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Sep 3, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Julie Hakim Azzam |Elisa Gall |Amanda Toledo
The Secret Library by Kekla MagoonIntermediate Candlewick 384 pp. 5/24 9781536230888 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536237498 $18.99Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Delilah “Dally” Peteharrington’s mother wants to prepare her to take over the family business. Every afternoon, she meets with tutors to learn “important business-ish things,” but what she really wants is to go on adventures like the ones her grandfather took her on before he died.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Elisa Gall |Amanda Toledo |Michelle Lee
Deep Water by Jamie SumnerIntermediate, Middle School Atheneum 224 pp. 4/24 9781665935067 $17.99e-book ed. 9781665935081 $10.99Open-water marathon swimming (any continuous swim over ten kilometers) is not for the faint of heart and is typically done with meticulous planning, careful consideration for the weather and water conditions, and a skilled kayaker and other safety supports in place.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Elisa Gall |Amanda Toledo |Julie Hakim Azzam |Michelle Lee
Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School First Second 368 pp. 5/24 9781250314864 $22.99Paper ed. 9781250314857 $14.99A funny and fast-paced feminist adventure masterfully told through the comics medium. This alternate-Victorian-era fantasy opens after Jane’s parents’ death. Since women can’t own property, the family estate and fortune will pass to Jane’s odious male cousin—who gives her a week to pack her bags and leave.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Amanda Toledo |Julie Hakim Azzam |Michelle Lee |Jonathan Hunt
The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines by Mo NetzIntermediate, Middle School Clarion/HarperCollins 208 pp. 3/24 9780063266537 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063266551 $10.99After the death of her father and the subsequent loss of their house, Jerry (almost twelve) and her mom drift from small town to small town, her mom finding work in motels because they accommodate Jerry’s wheelchair.
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May 14, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Amanda Toledo |Adrienne L. Pettinelli |Anita L. Burkam
So Let Them Burn [Divine Traitors]by Kamilah ColeHigh School Little, Brown 400 pp. 1/24 9780316534635 $19.99e-book ed. 9780316534840 $12.99Seventeen-year-old Faron is the Childe Empyrean, blessed five years ago to wield the power of her island’s gods. Now that San Irie’s war against the colonizing Langlish and their dragons is won, Faron uses that ability to show off with classmates.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Amanda Toledo |Martha V. Parravano |Michelle Lee
Bright Red Fruit by Safia ElhilloHigh School Make Me a World/Random 384 pp. 2/24 9780593381205 $19.99Library ed. 9780593381212 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593381229 $10.99Sixteen-year-old Samira feels restricted by the watchful eyes of her tight-knit Sudanese American community, especially those of her protective mother. The community has labeled her a “bad girl” because of a false rumor that a boy started years ago.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Elisa Gall |Amanda Toledo |Martha V. Parravano |Michelle Lee
A Little Bit Super: With Small Powers Come Big Problems edited by Leah Henderson and Gary D. Schmidt; illus. by Jarrett J. KrosoczkaIntermediate, Middle School Clarion/HarperCollins 288 pp. 4/24 9780358683421 $18.99e-book ed. 9780358659532 $10.99This imaginative collection presents thirteen stories from an all-star team of authors, including Nikki Grimes, Pam Muñoz Ryan, and Linda Sue Park.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Deirdre Baker |Amanda Toledo |Martha V. Parravano |Michelle Lee
The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyIntermediate, Middle School Dial 288 pp. 4/24 9780735228566 $17.99e-book ed. 9780735228580 $10.99In 1942, French police in Occupied Paris rounded up over thirteen thousand French Jews and corralled them into a stadium; almost all perished at Auschwitz. Bradley’s (The War That Saved My Life, rev.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Kristine Techavanich |Amanda Toledo |Martha V. Parravano |Michelle Lee
Maybe It’s a Sign by E. L. ShenMiddle School Farrar 240 pp. 1/24 9780374390778 $17.99e-book ed. 9780374390785 $10.99Freya June Sun, a seventh grader grappling with grief eight months after her father’s death, clings to Chinese superstitions for connection. The superstitions, passed down by her father, frequently disrupt her reality, making a pair of red birds or upright chopsticks in rice bowls harbingers of luck or misfortune.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Pauletta Brown Bracy |Amanda Toledo |Martha V. Parravano |Michelle Lee
One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-RansomeIntermediate, Middle School Holiday 240 pp. 3/24 9780823450169 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823457496 $10.99In 1879, Lettie’s African American family begins a westward journey from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nebraska, where her father seeks a better life for them.
