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A Properly Unhaunted Place
by William Alexander
Reluctantly moving with her librarian mother to the world's only ghost-free town, Rosa teams up with local kid Jasper, the son of Renaissance Festival performers, to appease angry spirits who thunder into the quiet community. Call Number: J ALEXANDE
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Our Teacher Is a Vampire and Other (Not) True Stories
by Mary Amato
Encouraged by their pregnant teacher to share a class notebook for recording thoughts, jokes, poems, stories and letters, the students of Mrs. Penrose's class conclude that she is probably not a vampire and express their worry when the baby arrives too soon. Call Number: J AMATO
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Wishtree
by Katherine Applegate
A wise old oak tree that stands as the neighborhood's "wishtree," where people write wishes on cloth and tie them to her branches, shares her days with her crow friend and helps the community embrace differences when new neighbors move in and are not warmly welcomed. Call Number: J APPLEGAT
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Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Relates how the lives of four children living in different parts of the country intersect and are affected by the events of September 11, 2001. Call Number: J/YA BASKIN
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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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The Fast and the Furriest
by Andy Behrens
When his plan for a lazy summer is disrupted by his former athlete father and his energetic beagle, 12-year-old Kevin reluctantly signs up for football camp and devises a way to team up with his faithful canine. Call Number: J BEHRENS
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Miss Colfax's Light
by Aimée M Bissonette
In 1861, at the age of 37, Harriet Colfax became the lighthouse keeper for the Michigan City lighthouse off Lake Michigan and for 43 years, she kept her light burning through storms, harsh winters and changes in technology. Call Number: J 921 COL
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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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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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The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
Initializing for the first time on a remote island where she is all alone, Roz the robot learns survival strategies from the island's hostile animals and finally gains acceptance when she cares for an orphaned gosling. Call Number: J BROWN
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Room One: A Mystery or Two
by Andrew Clements
In his very small town of Hamilton, Nebraska, fifth-grader Ted Hammond looks for a connection between the dying town's dwindling school numbers and the face in the window of the empty Anderson house. Call Number: J CLEMENTS
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Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy. Call Number: J/YA COLLINS
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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 Field Guide
by Tony DiTerlizzi
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences. Call Number: J DITERLIZ
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
by Karina Yan Glaser
Informed by their landlord that he will not be renewing their lease on the home where they have always lived, the five Vanderbeeker siblings decide to prove to their curmudgeonly landlord just how wonderful they are as tenants. Call Number: J GLASER
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The Matchstick Castle
by Keir Graff
Enduring a boring summer with relatives while his scientist father is stationed far away, Brian and his cousin, Nora, discover a huge wooden castle in the forest where an eccentric family battles fantastic monsters and a crazed demolitionist. 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
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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Running Out of Time
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children. Call Number: J HADDIX
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Full of Beans
by Jennifer L. Holm
Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort. Call Number: J HOLM
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Escaping the Giant Wave
by Peg Kehret
Having never seen the Pacific Ocean, thirteen-year-old Kyle was excited about his family vacation on the Oregon coast, yet when an earthquake hits, Kyle, remembering a lesson about earthquakes and tsunami waves, leads his sister to safety by bringing her high up a mountain before the wave strikes. Call Number: J KEHRET
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself. Call Number: J KONIGSBU
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Restart
by Gordon Korman
Follows the experiences of a former bully who gets a chance at redemption after a memory-impairing accident tests whether he can change or will revert to his previous ways. Call Number: J/YA KORMAN
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Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes
by Mary E. Lambert
Struggling to keep her friends at arm's length so that they will not discover her mother's painful hoarding disorder, Annabelle is challenged to confront the severity of the situation when her sister is injured, her father leaves, her grandmother steps in to help and she develops a first crush. Call Number: J LAMBERT
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The Door by the Staircase
by Katherine Marsh
Adopted by the mysterious Madame Z from a hated orphanage, 12-year-old Mary explores her new town with the help of her friend Jacob and makes a terrifying discovery about Madame Z's true identity. Call Number: J MARSH
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In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
by Joseph Marshall
Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and warrior. Call Number: J MARSHALL
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Upside-Down Magic
by Sarah Mlynowski
Placed in the Upside-Down Magic class at an elite magical academy, students Nory, Elliott, Andres and Bax cast spells that go frustratingly wonky at the worst possible times. Call Number: J MLYNOWSK
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Wish
by Barbara O'Connor
A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are. Call Number: J OCONNOR
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Wild River
by P. J. Petersen
Considered lazy and unathletic, 12-year-old Ryan discovers his heroic side when a kayak trip with his older brother Tanner goes horribly wrong. Call Number: J PETERSE
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Captain Nobody
by Dean Pitchford
When his super-star older brother gets into an accident and ends up in a coma, Newt's two best friends decide to cheer him up by taking him out on Halloween, but in creating and wearing a special costume for the evening's events, Newt discovers superhero powers within himself that he never knew he had. Call Number: J PITCHFOR
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Patina
by Jason Reynolds
A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons. Call Number: J REYNOLDS
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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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Short
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
A girl who is rather petite for her age is cast as a Munchkin in a regional theater production of The Wizard of Oz before she bonds with a director who admires her can-do attitude, an adult with dwarfism who does not let size define her and an artistic neighbor who encourages her resolve to stand out. Call Number: J SLOAN
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A Whole Nother Story
by Cuthbert Soup
Targeted by international super-spies, top-secret government agencies and a genius chimpanzee when their father invents a time machine, the three Cheeseman children, their psychic dog and a sock puppet find themselves on the run and confronting a series of high-action adventures. Call Number: J SOUP
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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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The Trials of Morrigan Crow
by Jessica Townsend
Born on the unluckiest day of the year and blamed for all misfortunes that occur in her community, a girl doomed to die at midnight on her 11th birthday is unexpectedly whisked away by a stranger on horseback who brings her to a magical city, where she learns she has been chosen to compete for a position with an organization comprised of highly talented individuals. Call Number: J TOWNSEND
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Save Me a Seat
by Sarah Weeks
Two boys, one white, one Indian-American, gain strength from each other from afar as they struggle to navigate middle school, family relationships and friendships. Call Number: J WEEKS
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Beyond the Bright Sea
by Lauren Wolk
Abandoned and set adrift on a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow's only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar. When she is twelve years old, Crow embarks on a journey to discover who her parents were and why they abandoned her. Call Number: J WOLK
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