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Books for Kids and Tweens August 2025 |
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Fright Night by Dan GutmanA.J. and his friends are having a sleepover on the playground--what could be more fun? But when campfire time leads to silly, scary stories, the Ella Mentary kids realize there's something lurking in the woods!
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Doom of the Darkwing by Cressida CowellFor Hiccup and his friends, it was supposed to be a quiet, sensible lesson at the Isle of Berk's Training School for Vikings and Dragons...but then things took an unexpected turn! They've landed in a doomed sinking ship--can they find their way to safety?
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Snoop by Gordon KormanAfter a ski accident, Carter ends up stuck at home for weeks with both his legs in casts. Bored, he starts to watch live feeds from police cams all over town, and before he knows it, he's obsessed. But what happens when the people he's watching find out?
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Schoolbot 9000 by Sam HepburnWhen the school district replaces his beloved teachers with glitchy Schoolbots, eleven-year-old James teams up with an unlikely ally to stop his middle school from turning into a cold, test-driven nightmare.
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Wagnificent: A New Dog in the Den by Bethanie Deeney MurguiaThunder loves her life by Sage's side--together, they make the paw-fect pack! But when Sage invites a foster dog named Byron into their den, suddenly things get a lot more complicated, because Byron doesn't seem to know the pack rules. Can Thunder ever become Byron's friend?
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The Library of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne BirdsallGwen's trip to see her Uncle Matthew takes a turn for the weird when she discovers tiny creatures called Lahdukan in the library. But why can only Gwen and the youngest children, gathered for storytime, see them?
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The School for Whatnots by Margaret Peterson HaddixMax's best friend Josie whispers something about "whatnots" and leaves him a note: "No matter what anyone tells you, I'm real." Suddenly she disappears, leaving Max to figure out what happened to her...but there are forces trying to keep them apart forever.
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Keynan Masters and the Peerless Magic Crew by DaVaun SandersAt Peerless Academy, Keynan Masters discovers a corrupt magic and sets out to unravel the school's secrets with his crew of new friends, all while trying to save the world from massive, mysterious storms.
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The Frindle Files by Andrew ClementsJosh Willet's ELA teacher, Mr. N, is tech-free and makes them write everything out by hand; it's torture for Josh, a techie and serious gamer. Then Josh discovers a secret: turns out Mr. N's been keeping a lot more than technology from his students!
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A Royal Conundrum by Lisa YeeDropped off at the strangest boarding school ever, Olive discovers the “reforming arts” academy isn't what it seems—and neither is she—as she joins an elite group who need her help to stop the heist of the century.
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The Ojja-Wojja: A Horror-Mystery, or Whatever by Magdalene VisaggioWhile working on a school project about Bolingbroke's supernatural history, best-friend eighth graders Val and Laurie accidentally unleash a demonic presence connected to a series of mysterious tragedies throughout their town's sordid history.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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