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The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring BlakeTwelve-year-old Sunny St. James must navigate heart surgery, reconnections with a lost mother, the betrayal of a former best friend, first kisses, and emerging feelings for another girl.
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Wings of Fire : The Lost Heir by Tui SutherlandA next graphic novel adaptation in the best-selling series finds Tsunami and her fellow dragonets finally returning home to the SeaWing Kingdom, where she learns that an assassin has been killing her mother's heirs for years.
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The Black Cauldron : 50th Anniversary Edition by Lloyd AlexanderTaran, Assistant Pig-Keeper of Prydain, faces even more dangers as he seeks the magical Black Cauldron, the chief implement of the evil powers of Arawn, lord of the Land of Death.
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The High King by Lloyd AlexanderIn this final part of the chronicle of Prydain, the forces of good and evil meet in an ultimate confrontation, which determines the fate of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper who wanted to be a hero.
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| The Girl in the Locked Room by Mary Downing HahnWhat it's about: Jules has lived in lots of old mansions (her dad restores them), but Oak Hill gives her an uneasy feeling -- and that's before she sees an eerie shadow through the window of a locked upstairs room.
Read it for: a nameless ghost, a centuries-old murder, and a page-turning mystery.
For fans of: paranormal stories that are eerie but not leave-the-lights-on scary. |
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| Nooks & Crannies by Jessica LawsonWhat it’s about: Aspiring detective Tabitha Crum is one of six children who've been invited to the creepy mansion of Countess Camilla DeMoss, who believes one of them might be her lost grandchild. As if that weren’t curious enough, a mysterious death occurs in the house just as a sudden snowstorm traps everyone inside.
Why you might like it: Set in 1907, Nooks & Crannies has the satisfying feel of an old-fashioned whodunit.
You might also like: Kate Milford's Greenglass House, a more modern tale of snowbound intrigue. |
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Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve by Mary Pope OsborneIn their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night
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You Can't Hide by Dan PoblockiTrapped inside the sinister estate where the past and present intertwine, Poppy, Marcus, Dash, Dylan and Azumi gradually discover that the secrets they each hold are more sinister than the house's ghosts, in a tale complemented by a bonus app.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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