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1) Freewater
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
2022-2023 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Middle Grade
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Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical novel about two enslaved children's escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail....
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English
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
For Fans of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TAB 2023: Jefferson
Titles Worth Trying: Fantasy [Grades 3-5]
For Fans of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TAB 2023: Jefferson
Titles Worth Trying: Fantasy [Grades 3-5]
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Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet, containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton—if only she can wrap her...
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Ramona Quimby volume 1
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English
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Beesus' biggest problem is her 4 year old sister Ramona. Even though Beezus knows sisters are supposed to love each other, with a sister like Ramona, it seems impossible.
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Silver in the bone volume 1
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English
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Tamsin Lark didn't ask to be a Hollower. As a mortal with no magical talent, she was never meant to break into ancient crypts, or compete with sorceresses and Cunningfolk for the treasures inside. But after her thieving foster father disappeared without so much as a goodbye, it was the only way to keep herself--and her brother, Cabell--alive. Ten years later, rumors are swirling that her guardian vanished with a powerful ring from Arthurian legend....
5) The Honeys
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English
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Books You May Have Missed 2022: Teen
Odyssey Award Winners
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [High School]
Odyssey Award Winners
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [High School]
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"Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance. But when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars is propelled to learn all he can about his once-inseparable sister who'd grown tragically distant. Mars's genderfluidity means he's often excluded from the traditions--and expectations--of his politically-connected family. This includes attendance at the prestigious Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy where his...
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Jack and Annie are taking the magic tree house to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico City! They are sure the famous soccer player Pelé will tell them a secret of greatness. The game is nonstop action, and the stands are packed. But how will they find Pelé in a crowd of 100,000 soccer fans? Will the answer come when they least expect it?
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"After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines....
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 36
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English
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The magic tree house is back with a message from Morgan le Fay telling Jack and Annie to seek out "The Gray Ghost" and listen to her story, and immediately they are whisked away to Nepal where they meet Tenzin, a climber who has recently lost his family, and who takes them up the mountain to meet a snow leopard and renew himself.
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Wingfeather saga volume 1
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English
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Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby experience many fantastic adventures while looking for a lost treasure.
12) Just dance
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Whatever after volume 15
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When the magic mirror sends Abby and Jonah into the story of The Twelve Dancing Princesses to retrieve the crown ruby from the Kingdom of Douze, they follow the twelve sisters to the underground Dance Resistance Party where Abby learns she is not really a terrible dancer.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
Books You May Have Missed 2020: Teens
For Fans of Heartstopper
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Books You May Have Missed 2020: Teens
For Fans of Heartstopper
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Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through...
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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From New York Times bestselling comic artist Betty C. Tang comes a funny, fast-paced, and heartrending story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the author's own childhood as a parachute kid. Perfect for fans of New Kid and Front Desk.
★ "Emotionally moving and beautifully executed." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "A
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Vanderbeekers volume 6
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English
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In this new adventure in the New York Times bestselling series, the Vanderbeekers depart Harlem to celebrate their dad's birthday. But their surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger kids try to keep their family from ever facing change. Our beloved Harlem family is putting the VAN in Vanderbeekers as they hit the highway to give their dad the best birthday surprise EVER! Re-creating a road trip Papa never got the chance to take with his own...
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Six crimson cranes volume 1
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English
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2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Books You May Have Missed 2021: Teen
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Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Books You May Have Missed 2021: Teen
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The exiled Princess Shiori must unravel the curse that turned her six brothers into cranes, and she is assisted by her spurned betrothed, a capricious dragon, and a paper bird brought to life by her own magic.
17) Rubylicious
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Pinkalicious volume 7
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English
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When she and her brother uncover a magic rock that will grant them one wish, Pinkalicious and Peter must think long and hard about what they want most in the whole wide world.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Marya Lupu's parents has always believed that her older brother Luka is destined to be a sorcerer and make the family's fortune, so when the day he is tested turns into a disaster, and the Guild declares that he has no magical talent, they find it easier to blame Marya for upsetting the test than admit the truth, and she is sent to the Dragomir Academy, a school for wayward girls--but a school where she finds friendship and ultimately discovers her...
19) Jabari tries
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Jabari is making a flying machine all by himself, but when it doesn't work the way he imagined, he learns about perserverance and problem-solving.
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