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MIDDLE SCHOOL READS APRIL 2018
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SUMMER READING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
What to change up your boring summer routine? Come volunteer for Summer Reading! Interested youth entering grades 7-12 are encouraged to fill out a volunteer application to assist with Summer Reading registration and programs. Pick up an application in the Children's Room today!
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National Adopt a Shelter Pet Sunday, April 29, 1-4 PM Library Garden Give a shelter animal a forever home on National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day.Magnificent Mutts and Meows will have a number of fabulous furry friends available for adoption.
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Rebound by Kwame AlexanderBefore Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshiping, basketball star his sons look up to. MS FICTION ALEXANDER
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The Last by Katherine ApplegateByx is the youngest member of her dairne pack. Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the war-torn kingdom of Nedarra. After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true. Along the way, she meets new allies--both animals and humans alike--who each have their own motivations for joining her quest. And although they begin as strangers, they become their own kind of family--one that will ultimately uncover a secret that may threaten every creature in their world. MS FICTION APPLEGATE
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The Alcatraz Escape by Jennifer Chambliss BertmanLegendary literary game-maker Garrison Griswold is back in action--this time with "Unlock the Rock." For his latest game, Griswold has partnered with the famous--and famously reclusive--mystery writer Errol Roy to plan an epic escape room challenge on Alcatraz Island. Emily and James are eager to participate, but the wave of fame they are riding from their recent book-hunting adventures makes them a target. Threatening notes, missing items, and an accident that might not have been an accident have the duo worried that someone is trying to get them out of the game at any cost. MS FICTION BERTMAN
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Not If I Save You First by Ally CarterSix years ago Maddie lived in Washington D.C. with her father, a Secret Service agent assigned to the President's family, and her best friend was Logan, the President's son; but after her father was wounded in an attempted kidnapping the two of them moved to a remote cabin in Alaska and Logan never replied to her letters--but now he has suddenly turned up on her doorstep, and, while she has no attention of forgiving him for his silence, she soon realizes that first she has to save him from the winter wilderness and the men who are pursuing him. MS FICTION CARTER
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Class Action by Steven FrankWith the help of his older sister, his three best friends, and his elderly neighbor, sixth grader Sam Warren brings a class action suit against the Los Angeles School Board, arguing that homework is unconstitutional, and his case goes all the way to the Supreme Court. MS FICTION FRANK
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Waste of Space : a Moon Base Alpha novel by Stuart GibbsIn 2041 on Moon Base Alpha, thirteen-year-old Dash must solve the mystery of how Lars was poisoned before the base loses oxygen, forcing the colonists to return to Earth. MS FICTION GIBBS
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Charlie & Frog by Karen KaneWhile staying with his grandparents in Castle-on-the-Hudson, Charlie stumbles upon a mystery but must learn American Sign Language to keep up with Frog, a deaf girl who wants to help solve it. MS FICTION KANE
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Running Through Sprinklers by Michelle KimSara and Nadine have been like two halves of the same person, but when Nadine skips a grade and begins high school first, Sara must discover who she is without Nadine. MS FICTION KIM
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Out of Left Field by Ellen KlagesEvery boy in the neighborhood knows Katy Gordon is their best pitcher, even though she's a girl. But when she tries out for Little League, it's a whole different story. Girls are not eligible, period. It is a boy's game and always has been. It's not fair, and Katy's going to fight back. Inspired by what she's learning about civil rights in school, she sets out to prove that she's not the only girl who plays baseball. How can one ten-year-old change people's minds about what girls can do? MS FICTION KLAGES
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Peasprout Chen : Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry LienPeasprout Chen dreams of becoming a legend of wu liu, the deadly and beautiful art of martial arts figure skating. They soon find themselves in a heated competition for top ranking. Tensions rise when the dazzling pearl buildings of the Academy are vandalized and outsider Peasprout is blamed for the attacks by her rivals ... and even some friends. Now, she must uncover the true vandal to ensure peace between Shin and Pearl - all while becoming a champion. MS FICTION LIEN
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Team Players by Mike LupicaA girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates. MS FICTION LUPICA
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Every Shiny Thing by Laurie MorrisonWhen Lauren begins stealing to raise money for autistic kids, like her brother, who don't have her family's resources, she convinces Sierra, a foster child, to help with the Robin Hood scheme, in a story told half in prose and half in verse. MS FICTION MORRISON
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Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker RhodesAfter seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till. MS FICTION RHODES
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Live in Infamy by Caroline Tung RichmondIt has been eighty years since the Axis won World War II, and America was divided between the victors: the Nazis in the East and Imperial Japan in the West; but now resistance is growing in the Eastern territories and sixteen-year-old Chinese American Ren Cabot, who has every reason to hate the Japanese who executed his mother, finds himself drawn into a resistance group and confronted with choices that could lead to freedom--or death. MS FICTION RICHMOND
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The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan With the help of some demigod friends, Lester managed to survive his first two trials, one at Camp Half-Blood, and one in Indianapolis, where Meg received the Dark Prophecy. The words she uttered while seated on the Throne of Memory revealed that an evil triumvirate of Roman emperors plans to attack Camp Jupiter. While Leo flies ahead on Festus to warn the Roman camp, Lester and Meg must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor--and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles--somewhere in the American Southwest. There is one glimmer of hope in the gloom-filled prophecy: The cloven guide alone the way does know. They will have a satyr companion, and Meg knows just who to call upon. MS FICTION RIORDAN
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The War Below : a novel by Marsha Forchuk SkrypuchLuka, a Ukrainian boy working in a slave labor camp, plays dead after an explosion at the factory and escapes, eventually joining a resistance group that opposes both the Nazis and the Soviets, and through the danger of the guerilla fighting he has two overriding goals--find out if his parents are still alive, and reunite with Lida, a girl who was a friend in the labor camp. MS FICTION SKRYPUCH
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They Lost Their Heads! : Washington's teeth, Einstein's brain, and other famous body parts by Carlyn BecciaFrom the kidnapping of Einstein's brain to the horrifying end of Louis XIV's heart, the mysteries surrounding some of history's most famous body parts range from medical to macabre. Explores the misadventures of noteworthy body parts through history and uses them as springboards for exploring topics such as forensics, DNA testing, brain science, organ donation, and cloning. MS NF FYI SCIENCE BEC
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