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Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the sticky-fingers cure
by Ann M. Martin
Even though she, her upside-down house, and its animal occupants are under quarantine with the Winter Effluvia, Missy Piggle-Wiggle manages to dispense cures to the misbehaving children of Little Spring Valley
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June's wild flight
by Max Brallier
After getting separated from her friends, June gets dragged to Wakefield, a town overrun with monsters, and has to use her survival skills to escape, as she discovers information about the mysterious "Tower," which could be critical to the world's survival
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| Layla and the Bots: Happy Paws by Vicky Fang; illustrated by Christine NishiyamaLayla and her robot friends Beep, Bop, and Boop aren’t just rock stars -- they’re also inventors. So when they find out that their concert at the amusement park is cancelled because everyone in town prefers the dog park, Layla and the band start brainstorming. |
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| Stepping Stones by Lucy KnisleyWhat it’s about: As if it wasn’t bad enough that Jen and her mom moved from the city to Peapod Farm (where Jen is stuck with a whole mess of new chores), Jen also has to put up with her mom’s insensitive boyfriend and his too-perfect daughter Andy. Don’t miss: the scribbly pages from Jen’s notebook, where she pours out her feelings as they change.
For fans of: the realistic graphic novels of Victoria Jamieson, Svetlana Chmakova, and Vera Brosgol. |
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The deceivers
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A sequel to The Strangers finds the three Greystone siblings and their friend, Natalie, continuing their efforts to find and rescue their mothers in an alternate world where truth is illegal. By the award-winning author of the Shadow Children series.
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How to bee
by Bren MacDibble
Peony lives on her grandather's fruit farm outside the city, but when her mother arrives to take her to work for a wealthy family, Peony must use her grit and quick thinking to keep herself safe
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Dr. Wangari Maathai plants a forest
by Corinne Purtill
When the streams dry out and the food will not grow, Dr. Wangari Maathai starts the Green Belt Movement, a society that encourages the women in rural Kenya to work together and grow trees that will bind the soil, store rainwater, and provide food and firewood
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Get a grip, Vivy Cohen!
by Sarah Kapit
Landing a spot on the baseball team at the same time her major-league hero responds to her fan letter, Vivy Cohen, a girl on the autism spectrum, considers her famous pen-pal’s advice when an accident lands her back on the bench.
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Notorious
by Gordon Korman
Moving to an unfamiliar island split between the United States and Canada, Keenan learns about the island’s Prohibition-era smuggling history from an unconventional neighbor who believes her dog has been murdered.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 7-12! |
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