May 2019 list by L. Buehler
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Aru Shah and the Song of Death
by Roshani Chokshi
Wrongly accused of stealing the god of love's bow and arrow when she begins training as a Pandava, Aru endeavors to prove her innocence by embarking on a quest in the serpent realm with her soul-sister Mini, the ultra-strong Brynne and the secretive Aiden.
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Beach Battle Blowout
by Chris Grabenstein
Resolving to win a best-on-the-beach contest, Wonderland contestants P. T. and Gloria use their sleuthing skills to identify secret contest judges and devise winning attractions.
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The Chupacabras of the Río Grande
by Adam Gidwitz
Dispatched by Professor Fauna to Laredo on the U.S.-Mexico border, Elliot and Uchenna team up with a brilliant Mexican doctor, her curandero husband and their kids to help heal a divided community and protect the regional Chupacabras.
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Dr. Snow Has Got to Go!
by Dan Gutman
A debut entry in a latest My Weird School story arc finds A.J. and his friends preparing for the Ella Mentry School science fair, where a guest scientist pretends to help before revealing a dastardly plot.
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Fairy in Waiting
by Sophie Kinsella
The second installment of an illustrated duology by the best-selling author of the Shopaholic series follows young Ella Brook, a fairy-in-training whose impatience to finish growing up and prove her readiness leads to discoveries about how she can save the day without magic.
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Katt vs. Dogg
by James Patterson
A rambunctious Dogg Scout and an ambitiously clever katt, raised to believe that they are supposed to despise one another, are forced to overcome their differences when they become lost in the woods and must rely on each other to get home.
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I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944
by Lauren Tarshis
A latest installment in the best-selling series commemorates the 75th anniversary of D-Day in a high-interest story that imagines a young person's firsthand witness of the Normandy landings and the Allied victory in World War II.
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The Size of the Truth
by Andrew Smith
A boy who spent three days trapped in a well tries to overcome his PTSD and claustrophobia to pursue his dream of becoming a celebrity chef.
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