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Books for Kids and Tweens June 2024
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| Paige Not Found by Jen WildeTwelve-year-old Paige is shocked to discover that her parents are secretly allowing a company to monitor her brain and collect data about autistic kids like her. Even worse, that private data could soon be for sale -- unless Paige and the other monitored kids can prevent it.
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The equinox test
by Liz Montague
With everyone preparing to take the Equinox Test to move up to Middle Magic, Rose, Amethyst and Lavender face even greater challenges due to best friend battles, a cheating scandal and trouble brewing in the magical community.
Available on Cloud Library
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Orris and Timble : the beginning
by Kate DiCamillo
Orris the rat lives alone in an old barn surrounded by his treasures, until the day his solitude is disrupted by a sudden flutter of wings and a loud screech. A small owl has gotten caught in a trap in the barn. Can Orris "make the good and noble choice" (as the king on his prized sardine can might recommend) and rescue the owl, despite the fact that owls and rats are natural enemies? And if he does, will he be ready for the consequences?
Available on Cloud Library
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Penny draws a school play
by Sara Shepard
Halfway through fifth grade, Penny Lowry is discovering that things are actually going . . . okay! With her friends Maria, Kristian, and Rocco on her side, and her lovable dog Cosmo, she can make it through anything. But big change is around the corner: Penny's family is moving to a new house, her mom is about to give birth to twins, and most stressful of all, she's been tapped for a role in her class play! Rolling with life's surprises isn't Penny's strength. But she's learning . . . one doodle at a time!
Available on Cloud Library
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Kyra, just for today
by Sara Zarr
At the start of seventh grade, Kyra believes her alcoholic mother, who has been sober for five years, has relapsed and with no one to count on, not even her best friend, she starts to question whether being just enough is not enough at all.
Available on Cloud Library
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Isabel in bloom
by Mae Respicio
Starting a new school in San Francisco, 12-year-old Isabel, newly arrived from the Philippines, struggles to make friends until she joins the gardening and cooking clubs, where she starts to bloom.
Available on Cloud Library
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The one and only family
by Katherine Applegate
When silverback gorilla Ivan and his mate Kinyani welcome a set of twins to their family, Ivan can't help but recall his childhood in the jungle—and his own twin—as he navigates joys and challenges of parenthood.
Available on Libby and Cloud Library
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Clarice the brave
by Lisa McMann
When they are separated at sea, mouse siblings Clarice and Charles Sebastian, who were taught to be careful, must now need to be bold if they are to survive--and keep their promise to find one another again.
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Song for a whale
by Lynne Kelly
From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she's the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she's not very smart. When she learns about Blue 55, a real whale who is unable to speak to other whales, Iris understands how he must feel. Then she has an idea: she should invent a way to "sing" to him! But he's three thousand miles away. How will she play her song for him?
Available on Libby and Cloud Library
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Nimbus
by Jan Eldredge
Abandoned at the dump, kitten Nimbus is befriended by a theater-loving rat and taken in by a kindly witch where she discovers she has special powers and that she's always been destined for something extraordinary.
Available on Cloud Library
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A horse named Sky
by Rosanne Parry
Young wild colt Sky must find his way over rough terrain to rejoin his family after being captured for the Pony Express.
Available on Cloud Library
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Odder
by Katherine Applegate
Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her.
Available on Libby and Cloud Library
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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County of SLO Public Libraries 995 PALM ST PO BOX 8107, SAN LUIS OBISPO, California 93403 805-781-5991slolibrary.org |
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