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The Book of Three
by Lloyd Alexander
Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper to a famous oracular sow, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil. Series: Chronicles of Prydain Call Number: J ALEXANDE
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The Wonderling
by Mira Bartók
Wonderling, a one-eared, fox-like creature, has toiled most of his eleven years at an institute run by villainous Miss Carbunkle, but Trinket, a young bird, gives him her friendship as they seek to escape together. Call Number: J BARTOK
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The School for Good and Evil
by Soman Chainani
Best friends Sophie and Agatha are headed to the School for Good and Evil, but their assumed destinies are reversed. Sophie's dumped into the School for Evil for Uglification and Henchmen Training classes, while Agatha attends Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication at the School for Good. Series: School for Good and Evil Call Number: J CHAINANI
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Love Sugar Magic: 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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Dragonwatch
by Brandon Mull
A spin-off sequel to the Fablehaven series follows the broken alliance between humans and dragons that have come to regard dragon sanctuaries as prisons. Call Number: J MULL
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The False Prince
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Fantasy. Unrest is brewing in the kingdom of Carthya, and if word got out that the king, the queen, and their only remaining heir are all dead, civil war would break out and chaos would reign. But Bevin Connor, one of the king's regents, has a plan. He brings four orphaned boys together -- including rough-edged, 15-year-old thief Sage -- in order to train them to pose as long-lost Prince Jaron. However, only one of the boys will be chosen to play the imposter...and it's curtains for the rest. Series: Ascendance Trilogy Call Number: J NIELSEN
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One Dead Spy
by Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy and a Revolutionary War hero. Series: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Call Number: J 921 HAL
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Mighty Jack
by Ben Hatke
Jack trades in the family car for a box of magic beans sparking a magical adventure involving onion babies, biting cabbages and a fiery dragon. Call Number: J HATKE
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Sunny Side Up
by Jennifer L Holm
Sunny Lewin is sent to live with her grandfather for the summer in Florida, where she befriends Buzz, a boy completely obsessed with comic books, and faces the secret behind why she is in Florida in the first place. Call Number: J HOLM
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Fish Girl
by Donna Jo Napoli
Fish Girl, a young mermaid living in a boardwalk aquarium, has never interacted with anyone beyond the walls of her tank until a chance encounter with an ordinary girl, Livia. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium tank. Call number: J NAPOLI
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Bunny vs. Monkey
by Jamie Smart
When mean, selfish Monkey is sent into space, his spaceship crash-lands in Bunny's peaceful forest home, and Monkey, believing he is on a new planet, tries to claim it for his own. Series: Bunny vs. Monkey Call Number: J SMART
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Nnewts: Escape from the Lizzarks
by Doug TenNapel
When Herk's quaint village is attacked by the reptile Lizzarks, he's forced to flee his home and enter a dangerous world filled with strange creatures and mysterious wonders while an evil overlord is in hot pursuit. Series: Nnewts Call Number: J TENNAPEL
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Sophia's War
by Avi
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which was newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy. Call Number: J AVI
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Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town. Call Number: J DRAPER
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A Diamond in the Desert
by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thirteen-year-old Tetsu and his family are sent to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona where a fellow prisoner starts a baseball team, but when Tetsu's sister becomes ill and he feels responsible, he stops playing. Call Number: J FITZMAUR
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Snow Treasure
by Marie McSwigan
Based on a true story, this heroic tale, set in Norway during World War II, follows a group of courageous schoolchildren who outwit the invading Nazis by sledding thirteen tons of gold bricks down the mountain to a waiting ship, keeping their country's treasure out of Nazi hands. Call Number: J MCSWIGAN
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The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
by W. R. Philbrick
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War. Call Number: J PHILBRIC
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Paper Wishes
by Lois Sepahban
Near the start of World War II, young Manami, her parents and Grandfather are evacuated from their home and sent to Manzanar, an ugly, dreary internment camp Japanese-American citizens in the desert. Call Number: J SEPAHBAN
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Hatched
by Bruce Coville
Told in the style of diary entries, this book follows the experiences of a less-than-fierce griffin, who feels like a complete embarrassment because he has never found treasure to guard. Series: Echanted Files Call Number: J COVILLE
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Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever.
by Betsy Bird
From a pet advice column, to a babysitting horror story, to a series of letters demanding that Grandpa hand over $1,000 in small, unmarked bills, this anthology of humorous short stories, personal essays, comics, poems and more, written by 25 of the funniest, most talented women writing for kids today, offers a smorgasbord of silliness that will have middle-grade readers rolling with laughter. Call Number: J FUNNY
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The Magic Misfits
by Neil Patrick Harris
A young New England street magician teams up with other talented street kids to protect their community from a greedy crime boss. Series: Magic Misfits Call Number: J HARRIS
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Chomp
by Carl Hiaasen
Spending his days in a zoo beside his volatile animal wrangler father, Wahoo Cray struggles to control his father's temper when the latter takes a job with an egocentric reality nature show host. Call Number: J HIAASEN
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The Willoughbys
by Lois Lowry
In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny. Call Number: J LOWRY
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Funny Kid for President
by Matt Stanton
Wrongly blamed by an intimidating teacher for an act of vandalism, underdog Max decides to run for class president against an archenemy who challenges him to organize the campaign of a lifetime in spite of not being the smartest, fastest or best-looking kid in school. Series: Funny Kid Call Number: J STANTON
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Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. Call Number: J BALLIETT
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Book Scavenger
by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Delightedly moving to San Francisco, 12-year-old Emily longs to meet a favorite author who lives nearby and who is savagely attacked just before the release of his latest online puzzle series. Series: Book Scavenger Call Number: J BERTMAN
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Belly Up
by Stuart Gibbs
Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction--Henry the hippopotamus--is murdered. Series: FunJungle Call Number: J GIBBS
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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. Series: Winterhouse Trilogy Call Number: J GUTERSON
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The Parker Inheritance
by Varian Johnson
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure. When she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance. Call Number: J JOHNSON
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Woof
by Spencer Quinn
Teaming up with eleven-year-old Birdie to solve mysteries on the Louisiana coast, dog detective Bowser investigates the theft of a prize stuffed marlin in which Birdie's Grammy may have hidden a treasure map. Series: Bowser and Birdie Call Number: J QUINN
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The Losers Club
by Andrew Clements
Made an example of by a strict principal who forbids reading in classes that require attentive participation, Alec starts a club of one, intending to devote whatever time he can to his favorite books, before he is unexpectedly joined by a crush and an ex-best friend turned bully. Call Number: J CLEMENTS
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Ban This Book
by Alan Gratz
When her favorite book in the school library is challenged by a well-meaning parent, Amy Anne and her friends start a secret banned books locker library, using ridiculous reasons to ban every book in the library to make a point. Call Number: J GRATZ
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Garvey's Choice
by Nikki Grimes
Preferring science and reading to the sports his father wants him to pursue, insecure Garvey comforts himself with food and endures teasing by bullies before joining the school chorus, where his musical talents help him accept himself and bond with his father. Call Number: J GRIMES
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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. Call Number: J KELLER
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Swindle
by Gordon Korman
When his precious baseball card is stolen by a mean dealer named Swindle, Griffin Bing gathers up a group of courageous misfits and devises a plan to break into the compound to get it back. Series: Swindle Mystery Call Number: J KORMAN
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Listen, Slowly
by Thanhha Lai
Assisting her grandmother's investigation of her grandfather's fate during the Vietnam War, Mai struggles to adapt to an unfamiliar culture while redefining her sense of family. Call Number: J LAI
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The Best Man
by Richard Peck
Sixth-grader Archer Magill finds his life filled with change and startling revelations, including his role as best man for two of his role models. Call Number: J PECK
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The Night Gardener
by Jonathan Auxier
Irish orphans Molly, 14, and Kip, 10, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and the secrets of the cursed house. Call Number: J AUXIER
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Serafina and the Black Cloak
by Robert Beatty
Living secretly in the basement of a grand estate where her pa works as a maintenance man, young Serafina narrowly escapes a black-cloaked man who has been abducting local children and who Serafina, aided by a youth from the estate, endeavors to expose. Call Number: J BEATTY
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The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
Raised since he was a baby by ghosts, werewolves, and other residents of the cemetery in which he has always resided, Bod wonders how he will manage to survive amongst the living with only the lessons he has learned from the dead. Call Number: J GAIMAN
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All the Lovely Bad Ones
by Mary Downing Hahn
While spending the summer at their grandmother's Vermont inn, two prankster siblings awaken young ghosts from the inn's distant past who refuse to "rest in peace." Call Number: J HAHN
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The Nest
by Kenneth Oppel
When wasps come to Steve in a dream offering to fix his sick baby brother, he thinks all he has to do is say yes. But yes may not mean what Steve thinks it means. Call Number: J OPPEL
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The Screaming Staircase
by Jonathan Stroud
When London is overrun by malevolent spirits, a talented group of young psychic detectives compete against other ghostbusting agencies in a new series that finds three intrepid colleagues investigating one of England's most haunted houses. Series: Lockwood & Co. Call Number: J STROUD
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The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
A middle-grade novel in verse follows the experiences of twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan, who struggle with challenges on and off the court while their father ignores his declining health. Call Number: J ALEXANDER
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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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Kid Owner
by Tim Green
Inheriting ownership of the Dallas Cowboys when his estranged father dies, Ryan embraces his newfound stardom until his status is threatened by his wicked stepmother, who wants her son to be the team's owner. Call Number: J GREEN
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Point Guard
by Mike Lupica
It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage. Series: Home Team Call Number: J LUPICA
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Soccer Shake-Up
by Jake Maddox
Worried sick about his baby brother's operation, twelve-year-old Dominic does not really feel much like playing soccer, so he just messes around on the field during practice--but when his grandfather teaches him some moves he starts to take an interest, and sets out to win the trust of his coach and teammates. Series: Jake Maddox Sports Series Call Number: J MADDOX
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Scholastic Year in Sports 2018
by Jr. Buckley, James
A latest annual edition features full-color action photographs, completely updated facts and stats, and a colorful interior design, in a sports reference that includes profiles of top athletes, championships and legends. Series: Scholastic Year in Sports Call Number: J 796 SCH
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