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Jojo vs. middle school
McCullough, Joy, author.
Despite her careful planning, eleven-year-old Jojo's first day of middle school unravels after an outfit mishap, caused by her cat-fluencer stepdad's new kitten, but as she tries hiding her embarrassment, she finds solace in new friends.....
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What fell from the sky
Cuevas, Adrianna, author.
All Pineda Matlage wants is to get through the school year and maybe pull an epic prank or two with his friends Junior, Ernesto, and Patsy. But class is disrupted when a slew of American soldiers descends upon their rural Texan town of Soledad. They’ll be carrying out a training exercise and taking over everything, from Pineda’s school to the local government. But Pineda knows why they’re really here. For days he’s hidden the strange creature who fell from the sky in his parents’ barn. He promised her he’d find her family and help them return home. But with soldiers now on every street corner and armed checkpoints across every road, reuniting his new friend with her missing parents seems an impossible task. Especially when they realize that the army’s presence is really a coverup for capturing his alien friends―being observed in a laboratory by the US government for reasons of their own. Enlisting the help of his friends, a Black soldier adjusting to a newly integrated army, and townspeople tired of the military’s destructive presence, Pineda and all of Soledad will embark on an adventure none of them could have ever expected.....
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The doomsday vault
Wheeler, Thomas, author.
When Bertie Wells accidentally creates a black hole in 1878, he travels to 2022 to attend a special school, where he teams up with Zoe Fuentes and Amelia da Vinci to navigate a year filled with time paradoxes, a missing dean, and a mysterious intergalactic secret society.....
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As you wish
Jones, Nashae, author.
After feelings for her best friend Deve become complicated, thirteen-year-old African American Birdie makes a wish with a West African trickster god that goes awry.....
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On thin ice
Kim, Jessica, 1980- author.
Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-old fraternal twins Phoebe and Dexter reluctantly partner up for Phoebe's figure skating competition when Dexter is cut from the hockey team.....
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Away : an alone novel
Freeman, Megan E., author.
Told from multiple points of view, four kids relocated to the same evacuation camp investigate the mysterious threat that forced the large-scale exodus.....
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The forgotten magic of Zoey Turner
Stewart, Erin, 1982- author.
Since her father died Zoey Turner has been subject to panic attacks, but she also has a magic pencil that turns the stories she writes into reality, but the stories can go sideways, and Zoey can not control them until she faces her anxieties.....
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At home in a faraway place
Perkins, Lynne Rae, author, illustrator.
Lissie, her dad, and her grandmother travel “to a faraway place, in a different part of the world” in this short illustrated novel. Their destination is Guatemala, where Raúl — Dad’s friend from high school — and his family live. Lissie doesn’t know how to speak Spanish, and initially the world is cloaked in mystery. But Lissie is a fearless explorer, both of language and new places, and soon she is embracing the sights and sounds, the delicious foods, the family stories and history, and the people she encounters. There are memorable discoveries and almost disasters, but mostly there are new friends—including a forever friend named Flory—who Lissie hopes she will meet again one day. A gorgeous book about the joys and rewards of opening yourself up to new experiences. Illustrated in black and white throughout by the author.....
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The strongest heart
Faruqi, Saadia, author.
Mo got used to tuning out his father's rage, and after mama leaves, Mo and Abbu move to Texas to live with family, but as Mo starts to see a future, he knows the monster within his father can come anytime.....
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Yellowstone sabotage
Fulton, C. R., author.
The Campground Kids are ready for their next adventure backcountry camping at Yellowstone National Park. Expecting a peaceful sightseeing vacation, the kids quickly realize this trip is far from relaxing. They suddenly find themselves stranded in the park, threatened by grizzlies and bison. To top this off, the kids run into a scientist named Dr.Y who needs their help. When they learn Dr. Y’s equipment is mysteriously missing, Isaiah, Sadie, and Ethan eagerly jump to his aid. During their search, the kids find a peculiar boot print next to one of his stations. This discovery sparks the question of the real reason behind the lost equipment. Was this the help of a concerned tourist, or is there a saboteur in their midst? ....
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It watches in the dark
Strand, Jeff, author.
Twins Oliver and Trisha are on a canoe trip with their dad when a freak accident leaves their father badly injured. With no cell phone reception, their only choice is to continue down river and hope to find civilization. And they do--in a small village. Except the people there behave strangely, and weirdest of all is the giant scarecrow in the village square. The townspeople seem nervous -- obsessed -- with the scarecrow. 'He watches over us,' the twins are told. 'He keeps us safe.' An old woman whispers to the twins that they should not, under any circumstances, spend the night in the village. Not if they ever want to leave. But with the sun soon to set and their father at the medical center, can they escape? And if not, can they survive?....
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A wolf called Fire
Parry, Rosanne, author.
When an enemy pack attacks, Warm, the smallest wolf in the pack, is left alone to defend and feed four pups.....
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The vanished ones
Lucas, Chad, author.
When boys start disappearing from a mysterious island monastery, Darian and his friend Micah's covert investigation reveals secrets of the Order that leave them questioning their faith.....
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