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The Door of No Return
by Kwame Alexander
When his brother represents Upper Kwanta in a wrestling contest, resulting in the unthinkable, 11-year-old Kofi finds himself fighting for his life, which sends him on a dangerous journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves.
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Iveliz Explains It All
by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the help and understanding she deserves, but in the meantime her new friend calls her crazy and her abuela Mimi dismisses the therapy and medicine Iveliz needs to feel like herself.
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Small Spaces
by Katherine Arden
After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to venture through frightening woods, relying on her wits to survive and sticking to small spaces.
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Scout is Not a Band Kid
by Jade Armstrong
Scout joins her middle school's band in order to go on the band's annual trip and meet her favorite author, but she is forced to face the music when the trombone section leader realizes Scout does not know how to play.
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Middle School Bites
by Steven Banks
Eleven-year-old Tom Marks has big plans for middle school, but the day before classes begin he is bitten by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie.
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The Vanquishers
by Kalynn Bayron
Idolizing The Vanquishers, vampire hunters who wiped out the undead decades before, 12-year-old Malika and her crew suspect a vampire is involved when a new student goes missing and know who to call to protect their town.
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Sisterhood of Sleuths
by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
After finding an old photo of her grandmother who insists the woman is someone else, Maizy is inspired by the legacy of Nancy Drew to launch her own investigation that leads her on an unexpected journey of self-discovery.
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The War that Saved My Life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
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Dream, Annie, Dream
by Waka T. Brown
When she lands a big role in the production of The King and I, Japanese American seventh grader Annie, belittled by her mostly white classmates, must rise above racism while chasing her dreams.
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The Last Beekeeper
by Pablo Cartaya
To prove that she belongs in a place where only the smartest and most useful are welcomed, 12-year-old Yolanda learns that her survival rests on the rediscovery of a long-extinct beehive that could be the answer to everything.
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A Tale of Magic...
by Chris Colfer
A tale set in the universe of the Land of Stories finds 14-year-old Brystal pursuing creative ways of obtaining books in an oppressive Southern Kingdom where women are forbidden to read. By the award-winning author of Struck by Lightning.
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Meet me Halfway
by Anika Fajardo
When they discover they have the same Colombian dad, whom neither has ever met, Mattie Gomez and Mercedes Miller team up to track him down, despite their constant bickering and completely opposite personalities.
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Sweet and Sour
by Debbi Michiko Florence
When the boy who humiliated her returns to Mystic, Connecticut, for summer vacation, Mai, who is bent on revenge, instead finds herself on a path of forgiveness when she discovers the whole truth of what happened between them.
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The Midnight Children
by Dan Gemeinhart
Making a friend in newcomer Virginia, one of seven mysterious kids to move into his neighborhood, outcast Ravani Foster must keep Virginia safe when he learns she is in danger or lose the only person who has ever understood him.
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Alice Austen Lived Here
by Alex Gino
Entering his towns contest for a new statue, nonbinary Sam delves into the history of his subject, photographer Alice Austen, and discovers a rich queer history that they are part of one they must stand up for.
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Dinged
by Tom Greenwald
When his dad, a former NFL Superstar and now the town celebrity, starts exhibiting strange behavior, up-and-coming freshman quarterback Caleb Springer must make a tough decision when he realizes the sport he loves may be the cause.
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Wildoak
by C. C. Harrington
Agreeing to spend a few weeks in the fresh air of Wildoak Forest, visiting a grandfather she hardly knows, Maggie encounters an abandoned snow leopard cub, and facing danger head on, vows to keep it safe from those who hunt it.
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Ravenfall
by Kalyn Josephson
Able to foresee death while working at her family's magical Ravenfall Inn, 13-year-old Annabella Ballinkay helps 14-year-old Colin Pierce search for the supernatural creature who killed his parents a hunt that could spell destruction for their world as they know it.
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Those Kids from Fawn Creek
by Erin Entrada Kelly
When Orchid Mason moves to their small factory town where everyone knows everything about everyone, the students of Fawn Creek Middle School don't know what to think of this newcomer who could change everything.
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Grounded for All Eternity
by Darcy Marks
When a soul escapes from Hell, Mal and his friends slip through the veil on Halloween night and find themselves in Salem, Massachusetts, where they must stop one of history's greatest manipulators from shifting the balance on Earth.
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The Stars Did Wander Darkling
by Colin Meloy
When the cliff beneath the old??some say cursed??Langdon place is opened up, horror movie fanatic Archie Coomes and friends must save the town from the deadly grip of an ancient, long-buried evil.
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Holler of the Fireflies
by David Barclay Moore
Learning about income inequality, racism and hidden agendas while at STEM Camp in a little Appalachian town, Javari meets a local boy, budding activist and occasional thief, who shows him a different side of the holler, blowing his mind wipe open.
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Ghostlight
by Kenneth Oppel
While taking tourists on a ghost tour on Toronto Island, Gabe comes face-to-face with the dead girl at the center of his story who needs his help in stopping the malevolent spirit responsible for her and her fathers death who is growing ever stronger.
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Nikhil Out Loud
by Maulik Pancholy
The voice actor for a hit animated series, 13-year-old Nikhil must find the courage to speak out about what's right when a group of conservative parents protest his openly gay status.
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Daughter of the Deep
by Rick Riordan
Attending a high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators and underwater explorers in the world, Ana Dakkar must put her leadership skills to the test when she and her classmates face deadly enemies during their weekend trial at sea.
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Root Magic
by Eden Royce
In 1963 in South Carolina, eleven-year-old twins Jez and Jay Turner begin lessons in rootwork, and their uncle's training offers them healing, protection, and a connection to their heritage even as they face threats from the local police deputy, school bullies, and others.
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Thornhill
by Pam Smy
Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door.
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Dead Wednesday
by Jerry Spinelli
When the school assigns each eighth-grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year as a lesson in mortality, Worm Tarnauer, who thrives on being invisible, doesn't count on Becca Finch, the 17-year-old car crash victim who changes everything.
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Eden's Everdark
by Karen Strong
Returning to her ancestral home to be closer to her late mother, Eden stumbles into Everdark, a parallel world where the sun never rises and spirits linger between death and the afterlife and where a witch waits to make Eden her eternal daughter.
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The Last Hope in Hopetown
by Maria Tureaud
When normal, law-abiding vampires go rogue, including one of her adoptive vampire moms, 12-year-old Sophie Dawes faces the true bad guys head on as she fights for hope, freedom and love that is thicker than blood.
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Key player
by Kelly Yang
The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy--especially Mia Tang. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too--or fall short of the grade she needs to earn a spot at journalism camp...As Mia aims for her goals, she'll have to face prejudice, discrimination, and her own fears. But if anyone can find a way to win, it's Mia Tang!
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Healer of the Water Monster
by Brian Young
A debut novel inspired by Native-American culture follows the experiences of a boy whose summer at his grandmothers reservation home is shaped by his uncles addictions and an encounter with a sacred being from the Navajo Creation Story.
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Pippa Park Raises Her Game
by Erin Yun
Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. So when she gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself. At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, a crush, and the pressure to perform at school while keeping her past and her family’s laundromat a secret from her elite classmates. When social media threatens Pippa’s persona, she wonders if she can keep it together.
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Fibbed
by Elizabeth Agyemang
While spending the summer in Ghana with her grandmother, Nana, a girl who doesn't lie but whom no one believes nevertheless, comes face-to-face with a trickster spider of legend who needs her help to stop those intent on draining the forest of magic.
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Sorceline
by Sylvia Douyé
Mystified by her fellow humans, Sorceline, a student at Professor Archibald Balzars prestigious school of cryptozoology, clashes with her fellow students until one of her rivals suddenly disappears and Sorceline joins in the quest to find her.
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Frizzy
by Claribel A. Ortega
Tired of going to the salon to have her curls straightened every weekend, Marlene slowly learns to embrace her natural curly hair with the help of her best friend and favorite aunt.
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Hooky. Volume 2
by Míriam Bonastre Tur
With witches like their parents out for power and blood and non-magical people increasingly threatened by them, Dani and Dorian don't know whose side they're on...or if anyone's on their side. That includes their brother, Damien, who disappeared after being crowned King of Witches. But since Monica's father, the king, and her fiancé, Prince William disappeared, too, Dani and Dorian know they must set out to find their lost allies. Luckily, they aren't alone.
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