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The remarkable journey of Coyote Sunrise
by Dan Gemeinhart
Living on the road in an old school bus with her dad after losing her mother and sisters, 12-year-old Coyote devises an elaborate plan to convince her father to make a first trip home to Washington state in five years, a journey marked by an eclectic group of passengers they meet along the way.
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New kid
by Jerry Craft
After his parents send him to a prestigious private school known for its academics, Jordan Banks finds himself torn between two worlds.
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Number the stars
by Lois Lowry
.In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
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Hurricane Child
by Kheryn Callender
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
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King and the Dragonflies
by Kacen Callender
What it’s about: Twelve-year-old King knows too many secrets. King knows that his older brother Khalid didn’t really die, he just turned into a dragonfly. King knows where his runaway friend Sandy is hiding. And King knows that Sandy is gay -- just like him.
Read it for: strong emotions, memorable characters, and a Louisiana setting so vivid you can almost feel the humidity.
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Roll of thunder, hear my cry
by Mildred D Taylor
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
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The Bridge Home
by Padma Venkatraman
Featuring: Viji and Rukku, two sisters who run away from their abusive father; Mathu and Arul, two homeless boys who sell recycled trash on the streets of Chennai, India; Kutti, a lovable stray dog; and the abandoned bridge that provides shelter for them all.
Is it for you? These characters’ lives aren’t easy, but if you enjoy sad, realistic stories that are deeply felt, The Bridge Home might be your kind of book.
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Beverly, right here
by Kate DiCamillo
Resolved to leave her home for good, young runaway Beverly is determined not to depend on anyone else, but as she settles in her new home and job, she forms connections with the people around her that alter her perspectives about life and herself.
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Ronan Boyle and the bridge of riddles
by Thomas Lennon
The Reno 911! comedian and actor presents a debut entry in a middle-grade series set in a world of law-breaking leprechauns, where 14-year-old Ronan Boyle, the lowliest recruit in a secret magical police force, confronts monsters hidden in plain sight to prove his parents' innocence.
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The girl who owned a city
by O. T. Nelson
When a plague sweeps over the earth killing everyone except children under twelve, ten-year-old Lisa organizes a group to rebuild a new way of life.
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The Fowl Twins
by Eoin Colfer
Left in the care of house security a week after their 11th birthday, Fowl twins Myles and Beckett risk their safety to help a troll who is being pursued by two enemies because of his magical abilities, discovering the unexpected power of their bond along the way.
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A good kind of trouble
by Lisa Moore Ramée
After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.
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Books in a Series Reading is a great escape. Books can take you anywhere is this world, to other worlds, into the past or the future. The key is to find stories that you enjoy. When you do find a book that you enjoy make note of the author. This can lead to other stories by the same author that you may also like. Knowing a favorite author’s name will also allow you to use “read a-likes” a feature that suggests books or authors based on what you have read. Some authors write books in a series, multiple stories featuring the same characters. This month we feature four authors by linking to the first volume in their book series. To find the next books, and the order in which they align, you can click this link to reach the “books in a series database”. Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series has14 titles. Katherine Applegate’s Animorph Series has 54 titles and she has written 14 other series! Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series contains 5 books, but Mr. Riordan has written 7 other series. Kathryn Lasky’s Wolves of the Beyond Series consists of 6 volumes, and Ms. Lasky has written 13 other series. |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Greg Heffley's Journal
by Jeff Kinney
It’s a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you’re ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.
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Animorphs - the Invasion 1
by Katherine Applegate
Sometimes weird things happen to people. Ask Jake. He could tell you about the night he and his friends saw a strange light in the sky that seemed to be heading right for them. That was the night five normal kids learned that humanity is under a silent attack -- and were given the power to fight back.
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The lightning thief
by Rick Riordan
After learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is sent to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.
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Lone wolf
by Kathryn Lasky
Abandoned by his pack, a baby wolf with a mysterious mark on his deformed paw survives and embarks on a journey that will change the world of the wolves of the Beyond.
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Remember the classics! What is a classic? Classic = “an author or literary work of the first rank or enduring quality.” Enjoy these classic works of fiction from RBDigital. |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
Book AnFirst published in French as Vingt mille lieues sous les mers in periodicals in 1870 and the first English version in 1872. It is still considered one of Verne's greatest works as well as one of he earliest science fiction novels. It describes the journey around the world of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, which had been thought a giant monster when first spotted. The description of the Nautilus was considered ahead of its time, as it accurately describes features on submarines, which at the time were primitive vessels. The 20,000 leagues referred to in the title is the distance traveled around the world and not the depth and is equal to more than 50,000 miles.
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Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Book Down the rabbit hole away little Alice goes. Follow her at your own peril, but beware of the world you are about to enter. One with a decapitation-crazed queen, an unintelligible duchess, a sleepy dormouse, a chronically late rabbit, a witty Cheshire cat, a blue hookah-smoking caterpillar, a Hatter and a March Hare hosting a mad tea party, and a caucus race so bewildering that the best way to explain it is just to do it.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 14 October 1892.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.Perennially popular with readers, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has also been the continued object of study by literary critics since its publication. It was criticized upon release because of its coarse language and became even more controversial in the 20th century because of its perceived use of racial stereotypes and because of its frequent use of the racial slur "nigger", despite strong arguments that the protagonist and the tenor of the book are anti-racist.notation
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