November 2017 by Carrie Kelley
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Ben Franklin's in My Bathroom!
by Candace Fleming
A typical kid living in an everyday 21st-century American town is astonished to encounter Benjamin Franklin, whom he guides on a tour of the modern world the Founding Father helped to create centuries earlier.
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Control Freak
by Steve Moore
Steve prepares to spend the football season on the bench, but when he and his friends come into possession of a device that seems to control people, he plans to use it to get a little more involved in the game.
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The Daybreak Bond
by Megan Frazer Blakemore
When a newcomer is threatened by the rules that are supposed to protect the members of their utopian community, Mori and her friends run away to find help only to be confronted by different perspectives and unexpected challenges that force them to understand the complicated reality of their supposedly perfect world.
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Enginerds
by Jarrett Lerner
A member of a highly technical but socially awkward band of nerds is amazed when a member of his inner circle secretly constructs a personal robot for each of them, triggering riotous mayhem in the form of unexpected malfunctions.
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The Exact Location of Home
by Kate Messner
Believing his long-absent father is missing and leaving clues behind through geocaching, Zig, thirteen, relies on his love of electronics, a garage sale GPS unit, and his best friend, Gianna, to search for answers.
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The Handbook
by Jim Benton
Jack likes to trash-pick, and when his elderly neighbors move out and leave a promising pile of refuse outside, he finds a box that holds the Secret Parent's Handbook that lets him and his friends make the rules at home for a change.
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In the Deep Blue Sea
by Bill Nye
Traveling to the home of a famous tech genius who is working on a revolutionary power generator, Jack, his genius siblings and inventor Dr. Hank Witherspoon investigate numerous suspects who may be behind acts of sabotage.
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The Infamous Ratsos are Not Afraid
by Kara LaReau
A follow-up to the award-winning The Infamous Ratsos finds Louie and Ralphie attempting to renovate a cluttered lot into a community arcade only to be confronted by local fears that the lot is haunted.
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The Night Garden
by Polly Horvath
Living with her parents on a Vancouver Island farm during World War II, Franny helps babysit a neighbor's children for an extended period during which the children receive letters from their father that imply he is about to do something big to change their lives.
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The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade
by Jordan Sonnenblick
Struggling with bullies, pranksters and critical teachers while navigating the challenges of sixth grade, Maverick begins carrying around a toy badge left to him by his late sheriff father, whose memory inspires him to try to make school a better place for everyone.
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Slider
by Pete Hautman
Entering the world's greatest pizza-eating contest after secretly putting thousands of dollars onto his mother's credit card, a young competitive eater finds his efforts complicated by family denial about his younger brother's autism.
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The Trail
by Meika Hashimoto
Having completed all of the challenges on The List except a hike on the Appalachian Trail, Toby embarks on a solitary quest without Lucas before encountering two boys in desperate need of help.
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