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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's New Books: May 2023 Picture Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: Lunar New Year
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: Lunar New Year
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Description
Ren has always been too little to help make her favorite pineapple cakes for the Lunar New Year, but when her one-of-a-kind brother Charlie arrives for the festivities, with his help, she finally gets her chance. Includes recipe for pineapple cakes.
Author
Series
Sinister summer series volume 4
Publisher
Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
The Sinister-Winterbottoms and their friends arrive at Stein Manor Science Camp. They all work together to distract the friendly teenage camp director so they can explore and look for clues about where their parents might be. Theo and Alexander know exactly where Edgaren't is going to come for them and the books. This time, they'll be ready. And this time, they won't trust the adult in charge, which is easy enough when it's enormous, lurking, unfriendly...
3) Fox snare
Author
Series
Thousand worlds volume 3
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"While on a mission to cement peace between the Sun Clans and the Thousand Worlds, Min the fox spirit and her ghost brother Jun get stranded on a death planet with Haneul the dragon spirit and Sebin the tiger spirit. To survive, the young cadets will have to rely on all their wits, training, and supernatural abilities. And let's not forget the Dragon Pearl . . .This thrilling conclusion of the Thousand Worlds trilogy, told in alternating points of...
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Series
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Twins Arthur and Maudie are back home in Lontown, but when they begin hear a strange song summoning them north, they know there is an adventure waiting for them for them that may change the lives of everyone in the Wide.
6) Final word
Author
Series
Winterton deception volume 1
Publisher
Pixel+Ink, an imprint of TGM Development Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Hope Smith can't stand rich people -- the dictionary magnate family the Wintertons most of all. Not since she and her twin brother, Gordon, learned that their dad was one. So when Gordon enters the family into the Winterton's charity spelling bee, Hope wants nothing to do with it. But with their mom losing her job and the family facing eviction from the motel where they live, they desperately need the money, and it looks like Hope doesn't have much...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
On the last day of fifth grade, super-smart eleven-year-old Ginny learns that her father, who is a military ER doctor, is being deployed to Afghanistan, devastating news because they are already moving to another post in Maryland and Ginny depends on her father to help her manage her obsessions, panic attacks and general meltdowns; one of her obsessions is geographical facts, and somehow Ginny hopes to use her geographical knowledge to overcome her...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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"Isaiah "Ice" Abernathy has always worshiped his older brother, Seth. For years they've been not just brothers but best friends--and as Seth starts his senior year, Ice is eager to spend as much time with his brother as he can, making memories before Seth goes to college. But when Seth announces he's leaving much earlier than expected, and then he misses an important event--one he'd promised to attend--it causes a major fight. Filled with regret,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Children's Genre: Scary Stories
Children's New Books: December 2023 Graphic Novels
Children's Special Topics: Spooky Books for Middle Schoolers
Children's New Books: December 2023 Graphic Novels
Children's Special Topics: Spooky Books for Middle Schoolers
Description
"Travis and his sister, Corey, can't resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn, where they're spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little "haunting" of their own. Before long, their supernatural pranks have tourists flocking to Fox Hill Inn, and business booms. But Travis and Corey soon find out that theirs aren't the only ghosts at Fox Hill. Their thoughtless games have awakened...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Inseparable siblings Con and Sofie have loved their mother throughout her struggle with addiction, but when she disappears without warning, the two must decide whom they can trust and whether or not they can survive on their own.
11) Parachute kids
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children’s New Books: April 2023 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children's Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
Children's Book Awards: 2024 Winners and Honors
Children's Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
Children's Book Awards: 2024 Winners and Honors
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After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books / Holiday House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When 12-year-old Dory Byrne's pop left New York City's Lower East Side to fight Hitler, he promised her and her brothers that they'd be safe. Like he always said, "the neighborhood will give you what you need." There's the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers. The kind landlord who checks in on them. And every Thursday night, the Byrnes enjoy a free bowl of seafood stew at Mr. Caputo's restaurant. . . which is where Dory learns...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books / HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Twin siblings Elliot and Liza only have each other. Their parents are gone. Their home was taken, and to survive on their own, they're forced to scrounge up plastic and metal to trade for coin within an abandoned garbage heap. Desperate to escape the vagabond cycle that they're trapped in, the answer to their plight seemingly appears when they stumble upon a Raven Quest--magical tasks offered by mysterious message-carrying ravens that when successfully...
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"This sweet, lyrical read-aloud shares all the love young siblings feel as they count down the days to their new baby's arrival! Following an adorable young elephant sibling who shares the boundless love and excitement for this soon-to-be new family member, this is a touching tribute to the most special relationship siblings have. Told with Barney Saltzberg's vibrant, bold artwork and playfully tender text, this book is perfect for expectant families...
Author
Series
Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 20
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
When Sophie Mouse's brother, Winston, gets sick, she starts to envy all the attention he is getting, but when she gets sick herself, she regrets ever wishing this on herself.
Author
Series
Skandar volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
As Skandar and his friends enter their second year at the Eyrie, wild unicorns are being killed and terrible storms threaten the Island, while meanwhile Skandar is determined to help his sister, Kenna, join him.
18) The dark sun
Author
Series
Bamboo kingdom volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"The Bamboo Kingdom is once again safely led by guidance of a real Dragon Speaker--three Dragon Speakers, in fact! But a troubling vision from the Great Dragon warns of a "Dark Sun" coming soon. And while Rain, Leaf, and Ghost argue amongst themselves about what it means, the monkeys are hatching a plan to use this moment of uncertainty to their best advantage... Unless the pandas learn to trust each other, their biggest challenges may still lurk...
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"From the director of the Oscar-nominated movie Boxtrolls comes a middle grade horror anthology that will leave you holding onto your blankets for dear life! Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Goosebumps! School is tough. School is scary. School is EERIE. No one knows this better than Davis and Emily. But they're not scared of school because of tough tests or merciless vice-principals. No, they're scared because their teacher...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
As Pelican Island's history-making drought wears on, the water level on Bex and Davey's beloved marsh reveals the hand of a statue that has been underneath the water for who knows how long, and the siblings are determined to find out more.
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