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| Be Prepared by Vera Brosgolnine-year-old misfit Vera, who's hoping that she'll finally fit in among the other Russian kids at a Russian American summer camp.
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| The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Creature of the Pines by Adam Gidwitz, Jesse Casey, and Chris Lenox Smith; illustrated by Hatem AlyAfter a mischievous Jersey Devil follows Elliott and Uchenna home from a field trip, the two new friends team up with their eccentric teacher, Professor Fauna, to keep the not-so-mythical creature safe.
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| You Go First by Erin Entrada KellyCharlotte and Ben live far apart, yet over the course of one week, their online Scrabble rivalry turns into a friendship that helps each of them deal with painful situations at home and at school.
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The boy, the bird, and the coffin maker
by Matilda Woods
Alberto, the town's coffin maker, and Tito, a runaway boy, both lonely after suffering tragic losses, learn the power of friendship as they try to escape the shadows of their pasts
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The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
by Stacy McAnulty
Twelve year old Lucy is a math genius but after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.
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| Fly Away by Patricia MacLachlan Lucy, who's good with words but can't sing like the rest of her family, and her brother Teddy, who can't speak in words yet secretly sings to Lucy every night. When Teddy goes missing during a flood, Lucy realizes that her song might be the only way to find him.
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| The Sweetest Sound by Sherri Winstonten-year-old Cadence, who's been hiding her amazing singing voice through years of extreme shyness. This year, however, she's determined to share her musical gift with her church...or at least that was the plan, before a leaked secret recording changed things.
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The first rule of punk
by Celia C. Pérez
When her first day at a new school is overshadowed by a clash with a queen bee and her dress code violating punk-rock clothes, 12-year-old Malú listens to her faraway dad's advice and resolves to be herself by pursuing the interests she loves and standing up to an anti-punk administration. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Echo
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Decades after a man is entwined in a prophecy-based quest involving three mysterious sisters and a harmonica, three individuals from different areas of the world confront daunting challenges involving the same harmonica.
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The rising star of Rusty Nail
by Lesley M. M. Blume
Believing she has learned all she can from the town's only piano teacher, ten-year-old piano prodigy Franny Hansen yearns to get out of her nowhere community in rural Minnesota, so when a mysterious Russian woman takes up residence, Franny begins to think the new arrival may be just what she needs to help make her next big move.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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