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Books for Kids and Tweens July 2024
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The perilous performance at Milkweed Meadow
by Elaine Dimopoulos
A group of turkeys arrives in Milkweed Meadow planning to put on a dazzling stage performance, but Butternut the rabbit has learned that the play is not what the meadow animals are expecting--and she calls on her human friend, Thalia, to help her expose the turkeys' plan and try to save the meadow.
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The world-famous Nine
by Ben Guterson
Eleven-year-old Zander is determined to save his grandmother's nineteen-story out-of-this-world department store from an evil force.
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Winnie Nash is not your sunshine
by Nicole Melleby
Winnie Nash, who has been keeping her sexual orientation a secret, spends the summer with her grandma in New Jersey as she struggles with her family's expectations while yearning to embrace her true self and attend the Pride Parade in New York City.
Available on Cloud Library
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Heroes
by Alan Gratz
Aboard the battleship the USS Utah with their Navy pilot fathers during WWII when the ship is attacked by the Japanese, Frank and Stanley find their friendship—and dreams—in jeopardy when Stanley is seen as the “enemy” because his mother is Japanese American.
Available on hoopla and Cloud Library
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Fortune tellers
by Lisa Greenwald
When the long-ago fortune tellers they created in third grade start popping up in the most unexpected places during the summer before seventh grade, three former best friends—Millie, Nora and Bea—see this as a sign to finally reconnect and reunite.
Available on Cloud Library
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Trouble at the Tangerine
by Gillian McDunn
Determined to make his family's latest apartment in the Tangerine Pines his forever home and finally put down roots, Simon is determined to crack the case of a priceless stolen necklace when clues point to another neighbor.
Available on Cloud Library
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Clouds over California
by Karyn Parsons
Set in 1970s Los Angeles, this moving and heartfelt story follows Stevie as she finds her family and friendships turned upside down when her older cousin Naomi comes to live with them to keep Naomi from a “bad” crowd—the Black Panthers.
Available on Cloud Library
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The bravest warrior in Nefaria
by Adi Alsaid
When a cursed gumball machine sucks him into one of the kingdom's most villainous schemes EVER, Bobert Bougainvillea, who no one seems to notice, realizes he's the only one with the drive, knowledge and newfound courage to foil an evil wizard's plans.
Available on Cloud Library
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All the small wonderful things
by Kate Foster
Eleven-year-old Alex knows that starting middle school will be a big change, and for an autistic person, change can be terrifying. He is sure that having a friend by his side will help. But how can he make one? Alex devises a plan to impress the kids at school by winning a trophy at the PAWS Dog Show with his trusty sidekick, Kevin the cockapoo. This should be a walk in the park, right? If only. It turns out that finding a friend is harder than Alex thought-unless, maybe, friendship is about something more than popularity.
Available on Cloud Library
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Ready, set, dough!
by Kelly J. Baptist
Sixth-grader Zoe sets her sights on winning a laptop by becoming the top cookie-dough seller in her class, but as she becomes more obsessed with winning, she begins to lose sight of what is really important.
Available on Cloud Library
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Dread detention
by Jennifer Killick
While in Saturday detention, Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira must work together to survive when unspeakable horrors emerge from the shadows and the evil grows stronger by the minute.
Available on Cloud Library
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Jawbreaker
by Christina Wyman
Forced to wear painful (and totally awkward) orthodontic headgear called “the jawbreaker,” Max Plink finds following her dreams of entering the journalism competition complicated by a required video component, which means showing her face to her classmates and possibly the whole city.
Available on Cloud Library
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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County of SLO Public Libraries 995 PALM ST PO BOX 8107, SAN LUIS OBISPO, California 93403 805-781-5991slolibrary.org |
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