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The Invincible Girls Club: Home Sweet Forever Home
by Rachele Alpine
While volunteering at an animal shelter, Lauren and her three best friends--Ruby, Myka, and Emelyn--plan a cupcake adoption event to help older dogs find a home, but the big day does not go as planned.
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The One and Only Ruby
by Katherine Applegate
In this novel-in-verse, which picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
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The Frindle Files
by Andrew Clements
Josh is a serious gamer which is why he and his friends can't stand Mr. N's class. It's a strict no-tech zone. Mr. N makes them write everything out by hand, he won't use a Smartboard, and he's obsessed with some hundred-year-old grammar book. Then Josh discovers a secret; turns out Mr. N's been keeping a lot more than technology from his students! Together with his best friend Vanessa, and using all the computer skills they've got, Josh is determined to solve the mystery of Mr. N's past. And maybe get some screentime back, too?
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The Puppets of Spelhorst
by Kate DiCamillo
Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room in the home of two little girls, the truth is more astonishing than any of them could have imagined.
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Into the Dark Forest
by Liz Flanagan
When war threatens her city, Rowan and her mother flee to the Dark Forest. There she meets a grandfather she didn't know existed and his wolf, Arto. When Rowan rescues a baby dragon from poachers, she discovers the secret of her own identity. Like her grandfather, she's a wildsmith, who can speak to magical animals. But the poachers will do anything to capture the dragons. Can Rowan, her grandfather, and their friends protect the dragons--and the forest?
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The Good Sports League: The Ultimate Goal
by Tommy Greenwald
Ten-year-old Ben Cutler loves soccer, and he likes to have fun while playing too, but when he joins a travel team that takes winning very seriously, he starts to wonder if there is more to the game than just getting a W.
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Felix Powell, Boy Dog
by Erin Entrada Kelly
In this funny middle grade novel about friendship, family, and animals, Felix Powell is magically transformed from a boy into a dog.
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Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey
by Erin Entrada Kelly
In her small Louisiana town, Marisol Rainey, who has a big imagination but is afraid of adventure and fun, must find a way to salvage her summer with her best friend and “maybe” find the courage to try new things.
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The Timekeepers: The Ancient Olympics
by SJ King
When the villainous Time Pirate DeLay attempts to sabotage the very first Olympic Games, the Timekeepers, a secret organization of kids who keep the course of history on track, are transported back to Ancient Greece to foil his plans.
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Theodora Hendrix and the Monstrous League of Monsters
by Jordan Kopy
Raised by a zombie and his cat companion, 10-year-old Theodora will do anything to protect her monster foster family from discovery when someone threatens to reveal the secret of her caretaker's identity.
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The Tinkerers: Forces of Nature
by Patricia Lakin
Roscoe the raccoon happily lives alone in a junkyard, but when three visitors come looking for a new home, he discovers he can create more with others than he ever could on his own--and together they can build an environment that is better for everyone.
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The Zach & Zoe Mysteries: The Half-Court Hero
by Mike Lupica
The #1 New York Times best-selling author begins an exciting new chapter book series featuring his trademark sports action and a lovable twin brother-sister duo, Zach and Zoe Walker, who solve sports-related mysteries.
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Tim Possible & the Time-traveling T. Rex
by Axel Maisy
When a time-traveling T-Rex named Oskar lands in Tim's backyard, best friends Tim and Tito embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Along with their new prehistoric pal, they try to save humanity from impending doom.
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Secret Spy Society: The Case of the Musical Mishap
by Veronica Mang
With the help of some of the most enigmatic women in history who worked as spies, Peggy, Rita, and Dot learn how to solve the problems between them in order to solve the case at hand.
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Bob
by Wendy Mass
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, ten-year-old Livy, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
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The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
by Kate McKinnon
From a beloved Saturday Night Live alum comes a madcap adventure about sisters Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee Porch, who don't belong in their snooty town, school, or adoptive family. After getting kicked out of the last etiquette school that would take them, the girls receive a mysterious invitation to a new school under the tutelage of the infamous Millicent Quibb—a mad scientist with worms in her hair and oysters in her bathtub.
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Emma Mckenna, Full Out
by Kate Messner
Determined to make this the best school year ever at the brand-new Curiosity Academy, third-grader Emma McKenna finds her fresh start threatened by the arrival of Lucy, her best-friend-turned-enemy.
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Mystery at the Biltmore: The Vanderhoff Heist
by Colleen Nelson
To prove to her detective parents that she has what it takes to join them on a case, Elodie LaRue begins her own detective agency at her New York apartment. When expensive jewels mysteriously vanish from Mrs. Vanderzoot's apartment, Elodie is tasked with finding the thief. Will Elodie have what it takes to solve the case?
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The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines
by Mo Netz
While staying in the strange town of Slumbering Giant and discovering her missing mother is actually a demon slayer, 11-year-old Jerry ventures into the forbidden woods in her trusty wheelchair to unravel the truth about the town to save her mom.
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Welcome to Stubtoe Elementary
by Travis Nichols
Told in alternating chapters, comics, poems, charts, and activities, this spooktacular story introduces the monsters who have settled down on the quiet island of Creep's Cove, giving readers a peek into the lives of vampires, mummies, gelatinous balls of goo and more!
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Katt vs. Dogg
by James Patterson
A rambunctious Dogg Scout and an ambitiously clever katt, raised to believe that they are supposed to despise one another, are forced to overcome their differences when they become lost in the woods and must rely on each other to get home.
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At Home in a Faraway Place
by Lynne Rae Perkins
Lissie, her dad, and her grandmother travel to Guatemala to visit her dad's high school friend. Soon Lissie is embracing new discoveries and experiencing almost disasters in a story of empathy, friendship, discovery, and the life-changing epiphanies of travel.
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Trouble finds Plum!
by Matt Phelan
When the Athensville Zoo is overrun by rowdy and rude raccoons, Plum devises a plan to save his beloved home and makes a few new friends at the same time.
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The Story of Gumluck the Wizard
by Adam Rex
Gumluck, a young, naive wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with the help of his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica.
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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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Bibsy Cross and the Bad Apple
by Liz Garton Scanlon
Precocious eight-year-old Bibsy navigates a relationship with a teacher who thinks she talks too much.
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Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie War
by Matthew Swanson
When best friends Ben and Janet both run for student council and become rivals, they find their legendary friendship put to the test. To make things right, they must expose a conspiracy, take down the mean girl and focus on what's most important—each other.
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The Nguyen Kids: The Secret of the Jade Bangle
by Linda Trinh
Organized and introspective nine-year-old Anne Nguyen misses her Grandma Nãòoi, a lot. But even though Grandma Nãòoi passed away, it doesn't mean she's disappeared. When Anne and her younger siblings Jacob and Liz are given gifts passed on to them by Grandma, Anne soon realizes that hers--a beautiful jade bangle--has a secret power. One that might just give her the strength to stand up to her ballet teacher, who treats her differently than her white classmates, and embrace her Vietnamese identity through cooking Grandma's recipes. No matter how difficult things get, Anne learns that the love of her ancestors is always with her.
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