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Welcome winter! November 2020 |
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Did you know? You can put books on hold and see the entire Central Kansas Library System from the comfort of home or work? Go to https://pathfinder.catalog.ckls.org. Put in your card number. Call us for the password. Hoisington Public Library 620-653-4128 |
The canyon's edge
by Dusti Bowling
Accompanying her father on a slot-canyon expedition in the Arizona desert a year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora is separated from her father and their supplies by a flash flood and must navigate the deadly natural hazards of the desert to survive. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Absolute hero
by Valerie Tripp
Anxious about starting middle school, eleven-year-old Izzy Newton proposes a STEM club and, with her best friends Allie Einstein and Charlie Darwin, investigates why the building is so cold--and why former friend Marie has shut them out
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The Tower of Nero
by Rick Riordan
The highly anticipated conclusion to the best-selling series finds Lester tackling his final challenge at the Tower of Nero, where the former god Apollo and his demigod master, Meg, follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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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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Lintang and the pirate queen
by Tamara Moss
Lintang's dream of adventure on the high seas comes true when Captain Shafira invites her to join her pirate crew, but Lintang's best friend, Bayani, has stowed away and is keeping secrets
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It's girls like you, Mickey
by Patti Kim
Struggling with limited resources at the beginning of seventh grade without her father and best friend, Mickey McDonald forges an instant bond with a community newcomer who ghosts her after befriending a popular and mean-spirited rival. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Next Great Paulie Fink
by Ali Benjamin
Moving to a tiny school in rural Vermont where she joins a class of just 10 students who have known each other all their lives, Caitlyn struggles to fit in while listening to stories about a genius prankster class clown, who is conspicuously absent. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Indian no more
by Charlene Willing McManis
In 1957, ten-year-old Regina Petit's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and forced to leave Oregon, but in Los Angeles her family faces prejudice and she struggles to understand her identity as an Indian far from tribal lands. Includes historical photographs and notes
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Strange birds : a field guide to ruffling feathers
by Celia C. Pérez
A budding journalist, a bookish foodie and a rule-abiding birdwatcher forge an unexpected friendship with a fourth misfit girl when they organize an alternative sisterhood troop to protest their Florida community’s outdated scout traditions. Simultaneous eBook.
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The forty thieves
by Christy Lenzi
A reimagining of “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” is set in 10th-century Baghdad, where an enslaved Marjana is kidnapped by the Forty Thieves before she bonds with another girl to protect their younger brothers from gang activities. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The class
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
"A sixth-grade class comes together to support a classmate in need, each of them giving their own perspective on the goings on"
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The whispering wars
by Jaclyn Moriarty
"Told in multiple voices, after students from elite Brathelthwaite Boarding School and the Orphanage School compete in the Spindthrift Tournament, they team up to face the Whisperers"--Provided by publisher
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The long ride
by Marina Tamar Budhos
In New York in 1971, Jamila and Josie are bused across Queens where they try to fit in at a new, integrated junior high school while their best friend, Francesca, tests the limits at a private school
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The disaster days
by Rebecca Behrens
Thirteen-year-old Hannah's first real babysitting job turns into a nightmare when a major earthquake knocks out power and phones, cuts off the island, and leaves her stranded with two children
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Blood Mountain
by James Preller
Separated from their father during a hike on Blood Mountain, siblings Carter and Grace fight the wild elements for survival only to discover that they are being tracked by an erratic hermit. By the author of the Jigsaw Jones series. Simultaneous eBook.
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Born to fly : the first women's air race across America
by Steve Sheinkin
The National Book Award finalist author of Most Dangerous traces the story of the 1929 Women’s Air Derby, America’s first official all-female air race, documenting the achievements of such legendary pilots as Amelia Earhart, Louise Thaden and Elinor Smith. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations
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