July 2019 list by K. Pearson
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Awesome Dog 5000
by Justin Dean
Discovering a robotic dog with amazing powers, three video game enthusiasts embark on a wild and comedic adventure, in a story that ends with a clue pointing readers to hidden objects in each chapter's illustrations.
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Bad Hair Day
by Jim Benton
Franny K. Stein isn’t a fan of glamour. She doesn’t style her hair, the thought of wearing makeup makes her want to gag, and she couldn’t care less about wearing dressy dresses when she’d much prefer her lab coat. But sometimes Franny wonders if her mom wishes she were different. Which gives Franny an idea…for an experiment! What if she can turn the beauty products her mom loves into something more exciting?
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Carnival Catastrophe
by Natalie Lloyd
From catapulting cattle to runaway corndogs to spiders on the pageant stage, the Problim brothers and sisters are blamed for every catastrophe at this year’s carnival. And to top it all off, Mama Problim is missing!
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Changeling
by William Ritter
Tinn and Cole, raised as human twins in sleepy Endsborough, risk their lives in the Wild Wood, Oddmire Swamp, and the Deep Dark to learn which is a goblin changeling with an important mission.
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Dodging Dinosaurs
by Wendy Mass
On a visit to the Natural History Museum, Chase and Ava seem on the verge of finding out something important about the mysterious Randall, the missing scientist Finn, and the woman who gave them the suitcase filled with magical objects, when the dinosauregg from the suitcase (they thought it was a potato) sends them back to dinosaur times--where they have to return the egg to the correct brontosaurus nest, while eluding hungry dinosaurs, and Randall, who it turns out is working for somebody called The Collector.
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The Echo Park Castaways
by M. G. Hennessey
Nevaeh, Vic, and Mara are veterans of the Los Angeles foster care system. For over a year they’ve been staying with Mrs. K in Echo Park. Vic spends most of his time living in a dream world, Mara barely speaks, and Nevaeh is forced to act as a back-up parent. Though their situation isn’t ideal, it’s still their best home yet.
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Emperor of the Universe
by David Lubar
When seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew, his beloved pet gerbil Henrietta, and a package of ground beef are beamed aboard an alien space ship, they soon find themselves on the run in a madcap chase across the universe.
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The End of Orson Eerie?
by Jack Chabert
Eerie Elementary's valiant hall monitors race to save the annual Eerie Day celebration when the school's haunted house attraction is sabotaged by mad scientist Orson Eerie.
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Exploring According to Og the Frog
by Betty G. Birney
Curious about the human world outside his tank, Humphrey the hamster's best friend, Og the Frog, roots for the kids in his classroom who are developing their talents, while Og discovers the benefits of his own frog abilities.
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Forever Neverland
by Susan Adrian
A contemporary sequel to J. M. Barrie's classic follows the Neverland adventures of a cautious descendant of Wendy Darling and her brother, a boy on the autism spectrum who loves the fun and freedom of Peter Pan's world, until the lagoon mermaids start to go missing.
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I Was an Outer-Space Chicken
by David LaRochelle
Best friends Lamar and Lexie love math—and their skills come in handy when they’re abducted by an extraterrestrial named Fooz. Fooz, unfamiliar with Earth life, mistakes the children for chickens . . . until Lamar and Lexie prove they’re human by solving a tricky math problem. Fooz agrees to take them home, but on a side trip to a nearby planet to refuel, the two are captured by lumfurs, creatures that resemble Bigfoot. Can the children pass the test and get home again?
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The Letter, the Witch and the Ring
by John Bellairs
Rose Rita embarks with Mrs. Zimmerman on a summer adventure that turns evil when they reach their destination--a farm the Mrs. Zimmerman inherited--and it seems to be deserted except for a magical destructive force.
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The Miraculous
by Jess Redman
Wunder Ellis collects miracles. In a journal he calls The Miraculous, he records stories of the inexplicable and the extraordinary. And he believes every single one. But then his newborn sister dies, at only eight days old. If that can happen, then miracles can't exist. Then he meets Faye―a cape-wearing, outspoken girl with losses of her own. Together, they find an abandoned house by the cemetery and a mysterious old woman who just might be a witch. The old woman asks them for their help. She asks them to believe. And they go on a journey that leads to friendship, to adventure, to healing―and to miracles.
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A Pinch of Phoenix
by Heidi Lang
In a conclusion to the popular series, Lailu and Greg discover an imminent elf attack and secure the city with a magical shield that keeps humans safe but prevents them from leaving, a dilemma that is complicated by Ryon's suspicious claims and high-tension peace talks.
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School Spells
by Lou Kuenzler
Loving her new home, foster parents and best friend, Bella Broomstick is teased by the school bully for her unsuccessful human magic tricks before a real spell involving a large number of rabbits has unforeseen consequences.
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School-Tripped
by Jennifer L Holm
Visiting the museum for an unsupervised art class field trip, Babymouse overhears Felicia Furrypaws planning to ditch the museum in favor of touring the city.
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Sunny
by Kate Klimo
Sun Yat-Sen--aka Sunny--enjoys the finer things in life. Noble canine companion to globe-trotters Henry and Myra Harper, Sunny doesn't even like to walk, preferring instead to be carried! Sunny and the Harpers are traveling on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic--the biggest, finest ship in the world.
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Titans
by Kate O'Hearn
A tense peace agreement between the Titans and Olympians is thrown into question by a Titan granddaughter and her winged-horse companion, who encounter a forbidden human on the grounds during their first week at Arcadian school.
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Treasure of the Golden Skull
by Chris Priestley
Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloom-laden, gargoyle-infested monstrosity that is their school. But when they are told the school might close, our heroes realize being apart and somewhere else could be even worse!
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Warren & Dragon Scary Sleepover
by Ariel Bernstein
Warren is a seven-year-old boy and Dragon is part stuffed animal, part fierce dragon, part best friend--depending on what part you believe most. And Michael is their new friend and next-door neighbor. When Michael invites them over to go "camping" in his basement, the dynamic duo don't know whether they're more excited or nervous about it. This is their very first sleepover. EVER.
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