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| Rebound by Kwame AlexanderWhat it's about: It's the summer of 1988, and 12-year-old Charlie Bell is grieving the sudden death of his dad while visiting with his tough-love grandparents and getting schooled on the basketball court by his cousin Roxie.
Why you might like it: Comics-style illustrations and page-turning poetry give Rebound all the joyful intensity of a well-played pick-up game.
Series alert: You don't need to have read The Crossover to enjoy this prequel. |
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| They Lost Their Heads! What Happened to Washington's Teeth, Einstein's Brain... by Carlyn BecciaWhat it is: a snarky, cheerfully creepy collection of true stories about the body parts of historical figures.
Did you know? One of Elvis Presley's warts is now considered memorabilia; Thomas Edison's last breath was saved in a vial and given to Henry Ford; and pieces of Galileo, Albert Einstein, and Mata Hari were stolen after their deaths.
Try this next: Georgia Bragg's How They Croaked, for further outlandish facts about the famous dead. |
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| Hurricane Child by Kheryn CallenderStarring: Caroline, an unlucky 12-year-old who's abandoned by her mother, bullied at school, and stalked by the spirit of a woman in black.
What happens: Caroline finds her first friend (and first crush) in new classmate Kalinda, who joins Caroline's search for answers about her mother, as well as the truth about the spirit who stalks her.
Read it for: memorable characters and a vivid, magic-tinged Virgin Islands setting. |
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Bug Girl
by Benjamin Harper
Manifesting superpowers characteristic of her favorite insects, Amanda is challenged to set aside her dispute with her bug-eschewing best friend in order to stop a monster invasion and save their moms, who they discover are famous superheroes. Simultaneous eBook.
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The first rule of punk
by Celia C. Pérez
When her first day at a new school is overshadowed by a clash with a queen bee and her dress code violating punk-rock clothes, 12-year-old Malú listens to her faraway dad's advice and resolves to be herself by pursuing the interests she loves and standing up to an anti-punk administration. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Band camp rules
by Amy Cobb
Morgan Bryant is enjoying leading the clarinets at the school's summer arts camp, but when he can't get the saxophone section to cooperate, he must figure out how to get everyone in sync
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| Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada KellyWhat it's about: As the only Filipina in her small-town Louisiana school, Apple is no stranger to bullying, but after she's ranked third-ugliest in class, even her friends abandon her. Now, music is her only comfort, and if she had a guitar of her own, she could play the Beatles songs she loves so much.
Who it's for: Anyone who's ever felt like an outsider will root for Apple as she wades through cruelty and embarrassment in search of her true gifts. |
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Bud, not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H. E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
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Prince : musical icon
by Stephanie Watson
An exploration of the life and career of Prince that discusses his childhood, success, and untimely death
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 10-13!
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