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Middle School (Digital) Reads May 2020
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The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs by America's Test Kitchen KidsAn ultimate first baking book for kids by the experts at America’s Test Kitchen provides step-by-step, photographed recipes for sweet and savory favorites, from cakes to cookies, while explaining the science behind what makes baked goods so tasty. Illustrations.
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The Wizenard Series : Season One by Kobe BryantReggie has never felt destined for greatness. He dreams about basketball brilliance all day and night, but the hard truth is that he's a benchwarmer for the West Bottom Badgers, the worst team in the league. Even their mysterious new coach, Rolabi Wizenard, can't seem to help them end their losing streak. Reggie is willing to train tirelessly to improve his game, but the gym itself seems to be working against him in magical ways. Before Reggie can become the player he dreams of being, he must survive the extraordinary trials of practice.
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The Deceivers by Margaret Peterson HaddixA sequel to The Strangers finds the three Greystone siblings and their friend, Natalie, continuing their efforts to find and rescue their mothers in an alternate world where truth is illegal. By the award-winning author of the Shadow Children series. Illustrations.
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The Popularity Code by Stephanie FarisWhen the students in her middle school become obsessed with a new website called SlamBook, Faith Taylor decides to find out which classmates are leaving negative posts and retaliates with her own harmful comments.
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Keep it Together, Keiko Carter by Debbi Michiko FlorenceKeiko, Audrey, and Jenna have always been best friends, and Keiko desperately wants it to stay that way, but now they are starting seventh grade, and everything seems to be changing; Audrey is obsessed with the idea of them all securing boyfriends, but when she and Jenna focus on the same boy their friendship starts to break apart--and then Keiko finds herself attracted to Audrey's brother, Conner (who has generally been cast as the enemy), and suddenly she finds herself having to choose between the two.
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Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe by Carlos Alberto HernandezA follow-up to Sal and Gabi Break the Universe finds Sal struggling to prevent his cautious Papi from closing Sal’s wormholes to other universes, before a rogue Gabi from an apocalyptic alternate dimension starts wreaking havoc amid a classmate’s disappearance.
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Lila and Hadley by Kody KeplingerHadley is an angry girl: angry at her mother for embezzling money, angry at her estranged older sister, Beth, whom she has to live with while her mother is in jail, angry at having to move to Kentucky away from her friends, and angry at the world becauseshe has retinitis pigmentosa and is slowly going blind; but then she meets Lila, a rescued pit bull who has not responded to anyone else--so if Hadley can train Lila, maybe the dog can get adopted into her forever home, and just maybe Lila can help Hadley deal with her own problems.
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Becoming Brianna by Terri LibensonTold in alternating past and present chapters, a latest series entry finds brainy Bri wondering if she has taken on too much when she agrees to learn a new language, give a speech and organize a party while juggling drama at school and home.Illustrations.
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Tornado Brain by Cat PatrickWhen her former best friend abruptly disappears, a neurodiverse seventh grader who struggles with sensory limits and routine changes attempts to follow clues to find the missing girl before it is too late. By the author of Forgotten.
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Ali Cross by James PattersonPublished to coincide with the release of the 25th entry in Patterson’s best-selling Alex Cross thrillers, a series debut starring Alex’s son, Ali, follows his desperate search for a missing friend and clues proving his father’s innocence against a backdrop of neighborhood burglaries.
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The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca SteadKeeping a list in her notebook of the important things that remain the same after her parents’ divorce, Bea is thrilled when her father announces that he is remarrying and that she will have a new sister. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me.
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Shuri by Nic StoneShuri is a skilled martial artist, a genius, and a master of science and technology. But, she's also a teenager. And a princess. This story follows Shuri as she sets out on a quest to save her homeland of Wakanda. For centuries, the Chieftain of Wakanda (the Black Panther) has gained his powers through the juices of the Heart-Shaped Herb. Much like Vibranium, the Heart-Shaped Herb is essential to the survival and prosperity of Wakanda. But something is wrong. The plants are dying. No matter what the people of Wakanda do, they can't save them. And their supply is running short. It's up to Shuri to travel from Wakanda in order to discover what is killing the Herb, and how she can save it, in the first volume of this all-new, original adventure.
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