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The Fighting Ground
by Avi
Thirteen-year-old Jonathan goes off to fight in the Revolutionary War and discovers the real war is being fought within himself. Call Number: J/YA AVI
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Teddy Mars: Almost a World Record Breaker
by Molly B. Burnham
Ten-year-old Teddy Mars is determined to stand out in a house bursting with siblings by earning a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records. Call Number: J BURNHAM
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Esio Trot
by Roald Dahl
Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger. Call Number: J DAHL
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All Four Stars
by Tara Dairman
Secretly cooking gourmet dishes for years, Gladys is banned from the kitchen after a crème brûlée accident and attempts to reclaim her allowance and pursue a dream job by writing an anonymous restaurant review for a large newspaper. Call Number: J DAIRMAN
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Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper
Growing up in the segregated South where they accept the disparities in how they are treated, Stella and her little brother witness a terrible event that compels them to fight back and trigger fundamental changes. Call Number: J DRAPER
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Mountain Dog
by Margarita Engle
Sent to live in beautiful Sierra Nevada with a great uncle he has never met when his mother goes to jail, traumatized young Tony bonds with his Tío and a search-and-rescue dog named Gabe while making friends in his new school and church who help him to experience unconditional love for the first time. Call Number: J ENGLE
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The Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws. Call Number: J FLEISCHM
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Absolutely Truly
by Heather Vogel Frederick
Moving to the small town of Pumpkin Falls to take over the family bookstore when her injured war veteran father cannot find other work, Truly finds an unsent letter in a valuable book and embarks on a madcap treasure hunt. Call Number: J FREDERIC
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The Island of Dr. Libris
by Chris Grabenstein
Spending a summer at a lakeside cabin belonging to the mysterious Dr. Libris, Billy is astonished when he hears sounds of adventures in progress whenever he opens one of Dr. Libris' books. Call Number: J GRABENST
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Absolutely Almost
by Lisa Graff
Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, most athletic, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself. Call Number: J GRAFF
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Smashie McPerter and the Mystery of Room 11
by N. Griffin
When the class hamster goes missing from Room 11 on the same day they have an awful substitute teacher, hamster-phobic student Smashie McPerter and her best friend, Dontel, experience increasing paranoia as every likely suspect produces an alibi. Call Number: J GRIFFIN
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Honus & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
by Dan Gutman
After Joe Stoshak, a devout baseball lover, finds the world's most valuable baseball card while he is cleaning out his neighbor's attic, he wakes up and finds himself confronting Honus Wagner, the 1909 World Series hero, and together they embark on a fantastical adventure through time. Series: Baseball Card Adventures Call Number: J GUTMAN
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Blown Away!
by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Discovering that his grouchy neighbor is actually a kind man at heart, Jake begins to enjoy working with Sharkey and gains new confidence in the process. With a huge storm brewing off the coast, Jake will need to muster all his newfound courage to help his family and friends prepare for the worst that is certain to strike their small Floridian town. Call Number: J HARLOW
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The Fourteenth Goldfish
by Jennifer L. Holm
Hating change and missing both her best friend and her dead goldfish, 11-year-old Ellie encounters a boy who strongly resembles her immortality-obsessed grandfather, in a story that introduces the work of famous historical scientists. Call Number: J HOLM
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The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel
by Deborah Hopkinson
A tale set against a backdrop of the mid-19th-century London cholera epidemic follows the survival efforts of a young orphan who supports himself by selling scavenged items from a polluted River Thames and who helps a pioneering doctor identify the source of the virulent disease. Call Number: J HOPKINSO
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Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Hiding the truth about her inability to read from a highly motivated new teacher, Ally eventually discovers that her dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of and gains new confidence as she finds alternative ways to learn. Call Number: J HUNT
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The Adventures of a South Pole Pig
by Christopher Kurtz
In a fresh and funny middle-grade novel, Flora the pig ditches the sedentary life on the farm for an adventure in Antarctica, where she escapes the knife and lives her dream of pulling a sled with a team of dogs. Call Number: J KURTZ
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Duke
by Kirby Larson
In 1944, Hobie Hanson's father is flying B-24s in Europe, so Hobie decides to donate his beloved German shepherd, Duke, to Dogs for Defense in the hope that it will help end the war sooner--but when he learns that Duke is being trained for combat he is shocked, frightened and determined to get his dog back. Call Number: J LARSON
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A Dog Called Homeless
by Sarah Lean
Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates. Call Number: J LEAN
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A Snicker of Magic
by Natalie Lloyd
Arriving in a town where magic has been driven away by a curse, 12-year-old Felicity, a girl who possesses a supernatural ability to see words around the people and places she visits, is befriended by mysterious do-gooder Jonah, who introduces shimmering new words while helping her break the curse. Call Number: J LLOYD
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Half a Chance
by Cynthia Lord
Moving to an old house on a lake that she struggles to view artistically in accordance with her photographer father's teachings, Lucy, fearing the pictures she takes will never meet his high standards, anonymously enters a photo contest that he is judging. Call Number: J LORD
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Heat
by Mike Lupica
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof. Call Number: J LUPICA
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Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace
by Nan Marino
When musical prodigy Elvis Ruby completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, where he spends the summer working with his aunt and cousin at Piney Pete's Pancake Palace, the perfect place to remain anonymous until he meets Cecilia, a girl who can't seem to help blurting out whatever's on her mind. Call Number: J MARINO
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Rain Reign
by Ann M. Martin
Struggling with the challenges of OCD and Asperger's syndrome, Rose, a homonym enthusiast, shares an inseparable bond with a beloved dog. When the dog goes missing during a storm, Rose is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places in order to search for her pet. Call Number: J MARTIN
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Pi in the Sky
by Wendy Mass
Relegated to the humble duty of delivering pies due to his lack of motivation, young Joss, a seventh son of a prestigious family of overachievers, is tasked with recovering a suddenly missing Earth with the assistance of an outspoken Earth girl. Call Number: J MASS
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All the Answers
by Kate Messner
Discovering a magical pencil that imparts answers to her questions, Ava and her best friend, Sophie, learn the pencil's rules and become increasingly reliant on its replies until it reveals a scary truth about Ava's family. Call Number: J MESSNER
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The Kite Fighters
by Linda Sue Park
In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting competition. Call Number: J PARK
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The Big One-Oh
by Dean Pitchford
Wanting to have a big celebration for his tenth birthday, friendless Charley invites all his classmates in the hopes of changing his luck, but when the class bully attends, the garage goes on fire and the cake is destroyed. Charley must do something quick in order to stop his big event from becoming the biggest social debacle of the year. Call Number: J PITCHFOR
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Lucky Strike
by Bobbie Pyron
Nathaniel Harlow lives with his grandfather in a trailer park in Franklin County, Florida, and he has always been unlucky—but when he is struck by lightning on his 11th birthday and survives, it seems that his luck begins to change. Call Number: J PYRON
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The Girl with the Silver Eyes
by Willo Davis Roberts
Katie can make things move with her mind and understand what animals are thinking. One day, suspecting that there are three others with her powers, she runs away to find them. Call Number: J ROBERTS
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The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
by Joanne Rocklin
As ten-year-old Oona and younger brother Fred conspire to break their sick cat Zook out of the veterinary clinic, Oona tells the story of Zook's previous lives. Call Number: J ROCKLIN
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What the Moon Said
by Gayle Rosengren
Moving to a Depression-era farm when her father loses his job, young Esther, excited by the chance to be a pioneer, helps her family with ideas about how to manage bad weather and a tight budget until her superstitious mother forbids her to spend time with a new friend. Call Number: J ROSENGRE
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Sideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar
The only thing stranger than the school that was accidentally built sideways is the children in the class on the thirtieth floor. Call Number: J SACHAR
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The Way to Stay in Destiny
by Augusta Scattergood
Moving in with his resentful Vietnam War veteran uncle, young Theo devotes his time to playing the piano and helping a new friend, baseball fanatic Anabel, investigate a local mystery about famous ballplayer residents. Call Number: J SCATTERG
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The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky
by Holly Schindler
Living with her trash hauler grandfather in a poor section of town, Auggie faces homelessness when a wealthy classmate's father campaigns to demolish the run-down houses in their community, a challenge that compels Auggie to recycle junkyard items to beautify her home. Call Number: J SCHINDLE
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Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
by Liesl Shurtliff
When his mother dies without revealing his full name, Rump endures teasing for his half-name until he discovers his ability to spin gold, a talent that entangles him in a dire curse and prompts a fantastical quest to discover his true identity. Call Number: J SHURTLIF
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Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh
by Sally M. Walker
A picture book account of the true story that inspired the Winnie-the-Pooh classics follows the experiences of a World War I veterinarian and soldier who rescued a baby bear, made her his regiment's mascot and introduced her to Christopher Robin at the London Zoo. Call Number: J 599.785 WAL
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Honey
by Sarah Weeks
Melody's mother died shortly after Melody was born, and compared to the remarkable person her mother was according to her father's stories, 10-year-old Melody feels completely unremarkable, so when Melody discovers she'll be getting a new stepmother soon, the one birthday wish she has—to have a talk with her mother—may just result in her receiving the most important birthday gift of all. Call Number: J WEEKS
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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile
by Marcia Wells
Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and a talent for drawing anything he sees, so when the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case. Series: Eddie Red Undercover Call Number: J WELLS
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