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| Summer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret DillowayWhat it’s about: Twelve-year-old Cady is surprised to find that her next foster home will be with Shell, the aunt she never knew she had. Baking at Aunt Shell’s pie shop and meeting her small-town neighbors makes Cady feel like she’s home for the first time...which also makes her worry that it’s too good to last.
Why you might like it: Cady’s fight for a place to belong is honest and moving, and her recipes might inspire you to bake some pies of your own. |
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Where's Burgess? by Laurie ElmquistA young boy deals with his parents' separation by focusing on finding his lost frog.
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The Theory of Hummingbirds by Michelle KadarusmanWith a final surgery and cast to correct her club foot, Alba sets her sights on running in the sixth grade cross-country race, but her best friend Levi doesn't think she can pull it off.
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Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamilloAwakened in the middle of the night by her fanatically paranoid grandmother, who declares they must leave and never return because the day of reckoning has arrived, a young girl bonds with people in a new community and wonders how long she will be allowed to remain. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Tale of Despereaux.
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The Cryptid Catcher by Lija FisherThirteen-year-old Clivo Wren learns that his recently deceased father was not an archaeologist as he was told, but rather a cryptid catcher, known for finding elusive mythological creatures, and now Clivo must pick up where his father left off and track down a cryptid whose blood grants immortality before the knowledge falls into the wrong hands.
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Out-of-This World Nonfiction
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| To Burp or Not to Burp: A Guide to Your Body in Space by Dr. Dave Williams and Loredana; illustrated by Theo KrynauwWhat it’s about: In space, everything from burping to picking your nose to using the toilet can be a challenge. Why? Find out in this funny and fact-filled book about what happens to the human body in microgravity.
For fans of: creative problem-solving and gross science.
Author alert: As a doctor and a former astronaut, Dave Williams knows his stuff -- some of the photos in the book are from his own trips to space! |
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The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Space by Martin RedfernFull-color photographs, computer-generated illustrations, and radar-mapping images from heat-sensitive telescopes are combined with a succinct, informative text to provide curious young astronomers with a broad understanding of the universe.
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Disasters in Space Exploration by Gregory VogtEnhanced with full-color photos, this book provides a review of the tragedies and near-disasters that have taken place from the early days of the space explorations through today, including an examination of the events of Apollo 13, incidents on space station Mir, and the loss of the Columbia shuttle.
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Roaring Rockets by Tony MittonA simple explanation of how space rockets work, where they travel, and what they do.
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Space Robots by Gregory VogtExplains different types of space robots and their uses.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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