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New Juvenile & Young Adult Books
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Agents of S.L.A.M.
by Dave Scheidt
"The Agents of S.L.A.M. aren't your average professional wrestlers. They're led by the fearless and famous Bruno Bravado and work for the president of the United States to protect people from all kinds of threats--both on Earth and in space! And they've just been joined by their newest recruit, Katie Jones, a twelve-year-old wrestling vlogger who just might know more about wrestling than the wrestlers themselves. S.L.A.M. will need Katie's knowledge and skills if they're going to keep protecting Earth, especially when their toughest rival challenges them!"
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How to be a rock star
by Lisa Tolin
This amusing guide for aspiring musicians is told by one little kid who LOVES rocknroll and who explains everything there is to know about starting a rock band and making it big in the music industry.
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On my papa's shoulders
by Niki Daly
A little boy loves when his father walks him to school, lifting him up on his shoulders and always saying good-bye in a special way, in this sweet ode to fatherhood.
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Camp Famous
by Jennifer Blecher
When eleven-year-old Abby learns she will be attending summer camp, she is excited at the idea of a fresh start, but when she discovers she is going to Camp Famous, a place exclusively for famous kids like pop stars, princesses, and geniuses, her enthusiasm turns to apprehension
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Something wicked
by Ellen Oh
While dealing with her increasingly powerful and uncontrollable spirit hunter abilities, making her a target for possession, Harper must save her sister from an evil witch who wants to steal her beauty.
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Rick the rock of Room 214
by Julie Falatko
Tired of sitting all day on the Nature Finds shelf in Room 214, a rock named Rick escapes the classroom for the great outdoors, only to discover that sometimes the greatest adventure in life is friendship
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Gideon Green in black and white
by Katie Henry
Gideon Greens short-lived run as a locally famous boy detective ended when middle school started and everyone elseincluding his best friend, Lilymoved on; now that hes 16 and officially retired, Lily shows up asking for Gideons help.
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Katzenjammer
by Francesca Zappia
Living in her high school, Cat watches as things start horrifically transforming, including herself, and must find a way out from her schools upside-down world as she desperately tries to remember what put her there in the first place.
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Egypt's fire
by Tom Phillips
After his mother dies, 12-year-old John Boarhog makes his home in the ceiling of the New York Museum of Natural History where he becomes embroiled in a mystery involving the theft of a rare Egyptian ruby along with an unpredictable detective.
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Wretched waterpark
by Kiersten White
While staying with their Aunt Saffronia, the Sinister-Winterbottom siblings visit the Fathoms of Fun waterpark where they find themselves submerged in a mystery when people start disappearing and a suspicious goo bubbles to the surface, among other eerie events.
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Charlie Thorne and the curse of Cleopatra
by Stuart Gibbs
To solve a 2,000-year-old mystery involving the most powerful treasure of the ancient world, Charlie Thorne must stay one step ahead of ruthless enemies, while matching wits with Cleopatra herself.
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Howard the average gecko
by Wendy Meddour
When he discovers that other creatures in the rain forest can be camouflaged, too, Howard, who originally thought he was exceptional, realizes that he might just be average and wonders who would ever love a completely unexceptional gecko like himself.
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The problem with prophecies
by Scott Reintgen
When she has her first vision, which predicts the death of Jeffrey Johnson, the quiet boy down the street, young seer Celia Cleary hopes her gifts are enough to thwart fate as she tries to keep him alive.
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A day for sandcastles
by JonArno Lawson
"A busload of beachgoers spills out onto the sand for a day of fun and frolic. Three siblings begin work on a castle, patting and shaping the sand as the sun arcs over the sky. Time and again, their progress is halted: a windswept hat topples their creation; a toddler ambles through it; the tide creeps close, and then too close. Meeting each demolition with fresh determination, the builders outdo themselves time and again, until the moment arrives to pile back into the bus for home"
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Olive Free Library Association
P.O. Box 59
West Shokan, New York 12494
845.657.2482
http://olivefreelibrary.org
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