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Rival magic
by Deva Fagan
A young wizard’s apprentice discovers that the best magic is not necessarily the biggest or the brightest, but what is unique to the individual, in a cinematic middle grade fantasy by the author of The Magical Misadventures of Prunella Bogthistle.
Available on Cloud Library
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Skunk and Badger
by Amy Timberlake; illustrated by Jon Klassen
Badger is a stuck-in-his-ways rock scientist who wants to be left alone to do Important Rock Work; and Skunk is the unexpected roommate whose love of messy cooking and chicken storytime brings joy and chaos to Badger's quiet life. Packed with offbeat humor, juicy vocabulary, and charming, old-timey illustrations, Skunk and Badger kicks off a series of odd-couple adventures.
Available on Cloud Library
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Camp clique
by Eileen Moskowitz-Palma
Frustrated when her erstwhile best friend, Maisy, arrives at the same summer camp, Bea reluctantly agrees to help Maisy fit in at camp in exchange for membership into their school’s popular clique.
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A Dog-friendly Town
by Josephine Cameron
A follow-up to Maybe a Mermaid finds 12-year-old Epic McDade preferring his family’s dog-friendly bed-and-breakfast to middle school before new recognition brings a celebrity dog and a collar-swiping jewel thief to the community.
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A wolf for a spell
by Karah Sutton
A young wolf who wants to save her family forges an unlikely pact with the mysterious Baba Yaga that finds the wolf trading bodies with the witch before teaming up with a village girl against a common enemy.
Available on Cloud Library
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Once upon an Eid : stories of hope and joy by 15 Muslim voices
by Aisha Saeed
Featuring contributions by such established genre authors as Hena Khan, Randa Abdel-Fattah and Ashley Franklin, a collection of short stories celebrates Muslim culture and the joyful holiday traditions of Eid. Co-edited by the author of Amal Unbound.
Available on Cloud Library
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Yorick and Bones
by Jeremy Tankard
A rib-tickling first entry in a new series by the co-creator of the Grumpy Bird picture books follows an unlikely friendship between a hapless Elizabethan-era skeleton named Yorick and the curious stray dog, Bones, who digs him up.
Available on Cloud Library
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Show Me a Sign
by Ann Clare Lezotte
The Deaf librarian and author of T4 draws on the true history of a thriving 19th-century Deaf community on Martha’s Vineyard in the story of a girl whose proud lineage is threatened by land disputes with the Wampanoag and a ruthlessly ambitious scientist.
Available on Cloud Library
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Race to the sun
by Rebecca Roanhorse
Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms.
Available on hoopla, Overdrive, and Cloud Library
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Clean getaway
by Nic Stone
An 11-year-old boy confronts the realities of race relations, past and present, and his unconventional grandmother’s mysterious agenda during an unplanned Spring Break road trip through the once-segregated American South. By the award-winning author of Dear Martin.
Available on Overdrive and Cloud Library
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Twilight hauntings
by Angie Sage
A debut installment in a planned duology finds a secret practitioner of forbidden magic and her little brother forced to flee in the wake of a betrayal before finding themselves targeted by mysterious magical predators.
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