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Wishtree
by Katherine Applegate
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk. Call Number: J APPLEGAT
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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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Windcatcher
by Avi
While maneuvering his sailboat through the narrow channels between offshore islands, Tony suddenly loses his sense of direction and becomes involved in a daring hunt for a two-hundred-year-old shipwreck. Call Number: J AVI
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Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein
by Linda Bailey
Describes how a loveless family life challenged Mary's dreams before she eloped with fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and found herself in a literary circle that included Lord Byron and other luminaries. Call Number: J 921 SHE
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
by Dusti Bowling
New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges. Call Number: J/YA BOWLING
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Masterpiece
by Elise Broach
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Call Number: J BROACH
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The Wolf Keepers
by Elise Broach
Having an unconventional upbringing in a caretaker's home at the zoo, where she observes animal behaviors and has difficulty making friends, 12-year-old Lizzie bonds with a runaway who is seeking shelter at the zoo before stumbling into a covert investigation involving the zoo's dying wolves and the legend of John Muir. Call Number: J BROACH
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Sanity & 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 (graphic novel)
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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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The Great Hibernation
by Tara Dairman
In the tiny northern town of St. Polonius, everyone over the age of twelve falls asleep after the traditional tasting of the Sacred Bear Liver at the Founders' Day Festival, leaving the children in charge, including Jean who tries to solve the mystery. Call Number: J DAIRMAN
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Superstar
by Mandy Davis
Enrolling in public school after years of homeschooling, Lester, a mildly autistic fifth-grader, struggles to adapt and manage symptoms before becoming eager to win a science fair, discovering an unexpected truth along the way. Call Number: J DAVIS
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The Seventh Level
by Jody Feldman
Twelve-year-old Travis is invited to become a member of The Legend, Lauer Middle School's most exclusive secret society, but first he must solve seven puzzles. Call Number: J FELDMAN
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The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
by Dan Gemeinhart
Living on the road in an old school bus with her dad after losing her mother and sisters, 12-year-old Coyote devises an elaborate plan to convince her father to make a first trip home to Washington state in five years, a journey marked by an eclectic group of passengers they meet along the way. Call Number: J GEMEINHA
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Island War
by Patricia Reilly Giff
The daughter of a scientific researcher and the son of a U.S. agent meet by chance on a remote Aleutian Island during World War II and put aside their differences in order to survive when they become the only Americans to escape an invasion by Japanese forces. Call Number: J GIFF
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
by Karina Yan Glaser
Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind. Call Number: J GLASER
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The Phantom Tower
by Keir Graff
Moving to Chicago for a fresh start in the aftermath of a parent's death, twins Colm and Mal process their grief by making new friends and wandering through their fascinating apartment building before discovering a mysterious elevator portal to a parallel dimension. Call Number: J GRAFF
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The Great Treehouse War
by Lisa Graff
A difficult custody arrangement in the aftermath of a divorce compels Winnie to barricade herself in a treehouse, where she is joined by friends who have grievances of their own. Call Number: J GRAFF
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Ban This Book
by Alan Gratz
A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every single book in the library to make a point, and take astand against censorship. Call Number: J GRATZ
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Double Identity
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. Call Number: J HADDIX
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The Strangers
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Receiving reports that three children with their names and birthdates have been kidnapped, three siblings investigate complex codes, hidden rooms and a dangerous secret that turns their lives upside down. Call Number: J HADDIX
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Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
When twelve-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years. Call Number: J/YA HAHN
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The Night Diary
by Veera Hiranandani
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary. Call Number: J HIRANAND
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Far North
by Will Hobbs
When their plane goes down in the remote frozen wilderness of Canada's Northwest Territories, fifteen-year-old Gabe Rogers and his roommate, Raymond Providence, a Dene Indian boy, must depend on each other as they struggle to survive the harsh subarctic winter and reach safety. Call Number: J/YA HOBBS
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The Eleventh Trade
by Alyssa Hollingsworth
Determined to recover his grandfather's stolen Afghan musical instrument, a penniless young refugee finds the instrument selling for a high price at a music store and negotiates a series of trades in the hope of collecting enough money to buy it back. Call Number: J HOLLINGS
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The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes
The fearsome iron giant becomes a hero when he challenges a huge space monster. Call Number: J HUGHES
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Nightmare Mountain
by Peg Kehret
Twelve-year-old Molly's visit to her aunt and uncle's llama ranch in the state of Washington leads her into unexpected danger and suspense. Call Number: J KEHRET
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Restart
by Gordon Korman
Chase does not remember falling off the roof. In fact, he does not remember anything about himself. When he gets back to middle school, he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids but is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed. Can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life? Call Number: J/YA KORMAN
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Punished!
by David Lubar
After Logan receives a face full of magic dust from a man in the reference section of the library, he finds the only way to stop his incessant punning is to find oxymorons, anagrams, and palindromes to fulfill the requirements of three quests. Call Number: J LUBAR
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Annie's Life in Lists
by Kristin Mary Mahoney
A shy fifth-grader with an incredible memory and a penchant for organizing her life by making lists navigates her brother's animosity over their recent move, her efforts to secure her bond with a best friend and the challenges of finding a place to belong. Call Number: J MAHONEY
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Nowhere Boy
by Katherine Marsh
Fourteen-year-old Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, and thirteen-year-old Max, an American boy, are bound by a secret that sets them on the adventure of a lifetime. Call Number: J MARSH
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Bob
by Wendy Mass
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is. Call Number: J MASS
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Winnie's Great War
by Lindsay Mattick
Presents the story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh, tracing her youth in the Canadian forest, her remarkable travels with the Veterinary Corps and her settlement in the London Zoo. Call Number: J MATTICK
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The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
by Stacy McAnulty
Surviving a lightning strike that has given her genius-level math skills, 12-year-old Lucy is offered entry into college but reluctantly takes her grandmother's advice to attend one year of middle school, make a friend, join a club and read a non-math book. Call Number: J MCANULTY
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Breakout
by Kate Messner
From multiple perspectives, tells of a time capsule project and the middle schoolers who contribute, including future journalist Nora Tucker and newcomer Elidee Jones, whose brother is in the local prison. Call Number: J MESSNER
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Wonderland
by Barbara O'Connor
An uplifting story about the meaning of friendship, the challenges of growing up, and the impact a loveable runaway dog has on two new friends and their lonely neighbor. Call Number: J OCONNOR
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Inkling
by Kenneth Oppel
A boy from a family overshadowed by grief and creative blocks rediscovers his imagination when an ink blot from his artist father's sketchbook comes to life and helps the family figure out what they truly need. Call Number: J OPPEL
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Night of the Howling Dogs
by Graham Salisbury
In 1975, eleven Boy Scouts, their leaders, and some new friends camping at Halape, Hawaii, find their survival skills put to the test when a massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami. Call Number: J SALISBUR
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Lemons
by Melissa Savage
Struggling to stay positive after the death of her mother, Lem moves in with the grandfather she has never met and befriends a kid detective who invites her to be his assistant as he tries to capture a photograph of Bigfoot. Call Number: J SAVAGE
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Hope in the Holler
by Lisa Lewis Tyre
Sent to live with scheming relatives after the death of her mother, Wavie struggles to follow the list of instructions left by her mother about how to be brave and find her place in the world as part of an effort to secure a home with a loving guardian. Call Number: J TYRE
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