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New Children's eBooks May 2018
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Rebound
by Kwame Alexander
Novel in Verse. Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshiping, basketball star his sons look up to.
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Into the Nightfell Wood
by Kristin Bailey
Fantasy. In this sequel to The Silver Gate, Wynn and Elric may now be safe, but adjusting to life in the Between is not without complications. Their adoptive mother, the benevolent Fairy Queen, is haunted by the memory of her child who was kidnapped long ago—and she won’t risk letting the same thing happen to Wynn and Elric. But that same grief has been weakening the queen’s powers for years, and the protective shield around their kingdom is deteriorating. Wynn is coerced into the Nightfell Wood by a creature sent to do the Grendel’s bidding. Elric knows he must go after her to save her life. What they discover there—about fear, prejudice, and the true nature of evil—will change the fairy kingdom forever.
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Team Players
by Mike Lupica
Fiction. Cassie Bennett is great at being in charge. She always knows what to do to lead her teams to victory, keep her many groups of friends together, or fix any problem that comes her way. So when Sarah Milligan, an autistic girl with unreal softball skills, joins Cassie’s team, Cassie’s sure she can help her fit in with the team. But before long it’s obvious that being around so many people is really hard for Sarah, and the more Cassie tries to reach out and involve her, the more Sarah pushes her away, sometimes literally. It doesn’t help that Cassie’s teammates aren’t as interested in helping Sarah as they are in making sure they make it to the new softball All-Star Tournament that’ll be televised just like the Little League World Series. The harder Cassie tries to bring everyone together, the worse things seem to get.
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Pacific Rim Uprising: The Junior Novel
by Rebecca Matheson
Adventure/Novelization. Jake Pentecost is a rebellious former Jaeger pilot who abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. Ten years ago, his legendary father gave his life to secure humanity’s victory over the monstrous Kaiju. When an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to bring the world to its knees, Jake’s estranged sister Mako Mori gives him one last chance to live up to his father’s legacy. She is leading a brave new generation of pilots who have grown up in the shadow of war, including gifted rival pilot Lambert and fifteen-year-old Jaeger hacker Amara. As Jake joins the heroes of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps in battle, they become the only family he has left. Rising up to become the most powerful defense force to ever walk the earth, they unite in a spectacular all-new adventure on a towering scale.
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The Backward Season
by Lauren Myracle
Fantasy. The final book in a trilogy. Now that her sisters Natasha and Darya have had their turn, Ava Blok finally gets her Wishing Day. But after seeing the unintended consequences of the wishes her sisters made, she’s not sure what to wish for. The only thing she’s certain of is that it’s her job to set things right. Hopeful that she can put her broken family back together, and eager to prove her pessimistic older sisters wrong, Ava realizes that fixing the future means changing the past.
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Love Double Dutch!
by Doreen Spicer-Dannelly
Fiction. Brooklyn middle-schooler MaKayla can only think about one thing--taking her double Dutch team all the way to the National Jump-off at Madison Square Garden. That is, until her mother breaks the news. Kayla has to spend the summer at her aunt's house in North Carolina. Kayla does not feel at home in the South, and she certainly doesn't get along with her snooty cousin Sally. It looks like her Jump-off dreams are over. Then it turns out, double Dutch is huge in the South. She and Sally just need to find two more kids for a team. And a routine. And the confidence to stand up to the double Dutch divas who used to be Sally's BFFs. Time to show those Southern belles some Brooklyn attitude!
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Maggie & Abby's Neverending Pillow Fort
by Will Taylor
Fantasy. Maggie’s been waiting for her best friend Abby to get home from Camp Cantaloupe for six whole weeks. But now that Abby’s finally home, she’s…different. All New Abby wants to do is talk about camp things and plan campy activities. She even has the nerve to call Maggie’s massive, award-worthy pillow fort a “cabin.” Then Maggie discovers that a pillow in the back of her fort mysteriously leads right into Abby’s new one, the two friends are suddenly just an arm’s length away. Soon they’re adding links and building more forts, until Maggie looks behind one pillow too many and finds herself face-to-face with...the authorities. Turns out their little pillow fort network isn’t the first to exist.
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The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, and Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self
by Katty Kay
It’s a paradox familiar to parents everywhere: girls are achieving like never before, yet they’re consumed with doubt on the inside. Girls worry constantly about how they look, what people think, whether to try out for a sports team or school play, why they aren’t getting “perfect” grades, and how many likes and followers they have online. Katty Kay and Claire Shipman use cutting-edge science and research, as well as proven methods of behavioral change, to reach girls just when they need it the most—the tween and teen years.
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