November 2018 list by L. Buehler
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Louisiana's Way Home
by Kate DiCamillo
When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home.
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The Night Diary
by Veera Hiranandani
The 12-year-old daughter of a refugee family forced to flee their home in the aftermath of the 1947 separation of Pakistan and India embarks on a treacherous journey that she records in a series of letters written to her late mother.
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Ogre Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
Healer Evora is turned into a hideous ogre by the fairy Lucinda after rejecting a proposal, and has only a few months to find a love to reverse the curse.
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Runny Babbit Returns
by Shel Silverstein
A collection of 41 never-before-published poems and drawings by the award-winning creator of such classics as Where the Sidewalk Ends combines tongue-twisting wordplay with illustrations of uproarious characters, including fan-favorite Runny Babbit.
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The Season of Styx Malone
by Kekla Magoon
Caleb Franklin and his younger brother, Bobby Gene, spend an extraordinary summer their new, older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city.
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The Second Story
by Neil Patrick Harris
Leila and the other Magic Misfits have the opportunity to perform with a famous stage psychic known as Madame Esmeralda, who may hold secrets to Leila's past.
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