May 2018 by Carrie Kelley
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The Backward Season
by Lauren Myracle
Now that her sisters Natasha and Darya have had their turn, Ava Blok finally gets her Wishing Day. But after seeing the unintended consequences of the wishes her sisters made, she's not sure what to wish for. Will she make the right wish or will it end up costing her everything?
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Bat and the Waiting Game
by Elana K. Arnold
When Bat's older sister Janie gets a part in the school play, and can't watch him after school, it means some pretty big changes. For one, someone else will have to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons.
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Burning Magic
by Joshua Khan
Lily the sorcerer queen and Thorn the giant-bat-whisperer journey to the Sultanate of Fire to help their friend K'leef in a no-holds-barred contest for the throne.
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The Creature of the Pines
by Adam Gidwitz
After encountering a Jersey Devil while on a field trip to the Pine Barrens, Elliot and his new friend Uchenna help their weird teacher Professor Fauna rescue the mythological creature from a pair of greedy billionaire brothers.
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Emily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island
by Liz Kessler
Emily is headed to a tropical island for a relaxing vacation with friends and family. And this time, Emily promises her best friend, Shona, there will be absolutely no adventure just plenty of fun. But somehow excitement always seems to find Emily, and before she knows it, she ends up on the other side of a powerful waterfall on a forgotten island no one else can get to.
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The First Rule of Punk
by Celia C. Pérez
When her first day at a new school is overshadowed by a clash with a queen bee and her dress code violating punk-rock clothes, 12-year-old Malú listens to her faraway dad's advice and resolves to be herself by pursuing the interests she loves and standing up to an anti-punk administration.
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Following Baxter
by Barbara Kerley
When Professor Reese moves in next door, eleven-year-old Jordie enjoys helping her new neighbor take care of her dog and assisting in her laboratory, but she is not sure what to do when the professor goes missing.
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Ice Wolves
by Amie Kaufman
Growing up in a world where people shape-shift into one of two enemy species, 12-year-old orphan Anders is dismayed when his twin, Rayna, shifts into an opposing form and is stolen away by cruel and brutal dragon abductors.
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Sci-Fi Junior High
by John Martin & Scott Seegert
Misleading his classmates about his genius, Sci-Fi Junior High newcomer Kelvin Klosmo is forced to confront his fibs when a mad scientist plots to take over the universe.
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The Stone Girl's Story
by Sarah Beth Durst
A girl made of stone, forever twelve years old, has outlasted the father who carved her and gave her life, but now the magical marks that animate her are fading and she must leave her mountain home and find help in the valley below if she wants her story--and those of her family--to continue.
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