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The Adventurer's Guide to Dragons (and Why They Keep Biting Me)
by Wade Albert White
Anne and her best friends Penelope and Hiro are tasked with an unwanted quest that could start a war between the Hierarchy and the dragon clan, and so to avoid disaster and save the world, the three friends must face dragon trials and defeat robots.
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| The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. PérezThough her dad reminds her that the first rule of punk is to be yourself, 12-year-old punk rocker Malú finds it tough to claim her identity as a "weird, unladylike, sloppy-Spanish-speaking, half-Mexican kid." Even so, Malú is determined to get a band together and make some noise. |
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Graveyard Shakes
by Laura Terry
After a big fight, Katia runs away from school. And when Victoria goes looking for her, she accidentally tumbles into the underworld of a nearby graveyard. Victoria teams up with Little Ghost to find her before an evil man uses Katia in a spell.
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| It All Comes Down to This by Karen EnglishIn the summer of 1965, Sophie's parents are fighting, her sister Lily is about to leave for college, and they're the only African-American family in their neighborhood. As Sophie struggles to find new friends, she and Lily get a wider view of the injustices simmering all around them. |
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| Thornhill by Pam SmyIn 1982, mute orphan girl Mary plans her revenge on the cruel bullies at the Thornhill Institute for Children, while in 2017, lonely Ella sees a girl wandering the grounds of the long-abandoned Institute. Soon Ella finds Mary's diaries and their stories collide. |
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| Breadcrumbs by Anne UrsuTen-year-old Hazel Anderson figures that as long as she has her best friend, Jack, she'll be okay...and then Jack disappears. Determined to rescue him, Hazel ventures into the snow-covered Minnesota woods where she last saw Jack and discovers a frightening magical world. |
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| The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly BarnhillThe Protectorate claims that babies have to be sacrificed every year to satisfy the evil forest witch. The villagers obey, never realizing that the witch, Xan, is actually a kind soul who rescues the abandoned infants, one of whom she decides to raise herself. |
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| Rebel Genius by Michael Dante DiMartinoIn the Zizzolan Empire, 12-year-old orphan Giacomo is an outlaw. After a Genius (a forbidden creature that guides creative spirits) bonds with him, Giacomo learns to channel his creativity through sacred geometry, only to have his training disrupted by a power-hungry artist. |
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
by Grace Lin
Hearing her father speak to the Old Man on the Moon in the quiet hours of the evening, Minli turns to him one day to ask for advice in order to improve the desperate situation of her impoverished family.
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Wolf Brother
by Michelle Paver
When evil strikes the land six thousand years ago, twelve-year-old Tourak and his faithful wolf-cub are forced into a perilous journey to take on the destructive force and, with the help and guidance of strange characters along the way, find a way to change a horrific outcome.
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