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Cosmic
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Frequently mistaken for an adult because of his mature appearance, 12-year-old Liam tires of the few benefits he's been able to take advantage of as a result and cons his way onto a spaceship for civilians by pretending to be an adult chaperone, a situation that lands him between worlds far from home.
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The birchbark house
by Louise Erdrich
Chronicles the experiences of an Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, and her family as they live their lives quietly on an island in Lake Superior in 1847, until the white man comes and begins moving her entire tribe off their land.
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library
by Chris Grabenstein
Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape
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The stonekeeper : The Stonekeeper
by Kazu Kibuishi
After moving into an old ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped and dragged down the basement stairs by a mysterious creature, and after giving chase, the kids find themselves in a magical but dangerous world of man-eating demons, a mechanical rabbit, and shadowy enemies.
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Masterminds
by Gordon Korman
When a group of kids discover they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history for a sociological experiment, they likewise realize they can trust no one—least of all their own parents.
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Inside out & back again
by Thanhha Lai
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama
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Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, 12-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing, but soon guests begin arriving with strange stories about the house, sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.
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The Boundless
by Kenneth Oppel
Accidentally acquiring the key to a train car containing a priceless treasure, young Will Everett is targeted by sinister figures from his past and must enlist the help of members of a traveling circus in order to survive. By the best-selling author of the Silverwing trilogy.
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Pax
by Sara Pennypacker
When his father enlists in the military and makes him return his beloved pet fox to the wild, Peter, who has been sent to live with his grandfather hundreds of miles away, embarks on a journey filled with astonishing discoveries in order to be reunited with his fox. By the award-winning author of the Clementine series.
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Echo
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Decades after a man is entwined in a prophecy-based quest involving three mysterious sisters and a harmonica, three individuals from different areas of the world confront daunting challenges involving the same harmonica. By the award-winning author of Paint the Wind.
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Meanwhile : Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities
by Jason Shiga
A graphic novel take on choose-your-own-adventure stories, created by the Eisner-winning author of Bookhunter, follows the experiences of a boy who stumbles into the lab of a mad scientist and is given a choice of three amazing machines to test: a mind-reading device, a time-travel machine or a doomsday weapon.
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If stones could speak : unlocking the secrets of Stonehenge
by Marc Aronson
Documents the findings of a renowned archaeologist in the wider region surrounding Stonehenge, revealing how his team has revolutionized the understanding of Stonehenge and its historical purpose, in a lavishly photographed account that also traces their discovery of a Neolithic village.
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The hive detectives : chronicle of a honey bee catastrophe
by Loree Griffin Burns
Traces the recent deaths and disappearances of North American honeybees due to Colony Collapse Disorder, profiles bee wranglers and scientists who are studying it, and speculates on how it may adversely affect the rest of the world
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A black hole is not a hole
by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Aspiring astronomers can learn what black holes are, what causes them, how scientists first discovered them and more, in an informative science book that includes space paintings, real telescopic images, funny doodles and speech bubbles.
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Moonbird : a year on the wind with the great survivor B95
by Phillip M. Hoose
The Newbery Honor-and National Book Award-winning author of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice documents the survival tale of an intrepid shorebird who has endured 9,000-mile annual migrations between Argentina and the Canadian Arctic throughout the course of a long lifetime while his species continues to decline.
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We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball
by Kadir Nelson
Rich illustrations capture the excitement and thrills of the glory years of Negro League baseball in the early 1900s, profiling its star athletes, highlighting the challenges faced by the players, and the sacrifices made to live out their dreams and play the game they loved.
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Brown girl dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South
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