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1) Wolf Hollow
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran"--
2) No slam dunk
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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In Annapolis, Maryland, seventh-grader Wes is a good teammate but this basketball season has been challenging because of his ball hog teammate Dinero, who is determined to steal the spotlight, and Wes's army veteran father who is suffering from PTSD.
3) Two roads
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Even though it's now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves), and Chatham, Canada, are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
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Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sammy meets a mysterious man who dies of a heart attack after telling her to get rid of the large amount of money he is carrying, leading her to investigate who the man was and how he came to be carrying so much cash.
Author
Publisher
Kathy Dawson Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Lyndie B. Hawkins loves history, research, and getting to the truth no matter what. But when it comes to her family, her knowledge is full of holes. Like, what happened to her father in the Vietnam War? Where does he disappear to for days? And why exactly did they have to move in with her grandparents? Determined to mold recalcitrant Lyndie into a nice Southern girl even if it kills her, her fusspot grandmother starts with lesson number one: Family=Loyalty=keeping...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
On Gabriel's twelfth birthday, he gets a new bike--and is so excited that he accidentally rides it right into the path of a car. Fortunately, a Black man named Meriwether pushes him out of the way just in time, and fixes his damaged bike. As a thank you, Gabriel gets him a job at his dad's auto shop. Gabriel's dad hires him with some hesitation, however, anticipating trouble with the other mechanic, who makes no secret of his racist opinions. Gabriel...
8) Hollow chest
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Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
TAB 2022: H-B Woodlawn
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
TAB 2022: H-B Woodlawn
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Charlie has been having nightmares. Eyes watching him in the night, claws on his chest, holding him down. His dreams have been haunted for years, ever since German bombs rained down on London, taking his father's life, taking his city's spirit, taking his beloved brother, Theo, off to war in France. Now Charlie is left to take care of his grandpa Fitz while his mother works, waiting for the day when Theo will come home. And with World War II nearly...
9) War stories
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
TAB 2021 : H-B Woodlawn
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
TAB 2021 : H-B Woodlawn
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Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him--but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video...
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