October 2020 list by L. Buehler
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The Accidental Volcano
by Jonathan Messinger
Finn Caspian, his three best friends, and his robot Foggy are excited to explore a brand new planet, until Finn’s mom makes them bring along an annoying new robot named Voltronix Zu. Putting up with Voltronix’s bragging is bad enough, but when he accidentally turns the planet inside out, the Explorers get attacked by angry rock giants! Can the four friends find a way to save the planet, and the bubble aliens who live there, before Voltronix causes a volcanic disaster?
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Before the Ever After
by Jacqueline Woodson
The son of an idolized pro-football star begins noticing the contrast between his father’s angry, forgetful behavior and his superhero reputation before adjusting to a new reality involving difficult symptoms stemming from his father’s numerous head injuries.
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Coop Knows the Scoop
by Taryn Souders
Thirteen-year-olds Cooper Goodman and Justice and Liberty Gordon investigate the eccentric residents of Windy Bottom, Georgia, after the remains of Coop's long-missing grandmother are uncovered and his Gramps is the prime suspect.
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The Girl and the Witch's Garden
by Erin Bowman
Sent to stay at the estate of a grandmother rumored to be a witch, 12-year-old Piper forges ties with magically gifted friends to unlock the grand house’s secrets in the hope of saving her ailing father.
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Max Einstein Saves the Future
by James Patterson
A latest entry in the Albert Einstein Archives-approved series finds Max on the run from Corporation thugs before the Change Maker kids begin working on a plan to end world hunger, a challenging goal that is complicated by mysterious clues about Max’s unknown family.
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Oathkeeper
by Erin Hunter
Told from three viewpoints, a conclusion to the first Bravelands story arc finds the vengeful Fearless joining his animal allies in a battle against rogue lion, Titan, whose power forces the Great Herd to decide how much and who they are willing to risk.
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Spindlefish and Stars
by Christiane M. Andrews
Journeying across the sea to reunite with her erstwhile thief father, Clothilde arrives on a sunless fishing island where she is made to do endless chores involving the region’s extraordinary fish and terrible secrets.
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The Stitchers
by Lorien Lawrence
Thirteen-year-olds Quinn Parker and Mike Warren uncover the awful truth about their strange neighbors and the gruesome secret of how they stay young.
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Trowbridge Road
by Marcella Pixley
Struggling with her mother’s advancing mental illness in the months after her father’s death from complications of AIDS, a girl in the 1983 Boston suburbs befriends an imaginative boy with his own troubles before threats to her safety force her to make a difficult choice.
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