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• Thirst

  Bajaj, Varsha

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  A heroic girl in Mumbai fights for her belief that water should be for everyone.

• The Crossover

  Alexander, Kwame

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  12-year old Josh Bell and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Penderwicks:

  a Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

  Birdsall, Jeanne

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  This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel's sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wink

  Harrell, Rob

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  Ross Maloy just wants to be a normal seventh grader. He doesn't want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don't know what to say to "the cancer kid." But, with his recent diagnosis of a rare eye cancer,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moonflower

  Callender, Kacen,

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  Moon's depression is overwhelming. Therapy doesn't help, and Moon is afraid that their mom hates them because they're sad. Moon's only escape is traveling to the spirit realms every night, where they have their one and only friend, Wolf, and where…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Attack of the Black Rectangles

  King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-

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  When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

  Mbalia, Kwame

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  Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. When a tug-of-war ensues under a bottle tree between Tristan and a strange creature over his lost…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ghost

  Reynolds, Jason

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  Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.

• City of Ember

  DuPrau, Jeanne

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  The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to dim. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she's sure it holds a secret that will save the city.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amari and the Night Brothers

  Alston, B. B.,

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  Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Westing Game

  Raskin, Ellen

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  This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, which involves blizzards, burglaries,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The One and Only Ivan

  Applegate, Katherine

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  When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

• King and the Dragonflies

  Callender, Kacen,

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  In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself.

• Stella by Starlight

  Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

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  When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.

• No Fixed Address

  Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin, 1964-

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  Felix Knuttson, twelve, and his mom Astrid move into a camper van when they must leave their Vancouver apartment. Felix must keep "home" a secret and give a fake address in order to enroll in school, but as the weeks pass and life becomes grim, he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Seventh Most Important Thing

  Pearsall, Shelley

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  In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Furthermore

  Mafi, Tahereh

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  Twelve-year-old Alice Queensmeadow, with the help of her friend Oliver, travels through the dangerous, magical land of Furthermore in order to rescue her missing father and prove her own magical abilities

• The Midnight Children

  Gemeinhart, Dan

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  In the dead of night, a truck arrives in Slaughterville, a small town curiously named after its windowless slaughterhouse. Seven mysterious kids with suitcases step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a dead-end street, looking over…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hurricane Season

  Melleby, Nicole,

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  Eleven-year-old Fig enrolls in an art class to better understand her father, a composer and pianist whose mental illness she tries to conceal from classmates, neighbors, and social services.

• Out of My Mind

  Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

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  Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind--that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice, but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.