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THE BOOK THAT NO ONE WANTED TO READ
Richard Ayoade
The life of a book isn’t easy, especially when people judge you by your cover. And this narrator should know it’s the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell.
J GIBB, S
ONCE UPON A TIM
Stuart Gibbs
With no knightly experience but plenty of pluck and an impressive vocabulary, a twelve-year-old peasant, hoping to improve his station in life, volunteers to help a cowardly prince and his not very powerful wizard rescue a princess from an evil, foul-smelling monster.
PENNY DRAWS A BEST FRIEND J SHEP, S
Sara Shepard
J FULL
Nobody said starting fifth grade would be easy, and Penny Lowry's anxiety means a million questions are always spinning through her thoughts. Luckily she's got a lot to look forward to, like her favorite after-school activity, Art Club, and seeing her best friend Violet again. The thing is, Violet has been acting weird and spends all her time with Riley, the meanest girl in school. Did Penny do something wrong? And if she did, can she undo it?
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Aaron Reynolds FART QUEST
After their masters are vaporized in a goblin battle gone bad, Fart, Pan, and Moxie three lowly apprentices decide to impersonate their mentors and pick up the mantle as heroes of the realm. But they need more than a fancy robe, magic staff, and book of magical beasts to be real heroes. They need a quest!
THE SUPERTEACHER PROJECT
Gordon Korman
Oliver and Nathan, determined to get to the bottom of their new homeroom teacher's fishy behavior, discover Mr. Aidact is actually an AI robot from a secret experimental program.
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NEW SCHOOL SKIRMISH
Zoe Tokushige
After spending her entire childhood moving from one military base to another, Airi is excited to be settling down for the long-term in Hawai'i. She's less excited about her new teacher, who’s determined to make Airi like school. But she's got a plan: prank her teacher so hard that she gives up on even trying to get Airi to do any work especially any reading. But Mrs. Ashton won’t give up, no matter what Airi does. Airi will need the help of her new classmates who might even be her new friends to get Mrs. Ashton to crack.
J GROS, M
THE TYRELL SHOW: SEASON ONE
Miles Grose
A highly illustrated, funny, and heartwarming story from the point of view of a precocious 11year-old boy, Tyrell, who copes with his day-today stress by hosting an imaginary real-time podcast in his head!
Amy
A senior Miniature Schnauzer employed as a very distinguished nanny has his paws full trying to prove he's still the dog for the job in this sweet and rambunctious middle grade novel.
J EULB, E
SCARED SILLY: CURSES ARE THE WORST
Elizabeth Eulberg
WARNING: This book contains a very scary and silly story about a long-dormant witch's curse that’s been unleashed on the unsuspecting town of Cauldron’s Cove. It’s revenge, over three hundred years in the making. (Hey, better late than never!)
CAMP SYLVANIA
Julie Murphy
Maggie is being shipped off to Camp Sylvania, run by world-famous wellness influencer Sylvia Sylvania, who is known for her soon-to-bepatented Scarlet Diet. This place might not be so bad until campers start going missing and other suspicious things begin happening...
THE AREA 51 FILES J BUXB, J
Julie Buxbaum
When Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she never imagines she'll end up in Area 51, a top-secret military base. Sky feels like she's landed in a whole new world, even though she hasn't left the planet Because guess what? Area 51 is full of aliens Lots and lots of aliens
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TIMOTHY DINOMAN SAVES THE CAT
Steve Thueson
To learn what these suspected supervillains want with outer-space tech, the world's nicest iguanodon will visit a mountain fortress, a giant blimp, and a diner with excellent pancakes. On the way, he'll even meet a really cute cat. Grab your rocket boots and your fake mustache it's time to crack the case with Timothy!
Kristen Tracy DON’T TRUST THE CAT J TRAC, K
Fifth-grader Poppy McBean likes rules and order. She's a follower, and she's totally okay with that. But after falling prey to her friends' bullying one too many times, Poppy makes a wish to be happy and it comes true in a very unexpected way: She wakes up in the body of her cat, Mitten Man.
HANNAH
Janet Tashijan
Hannah Sharpe is an observant young sleuth on the autism spectrum who likes to solve mysteries by drawing cartoons of her cowboy alter ego, Dusty Pickle Including full-color illustrations with panel art, here is a thoughtful and propulsive new book starring a neurodiverse protagonist
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Adam Rubin THE ICE CREAM MACHINE
In these six stories, set in six distinct worlds, you’ll meet a boy and his robot nanny traveling the globe in search of the world’s tastiest treat, a child mechanical prodigy who invents the freshest dessert ever, and an evil ice cream truck driver who strikes fear in the heart of every kid in town.