September 2018 list by K. Pearson
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Apex Predator
by M. T. Anderson
The journey through the rift becomes even rockier as the survivors are forced to take to the water, crossing a vast deepwater basin on improvised boats. To make it, Molly and the others must work together, but a rift of a different kind is forming among the survivors. If they aren't careful, it could eat them alive.
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City of Ghosts
by Victoria Schwab
Surviving a near-fatal accident that gives her the ability to enter the spirit world, the daughter of television ghost-hunters visits with her ghost best friend and meets another girl who shares her abilities before realizing the dangers that come with her powers.
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The Cryptid Catcher
by Lija Fisher
Clivo learns that his recently deceased father was not an archaeologist as he was told, but rather a cryptid catcher, known for finding elusive mythological creatures, and now Clivo must pick up where his father left off and track down a cryptid whose blood grants immortality before the knowledge falls into the wrong hands.
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A Dog in King Arthur's Court
by Audrey Mackaman
Determined to prove himself when he leaves the comfort of his puppyhood barn to join the lavish court of Camelot, Cavall loyally protects his person, King Arthur, from malevolent forces lurking in Camelot.
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Elephant Secret
by Eric Walters
When a beloved elephant dies giving birth to a woolly mammoth clone, a 13-year-old girl stands up to the billionaire genius who funded the project so that she can protect the baby animal from his schemes.
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Field Tripped
by Allan Woodrow
The fifth graders of Liberty Falls Elementary have a reputation for trouble, but they still have a field trip to the mansion of Edward Minks (local inventor, founder of the town, and great-great-great grandfather of fifth-grader Eddie). While there, they search for secret inventions that are rumored to be hidden in the mansion--but they find that they are not the only ones searching, and somehow this class of trouble-makers must work together to thwart the thieves.
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Ghoulia
by Barbara Cantini
Spending her days playing with her albino greyhound while wishing for a friend, a little zombie who scares the other children with her pale green skin and purple-shadowed eyes decides to be entirely herself on Halloween.
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The Great Shelby Holmes and the Coldest Case
by Elizabeth Eulberg
Unexpected media attention in their Harlem neighborhood bring Shelby Holmes, nine, and John Watson, eleven, a new case that sends them undercover as figure skaters.
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Grumpy Goblins
by Jaden Kent
When Squeaky the gremlin runs off with Owen's favorite book, the dragon twins follow him right into a goblin village. All Owen wants is his book back, but the goblin leader Grom the Terrible wants something else: to battle Owen. Can Owen beat Grom the Terrible in a battle to win back his book and save Ella and Squeaky from the grumpy goblins?
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The Loch Ness Lock-in
by Matthew Cody
Once a year, Strange Scout troops from around the world are invited to test their scouting skills in an old lighthouse on the shore of the infamous Loch Ness. But when the area surrounding Loch Ness suffers unusual damage, evidence points to a dastardly plot to frame Nessie herself! Can the Strange Scouts’ newest troop clear Nessie’s name and earn their badges before it’s too late?
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Magic Mistakes
by Lou Kuenzler
After failing the entrance exam to Creepy Castle School for the third time, Bella Broomstick is sent into the Person World, where she is forbidden to do magic while being fostered by a non-magical couple.
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Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Sticky-Fingers Cure
by Ann M. Martin
Even though she, her upside-down house, and its animal occupants are under quarantine with the Winter Effluvia, Missy Piggle-Wiggle manages to dispense cures to the misbehaving children of Little Spring Valley.
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The Phantom Tower
by Keir Graff
Moving to Chicago for a fresh start in the aftermath of a parent's death, twins Colm and Mal process their grief by making new friends and wandering through their fascinating apartment building before discovering a mysterious elevator portal to a parallel dimension.
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The Right Hook of Devin Velma
by Jake Burt
Even though he suffers from social anxiety, twelve-year-old Addison agrees to help his best friend achieve social media fame while at a nationally-televised NBA game.
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The Splintered Light
by Ginger Johnson
Ten-year-old Ishmael's monochromatic farm life with his widowed mother is transformed when he begins to see color and is sent to the Hall of Hue, where he starts an apprenticeship with Luc, learning to create a new, colorful world.
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Squirm
by Carl Hiaasen
Billy Dickens discovers that his mysterious father lives in Montana, so this summer Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, and save his own father.
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Warren & Dragon 100 Friends
by Ariel Bernstein
Warren is a seven-year-old boy. Dragon is a seven-hundred-year-old dragon. Not that most people believe that. Most people are sure that Dragon is a stuffed animal. People such as Warren's twin sister, Ellie, who challenges Warren to a contest at their new school: making 100 new friends. Warren isn't so good at making friends, but he doesn't like losing to Ellie, and Dragon will help him. But the first day of school doesn't exactly turn out the way he'd hoped, and even worse, Dragon disappears!
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