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Middle School Reads November 2019
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The Disaster Days by Rebecca BehrensThirteen-year-old Hannah's first real babysitting job turns into a nightmare when a major earthquake knocks out power and phones, cuts off the island, and leaves her stranded with two children. MS FICTION BEHRENS
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The Fowl Twins by Eoin ColferEleven-year-old twins Miles and Beckett Fowl enjoy adventure and mayhem while helping a troll escape nefarious forces that want his magic. MS FICTION COLFER
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Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara DeeWhen boys in her class start touching seventh-grader Mila and making her feel uncomfortable, she does not want to tell her friends or mother until she reaches her breaking point. MS FICTION DEE
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The Class by Frances O'Roark DowellA sixth-grade class comes together to support a classmate in need, each of them giving their own perspective on the goings on. MS FICTION DOWELL
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Allies by Alan GratzIt is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive. MS FICTION GRATZ
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The Year We Fell From Space by A. S. KingMiddle schooler Liberty likes to make her own maps of the stars, in fact she is obsessed with them, especially since her family is falling apart; her parents are getting divorced, her nine-year-old sister will barely leave the house and carries a stuffed tiger at all times, her father is suffering from depression, but will not talk about it, and the brothers down the street, once friends, have turned into bullies--so when a tiny meteorite literally falls in her lap it is like a sign, but a sign of what? MS FICTION KING
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Elizabeth Webster and the Court of Uncommon Pleas by William LashnerWhen popular Henry Harrison asks twelve-year-old Elizabeth to help dispel a ghost that speaks her name, she calls on her estranged father and learns he is an attorney for the damned. MS FICTION LASHNER
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Voyage of the Frostheart by Jamie LittlerIn a snow-covered land where monsters rule the icy tundra, only song weavers hold the power to control these vicious giants. But for centuries song weavers have been the subject of suspicion--how can those who hold so much power be trusted? MS FICTION LITTLER
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame MbaliaHaunted by the bus accident that ended his best friend’s life, seventh grader Tristan Strong dreads a visit to his grandparents’ Alabama farm before a bizarre living doll snatches away his friend’s notebook and draws him into a world of burning seas, iron monsters and exhausted black folk heroes. MS FICTION MBALIA
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Ali Cross by James PattersonJames Patterson's blockbuster Alex Cross series has sold over 100 million copies--and now he's bringing those thrills to a new generation! Alex 's son Ali is eager to follow in his father's footsteps as a detective, but when his best friend goes missing, what price will he have to pay to solve the mystery? MS FICTION PATTERSON
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Roll With It by Jamie SumnerTwelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease. MS FICTION SUMNER
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MS NF FYI HISTORY HEILIGMAN
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Legends and Lore by Anna ClaybourneA mysteries underwater cave in Mexico filled with ... human bones. The real evidence behind the long-lost children in the legend of the Pied Piper ... Why "here be dragons" was inscribed on centuries-old maps ...
The next book in this exciting series will cover even more of history's most fascinating head-scratching conundrums, including the puzzling facts behind famous fairy tales and folklore, cryptic creatures of myth and legend, long-lost labyrinths filled with treasures, and so much more. MS NF FYI MYTHOLOGY CLA
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Myths and Legends of the World by Lonely Planet KidsCurious reader-- open your mystical map and get ready to travel through time with these 21 extraordinary stories of daring and deceit, reward and punishment. Meet gods, goddesses, serpents, talking fish and clever spiders. Cavort with sea nymphs, mystical women, terrifying beasts and volcano people as you discover different tales of how the world began. MS NF MYTHOLOGY LONELY
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Poems to live your life by by Chris RiddellCurated by artist and writer Chris Riddell, a beautifully-illustrated collection of the best poems for readers young and old to carry with them as they grow. The book includes works from both famous and lesser-known poets-from selections of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to original poems by Neil Gaiman to lyrics to an indie rock song by Phoebe Bridgers. MS NF MIND RIDDELL
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