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Five Things About Ava Andrews by Margaret Dilloway Starring: quiet, creative Ava, who has anxiety, a heart condition, and a best friend she thought she could depend on.
What happens: After Ava's best friend moves away, Ava reluctantly joins an improv group and is shocked to realize that improv helps her unleash her ideas, find her voice, and speak up for the things that matter.
Why you might like it: Whether or not you relate to Ava's situation, you'll be rooting for her throughout this hopeful read. | | Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone What it's about: Eighth-grader Molly is beyond frustrated by her school's impossible dress code. Why is it only girls who get in trouble, especially girls who look a certain way? Since the school won't listen, Molly convinces her classmates to pour their dress code horror stories into a podcast.
How it's told: through letters, lists, and transcripts from Molly's rebellious podcast.
Who it's for: readers who like stories that tell it like it is. | | Glitch by Laura Martin The rule: All time-traveling Glitchers are trained to track down history-altering "Butterflies," but they're completely forbidden from changing the past themselves.
The problem: Glitcher cadet Reagan and her classmate/nemesis Elliot receive a letter from the future warning them of disaster unless they go back in time to change events in U.S. history.
Is it for you? If you used to love the blend of history and adventure in the Magic Tree House books, you might enjoy this more mature take on a similar idea. | |
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Sara and the search for normal
by Wesley King
A prequel to the Edgar Award-winning OCDaniel shares the story of fan-favorite character Sara, whose pursuit of a “normal” life is shaped by a talkative and outgoing new friend’s painful secrets. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Sal & Gabi fix the universe
by Carlos Alberto Hernandez
A follow-up to Sal and Gabi Break the Universe finds Sal struggling to prevent his cautious Papi from closing Sal’s wormholes to other universes, before a rogue Gabi from an apocalyptic alternate dimension starts wreaking havoc amid a classmate’s disappearance. 150,000 first printing.
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Seekers of the Wild Realm
by Alexandra Ott
A first entry in a planned duology finds an aspiring Seeker pursuing a way around a master’s edict against female trainees by helping a former rival care for a baby dragon in exchange for Seeker instruction, an arrangement that is complicated by mysteries involving an enemy clan. Simultaneous eBook.
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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 unadoptables
by Hana Tooke
Spending all their young lives at the Little Tulip orphanage, five clever kids plot a daring escape from a conscripting sea captain before the search for one orphan’s mysterious origins leads them through back roads, alleys and canals to an old windmill housing an abandoned puppet theater. Simultaneous eBook.
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The unready queen
by William Ritter
A sequel to Changeling finds Fable, the daughter of the Queen of the Deep Dark, hiding her magical abilities to help human-goblin brothers Cole and Tinn prevent a brewing war between humans and the creatures of the Wild Woods. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. Maps.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 10-13!
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Culpeper County Library 271 Southgate Shopping Center Culpeper, Virginia 22701 540-825-8691
www.cclva.org
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