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December 2, 2024 · In: 18th

Whitesides, Tyler – Trials of the Trash

Three young garbologists must defend the world from new magical trash creations. Landon Murphy never imagined he would spend his summer battling the animated trash monster known as the Megalajunk,…

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November 19, 2024 · In: 18th

Jolley, Mary Locke – Next, The Necromancer

Secrets and tragedy loom over Enchanted Gorge Ranch… Ellie, Liam, and Abe are back at Enchanted Gorge Ranch and safe from the Alchemist. Or are they? Ellie gets sick every…

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November 13, 2024 · In: 18th

Wilson, Gaylene – Taffy Nackman’s Guide on How to be a Star

Sure, Muckbury Springs is a Podunk place in the middle of nowhere, but 12-year-old Taffy Nackman has big dreams.And a plan! And once she lands the leading role in The Phantom…

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November 7, 2024 · In: 18th

Hanson, Steve Dunn – Peter and the Amulet

Okay, so it’s 1953 in St. Louis and I’ve just come here from Willow, Idaho (I know…you never heard of it) and I’m about as in with the other kids…

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October 24, 2024 · In: 18th

Grantham, Tamara – Judah Starweaver and the Way of Dragons

Rule one on the Intergalactic Dragon’s Highway: never tell anyone your name.Rule two: if anyone learns your name—run. This has been thirteen-year-old Judah Starweaver’s rule for as long as he…

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October 24, 2024 · In: 18th

Méndez, Yamile Saied – The Beautiful Game

At thirteen years old, Valeria “Magic” Salomón is already the best soccer player her town has ever seen. She has talent in spades and an abuelo whose tough-love coaching and…

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October 24, 2024 · In: 18th

Savage, J. Scott – Quantum Interstellar Sports League

The Last Kids on Earth meets Space Jam in this hilarious illustrated novel about football, aliens, and friendship! Welcome to the Quantum Interstellar Sports League, where humans and aliens play football for the…

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October 24, 2024 · In: 18th

Allen, Sarah – Monster Tree

Something evil is growing . . . Linus used to be an artist, like his dad. Now his father is gone, and Linus’s mom has moved them to the other…

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October 24, 2024 · In: 18th

Savage, J. Scott – Graysen Foxx and the Curse of the Illuminerdy*

Graysen Foxx must use his extraordinary detective skills to solve the strange, mind-bending clues of the Illuminerdy—a secret society of school nerds who guard a powerful treasure. Graysen Foxx is…

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October 11, 2024 · In: 18th

Cole, Frank L. – The Legend of the Last Library

What if you lived in a world without books? After a devastating Blight killed off all the trees, paper is worth more than just about anything. Juni’s parents died when…

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October 11, 2024 · In: 18th

Cooley, Shannon – The Lawnmonsters

Bryce has one summer to prove he’s responsible. Then he accidentally brings the lawnmower to life. He tries to hide his mistake by starting a mowing business, but the hungry…

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October 11, 2024 · In: 18th

Collings, Michaelbrent – Grimmworld: The Witch in the Woods

Strange and terrifying things are suddenly happening in a mysterious town where people are disappearing and changing into characters from the Grimm fairy tales. Twins Willow and Jake Grimm are…

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October 2, 2024 · In: 18th

Wright, Jason F. – Scar Dakota

Shane Dakota’s world is falling to pieces. He’s just moved over Christmas break from North Carolina to the very strange mountain land of Utah. Suddenly Shane’s grandparents are raising him and…

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September 25, 2024 · In: 18th

Nielsen, Jennifer A. – Uprising

Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather’s house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi cross on each wing. Before the bombs hit the ground, Lidia realizes her life is about…

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September 25, 2024 · In: 18th

Rivera, Kaela – Cece Rios and the Queen of Brujas

Cece Rios and her friends have escaped Devil’s Alley, but the fight to save their world is just beginning. Despite her growing comfort with her curandera abilities, Cece is worried…

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September 25, 2024 · In: 18th

Swore, Wendy S. – Sleeping Spells and Dragon Scales

Something is wrong with Liam. He collapses during soccer practice, he can’t stay awake in class, and he’s starting to see a ghostly white fox that disappears into smoke. His…

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August 12, 2024 · In: 18th

Campbell, Jill – Ruby Who?

When twelve-year-old Ruby’s Great Aunt Roberta Cornelia drops dead in her flower garden, a stray remark at the funeral from a long-lost relative leads Ruby to suspect she might not…

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November 17, 2023 · In: 17th

Mull, Brandon – The Candy Shop War: Carnival Quest

The Blue Falcons is a secret kid’s club that fights against a family of villainous magicians. Using an impressive arsenal of magical candy, Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon defeated Belinda…

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November 17, 2023 · In: 17th

Swenson, Daniel – Gingersnap! A Redhead’s Guide to Not Being Eaten by a Dragon

Connor is your average eleven-year-old boy with one exception: he believes dragons are real, and that they love to eat redheaed children because they taste like gingersnap cookies. Despite everyone…

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November 8, 2023 · In: 17th

Carter, Molly McNamara – Before

In the not-too-distant future, Leadership controls everything and everyone, and a new regulation threatens to take away 13-year-old Wren’s little brother. Already reeling from her grandmother’s relocation, Wren must give…

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November 8, 2023 · In: 17th

Moore, Heather B. & Merrill, Allison Hong – The Paper Daughters of Chinatown: Young Readers Edition

Based on the true story of two friends who unite to help rescue immigrant women and girls in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 1890s. When Tai Choi leaves her…

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October 15, 2023 · In: 17th

Morris, Chad & Brown, Shelly – Virtually Me*

A mysterious package. A new school. A chance to be someone new. A new virtual reality school where students get a fresh start. The pandemic was rough on everyone, especially…

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October 15, 2023 · In: 17th

Okerlund, Taya & Nathan – Never Lore

All the signs of Fairy’s unraveling were there: a strict rationing of pixie dust; the disappearance of a magical species; a reckless reliance on spies plucked from human orphanages. Annabelle…

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October 10, 2023 · In: 17th

Allen, Sarah – The Nightmare House

Penny Hope used to be brave, but that was before she met the Fear Maker. Years later, he still haunts her dreams―a tall, thin man with red eyes, in a…

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October 3, 2023 · In: 17th

Johnson, Janet Sumner – The Winterton Deception: Final Word

Hope Smith can’t stand rich people—the dictionary magnate family the Wintertons most of all. Not since she and her twin brother, Gordon, learned that their dad was one. So when…

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October 3, 2023 · In: 17th

Allen, C. W. – Tales of the Forgotten Founders

Zed and Tuesday ought to be living the good life. After all, it’s not every day two kids take down an evil dictator and their mom gets put in charge…

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October 3, 2023 · In: 17th

Savage, J. Scott – Graysen Foxx and the Treasure of Principal Redbeard

Join Graysen Foxx on a wild, treasure-hunting adventure! Ordinary Elementary is anything but ordinary. Below the classrooms are winding, abandoned, underground passages filled with lost treasures. Fifth-grader Graysen Foxx, aka…

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September 25, 2023 · In: 17th

Thayer, Mike – The Talent Thief

Tiffany Tudwell is cursed. She once tripped over a backpack and fell face-first into a trashcan. She had pink eye on picture day. One time she tried to hold back…

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September 25, 2023 · In: 17th

Nielsen, Jennifer A. – Iceberg*

Hazel Rothbury is traveling all alone from her home in England aboard the celebrated ship Titanic. Following the untimely death of her father, Hazel’s mother is sending her to the US…

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September 25, 2023 · In: 17th

Hill, Amanda Rawson – Once Upon a Family

12-year-old Winnie feels stuck. She’s alone in a new town with a mom who doesn’t seem to notice how miserable Winnie’s new stepbrother and stepfather make her. One night, when…

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September 6, 2023 · In: 17th

Hartman, Aubrey – The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor

Poppy Woodlock believes in magic, but so far, she hasn’t found any. It’s been two weeks since her parents moved their family to Oregon to undertake their biggest project yet:…

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August 17, 2023 · In: 17th

Smithson, Camille – Ditch the Glitch

Brooklyn Slade believed science wasn’t science without upgrades. Unfortunately, those upgrades almost always ended in glitches. After several embarrassing lab mishaps, Dad transfers Brooklyn to Timberline Elementary School for a…

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August 17, 2023 · In: 17th

Morris, Chad & Brown, Shelly – The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry

Eleven-year-old Juniper Berry lives in a cabin with her family deep in the wild woods. Living off the grid is usually exciting, like the time she chased off three growling…

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August 17, 2023 · In: 17th

Evans, Loralee – Taigh- A Flying Squirrel’s Adventure

Taigh Squirrel loves adventure stories. But painting, reading, and watching moving pictures through the windows of person houses are the closest he thinks he’ll ever get to going on a…

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August 17, 2023 · In: 17th

Jolley, Mary Locke – First, The Conjurer

ELLIE KENWORTHY has accepted her fate as the nerdy middle school loner who practices enchanting in secret. Then a mystic scientist called the Alchemist changes everything when she kidnaps their…

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August 17, 2023 · In: 17th

Vickers, Elaine – Half Moon Summer

Two seventh graders discover it takes more than grit and a good pair of shoes to run 13.1 miles. You’ve got to have a partner who refuses to let you…

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August 17, 2023 · In: 17th

Baldwin, Cindy – No Matter the Distance

An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in this captivating novel in verse by award-winning author and disabled activist Cindy Baldwin….

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August 16, 2023 · In: 17th

Jacobs, Bruce – Zeke Zooter and the Eye of Balor

The Eye of Balor is pure, evil power.She can’t wait to use it. With this magic weapon, Ireland’s Phantom Queen—the Morrigan—will overthrow the Emerald Isle and claim it for her…

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June 7, 2023 · In: 17th

Dewsnup, Abby – Branson Garcia and the Sea of Sceros

Summer, Surfing, and . . . Pirates?Branson Garcia is a good kid. He’s proud of his straight A’s and popular best friends who love to surf almost as much as…

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June 7, 2023 · In: 17th

Carlson, Rebecca J. – The Wizard of Frogsmire

Barley thought he had escaped the clutches of the Dragon of the Deep. . . But now, it seems that Barley is being turned into a dragon again. Desperate to…

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October 27, 2022 · In: 16th

Nielson, Sheila A. – The Ghost of Wyvern Lake

Outsiders say Wyvern is a sleepy little town—they couldn’t be more wrong. Wyvern is filled with the strange and unknown. Things we don’t talk about with outsiders. But among ourselves,…

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October 27, 2022 · In: 16th

Sangster, Caitlin – A Baker’s Guide to Robber Pie

A clever young girl looking for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles into a nest of robbers in this tale baked with magic, fun, and friendship! …

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October 21, 2022 · In: 16th

Hansen, Dustin – Legend of the Dream Giants

An orphaned giant named Berg is in search of just one person he can call friend. When he was very young, Berg’s mother hid him in a cave and led an…

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October 21, 2022 · In: 16th

Sanderson, Brandon & Patterson, Janci – Bastille vs The Evil Librarians

As a Knight of Crystallia, I, Bastille, swore to protect the Smedry clan from the Evil Librarians. (And believe me, screwups like them constantly need protecting.) But when Alcatraz Smedry…

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October 21, 2022 · In: 16th

Cole, Frank L – The Questmaster’s Trap

Hello, Brave Reader: You’re just in time to roll the Die of Destiny and play a game of Champion’s quest. The wizard Questmaster Hob has summoned the Wild Crows on…

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October 21, 2022 · In: 16th

Phelan, Susan – Miss Classified

When Blythe hits 7th Grade, it hits back. She’s always excelled in school, but now she’s struggling, and she can’t join clubs unless her grades are high enough. Her dad expects…

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October 7, 2022 · In: 16th

Leavitt, Lindsey – Willis Wilbur Wows the World

Willis Wilbur has the entire summer in front of him. So it’s time to fulfill his destiny: becoming the neighborhood life coach. Nine-year-old Willis Wilbur had his summer figured out….

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October 7, 2022 · In: 16th

Greer, Brandon J – Liam Lewis and the Summer Camp Curse

Thirteen-year-old Liam Lewis is a troublemaker. When he gets detention on the last day of sixth grade, his parents decide to put a stop to his mischief by signing him…

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October 7, 2022 · In: 16th

Allen, C.W. – The Secret Benefits of Invisibility

For Zed and Tuesday, adjusting to life in modern-meets-medieval Falinnheim means normal is relative. Lots of kids deal with moving, starting new schools, and doing chores. But normally, those schools…

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October 7, 2022 · In: 16th

Costner, Arianne – Confessions of a Class Clown

This middle-school class clown’s hilarious online videos might get thousands of views . . . but is fame worth the price of friendship? A heartfelt story with multiple perspectives about…

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October 4, 2022 · In: 16th

Savage, J Scott – Secrets of the Looking Glass

After returning from Wonderland, Celia and Tyrus journey to the Looking-Glass World to reclaim their mirror images and stop a war between two powerful queens. When a dark creature called…

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October 3, 2022 · In: 16th

Nielsen, Jennifer A. – Lines of Courage

World War I stretches its cruel fingers across Europe, where five young people, each from different backgrounds and nations, face the terror of battle, the deprivations of hunger, and all…

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September 30, 2022 · In: 16th

Hill, Amanda Rawson – The Hope of Elephants

Cass and her parents haven’t let her dad’s cancer stop them from having a good life—full of love and poems and one annual World Series game. Now that Dad’s cancer…

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September 20, 2022 · In: 16th

Smithson, Camille – Dragon Pox

Eleven-year-old Hayden Jones always wanted a pet. Too bad Mom doesn’t think he’s responsible enough. Sure, he’d messed up that one time he brought home a stray cat. He’d given…

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September 12, 2022 · In: 16th

Grantham, Tamara – The Not So Chosen One

When the Chosen Ones are gone, someone’s got to pretend . . . In the kingdom of Alderfell, Gordy Simpleton is a normal thirteen-year-old kid. He washes disgusting dishes, babysits…

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September 9, 2022 · In: 16th

Rivera, Kaela – Cece Rios and the King of Fears

Cece Rios thought saving her sister would be the end of her adventures in the world of criaturas. But part of Juana’s soul is still trapped in Devil’s Alley. As…

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September 2, 2022 · In: 16th

Cooper, Cori – Bake Happy

Cat has this baking thing down! Now that she’s been to the family bakery and knows all about her baking abilities, Cat is baking the world a better place one…

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June 28, 2022 · In: 16th

Clark, Heather – Lemon Drop Falls

Brave the sour to taste the sweet. Morgan is devastated by her mother’s sudden death. Before, Mom’s amazing organizational skills kept the family on track, and her bowl of lemon…

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June 28, 2022 · In: 16th

Evans, Loralee – Woodlands and Wormholes

Best friends Jax and Julie have had more than their share of time travel adventures. From helping Harriet Tubman hide from slave hunters, to taking on street bullies in 1780…

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