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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
by Jonathan Auxier
As a chimney sweep in Victorian London, orphan Nan Sparrow is used to loneliness and grimy, dangerous work. Then one day she's rescued from an accident by a strange creature -- a golem -- who becomes her loyal companion. Blending fantasy, history, and Jewish folktales, Sweep has something for lots of different readers.
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| One-Third Nerd by Gennifer Choldenko; illustrated by Églantine Ceulemans Either the dog or the family has to go! So says the landlord of the apartment where Liam and his family live with Cupcake, their German Shepherd who keeps peeing on the carpet. Can Liam and his younger sisters -- scientist Dakota and hug expert Izzy -- find a way to keep both their dog and their home?
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| Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha LeeWhen her brother Jun goes missing from his post in the Space Forces, 13-year-old fox spirit Min knows he must be in trouble -- and she's willing to scheme and shape-shift all the way to the terrifying Ghost Sector to find him.
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| Max & the Midknights by Lincoln PeirceMax, an apprentice troubadour who longs to be a knight, sets out on a quest to save the land of Byjovia from the wicked King Gastley.
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Ra the Mighty : Cat Detective
by Amy Butler Greenfield
In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh's pampered cat Ra and his scarab-beetle sidekick question the royal palace's animal inhabitants, solve a crime, and exonerate a servant girl falsely accused of theft
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A Circle of Elephants
by Eric Dinerstein
Thirteen-year-old Nanda Singh, the youngest elephant driver in Nepal, enjoys a very special relationship with his tusker, Hira Prashad, through which he grows in understanding and compassion with all animals, including humans
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The Whole Sky
by Heather Henson
A young horse whisperer resolves to discover the source of a devastating sickness that is killing the foals in a thoroughbred farming community. By the award-winning author of Dream of Night.
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Pax
by Sara Pennypacker
Fiction. Peter and his pet fox, Pax, are best friends. Peter found the orphaned kit on the day of his mother's funeral, and the two have been together ever since. Even after Peter's father, who's headed off to fight in a war, forces Peter to abandon Pax in the wild, the two can't bear to be apart: Peter sets out to walk the hundreds of miles back to his pet, while Pax struggles to survive until their reunion. Illustrations by award-winning artist Jon Klassen enhance this moving tale, which has all the honesty and heart of classics like E.B. White's Charlotte's Web and Robert Newton Peck's A Day No Pigs Would Die.
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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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