SJPL Picks: Magical Realism (Grades ~3-7)Like this list

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• A Place to Shine

  Arnold, Marie,

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  Grades 3-7. "Ten-year-old Sunny Williams is resilient—she knows this because it’s what her beloved grandma, Nanna, always tells her. So when Nanna is put into a care home after her memory loss issues get worse and social workers intend to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Olivetti

  Millington, Allie,

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  Grades 4+. "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 Brindle family—the family he’s lived with for years. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Pocketful of Stars

  Bushby, Aisha,

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  Grades 4-6. "Safiya and her mother have never seen eye to eye. Her mother doesn't understand Safiya's love of gaming, and shy Safiya doesn't think she has anything in common with her vibrant, sometimes volatile mother. But when her mother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Secrets We Tell the Sea

  Palacio Obón, Martha Riva, 1975-

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  Grades 4-7. "The only good thing about Sofia's mom sending her to live with her abuela is that finally Sofia and the sea will meet face-to-face. The sea has always called to Sofia, even when she and her mom lived in a big city nowhere…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sky of Paper Stars

  Yi, Susie,

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  Grades 4-7. "After making an ill-fated wish that results in the death of her grandmother, Halmoni, in Korea, guilt-ridden Yuna finds her body turning into paper and must bring Halmoni back or turn into paper forever."

• The Rat Queen

  Hautman, Pete, 1952-

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  Grades 4-8/AR 4.2. "Rats scurry through Annie’s dreams, turning them into nightmares, but she cannot explain their presence. Hautman teases Annie and readers with their unseen presence, injecting a quiet dread into the layered story that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What the Jaguar Told Her

  Méndez, Alexandra V.,

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  Grades 4-7. "Encountering a wise storyteller in the form of a jaguar who exists between dreams and reality, eighth grader Jade feels far removed from the jaguar's stories of Mexico until her Abuela falls ill and 9/11 happens, both of which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miracle Season

  Hautala, Beth,

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  Grades 4-6/Lexile 760. "Persephone Clark's life is not what it was a year ago. Back then, she had a best friend, a fun-loving big brother, and her family was happy. Levi's accident changed everything. Now Persephone goes out of her way to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hummingbird

  Lloyd, Natalie,

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  Grades 4-7/AR 4.5. "Born with incurable brittle bone disease, 12-year-old Olive has done well with homeschooling, but she longs to attend middle school and hopes to make at least one good friend there. After she promises to use her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Edge of in Between

  Savaryn, Lorelei,

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  Grades 3-7. "Living in a city where life exists in brilliant technicolor and nearly everyone has magic, Lottie loses the color in her life after the death of her parents until she finds an unexpected place to call home that gives her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Loteria

  Valenti, Karla,

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  Grades 3-7/AR 5.3. "Once a year, Life and Death meet to play an influential game of Lotería that will decide the fate of one individual. This year, in Oaxaca, Mexico, an 11-year-old named Clara has been chosen. The outcome of the game will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stars of Whistling Ridge

  Baldwin, Cindy,

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  Grades 4-7. "Twelve-year-old Ivy Mae Bloom is tired of living in an RV, and traveling around the country all the time with her parents and two younger sisters. But her mother is a falling star, who is charged with repairing places in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Glasshouse of Stars

  Marr, Shirley,

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  Grades 3-7/AR 5.8. "Meixing and her parents have just arrived in the New Land, lured by the educational opportunities and the house recently left to them by a deceased relative. The New House is utterly unlike the small apartment on their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Almost There and Almost Not

  Urban, Linda,

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  Grades 4-6/AR 5.3. "When her father goes away, eleven-year-old California "Callie" Poppy winds up with her eccentric Great-Aunt Monica and their ancestor, the once-famous etiquette expert Eleanor Fontaine, now a hypersensitive ghost." --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Year I Flew Away

  Arnold, Marie,

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  Grades 3-6/AR 3.8. "When the violent Macoute raid Gabrielle’s Haitian village, her parents decide it’s in her best interest to live with her aunt and uncle in America until they can join her at a later date. Filled with excitement for a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What If a Fish

  Fajardo, Anika,

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  Grades 4-6. "Half-Colombian Eddie Aguado--never really felt Colombian--is invited to spend the summer in Colombia with his older half-brother. But as his adventure unfolds, he feels more and more like a fish out of water. Figuring out how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Asha and the Spirit Bird

  Bilan, Jasbinder,

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  Grades 4-6/AR 5.2. "Guided by a mythical bird and a green-eyed tiger she believes are the spirits of her ancestors, twelve-year-old Asha journeys across the dangerous Himalayas to find her missing father and save her family's home." --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On These Magic Shores

  Mendez, Yamile Saied,

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  Grades 4-7/AR 4.8. "A friend and some very real fairy magic help twelve-year-old Minnie who is caring for her younger sisters, hiding that their mother is missing, and preparing for her school's production of Peter Pan." -- Novelist.

• Strangeworlds Travel Agency

  Lapinski, L. D.,

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  Grades 3-7/AR 5.0. "Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! At Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside. When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wishes, Dares, & How to Stand Up to a Bully

  Jacobson, Darlene Beck,

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  Grades 3-4/Lexile 840. "While the enthusiasm for life his younger sister, Katy, displays does much to lift his spirits, it's the companionship of his new friend, Jill, that makes all the difference. She's dealing with major problems of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation