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The great pet heist
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Emily Ecton
tWhen their owner is injured in a pet-triggered accident, the mostly good dog Butterbean rallies her fellow pets to devise a plan of self-care by stealing a mysterious stranger’s supplies in case they become homeless.
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American as paneer pie
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Supriya Kelkar
Feeling like she lives two lives as the only Indian American girl in her school, Lekha Divekar is excited to meet a Desi newcomer only to discover that her proud new friend has just relocated to America and is not content to be quiet about bullying.
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Brave like that
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Lindsey Stoddard
Adopted by a heroic firefighter after being abandoned as a baby, a misfit who is desperate for a break from work, sports and immature peers bonds with an equally lonely stray while finding the courage to realize his own kind of normal.
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Hello from Renn Lake
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Michele Weber Hurwitz
A clairvoyant teen from a family that has managed lakeside cabins in Wisconsin for generations loses her connection to her beloved Renn Lake as it becomes gradually infested by harmful algae, prompting her to organize a local environmental initiative.
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The elephant's girl
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Celesta Rimington
Unable to remember her life before a tornado swept her away as a toddler and deposited her in a Nebraska zoo, 12-year-old Lex forges a close bond with an elephant before a telepathic message ensnares her in a world of ghosts, lost treasure and her own mysterious identity.
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The Parker inheritance
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Varian Johnson
Spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, Candice discovers the letter that sent her grandmother on a treasure hunt, and with her new friend Brandon, sets off to expose the injustice once committed against a local African American family.
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Blended
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Sharon M. Draper
Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
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The season of Styx Malone
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Kekla Magoon
Caleb Franklin and his younger brother, Bobby Gene, spend an extraordinary summer with their new, older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city.
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One crazy summer
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Rita Williams-Garcia
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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As brave as you
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Jason Reynolds
When Genie and his older brother spend their summer in the country with their grandparents, he learns a secret about his grandfather and what it means to be brave.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11! |
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