILLER
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The Cardboard Kingdom
by Chad Sell
A team of neighbor kids use their imaginations and creativity to transform cardboard materials into fantastical homemade costumes that help them navigate conflicts with friends, family and their own identities, in a collaborative graphic novel that includes contributions by such authors as Jay Fuller, David DeMeo and Katie Schenkel. Call Number: J SELL
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Lucky Broken Girl
by Ruth Behar
A semi-autobiographical story about a multicultural girl's coming-of-age in the 1960s describes how Cuban-Jewish Ruthie Mizrahi emigrates with her family from Castro's Cuba to New York, where a devastating accident challenges her perceptions about mortality and strength. Call Number: J BEHAR
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Some Kind of Courage
by Dan Gemeinhart
Losing his father to an accident, his mother and sister to illness and his horse to a cruel thief, young Joseph confronts deadly animals, dangerous men and the harsh elements of nature to reclaim the only family he has left. Call Number: J GEMEINHA
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The Island at The End of Everything
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
When the Phillipine government takes over Culion, an island for people with leprosy, Ami is put in an orphanage on another island, where she finds a friend willing to help her return before her mother dies. Call Number: J HARGRAVE
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Lifeboat 12 : based on a true story
by Susan Hood
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Call Number: J HOOD
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The Book of Boy
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter. Call Number: J MURDOCK
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Rosetown
by Cynthia Rylant
Struggling with the passing of her beloved dog the same year that her parents separate, 9-year-old Flora, a girl who loves to read vintage children's books in her small Indiana community's used bookshop, finds support, adventure and laughter alongside two friends, one old and one new. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Missing May. Call Number: J RYLANT
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Betty Before X
by Ilyasah Shabazz
Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement. Call Number: J SHABAZZ
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Max & the Midknights
by Lincoln Peirce
Aspiring knight Max teams up with a band of brave adventurers, the Midknights, on a madcap quest to save a kidnapped relative from a cruel king who is driving all the happiness out of the realm of Byjovia. Call Number: J PEIRCE
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Knights vs. Dinosaurs
by Matt Phelan
A heavily illustrated middle-grade adventure by an award-winning illustrator offers a hilarious, fast-paced adventure filled with uproarious knightly hijinks, surprising secrets and terrifying dinosaurs who face off against the Knights of the Round Table. Call Number: J PHELAN
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The Tapper Twins Go to War (with each other)
by Geoff Rodkey
When fraternal twins Claudia and Reese wage a vicious prank war against each other that escalates into an all-out battle that's fought from the cafeteria of their New York City private school to the fictional universe of an online video game, the twins have to decide if their efforts to destroy each other are worth the price, in a story told through photos, screen shots, chat logs and texts. Call Number: J RODKEY
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Abraham Lincoln, Pro Wrestler
by Steve Sheinkin
Deciding to quit history in order to teach a lesson to students who declare that history is boring, Abraham Lincoln pursues his dream of becoming a professional wrestler, compelling stepsiblings Abby and Doc to convince the 16th president to restore the timeline. Call Number: J SHEINKIN
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This Is War
by Margaret Stohl
Having fought so long that nobody remembers why, the Robot Federation and the Feline Empire take their battle to Earth, where disparate twins Max and Min find themselves in the crossfire of a battle over a life-extending technology. Call Number: J STOHL
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Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom
by Booki Vivat
Struggling with a family that does not understand her and a cafeteria full of corrupt lunch ladies, drama-prone Abbie Wu throws freak-out tantrums in her struggle to figure out who she is, where she belongs and how she is supposed to survive the everyday disasters of growing up. Call Number: J VIVAT
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Mac Undercover
by Mac Barnett
This hilarious, fully illustrated new spy adventure series introduces Mac B., the queen of England’s newest secret agent, who travels around the globe in search of stolen treasures. Call Number: J BARNETT
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Winterhouse
by Ben Guterson
A first entry in a planned trilogy set in a magical hotel filled with secrets finds orphan Elizabeth Somers shipped away by her malevolent guardians to a mysterious hotel, where she discovers a magic book of puzzles with ties to her host's sinister family and a fateful curse. Call Number: J GUTERSON
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The Jigsaw Jungle
by Kristin Levine
Questioning everything she ever believed when her beloved father goes missing and then reveals that he has actually left the family, Claudia assembles a scrapbook of emails, receipts, phone transcripts and other records to make sense of everything before receiving a cryptic message and puzzle piece that lead to a perspective-changing treasure hunt. Call Number: J LEVINE
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Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, 12-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing, but soon guests begin arriving with strange stories about the house, sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure. Call Number: J MILFORD
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The Real McCoys
by Matthew Swanson
Fourth-grader Moxie investigates her classmates as both friends and suspects when their beloved school mascot is abducted. Call Number: J SWANSON
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The Nebula Secret
by Trudi Strain Trueit
Leaving tranquil Hawaii to join other students at Explorer Academy, where the world's leading scientists train them to become the next generation of elite explorers, Cruz discovers that his family has a mysterious past that could jeopardize his future. Call Number: J TRUEIT
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The Law of Finders Keepers
by Sheila Turnage
A conclusion to the popular series finds Tupelo Landing affected by pirate fever when an opportunistic treasure hunter arrives with claims about Blackbeard's local hoard, prompting the Desperado Detectives to investigate clues about Mo's long-lost Upstream Mother. Call Number: J TURNAGE
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Saving Winslow
by Sharon Creech
Caring for a sickly newborn mini-donkey despite everyone's skepticism about the creature's fragility, Louie finds their growing bond shaped by remarkable, life-altering events. Call Number: J CREECH
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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!
by Alex Gino
Realizing she has a lot to learn when her baby sister is born with a hearing impairment, Jilly tries to connect with fellow reader Derek, a hearing-impaired African-American ASL communicator who helps her understand how to see life in different ways. Call Number: J GINO
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Lights, Camera, Cook!
by Charise Mericle Harper
A series for fans of MasterChef Jr. and Kids Cook-Off features four tween contestants who prepare to enter a televised cooking competition that challenges their interpersonal and culinary skills, in a debut entry that is complemented by educational cooking tips. Call Number: J HARPER
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You Go First
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school. Call Number: J KELLY
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Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
Merci Suárez relies on her close, extended family as she goes through many changes during her sixth-grade year at Florida's Seaward Pines Academy. Call Number: J MEDINA
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Pay Attention, Carter Jones
by Gary D Schmidt
When a mysterious English butler appears one morning and stays to help his troubled family, young Carter struggles to navigate middle school under the watch of the resented newcomer, who promotes challenging notions of decorum. Call Number: J SCHMIDT
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Front Desk
by Kelly Yang
Recent immigrants from China, desperate for money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown Southern California motel for skinflint Mr. Yao, whose son is the only other Chinese American in Mia's class. Call Number: J YANG
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Out of the Wild Night
by Blue Balliett
Mary W. Chase died on Nantucket Island just over one hundred years ago, but she is still there, in the house she once lived in, and she wants to keep it that way. First she must somehow contact a group of children who are interested in preserving historic homes on the island. Call Number: J BALLIETT
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Regan Barnhill
Luna, whose magical abilities are emerging, was raised in the forest by a witch, a swamp monster, and a dragon, but when a young man from the Protectorate is determined to kill the witch, Luna must use her magic to protect her family. Call Number: J BARNHILL
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The Wizards of Once
by Cressida Cowell
The magically inept son of a wizard king and the magic-possessing daughter of a warrior queen meet on the wildwood trail of a deadly witch before embarking on an adventure that changes the fabric of their worlds. Call Number: J COWELL
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The Storm Keeper's Island
by Catherine Doyle
Fionn Boyle, terrified of the sea, must spend the summer with his older sister, Tara, and their grandfather on Arranmore, an island that has been known to make people disappear, and seems to be restless again. Call Number: J DOYLE
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Watch Hollow
by Gregory Funaro
Journeying to an isolated small town to help their father repair a mysterious cuckoo clock in a once-grand manor, Lucy and Oliver discover that the magic within the house, and the animal guardians charged with protecting it, are in dire need of help. Call Number: J FUNARO
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The Secret of Nightingale Wood
by Lucy Strange
Finding herself alone in the wake of her mother's illness, her father's job abroad and her caregiver's busy schedule, Henrietta, a girl growing up in the early 20th century, explores ghostly secrets in her new home. Call Number: J STRANGE
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Soar
by Joan Bauer
Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach. Call Number: J BAUER
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Outside Shot
by Fred Bowen
A talented eighth-grade basketball player who has become his team's star shooter struggles through a difficult slump in the wake of a tough new coach's decree that he is not starter material. Call Number: J BOWEN
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Power Forward
by Hena Khan
A first entry in a new series by the critically acclaimed author of Amina's Voice introduces fourth-grade athlete Zayd Saleem, whose dream of becoming the first Pakistani-American to make it into the NBA is challenged by his lower ranking, his small size and his family's preference that he learn to play the violin. Call Number: J KHAN
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Out of Left Field
by Ellen Klages
Disguising herself as a boy to try out for the 1958 Little League season, talented 10-year-old Katy easily makes the team but is immediately ousted when her sercret is discovered, prompting her to tap her classroom knowledge of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement to prove that girls can do anything that boys can do. Call Number: J KLANGES
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Lone Stars
by Mike Lupica
A star football athlete becomes increasingly alarmed at transformations he witnesses in the coach and former football hero who has become like a father to him, behaviors that are traced to the effects of post-concussion syndrome. Call Number: J LUPICA
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