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Kids' Books September 2017
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| The Losers Club by Andrew ClementsIt's called the Losers Club to prevent people from joining. Lots of members are the last thing that book-loving sixth-grader Alex wants in a club that he only started because his after-school program doesn't have any choices for kids who just want to sit and read. |
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Threads of blue
by Suzanne M LaFleur
Mathilde escapes war-torn Sofarende and reunites with Megs and the other children who are working for the army to retake Sofarende from the enemy, but Mathilde must come to terms with her past treasonous actions and determine what she must do in order toprove her friendship to Megs
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by Pete Hautman
Hoping to win a cash prize in a pizza eating contest after racking up a tab on his mother's credit card, David must juggle his competitive eating training with the responsibility of looking after his autistic younger brother.
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Mighty Jack and the Goblin King
by Ben Hatke
Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor to a strange floating crossroads where they encounter rats, brutal giants, and a fearsome Goblin King.
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In the Deep Blue Sea
by Bill Nye
Jack, his genius siblings, and inventor Hank Witherspoon go to Hawaii and help technology billionaire Ashley Hawking find out who is sabotaging her revolutionary electric plant that harvests energy from the deep ocean.
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| Public School Superhero by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts; illustrated by Cory ThomasStainlezz Steel is a powerful superhero who's always battling villains and looking out for the little guy. He's also the fictional creation of 6th-grader Kenny Wright, who lives with his grandma, loves chess, and gets bullied at his crowded city school. |
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| The Marvels by Brian SelznickIn 1766, young Billy Marvel survives a shipwreck and gets a job at a fancy London theater. In 1990, Joseph Jervis runs away from school to look for his uncle in London. Billy's story is presented entirely through lifelike, carefully shaded pencil illustrations, while Joseph's is told only through words. The way in which these two characters connect might surprise you... |
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Lights, camera, middle school!
by Jennifer L Holm
Unsure who to count among her friends and enemies in middle school, Babymouse elects to stand out among zombie peers, who crave everything from fashionable sandals to cool lip gloss, by joining the film club, an endeavor that proves to be more challenging than anticipated.
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How to be a supervillain
by Michael Fry
A polite and responsible little boy whose supervillain parents want him to be evil disappoints them by keeping his room clean, eating his veggies and refusing to run with scissors before he is mentored by a disgraced supervillain who becomes an unlikely friend.
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| Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible by Ursula VernonPrincess Harriet Hamsterbone is no Sleeping Beauty, that's for sure. For one thing, she's a hamster. For another, she refuses to hide just because she's been cursed to fall into an enchanted sleep on her 12th birthday. Believing instead that the curse will protect her until age 12, Harriet rides forth on her trusty quail to fight monsters, go cliff-diving, and generally have adventures before her fateful birthday. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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