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Kids' Books September 2018
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The Ghost of Slappy
by R. L. Stine
What it's about: Slappy's back as a ghost! And this time, the only thing you'll play is hide-and-go shriek!
Craving more slappy?:There's more avaiable on our shelves and BRIDGES if you're a fan of the delightfully creepy Slappy.
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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 creepy but not leave-the-lights-on scary. |
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The Football Fiasco
by Mike Lupica
What it's about: "Zach and Zoe find their recess football deflated from a hole near the laces, and set off in search of clues to discover how it happened"
For sports fans: You may also like to take a look at Lupica's other novels. Whether you're a fan of basketball, baseball, or football he's got you covered.
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Unbelievably Boring Bartholomew
by James Patterson
What it's about: Brainy twelve-year-old Bart attracts little attention at his new middle school near Hollywood, California, but whenever he can get around his gym-coach father, he secretly hunts electricity-guzzling aliens
Want more aliens?: give Signal by Cynthia DeFelice a try. A tale of friends finding what they want right where they are.
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The Guardian of The Realm : The Eleventh Adventure in The Kingdom of Fantasy
by Geronimo Stilton
What it's about: Geronimo is in the Kingdom of Fantasy for training on the "Balanced Path" when he learns that Queen Blossom has had a beautiful baby girl, Winglet, and that the baby princess has been kidnapped--and it is up to the brave mouse as Guardian of the Realm todiscover who has taken Winglet, and return her to her distraught parents.
Series alert: This is just one title in a great many adventures of Geronimo Stilton, give some of his other tales a try.
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Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
What it's about: When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
Series alert: Chasing Vermeer is the first in a series of four, checkout the rest at the IPL and decipher the mystery along with Petra and Calder.
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The Girl With The Glass Bird
by Esme Kerr
What it's about: Driven by a series of strange coincidences to a privileged boarding school where she is required to spy on a fragile classmate, a young orphan becomes best friends with the girl and discovers an ominous plot that puts both their lives in danger.
You may also like: Bewitched by Kate Saunders. Another boarding school mystery that's more than meets the eye.
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We The Children
by Andrew Clements
What it's about: Irked by plans to tear down his historic school to make room for an entertainment park, history-loving sixth-grader Ben discovers a parchment scroll written by three students in 1791, who secretly dubbed themselves the Keepers of the School. By the Edgar-winning author of Frindle.
Series alert: Be sure to catch what happens next with Fear Itself, the next title in the Benjamin Pratt & The Keepers of The School series.
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Hidden in The Haunted School
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
What it's about: The Boxcar Children volunteer to help clean up the old abandoned school in Silver City, even if some are scared by all the spooky goings-on.
Series alert: pick up some more mystery and adventure with the Boxcar Children at the IPL.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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