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Right as Rain
by Lindsey Stoddard
Starring: 11 year old Rain.
What happens: Blaming herself for her brother's death a year earlier, Rain moves with her troubled family from Vermont to New York City, where she feels like an outsider and struggles against the weight of secret survivor's guilt.
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| Pavi Sharma's Guide to Going Home by Bridget FarrWhat it’s about: Longtime foster kid Pavi Sharma is an expert on foster care survival, and for a fee of Hot Cheetos, she teaches other kids what she knows. When she finds out that five-year-old Meridee is about to be placed with a terrible foster family, Pavi knows she has to act fast -- and that means recruiting a team of helpers.
Read it for: a realistic, fast-paced story filled with memorable characters. |
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How Maui Slowed the Sun : Tales from Aotearoa
by Donovan Bixley
Introducing: Maui isn't getting everything done he wants to in a day so hatches a plan to make the sun slow down.
Is it for you: Is it for you? If you want an easy-to-read book or you love animation-style artwork, this cheerful adventure might be just right!
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The poison jungle
by Tui Sutherland
What happens: Teaming up with her LeafWing friends in a plot to destroy the genocidal HiveWings, Sundew the dragon uncovers an ancient secret with the power to destroy all of Pantala.
Series alert: This is book number 13 in the popular Wings of Fire series. It is recommended that you start at the beginning with 'The dragonet prophecy'.
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| Stargazing by Jen WangWhat it’s about: Although they’re from the same Chinese American community, well-behaved Christine doesn’t have much in common with hot-tempered, artsy Moon. Yet when the girls become neighbors, they soon find themselves sharing secrets and K-pop videos -- until jealousy and upsetting news threaten their newfound friendship.
Art alert: warm colors and expressive illustrations add energy to this honest, heartfelt graphic novel.
For fans of: Shannon Hale and Raina Telgemeier. |
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The house with a clock in its walls
by John Bellairs
What it's about: When 10-year-old Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan in a house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart, he discovers that Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both witches! Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Serenna Izard. It seems that Serenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls--a clock that could obliterate humankind.
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The gathering
by Dan Poblocki
What it's about: Some houses are more than just haunted . . . they're hungry. Dash, Dylan, Poppy, Marcus, and Azumi don't know this at first. They each think they've been summoned to Shadow House for innocent reasons. But there's nothing innocent about Shadow House. Something within its walls is wickedly wrong. Nothing--and nobody--can be trusted. Hallways move. Doors vanish. Ghosts appear. Children disappear. And the way out? That's disappeared, too. . .
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| The Girl in the Locked Room by Mary Downing HahnWhat it's about: Jules has lived in lots of old mansions (her dad restores them), but Oak Hill gives her an uneasy feeling -- and that's before she sees an eerie shadow through the window of a locked upstairs room.
Read it for: a nameless ghost, a centuries-old murder, and a page-turning mystery.
For fans of: paranormal stories that are eerie but not leave-the-lights-on scary. |
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The lost twin
by Sophie Cleverly
What it's about: After her troublemaking twin, Scarlet, vanishes from Rookwood Boarding School, terrifying Miss Fox invites her quiet twin sister, Ivy, to "take her place." But when Ivy arrives, she discovers the school's true intention; she has to pretend to be Scarlet. She must think like Scarlet, act like Scarlet, become Scarlet. What on earth happened to the real Scarlet, and why is the school trying to keep it a secret?
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House of secrets
by Chris Columbus
What it's about: When Brendan, Cordelia and Nell move to Kristoff House they have no idea that they are about to unleash the dark magic locked within. For the house once belonged to a crazed writer, whose stories have come to life. Literally. Now the Walker kids must battle against deadly pirates, bloodthirsty warriors and a bone-crunching giant. If they fail they will never see their parents again and a power-mad Witch will take over the world. No pressure then.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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