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New Books! Grades 5th - 6th
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The comeback
by E. L. Shen
Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve
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The anti-book
by Raphael Simon
A boy struggling with anger over his parents’ remarriages orders a mysterious blank book that invites him to write about the people he would make go away, before finding himself in a mysterious alternate world populated by strangely familiar beings. Simultaneous eBook.
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Snapdragon
by Kat Leyh
Befriending an eccentric but savvy older woman who suggests that they help each other while raising a litter of orphaned baby opossums, a young girl discovers that the woman may possess real magic and a possible connection to her family. Simultaneous.
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Alone
by Megan E. Freeman
"When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie's most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day"--Provided by publisher
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The one thing you'd save
by Linda Sue Park
The Newbery Medal-winning author of A Single Shard explores a diverse classroom’s varied answers to a question about what they would save if their homes were on fire, in a series of linked poems complemented by striking black-and-white art. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Last gate of the Emperor
by Kwame Mbalia
Enduring an isolated existence in hardscrabble Addis Prime, a star underground augmented reality gamer finds his small family targeted by city-razing monsters waging a galaxy-spanning war. By the royal Ethiopian philanthropist and the best-selling author of the Tristan Strong series. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Rivals
by Tom Greenwald
In basketball-crazed Walthorne, rival middle school stars Austin Chambers and Carter Haswell are both feeling the pressure when school sports reporter Alfie Jenks reveals scandals that jeopardize the whole season. Told through flashbacks, newspaper reports, social media posts, and interviews
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Abby, tried and true
by Donna Gephart
Devastated when her best friend moves to Israel and her older brother is diagnosed with cancer, Abby struggles to make her way through seventh grade and her feelings for the boy next door. By the award-winning author of Lily and Dunkin. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Flood City
by Daniel José Older
A boy from the Earth’s last inhabitable city and a young space soldier questioning his leaders’ genocidal orders become unlikely partners in an effort to stop a war and save the planet. By the author of the Shadowshaper Cypher series. Simultaneous eBook.
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Finding Junie Kim
by Ellen Oh
A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents’ experiences as lost children during the Korean War. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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