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The mending summer
by Ali Standish
Sent to stay with a mysterious aunt in her rambling country home while her father battles alcoholism, Georgia befriends a secretive girl before discovering a magical lake that sends them on wondrous adventures. By the award-winning author of Bad Bella. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Pippa Park raises her game
by Erin Yun
Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. So when she gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself. At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, a crush, and the pressure to perform at school while keeping her past and her family’s laundromat a secret from her elite classmates. When social media threatens Pippa’s persona, she wonders if she can keep it together.
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The class
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
"A sixth-grade class comes together to support a classmate in need, each of them giving their own perspective on the goings on"
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Squirm
by Carl Hiaasen
Discovering the address of the father who left when he was only four, Billy is forced to move repeatedly with his activist mother before embarking on a summer of unconventional travel and animal rescue. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Hoot. Simultaneous eBook
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Finding Orion
by 1975- Anderson, John David
A boy from an unconventional family attends the funeral of his motorcycle-riding, crossbow-hunting grandfather and tries to uncover the truth about his grandfather's complicated relationship with the boy's jelly-bean designer father. 75, first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Fast pitch
by Nic Stone
Working hard to prove that Black girls belong at bat, softball captain Shenice Lockwood must prove herself on and off the field when a family secret is revealed, breaking her focus on the game as the championship fast approaches. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Merci Suárez changes gears
by Meg Medina
Alienated from her more privileged classmates at a Florida private school, sixth-grade scholarship student Merci Suarez is targeted by a competitive rival at the same time her beloved grandfather begins to develop memory problems. By the award-winning author of Mango, Abuela, and Me
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World in between : based on a true refugee story
by 1980- Trebinécević, Kenan
Based on a true refugee story, this moving novel follows Kenan and his family as they make it out of war-torn Bosnia alive, which is only the beginning of their journey. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Daughter of the White Rose
by Diane Zahler
In fifteenth-century England, commoner Nell and her best friend since infancy, Prince Ned, the future king, try to escape after being wrongfully imprisoned in the Tower of London. Includes historical notes and timeline
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All he knew
by 1949- Frost, Helen
A middle grade novel in verse follows the experiences of a deaf child whose impoverished family is forced to send him to a cruel institution, where he receives friendship and teaching from a conscientious war objector. By the award-winning author of Keesha’s House. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Mighty inside
by 1968- Frazier, Sundee Tucker
"Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice...But the thought of starting high school is only making his stutter worse. And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere, not just in the South where a boy his age has been brutally killedby two white men, but also in his own hometown of Spokane is making him realize that he can't mutely stand by"
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Echo Mountain
by 1956- Wolk, Lauren
Losing her home in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929, Ellie moves with her family to a new home in an unforgiving mountain terrain where she seeks a cure to restore her injured father to health. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Wolf Hollow. Simultaneous eBook.
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Allies
by 1972- Gratz, Alan
Racing toward the French coast along with his brothers-in-arms, a terrified World War II soldier from America participates in the top-secret D-Day operation, while a young French spy works to sabotage German occupiers and a paratrooper orchestrates a daring midnight raid.
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Ghost boys
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"
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Amber & Clay
by Laura Amy Schlitz
A novel in verse relates the story of Rhaskos and Melisto, one a common slave and the other a spoiled aristocrat, who are bound together by fate and form an unlikely friendship that crosses the boundary of life and death
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