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Doodleville by Chad Sell In a world... where art comes to life, Drew brings her sketchbook full of mischievous doodles on an art club trip to the museum. There, the doodles escape and start causing trouble for the famous paintings, as well as for the other kids in art club.
Why you might like it: Bright, inviting illustrations help to balance the realistic worries and friendship problems in this graphic novel from the creator of The Cardboard Kingdom. | |
What We Found in the Corn Maze and How It Saved a Dragon by Henry Clark Starring: Modesty, Cal, and Drew, three kids who find a binder of surprisingly boring magic spells and wind up tangled in a quest to stop an environmental disaster in a parallel world that runs on dragon magic.
What’s inside: silly slapstick, witty wordplay, a portal in a refrigerator, a villain with a 3D printer, and a green librarian named Preface.
Why you might like it: Imaginative fantasy and clever humor will keep you turning the pages of this unusual read.
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Twist by Sarah Cannon Three gifted kids, including an aspiring horror writer, a fantasy illustrator and a girl who has a gift for managing trouble, accidentally create a doorway between one of their stories and the real world, unleashing violent, once-imaginary creatures on their town. Simultaneous eBook.
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Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte The setting: 1805, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, where 11-year-old Mary is one of many deaf islanders.
What happens: While still grappling with her brother’s recent death, Mary meets a scientist who claims he wants to study the island’s unique form of sign language, but whose real purpose is much more sinister.
Read it for: a captivating and unfiltered view of American history, as well as a brave, clever deaf heroine written by a deaf author.
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Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar What it’s about: Brilliant 11-year-old inventor Fidelia Quail is still recovering from the deaths of her marine biologist parents when she’s kidnapped by Merrick the Monstrous, a pirate who needs her science skills to retrieve a sunken treasure.
Read it for: humor, high seas adventure, a historical setting with futuristic tech, and characters who are more than they seem. | | Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure by Torben Kuhlman; translated by David Henry Wilson Welcome to: Mouse University, where young mouse Pete and his elderly professor research an old shipwreck, build a mouse-sized submarine, and journey to the ocean floor in search of treasure.
Why you might like it: The art does the storytelling in this mostly wordless book -- you’ll be spellbound by the precise details and clever touches in the sophisticated illustrations.
You might also like: Armstrong and Lindbergh, two further tales of mouse trailblazers from German author/artist Torben Kuhlmann. | |
Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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