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• The Sherlock Society

  Ponti, James,

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  Siblings Alex and Zoe Sherlock take their last name as inspiration when choosing a summer job. After all, starting a detective agency has to be better than babysitting (boring), lawn mowing (sweaty), or cleaning out the attic (boring and sweaty).…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bletchley Riddle

  Sepetys, Ruta,

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  Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act… Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First State of Being

  Kelly, Erin Entrada,

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  For twelve-year-old Michael Rosario, life at Fox Run Apartments in Red Knot, Delaware, is as ordinary as ever--except for the looming Y2K crisis and his overwhelming crush on his fifteen-year-old babysitter, Gibby. But when a disoriented teenage boy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Royal Conundrum

  Yee, Lisa,

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  Olive Cobin Zang has . . . issues. And they mostly aren't her fault. (No, really!) Though she often slips under the radar, problems have a knack for finding her. So, imagine her doubts when she's suddenly dropped off at the strangest boarding school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Olivetti

  Millington, Allie,

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  Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindles--the family he's lived with for years. The Brindles are busy humans, apart…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lei and the Fire Goddess

  Maunakea, Malia,

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  Curses aren't real.At least, that's what twelve-year-old, part-Hawaiian Anna Leilani Kamaʻehu thinks when she listens to her grandmother's folktales about sacred flowers and family guardians. Anna's friends back home in Colorado don't believe in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Partition Project

  Faruqi, Saadia,

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  When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter-her journalism teacher has announced…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mid-Air

  Williams, Alicia, 1970-

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  It’s the summer before high school and Isaiah feels lost. He thought this summer was going to be just him and his homies Drew and Darius, hangin’ out, doing wheelies, and watching martial arts movies—a lot of chillin’ before high school and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A First Time for Everything

  Santat, Dan,

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  Dan's always been a good kid, the kind who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why Dan has low…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wrecker

  Hiaasen, Carl,

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  Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living. So is it destiny, irony, or just bad luck when Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flat?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alone

  Freeman, Megan E.,

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  Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dream, Annie, Dream

  Brown, Waka T.,

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  During the summer before seventh grade, Annie is questioning what it means to be a second-generation Japanese American growing up in Topeka, Kansas, and whether her friendship with her wealthy, privileged friend Jessica will endure. Though Annie…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Last Day on Mars

  Emerson, Kevin,

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  It is Earth year 2213-but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but this was only a temporary solution…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Skandar and the Unicorn Thief

  Steadman, A. F.,

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  Skandar Smith has always yearned to leave the Mainland and escape to the secretive Island, where wild unicorns roam free. He's spent years studying for his Hatchery exam, the annual test that selects a handful of Mainlander thirteen-year-olds to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tumble

  Perez, Celia C., 1972-

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  Twelve-year-old Adela “Addie” Ramirez has a big decision to make when her stepfather proposes adoption. Addie loves Alex, the only father figure she’s ever known, but with a new half brother due in a few months and a big school theater performance…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Two Degrees

  Gratz, Alan, 1972-

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  Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is riding her horse in the California woods when a wildfire sparks--and grows scarily fast. How can she make it to safety when there are flames everywhere? Owen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Answers in the Pages

  Levithan, David,

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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...right? But soon the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Keep It Together, Keiko Carter

  Florence, Debbi Michiko,

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  Seventh grade is supposed to be a game changer. And Keiko thinks she's got it covered, especially with Audrey and Jenna by her side to shop for a new look, pick out a prime lunch spot, and even hit up that cute new bubble tea place after school. Her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Soul Lanterns

  Kuzki, Shaw, 1957-

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  Twelve-year-old Nozomi's understanding of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is transformed when she learns how those she knows and loves were affected by the event.

• Race to the Sun

  Roanhorse, Rebecca,

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  Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father.