January 2020 list by K. Pearson
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Becoming Brianna
by Terri Libenson
Told in alternating past and present chapters, a latest series entry finds brainy Bri wondering if she has taken on too much when she agrees to learn a new language, give a speech and organize a party while juggling drama at school and home.
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Castle in the Stars: A Frenchman on Mars
by Alex Alice
Draws on 19th-century romanticism and the themes of Jules Verne's classics in a fantastical graphic novel adventure that imagines what may have happened if humanity's space race had occurred a century earlier, in a tale told through the experiences of the husband and son of a missing balloonist.
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Class Act
by Jerry Craft
Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he is't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together.
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Dead Max Comix Vol. 2: The Rocking Dead
by Dana Sullivan
Seventh grader Derrick's "Dead Max Comix" are such a hit in the school paper that he and Max start an advice column. Derrick and Doug should have asked for advice before they started a band without inviting Kim and Keisha to join. To get even, Kim challenges the guys to come up with awesome costumes for Comic-Con and enter the upcoming Battle of the Bands. Will the Battle of the Bands mean the end of Derrick and Kim? More importantly, who will win?
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Dinosaur Explorers Vol. 7: Cretaceous Craziness
by Redcode
If the Jurassic Period was all about dinosaur quality, the Cretaceous Period is all about dinosaur quantity! More dinosaurs roam the Earth than ever before! As the landmasses split apart, new species begin to spread, inhabiting the new ecological niches formed from the shifting--niches that Rain, Stone, Emily and the lost-in-time Dinosaur Explorers are itching to check out!
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Karen's Worst Day
by Katy Farina
Finds Kristy’s younger sister, Karen, struggling through a challenging day shaped by missing jeans, a lost cereal-box prize and other disappointments.
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Nat Enough
by Maria Scrivan
An insecure middle school student is abandoned by her popularity-minded best friend at the beginning of a new school year before learning how to focus on who she really is, instead of what she isn’t.
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Norma and Belly Vol. 1: Donut Feed the Squirrels
by Mika Song
Norma and Belly plan to start the day with some pancakes, but when Norma accidentally burns them, these two best friends set out to find a new treat. Chestnuts might be nice . . . but what is that delicious smell in the distance? A new food truck has parked near their tree, and these two squirrels are going to figure out how to get their hands on these "donuts" that it seems to be selling.
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The Runaway Princess
by Johan Tro©¯anowski
Adventures ensue when a bored princess resists stereotypes to embark on an adventurous quest through her magical country, where her efforts to make new friends are challenged by her disapproving parents.
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Wolfwalkers
by Samuel Sattin
Incorporating exclusive original art, a graphic-novel adaptation of the hand-animated WolfWalkers film follows the story of a hunter’s daughter who resolves to protect a pack of endangered wolves and the woodland shapeshifter tribe that communicates with them.
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