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| Rosetown by Cynthia RylantRosetown, Indiana, 1972, where bookish Flora Smallwood is starting fourth grade with her old friend Nessy and her new friend Yury, all while getting used to her dog's recent death and her parents' recent separation.
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| Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead; illustrated by Nicholas GannonTen-year-old American Livy, who's visiting her Gran in Australia for the first time in years; and Bob, the small, green creature in a chicken suit who's been waiting for Livy's return. |
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UAmal Unbound
by Aisha Saeed
In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.
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The Boy, the Bird, and the Coffin Maker
by Matilda Woods
Alberto, the town's coffin maker, and Tito, a runaway boy, both lonely after suffering tragic losses, learn the power of friendship as they try to escape the shadows of their pasts
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The Memory of Forgotten Things
by Kat Zhang
"Twelve-year-old Sophia has never told anyone about her unusual memories--snapshots of a past that never happened. She becomes convinced that the upcoming solar eclipse will grant her the opportunity to make her alternate life come true, to enter a worldwhere her mother never died. With the help of two misfit boys, she must figure out a way to bring her mother back to her--before the opportunity is lost forever"
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| The Bad Guys by Aaron BlabeySure, he seems shady, but Mr. Wolf isn't a big, bad monster. To prove it, he and his reluctant pals Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, are founding a Good Guys Club to do heroic deeds. If only the other animals weren't too scared to appreciate their help… |
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| Hazy Bloom and the Tomorrow Power by Jennifer Hamburg; illustrated by Jenn HarneyIt begins with a prickly feeling and an image of flying green peas. It takes Hazel "Hazy" Bloom a while to figure out that it's a vision of the near future, that it's the first of many, and that it's difficult to decode without causing more disasters than she prevents.
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| Waylon! One Awesome Thing by Sara Pennypacker; illustrated by Marla FrazeeScience-loving fourth grader Waylon doesn't want to be an "Other," but he doesn't want to be a "Shark-Puncher," either. Unfortunately, those are the only two choices given by Arlo, the popular kid who's dividing Waylon's class into rival teams. Can Waylon use his humor, heart, and know-how to bring people together?
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| Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban; illustrated by Katie KathMax, whose parents just got divorced, prompting him to worry that spending weekends at his dad's new apartment will feel weird. Instead of weird, weekends are busy! They shop for furniture, Max helps Dad with his ukulele act, and Dad helps Max turn pizza boxes into a porcupine habitat.
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| My Life in Pictures by Deborah ZemkeThe sketchbook of Beatrice Holmes Garcia, who takes her frustration about her best friend moving away and a mean new kid moving in and pours it into her creative cartoon drawings.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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Michigan City Public Library 100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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