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| Amal Unbound by Aisha SaeedWhat it's about: Quiet Pakistani schoolgirl Amal has plans to become a teacher, but those plans are shattered when the crooked village landlord forces her to work off her family's debt as a servant in his luxurious home. Can Amal find a way to beat an unfair system that's designed to keep her down?
Why you might like it: You'll be drawn to Amal's spirit and strength as she holds onto hope and fights for her future. |
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Wings of fire : the dragonet prophecy
by Barry Deutsch
What is it: A first graphic-novel adaptation in the best-selling series follows the selection of Clay as one of a team of dragonets destined to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and end the war among the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia.
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Squirrel Meets World
by Shannon Hale
What it's about: WHO RUNS THE WORLD? SQUIRRELS! Fourteen-year-old Doreen Green moved from sunny California to the suburbs of New Jersey. She must start at a new school, make new friends, and continue to hide her tail. Yep, Doreen has the powers of . . . a squirrel! After failing at several attempts to find her new BFF, Doreen feels lonely and trapped, liked a caged animal. Then one day Doreen uses her extraordinary powers to stop a group of troublemakers from causing mischief in the neighborhood, and her whole life changes.
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Time jumpers
by Brandon Mull
What it's about: In a final installment in the series that began with Sky Raiders finds Cole and his friends testing their limits in their efforts to restore magic to the world of the Outskirts.
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Focus on: Science Fiction
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| Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger and Paul DellingerFeaturing: Fuzzy, the first robot student at Vanguard Middle School; Max, the free-thinking classmate who becomes Fuzzy's guide; and Vice Principal Barbara, the controlling supercomputer who's out to get them both.
Reviewers say: "a day-after-tomorrow cautionary tale of friendship with a fuzzy, robotic heart" (Kirkus Reviews).
About the author: You might recognize co-author Tom Angleberger's name -- and his smart, offbeat sense of humor -- from the popular Origami Yoda series. |
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| Boy X by Dan SmithWhat it's about: When Ash wakes up in an unfamiliar island laboratory, he's full of questions: How did he get there? Why does he suddenly have superhuman abilities? And can he make it out alive when the only escape route leads through a jungle full of booby traps and bizarre creatures?
Read it for: weird science, a twisty plot, and pulse-pounding suspense.
Try this next: Kate Messner's Wake Up Missing, another tense survival thriller about escaping from a remote medical facility. |
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| Time Traveling with a Hamster by Ross WelfordStarring: Albert Einstein Hawking Chaudhury, whose 12th birthday gifts include a pet hamster, a letter from his deceased father, and a mission to find his dad's time machine and use it to prevent the accident that led to his dad's death. No pressure, right?
Why you might like it: Packed with uproarious mishaps and big ideas, Time Traveling with a Hamster will make you think while keeping you on the edge of your seat. |
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The art of the swap
by Kristine Carlson Asselin
What it's about: The present-day daughter of a museum caretaker and the tween heiress subject of a painting that went missing during a legendary heist in 1905 mysteriously switch places with each other in ways that find the former struggling to prevent the theft while the latter becomes introduced to smartphones, pants and sports. By the author of Any Way You Slice It.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 10-13!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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