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Books for Kids and Tweens May 2023 |
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The searchers
by Kathryn Lasky
Embarking on a perilous journey to find their beloved mother friend and guardian, Elsinore the swan, who has disappeared, three brave beaver kits come to the rescue of innocent animals being held against their will for evil purposes.
Available on Cloud Library
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You Only Live Once, David Bravo
by Mark Oshiro
While wishing for a do-over, middle schooler David Bravo accidentally summons a talking, shapeshifting, annoying dog, Fea, who claims a choice made in David's past set him on the wrong timeline—and that she can take him back to fix it.
Available on hoopla and Cloud Library
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The swifts : a dictionary of scoundrels
by Beth Lincoln
When during the Swift Family Reunion someone gives Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude a deadly push down the stairs, Shenanigan Swift, who has a penchant for mischief, decides to become a detective and solve this mysterious case.
Available on Cloud Library
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Aniana del Mar jumps in
by Jasminne Mâendez
Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the day Ani's stiffness and swollen joints mean she can no longer get out of bed, and Ani is forced to reveal just how important swimming is to her. What follows is the journey of a girl who must grieve who she once was in order to rise like the tide and become the young woman she is meant to be.
Available on Cloud Library
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The language of seabirds
by Will Taylor
While staying with his dad and uncle in a seaside cabin in Oregon, Jeremy meets and forms a friendship with local boy Evan that turns into something neither boy expected, but something they both wished for.
Available on Cloud Library
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Come see the fair
by Gavriel Savit
Twelve-year-old orphan Eva Root travels to the great World's Fair in Chicago where she discovers her magical abilities and becomes entangled in a sinister plan.
Available on Cloud Library
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Just Harriet
by Elana K. Arnold
Harriet Wermer is unhappy about having to spend her summer with her grandmother on Marble Island until she discovers a mystery involving her Dad from when he was a boy living on the island.
Available on hoopla and Cloud Library
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Camp Scare
by Delilah S. Dawson
When the mean girl in her cabin at summer camp turns all the other girls against her, with the exception of a strange girl named Jenny, Parker Nelson discovers there's a deep, dark secret to making friends.
Available on Cloud Library
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Field guide to the supernatural universe
by Alyson Noèel
When 12-year-old Max is sent to live with his eccentric grandfather for the summer, he finds himself on an unlikely quest to uncover an enchanted book that contains the key to defeating an unearthly nemesis.
Available on Cloud Library
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Sir Fig Newton and the science of persistence
by Sonja Thomas
When her beloved cat, Sir Fig Newton, is diagnosed with diabetes, but her family cannot afford the insulin shots, Mira relies on her ingenuity, determination, scientific know-how and a surprising ally to save him.
Available on Cloud Library
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Ruby lost and found
by Christina Li
Forced to spend the summer at Nai-Nai's senior center, Ruby Chu works to help save a historic Chinatown bakery while revisiting her late Ye-Ye's favorite spots to find a way to deal with her grief—and maybe even find herself.
Available on Cloud Library
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Elf dog & owl head
by M. T Anderson
Quarantined with his family as a global plague ravages the world, Clay retreats to the woods where he meets a special little dog who leads him on surreal adventures where choosing the wrong path could cause them both to lose their way forever.
Available on hoopla and Cloud Library
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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County of SLO Public Libraries
995 PALM ST
PO BOX 8107
SAN LUIS OBISPO, California 93403
805-781-5991slolibrary.org |
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