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Across the desert
by Dusti Bowling
When her hero, a girl known as the Desert Aviator, crashes during her livestream, 12-year-old Jolene, armed with a hand-drawn map and a stolen cell phone, races against time across the treacherous Arizona desert to save her.
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Beasts and beauty : dangerous tales
by Soman Chainani
A New York Times best-selling author challenges readers to believe in their own strength to face their demons with hope and an open heart and to always think for themselves, in this collection of 12 dangerous tales.
Available on Cloud Library
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Frankie & Bug
by Gayle Forman
During the summer of 1987, 10-year-old Bug is stuck with her neighbor Philip’s nephew, Frankie, a kid she’s never met, but they soon find some common ground, learning important lessons about each other and the world.
Available on Cloud Library
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The samosa rebellion
by Shanthi Sekaran
A critically acclaimed author makes her middle grade debut with this timely novel in which a young boy and his friends must rescue his grandmother from a relocation camp after their country’s descent into xenophobia.
Available on Cloud Library
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The ice house
by Monica Sherwood
To escape the grief plaguing their homes after being trapped for months due to a climate disaster, Louisa and Luke build a massive snow fort that unexpectedly sends them on a mission to restore the universe to its rightful order.
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Fast pitch
by Nic Stone
Working hard to prove that Black girls belong at bat, softball captain Shenice Lockwood must prove herself on and off the field when a family secret is revealed, breaking her focus on the game as the championship fast approaches.
Available on Overdrive and Cloud Library
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Create a costume!
by Sarah Myer
Presents a do-it-yourself guide to creating costumes for conventions, offering tips on modifying thrift store clothes, working with craft foam, using a sewing machine, and proper costume convention etiquette.
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Supersimple chemistry : the ultimate bite-size study guide
by N. Saunders
Covering all core curriculum topics, from acids and alloys to equations and evaporation, a support reference for chemistry students provides illustrated topic summaries, theory explanations and essential study facts to help readers get up to speed quickly.
Available on Cloud Library
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Steal this country : a handbook for resistance, persistence, and fixing almost anything
by Alexandra Styron
A walk-the-walk, talk-the-talk, hands-on, say-it-loud handbook for activist kids who want to change the world! Inspired by Abbie Hoffman's radical classic, Steal This Book, author Alexandra Styron's stirring call for resistance and citizen activism will be clearly heard by young people who don't accept "it is what it is," who want to make sure everybody gets an equal piece of the American pie, and who know that the future of the planet is now.
Available on hoopla and Cloud Library
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CrimeScene science fair projects
by Elizabeth Snoke Harris
Presents more than twenty great experiments--broken into topics such as blood and guts, eyewitness accounts, and physical evidence--that allow students to use real CSI techniques to find clues, analyze the data, and come to their own conclusions.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 10-13!
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