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Hitting the Stacks! New Junior Fiction October 2023
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The puppets of Spelhorst
by Kate DiCamillo
Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room in the home of two little girls, the truth is more astonishing than any of them could have imagined.
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A boy called Christmas
by Matt Haig
Nikolas, the boy who would one day be known as Santa Claus, goes on a life-changing quest to the North Pole.
Also check out The girl who saved Christmas by Matt Haig.
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The firefly summer
by Morgan Matson
When her estranged grandparents invite her to stay with them in the Poconos for the summer, Ryanna meets so many relatives on her late mom's side of the family and discovers a whole new side of herself and a place where she really belongs.
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A rover's story
by Jasmine Warga
Built to explore Mars, Resilience, aka Res, learns new things from the NASA scientists and begins to develop human-like feelings, especially when he arrives on the planet, where he is tested in ways that go beyond space exploration.
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Remember us
by Jacqueline Woodson
During the summer before seventh grade, Sage meets Freddy, a new kid who truly gets her, and together they reflect on missing the things that get left behind as time moves on, living in the moment and supporting each other in times of need.
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Luthor's deep-sea danger
by Jay Albee
When Batgirl and Supergirl investigate mysterious tremors in Gotham Bay, they discover Lex Luthor, the crooked businessman, digging up deep-sea Kryptonite deposits, and the two friends must battle Luthor and his drones before they get trapped beneath the waves.
Series: The Adventures of Batgirl and Supergirl
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A new planet
by A. I. Newton
Stowing away on Zeke's family's spaceship, Harris and Roxy arrive on an alien planet where they are challenged to blend in by disguising themselves as locals.
Series: The Alien Next Door
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Ellie's spooky surprise
by Callie Barkley
While she and her friends decorate the barn for their neighborhood pets' costume party, Ellie discovers a bat is trapped inside and gets some help from a special vet to return the creature to its home in time for the Halloween bash.
Series: The Critter Club
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Zoe the beach dragon
by Maddy Mara
Three new girls share an incredible secret -- they can transform into powerful Sea Dragons when they travel to the Magic Forest! They must work together to banish the evil Fire Queen, once and for all.
Series: Dragon Girls: The Sea Dragons
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EllRay Jakes the recess king!
by Sally Warner
When his little sister points out that he needs more friends, 8-year-old EllRay interviews numerous candidates from his class and engages everyone in fun-filled activities during recess to see who shares his interests.
Series: EllRay Jakes
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Refugees on the run
by Chris Brack
Cousins Beth and Patrick meet Lena, a Jewish girl from Lithuania and her extended family, who are Jews from Poland and desperate to escape Lithuania before the Nazis invade, but getting the proper travel documents is next to impossible.
Series: Imagination Station
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Two tribes
by Emily Bowen Cohen
Mia is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays in their home. Feeling out of place at home and at her Jewish day school, Mia finds herself thinking more and more about her Muscogee father, who lives with his new family in Oklahoma. Her mother doesn't want to talk about him, but Mia can't help but feel like she's missing a part of herself without him in her life. Soon, Mia makes a plan to use the gifts from her bat mitzvah to take a bus to Oklahoma--without telling her mom--to visit her dad and find the connection to her Muscogee side she knows is just as important as her Jewish side.
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Saving Sunshine
by Saadia Faruqi
It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. It's even harder when you're constantly fighting your sibling--and Zara and Zeeshan really can't stand each other. During a family trip to Florida, when the bickering, shoving, and insults reach new heights of chaos, their parents sentence them to the worst possible fate--each other's company! But when the twins find an ailing turtle, it presents a rare opportunity for teamwork--if the two can put their differences aside at last.
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Things in the basement
by Ben Hatke
It was supposed to just be a normal basement--some storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement stuff. But when Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement of the historic home they've moved into, Milo finds a door in the back that he's never seen before. Turns out that the basement of his house is enormous. In fact, there is a whole world down there. As Milo travels ever deeper into the Basement World, he meets the many Things that live in the shadows and gloom...and he learns that to face his fears he must approach even the strangest creatures with kindness.
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The wolf suit
by Sid Sharp
Bellwether Riggwelter is, once again, out of blackberries. This time, rather than tiptoe through a forest full of predators, he comes up with a new plan. He will keep himself safe by blending in--he will sew a Wolf Suit! The disguise works perfectly...sort of. Bellwether realizes he can't enjoy the forest in a bulky suit, and he may not be the only creature in the forest who feels that way. Perhaps not everyone is as wolfish as they appear.
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