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Series
Books of Ember volume 3
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
While visiting the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina, eleven-year-old Nickie makes some decisions about how to identify both good and evil when she witnesses the townspeople's reactions to the apocalyptic visions of one of their neighbors.
3) The bad seed
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Series
Language
English
Description
With Jory John's charming and endearing text and bold expressive illustrations by Pete Oswald, here is The Bad Seed: a funny yet touching tale that reminds us of the remarkably transformative power of will, acceptance, and just being you. Perfect for young readers, as well as anyone navigating their current world, The Bad Seed proves that positive change is possible for each and every one of us.
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Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 2
Language
English
Description
Second-grade witch Heidi Heckelbeck wants revenge against Melanie, the meanest girl in school, so she decides to cast a forgetting spell on her right before the start of the school play.
5) Someone new
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Series
Language
English
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When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
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Junie B. Jones series volume 5
Language
English
Description
Junie, a spunky, sometimes exasperating kindergartener, looks forward to winning lots of prizes at the school carnival, but a fruit cake was not exactly what she had in mind.
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Language
English
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Banned Book Week
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Jewish Heritage Month - Juvenile/Middle Grade
TIME Magazine Best YA Reads
If You Like Anne of Green Gables, Read These!
Jewish Heritage Month - Juvenile/Middle Grade
TIME Magazine Best YA Reads
Description
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
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Series
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle volume 3
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is back with special cures for the not truthful, the pet forgetter, the fraidy-cat, the destructive child, and the child who continually says, "I can't find it."
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Series
Magic misfits volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
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Series
Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 2
Language
English
Description
A young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead, so he gets angry and makes a mess at the store.
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Series
Fudge books volume 2
Language
English
Description
A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y., is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to admit.
12) 13 gifts
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Series
Willow Falls series volume 3
Language
English
Description
Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, shy and withdrawn Tara is sent to stay with her aunt, uncle, and cousin in her parents' hometown of Willow Falls, where she makes friends and becomes involved with an elderly buyer and seller of collectibles, who seems to be trying to give Tara some kind of mysterious message.
14) Dry
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A lengthy California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, turning Alyssa's quiet suburban street into a warzone, and she is forced to make impossible choices if she and her brother are to survive.
15) I, Claudia
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Over the course of her high school years, awkward Claudia McCarthy finds herself unwittingly drawn into the dark side of her school's student government, with dire consequences.
16) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"--
20) Lu
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"--
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