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| Willa of the Wood by Robert BeattyWilla is a twelve-year-old nightspirit who lives with her clan in the Great Smoky Mountains and steals from the homesteads of the day-folk. She believes the homesteaders are destroying her forest habitat, until a chance encounter with a "day-folk" man changes everything she thought she knew about her people--and their greatest enemy. |
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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
by Pablo Cartaya
.After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met. While they are there, Marcus begins searching for his father who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
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| Mr. Wolf's Class by Aron Nels SteinkeThis funny graphic novels tells the everyday adventures of Mr. Wolf, a new teacher at Hazelwood Elementary school, and his fourth grade class of wild and special students.
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The Race to Space : A Failure to Launch
by Ben Thompson
A humorous look at the space exploration competition between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Space Race and the innumerable failures that paved the way to the first lunar landing.
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Nightbooks
by J. A. White
Imprisoned by a witch in a New York apartment, Alex must tell her a new scary story every night in order to stay alive. A good book for all readers who love just-dark-enough tales.
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| A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner; illustrated by Tim ProbertFifth grade is full of shocking surprises for best friends Rip and Red. At first they have trouble adjusting to their offbeat new teacher and basketball coach, but as the year goes on, they start to think that change might be okay after all.
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| The Losers Club by Andrew ClementsSixth-grader Alex created the Losers Club so that he can sit alone and read during his after-school program. Alex doesn't mind sharing his reading time with club co-founder Nina, but he's frustrated when other people join -- people like his former best friend who's now a total jerk.
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| Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamilloLonging to become 1975's Little Miss Central Florida Tire so that her absent father will notice her, ten-year-old Raymie enters a baton-twirling class. But she soon discovers that her classmates, fierce Beverly and dreamy Louisiana, both have their own motives to win.
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| Lost in the Sun by Lisa GraffIt began when Trent hit a hockey puck that accidentally killed his teammate, Jared. Since then, Trent panics if he tries to play sports. He fights with his family, draws disturbing pictures, and lashes out against his classmates…which makes it even more confusing when Fallon, the weird girl with the scarred face, decides to be his friend.
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| Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly HuntAlly has gone to seven schools in seven years without anyone guessing her secret. Her talents for math, art, and troublemaking help her hide the fact that whenever she tries to read, the letters look scrambled. Could a new teacher and a new way of learning prove that Ally is smarter than she thinks?
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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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