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Middle School Reads May 2021
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Inbetweeners: Hunger Games Thursday, May 20, 4:00 Book lovers unite! We'll be meeting virtually every month on the third Thursday to talk about great tween reads. The first five registrants each month will receive a free copy of that month's book to keep! Additional copies will be available for checkout. Advanced registration required to receive the Zoom link * Sponsored by OPRF Youth Services 5/20 The Hunger Games Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.
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Bubble Teen
Thursday, May 27, 4:00
Zoom
Teens will sample and learn how to make boba (bubble) tea! It's a modern day tea party just for teens! Advanced registration required to receive the Zoom Link.
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The Road to Wherever by John Ed BradleyEmbarking on a road trip with his cousins in the aftermath of his father’s abandonment, young June helps restore broken-down classic Fords while bonding with car owners and communities also in need of care.
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I Speak Boy by Jessica BrodyA modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s Emma follows the experiences of a phone-obsessed 12-year-old who uses a magical app to read boys’ thoughts and play matchmaker for her friends, before her successes are challenged by a skeptical classmate and unintended consequences.
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The Force of Fire by Sayantani DasguptaA descendent from a long line of demons who build interspecies relationships to fight tyranny works competitively to control her dangerous fire-breathing skills, before a Serpentine Governor’s charming son enlists her help to defeat a growing rebellion.
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Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster by Rachelle DelaneyWhen Alice agreed to appear in a reality cooking show with her father, she had no idea she'd find herself in the middle of a mystery! Will Alice and her new friends be able to save the show? A light-hearted and funny middle grade novel for fans of Rebecca Stead and Linda Mulally Hunt.
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Taking Up Space by Alyson GerberTwelve-year old Sarah is used to being the star on her basketball team, playing with her best friends, but suddenly she finds that her body is changing and she does not understand why she cannot keep up on the court, plus she does not understand why her mother has gotten so weird about food, binging on candy while forgetting about dinner, and she really does not understand why she told Benny, her crush, about her mother--but when Benny offers to teach her how to cook and suggests she partners with him in a cooking competition she starts to find a way to stand up for herself and change her life for the better
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Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina IrelandDiscovering her ability to see ghosts when a cruel act ends her father’s life and forces her to move in with relatives in 1920s Pittsburgh, young Ophelia forges a helpful bond with a spirit whose own life ended suddenly and unjustly.
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When the World Was Ours by Liz KesslerThree young friends--Leo, Elsa, and Max--spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped apart from one another. With their lives taking them across Europe--to Germany, England, Prague, and Poland--will they ever find their way back to one another? Will they want to?
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The Last Fallen Star by Graci KimLooking forward to her older sister’s initiation into their family’s powerful lineage of healing witches, an adopted Korean American girl born without magic triggers unexpected consequences while attempting to participate in her sister’s ceremony.
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Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L. D. LapinskiWhen twelve-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from hers. All you have to do to visit them is just jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds.
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Last Gate of the Emperor by Kwame MbaliaEnduring an isolated existence in hardscrabble Addis Prime, a star underground augmented reality gamer finds his small family targeted by city-razing monsters waging a galaxy-spanning war. By the royal Ethiopian philanthropist and the best-selling author of the Tristan Strong series.
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Saint Ivy : Kind at All Costs by Laurie MorrisonThirteen-year-old Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid: She supports her soccer-star brother, bakes with her nana, and puts her friends' needs before her own. So of course, Ivy is 100 percent supportive when her mom decides to be a gestational surrogate, carrying and giving birth to her friends' baby. But when Ivy finds out the surrogacy treatment worked and her mom is pregnant--and has been for weeks--she's shocked that she's jealous and worried about what others will think. And most of all, she's ashamed that she isn't reacting to this news in the right way. The Ivy way. Ivy is determined to prove to herself that she's just as unselfish as she's always believed, and she gets the chance to do that when she receives an anonymous email from someone who needs her help. But the more Ivy dives into helping this anonymous person, the further she gets from the people she loves--and from the person who she wants to be.
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Finding Junie Kim by Ellen OhA tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents’ experiences as lost children during the Korean War.
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Thrive by Kenneth OppelA high-suspense conclusion to the trilogy that began with Bloom and Hatch finds Anaya forging apprehensive ties to a rebel faction that would stop the invasion and advance peaceful relations among humans, hybrids and cryptogens.
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Best Nerds Forever by James PattersonRendered a ghost by a bicycle accident, young Finn McAllister teams up with fellow spirit Isabella Rojas to commit invisible pranks on the living, before discovering that they cannot move on to the afterlife.
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The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine WargaEstranged from the best friend whose brother killed her sister in a school shooting, a grieving Cora receives a message on her 12th birthday from her friend, asking for her help with creating a time portal to prevent the tragedy.
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Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Boy by Emmanuel AchoBased on the author’s viral video series and adapted for younger audiences, an introduction to systemic racism and racist behavior offers safe, judgment-free answers to common questions about uncomfortable subjects, from white privilege to how to disrupt community racism.
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Boy from Buchenwald by Robert WaismanA powerful memoir about a Holocaust survivor who was deemed hopeless-and the rehabilitation center that gave him and other teen boys the chance to learn how to live again.
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Lumberjanes 18 by Kat LeyhTHEY'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS QUITE YET! When April, Jo, Mal, Molly, and Ripley get in trouble with Rosie, the mysterious director of Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady-Types, they figure the punishment is gonna be a walk in the park... er, woods. That's before a super gross, and seemingly-sentient creeping vine starts popping up everywhere and scooping 'Janes up!
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Truly Tyler by Terri Libenson Ever since Tyler started getting into art and hanging out with Emmie, his friends and teammates have been giving him a hard time. He wonders why can't he nerd out on drawing and play ball? Emmie is psyched that she gets to work on a comics project with her crush, Tyler. But she gets the feeling that his friends don't think she's cool enough. Maybe it's time for a total reinvention. . . .
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Wynd by IV Tynion, JamesWynd seems like a regular boy in the fantastical world of Esseriel, except he's got a magical secret. Now he's set off on a journey with his best friend and the boy of his dreams to discover the magic in the world around him and, most importantly, within himself.
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