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JEVER, S
TheProbability ofEverything
SarahEverett
When an asteroid has an 84.7% chance of colliding with the Earth in four days, eleven-year-old Kemi, who loves scientific facts and probability, assembles a time capsule to capture her family's truth as she tries to come to terms with saying goodbye.
Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India but when illness strikes, will they risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hardfought freedom?
JBOW, E
SimonSortof Says
ErinBow
Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, Simon and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life. With the help of two new friends, a puppy, and a giant radio telescope, Simon plans to restart the narrative of his life.
JWARG, J
TheShapeof Thunder
JasmineWarga
Told in their alternating voices, twelve-yearold neighbors and former best friends Cora and Quinn begin working together to open a wormhole so they can travel through time to prevent the school shooting that resulted in the deaths of Cora's sister and Quinn's brother.
JamieSumner DeepWater
Twelve-year-old Tully's attempt to swim across Lake Tahoe after a heartbreaking loss and become the youngest person to complete the famous "Godfather" swim takes a dangerous turn, forcing her to choose between safety and a win that could change everything.
JCONN, L
AHomefor Goddesses andDogs
LeslieConner
It’s a life-altering New Year for thirteenyear-old Lydia when she uproots to a Connecticut farm to live with her aunt following her mother’s death. Aunt Brat and her jovial wife, Eileen, and their ancient live-in landlord, Elloroy, are welcoming and a little quirky. Lydia’s struggle for a sense of belonging in her new family is highlighted when the women adopt a big yellow dog just days after the girl’s arrival.
JPOLO, A
AmiPolonsky WorldMade ofGlass
Iris opens her eyes to hard truths and the power of her voice when her father dies of AIDS in 1987.
Counting
Thyme JCONK, M
MelanieConklin
Thyme Owens moves across the country with her family so her younger brother can take part in a promising cancer drug trial, and though all she wants is for him to get better, adjusting to life in Manhattan is anything but easy
JANDE, J
Ms.Bixby’sLast Day
JohnDavid Anderson
Three boys are dismayed when their teacher falls ill and leaves for the rest of the school year, a situation that compels them to share their stories while cutting class and journeying across town together on a fateful day.
KateO’Shaughnessy
When foster kid Mo finds a handmade cookbook filled with someone else's family recipes, she collects the stories behind them and builds a website to share them, secretly hoping a long-lost relative will give her a family recipe all her own.
LauraOjeda
When Phoebe's sister, Okalee, drowns in the river during their annual spring celebration, Phoebe is wracked with guilt to the point that she loses her singing voice.
HollyGoldberg Sloan CountingBy7s
Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.
Seven fifth-graders at Snow Hill School in Connecticut relate how their lives are changed for the better by "rookie teacher" Mr. Terupt after he suffers a terrible accident.
After being abandoned by her mother in an amusement park, twelve-year-old Mouse is determined to secretly live in the park on her own, even though getting caught could mean saving her life.
TheCanyon’s Edge JBOWL, D
DustiBowling
A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.
