August 2020 list by L. Buehler
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Hide and Seek
by Sarah Mlynowski
When a flood forces Nory and her best friends to evacuate Dunwiddle and relocate to prestigious Sage Academy, the upside-down magic students have a hard time fitting in.
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Kiki's Delivery Service
by Eiko Kadono
An uplifting new translation of the work on which the Hayao Miyazaki film was based finds half-witch Kiki selecting a seaside village to spend a year in accordance with witch tradition, before her efforts to make friends is challenged by the community’s reluctance to trust strangers.
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Late Lunch with Llamas
by Mary Pope Osborne
Whisked away by the Magic Tree House to a mountainside farm, Jack and Annie embark on a treacherous climb to the peak of Machu Picchu to help rescue a stolen baby llama.
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Prairie Lotus
by Linda Sue Park
A young half-Asian girl arriving in 1880s America struggles to adjust to new surroundings while navigating the almost unanimous prejudice of the townspeople in her heartland community.
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The Yellow House Mystery
by Gertrude Warner
The Alden kids discover a compelling clue about the disappearance of a man from a yellow house on Surprise Island years earlier, in a leveled-reader adaptation of a popular Boxcar Children classic mystery.
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