September 2017 by Carrie Kelley
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Almost Paradise
by Corabel Shofner
When her mother is wrongly imprisoned for a crime committed by her boyfriend, 12-year-old Ruby and her pet pig are sent to Ruby's estranged Aunt Eleanor's home on a peach orchard where she endeavors to heal family wounds and clear her mother's name.
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Beyond Infinity
by Martyn Ford
Breaking the rule about not removing his Imagination Box from his hotel room, Tim discovers that he is being followed by strangers who steal the box, forcing him to team up with friends and contacts from a top-secret scientific institution to save the Imagination Box from corruption of the worst possible kind.
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Confessions from the Principal's Kid
by Robin Mellom
Treated like an outsider by classmates who think she will tattle on them, fifth-grader Allie, the daughter of the school principal, hangs out with other misfit students who are the children of the school's teachers and resolves to join an elite math team of popular kids led by her former best friend.
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The Countdown Conspiracy
by Katie Slivensky
Miranda, one of six elite kids training for the world's first-ever mission to Mars, begins receiving death threats from hatemongers who do not consider her worthy, until a terror attack on the training base places the team and mission in Miranda's hands.
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Do Not Open!
by Mark Parisi
A young artist with crackerjack observation skills discovers that an alien is watching him and preparing to take over the world, a dilemma he must resolve on his own when nobody believes him.
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The Emperor of Mars
by Patrick Samphire
Intercepting a thief escaping from Lady Harleston's townhouse, Edward is swept up in a terrible scheme that threatens Mars, pits him against thugs and forces him to question who he can trust.
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Garvey's Choice
by Nikki Grimes
Preferring science and reading to the sports his father wants him to pursue, insecure Garvey comforts himself with food and endures teasing by bullies before joining the school chorus, where his musical talents help him accept himself and bond with his father.
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The List
by Patricia Forde
A Wordsmith's apprentice responsible for safeguarding forbidden language in a neo-medieval world where all but 500 sanctioned words are strictly censored uncovers a sinister plan to suppress all remaining language by robbing everyday citizens of their ability to speak.
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The Losers Club
by Andrew Clements
Made an example of by a strict principal who forbids reading in classes that require attentive participation, Alec starts a club of one, intending to devote whatever time he can to his favorite books, before he is unexpectedly joined by a crush and an ex-best friend turned bully.
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Olive and the Backstage Ghost
by Michelle Schusterman
Running away after freezing up during a theater camp audition, Olive finds herself at a beautiful old theater that inspires her to sing on its stage before a glamorous actress who overhears her recruits her into a cast of eclectic misfits for an increasingly unsettling, history-inspired production.
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Pennybaker School is Headed for Disaster
by Jennifer Brown
Thomas Fallgrout is a new student at Pennybaker Academy for the Uniquely Gifted where he his blamed for a missing statue so he teams up with his oddball friend Chip Mason to find it.
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Search for the Lightning Dragon
by Tracey West
When a Lightning Dragon begins shooting dangerous energy beams throughout the land, the Dragon Masters team up with young Dragon Master Carlos, whose attempts to connect with the dragon are challenged by the machinations of a dark master.
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Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Separated from his aging caregiver grandfather and placed in a foster home, Prez forges an unusual friendship with an alien who appears as a dog to everyone else and entreats Prez to help compile a list of Earth's redeeming qualities to prevent the planet from being destroyed.
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