January 2020 list by K. Pearson
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5-Minute Animal Stories
by Susie Linn
With an adorable selection of five-minute tales to choose from at each storytime, join a cast of cute animal characters as they discover what it means to be best friends, to be happy, to be calm, to laugh, and to love.
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A Boy is Not a Bird
by Edeet Ravel
A young boy named Natt finds his world overturned when his family is uprooted and exiled to Siberia during the occupation of the Soviet Ukraine by Nazi Germany. In 1941, life in Natt's small town of Zastavna is comfortable and familiar, even if the grownups are acting strange, and his parents treat him like a baby.
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Courtney 1986: Changes the Game
by Kellen Hertz
Courtney Moore is the best gamer at the arcade. But she can't understand why there aren't more girl characters. When Courtney imagines her own video game, the hero is a girl who knows how to handle any situation. If only I was like that in real life, Courtney wishes.
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The Dog's Meow
by Michelle Schusterman
When 12-year-old Mina discovers an abandoned kitten, Nukka, in the outskirts of Fairbanks, Alaska, she knows she has to take it in. And with the help of Mina's huskies, Nukka quickly becomes part of the family.
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The Fear Zone 2
by K. R. Alexander
They thought they'd put their fears to rest. But the old fears are back . . . and they've brought new fears with them.
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Kid Normal and the Shadow Machine
by Greg James
Murph Cooper and the Super Zeroes get past some problems to capture the planet's most dangerous supervillains after a jailbreak, but Magpie gets away and teams up with another old enemy.
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Marvel Storybook Collection
by Marvel Press Book Group
This Marvel Storybook Collection consists of 304 pages of beautifully illustrated stories featuring characters from the Marvel Universe including Spider-Man, the Avengers, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Mermaid Island
by Sarah Bounty Ridyard
A mermaid living in an underwater palace while protecting the many species of the ocean must decide whether to venture to Princess Island and convince its inhabitants of the importantce of protecting the seas.
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Otto P. Nudd
by Emily Butler
While his corvid buddies spend their days cracking jokes at the dump, raven Otto P. Nudd invents things with his human neighbor Old Man Bartleby, but when one of Bartleby's contraptions puts him in danger, Otto must join forces with kids and critters to save the Old Man.
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Puzzle Master
by Carly Anne West
Aaron Peterson feels like he's trapped in a recurring nightmare. After moving halfway across the world to flee his father's latest theme park failure, yet another disaster has occurred: A roller coaster car jumps the tracks at the Golden Apple Amusement Park, resulting in the death of his friend, Lucy Yi.
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Rabbit & Bear: A Bite in the Night
by Julian Gough
When Rabbit and Bear discover a new creature in the forest and learn about his plans for "progress," the comical pair—along with the rest of the excitable residents—have a thing or two to say about the matter.
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The Secret Life of Sam
by Kim Ventrella
Sent to live with a long-lost aunt in a dusty Oklahoma town after his father’s accidental death, a heartbroken Sam follows a mysterious cat through a portal that allows him to revisit the past, where old family stories begin to manifest in sinister detail.
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The Stitchers
by Lorien Lawrence
Thirteen-year-olds Quinn Parker and Mike Warren uncover the awful truth about their strange neighbors and the gruesome secret of how they stay young.
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Superstore Surprise
by Geronimo Stilton
It's the grand opening of Traps new superstore, but nothing is working. The lights won't turn on, the doors won't open, and the loudspeaker is broken. Geronimo must figure out who is trying to sabotage the grand opening.
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The Tiny Mansion
by Keir Graff
Twelve-year-old Dagmar and her family spend a summer living off-the-grid in a tiny home parked in the Northern California redwood forest, next door to an eccentric tech billionaire and his very unusual family.
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Unexpected Super Spy
by Zanib Mian
Omar and his friends team up to raise money to save his family's favorite mosque, and when the money goes missing, they find the most unlikely culprit.
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The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel
by Sheela Chari
A high-tech adventure based on the award-winning podcast finds the intrepid Mars Patel and his outcast friends investigating the disappearances of kids from their school before stumbling across an enigmatic billionaire’s dark conspiracy.
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