March 2020 list by L. Buehler
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Confessions of a Dork Lord
by Michael Johnston
A hapless warlock-in-training struggles to live up to his great and terrible destiny as the next in line to rule the Grim World in the face of his father’s disappearance, magic gone wrong and inconvenient allergies.
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Dragon Fire
by Lisa McMann
In a latest entry in the sequel series to The Unwanteds, Thisbe leads a team of Grimere youths to help a war-stricken Artimé, while Fifer is forced to make a life-changing decision.
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Here in the Real World
by Sara Pennypacker
Immersing himself in fantasy worlds of knights and chivalry where he prefers being left alone, young Ware is sent to a summer camp designed around social interactions and begins building a castle-like private space while clashing with a fellow misfit.
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Knock Three Times
by Cressida Cowell
Heroes Xar and Wish combine their Magic and Iron abilities to save their beloved world from the destructive Nuckalavee.
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Nessie Quest
by Melissa Savage
Twelve-year-old Ru reluctantly joins her parents in Scotland for the summer, where she and new friends Dax and Hammy Beans search for the Loch Ness Monster.
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A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying
by Kelley Armstrong
A 12-year-old reluctant heir to the throne finds her fate upended by a tragedy that prompts her training as a Royal Monster Hunter, before a search for a dangerous gryphon leads to an unlikely alliance.
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We Had to be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
by Deborah Hopkinson
Details the heartwrenching experiences of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany aboard the Kindertransport, in a collection of true accounts that includes the story of young Ruth David, who clung to hope in an unfamiliar country after being separated from her family.
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When You Trap a Tiger
by Tae Keller
Moving with her parents into the home of her sick grandmother, young Lily forges a complicated pact with a magical tiger, in a story inspired by Korean folktales.
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Willow Moss and the Lost Day
by Dominique Valente
The first of four planned magical adventures is set in the land of Starfell and follows the journey of a seemingly unremarkable young witch who discovers her destiny as a finder of lost things when a first assignment directs her to learn what happened to a missing day.
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