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EERIE TALES FROM THE SCHOOL OF SCREAMS
Graham Annable
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 wants her students to present the class with the spookiest, most chilling stories they can think of
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SQUISHED
Megan Wagner
Lloyd & Michelle
Mee Nutter
Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. But she's tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! All Avery wants is her own room -- her own space. So she's furious when Theo, her grumpy older brother, gets his own room instead, and her wild baby brother, Max, moves into the room she already shares with her clinging sister Pearl!
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PARACHUTE KIDS
Betty C. Tang
J FULL
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.
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GLOBAL
Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin
Sami and his grandfather live in a village along the Indian Ocean. They earn their living by fishing. But the ocean is rising and each day they bring back fewer and fewer fish Yuki lives in the far north of Canada where warming temperature are melting the ice Polar bears have less food to hunt and are wandering into town looking for something to eat. Yuki is determined to do something to help the bears.
JUNIOR HIGH
Tegan & Sara Quin
Set in the present day, this effervescent blend of fiction and autobiography, with artwork from Eisner Award-winner Tillie Walden, offers a glimpse at the twin sisters before they became indie-pop icons, exploring their shifting relationship, their own experiences coming out, and the first steps of their musical journey.
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Pedro Martin MEXIKID
Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir.
SCURRY
Mac Smith
A group of house mice struggle to survive a long and strange winter. The humans are gone, the sun is rarely seen, and a cold, dark rain befouls everything it touches. Once, there was plenty to eat, but now the scavengers return emptyhanded, or not at all.
Staying behind to catch up on some reading while his inept boss, Sir Kelton, rides off to slay a demonic dragon, Squire soon notices something isn't quite right about this cursed village and seeks to uncover its secrets.
ENLIGHTEN ME J GN LE, M
Minh Lê
When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. Instead, it gets him a stern warning from his vice principal and worried parents. Now he’s stuck on a family trip to a silent meditation retreat That means no talking and no video games! for a whole weekend Could things possibly get any worse?
THE MOTH KEEPER
Kay O’Neill
Anya is finally a Moth Keeper, the protector of the lunar moths that allow the Night-Lily flower to bloom once a year. Her village needs the flower to continue thriving and Anya is excited to prove her worth and show her thanks to her friends with her actions, but what happens when being a Moth Keeper isn’t exactly what Anya thought it would be?
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Wendy Mass LO & BEHOLD
With her life recently turned upside down, 12year-old Addie is uncomfortable in her own skin until the world of virtual reality sparks her imagination and leads to an exciting new project, a new friend, and to reconnecting with who she's always been.
BRUCE WAYNE: NOT SUPER J GN CRAF, J
Jerry Craft
13-year-old Bruce Wayne attends an exclusive prep school for the gifted. But in this case, "gifted" means kids with super-powers Bruce is suddenly the least special person in his world--and must learn to work with the talents he does have.
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A fierce, feminist, and fun middle grade fantasy graphic novel about a twelve-year-old Indian American girl named Shakti who must learn the power of her ancestral magic if she wants to save her family and town from a dangerous curse.
In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents.
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JUNIPER MAE: KNIGHT OF TYKOTECH CITY
Sarah Soh
Tykotech City is a peaceful place, filled with technology beyond anyone ’ s wildest dreams. But as power cuts begin to plague the residents, and a sinister force infiltrates the city, the lives of the cityfolk are in terrible danger. It falls to Juniper Mae, a tiny, brave inventor to overcome her fears and save her city.
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