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Jojo vs. middle school

McCullough, Joy.


"Ages 8-12"--Back cover. Pub Weekly, November 2024. Booklist, February 2025. Kirkus Review, December 2024. Despite her careful planning, eleven-year-old Jojo's first day of middle school unravels after an outfit mishap, caused by her cat-fluencer stepdad's new kitten, but as she tries hiding her embarrassment, she finds solace in new friends.
Date Published:2025

Endurance my year in space and how I got there /

Kelly, Scott, 1964-


Based on: Endurance �2017, published by Alfred A. Kno. Includes ind. School Library Journal, September 2. Booklist, September 2. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2. Kirkus Review, July 2. Adapted from the memoir of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking year in space, and shares details about his life, discussing his childhood in New Jersey, training, space missions, and mo.
Date Published:201

Based on: Endurance �2017, published by Alfred A. Kno. Includes ind. School Library Journal, September 2. Booklist, September 2. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2. Kirkus Review, July 2. Adapted from the memoir of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking year in space, and shares details about his life, discussing his childhood in New Jersey, training, space missions, and mo.

Date Published:201

Creatively human why we imagine, make and innovate /

Peterson, Lois, 1952-


School Library Journal, February 2025. Booklist, February 2025. Kirkus Review, April 2025. "This illustrated book for middle-grade readers explores creativity and how it affects our lives and our world"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

The 66th rebirth of Frankie Caridi

Marciano, Johnny.


Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, August 2024. Frankie, accustomed to living in her younger brother's shadow, attends a new boarding school where half the students have horns like her brother, but when she begins to experience unsettling dreams she goes on to discover unsettling truths about the school.
Date Published:2024

60 American heroes every kid should meet

Denenberg, Dennis, 1947-


Profiles sixty American men and women throughout history who have made positive contributions to the world, from presidents and Supreme Court justices to inventors and businesspeople, and more.
Date Published:2023

15 secrets to survival

Richards, Natalie D.


School Library Journal, September 2023. Publishers Weekly, September 2023. Kirkus Review, October 2023. Forced to participate in an extra credit project in the middle of nowhere, classmates Baxter, Abigail, Turner and Emerson must survive the wilderness with only a survival handbook and each other after their instructor goes missing.
Date Published:2023

1-2-3-4, I declare a thumb war

Harrison, Lisi.


Publishers Weekly, August 2022. Booklist, August 2022. Kirkus Review, July 2022. "As the 100th anniversary of the electrocution of the town's most infamous killer approaches, an anonymous text message lures five twelve-year-olds to the cemetery, inspiring the first meeting of the Graveyard Girls and setting the stage for a terrifying tale from Whisper that they will never forget"--OCLC.
Date Published:2022

Zombie train

Gill, David Macinnis, 1963-


Booklist, February 2024. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2024. While twelve-year-old Wyatt rides out the zombie apocalypse on his crew's cobbled together train, a mysterious girl arrives with stories of a potential cure for the zombie parasite.
Date Published:2024

Wolves at the door

Watkins, Steve, 1954-


August 1944, Asta, her younger sister Pieta, and their mother are caught between the invading Soviet Army and the retreating Wehrmacht in East Prussia and are forced to try and survive in the Romincka Forest with winter coming.
Date Published:2024

A wolf called Fire

Parry, Rosanne.


School Library Journal, January 2. Booklist, February 2. Horn Book, March 2. Kirkus Review, December 2. When an enemy pack attacks, Warm, the smallest wolf in the pack, is left alone to defend and feed four pu.
Date Published:20

Welcome to the ghost show

Ocker, J. W.


Kirkus Review, June 2025. Zel Gold and her fellow members of the Creepy Club go to a new attraction called the Ghost Show, whose owner Amadeus Mancer promises to show Zel an actual ghost.
Date Published:2025

Weirdest animals on the planet

Szymanski, Jennifer.


Includes index. "Meet the most unusual, most fantastical, creepiest, and--yes--grossest creatures that call Earth home in this . . . fact-filled guide to the world's oddest animals. Did you know that the axolotl can regrow nearly any body part? Or that the hagfish can fill a bucket with slime in less than a minute? Get ready to say "WHOA!" in this . . . book about the most bizarre animals in the world!"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Includes index. "Meet the most unusual, most fantastical, creepiest, and--yes--grossest creatures that call Earth home in this . . . fact-filled guide to the world's oddest animals. Did you know that the axolotl can regrow nearly any body part? Or that the hagfish can fill a bucket with slime in less than a minute? Get ready to say "WHOA!" in this . . . book about the most bizarre animals in the world!"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

Waist-deep in dung a stomach-churning look at the grossest jobs throughout history /

Virnig, Christine.


Part 1: the grossest jobs dealing with blood, medicine, and dead bodies -- Mummy making -- For the love of leeches -- A jack of all trades -- The dead rise -- Watching the dead rot -- When maggots tell time -- Bed pan, anyone? -- Part 2: the grossest jobs dealing with poop, pee, and vomit -- It's a puke party! -- My, what a beautiful toga you have! -- A cart o'poop -- From pelt to belt -- TP holder for the king -- A poo explosion -- The ultimate treasure hunt! -- The bird poop blues -- Born unlucky. Booklist, March 2024. Kirkus Review, January 2024. School Library Journal, August 2024. "A . . humorous and informative exploration of the most revolting jobs throughout history. From the ancient Egyptian mummy makers who removed brains by shoving iron hooks up peoples' noses, to the 19th century Toshers who hunted for treasure deep in the London sewers, to modern day forensic entomologists who study the fly eggs, maggots, and other creepy crawlies that live on-and crawl through-human corpses, we'll learn about jobs that deal with poop, pee, blood, medicine, and dead bodies"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Part 1: the grossest jobs dealing with blood, medicine, and dead bodies -- Mummy making -- For the love of leeches -- A jack of all trades -- The dead rise -- Watching the dead rot -- When maggots tell time -- Bed pan, anyone? -- Part 2: the grossest jobs dealing with poop, pee, and vomit -- It's a puke party! -- My, what a beautiful toga you have! -- A cart o'poop -- From pelt to belt -- TP holder for the king -- A poo explosion -- The ultimate treasure hunt! -- The bird poop blues -- Born unlucky. Booklist, March 2024. Kirkus Review, January 2024. School Library Journal, August 2024. "A . . humorous and informative exploration of the most revolting jobs throughout history. From the ancient Egyptian mummy makers who removed brains by shoving iron hooks up peoples' noses, to the 19th century Toshers who hunted for treasure deep in the London sewers, to modern day forensic entomologists who study the fly eggs, maggots, and other creepy crawlies that live on-and crawl through-human corpses, we'll learn about jobs that deal with poop, pee, blood, medicine, and dead bodies"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024

Virus hunters how science protects people when outbreaks and pandemics strike /

Cherrix, Amy.


School Library Journal, September 2024. Horn Book Starred, January 2025. Pub Weekly, June 2024. Booklist, August 2024. A propulsive nonfiction look at the elite squads of scientists, doctors, and infectious disease experts who guard the boundary between public health and pandemics and how they gather data via boots on the ground "shoe-leather epidemiology" in order to save lives.
Date Published:2024

Uprising

Nielsen, Jennifer A.


School Library Journal starred, June 2024. Booklist, March 2024. Twelve-year-old Lidia's life is forever changed by the Nazi occupation of Poland, leading her to join the resistance movement to fight against the Nazis and aid Jewish people in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.
Date Published:2024

Unlocking the universe the cosmic discoveries of the Webb Space Telescope /

Slade, Suzanne.


Horn Book, January 2025. Kirkus Review, September 2024. "A massive team of dedicated scientists designed, built, and deployed the Webb Telescope. Now the world's most powerful telescope is in space, expanding our understanding of the universe. Illustrated with NASA photos and reviewed for accuracy by members of the Webb team"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

The threat of wildfires

Cunningham, Kevin, 1966-


School Library Journal, April 2025. "Wildfires helped keep nature in balance for millions of years. But today's wildfires burn hotter, last longer, and happen more often because of climate change. . . . explains the links between human-caused climate change and these dangerous events. Cutting-edge science describes what conditions spark the flames and detail the human activities involved"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

School Library Journal, April 2025. "Wildfires helped keep nature in balance for millions of years. But today's wildfires burn hotter, last longer, and happen more often because of climate change. . . . explains the links between human-caused climate change and these dangerous events. Cutting-edge science describes what conditions spark the flames and detail the human activities involved"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

Sustainable structures 15 eco-conscious buildings around the world /

McMillan, Kate, (Illustrator).


Booklist, September 2024. ". . . illustrated overview of 'green' architecture on every continent, . . . full of . . . STEAM facts and . . . details"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

The summer of June

Sumner, Jamie.


Booklist, April 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2022. Kirkus Review, August 2022. "Eleven-year-old June is determined to beat her anxiety and become the lion she knows she is, instead of the mouse everyone sees, and with the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-reciting soccer star, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

Booklist, April 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2022. Kirkus Review, August 2022. "Eleven-year-old June is determined to beat her anxiety and become the lion she knows she is, instead of the mouse everyone sees, and with the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-reciting soccer star, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2022

Snoop

Korman, Gordon.


Publishers Weekly, April 2025. Booklist, June 2025. Kirkus Review, June 2025. School Library Journal, July 2025. Carter is stuck at home for weeks with both his legs in casts after a skiing accident. Bored, he starts checking out the live feeds from police cams around his town. Before he knows it, he's obsessed--watching his classmates when they don't know he's looking, and discovering some other very strange things going on that no one else is noticing. But what happens when Carter is found out.. and the people he's watching know where he lives?--Adapted from OCLC.
Date Published:2025

Publishers Weekly, April 2025. Booklist, June 2025. Kirkus Review, June 2025. School Library Journal, July 2025. Carter is stuck at home for weeks with both his legs in casts after a skiing accident. Bored, he starts checking out the live feeds from police cams around his town. Before he knows it, he's obsessed--watching his classmates when they don't know he's looking, and discovering some other very strange things going on that no one else is noticing. But what happens when Carter is found out.. and the people he's watching know where he lives?--Adapted from OCLC.

Date Published:2025