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TWO DEGREES J GRAT, A
Alan Gratz
Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira, Owen, George, and Natalie are all swept up in the devastating effects of climate change. They are also connected in ways that will shock them--and could alter their destinies forever
J BARR, R
Rena Barron MAYA AND THE RISING DARK
When Papa goes missing, Maya is thrust into a world both strange and familiar as she uncovers the truth. Her father is the guardian of the veil between our world and the Dark where an army led by the Lord of Shadows, the man from Maya’s nightmares, awaits. Maya herself is a godling, half orisha and half human, and her neighborhood is a safe haven. But now that the veil is failing, the Lord of Shadows is determined to destroy the human world and it’s up to Maya to stop him.
LAST GAMER STANDING J ZHAO, K
Katie Zhao
When Reyna qualifies for the Dayhold Junior Tournament, she knows she's got what it takes to win the championship title and the $10,000 prize. It's a chance to make a step forward towards her professional esports dreams and to help her family with the costs of her mother's hospital bills. But when she's blackmailed and threatened to be doxed by an anonymous troll, Reyna has to confront the toxic gaming community head-on.
CHESTER KEENE CRACKS THE CODE J MAGO, K
Kekla Magoon
Eleven-year-old Chester and his classmate Skye, tasked with a complex puzzle-solving mission, discover the key to their spy assignment is to stop a heist, but cracking the code could mean finding out things are not always what they seem.
TREASURE ISLAND:
RUNAWAY GOLD
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Zane is itching for an adventure so when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends and his dog. Through strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them: John, a sailor who knows all about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of centuries past, and the gold that is hidden somewhere in those stories. As a vicious rival skateboard crew follows them around the city, Zane and his friends begin to wonder who they can really trust.
J MAUN, M
LEI AND THE FIRE GODDESS
Malia Maunakea
Curses aren’t real. At least, that’s what twelveyear-old, part-Hawaiian Anna Leilani Kamaʻehu thinks when she listens to her grandmother’s folktales about sacred flowers and family guardians. So when Anna goes back to Hawaiʻi to visit her Tūtū, she has no interest in becoming the heir to her family’s history; she’s set on having a touristy, fun vacation. But when Anna accidentally insults Pele the fire goddess by destroying her lehua blossom, a giant hawk swoops in and kidnaps her best friend, and she quickly learns just how real these moʻolelo are.
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DESERT J BOWL,
Dusti Bowling ACROSS THE
Jolene spends every day she can at the library watching her favorite livestream: The Desert Aviator, where "Addie Earhart" shares her adventures flying an ultralight plane over the desert. Then, one day, Jolene watches in helpless horror as the ultralight plummets to the ground and the video goes dark. With no one to turn to, it's up to Jolene to find a way to save the Desert Aviator
Nizrana Farook THE BOY WHO MET A WHALE J FARO, N
Razi, a local fisherboy, is watching turtle eggs hatch when he sees a boat bobbing into view. With a chill, he notices a small, still hand hanging over the side. Inside is Zheng, who's escaped a shipwreck and is full of tales of sea monsters and missing treasure. But the villains who are after Zheng are soon after Razi and his sister, Shifa, too!
J NESB, A
DARING DARLEEN, QUEEN OF THE SCREEN
Anne Nesbet
It's 1914, and twelve-year old Darleen Darling has the most exciting job in the world - she gets to dangle from cliffs and stop moving trains and soar through the sky in runaway balloons! Darleen is a hero and a star - in the make-believe world of the movies. But Darleen's fictional adventures collide with reality when a fake kidnapping intended as a publicity stunt becomes all too real
Laura Martin THE MONSTER MISSIONS
Berkeley and her best friend, Garth, live on an old cruise ship, scavenging for supplies from the drowned cities left behind on the ocean floor. After awakening a Hydra, Berkeley and Garth are sent to live on a submarine, where they study and hunt sea monsters. But the Hydra wants revenge on their home ship, and if it succeeds, their families will go down with it.
J RHOD, J
Jewell Parker Rhodes PARADISE ON FIRE
Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Now, years later, Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. The kids learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival. But then comes a devastating forest fire...
J SANM, S
Samantha San Miguel SPINELESS
When his asthma lands him at a health resort in the wilds of Gilded Age South Florida, Algie Emsworth hopes the unexplored swamps may launch his dream career as a naturalist But when an apparent curse descended upon the hotel and guests start getting mysterious, sucker-shaped wounds, Algie must pluck up his courage to find the truth about the goings-on at the Grand Hotel.
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Carlie Sorosiak ALWAYS, CLEMENTINE
Clementine is a lab mouse and a genius, but she's lonely. Only with Rosie, a chimpanzee who visits late at night, does she find friendship. When a lab technician frees Clementine, she discovers an outside world and goes in search of a real home-and a way to free her old friends.
J RODR, S
Sallie Anne Rodriguez TREASURE TRACKS
Twelve-year-old Fernando "Fin" joins his grandfather on a secret quest to find a long-lost treasure swept to sea. But when their first mission takes a near-deadly turn, leaving his abuelo weak and unable to speak, Fin is left to navigate the hunt alone.
J PAUL, G
Gary Paulsen NORTHWIND
When a deadly plague decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore. The deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to the heartbeat of the ocean, the pulse of the landscape.
