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Toby's story
by W. Bruce Cameron
Toby, an unusually calm beagle puppy, finds his purpose when Mona and her mother adopt him and teach him to be a therapy dog at a nursing home
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Best babysitters ever
by Caroline Cala
Inspired by the example of The Babysitters Club, three 12-year-old friends start a babysitting club to earn money for an epic birthday bash only to be confronted by the unexpected realities of the job. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Shine!
by J.J .and Chris Grabenstein
What it’s about: Some people are exceptional, while other people blend in, and aspiring astronomer Piper is the blending type -- which actually makes it tough to fit in among her high-achieving new classmates at Chumley Prep.
What happens: Piper finds new friends and discovers that there's more than one way to shine.
Read it for: a feel-good story filled with humor, quirky characters, and science facts.
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Chester and Gus
by Cammie McGovern
Chester, a service dog, is adopted into a family where he becomes a companion to Gus, a ten-year-old boy with nonverbal autism, who initially challenges Chester by requiring a different kind of friendship
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Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky
by Kwame Mbalia
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky
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The secret sheriff of sixth grade
by Jordan Sonnenblick
Maverick Falconer wishes that he could deal with school bullies and his mother's drinking problem and abusive boyfriends, but he starts to realize that others kids in his class have problems too and things might get better if they just survive sixth grade
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Wandmaker
by Ed Masessa
Discovering his family's magical experiences during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Henry assists Coralis, the last Wandmaker, to fight an evil wizard who has abducted Henry's father as part of a plot that is complicated by his sister's transformation into a hedgehog. By the best-selling author of Wandmaker's Guidebook.
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| The Notations of Cooper Cameron by Jane O'ReillyStarring: Cooper, who can’t stop thinking that his family won't be safe unless he counts things, or washes his hands, or takes careful notes of his observations.
What happens: Dealing with his thoughts and the loss of his grandfather becomes even tougher when Cooper's dad angrily refuses to understand what he’s going through.
Read it for: an honest, moving look at a kid with obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
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The real us
by Tom Greenwald
Told from different viewpoints, everything changes when Calista Getz, always known as the prettiest girl in school, gets a pimple shortly before the big eighth-grade dance
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Remy Sneakers and the lost treasure
by Kevin Sherry
Somebody has broken into Remy the Raccoon's home and stolen his most treasured possession, his grandfather's journal filled with pictures and family stories--so Remy and the Critter Crew, together with a shifty cat called Buttercup (whose motives are suspicious), set out to track down the thief, encountering many dangerous animals on the way
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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