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Books for 5th & 6th Graders Summer 2025 |
The Enemy's Daughter
by Anne Blankman
In 1915, Marta and her father are trying to get home to Germany when her father is detained and Marta is welcomed into an Irish family's home, in a story about friendship and learning to think for oneself.
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Life of a Cactus: The Beat I Drum
by Dusti Bowling
Finding the beat of the drums helps teenage Connor navigate his Tourette's Syndrome, friendships, and family problems.
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Superworld 2: Destruco World
by Yarrow Cheney
With the super stone in his giant metal clutches, Dr. Destructo is re-powering the heroes with useless and humiliating powers like bubble-beams and silly string. To protect themselves, the 'heroes' have gone into hiding. Even Noah's friends are MIA! But there is hope. Noah might be the key to taking down Dr. Destructo. He might be the only one who can rally the heroes for a final, epic super-battle to save Superworld. And he might not die in the process.
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Operation Kinderspion: Max in the Land of Lies
by Adam Gidwitz
Max Bretzfeld has become a British spy and is returning to Germany with two missions: to infiltrate the Funkhaus, the center of Nazi radio and propaganda; and to find his parents.
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Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Determined to find the truth about his dad and finally solve this deeply personal mystery, Colin and his friend Nevaeh discover a new clue, which takes them on a quest from eerie storage units to lock-lined bridges to the secrets in Nevaeh's family.
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Quest Kids and the Mystery of the Goblin Gazebo
by Mark Leiknes
It's the showdown between the forces of good (consisting of the Quest Kids) and the forces of Doug (consisting of Doug and a zombified army of his fans). There's just one way for the Quest Kids to thwart Doug's world conquest: breaching the walls of the Goblin city of Dunglemire! Can the kids get inside and find the spell to neutralize Doug in time to save the world? And how does this involve a gazebo.
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No Purchase Necessary
by Maria Marianayagam
Ajay Anthonipillai wins a million-dollar prize in a candy bar he stole trying to impress a popular kid, pushing Ajay to navigate his identity and morality in deciding whether to claim something that could change his family's life forever.
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Paper Dragons: The Rise of the Sand Spirits
by Siobhan McDermott
Zhi Ging sets off to find Reishi, the Silhouette Scout, whom she believes has been lured into a dangerous trap, and with now-phoenix Malo by her side, Zhi Ging faces sand spirits, dragons and hidden secrets to save her friends.
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Fablehaven: The Gorgon's Fury
by Brandon Mull
Satyrs Newel and Doren travel from Fablehaven to Key West to seek counsel from the Listening Doll on how to stop a dangerous gorgon-and win the annual Satyrs Games.
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The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents
by Nicki Pau Preto
Unable to control her powers, twelve-year-old Lavinia finds herself at a last-resort magical school where she teams up with her misfit classmates to save the school from danger.
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City Spies: London Calling
by James Ponti
Cairo, the newest member of the City Spies, takes the lead when his sister disappears in Istanbul, and the team risks discovery as their search leads them to Rome, but they are also needed to help in the U.K.
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Heroes of Havensong: The Fifth Mage
by Megan Reyes
Wren, River, Blue and Shenli have struggled to face what the Fates have in store for them since learning they are heroes foretold to save their world, meanwhile someone is out there who believes her purpose is to stop them.
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Survive This Safari
by Natalie D. Richards
Twelve-year-old Lucy is excited to be selected for the Wildlands Safari Escape Challenge, but her team discovers that Wildlands' beloved baby elephant might be in danger and must tackle a real Wildlands challenge.
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The Legendary Scarlett & Browne
by Jonathan Stroud
Albert Browne returns to the terrifying Stonemoor prison, Scarlett McCain searches for her long-lost brother, and a town is besieged by the cannibal Tainted, in a story where rebellious anti-heroes face secrets of their past to shape a better future.
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Momo Arashima Duels the Queen of Death
by Misa Sugiura
Momo Arashima is half goddess and half human, and with friends Danny, Ryleigh, Jin and Niko by her side, she's finding a place where she belongs, except Izanami, the treacherous goddess of death, forces Momo into a terrible bargain.
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Winterton Deception: Fault Lines
by Janet Sumner Johnson
Hope and Gordon Smith navigate the complexities of their extended family, but when Elizabeth Springer goes missing, Hope reveals that she is their grandmother and follows a cryptic letter hinting at more family secrets and an estranged grandfather
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Underwild: River of Spirits
by Shana Targosz
Caught between the realm of the Living and the realm of the Dead, Senka ferries departed souls into the afterlife, and when Poppy enters the Underworld pleading for help in finding her brother's ghost, Senka helps her and discovers secrets.
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The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension
by Max Brallier
To get the answers he seeks about his powerful Cosmic Hand, which might be able to stop the inevitable from happening, Jack must travel farther than he's ever been - he must go to the monster dimension.
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Charlie Hernândez & the Phantom of Time
by Ryan Calejo
Traveling back in time to 1950s Cuba to stop a mysterious incident that will eventually destroy the Land of the Living, Charlie, Violet and Raúl are pursued by an unspeakable evil as they scour the mountain rainforests of Havana for clues to untangle the past, present and future.
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Park Row Magic Academy: A Whisper of Curses
by J. Elle
When the Availables collapse the portal to their retreat, trapping them all, Ash, with Kyana acting weird and Russ live-casting everything to the Magick World, must make a difficult decision, in this adventure-filled sequel to A Taste of Magic.
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Spy School Goes North
by Stuart Gibbs
When Cyrus Hale is kidnapped by his old Russian nemesis from a remote Alaskan training facility, Ben, Erica and the others find their rescue mission complicated by the secret history of US-Russian relations, a young KGB agent and a lot of bears.
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The Vanderbeekers Ever After
by Karina Yan Glaser
When one of the Vanderbeeker siblings becomes seriously ill, the family spends their days at the hospital where they help a newly made friend even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down.
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The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found
by Jordan Lees
When 11-year-old Benjamin, who doesn't believe in magic, receives a mysterious doll that transforms into a bird, he is led into an impossible realm - Wreathenwold - where he is drawn into a dangerous adventure as he tries to find his way out of the labyrinth and return home.
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Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn
by Tola Okogwu
Bringing a young Solari - children with superpowers - named Tobi back to the Academy of the Sun, Onyeka discovers the truth about Tobi's identity and superpower and realizes there are those who don't have Tobi's best interests at heart.
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Songs of Magic: A Thundering of Monsters
by S. A. Patrick
With the Piper of Hamelyn hunting for a mythical amulet to achieve true immortality, Patch and his dracogriff friend Barver must find a way to reunite with their friends to vanquish the evil Piper after being transported to a mysterious island where they are trapped by monstrous beasts.
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Cece Rios and the Queen of Brujas
by Kaela Rivera
When her vicious tía, Catrina, seizes the throne of Devil's Alley and sets her sights on the living world, Cece Rios must do everything in her power to stop the bruja queen from taking control of the four elements.
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Skandar and the Chaos Trials
by A. F. Steadman
For their third year of training, Skandar and his friends must complete a series of terrifying trials that pushes them to the limit, while Skandar's sister, Kenna, puts the island of Eyrie in danger, forcing Skandar to decide where his loyalties lie.
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Momo Arashima Breaks the Mirror of the Sun
by Misa Sugiura
When a group of popular kids disappears, Momo must steal the legendary Mirror of the Sun to defeat Tamamo-no-mae, the ultimate mean-girl of the Kami-verse, while grappling with the growing power connecting her with her storm god grandfather and her greatest foe.
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Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
by Angie Thomas
It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool - like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much - like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events launch Nic and two friends on a hunt for a powerful magic tool she's never heard of...to save her father from imprisonment for a crime she refuses to believe he committed.
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Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea
by Pari Thomson
Eager to rescue her mother and the missing Botanists, Daisy's next adventure finds her at sea in search of the lost city of Iffenwild, where green magic runs deep.
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Finally Heard
by Kelly Yang
When her mom's video on social media takes off, 10-year-old Lina Gao sets out to go viral herself but discovers there's a lot more to social media than she ever imagined and must find the courage to be her authentic self in this fast-paced world.
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