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| See You in the Cosmos by Jack ChengFiction. Along with his dog, Carl Sagan, 11-year-old astronomer Alex Petroski is on his way to the Southwest High Altitude Rocket Festival. He's recording the journey on his iPod (just like he records everything) with the hope that it can be launched into space and heard by aliens. Through the transcripts of Alex's recordings, you can follow along as he makes eccentric new friends, travels to Las Vegas in search of his supposedly dead father, and realizes that family is more complicated than he suspected. If you like the memorable narrator in this offbeat road trip story, you might also enjoy Sally J. Pla's The Someday Birds.
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| Last Day on Mars by Kevin EmersonScience Fiction. Years ago, when the sun went supernova and destroyed the Earth, humanity fled to Mars and began searching for a safer solar system. Now, as 13-year-olds Liam and Phoebe wait to board the last starliner to the human colony's new home on Aaru-5, an explosion knocks out their scientist parents. Before the shocked friends can report the sabotage, the starliner takes off without them, catapulting Liam and Phoebe into a pulse-pounding race to catch the ship -- and warn the colony -- before it's too late. Featuring spaceships, time travel, extraterrestrials, and an AI panda called JEFF, this fast-paced trilogy opener is sure to grab science fiction fans. |
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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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Wrath Of The Storm by Jennifer A NielsenA conclusion to the popular trilogy finds Nicolas navigating around corrupt government officials and reawakened magical beasts in order to protect his loved ones and save the empire, an effort that is complicated by the increasingly negative influence of magic. Simultaneous.
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Into The Shadows by Erin HunterWhen the Wild Pack discovers that a traitor is in their midst, the ensuing tensions and suspicions threaten the precarious peace among the survivors, challenging protective Storm to do whatever she can to keep everyone safe.
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Books You Might Have Missed in 2016
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| Soar by Joan BauerFiction. Despite his love of the game, playing baseball isn't an option for 12-year-old Jeremiah -- not after his heart transplant. He can still coach, though, and that's just what he hopes to do as a newcomer to down-and-out Hillcrest, Ohio. Hillcrest's once-thriving school baseball teams are faltering in the aftermath a tragic scandal, but with Jeremiah's unflagging enthusiasm and the right mix of players, they might be able to bounce back and restore the town's morale in the process. Strong, well-drawn characters in tough situations fill the pages of this "triumphant and moving" (School Library Journal) underdog story. |
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| Compass South: Book 1 by Hope Larson; illustrated by Rebecca MockGraphic Novel Adventure. It's 1860, and after snitching on the Black Hook gang, twin thieves Alex and Cleo need to get out of town fast. Dressing Cleo as a boy, they try to fake their way onto a ship by posing as long-missing brothers…only to run into Silas and Edwin, twin con artists with the same idea. In the resulting fight, the pairs get mixed up and flung into separate adventures. Whether it's trekking through jungles or dodging storms and pirates at sea, the action never lets up in this swashbuckling 1st book in the Four Points series (Book 2, Knife's Edge, is due out in June). |
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You Can't See the Elephants by Susan KrellerDiscovering that two withdrawn neighborhood children are being physically abused by their father, 13-year-old Mascha bravely takes things into her own hands when the adults in the community deny that anything is wrong.
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My Life With the Liars
by Caela Carter
A first middle-grade story by the author of My Best Friend, Maybe follows the experiences of young Zylynn, who is excited to be turning 13 so she can join in her cult's efforts to recruit new members to “Live in the Light,” but when she is taken away by a man who claims to be her father, she learns that life in the outside world is not exactly what she had expected.
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Neil Flambé And The Duel In The Desert by Kevin SylvesterNeil and his friend Larry travel in their new food truck to the Salsa Verde ranch in Arizona to participate in the legendary food-truck gathering, but when Neil discovers that the Verde ranch is in danger of foreclosure, the only hope for the ranch is a treasure map left behind by the very first Verde, a chef who discovered a mine while escaping from a murderous army colonel.
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