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• The Secret Library

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  Since Grandpa died, Dally’s days are dull and restricted. She’s eleven and a half years old, and her exacting single mother is already preparing her to take over the family business. Starved for adventure and release, Dally rescues a mysterious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Puzzleheart

  Reese, Jenn,

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  Twelve-year-old Perigee has never met a problem they couldn't solve. So when their dad's spirits need raising, Perigee formulates The Plan: a road trip to Dad's childhood home to reunite him with his estranged mother. There's something in it for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Impossible Creatures

  Rundell, Katherine,

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  The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever. It's the day he learned about the Archipelago, a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousands of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Slugfest

  Korman, Gordon,

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  Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School--so good, in fact, that he's already playing on the high school's JV sports teams. Imagine his shock when he learns that his JV practices have kept him from earning a state-mandated credit for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ruby Lost and Found

  Li, Christina,

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  After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's grade, Liam Yeung, starts showing up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne

  Stroud, Jonathan,

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  Scarlett McCain is a shoot-first ask-questions-later kind of outlaw. She scrapes by on bank heists, her wits - and never looking back. She's on the run from her latest crime when she comes across Albert Browne. He is the sole survivor of a horrific…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Mapmaker

  Soontornvat, Christina,

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  As assistant to Mangkon's most celebrated mapmaker, twelve-year-old Sai plays the part of a well-bred young lady with a glittering future. In reality, her father is a conman--and in a kingdom where the status of one's ancestors dictates their social…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Roswell Johnson Saves the World!

  Colfer, Chris, 1990-

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  Eleven-year-old Roswell Johnson is obsessed with conspiracies about extraterrestrial life, an interest he inherited from his late father, who aptly named Roswell after the infamous UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico.  When Roswell…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tegan and Sara

  Junior High

  Quin, Tegan, 1980-

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  From indie-pop twin-sister duo Tegan and Sara comes a contemporary middle grade graphic novel that explores growing up, coming out, and finding yourself through music and sisterhood, perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Sisters. Before Tegan and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sona and the Golden Beasts

  LaRocca, Rajani,

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  Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling class that conquered Devia centuries ago. Malechs forbade music to prevent the native Devans from using their magic, and Sona hides her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Stay Invisible

  Rudd, Maggie,

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  Being alone is something Raymond is used to.Twelve-year-old Raymond Hurley has never had a place to call home. His free-wheeling parents move their family from town to town, and he's living in a trailer in a brand-new state when one day, they just…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alebrijes

  Higuera, Donna Barba,

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  For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel – or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don't last long. 13…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• City Spies

  Ponti, James,

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  Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Malamander

  Taylor, Thomas, 1973-

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  It's winter in the town of Eerie-on-Sea, where the mist is thick and the salt spray is rattling the windows of the Grand Nautilus Hotel. Inside, young Herbert Lemon, Lost and Founder for the hotel, has an unexpected visitor. It seems that Violet…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dragon Pearl

  Lee, Yoon Ha, 1979-

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  Rick Riordan Presents Yoon Ha Lee's space opera about thirteen-year-old Min, who comes from a long line of fox spirits. But you'd never know it by looking at her.To keep the family safe, Min's mother insists that none of them use any fox-magic, such…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Gargoyle

  Durham, Paul (Paul Joseph), 1972-

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  Penhallow is the last of his kind. The stone gargoyle--he'd prefer you call him a grotesque--fearlessly protects his Boston building from the spirits who haunt the night. But even he is outmatched when Hetty, his newest ward, nearly falls victim to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl From Earth's End

  Dairman, Tara,

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  Twelve-year-old Henna loves living with her two papas and cultivating her beloved plants on the tiny island of Earth’s End—until Papa Niall grows seriously ill. Now Henna is determined to find a legendary, long-extinct plant with miraculous healing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Marvellers

  Clayton, Dhonielle,

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  The first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute along with Marvellers from around the world, 11-year-old Ella must prove her innocence, with the help of a new friend, when a dangerous criminal escapes and her mentor disappears.

• Charlie Thorne and the Lost City

  Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-

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  "Charlie Thorne must search for Charles Darwin's hidden treasure in South America--with plenty of enemies hot on her trail"

• Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

  Faruqi, Saadia,

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  Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community.