"In a magical modern-day Savannah, twelve-year-old witch Issa Igwe must find a way to turn back time and save her parents from a terrible fate she may have unintentionally conjured"--
"Una Wexford is thrilled to be adopted after the great war, but an eerie secret lurks in her new home - a life sized animated copy of herself. Is 'Ani' as innocent as she seems or does she want to steal Una's new family - and her life?"--Provided by publisher.
"All it took was one majestic frog and a love brew gone wrong-and faster than you can say ribbit, Misha got expelled...again. Things aren't much better back home. A rival tea shop opens across the street, and rumors spread that the Dayaans' tea is cursed....
"Lola Reyes doesn't want to leave Guatemala, a place full of warmth and sun, laughter and music--where her abuela and prima and tíos and tías surround her with love. Back in Sunnyside, it's cold. There's schoolwork and chores. And her mama transforms into...
"When everything goes wrong on Sal's first day of school, her family and friends lovingly remind her that adjusting to change takes time."--Provided by publisher.
"Melanie "Mel" Roberts is sensitive, bookish, and Muscogee-Odawa. Ray Halfmoon is upbeat, artistic, and Cherokee-Seminole. They may be from different Indigenous Nations, but the friends have become like siblings since their families moved in together. And they...
"When his best friend Elijah disappears at a magical boarding school, Jaden uses his newly acquired powers to find him and save the world from a sinister force that threatens to destroy it."--Provided by publisher.
When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful.
"Zenith and her friends may be dead--but lucky for them, even getting ghosted wasn't enough to tear them apart. The four of them were thick as thieves long before an unfortunate lab accident sent them careening into the afterlife. So when they hear about a...
"Mallory hasn't quite adapted to life in her new town of Eastport yet. Maybe it's because everyone is obsessed with keeping the town's reputation as the most cursed town in the US. And thanks to the nightmares she's had since arriving, Mallory hardly sleeps....
"Commanded by the magical artifact known as the Dragon's Eye, junior con artist Callan and his friends are eagerly reaching the end of the epic quest that will finally free him from the Eye's sinister hold. But their final task is their most ambitious:...
"For twelve-year-old Nox Winters, the town of Evergreen isn't home--it's a tourist trap in middle-of-nowhere Maine for amateur cryptozoologists hoping to spot its infamous legend, a batlike creature known as the Evergreen Devil. But his twin brother, Noah, has...
"Twelve-year-old Cassie and her companions embark on a mission to rescue Albert from the vengeful dragon King Vayne and learn more about the prophecy that is putting Albert in danger."--Provided by publisher.
"Cassie King's father has died, her mother has retreated into herself, away from reality, and her best friend has abandoned her for the in crowd, so when she and her sort-of friend, Joe, find a kitten during an intense electrical storm, Cassie is determined to...
"Explore the Hundred Acre Wood with everyone's favorite bear-of-little-brain, Winnie-the-Pooh! In this children's classic that has captured imaginations for the past century, meet Pooh, Christopher Robin, and the other residents of the forest, including timid...
"Pippi Longstocking lives in Villa Villekulla with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in her village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a little girl should, but Pippi has other ideas. She would much rather...
"Once upon a scary time. Thirty years ago, Harold Biddle died in a tragic accident. Now the teenage kids of Harold's classmates are determined to find out what really happened to him all those years ago as long as Harold's spirit doesn't exact his revenge...
"Change isn't anything new to Riley Andersen. When she was eleven years old, she and her parents moved across the country from Minnesota to San Francisco. But through it all, Riley's Emotions--Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear--guided and supported her....
"Thirteen-year-old Ellie finds herself faced with first love and learning to let go as her friendship with best friend Bert starts to turn into something more, and her beloved grandfather loses his battle with Alzheimer's disease"--
"Anushka is furious. As princess of an Indian kingdom, she has watched the British East India Company take land and her family's most divine jewel--an emerald the size of an apple. So when her father, the Maharaja decides to visit Queen Victoria at Buckingham...
"Frank and Joe travel to Philadelphia where they intend to prevent an attack on an extreme sports contest called the Big Air Games."--Provided by publisher.
"Nina Peanut is in the running to be Class Captain, and of course her main rival is mean girl Megan Dunne, who is taking every chance to sabotage Nina. Plus Nina and Brian have turned ghost hunters and detectives extraordinaire as they investigate the mystery...
"Lulu Whifferton-Rear loves to mind her own badgery business, but when she discovers that important humans are actually BOPs (Badger Operated Persons), she is thrust into the world of Rumpington Academy of Badgering. There, her catastrophic training leads to...
"Philo longs for freedom and adventure, and he most certainly gets it when he lands in the strangest of lands: a place where nothing makes sense, a place packed with riddles and paradoxes. Will Philo ever make it home? Will he make sense of the conundrums that...
"Trey knows the drill: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there's the con, where Trey's dad suckers the other parents into investing in one of his schemes. Once the money's in...
"Twelve-year-old Poppy meets a water nymph and exchanges her favorite book for a lion, but her deal has unexpected consequences that Poppy must fight to correct."--Publisher.
"As twelve-year-old chess prodigy Milo Bloom grapples with the anxiety that's ruining his game, the last thing he needs is for a brand-new half sister to show up at his door. Twelve-year old chess prodigy Milo Bloom has lost the zone, that magical place his...
"When a massive Festival of Ships sails into their town, the Peaches dive into the action, including a search for the missing World's Largest Rubber Duck"--
"The McCready sisters have just settled into their new home on Pine Island when they get word that an unwelcome houseguest is coming to visit for months."--Provided by publisher.
"Carter and his older sister Grace thought the hike with their dad and their dog would be uneventful. If anything, they figured it was Dad's way of getting them off their screens for a while. But the hike on Blood Mountain turns ominous, as the siblings are...
"When twelve-year-old African American Jackson Freeman is forced to move from Raleigh, North Carolina to Chicago he finds himself suddenly in a world of talking glasses and clocks, magical inheritance, and daredevil train porters in a fight against a...
"A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters."--Provided by publisher.
"After moving to California, seventh-grader Devin is afraid she will not make the soccer team but finds, instead, a team is so bad that she is compelled to take the lead and turn it into something the players and coach can all be proud of."--Provided by...
"A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers."--Publisher.
"Bright Dawn must face the challenge of the Iditarod dog sled race alone when her father is injured."--Provided by publisher.
"Twelve-year-old Alex Sherlock, his thirteen-year-old sister Zoe, and their friends Lina and Yadi decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many 'cold cases' their grandfather accumulated during his years as a reporter -- first up, Al Capone and...
"Twelve-year old Black girl Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era and the beginning of the Great Migration."--Publisher.
"During a hiking trip with their parents in the mountains of California, cousins Owen, Vivian, and Amy are finally allowed to camp for one night at a little lake all on their own. But when a massive earthquake blocks their return path, there's only one way...
"Grace Shaw is thrilled when she wins the lead role in her school play, Snow White, until she realizes she'll have to kiss Prince Charming ... on the lips! Grace has never been kissed, so her two friends create Operation Pucker Up, a plan for Grace to score a...
"Twelve-year-old Wednesday discovers she is not the only one at her new school who can see ghosts."--Provided by publisher.
"Chloe Alvarez has never been to the reading of a last will and testament before, but she hopes it is just like the movies. Lies! Intrigue! The reading of her Uncle Will's will is standard, until he announces his gift for Chloe: his African grey parrot,...
"Ten-year-old Beatrice makes some incredible wishes in an attempt to deal with grief and loss."--Publisher.
"Holly Foster knows better than to get attached to people and places. Yet, when she is sent to her uncle's house in Arden, Vermont, she finds herself drawn into a fight to protect a grove of trees from being torn down"--Publisher.
"Five kids across centuries recount the history of Cleopatra's Needle, from its construction in ancient Egypt to moving it across the ocean to New York city in the 19th century"--
"A secret DNA test reveals the shocking truth: Dessie and Donna are identical twins, adopted from the same orphanage in China, then separated into two different families: one white, the other Taiwanese American."--Publisher.
"Molly Teng sees things no one else can. By touching the belongings of people who have died, she gets brief glimpses into the lives they lived. Sometimes the "zaps" are funny or random, but often they leave her feeling sad, drained, and lonely. The last thing...
"Piper Franklin has big plans. First, she'll win the Academic Decathlon with her best friend, Tallulah. Then, she'll finish her life's work: Metaphorical Math. And in the meantime, she and Tallulah will maintain their secret, El Jardin Muerto. Nothing can stop...
"When she attains the ability to hear what boys are thinking, Clara hopes her newfound powers will reverse her ex-best friend's betrayal but ends up making a mess of everything and must fix her mistakes as she tries to figure out old friendships and new...
"Jake has a 'new' boat, but when Jake, Macon, and Lovie, go fishing the engine dies, and they end up shipwrecked on a small, uninhabited island far from Dewees, struggling to survive while hoping for rescue."--Publisher.
"When sixteen-year-old Keeper Chance receives an invitation to join E.V.I.L., a society of villains, he embarks on a journey of low-grade villainy until members begin to disappear and Keeper races against time to save his newfound friends and uncover his true...
"If you ask Delphinia Baker, she'd tell you she has all the family she needs. Sure, her mom passed away when she was young, her dad is often away on deployment, but even though Del has never had anyone she can call her people, she has always had her...
"This was not the Friday night they had planned... Chloe, Avery and Madison can't wait to camp out in the backyard. It will be a night of telling scary stories and trading secrets while roasting marshmallows. Elijah, the kid next door, keeps trying to prank...
"Everyone in Whispering Pines knows their town is full of ghosts, but Helena Novak hasn't seen a trace of her late grandmother, Babi. Helena and her best friend, Ben, spend most of their free time in the cemetery, yet no amount of gifts on Babi's grave has...
"Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about politics - all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm. But...
"Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run; he dreams that one day he will be a gold-medal-winning athlete, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take Solomon to Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, Solomon...
"Ten-year-old Ike Carter has committed large chunks of American history to memory. That's what happens when you're a genius who loves the past. His twin, Iris, prefers the present (aka reality). She's an elite athlete, dominating the competition thanks to her...
"Twelve-year-old orphan Eva Root travels to the great World's Fair in Chicago where she discovers her magical abilities and becomes entangled in a sinister plan."--Provided by publisher.
"Plagued by forgotten memories and cryptic notes, Zenith Maelstrom catches his sister sneaking back to the bag in the basement and follows her on a perilous journey to confront their past mistakes in the surreal realm of GrahBhag, as they striving to protect...
"Bee wanted to spend the summer reading Betsy Chillers books and exploring the new spooky theme park with her best friend. Instead, she's spending the summer trapped at Storm Lake with her too loud, too thrifty, and too Indian family. Luckily, Bee finds a...
"In the summer of 1983, kids of Far Flung Falls are disappearing one by one, including Molly's brother, so aided by a crew of unusually determined pets, Molly sets off to find her brother and discover who the mastermind is behind the abductions"--OCLC.
"The mystery of the giant brother-stealing robot may have been solved, but a new set of troubles for Molly and her friends has just begun. Strange things are happening once again in Far Flung Falls. Where have all the pets gone? And who--or what--is behind the...
"Every four years, the Twelve Towns gather for a legendary magical tournament--the Golden Frog Games. With Ravenskill hosting this year's games, all eyes are on Seven Salazar, Valley Pepperhorn and Thorn Laroux: the most famous Spares in the Twelve Towns....
When Lady Gretchen is abducted by the werelion Prince Lucas, Drew and his friends embark on a perilous chase to stop the prince from fleeing with her, but as they encounter terrifying new werelords, Drew must summon all his courage and strength to defeat the...
"In 1942 sixteen-year-old Chaya Lindner is a Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Poland, a courier who smuggles food and documents to the isolated Jewish ghettos in southern Poland, depending on her forged papers and "Aryan" features--but when a mission goes...
"Marion's life is anything but ordinary. The daughter of the principal, Captain Neitenstein, she is the only girl aboard a magnificent floating boys' school, anchored permanently in Sydney Harbour in the late 1800s. Her best friend has boarded a steamship to...
"Tessa Miyata has never fit in. When she and her two sisters are told they will be staying at their grandparents in Japan, Tessa is thrilled. A summer in Japan could be her chance to go on an adventure worthy of impressing her classmates back home. Her hopes...
"Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor."--Provided by publisher.
"Prepare to visit the darkest and most chilling corners of Hawkins. Dustin, Lucas, Max, and their friends want to rent videos one night. But when a blackout changes their plans, they swap seven twisted tales based on their hometown. What secrets lurk in an old...
"Tony likes spending time with his friends Rudolph and Rudolph's little sister, Anna, and he doesn't mind if Anna wants to be his girlfriend. But things get a little complicated when Rudolph's fearsome Great-Aunt Dorothy introduces him to the creepy young...
"Myung-gi knows war is coming: War between North and South Korea. Life in communist North Korea has become more and more unbearable--there is no freedom of speech, movement, association, or thought--and his parents have been carefully planning the family's...
"Twelve-year-old Barbadian Josephine encounters a strange figure who resembles the fearsome Heartman who steals children's hearts, while also dealing with the odd behavior of her best friend."--Provided by publisher.
"When twelve-year-old Elwood develops the ability to see ghosts, he sets out on a journey with two friends to find his brother Noah's apparition."--Provided by publisher.
"Soccer star Kristy Barrett, a thirteen-year-old who dreams of playing for the women's Olympic team, faces an identity crisis and struggles with pain and panic attacks after a severe concussion sidelines her."--Provided by publisher.
"Award-winning author Amber McBride explores being young and Black in America in this middle-grade novel about a boy dealing with his mother's descent into early-onset dementia, set amid the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s."--Provided by publisher.
"Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse- keepers -- and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking."--
"In 1939 North Carolina, an all-Black baseball team "trespasses" on the whites-only baseball field, and the resulting racial outrage can only be resolved on the mound."--Provided by publisher.
"Almost-eleven-year-old Josephine is NOT pleased to be moving into the Happy World trailer park over the summer of 1974. She misses her beautiful bedroom with ballerinas on the wall and her pretty, well-dressed friends. Happy World isn't happy. It's dingy and...
"After being abandoned by her mother in an amusement park, twelve-year-old Mouse is determined to secretly live in the park on her own, even though getting caught could mean saving her life"--
"Aggie and Jac might be twin sisters, but lately they haven't felt the same about anything. While Jac is excited about their move to Los Angeles and a chance to seem cool and mysterious, Aggie is worried her new locker won't open, that Jac could make new...
"This beautiful novel in verse explores one girl's struggle to regain her magic after a hurricane forces her to move away from her beloved ocean that, she believes, has given her special powers. Bighearted and observant twelve-year-old Murray O'Shea loves the...
"Lars, a dog, and Bangor, a harbor porpoise, are best friends in Ogunquit, Maine, when an otter named Marina arrives and takes center stage."--Provided by publisher.
"A dog walking venture helps thirteen-year-old Louis, who would rather kick back than stand out, learn how to be a friend."--Provided by publisher.
"Abeni, a reluctant magical apprentice, sets out with a team of spirit kids to save her village from the evil Witch Priest who captured everyone and marched them off toward ghost ships bound for distant lands."--Provided by publisher.
"Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa's eye. When Joey was sent away to be a warhorse in the First World War, Grandpa joined the cavalry in order to find Joey and fight with him. Farm Boy brings us forward fifty years, as...
"A lost, invisible child finds a group of kids putting on a play and warns them about the dangers lurking in their town."--Provided by publisher.
"Zeke Stahls is not the best kid in the world. Some days he struggles just to be good . He'd rather be pulling pranks than doing extra credit, and he's too busy performing experiments on his little brother, Nate, or tormenting his older sister, Jackie, to...
"Kid-reporter CJ Delaney stumbles on the scoop of a lifetime when strange, spooky things start happening around her small town"--
"Germany, 1945. Elizabeth, Karli and their mother are in Dresden when the Allied bombs begin to fall. Their home is destroyed, they must flee the ruined city through the perilous, snow-covered landscape, all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are...
"In this collection of short stories is a poignant tale about civil war, where a young girl hides from enemy soldiers in a public toilet; a haunting story of a little girl swept out to sea while collecting cowrie shells; and the moving account of two brothers,...
After renting a hot air balloon in France, a storm hits, blowing you off course over the Meditterranean to the Sahara! You and your friends must take control of your destiny to avoid dangers, death, or space aliens.
"The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger."--Provided by publisher.
"In Oz, children with magical powers are sent to academies to learn how to use their magic for good--but those who step out of line in any way are sent to the School for Wicked Witches, an institute that claims its goal is to reform young witches, but in...
"Two years after her parents' surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find themselves on the 100-mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail along Lake Superior's north shore--a journey that Jo had always looked forward to hiking with her dad....
"Raam Patel is eager to prove himself ever since he didn't make the middle school's basketball team. So, when Hoop Con comes to town he is determined to be there and take his shot. His big moment proves to be unforgettable... but not in the way he'd hoped....
"T's been months since Levi and Kat rescued their town's forgotten children. But then a bizarre blizzard hits, trapping the kids in school. And something is roaming the darkened halls. Something ... hungry. Can a small group of student survivors uncover the...
"Fayson and her friends are back together and ready for their toughest case yet - someone is sending anonymous emails accusing the detective agency of being a nuisance to the island! But when they discover an abandoned boat with two wet lifejackets on board,...
"Forced to work for her aunt like a modern-day Cinderella, twelve-year-old Zarra Nuraman thinks her life is awful until one day her fairy 'godmother' turns up and kidnaps Zarra's baby cousin. Zarra follows her cousin and ends up in Kayangan - a parallel...
"Born under the same solstice sky thirteen years ago, Fia and her snow deer Solas have always had a powerful and unbreakable connection. But as Fia's village face a seemingly eternal winter, they turn their sights to Solas and an ancient prophecy that promises...
"Students at a biosphere laboratory discover a mysterious creature in one of the habitats and investigate its origins"--
"After surviving a holiday to Italy without his parents (which included jellyfish and giant watermelons), Stan reckons he deserves a bit of a break. Or at a least a break in between trying to act in his school play. But when he's offered the chance to take a...
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