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Middle Grade Picks: Volunteer Recommendations
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Echo
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Decades after a man is entwined in a prophecy-based quest involving three mysterious sisters and a harmonica, three individuals from different areas of the world confront daunting challenges involving the same harmonica. By the award-winning author of Paint the Wind.
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Falling over sideways
by Jordan Sonnenblick
The butt of jokes at school and at home, Claire is forced to confront more serious aspects of her life in the wake of her father's medical emergency, which challenges Claire to bring laughter back into the lives of those she loves.
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The Unwanteds
by Lisa McMann
In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
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Fast break
by Mike Lupica
Surviving on his own after his mother's death, 12-year-old Jayson, desperate to avoid foster care, spends his days on the basketball court behind the projects in the North Carolina hills before he is placed with a privileged family that shows him a different way of life. Simultaneous eBook.
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Best friends
by Shannon Hale
A follow-up to Real Friends finds Shannon embarking on a promising sixth grade year before the constantly changing rules of her best friend’s in-crowd make her question whether popularity is worth the trouble. Simultaneous. Illustrations
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Sal and Gabi break the universe
by Carlos Alberto Hernandez
A teen troublemaker with a talent for sleight of hand clashes with his school's student council president when the latter accuses him of putting a raw chicken inside a friend's locker. By the author of The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria. 75,000 first printing
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Bird
by Crystal Chan
Jewel was born on the day her brother Bird died and lives in a house of silence and secrets, but a new boy in her Iowa town may help find the answers Jewel wants despite her grandfather's warning that he is a malevolent spirit.
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See you at Harry's
by Johanna Knowles
Fern feels invisible in her family, where Sarah is working at the family restaurant, Holden is struggling with bullies, and Charlie is the center of attention, and when tragedy strikes, the bond holding the family together is stretched almost to the breaking point.
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Resistance
by Jennifer A Nielsen
The New York Times best-selling author of the Ascendance and Mark of the Thief trilogies tells an extraordinary story of a Jewish girl's courageous efforts to resist the Nazis.
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Anything but typical
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Dealing with autism, sixth-grader Jason finds comfort in communicating with others on the computer through his collection of short stories, but when he meets the girl of his dreams and their friendship becomes more serious, Jason fears what she will think of him when they make their plans to meet face-to-face.
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Out of my mind
by Sharon M. Draper
Possessing a photographic memory in spite of an inability to walk or speak, Melody is mistaken as mentally challenged by those who cannot see beyond her cerebral palsy, impelling her to discover a way to communicate. By the two-time Coretta Scott King-winning author of Copper Sun. 40,000 first printing.
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