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This journal belongs to Ratchet
by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
Homeschooled by her mechanic-environmentalist father, eleven-year-old Rachel "Ratchet" Vance records her efforts to make friends, save a park, remember her mother, and find her own definition of "normal."
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Will in scarlet
by Matthew Cody
Forced into exile by a treacherous plot to unseat King Richard, Will, the son of a nobleman who is accompanying the king on the Crusades, flees his once-sheltered existence into neighboring Sherwood Forest, where he joins an elusive gang of bandits including cruel leader Gilbert, a giant named John Little and an orphan girl disguised as a boy.
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Mountain dog
by Margarita Engle
Sent to live with a great uncle he has never met in beautiful Sierra Nevada when his mother goes to jail, traumatized young Tony bonds with his Tío and a search-and-rescue dog named Gabe while making new friends in his new school and church who help him to experience unconditional love for the first time. By the author of Hurricane Dancers.
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Michael Vey : the prisoner of cell 25
by Richard Paul Evans
Michael Vey, a fourteen-year old who has Tourette's syndrome and special electric powers, finds there are others like him, and must rely on his powers to save himself and the others from a diabolical group seeking to control them
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Hidden
by Helen Frost
When 14-year-olds Wren and Darra meet at a Michigan summer camp, both are overwhelmed by memories from six years earlier when Darra's father stole a car, unaware that Wren was hiding in the back. By the Printz Honor-winning author of Keesha's House.
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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
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Titanic : voices from the disaster
by Deborah Hopkinson
The award-winning author of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt presents a 100th anniversary tribute to the Titanic tragedy based on the words and stories of its witnesses and survivors, in a dramatic account that is complemented by archival photographs.
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See you at Harry's
by Johanna Knowles
Fern feels invisible in her family, where Sarah is working at the family restaurant, Holden is struggling with bullies, and Charlie is the center of attention, and when tragedy strikes, the bond holding the family together is stretched almost to the breaking point
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Camo girl
by Kekla Magoon
A poignant novel about a biracial girl living in the suburbs of Las Vegas examines the friendships that grow out of, and despite, her race
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take onthe Cinderella story
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A monster calls : a novel
by Patrick Ness
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill, but an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
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Shadow on the mountain
by Margi Preus
Swept up by the Norwegian Resistance when Nazi German troops invade his home, 14-year-old Espen performs illicit courier services before becoming a Gestapo-dodging spy throughout five years during which he loses friends, falls in love and plots a daring escape to Sweden. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Heart of a Samurai.
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May B.
by Caroline Starr Rose
When a failed wheat crop nearly bankrupts the Betterly family, Pa pulls twelve-year-old May from school and hires her out to a couple new to the Kansas frontier
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The Rithmatist
by Brandon Sanderson
The best-selling successor of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series presents the story of a young chalkmaker's son who longs to join the ranks of future Rithmatists capable of infusing life into Chalking figures that protect humanity from Wild Chalkling predators.
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Lincoln's grave robbers
by Steve Sheinkin
A dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and how a fledgling Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting operation. By the award-winning author of The Notorious Benedict Arnold.
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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.
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Counting by 7s
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident
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Golden boy
by Tara Sullivan
Rejected by both black- and white-skinned cultures because of his Albino features, 13-year-old Habo is reviled by everyone except his sister and forced to move from his small Tanzanian village to a refuge in Mwanza, where he is hunted by brutal predators who believe that Albino body parts bring good luck. A first novel.
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Three times lucky
by Sheila Turnage
Making a home in a small North Carolina town where she washed up as a baby during a hurricane 11 years earlier, sixth-grader Mo taps the power of her strong will and tough attitude when a lawman arrives in town to investigate a murder case that threatens to destabilize Mo's adopted family. A first novel.
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