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| See You in the Cosmos by Jack ChengFiction. Ebook. Along with his dog, Carl Sagan, 11-year-old astronomer Alex Petroski is on his way to the Southwest High Altitude Rocket Festival. He's recording the journey on his iPod (just like he records everything) with the hope that it can be launched into space and heard by aliens. Through the transcripts of Alex's recordings, you can follow along as he makes eccentric new friends, travels to Las Vegas in search of his supposedly dead father, and realizes that family is more complicated than he suspected. |
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Wildings
by Eleanor Glewwe
Hiding the secret that she once had a twin brother who was removed from their home for failing to develop magical powers, ambassador's daughter Rivka risks her family and freedom to stay true to her brother before embarking on a magical quest to reunite with him.
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Left Out
by Tim Green
Struggling to overcome his hearing impairment and the way others see him because of it, Landon uses his height and strength to prove himself on the football team without initial success before befriending a star player who understands how Landon feels about being different.
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Going Wild
by Lisa McMann
Charlie Wilde knew her life would change forever when her family moved from the city of Chicago to the suburbs of Arizona…and that was before she found the bracelet. After putting it on, she notices odd things start to happen. Suddenly Charlie seems to have the speed of a cheetah and the strength of an elephant—and that’s just the beginning. She would be thrilled about her transformation if she had any idea how to use the device or control her amazing powers. So Charlie is forced to put her trust in new friends to help her uncover the surprising truth behind the mysterious bracelet.
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Hidden
by Miriam Halahmy
Fourteen year old Alix lives at the bottom of Hayling Island near the beach. It is a quiet backwater, far removed from world events such as war, terror and refugees. Alix has never even given a thought to asylum seekers, she has enough problems of her own: Dad has a new life that doesn't include her, Grandpa is dead and Mum is helpless and needy. Then one day on the beach Alix and Samir pull a drowning man out of the incoming tide: Mohammed, an illegal immigrant and a student. Mohammed has been tortured by rebels in Iraq for helping the allied forces and has spent all his money to escape. Alone, helpless, and desperate not to be deported, Mohammed's destiny lies in Alix's hands. However, hiding an injured immigrant is fraught with difficulties. Faced with the biggest moral dilemma of her life, what will Alix do, and who can she trust?
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Books You Might Have Missed in 2016
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| Soar by Joan BauerFiction. Ebook. Despite his love of the game, playing baseball isn't an option for 12-year-old Jeremiah -- not after his heart transplant. He can still coach, though, and that's just what he hopes to do as a newcomer to down-and-out Hillcrest, Ohio. Hillcrest's once-thriving school baseball teams are faltering in the aftermath a tragic scandal, but with Jeremiah's unflagging enthusiasm and the right mix of players, they might be able to bounce back and restore the town's morale in the process. Strong, well-drawn characters in tough situations fill the pages of this "triumphant and moving" (School Library Journal) underdog story. |
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| The Apple Tart of Hope by Sarah Moore FitzgeraldFiction. Oscar may be missing, but Meg is sure he isn't dead. Even though it's been months since she saw him (due to her family's move), and even though the evidence points to suicide, Meg knows that her warm, optimistic best friend would never kill himself. Chapters told from Oscar's point of view, however, describe the loneliness and bullying that began to break his spirit after Meg left. Readers will be riveted by both atmospheric, intertwining stories as Meg -- joined by Oscar's brother Stevie, who uses a wheelchair and shares Meg's steadfast belief -- tries to discover what really happened to her friend. |
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| Compass South: Book 1 by Hope Larson; illustrated by Rebecca MockGraphic Novel Adventure. It's 1860, and after snitching on the Black Hook gang, twin thieves Alex and Cleo need to get out of town fast. Dressing Cleo as a boy, they try to fake their way onto a ship by posing as long-missing brothers…only to run into Silas and Edwin, twin con artists with the same idea. In the resulting fight, the pairs get mixed up and flung into separate adventures. Whether it's trekking through jungles or dodging storms and pirates at sea, the action never lets up in this swashbuckling 1st book in the Four Points series (Book 2, Knife's Edge, is due out in June). |
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| The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero by Patricia McCormickBiography. As a quiet, piano-playing young pastor in 1930s Germany, Dietrich Bonhoeffer didn't seem like assassin material. Yet as he witnessed the Nazis' rise to power and their horrifying actions, Bonhoeffer's pacifist beliefs shifted into a different call to action -- to become a double agent in a conspiracy to assassinate Hitler himself. Readers of all faiths and backgrounds can appreciate the drama of this "tragic, inspirational, and quite unusual tale" (Booklist). Of course, Bonhoeffer's story is just one of many; if you're curious about other resistance fighters in Nazi Germany, pick up Russell Freedman's We Will Not Be Silent. |
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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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