January 2020 list by L. Buehler
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13 and Counting
by Lisa Greenwald
Confronted by a divorce, a loved one's illness and social awkwardness, best friends Kaylan and Ari organize a new motivational list of 13 goals to achieve before the end of the new school year.
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The Big Shrink
by Sarah Mlynowski
Possessing the ability to make things small but unable to restore them to normal size, Marigold practices her abilities under a new tutor while supporting her Upside-Down Magic classmates in a protest against an unfair school ban.
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Escape From the Isle of the Lost
by Melissa De la Cruz
Imminent graduates Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos organize an epic plan to make Auradon Prep available to other villain kids, while a trapped Uma teams up with Hades, god of the underworld, in a vengeful plot to bring down the barrier.
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The Fowl Twins
by Eoin Colfer
Left in the care of house security a week after their 11th birthday, the Fowl twins befriend a troll who needs their help escaping from two villains who would use his magic for their own gain.
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Max Einstein: Rebels with a Cause
by James Patterson
A sequel to The Genius Experiment finds Max and her companions traveling to India to help a Mumbai village through a water crisis, only to be targeted by a corporate kidnapper connected to a spy inside the Change Makers.
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Midsummer's Mayhem
by Rajani LaRocca
A contemporary retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream follows an 11-year-old Indian-American girl's effort to prepare a winning entry for a local baking contest, a competition that is challenged when her father, a famous food writer, mysteriously loses his sense of taste.
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Tales from a Not-So-Best Friend Forever
by Rachel Renée Russell
Looking forward to an awesome summer on tour as the opening act for a world-famous band, Nikki is horrified when her frenemy, MacKenzie, weasels her way into a social media internship and is assigned to be her roommate.
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The World Ends in April
by Stacy McAnulty
When a respected scientist predicts a catastrophic asteroid collision, a girl from a survivalist family struggles to keep their resources secret before finding herself declared her school’s End of the World Club president.
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You Are My Friend
by Aimee Reid
Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities ever, but before he was the man who brought us "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", he was just little Freddie Rogers. You Are My Friend tells how Fred was a sickly and lonely child. At school,he was bullied and had trouble making friends and expressing his feelings. His parents and grandparents encouraged Fred to ask for help and explore his world. When Fred grew up he became a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness, and he realized that he could spread his message through television.
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