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Battle of the Books Grades 6-8
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Regan BarnhillLuna, whose magical abilities are emerging, was raised in the forest by a witch, a swamp monster, and a dragon, but when a young man from the Protectorate is determined to kill the witch, Luna must use her magic to protect her family.
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The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyA young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
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Greetings from Witness Protection! by Jake BurtNikki Demere is an orphan and a kleptomaniac, making her the perfect girl to portray the Trevors' daughter in witness protection, but she soon learns that the biggest threat to her new family's security comes from her own past.
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The Parker Inheritance by Varian JohnsonSpending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, Candice discovers the letter that sent her grandmother on a treasure hunt, and with her new friend Brandon, sets off to expose the injustice once committed against a local African American family.
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The Stonekeeper by Kazu KibuishiAfter 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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Hatchet by Gary PaulsenHeaded for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness. A Newbery Honor Book.
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry PratchettA talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.
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Ghost by Jason ReynoldsAspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.
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Holes by Louis SacharStanley Yelnats is sent away to a boys' detention center where the warden instructs the boys to "build character" by digging holes everyday, but it doesn't take long for Stanley to figure out that the warden is up to something, and he decides to figure out what it is. Newbery Medal Winner.
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The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade by Jordan SonnenblickMaverick Falconer wishes that he could deal with school bullies and his mother's drinking problem and abusive boyfriends, but he starts to realize that others kids in his class have problems too and things might get better if they just survive sixth grade.
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The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan StroudFollows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.
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Front Desk by Kelly YangAfter emigrating from China, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel, despite the nasty owner, Mr. Yao, who exploits them, while she works the front desk and tries to cope with fitting in at her school.
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