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Sweeping up the heart
by Kevin Henkes
The Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Lily's Purple Plastic Purse finds a seventh-grader's disappointing spring break transformed by an unexpected friendship with a fellow artist, her first male friend, who claims to see the spirit of her late mother.
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Student atlas
by Inc. Dorling Kindersley
A latest edition of a classic reference is fully updated to include all current border, place name and flag changes around the world and includes a detailed introductory section on map skills and a key, scale bar and locator map for every world region.
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Game of stars
by Sayantani DasGupta
A sequel to The Serpent's Secret finds Kiranmala returning to her homeland to discover a fraying society under the tyrannical rule of an awful game show that puts both friends and enemies in danger
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The shores beyond time : book three of the Chronicle of the dark star
by Kevin Emerson
While Mina scrambles to find her friends among the humans and Telphons caught in the blast zone of the Centauri supernova, Liam and Phoebe awaken on a mysterious ship in the middle of a dead universe, in a conclusion to the series that began with Last Day on Mars.
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Who was Bob Marley?
by Katie Ellison
Tells the story of how Bob Marley, a man with humble roots, became an international icon with his reggae music.
Illustrated biographies featuring a range of fascinating figures from history (and current figures, too!) provide great information and entertainment through short chapters and illustrations that will appeal to reluctant readers as well as middle readers in general.
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Code word courage
by Kirby Larson
In September 1944 eleven-year-old Billie lives with her great aunt, Doff, eagerly waiting for her older brother Leo to return from boot camp, and desperate to find the father that left when she was little; but Leo brings a friend with him, a Navajo namedDenny, and the injured dog they have rescued and named Bear--and when the two young men go off to war Bear becomes the thread that ties them all together, and helps Billie to find a true friend
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The last life of Prince Alastor
by Alexandra Bracken
Forced to agree to eternal servitude in exchange for safe passage through the demon realm, Prosper Redding arrives in Prince Alastor's home only to find it occupied by malevolent fiends and a mysterious force that would consume the entire realm.
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The Kingfisher science encyclopedia
by Kingfisher
Presents an illustrated science encyclopedia arranged in such categories as "Planet Earth," "Living Things," and "Chemistry and the Elements."
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The true history of Lyndie B. Hawkins
by Gail Shepherd
When her love of history is unable to fill the gaps in her family's Vietnam War experiences, Lyndie befriends an open-hearted boy on parole from the local juvenile detention center against the wishes of a grandmother who wants to mold her into a proper Southern girl.
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Over the moon
by Natalie Lloyd
Despairing over a life of hardship and toil when her once-magical community is blanketed in a sorrowful Dust, 12-year-old Mallie is chosen to participate in a dangerous flying-horse competition before uncovering a dark mystery at the heart of her community's troubles. By the author of A Snicker of Magic
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Contact your library for more great upper elementary and middle school reads!
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