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| My Fate According to the Butterfly by Gail D. VillanuevaWhat it’s about: A black butterfly is a death omen, so after one lands on superstitious almost-11-year-old Filipina Sab, she decides to spend her final week discovering the truth about why her sister won’t talk to their dad anymore.
Read it for: a funny pet duck, an honest look at a tough family situation, and you-are-there descriptions of Manila (including snippets of Tagalog).
Further reading: For a very different taste of Manila, try Marie Miranda Cruz’s Everlasting Nora. |
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| The Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer BellWelcome to: the secret underground city of Ludinor, where “uncommon” objects are more than they seem: belts make people fly, bicycle bells talk, and toilet brushes are weapons.
What happens: After a suitcase portal transports them to Ludinor, 11-year-old Ivy and her brother Seb are targeted by a sinister group searching for a valuable uncommon treasure.
Series alert: If you enjoy the imaginative setting and charming wordplay in this 1st Uncommoners book, don’t miss the sequel, The Shadows of Doom. |
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| Dragon's Green by Scarlett ThomasWhat it’s about: Determined to carry out her dying grandfather’s final wish -- “find Dragon’s Green” -- Effie Truelove discovers that Dragon’s Green is a book that transports readers to the Otherworld, where Effie comes into her own as a True Hero.
Featuring: a fascinating fantasy world and a likable crew of misfits
Who it’s for: Anyone who believes that books are magic will be enchanted by this intriguing 1st book in the Worldquake series. |
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Hyacinth and the secrets beneath
by Jacob Sager Weinstein
What it’s about: Discovering that her new home in London is marked by a secret magical history, Hyacinth embarks on a quest to save her mom from kidnappers in an adventure involving an intelligent pig, a boy with amnesia, a sketchy unicorn and other fantastical helpers. Simultaneous eBook.
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The wishing spell
by Chris Colfer
What it’s about: Using a mysterious book to travel to a land of wonder and magic, twins Alex and Connor meet a host of classic fairy tale characters and nefarious monsters before discovering that returning back home will be more difficult than anticipated. A first novel.
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The stonekeeper : The Stonekeeper
by Kazu Kibuishi
What it’s about: After moving into an old ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped and dragged down the basement stairs by a mysterious creature, and after giving chase, the kids find themselves in a magical but dangerous world of man-eating demons, a mechanical rabbit, and shadowy enemies.
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The castle in the attic
by Elizabeth Winthrop
What it’s about: The mysterious castle William's housekeeper told him about is suddenly his--an old, authentic wooden model with a knight as tall as his finger to guard the gate--and it's the best gift he has ever received.
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The shadows
by Jacqueline West
What it’s about: Moving into a Victorian mansion that contains the previous late owner's antique artworks, 11-year-old Olive finds a strange pair of glasses that enable her to see and travel into the troubled world of the paintings where she meets the temperamental Morton. A first novel.
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Leven Thumps and the gateway to Foo
by Obert Skye
What it’s about: When fate brings fourteen-year-old Leven and thirteen-year-old Winter together, they discover that for mankind to continue dreaming, the gateway between reality and dreams needs to be found and demolished.
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100 cupboards
by Nathan D. Wilson
What it’s about: Waking one night to discover plaster in his hair that has fallen from a wall above his bed, Henry York pulls down the wall coverings and discovers cupboards of various shapes and sizes--each holding a world of its own with different people living and being in distant lands and times.
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The secret zoo
by Bryan Chick
What it’s about: After his sister Megan disappears, Noah and his friends follow a trail of mysterious clues that lead them to uncover a secret behind the walls of the Clarksville City Zoo--a secret that must be protected at all costs.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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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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