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1) Long lost
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Eleven-year-old Fiona resents her family's move to Lost Lake, Massachusetts in order to be closer to her sister's skating club. Feeling ignored and alone, Fiona retreats to the local library where she finds a mystery book that tells a creepy tale tied to the town's lore.
2) Inkheart
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Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
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"A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make you laugh and pump your fists as they start a secret banned books locker...
5) Saving Fable
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Indira Story grew up in Origin, yearning to be the hero of her own story, but after finally being chosen to attend Protagonist Preparatory, she learns that side characters can be heroes, too.
6) Library Lil
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A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well.
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Mr. Lemoncello launches a brand new television show called "Breakout" on the world-famous Kidzapalooza TV network. Kyle wants to audition so badly, but knows only a few will make it through to solve the puzzles, get through the obstacles, and win the ultimate Mr. Lemoncello prize--but maybe, just maybe, he could do it with the help of some friends.
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After his mother's death in 1946, eleven-year-old Langston and his father leave behind their quiet life in Alabama and move to Chicago. Struggling to fit in and missing his mother, Langston finds refuge at the local library where, unlike his library in Alabama, blacks are just as welcome as whites to use. There he discovers the poetry of Langston Hughes and a secret--he was named after this very poet whose work his mother loved.
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"Rafe and Jimmy, two misunderstood "troublemakers", are finally up to something good. They're in charge of a huge celebration of books and reading -- but when a small issue snowballs into a big problem that threatens to derail the whole event, they need to work fast to keep things on track! In this blockbuster installment of the bestselling Middle School series, Rafe and the other favorite characters from James Patterson's books for kids join forces...
11) Inkspell
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When Dustfinger finds a crooked storyteller who can read him back to Inkscape, he leaves his apprentice Farid behind. Farid seeks out Meggie and the two follow him back into the enchanted book. Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters became real.
12) Tome raider
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A thief is prowling the Library of Doom, seeking the all important Vowel Stones, and it is up to the Iron Page to stop him before he gets to the I stone and the Library disappears.
14) The lost page
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After an explosion splits open the Treasure Vaults of the Library a Page seems to be missing, and it is up to the Librarian to find out what happened before the evil Watch-Man turns everything to dust with the Topaz of Time.
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Alex is an apprentice librarian in a kingdom that keeps all the books locked up but doesn't know if it's to keep the books safe from readers or... to keep readers safe from the books! When the royal librarian suspiciously dies, Alex impersonates the old man so the young queen won't know who he really is. She gives the scruffy, obnoxious boy enough time to prove himself-- and enough time for them to learn that the books are more than just powerful,...
19) 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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2022 Teen Services Staff Picks
LGBTQIA+ Chapter Books and Graphic Novels
Middle School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
Summer Reading Committee's Recommended Reads
LGBTQIA+ Chapter Books and Graphic Novels
Middle School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
Summer Reading Committee's Recommended Reads
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"When Donovan left his copy of 'The Adventurers' on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it--much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius. But soon the entire town is freaking out about whether the book's main characters are gay, Donovan's mom is trying to get the book removed from the school curriculum, and Donovan is caught in the middle"--Provided by publisher....