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Lion Down : a Funjungle Novel
by Stuart Gibbs
When a lion is falsely accused of killing an inflammatory radio host's famous dog, FunJungle resident sleuth Teddy Fitzroy helps a renegade animal activist prove the great cat's innocence to prevent it from being hunted.
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| Sweeping Up the Heart by Kevin HenkesWhat it’s about: Fully expecting a boring spring break, lonely seventh-grader Amelia is surprised to find herself making friends with a visiting boy named Casey and investigating the identity of a woman who looks a lot like her long-dead mother.
Is it for you? If you love getting to know characters so well that they begin to feel like friends, you won’t want to miss this quiet but hopeful book from award-winning author Kevin Henkes.
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| Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos HernandezWhat it’s about: After middle school magician Sal Vidón tears a hole in time and space in order to plant a raw chicken in the school bully’s locker, he draws the attention of ambitious classmate Gabi Reál. Together, Sal and Gabi might be able to change things for the better...assuming they don’t destroy the universe in the process.
Series alert: Packed with unique characters and laugh-out-loud moments, this off-the-wall blend of science fiction and Cuban folklore is the 1st in a series. |
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Tin
by Pádraig Kenny
Christopher works for an engineer, a maker of the eccentric, loyal and totally individual "mechanicals" who are Christopher's best friends. But after a devastating accident, a secret is revealed and Christopher discovers who he really is and what it means to be human.
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| Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia LordWhat it’s about: Emma bonds instantly with the rescued bunny her family is fostering, but she has a harder time making friends at her new school.Then she is paired up with Jack, a boy who is also an outsider, and they discover that they have something in common - a love of animals. Why you might like it: Because of the Rabbit takes a hard look at how difficult it can be to make (and keep) friends of any species. |
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Focus on: Creative Problem-Solving
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The Fourteenth Goldfish
by Jennifer L Holm
Hating change and missing both her best friend and her dead goldfish, 11-year-old Ellie encounters a boy who strongly resembles her immortality-obsessed grandfather, in a story that introduces the work of famous historical scientists.
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| The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnultyStarring: twelve-year-old Lucy, who has genius-level math skills (a side effect of surviving a lightning strike) and obsessive-compulsive habits (a side effect of living with a "supercomputer brain").
What happens: Lucy's grandma won't let her apply to college unless she abandons her familiar homeschooling routine and completes one year of public middle school. Yikes.
Who it's for: proud math geeks, as well as anyone looking for a unique character facing typical problems. |
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The House that Lou Built
by Mae Respicio
Planning an ultimate summer DIY project involving the construction of a tiny, 100-square-foot house all her own, Lou Bulosan-Nelson, a girl from an eccentric but lovable extended Filipino clan, finds the project reshaping her views about her late father and her beliefs about home and family.
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| The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad SellWhat it is: a bright, exciting graphic novel about a group of kids who create imaginary alter-egos and build an epic fantasy world out of cardboard, while also dealing with family problems, fighting with friends, or feeling misunderstood.
Featuring: Sophie, the unruly Big Banshee; Jack, the dramatic Evil Sorceress; Seth, the protective Gargoyle; Vijay, the mighty Beast; Amanda, the mustached Mad Scientist; and lots more. |
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Secret Coders : Secrets & Sequences
by Gene Luen Yang
Determined to learn the entire history of once-elite Stately Academy, Hopper, Eni and Josh are challenged to outmaneuver creepy Principal Dean, who demands that the team turn over their most powerful robot and an even more threatening coding genius, Professor One-Zero.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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Chester Library 250 W Main St. Chester, New Jersey 07930 (908) 879-7612
chesterlib.org
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