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The Next Chapter: Books for Kids and Tweens June 2024
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Break by Kayla MillerWhat's inside: Spring Break is full of possibilities...but not for Olive. This year, Olive is leaving her friends and all of their exciting vacation plans behind to visit her dad at his new apartment in the city. Goober is thrilled to spend a whole week with their father and has a long list of activities for their time together. Olive, on the other hand, still remembers the hurt of their dad moving halfway across the world. She would rather spend time with her friend Bree or scrolling through her new phone to keep up with everything she's missing back home than catch up with him. As the week winds on, the normally easygoing Olive finds feelings of loneliness and resentment throwing her out of whack. Is there any hope of salvaging the visit-or will Olive's Spring Break be a Spring Bust? Series Alert: #6 in the popular graphic novel series, Click Award winner: Loan Stars Junior Favourites: 2024
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Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society by Stuart GibbsWhat happens: Searching for an immensely powerful discovery of Isaac Newton's before it falls into the wrong hands, Charlie Thorne, along with former CIA agents Dante Garcia and Milana Moon, must think one step ahead of her opponents as she follows Newton's trail of devious clues.
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Next Stop by Debbie FongStarring: Pia, a soft-spoken middle schooler whose life is turned upside down after the loss of her younger brother, followed by her parents’ decision to move to a new town. The call to action: In an effort to get her mind off of the troubles at home, Pia goes on a bus tour with a family friend, stopping at weird and wacky roadside attractions. The final destination: a mysterious underground lake. The locals say it has magical powers; Pia won’t admit she believes in it, but she’s holding on to hope that the waters may hold the answer to mending her broken family.
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Willa of Dark Hollow by Robert BeattyWhat it's about: Willa and her clan are the last of the Faeran, an ancient race of forest people who have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for as long as the trees have grown there. But as crews of newly arrived humans start cutting down great swaths of the forest she loves, she is helpless to stop them...When Willa discovers a mysterious dark hollow filled with strange and beautiful creatures, she comes to realize that it contains a terrifying force that seems to be hunting humans...Willa must find a way to save the people and animals she loves and take a stand against a consuming darkness that threatens to destroy her world. Author buzz: Robert Beatty is the author of the Serafina series and also of Willa of the Wood, the prequel to Willa of Dark Hollow. Reviewers say: "The gorgeous prose and imagery of the mountains will inspire in readers a deep admiration for nature and support for Willa’s fight. A fantastic, heartbreaking crescendo that echoes beyond the final page." (Kirkus)
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| What it's about: While grieving for her much-loved Grandpa, adventure-loving 11-year-old Dally discovers a magical library that can transport her to the lives of her ancestors.
Why it stands out: From the excitement of sailing with pirates to the bittersweetness of family history, this time-travel story is filled with thought-provoking twists. |
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Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling![](https://www.libraryaware.com/3067/Files/AnonymousDisplayWithCrop/183b0f96-fd09-48ac-a4bc-8d925dfa6210?containerHeight=20&containerWidth=85&scaledHeight=20&scaledWidth=65&verticalOffset=0&horizontalOffset=10&quality=95&dpi=120) What happens: Preferring the internet to home life with her drug-addicted mom, Jolene makes friends with adventurous streamer, Addie, who's twelve just like her. Then an accident in the Arizona desert causes Addie's stream to go dark, and Jolene sets out to rescue her in this moving, intense survival story. Want a taste? “My life is so filled with 'If I hads' that it sometimes feels like I’m drowning in them” Award winner: California Young Reader Medal: Intermediate
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The Boy Who Met A Whale by Nizrana FarookWhat happens: Sri Lankan fisherboy Raz and his sister are swept into a high-seas adventure when they meet Zheng, who has escaped a shipwreck and is full of tales of sea monsters and missing treasure. Read it for: an action-packed, fast-paced journey
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Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia MaunakeaThe setup: Since moving to Colorado, biracial 12-year-old Anna Leilani Kama’ehu feels embarrassed by her Hawaiian family's legends of gods and magic. The fallout: Anna insults the goddess Pele while visiting Hawai'i, and the (very real) goddess retaliates with danger and disaster than only Anna can stop.
For fans of: the Polynesian-set adventure of Disney's Moana, and the modern-kid-meets-ancient-myth storytelling of Rick Riordan.
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