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19941) Cruel illusions
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Since a vampire murdered her mother, Ava has survived foster home after foster home, determined to get revenge. It's been ten years since anyone has seen a vampire-- until Ava stumbles across a hidden magic show where she witnesses impossible illusions. Ava sneaks backstage and catches them in acts they can't explain. But they've been waiting for her: they are part of an ancient secret society with true magic, and Ava has the same power in her blood...
19942) The Last Chance Hotel
Author
Series
Seth Seppi mystery volume 1
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Seth is a kitchen boy at the remote Last Chance Hotel. His father has long ago left, leaving him imprisoned until he is old enough to set out on his own. If there's any hope he has, it's to be the greatest chef that ever lived... just like his father. One night, a band of magicians begin to arrive to participate in a secret meeting -- a Prospect Selection Procedure to determine the most talented magicians in the world, judged by their leader Dr....
19943) Burden Falls
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When someone close to Ava Thorn is brutally murdered and Ava becomes the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if ghostly legends surrounding her town might be more fact than fiction"--
19944) Fleabrain loves Franny
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"This middle-grade novel takes place in Pittsburgh in 1952-53. The protagonist is Franny, a young girl of imagination, curiosity, and stubbornness. While recovering from polio, she begins a correspondence with a flea named Fleabrain"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rex and her best friend Pinky are upset to learn that their friend and neighbor Mrs. Morgan is moving, and it looks like a family with an obnoxious boy named Ollie is set to move in.
19946) Estela's swap
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young Mexican American girl accompanies her father to a swap meet, where she hopes to sell her music box for money for dancing lessons.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When a parent group bans a series of scary books from the local public library, Arthur and his friends devise a plan to get their favorite books returned.
19948) Lotería
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In Oaxaca City, Mexico, ancient friends Life and Death discuss free will while engaged in a game of chance, with eleven-year-old Clara as the protagonist of their theories and a pawn in their game, moving inevitably towards her ultimate fate. Includes author's notes and reader's guide.
19949) Hollywood vs. the galaxy
Author
Series
Alien superstar volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After facing off against Citizen Cruel and becoming a fan favorite on his Hollywood sitcom, Buddy Buger has to hide from the Supreme Leader of his home planet and maintain his secret alien identity.
Author
Series
Judy Moody volume 13
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discovering Grandma Lou's mysterious "bucket list" of things that she wants to do in her lifetime, Judy Moody is inspired to create a list of her own goals, from learning to do a cartwheel to visiting Antarctica.
19951) Spring fashion fling
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fancy Nancy and Bree celebrate spring with their 'Spring Fling' fashion show.
19952) Jason and the Gorgon's blood
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Jason, who will grow up to become the head of the Argonauts, leads five other boys on a dangerous quest to save the kingdom of Iolcus, learning along the way what it means to be in command.
19954) A crab in the cab
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
©2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tab the Crab goes on an adventure when he sneaks into a cab and must get back to the beach.
19955) Book of screams
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A delightfully creepy collection of tales about everything from a Jekyll/Hyde homeroom teacher to a boiler-room ghoul to a kid's wobbly "baby eye," woven between excerpts from a central story about a girl whose favourite horror author is stealing children's nightmares for his books."--
19956) Keep this to yourself
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman and Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After high school graduation, Mac focuses on finding the serial killer who murdered his best friend the previous summer, while working through his own feelings for the deceased.
19957) The heart of betrayal
Author
Series
(Mary E.)Remnant chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Princess Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape--and even less of being together--as the foundations of Lia's deeply-held beliefs crumble beneath her while she wrestles with her upbringing, her gift, and her very sense of self to make powerful choices that affect her country, her people, and her own destiny.
Author
Series
Mabel Jones volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The Witch Queen takes Mabel Jones' sister hostage, hoping to lure Mabel to the Forbidden City where she can settle a score using black magic, and on her journey the young heroine encounters an arrogant fox and a ferocious jungle millipede, as well as some old friends.
19960) Night of the mask
Author
Series
Frightville volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Tucker buys a mask for a costume party from Frightville, the creepy new store, and begins to see strange and disturbing things.
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