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A boy named Queen
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Sara Cassidy
Introducing: Evelyn. She is an only child with a strict routine and an even stricter mother. And yet in her quiet way she notices things.
What happens: Evelyn is both aghast and fascinated when a new boy comes to grade five and tells everyone his name is Queen. She takes particular notice of this boy named Queen. The way the bullies don’t seem to faze him. The way he seems to live by his own rules. Evelyn and Queen become friends, almost against Evelyn’s better judgment. She even finds Queen irritating at times. Why doesn’t he just shut up and stop attracting so much attention to himself?
Yet he is the most interesting person she has ever met.
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Once Upon a Space-Time! by Jeffrey Brown Introducing: Jide and Petra, two astronaut cadets from Earth who are chosen for a mission on Mars, where their teammates include an unimpressed lizard, a robot-assisted starfish, and a species of clones all named Tobey.
Art alert: Busy illustrations reflect the off-the-wall humor in this science fiction graphic novel.
About the author: If you’re a Star Wars fan, you might recognize author/artist Jeffrey Brown from his earlier space school series, Jedi Academy. | |
Kid Normal and the Final Five
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Greg James
Murph Cooper and the Super Zeroes are about to face their greatest challenge yet ... the general public!
What happens: The Heroes' Alliance has operated in secret for decades, but that's all set to change. Super-smarmy ubervillain Nicholas Knox has a plan to become the planet's most powerful leader, and he's using the Heroes to do it. He's revealed the existence of Heroes to the world at large, painting them as mad, bad and dangerous to know.
Series alert: This is the final book in the quadrilogy.
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Doodleville by Chad Sell In a world... where art comes to life, Drew brings her sketchbook full of mischievous doodles on an art club trip to the museum. There, the doodles escape and start causing trouble for the famous paintings, as well as for the other kids in art club.
Why you might like it: Bright, inviting illustrations help to balance the realistic worries and friendship problems in this graphic novel from the creator of The Cardboard Kingdom. | |
The Monster in the Lake
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Louie Stowell
What it's about: Kit is a wizard. The youngest wizard in the world, in fact. But her magic keeps going wrong, and all kinds of weird stuff has started happening - exploding fireballs, animals talking when they shouldn't be, and a very strange new arrival in a nearby park...
Series alert: This is the second story about Kit, following The Dragon in the Library.
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Sea-ing Is Believing!
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Steven Butler
What happens: When the ghost of Grandad Abraham shows up at his 175th birthday, he reveals a secret UNDERWATER wing of the hotel that's been hidden away for years, the Banisters decide there's only one thing for it...a whopping welcome home bash in the spectacular BRINY BALLROOM.
Series alert: This is the third book about the Nothing To See Here Hotel
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Sharks: Nature's Perfect Hunter by Joe Flood What it is: Filled with drawings, diagrams, and information about history and science, this comic book takes an up-close look at the ocean’s most famous predators: sharks!
Series alert: If you prefer facts over fiction, along with plenty of pictures to browse, you’ll want to sink your teeth into the other books in the Science Comics series, which explores wide-ranging subjects such as planes, plagues, bats, and brains. | |
The tail of Emily Windsnap
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Liz Kessler
What happens: Emily Windsnap lives aboard a boat with her mother. After years of her mother trying to keep her out of the water, her mother gives Emily permission to take up swimming lessons when she turns thirteen. Everything is going well until Emily's legs start cramping and she needs to be rescued. After investigating this mysterious turn of events by going out and swimming on her own, Emily finds that once the cramps settle her legs turn into a mermaid’s tail. Emily realizes she is Semi-Mer and sets out to discover her family history and find her long lost father.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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