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Boy giant : son of Gulliver by Michael MorpurgoWhat it's about: War has forced Omar and his mother to leave their home in Afghanistan and venture across the sea to Europe. When their boat sinks, and Omar finds himself alone, with no hope of rescue, it seems as if his story has come to an end. But it is only just beginning. Because in the end, a little hope makes a big difference . . .
What's inside: Inspired by the classic story of Gulliver's Travels, this is also a gripping modern narrative of rescue and refuge
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The restless girls
by Jessie Burton
A retelling of: 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses'.
Why you should read it: Their father, King Alberto, cannot bear the idea of the princesses ever being in danger and decides his daughters must be kept safe at all costs. Those costs include their lessons, their possessions and, most importantly, their freedom. But the eldest, Princess Frida, will not bend to his will without a fight and she still has one possession her father can't take: the power of her imagination. And so, with little but wits and ingenuity to rely on, Frida and her sisters begin their fight to be allowed to live
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The Fowl twins
by Eoin Colfer
Loved the Artemis Fowl series? Here is the new series starring Artemis' younger brothers.
Who's it about: Myles and Beckett are eleven-year-old twins, but the two boys are wildly different. Beckett is blonde, messy and sulks whenever he has to wear clothes. Myles is fanatically neat, he has an IQ of 170, and he wears a fresh suit every day like his older brother, Artemis Fowl. Along for the ride are some unusual individuals: an immortal duke, a miniature troll, a nunterrogator and a Police Specialist that's 42% elf.
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Can you see me?
by Libby Scott
Who is it about: Tally is ten years old and she's just like her friends. Well, sometimes she is. If she tries really hard to be. Because there's something that makes Tally not the same as her friends. Something she can't cover up, no matter how hard she tries: Tally is autistic.
For fans of: Wonder by R. J. Palacio, and, The goldfish boy by Lisa Thompson.
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2019 books you might have missed!
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She's the liar!
by Alison Cherry
Entering Brookside Academy in the sixth grade, Abby is determined to reinvent herself as a confident and popular "Abbi," but she is shocked to find out that her older sister, Sydney (eighth grade) has already crafted a new identity as the president of the "Committee," the all-powerful student organization that controls extracurricular life and rules the student body through intimidation--and inevitably the two clash, because they both know what the other is hiding, and soon they are hopelessly tangled upin the lies they have created for themselves
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The clockwork dragon
by James R Hannibal
From London, through the Austrian Alps, and to central China, Jack, Gwen, and new friend Liu Fai face a clockwork dragon as they try to prevent Gall from finding ancient artifacts said to grant immortality.
Series alert: This is the third book about Section 13.
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Whatshisface
by Gordon Korman
Twelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family has moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 10-13!
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