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| The Dog, Ray by Linda CogginFantasy. Life after death is a lot more furry than Daisy expected. Following her untimely end in a car crash, the 12-year-old girl is reborn into the body of a puppy named Misty -- but with all of her memories from her human life. When she runs away in search of her human parents, Daisy finds homeless 14-year-old Pip instead, who adopts her and renames her Ray as he searches for his own lost family. Even as Daisy's memories start to fade, you'll be charmed by her doggy narration and moved by this thought-provoking tale of second chances. |
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| The Bone Sparrow by Zana FraillonThough his family remembers a time before they were forced out of their home in Myanmar, Subhi only knows life in the Australian refugee detention center where he was born. It's a hungry, filthy, and violent place (thanks to the brutally abusive guards), and Subhi's only escape is his imagination, where he visits the Night Sea from his mother's stories. When Jimmie, a local girl who can't read, finds her way into the center with a notebook written by her mother, Subhi agrees to read to her, kicking off a secret friendship. |
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| The Lost Property Office by James R. HannibalAdventure. The trip to London is supposed to help 13-year-old American Jack and his family track down Jack's missing father. Instead, it leads Jack to his own hidden heritage as a member of the Ministry of Trackers, a secret society of detectives who share Jack's superhuman ability for finding things. Before he can absorb this shock, Jack is targeted by the villainous Clockmaker, who claims that Jack can save his father by completing a dangerous quest throughout the city. Fans of both action and fantasy will be drawn in by the breathless pace, steampunk gadgets, and bookish in-jokes in this debut adventure. |
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| The Friendship Experiment by Erin TeaganWriting out standard operating procedures in her lab notebook helps sixth-grader Maddie organize her approach to her confusing life. Without SOPs, she's not really sure how she'd cope with her grandfather's recent death, her best friend's transfer to another school, and her sister's health problems (due to a blood disorder that Maddie shares). Her "How to Be Friendly" SOP, however, is challenged by irritating new girl Riley, forcing Maddie to question whether science really has all the answers. Similar to Ali Benjamin's The Thing About Jellyfish, this touching tale stars a smart, awkward girl who applies scientific strategies to her personal problems, leading to unexpected results. |
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Race the Night
by Kirsten Hubbard
"Eider might be living at the end of the world, but that won't stop her from searching for the things that could make it all begin again--especially after Teacher announces a mysterious new type of lessons that turn her life upside down." This moving novel-equal parts hope and heartbreak-traces one girl's journey for truth and meaning, from the smallest slip of paper to the deepest understanding of family. The world may have ended for the kids of the desert ranch . . . but that's only the beginning.
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Focus on: Magical Realism
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| Nightbird by Alice HoffmanFantasy. It's rumored that there's a monster living in Sidwell, Massachusetts. But 12-year-old Twig Fowler knows better than to believe rumors -- especially since the "monster" is actually her older brother James, who was born with wings due to an old family curse. Their mom says that they have to keep James a secret, but when sisters Julia and Agate move in next door, Twig and James make friends with them anyway -- and in so doing, discover the chance to change their family's fate. For another quirky, quiet book that mixes magic with everyday life, check out Jane Yolen's Centaur Rising. |
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A Most Magical Girl
by Karen Foxlee
Placed in the care of two eccentric aunts who introduce her to a decidedly unladylike life of potions, broomsticks and cracker-eating wizards, Annabel Grey, a young lady from Victorian England, is swept up in an urgent quest to claim a sacred wand from London's dangerous underworld.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library 100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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