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Elementary Battle of the Books 2019-2020
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A nest for Celeste : a story about art, inspiration, and the meaning of home
by Henry Cole
Celeste is a mouse who is looking for a home, but it's not beneath the dusty floorboards; in the toe of a worn boot; in the dollhouse in the attic, complete with mouse-size furniture; or nestled in the pocket of Joseph, the apprentice of artist John James Audubon. Celeste discovers that home is really the place deep inside her heart, where friendships live.
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Crenshaw
by Katherine Applegate
Fearing his family will have to move into their minivan when they suffer another financial setback, Jackson's life is made even more complicated by the return of his early childhood imaginary friend, the giant cat named Crenshaw. Crenshaw says he's come to help -- but how?
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Fish in a tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Ally's greatest fear is that everyone will find out she is as dumb as they think she is because she still does not know how to read. Hiding the truth about her inability from a highly motivated new teacher is an added problem, but Ally eventually discovers that her dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of and gains new confidence as she finds alternative ways to learn.
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Front Desk
by Kelly Yang
In 1993, after immigrating from China to America, Mia Tang and her parents take over management of run-down motel in California. Though their boss is terrible, Mia's job at the front desk allows her to practice her writing, make friends with the motel regulars, and find creative ways to fight the injustice she sees around her. This authentic and hopeful read is the 1st book by Kelly Yang, who was inspired by her own experiences as a kid.
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The Great Treehouse War
by Lisa Graff
Fiction. Winne's parents' divorce agreement is a little bit weird. In order to divide their daughter's time equally, they build a fancy treehouse between their yards, so that Winnie can spend three days a week with each parent and one day in the treehouse. It's a stressful set-up, and when the push-and-pull between her parents becomes too much, Winnie climbs into the treehouse and refuses to come down until they see reason. She's soon joined by nine of her friends with demands of their own, leading to an outrageous kids versus adults standoff that you won't soon forget.
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Greetings from nowhere
by Barbara O'Connor
In North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains, a troubled boy and his mother, a happy family seeking adventure, a man and his lonely daughter, and the widow who must sell the run-down motel that has been her home for decades, meet and are transformed by their shared experiences.
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The key to extraordinary
by Natalie Lloyd
Twelve-year old orphan Emma Casey lives by a haunted graveyard in her Tennessee town, giving tours, helping her brother and Granny Blue with the family bakery, and waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors--but when it comes it shows her only a key, and she finds that she must solve a ghostly mystery that has haunted her town for generations.
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The last musketeer
by Stuart Gibbs
In Paris with his parents to sell family heirlooms, fourteen-year-old Greg Rich suddenly finds himself four hundred years in the past, and is aided by boys who will one day be known as "The Three Musketeers."
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The League of Seven
by Alan Gratz
When an alternate 1875 steam-driven America rediscovers electricity, the lifeblood of the Mangleborn monsters, and the secret society to protect humanity from the Mangleborn is compromised, twelve-year-old Archie must assemble a team of seven young heroes to save the world.
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The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg
by W. R. Philbrick
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
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Smack dab in the middle of maybe
by Jo. Hackl
When Cricket's Aunt Belinda accidentally forgets her in the grocery store, Cricket decides to run away once and for all. But Cricket has to stay close by because even though her mama hasn't been in touch since she disappeared, she'll surely come back. And Cricket has to be there when she does. Because she needs answers.
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Smells like dog
by Suzanne Selfors
Dreaming of grand adventures akin to those experienced by his famous explorer uncle, everyday farm kid Homer Pudding ventures from home with a droopy smell-challenged dog when his uncle goes missing, a disappearance tied to the schemes of a conniving natural history museum manager.
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Tuesdays at the castle
by Jessica Day George
Eleven-year-old Princess Celie lives with her parents, the king and queen, and her brothers and sister at Castle Glower, which adds rooms or stairways or secret passageways nearly every Tuesday. When the king and queen are ambushed while travelling, it is up to Celie to protect their home and save their kingdom.
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Ungifted
by Gordon Korman
Expecting to be expelled after his latest prank goes spectacularly (and very expensively) wrong, eighth-grader Donovan Curtis is instead admitted -- by mistake -- to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special school for gifted and talented students. But Donovan isn't telling anyone about the administrative error; he's just going to keep his head down and hide out among the brainy kids. Or at least, that's the plan... Donovan's experience as a sort of stowaway at ASD is one that fans of funny, character-driven, feel-good stories will love reading about.
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Woods runner
by Gary Paulsen
From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community.
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