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Summer Reading Program Sign up now for the Summer Reading Program! All ages, newborns through adults, are welcome to participate. Read and record your reading hours and you’ll be eligible to win a free book and chances to enter a raffle for other great prizes. The more you read, the more chances you have to win! The last day to record your hours and enter the raffle is July 27.
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| Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded by Sage BlackwoodFantasy. All of the adult sorceresses at Miss Ellicott's School for Magical Maidens have disappeared, leaving talented student Chantel searching for a way to get them back -- oh, and also protect the city from invading Marauders. Loaded with clever humor and starring a take-charge black heroine, this quirky magic-school adventure is not to be missed. |
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The Star Thief
by Lindsey Becker
Catching two brutish sailors ransacking her master's study, maid Honorine is whisked into a fantastical war between the crew of a steamship and a band of mythical constellations that have come to life to defend themselves against those who want to harness their powers.
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The Ethan I Was Before
by Ali Standish
Ethan's carefree, adventurous life in Boston alongside his best friend Kacey comes to an abrupt end when Kacey is lost to him in an accident, a life-changing event that upends his world until a move to a small town in Georgia and an introduction to the exuberant Coralee teaches Ethan that life can be transformed in one moment, but that one moment doesn't have to define him for life. A debut novel.
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The End of the Wild
by Nicole Lea Helget
Helping her impoverished family hunt and forage for food in the forest near her home, 11-year-old Fern worries that a fracking company's plans will damage the local environment but cannot get her family and neighbors, who are more focused on the prospect of jobs, to understand the threat. By the author of Wonder at the Edge of the World.
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| The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre by Gail Carson LevineFantasy. Prickly 15-year-old Peregrine has always believed that her people, the Latki, are better than their Bamarre servants -- until a magical visitor delivers some shocking news that forces Perry to face who she really is and decide what she's willing to fight for. You don't need to have read The Two Princesses of Bamarre to savor the fairy-tale feel of this page-turning prequel. |
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I am Fartacus
by Mark Maciejewski
Determined to prove his middle-school nemesis, Archer Norris, isn't as cool as he seems, Chub sets out to bring down Archer's popularity but ends up becoming the most unlikely hero the school has ever seen.
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| We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell FreedmanNonfiction. How far would you go to stand up for what's right? Siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl put their very lives on the line as members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi student resistance group in 1940s Germany. Filled with quotes and photos, this account of their bravery is both haunting and inspiring. For another look at daring young people during World War II, try Phillip Hoose's The Boys Who Challenged Hitler. |
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| The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan MealerMemoir. Bottle caps, a broken bike, old tractor parts, and some library books about electrical engineering: with these tools, inventive 14-year-old William Kamkwamba began building the windmill that would power irrigation in his tiny farming village of Masitala, Malawi, and help them survive a deadly drought. Holding special appeal for young scientists, this gritty yet hopeful memoir may encourage you to create change in your own community. |
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| Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan BuckleyMemoir. The youngest person to complete the Selma-to-Montgomery March in 1965 Alabama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery was one of many students who willingly risked jail time and brutal beatings in order to participate in the American Civil Rights Movement. Written in an easy, matter-of-fact style, this award-winning book provides vivid insight into the past and perspective on the present.
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| Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy MontgomeryNonfiction. Dr. Temple Grandin is an animal scientist, a bestselling author, a college professor, one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people...and she has autism. This captivating authorized biography tells the story of her struggles and accomplishments, including her groundbreaking work for humane treatment of livestock. It also features a foreword by Temple herself, plus a special section of "Temple's Advice for Kids on the Spectrum." |
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| Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita SilveyBiography. As a young scientist living among chimpanzees in Tanzania, Jane Goodall used some methods that seemed unusual -- but her ability to connect with chimps led to breakthroughs in the way scientists understand and study great apes. If the eye-catching photos and fascinating details in Untamed leave you feeling curious, you may want to explore the lives of other female primatologists with Jim Ottaviani's Primates. |
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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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