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Finally, Something Mysterious
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Doug Cornett
Struggling with unfulfilling community activities and changes in his best friend’s family, 11-year-old detective Paul Marconi investigates the baffling appearance of hundreds of rubber duckies on a neighbor’s lawn. A first novel.
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Scary Stories for Young Foxes
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Christian McKay Heidicker
When seven little foxes sneak out of their warm den to find the storyteller, they try to make it through all eight scary stories before they head home for the night.
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Here in the Real World
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Sara Pennypacker
Immersing himself in fantasy worlds of knights and chivalry where he prefers being left alone, young Ware is sent to a summer camp designed around social interactions and begins building a castle-like private space while clashing with a fellow misfit.
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The Last Chance Hotel
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Nicki Thornton
After Seth Seppi, aspiring chef and kitchen boy at the Last Chance Hotel, is falsely accused of murdering a visiting magician, he needs all the help he can get -- magical and otherwise -- to prove his innocence.
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Focus on: Cooking and Baking
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| Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRoccaWhat it’s about: Determined to prove herself to her highly accomplished family, aspiring chef Mimi enters a kids’ baking contest. With help from Vik, a mysterious boy she meets in the forest, Mimi begins experimenting with unusual ingredients, leading to unexpected and outrageous results.
You might also like: Anna Meriano’s A Dash of Trouble, another fantasy featuring a big family, a small town, some out-of-control magic, and plenty of mouth-watering baked goods. |
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| Nixie Ness, Cooking Star by Claudia Mills; illustrated by Grace ZongWhat it’s about: Can you be best friends with more than one person? Third-grader Nixie didn’t think so, but now that she’s bonding with the kids in after-school cooking camp while her BFF Grace hangs out with classmate Elyse, she isn’t so sure.
For fans of: Karen English’s Carver Chronicles or Annie Barrows’ Ivy + Bean books.
Series alert: For more about Nixie and her friends, pick up Vera Vance: Comics Star, the next book in the After-School Superstars series. |
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One Hundred Spaghetti Strings
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Jen Nails
When the precarious balance in her family's home life is disrupted by her absent father's return, Steffany turns to her love of cooking to manage what becomes the most challenging year of her life. Simultaneous eBook. 40,000 first printing.
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The Thing About Leftovers
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C. C Payne
"Fizzy struggles to find her place in her blended family after her parents' divorce, hoping her entry in the Southern Living Cook-Off will show them she is more than just a leftover kid"
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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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