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1) Long lost
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Feeling lonely and out of place after her family moves to a new town, eleven-year-old Fiona Crane ventures to the local library, where she finds a gripping mystery novel about a small town, family secrets, and a tragic disappearance.
Author
Series
And then I turned into a mermaid volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fans of Emily Windsnap and Maybe A Mermaid, And Then I Turned into a Mermaid is a funny, heartfelt coming-of-age story, perfect for 10 year old girls and any young mermaid fan!
Will Molly sink or swim as she attempts to hide her (Very Weird) new double identity?
Molly Seabrook's dull seaside life is turned upside down when she turns 13 and is let in on the family secret: she's PART-MERMAID! Molly isn't exactly thrilled.
...Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Language
English
Description
"Blue Riley has wrestled with demons ever since the loss of her mother to cancer. But when she encounters a beautiful devil at her town crossroads, it’s her runaway sister’s soul she fights to save. The devil steals Blue’s voice—inherited from her musically gifted mother—in exchange for a single shot at finding Cass."--Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
MATTEL, INC. and MATTEL EUROPA B.V
Language
English
Description
An amazing story told in short chapters to make it easy for kids to read on their own! Barbie and her sisters are excited to travel to a tropical island. But when their puppies get lost, the sisters’ island vacation turns into an island adventure!
8) Avalanche!
Author
Series
Survivor diaries volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old twins Ashley and Ryan are tested to the extreme when faced with a powerful avalanche while skiing in Wyoming's Grand Teton mountains. Includes survival tips from the National Avalanche Center and U.S. Forest Service.
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Language
English
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Description
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
10) Ramona the pest
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
Author
Series
Underland chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Rich in suspense and brimming with adventure, the New York TimesWhen eleven-year-old Gregor follows his little sister through a grate in the laundry room of their New York apartment, he hurtles into the dark Underland beneath the city. There, humans live uneasily beside giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, and rats--but the fragile peace is about to fall apart.Gregor wants no part of a conflict between these creepy creatures. He just wants to find his...
12) Love comes first
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A celebration of families in which two sisters wish for a sibling and are surprised with a new baby brother and a new cousin"--
14) Rubylicious
Author
Series
Pinkalicious volume 7
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Pinkalicious is searching for stones for her rock collection when suddenly—POOF!—out pops a surprise! Rocky is here to grant Pinkalicious and her brother Peter one wish, and one wish only, so they must choose wisely.
15) The lost girl
Author
Language
English
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Description
"When you|re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else. For Iris, that means her story starts with Lark. Iris has always been the grounded, capable, and rational one; Lark has been inventive, dreamy, and brilliant--and from their first moments in the world together, they|ve never left each other|s side. Everyone around them realized early on what the two sisters already knew: they had better outcomes when they were together. When...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the author of "A Place to Hang the Moon" comes another World War II story about three siblings on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Based on a very real place in old New York and steeped in the history of the last year of World War II, "Nothing Else But Miracles" shows how, when things get tough, the neighborhood really will give you what you need...and may even offer up a miracle or two in the process." -Provided by Publisher
17) The cursed moon
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafa's incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their grandparents. For the first time in a while, Rafa feels a pit...
Author
Series
School for Good and Evil volume prequel
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Two brothers--one good, one evil--choose the students for the School for Good and Evil where they train, teach and prepare them for their fate until something unexpected and powerful happens that changes everything"--
19) Even and Odd
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Description
When sisters Even and Odd are trapped and unable to return home to the mundane world they live in, they, with the help of a unicorn named Jeremy, must stop a power-mad wizard from creating an ecological disaster.
Author
Series
One and only Ivan stories volume 2
Language
English
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Battle of the Books 2021-2022: ELEMENTARY
Battle of the Books 2021-2022: INTERMEDIATE
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Battle of the Books 2021-2022: INTERMEDIATE
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Description
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
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