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| See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng Along with his dog, Carl Sagan, 11-year-old astronomer Alex Petroski is on his way to the Southwest High Altitude Rocket Festival. He's recording the journey on his iPod (just like he records everything) with the hope that it can be launched into space and heard by aliens. Through the transcripts of Alex's recordings, you can follow along as he makes eccentric new friends, travels to Las Vegas in search of his supposedly dead father, and realizes that family is more complicated than he suspected |
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| Scar Island by Dan GemeinhartTwelve-year-old Jonathan has only just arrived at Slabhenge Reformatory for Troubled Boys when a lightning strike kills all of the cruel adults, leaving the juvenile offenders free to roam the island prison. Though Slabhenge is an eerie, ramshackle fortress filled with giant rats, Jonathan would rather stay there than go home to confront his guilt for the crime that got him sent away. The boys enjoy their wild, unsupervised lifestyle at first, but when a storm threatens the island and a ruthless new leader rises, they find themselves caught in a suspenseful, high-stakes struggle for survival. |
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Baseball genius by Tim GreenAn everyday kid with a talent for predicting baseball pitches is caught stealing baseballs from his favorite New York Yankees player, who agrees not to press charges if the boy will help him recover from a difficult batting slump.
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Hello, universe by Erin Entrada KellyTwo boys and two girls explore respective views about courage and being different in the wake of a prank that traps one of them at the bottom of a well and compels the others to embark on a search-and-rescue mission.
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The warden's daughter by Jerry SpinelliLiving with her warden father in an apartment above a 1950s county prison, Cammie struggles to come to terms with the mother who died to save her from harm while interacting with some of the reformed inmates, including one who makes a staggering sacrifice.
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Fuzzy by Tom AnglebergerWhen Max (Maxine Zealster) befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, she helps him navigate Vanguard Middle School and together they reveal the truth behind the Robot Integration Program
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Moo by Sharon CreechA lyrical account of 12-year-old Reena's move to rural Maine follows her efforts to adjust to a new environment while unexpectedly bonding with an ornery cow.
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The king of Kazoo by Norman FeutiExploring a mysterious cave at the top of Mount Kazoo, scatterbrained King Cornelius and his intrepid daughter, Bing, team up with brilliant royal inventor Torq to stop a crazy alchemist's experiment from destroying the entire kingdom.
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Juana & Lucas by Juana MedinaA spunky young girl from Columbia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
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When mischief came to town by Katrina NannestadArriving on the tiny island of Bornholm in Denmark to live with her stern grandmother, Inge Maria has difficulties staying out of trouble and conforming to local expectations about children being seen and not heard.
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