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2) Tune it out
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Twelve-year-old Lou Montgomery's life has been centered on her mother's terrifying plan to make her a singing star, but a crisis reveals Lou's sensory processing disorder and people determined to help her address it.
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"After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school! And Mia's own plans to be a big writer are . . . stuck....
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Built-In Besties or Baddies: Siblings in YA Books
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Nashville Reads 2024 | The Works of Jason Reynolds
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High School Project Lit Titles
Nashville Reads 2024 | The Works of Jason Reynolds
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There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone already dead. Dead by teenage gun violence. And each has something to share with Will.
6) Patina
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Nashville Reads 2024 | The Works of Jason Reynolds
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Nashville Reads 2024 | The Works of Jason Reynolds
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"A newbie to the track team, Patina 'Patty' Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--Provided by the publisher.
10) New from here
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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors for Kids
Middle School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
Summer Reading Committee's Recommended Reads
Middle School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
Summer Reading Committee's Recommended Reads
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Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
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Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.
15) Rosetown
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In 1972, Flora Smallwood, nine, copes with her parents' separation with the help of her friends, Yury and Nessie, a new pet, and the familiar routines of life in Rosetown, Indiana.
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The CIA forces twelve-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Thorne, a rebellious genius, to use her code-breaking skills on an epic global chase to locate Einstein's last equation before dangerous agents discover it and unlock the solution to harnessing energy.--
17) Ghost Hawk
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At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.
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Adventure Books for Kids
Fun Family Read-Alouds for 2nd Grade and Older
Middle School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
Mysteries for Kids
Fun Family Read-Alouds for 2nd Grade and Older
Middle School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
Mysteries for Kids
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When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run "from" somewhere, she wants to run "to" somewhere -- to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing that her younger brother Jamie has money and thus can help her with a serious cash-flow problem, she invites him along. Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie find...
19) The lightcasters
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"Twelve-year-old Mia McKenna and her family live in perpetual night in the town of Nubis, and when a mysterious cult storms her hometown and captures all the umbra tamers and their mystical, powerful creatures made of shadow and starlight, Mia and her brother, Lucas, are the city's only hope of survival"--